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OUTDOOR MAGIC: About 900 people enjoyed Wangaratta’s annual Outdoor Ball on a beautifully lit night at Merriwa Park on Saturday. Patrons danced the night away to live music including local Tahli Gibson and Latin band Vatos Locos. A great spread of location beer, wine and gourmet local produce also kept the crowd well fed.

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Aged care wage plea Local facilities back call for p payy rise across sector to help p address chronic staff shortages g TWO local aged care facilities have lent their voices to calls for the Federal Government to support a 25 per cent wage increase for the industry’s workers.

Jason Binder, managing director of Respect Aged Care which oversees St John’s Wangaratta, and Adrian Johnstone, chief executive officer at St Catherine’s Wangaratta, said aged care workers deserved the rise,

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which was being sought through the Fair Work Commission, but it would take Federal Government support to ensure it could be delivered.

“The biggest issue is wages within aged care;

so many people have left the industry, and they are not being replaced,” Mr Johnstone said.

“Everyone knows wages are not as attractive as in the public acute sector.

“There is no way anyone could pay 25 per cent, unless the government agrees to additional funding - that’s the only way providers could pass it on.

“If not 25 per cent, it

“If it would attract those caring individuals to our sector, it would be welcome.”

He said the workload created by the Omicron variant had demonstrated staff deserved the increase, which is at the heart of an application currently in front of the Fair Work Commission, presented by the Health Services Union and the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation.

needs to be a substantial increase.”

Mr Binder agreed, saying he’d like to see the government support the 25 per cent increase.

“That’s systemic change which is permanent,” he said.

“We’re only talking about paying the same wages as people would get if they were in the disability or home care sector.

“It would be great to see the government support the case, but they have been silent,” Mr Binder said.

Mr Binder this month described the Federal Government’s announcement of $800 bonuses, to be paid to aged care workers in two parts in February and May, as a small gesture, but a good start.

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Local facilities back call for 25 per cent pay rise across sector to help address staff shortages ■

From page 1 He said while the bonuses were appreciated, a significant element of that appreciation was attached to the recognition of workers’ efforts in keeping older Australians safe.

George Merakis, operator of Wangaratta’s Rangeview Private Nursing Home, said the $800 bonuses had been “well-received, well-timed and much appreciated” by staff.

“We would have liked to see more, but if that’s what they can offer, we’ll accept it. Our staff are terrific and have worked tirelessly,” he said.

Mr Johnstone said the $800 bonus needed to go further.

“Initially it was for front tier workers, and while that has been extended, there are still so many who don’t qualify,” he said.

“It should be available to anyone who’s actively working in aged care, if they’re going to be fair dinkum.”

The three facilities say they have been able to cover any unavailability of staff due to COVIDrelated isolation in recent weeks.

Mr Merakis said Rangeview had experienced one resident case of COVID-19, and after following management procedures including

isolation, the resident was now well.

Mr Johnstone said St Catherine’s was travelling okay, after experiencing a COVID outbreak in early January when one resident tested positive.

“We had 10 staff impacted by that, and while it only lasted two weeks, it certainly presented a number of issues,” he said.

“In line with our COVID management plan, all residents were isolated in their rooms sadly, as that was the most appropriate way to stop the risk of spreading.

“As it occurred over the New Year

period, a number of people were already away, and it was not all 10 staff impacted at once, but it was in all areas.”

Mr Johnstone said St Catherine’s had received strong support from families to a call for expressions of interest in helping with duties such as food deliveries, but had not needed to draw on this assistance.

“I really have to thank our families for their support during that period,” he said.

“With COVID still so active in the community, I’d be naïve to say we’re past that; at the back of our minds is the thought there will

be another case at some stage, so we’ll just have everything in place as much as we can humanly do to manage it well.”

Mr Binder said a number of staff at St John’s had been impacted by home isolation requirements in recent weeks, which had then required some “pretty extraordinary things” of staff who were able to work, while there had been a resident case at the facility in January.

“It’s a difficult situation we’ve got to get through; for me, it has demonstrated the goodness of the caring workforce we have,” he said.

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Local nurses, aged care workers are burnt out HELEN Haines (MHR, Indi) said the message she was hearing from the region’s nurses and aged care workers was that “they are burnt out, with little hope that the situation will improve”.

“In aged care centres in our region, like in centres across the country, nurses, carers and support staff are working under immense pressure, dealing with

staff shortages and a lack of protective equipment and rapid tests that keep them and the residents they care for safe,” Dr Haines said.

“Vulnerable elderly residents are once again isolated and at risk of contracting COVID-19 and dying.

“I hoped to meet with aged care workers who protested in

Canberra this week, but it was not possible due to security concerns related to other protests in Canberra.

“Their voices must be heard.

“The government has announced the ADF will be called in to assist at aged care centres, but that will not address underlying issues.

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many issues that need to be addressed to improve the sector and assist them in better caring for elderly vulnerable residents.

“One of those issues is attracting and retaining staff, and I do hope the Fair Work Commission will recommend an increase in wages to assist in that.”

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MAJOR Collision Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man after a cyclist died in a hit-run collision in Cobungra, near Mt Hotham on Saturday morning.

The man was riding a bicycle on the Great Alpine Road when he was struck by a vehicle believed to be an orange Ford Ranger about 8.35am.

The cyclist, a 62-year-old Queensland man, sadly died at the scene.

A 25-year-old Swifts Creek man has been charged with dangerous driving causing death, fail to stop and fail to render assistance.

He has been bailed to appear at the Bairnsdale Magistrates’ Court on February 16.

Police are urging anyone who witnessed an orange Ford Ranger travelling east on the Great Alpine Road or anyone with dashcam footage to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential report via www.crimestoppersvic. com.au.

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Candidates have say on aged care CANDIDATES for the seat of Indi in the approaching Federal Government election were asked for their thoughts on the current state of the aged care sector, and an application to the Fair Work Commission for a 25 per cent wage increase for aged care workers.

Elizabeth Fisher (Nationals candidate for Indi): “Looking after someone requires a generosity of spirit, helping them when vulnerable. Over and above the practicalities of caring, surely the greatest attribute is that of a personal connection: chatting and listening. The pandemic crystalised this with family and friends barred from entering aged care facilities.

“Never have we been so grateful for the efforts and resilience of Aged Care Workers. Do they deserved

to be paid more? Certainly.

Fair Work Australia will decide the new Award rates and remuneration.

In the interim, carers will receive two instalments of $400, acknowledging their dedication.

“A wage rise will increase costs, and who should pay? According to Recommendation 6 of the Aged Care Royal Commission, an Aged Care Pricing Authority to determine prices (inclusive of subsidies and user contributions) should be created. This is sensible.

The Liberal and Nationals government supports integrated aged care and health services in Rural and Remote areas. (On Thursday), Senator Bridget McKenzie announced $35.3 million granted to 110 sites, including Alpine Health ($600,00) and Corryong Health ($436,364)

through the Multi-purpose Services Program.”

Nadia David (Labor candidate for Indi): “In 1997, the Howard Government effectively privatised aged care and reduced regulation of the sector.

“From that time on, registered nurses were simply phased out of aged care, followed soon after by enrolled nurses. The requirement that at least one RN be on duty at all times was removed in 1998.

“Nursing homes no longer have nurses - now they are ‘aged care facilities’. Now, 75 per cent of the aged care workforce are low-skilled personal care workers who earn less than a retail worker at Bunnings.

“The privatisation of the care of our old people has provided the opportunity

for people to profit from suffering, neglect and abuse.

Profit-making incentivises cutting costs to maximise profits. The system is achieving these aims at the expense of our old and frail.

“We need to urgently reform this sector and return it to a regulated, governmentfunded network of nursing homes, complete with nurses.

PCWs are vital and they need to be supported, trained and paid properly. These workers need a $5 per hour pay rise and the Federal Government must support the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation in its application before the Fair Work Commission to secure it.”

Ross Lyman (Liberal candidate for Indi): “My mother worked as a nurse in aged care for many years.

I used to visit the nursing

home to meet with the patients, talking to them about their experiences in the First World War and the Depression.

“The importance of their experience to our collective history cannot be understated.

“If elected, I am determined to do whatever I can to support those who live and work in the sector.

“The aged care crisis has touched everyone’s lives, and we should always be grateful for the contribution that our senior Australians have made to our country.

“A first-class aged care system is where that starts.

“The work people undertake in the aged-care sector is just so important, and I give my heartfelt thanks to each and every one of them.”

Benjamin Gilbert (Greens candidate for Indi): “Aged care workers are due a significant increase to reflect the meaningful work they do, as was the case prior to the pandemic.

My position is informed by having been a board member for several years at a local aged care facility.

The next government could pay for this by adopting the Greens’ super profit and billionaires tax policy: put in place a new Corporate SuperProfits Tax of 40 per cent on big corporations; introduce an annual extra six per cent wealth tax on billionaires; tax the mega-profits of big corporations earning over $100m annually; crackdown on multinational tax avoidance; end government handouts to the billionaires and the big corporations, like the fossil fuel industry.”

Wangaratta Outdoor Ball 2022 SMOOTH: Lead singer of Vatos Locos Michele Berner got the crowd up dancing.

ARTIST: Vatos Locos guitarist Oscar Poncell had people cutting some moves on the dance floor.

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Wangaratta hosts state-wide tour

By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE FOR many, going to your first live music concert is an experience you never forget and for these local kids, that experience was made all the more exciting with a focus on them.

The All Ages Tour is a series of events across the state, allowing youth as young as 12 to attend local concerts that are alcohol and smoke-free, allowing a safe, inclusive space for them to enjoy music, and the first weekend saw Swan Hill, Wangaratta and Mooroolbark host some big names.

The Push worked alongside FReeZA teams from each local council from the 20 locations to run the events.

The Vine Hotel Wangaratta saw more than 140 people rock out to a great line-up of Australian musicians and groups recently, with popular band The Chats and wellknown duo Teenage Joans headlining.

Rural City of Wangaratta youth development officer Rachel Harrop said the event was a “huge success” with all attendees enjoying the night.

“It was an incredible event; the line-up was fantastic and it was great to see the audience getting involved.

“These events are amaz-

LOVING IT: The Vine’s Jimmy Ladgrove and Vikki Burns had a ball hosting the event.

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ROCKING DUO: Triple J Unearthed winners Teenage Joans performed on the night. ing because they give kids under the age of 18 to enjoy live music without worrying about being around alcohol and it brings some big names to regional areas, where normally they’d just be playing pub shows or festivals for over 18 year olds.

“It was a fabulous night, big thanks to The Push and all the local volunteers who made it happen.”

The tour continues through to March 22, with shows in Kilmore, Ballarat, Eltham, Wonthaggi, War-

AUSSIE BOYS: Popular aussie trio The Chats headlined the event.

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LOCAL TALENT: Beechworth singer/songwriter Asha Bright performed, backed by mentors This Way North. see the likes of Mallrat, The Smith Street Band, Thelma Plum and Allday perform,

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Response times get quicker in local area

By RYAN MALCOLM AMBULANCE responses across the rural city continue to get quicker, as Wangaratta medical staff saw considerable increases in the number of life threatening cases during the busiest quarter on state record.

Latest performance data showed Wangaratta crews responded to 7.7 per cent more life-threatening cases in the second quarter of the 2021/22 year, with medical staff on the scene within an average of 13 minutes and eight seconds, a 38 second decrease on the same time last year.

Some 74.9 per cent of life-threatening cases in the rural city were attended within 15 minutes, while the average response time for code one patients in the major population centre fell to 11 minutes and four seconds, a decrease of 42 seconds.

A similar drop was identified in Indigo Shire, where the average response time fell by more than a minute to 21 minutes and 50 seconds.

Some 35 per cent of code one patients were reached by paramedics within 15 minutes.

IMPROVEMENT NEEDED: Wangaratta-based state MP Tania Maxwell hopes improvements to ambulance rostering will see response times across Northern Victoria fall.

However, Ambulance Victoria (AV) Hume acting regional director Dale Armstrong said up to one in five calls for emergency ambulance care did not need an emergency response.

“We are asking everyone in the Hume region to help us by saving Triple Zero (000) for emergencies,” he said.

“Every call for assistance that isn’t an emergency puts significant strain on our crews to reach those who need us the most.

“We are now seeing a significant increase in calls from people with COVID-19

symptoms, many who do not require emergency care.

“Most people with COVID-19 will not need an ambulance, as minor COVID-19 symptoms can be managed at home - if you develop severe symptoms, you should call Triple Zero immediately.”

Wangaratta-based State MP Tania Maxwell has long campaigned for faster responses among ambulance crews, and while response times have visibly improved in Wangaratta, Indigo and Mount Alexander shires, rostering challenges have otherwise seen response

times across Northern Victoria balloon.

On Tuesday, Ms Maxwell asked Ambulance Services minister Martin Foley to provide an update on the State Government’s $10 million enterprise resource planning project to improve ambulance rostering.

“I acknowledge that emergency call-out demand has ballooned as a result of COVID-19,” she said.

“It’s up 9.6 per cent for the year across Northern Victoria, and there’s no doubt this has contributed to a 1:33-minute blow-out in average performance times.”

Multi-million dollar WSAC upgrade restart changerooms and patrons will be directed to alternative amenities within the facility during this time.

Rural City of Wangaratta received a $5.46 million grant from the State Government’s Community Sports Infrastructure Stimulus Fund for the project.

Once complete, the project will include additional multipurpose courts, an upgraded show court to competition-level, a gym expansion almost doubling the existing size, and improved accessibility to existing change rooms and amenities within the facility.

MAJOR upgrades to the Wangaratta Sports and Aquatic Centre (WSAC) are set to commence today following a false start late last month.

Initially works were due to commence on Thursday, January 27, however, this was delayed due to a contractor supply chain issue.

Works starting today begin with upgrades to the existing changerooms and toilets to improve accessibility.

WSAC users will experience disruptions over the next six weeks affecting the family accessible change rooms and male and female

Grassfire caused by detached wheel

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The blaze was contained and the scene declared safe after crews spent about 12 minutes on scene.

Wangaratta Police Sergeant Peter McGuffie said despite police not required at the scene, the onus was on drivers to minimise the risk of an accident on regional roadways.

“It’s on road users to ensure their vehicles are roadworthy at all times,” he said.

A CARAVAN which lost a wheel near Glenrowan was the catalyst for a grass fire in the region late last week.

Two CFA crews from the Glenrowan brigade attended the blaze, which spread at around 6.30pm on Thursday, after a caravan travelling along the Hume Freeway lost its wheel, sparking the grass fire in warm conditions.

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Aged care reaches breaking point A SIGNIFICANT pay rise for aged care nurses and workers is long overdue and this is the message ringing loudly in our coverage of the issue in today’s edition.

The pandemic has served up varying obstacles for many industries and none more so than the aged care sector.

They’ve had to deal with the most severe restrictions for any industry for the obvious reasons, to reduce the risk as much as humanly possible so society’s most vulnerable do not get infected with coronavirus.

The highly contagious nature of the Omicron variant has also taken these precautions to a new level and it’s been extra hard on the people still working in the industry.

Wages across many industries have stagnated since pre-pandemic times, at a time the cost of goods and services have increased as a result of the shortages.

In aged care many workers have resigned as a result of the extremely challenging work conditions.

With this, it has created excessive workload for the people who remain in the industry.

The case is before the Fair Work Commission at the moment and it’s a complex issue as many aged care facilities are now privatised.

In today’s edition the Indi candidates all have differing points of view on the matter, depending on which side of the fence that sit.

Profiteering by private companies has been highlighted, as has the lack of regulation in the sector.

It’s high time our nation did something meaningful to increase standards across the board for residents and the staff who care for them as best they can.

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FACEBOOK users this week commented on a Wangaratta man who was required to spend seven days in prison before commencing an 18-month community corrections order for head-butting his partner at a Wangaratta nightclub.

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Janette Bussell: Who made that disgraceful sentence!!!!! What an absolute mockery this makes of the trauma that woman suffers and the work being done by

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Terry Kingston: My God what is next upon release retribution by firearm or knifepoint deterred I don’t think so

Facebook users also commented on this week’s web poll, which asked “should MPs be allowed to cross the floor without

consequences from their own party?”

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drug reform, war crimes and gambling. Human reproductive and scientific research issues such as in vitro fertilisation and stem cell research should also have a free vote.

Nath Um: So crossing the floor isn’t a “free vote”.

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Thank you for supporting our appeal ON behalf of Jon and UMFC, we would like to say a huge thank you for helping to make our 2021 Christmas Giving Appeal a great success.

Thanks to your support, we saw a significant increase in donations over previous years, aided in no small part by the increase in collections points kindly provided by the Rural City of Wangaratta and WAW. We are extremely grateful that you would choose to lend your support to our cause, and look forward to seeing where we can take our appeal this coming Christmas.

We would also like to thank our partners The Centre for helping to distribute presents to the surrounding region, and the Salvation Army for helping to pass on a last minute surplus to our local community.

The statistics: 119 children in Wangaratta and surrounds (60 male, 59 female) received Christmas presents as a result of our appeal.

In order to maintain a degree of parity, children received two or more presents when we had smaller gifts or smaller value gift cards to distribute.

Between The Centre and UMFC, we distributed around 200 presents in total.

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Abolishing threshold removes an inequity THE Parliament has sealed legislation that would give a super boost to 300,000 Australians on lower incomes, two thirds of which getting more super payments are women.

Long overdue legislation to abolish the outdated $450 threshold, when super is not paid if a worker earns less than that figure a month, was passed yesterday removing a system relic that denied part-time and casual workers retirement savings.

Industry funds had long fought to remove this antiquated law and the government, and the Parliament should be congratulated for passing the Enhancing Superannuation Outcomes for Australians Bill, which contained the measure to remove the $450 threshold.

The median super balances of those impacted by the $450 threshold is just $12,000 - securing them retirement contributions - many for the first time - will be vital for their future financial security.

Should MPs be allowed to cross the floor without consequences from their own party?

FUN AT CLINIC: The first Sunday Funday at Northeast Health Wangaratta’s Vaccination Clinic on Tone Road served up sausages to 270 people who got jabbed, with special guests Beauty and the Beast characters. Yesterday the hungry caterpillar enticed patrons to bite into a snag or two.

About 60 per cent - roughly 200,000 - of those impacted by the $450 threshold are women and this measure is a necessary step towards bridging the gender super gap, which sees women retire with about a third less super than men.

But it is just a first step towards addressing gender equity in retirement.

There are a suite of measures the major parties must commit to - starting with paying super on Commonwealth Parental Leave Pay and sticking with the super guarantee rise to 12 per cent - to seriously address the gender super gap.

Industry Super Australia also welcomes the passing of the Retirement Income Covenant.

The covenant will help super funds assist their members in the retirement phase as well as the accumulation.

Abolishing the $450 threshold removes a structural inequity that discriminated against those on lower incomes and disproportionately impacted women - it is a welcome first step towards addressing retirement inequality.

The government and Parliament should be congratulated for delivering this overdue

reform, but further measures - like paying super on Commonwealth parental leave - now need to be taken to ensure the next generation of women do not face financial insecurity at retirement.

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Maxwell harbours youth foyer plans MP’s $ $77 million 2022/23 / budget g submission targets g rural cityy education,, homelessness WA N G A R AT TA - b a s e d state MP Tania Maxwell has thrown her support behind an Education First Youth (EFY) foyer for the rural city, as part of a $77 million budget submission for the 202223 financial year.

Ms Maxwell lodged the submission for the North East late last week, and urged state treasurer Tim Pallas to consider allocating $24.3M in funding to GOTAFE-aligned foyers in Wangaratta and Wodonga.

The initiative has gained support in recent times as an accommodation and integrated learning hub for people aged 16-24 who are at risk or are experiencing homelessness, following its successful implementation in Shepparton.

Ms Maxwell said the new foyers would allow at risk

populations to take up education with a roof over their head.

“A five-year study has delivered clear evidence of the foyer model’s success from the three that are already helping young people elsewhere in Victoria,” she said.

“It showed 85 per cent of participants had jobs or were continuing education a year after they left the campus and 75 per cent completed year 12-equivalent or higher learning when they were living there.”

The study found at risk youths were often able to rebuild their lives after entering an EFYF program, enabling them to become educated, employable and empowered as human beings.

In her submission, Ms

SUBMITTED: State MP Tania Maxwell (right) with fellow Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party MP Stuart Grimley and state Treasurer Tim Pallas.

Maxwell said Wangaratta’s registered mental health clients were among the highest in the state (23.7 clients per 1000 population), with homelessness continually

compounded by risks of crime, youth disengagement, social isolation and family violence.

“Family violence and insecure housing are the

two most common reasons that young people present to specialist homelessness services for assistance,” the submission read.

“Wangaratta has a higher

incidence both of family violence and child protection investigations per 1000 population than the state average - for each of these people, engagement with education and employment opportunities are pivotal to improved life outcomes.”

The construction of both foyers would require a spend of $24.3 million, while individual builds at Wangaratta ($11.4M initial, $1.3M running cost) and Wodonga ($12M initial, $2M running cost) have also been presented to the State Government.

Both builds would see 40 studio apartments constructed at established GOTAFE campuses at Docker Street and McKoy Street respectively, each complete with community living spaces.

Survey rings warning alarm on fire preparedness MORE than half of Victorians living in high risk bushfire regions expect an official warning in the face of a bushfire, according to a recent CFA survey.

The annual bushfire community survey also uncovered about 36 per cent of Victorians believed they would be informed when to leave if threatened by a bushfire.

Despite an effective integrated warning system, CFA chief officer Jason Heffernan believes many could still experience circumstances where they are unprepared for a fast-moving blaze.

“Fires can spread within minutes - on hot, dry and windy days fires can start quickly and threaten lives and homes,” he said.

“Grassfires are prevalent this season and can move at speeds of up to 25kph and jump highways.

“You need to be prepared and paying attention to the weather conditions ahead of time - the community needs

to know their triggers and use their sense such as sight and smell as well as their common sense to enact their fire plan.”

The survey found nearly one in five Victorians believed they would definitely receive help from CFA crews in the event of a bushfire, while more than a third believed they were likely to.

Mr Heffernan said it was vital Victorians were prepared to execute their fire plan in the event CFA crews were unable to assist.

“CFA’s mission is to save lives and property and of course we will do everything we can to respond to everyone who needs us, but there are times during major bushfires when we simply can’t get a truck to every house,” he said.

“People need a plan - exactly what are you going to do for your family, loved ones, pets and other animals if a fire occurs and a fire truck may not be able to get there?

“If you have a plan, you

can act and survive.”

Victoria’s integrated warning plan encompasses the Vic Emergency website, application and social media channels, emergency broadcasters such as ABC radio, Sky News TV and select commercial and community radio stations.

Victorians can also contact the Vic Emergency hotline on 1800 226 226 for up to date warnings.

Warnings which are issued in the event of an incident include: Advice - An incident is occurring or has occurred. Access information and monitor conditions.

Warning (watch and act) - An emergency is developing nearby. Conditions are changing and you need to act now to protect yourself and your family.

Emergency warning - You are in imminent danger and need to act now.

Evacuation - An evacuation is recommended or procedures are in place to evacuate.

WARNING: CFA chief officer Jason Heffernan has urged residents to remain aware of fire warnings in their local area, in the event CFA members are unable to attend.

PHOTO: CFA library

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A reprieve from our hot, humid weather Altered GAT

By PETER NELSON, retired CSIRO climatologist THE start of February has seen the end of the long, hot humid spell which prevailed for most of January in North East Victoria.

A few weak cold fronts have passed through just recently but not bringing any rainfall.

Heavy rain last week at Marble Bar and Port Hedland-, the wettest for this time of year since 1987 - has ended the very hot conditions in the Pilbara and Gascoyne districts and this to some extent will lead to an absence of very hot days over 36 degrees for the rest of this summer in North East Victoria.

There has been much less rainfall in Queensland since ear-

WHAT’S UP WITH THE WEATHER?

By Peter Nelson, former CSIRO climatologist

ly February and this will result in lower humidity and not much rain before about February 24 in North East Victoria.

A most unusual rainfall profile took place over the Otway Peninsula and East Gippsland last December.

Cape Otway recorded only 4.8mms for the month - the driest for December since 1931.

At Gabo Island December was exceptionally wet with 155mms - the wettest Decem-

ber there since 1970.

Both places have rainfall records dating back to 1860.

There has been only one other year in that whole time when both places had a marked differences in the December rainfall between them.

This occurred in 1866.

I have records for few places which have rainfalls going back before 1867.

Two in southern Victoria Narre Warren near Berwick and Bukalong near Bombala.

Both places had a wet year in 1867 with the heaviest rainfalls from April to May and again in July right through to October.

For Deniliquin which has records back to 1858 the year 1867 was wetter than average in January 1867 and wet from

April to July and very wet in September 1867.

Along the NSW coast up to the Gold Coast the year 1867 was very wet for the first six months of the year with major floods.

Yan Yean Reservoir itself showed a wet September , October and December in 1867.

Melbourne in December 1867 had its coldest December day on record with a reading of only 10.4 on December 12.

The Queensland town of Warwick in 1867 recorded its wettest ever year with 1353mms and it was another 108 years until 1975 when the annual rainfall reached just 1250mms.

There were floods near Warwick in March 1975 and again in February 1976 which did extend south to Moree and Narrabri.

The journey begins with Florabunda exhibition ARTIST Sandy Wingate’s debut exhibition Florabunda has delighted visitors to the Art Gallery on Ovens, in the laneway off Murphy Street.

The exhibition includes around 20 bright and beautiful works inspired by what is found in the garden, including the vividly coloured flowers and verdant green foliage Sandy is drawn to.

There are also a number of smaller works and textile pieces including linen tea towels and cushion covers, printed with her unique designs.

Sandy describes the collection in her own words.

“My exhibition presents a painting journey, where I have explored landscapes of trees in burnt umber and a progression to vivid images of botanical forms and wild tangled gardens,” she said.

“My inspiration comes from nature, and my love of painting and drawing botanical and natural forms.

“These paintings and prints portray the beauty of wild and overgrown landscapes and the beauty of pods, leaves and organic forms collected from my walks.

“I have enjoyed painting these natural and organic shapes and loved manipulating the designs

FLORAL BEAUTY: Sandy Wingate says her paintings and prints portray the beauty of wild and overgrown landscapes.

PHOTO: Nick Richards

so that they sit contained within my canvas.

“My journey has just begun.”

Florabunda is on display today

from 10am until 4pm, before it comes to an end.

puts literacy, numeracy to the test VICTORIA’S senior secondary students will have their literacy and numeracy skills measured against new standards in a reformed General Achievement Test (GAT) this year.

The changes to the GAT, to be held on Wednesday, September 7, would explicitly report students’ literacy and numeracy scores to bring the Victorian GAT in line with similar tests in other states and territories.

First announced in 2018 as part of a broader review and reform of senior secondary pathways to be phased in over coming years, the new standards will indicate whether students have demonstrated the literacy and numeracy skills expected of someone completing secondary school, offering an indication of their readiness to move onto further education, training or employment.

While the new standards will be reported on students’ VCE or VCAL certificates, they will not contribute to a student’s ATAR unless the GAT is required to calculate a score - for example, if a student requires a Derived Examination Score after missing an exam due to illness.

The later-than-usual test date has been arranged to allow time to ensure the revised GAT is valid and reliable, and for teachers and students to understand the changes; the test is expected to return to its traditional June date from 2023.

The GAT will be split into two sections: section A will assess literacy and numeracy skills; and section B will assess skills in English, mathematics, science, technology, the arts and humanities, with an increased focus on critical and creative thinking skills.

As in previous years, no special study will be required for the GAT. Past study of subjects like English, mathematics, science and history prepares students for the test by building their general knowledge and skills in writing, numeracy and reasoning.

Rural City of Wangaratta students are among 90,000 Victorians expected to sit the GAT this year, including senior VCAL students who will participate for the first time, along with all students enrolled in one or more VCE or scored VCE VET Unit 3-4 sequence.

The change comes as Victoria prepares to transition to a new integrated senior secondary certificate from 2023, which will bring together VCE and VCAL within the VCE Vocational Major and Victorian Pathways Certificate options.

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BY STEVE KELLY skelly@ nemedia.com.au

ONE of only three manufacturers of medium density fibreboard product in Australia, Wangaratta’s Alpine MDF, has an opportunity for four young people to join their workforce.

The long-running local business currently employs 140 people and has a program on offer for young people who are considering a career for the industry leading company.

It’s a workplace that has come a long way as it’s a modern manufacturing facility that has state of the art technology and equipment.

A Certificate II in Engineering is being offered through Educational Living where workers will undergo a 12-month on the job traineeship at Alpine MDF. Successful applicants will take on a full-time position and receive training while they work in the paid position.

Educational Living director Edward Stone said they are looking for young people who have a desire to work locally and begin a career that gives workers multi-faceted scope, covering skills and knowledge in the manufacturing industry which is largely operated by computers and technology.

“The Certificate II in Engineering could evolve into a Cert III and IV and a trade diploma or even a degree if employees want to, and all qualifications are nationally recognised,” Mr Stone said.

“As they grow and learn they start to mature and as they do that they pick up the life skills needed to work at Alpine MDF.” There are two young workers who took up the 12 month offer, Michael Sayers and William La Spina, and they will rotate through different parts of the businesses and learn various elements as they progress.

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LOVING THE WORK: William La Spina (right) and Michael Sayers are the new kids on the block at Alpine MDF and the manufacturing company is looking for more young people who want to start a career in the industry.

PHOTO: Nick Richards pine MDF putting me on and I’ve been enjoying doing the traineeship as it’s a great place to work, meet new people, and it’s where I’m supposed to be,” Michael said.

New workers get to work in the different aspects of the facility from when the raw logs are turned into MDF product and Mr Stone said the engineering and science aspects of the manufacturing are quite engaging.

“They get exposure to different areas so they are not stuck in one place and these jobs are a 12-month audition to what is potentially available next.”

The core part of the business is the production of

MDF and turning it into a product that is on-sold to secondary manufacturers who make furniture, cabinetry, flooring, doors along with a range of other products.

With the production of product largely done with machinery, engineering is a massive part of the business to make sure everything is running smoothly, and if it’s not, there are people on-site to fix it.

With the added value component at Alpine MDF they take the product and with the assistance of moulders, vacuum coaters and paint heads, they make mouldings, architraves and skirting boards which they are now expanding into a second line

due to demand from door manufacturers across Australia.

Alpine MDF spruiks that it’s the leader with the moulding and painting machinery in Australia in terms of the state of the art equipment and also the paint itself, as it’s a UV cured tech where the common practice is to use IR ovens to dry it.

Mr Stone said he speaks to schools and explains that not everyone is going to go to university and on the job training can cater for these people who are not overly academic but want a challenge by getting an education and career opportunities.

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for people who want to start their working life with us but they may not be fully academically inclined,” he said.

“The job has changed from 20 years ago when workers would come to work, pull a lever and the work was fairly mundane.”

People who started their careers at Alpine go on to be supervisors and managers and at any one time the workforce has about 8-10 second generation workers such as fathers and their sons or daughters on the payroll.

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The business is going bigger, with diversification the cornerstone of Alpine MDF’s direction, and once new buildings and equipment are fully installed the company would have spent $12 million to invest in the future of MDF production and its added value products.

It’s expected that the investment will offer another 15 extra jobs in total across the company.

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COVID rules under review: Andrews

VICTORIANS could join other Australians for the easing of COVID-19 rules, with Premier Daniel Andrews eyeing changes to the requirements for check-in codes.

“The use of QR codes is under very active review at the moment, as are all of our rules and we hope to make some announcements quite soon,” the premier told reporters on Sunday.

“Now that we’ve hit the peak of Omicron, now those cases are coming down, we do have some room to make some refinements and adjustments.”

Mr Andrews said Victoria aimed to be in lockstep with NSW on rules and the state’s northern neighbour was planning to ease check in requirements by the end of February.

Queensland has already scrapped check-ins at venues where proof of vaccination is not required, such as supermarkets, retail outlets, hairdressers and gyms.

“We don’t have many rules on at the moment but we can further streamline those,” Mr Andrews said.

Victoria’s density limits also being reviewed, he noted.

Victorian Liberal-Nationals opposition MP David Southwick urged the government to make the changes.

“We are now in the third year of the pandemic - it’s ridiculous that small businesses are still facing thousands of dollars in fines for a system that is now effectively redundant,” he said in a statement.

Victoria on Sunday reported 18 COVID-19 deaths and 7223 infections.

Of the new cases revealed, 4859 were detected through rapid antigen tests and 2364 via PCR lab testing.

Health authorities say the state is now managing a touch under 55,000 active cases in total. There are 465 people in Victorian hospitals, 22 fewer than the day before.

Of these, 181 COVID-19 patients are in intensive care, 17 of them currently requiring ventilation.

Victoria on Saturday achieved a 50 per cent triple vaccination rate for eligible recipients and Mr Andrews encouraged people to keep lining up for a booster.

With hospitalisations having halved since late January, the Victorian government

has moved to lift a ‘code brown’ pandemic alert issued for the health system.

The unprecedented alert was implemented in January as hospitals and health services came under increasing pressure due to the Omicron wave and saw urgent services further cut back and staff leave postponed.

The measure has been in place for more than three weeks and will be lifted at midday on Monday.

“Next week is the fourth week and we’re confident that while still going to be very, very busy that we are

BLAME SHIFT: Thousands of anti-vaccine mandate protesters descended on Parliament House on Saturday.

in a position to safely lift the code brown alert,” Health Minister Martin Foley told reporters on Friday.

Non-urgent elective surgery will also be ramped up from this week, allowing private hospitals in metropolitan areas to perform up to half of all elective surgery and those in regional Victoria can do 75 per cent.

All other public hospitals in Melbourne will continue to be restricted to emergency and urgent elective surgery, with the health minister to consider further easing next week.

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Minister steers mandate protest anger to states NSW Premier Dominic Pettottet has defended his government’s decision-making during the pandemic, as the federal government tries to shift this weekend’s protest anger in the nation’s capital towards the states.

Mr Perrottet’s government suffered mixed results at this weekend’s by-elections and looks set to lose the seat of Bega to Labor for the first time.

“Ultimately in a pandemic or

in any situation like the one we found ourselves in you have got to make sure you are always doing what’s right,” he said.

Federal minister Keith Pitt agrees with the prime minister that the thousands of protesters that surrounded Parliament House in Canberra on Saturday over vaccine mandates are attacking the wrong place.

Scott Morrison insists the Commonwealth government has only ever supported man-

dates that relate to aged care workers, disability workers and those who are working in high risk situations in the health system.

All other mandates have been imposed unilaterally by state governments.

Mr Pitt agrees and says while everyone is entitled to protest as their democratic right, in this case it was misdirected.

“These are the decisions of the premiers, it’s not the fed-

NSW by-election ‘disappointing’: Perrottet LABOR appears set for a historic by-election win in the NSW seat of Bega, while the Liberals have suffered a swing against them in former premier Gladys Berejiklian’s seat of Willoughby.

A predicted Labor victory would be its first in Bega, held by the Liberals since its reintroduction in 1988 and occupied by retiring member Andrew Constance since 2003.

Opposition Leader Chris Minns previously said the seat would be “almost impossible” for his party to win, but early tallies in the south coast

electorate on Saturday night gave a swing of more than 14 per cent to Labor’s Michael Holland over Liberal Fiona Kotvojs.

Dr Holland said on Sunday the “huge swing” was “totally unexpected” but “the result really gives a reflection of the community’s response to the current Liberal government”.

He will seek to “sort out health services on the far south coast” of NSW, as well as regional and rural health services in general, and focus on rebuilding bushfire-hit communities

in the Bega electorate.

“That’s what the people in the electorate here really want ... long term policies of things we can’t solve in the next 13 months, but we will solve when elected at the next general election,” Dr Holland says.

Premier Dominic Perrottet said on Sunday the government will reflect and learn from “some disappointing results across the board”.

By-elections are notoriously hard for governments but Bega’s result was “particularly disappointing”, Mr Perrottet said.

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eral government that is making these decisions, these are statebased decisions,” he told Sky News’ Sunday Agenda program.

“They vary all over the country, There is so many decisions being taken, there is a lot of confusion around it.”

But Deputy Opposition Leader in the Senate Kristina Keneally said it was the prime minister who set up the national cabinet and was prepared to take all the credit when the pre-

miers took their measures.

“As soon as a group of protesters walks into town critical of some of those decisions, he points the fingers at the premiers, says ‘it’s not my fault, it’s theirs’,” Senator Keneally told ABC’s Insiders program.

“He should stand up and condemn the violent extremists who are part of that protest.

And he should make clear that has no place in Australian democracy.”

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Opposition selling its wares early in Vic NINE months from Victoria’s state election, the Liberal-Nationals opposition is making promises to halve hospital waiting lists and slash debt.

Leader Matthew Guy on Sunday outlined the coalition’s “principles for government”.

“It is about the kind of Victoria we want to build ... a Victoria that ends the mental health crisis, that slashes hospital waiting lists, and frankly a Victoria that focuses on the future,” he told reporters at Geelong.

Victoria’s next election is

scheduled for November 26.

“It’s a policy plan that is comprehensive, that is clear, and more (to) the point tells Victorians early on the style of government the coalition wants to be.”

Mr Guy led the coalition to a thumping election loss in 2018 and the opposition subsequently followed a new leader in Michael O’Brien before Mr Guy’s return last September.

“Under the Liberal and Nationals we are committing to manage projects appropriately ... we don’t expand that debt, that’s a

commitment we’ve given about debt and taxes, it’s one we’ll honour,” Mr Guy said.

“It’s a promise.”

Mr Guy ruled out the need to privatise elements of government to reduce debt without raising taxes.

His pitch follows the Labor government’s defence of how it managed historical claims of bullying made

by MP Kaushaliya Vaghela.

Ms Vaghela, a member off Labor’s factional right, revealed to News Corp she had been threatened by party bullies in a bid to force her out of politics.

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Noise, odour reports spike Environment Protection Authorityy report p changes g following g rise in p people p working g from home

BY RYAN MALCOLM rmalcolm@ nemedia.com.au

AN increase in locals working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic has seen a spike in pollution reports lodged with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), particularly noise, odour and smoke.

Noise complaints in the North East rose by 47 during 2020-21, while 88 more reports of odour were lodged as compared to 2019-20 data, according to the recent EPA annual report.

North East regional manager Renee Palmer said the considerable increases had been a direct result of businesses allowing employees to frequently work from home during the pandemic.

“It’s been really interesting when you take that time to sit back and see what we received two years ago and now with people working from home, we’re seeing that increase in numbers come through,” she told the Wangaratta Chronicle.

“It is that people are home a lot more, they’re not having the ability to escape from

something they may have at their home - when we leave for work, we have that relief from the environment we’re normally in, so it’s not compounding.”

Ms Palmer said a mass exodus of metropolitan residents to the regions during the same period meant the EPA had been hard at work differentiating serious issues from what can often be commonplace in regional settings.

“We’ve had an influx of metropolitan people to the regions, I think there’s something in managing people’s expectations as they move from a metropolitan to a regional environment,” she said.

“Some people have the rural vision and move next to a farm, but on occasion farms work 24/7 - if it’s a dairy there’ll be trucks there every day picking up milk.

“There are odours associated with animal husbandry and they’re generally odours that are not okay but there are some that are okay, and that’s our job to differentiate the two.

“People could move near an industrial area, so they might notice reversing trucks that when you’re at home and you’re trying to work it can

HOME WORK HASSLE: EPA North East regional manager Renee Palmer believes an increase in residents working from home has led to a spike in pollution reports. PHOTO: Ryan Malcolm become really frustrating.

“When you increase people’s state of knowledge, things that people may have just dealt with, they’re able to source information to be able to say ‘I don’t need to put up with this anymore’

and make a call.”

Total pollution reports by the public in the North East rose from 1023 cases in 2019-20 to 1128 the following financial year, with reports of odour pollution increasing from 139 cases to 227.

EPA acting chief executive officer Suzy Neilan said crews had been deployed state-wide to increase the operational presence of the agency.

“Despite the pandemic, EPA has maintained a strong operation presence and in-

creased the number of emergency events that it was able to attend,” she said.

“These events range from localised issues such as discolouring of waterways, to major events such as fires at waste facilities.

“We have a zero tolerance approach to poor management of fire risk and will continue to do so.”

The new Environment Protection Act 2017 was introduced in July 2021, which included the introduction of Waste Tracker, an electronic waste tracking system to significantly improve waste tracking and management in the state.

Other initiatives include a major expansion of the EPA’s air quality monitoring service AirWatch, which gives localised air quality data right across the state.

“The new Environment Protection Act makes the prevention of pollution, under the General Environmental Duty, the responsibility of all of us and we want to hear from people who think they may have seen pollution or reasonably think it might happen,” Ms Neilan said.

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No Valentine?

Rekindle love for library Monday, February 17, 2012

By LEAH TINDILL LOVE is a tangible emotion for the Wangaratta library.

To coincide with Valentine’s Day tomorrow, the library is hoping to rekindle people’s affection for the beloved institution with their Library Lovers week.

Kicking off Valentine’s Day with tales of affection for preschool storytime, the week’s activities have been designed to warm hearts of all ages.

Wangaratta Library manager Loueen Twy-

ford said the week was an extension of the annual Library lovers day which she hopes will reconnect people with the library.

“It about reconnecting people with the library and showing that the library can be a fun place to be,” she said.

And for those romantics who believe in chocolates for Valentines Day, taking the library lovers quiz could score you a box of the treats.

“There will be a few surpirses on the day but there’s also a library lover’s quiz to win a box of chocolates,” Ms Twyford said.

IT’S AMORE: (Right) Wangaratta Library staff Sue Thiele, Loueen Twyford and Marg Arnold want to share their love of the library.

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Last week’s Chronicle headlines Monday, February 7 Beef bonanza WANGARATTA’S Livestock Exchange and the fortunes of local beef producers continue to go from strength to strength, with record blue ribbon weaner sales last week seeing total turnover exceeding $13 million.

Wednesday’s weaner steer sale saw $8,513,930 paid for 3752 head at an average of $2269.17, compared to last year’s 3638 head fetching $6,218,498 at an average of $1708.

Friday’s weaner heifer sale brought in $4,463,845 for 2142 head at an average of $2083.96 each, compared to last year’s 2713 head fetching $4,191,187.50 at an average of $1545 each.

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By JEFF ZEUSCHNER THE Nationals have confirmed Browns Plains farmer Elizabeth Fisher as their party’s preselected candidate to contest the seat of Indi at this year’s federal election.

Speaking to the Wangaratta Chronicle on Friday, the mother of three who has been “deeply invested” in her rural community between Rutherglen and Wodonga for the last two decades, said she was looking forward to her first foray into politics.

“I’m someone always prepared to put up my hand to get stuff done...that’s been my prime motivation to stand,” Mrs Fisher said.

“While I understand some key issues, I’m am looking forward to getting around the electorate, meeting and listening to people to find out what is important to them.

“My goal is to make sure our leaders in Canberra not only listen but make the decisions for the benefit of Indi.

“The trend to Independents concerns me.

“I know from experience that making decisions is the only way to get things done.

“Being part of a Coalition team is the best way to achieve this to ensure our region gets its fair share of funding.

“Indi will not be taken for granted if I have the honour of representing the electorate.”

Mrs Fisher joins incumbent independent Helen Haines, the Liberal’s Ross Lyman, Labor’s Nadia David and the Green’s Benjamin Gilbert as confirmed candidates to contest the seat at the federal election, which must take place before May 21.

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NATIONALS CANDIDATE: Elizabeth Fisher will contest the seat of Indi for The Nationals at this year’s federal election.

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BEEF BONANZA Saleyard and producers’ fortunes never better, with weaner sales’ turnover of $13m

WANGARATTA’S Livestock Exchange and the fortunes of local beef producers continue to go from strength to strength, with record blue ribbon weaner sales last week seeing total turnover exceeding $13 million.

Wednesday’s weaner steer sale saw $8,513,930 paid for 3752 head at an average of $2269.17, compared to last year’s 3638 head fetching $6,218,498 at

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an average of $1708.

Friday’s weaner heifer sale brought in $4,463,845 for 2142 head at an average of $2083.96 each, compared to last year’s 2713 head fetching $4,191,187.50 at an average of $1545 each.

Wangaratta Livestock Exchange manager Andrea Nankervis said it was a record week for the complex.

“It was definitely the best blue ribbon week we’ve had, prices are skyrocketing and there were greater numbers overall,” she told the Wangaratta Chronicle.

“Thank you for the vendors for supporting us and also to the agents for encouraging them to do so.

“We’re hoping to keep building on this and we’re very competitive in pricing.

“Our February sales always outdo the other January weaner sales and the quality is there.”

Last week’s sales follow a massive year for the exchange, with 36,219 head sold for record prices totalling just shy of $66m.

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“There were some northern buyers but in the main it was locals with a lot of farmers after heifers to join with their bulls,” Mr Keane said.

“It’s a big change on the last three or four years with famers looking to restock.”

Online sales were also popular through AuctionsPlus which Mr Keane said made up around 10 per cent of sales.

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Wednesday, February 9 Supersize plant RURAL City of Wangaratta Council has backed Indi MP Helen Haines’ calls for the Federal Government to fund $8 million so the city’s organics processing plant can grow in capacity.

If funded under the government’s upcoming budget, and with the proper approvals, Wangaratta council will be able to increase the plant from its current 5200 tonnes capacity to 25,000 tonnes.

This would give the facility the scope to take in all the organic waste within the region and beyond.

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Where will city grow?

PRELIMINARY work connected to rezoning new residential land in Wangaratta is being considered for population growth and land supply shortages in the longer term.

Wangaratta council has received $80,271 to conduct early analysis of land options for housing in 15-plus years’ time under the Streamlining for Growth annual program.

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enable them to gather more information revolving around land supply and demand analysis.

“It’s about getting the best possible information we can about what is the best land out there from a residential, industrial and commercial point of view, what the demand is for that

land, and what this means for our planning processes,” Mr Swart said.

“Some of the planning processes that we go through to rezone land takes some time to do and this is the first step to help us with that analysis.

“It will tell us whether we need to do future planning or what we should be looking at so we can be on the front foot as much as possible.”

The rezoning of land in growth corridors in the northwest and south

of urban Wangaratta took several years to be completed and these areas were designed to accommodate short to medium term residential population growth.

Mr Swart said determining which actual areas of land in the Rural City of Wangaratta would be priorities for rezoning, will be part of the next step after this program’s analysis.

The current Wangaratta Planning Scheme identifies land for long-term growth

and future investigation and Mr Swart said that land is to the west of the current northwest growth area.

He said it’s not just about residential growth; it’s about making sure there is land for commercial and industrial enterprise to allow for jobs growth as well.

“This information will help us plan for 15 years’ time but this definition of long term could differ either side of that timeframe,” he said.

The state program is allocating more than $3.2

million to local councils facing population growth pressures or land shortages.

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PRELIMINARY work connected to rezoning new residential land in Wangaratta is being considered for population growth and land supply shortages in the longer term.

Wangaratta council has received $80,271 to conduct early analysis of land options for housing in 15-plus years’ time under the Streamlining for Growth annual program.

Director of development services Stephen Swart explained that council applied for funding to enable them to gather more information revolving around land supply

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Headspace youth group in running

By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE HEADSPACE Wangaratta and headspace Albury Wodonga Youth Reference Group (YRG) have been nominated for a 7NEWS Young Achiever award showing resilience, strength, patience and innovate thinking to deliver positive mental health message to their communities.

The national awards aim to acknowledge, encourage and promote the positive achievements of all young people throughout Victoria and the YRG were nominated for the Spirit Super Connecting Communities Award by headspace Wangaratta centre manager Karina Kerr.

“The group have been amazing and clearly demonstrated the ability to create

connection even in the face of difficult times,” she said.

“The headspace Wangaratta and headspace Albury Wodonga combined Youth Reference Group set about overcoming the challenges to COVID-19 by seeking connections in the communities in different ways.

“The YRG reviewed the COVID -19 lockdown requirements and came up with the idea of having care packages sent to towns across the region including Mansfield, Benalla, Indigo Shire, Towong, Wangaratta and Albury/Wodonga.

“The project involved working with local councils and small communities to reduce feeling of isolation, improve mental wellness by creating connections and offering information to build

NOMINATED: The headspace Wangaratta and headspace Albury Wodonga Youth Reference Group (YRG) have been nominated for a 7NEWS Young Achiever award.

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“The original project plan was for 200 care packages, however, news of the project spread requiring another 100 packages to be developed.

“The YRG members approached local businesses

about products for the packages to try and support local communities in their area by purchasing products such as hand made soaps, chocolates, soft drinks vouchers, bush walking tour maps and locally based information to promote local areas and the

activities they provide.

“The target audience was 18-25, family and friends, First Nations people, cultural and linguistically diverse communities and LGBTIQA+ communities.”

When it came to challenges, Ms Kerr said there weren’t enough words in the application to answer that question.

“That said we would prefer to concentrate on how the YRG overcome and rise above the opportunities that COVID presented and that is, the team was able to form stronger connection as they brainstormed, planned and carried out the projects successfully,” she said.

“They learnt how to complete risk assessments, develop project plans with contingencies and learnt

budgeting skills as a part of the process.

“The group showed incredible resilience and empathy towards youth in their communities by standing up and saying that COVID was not going to prevent them from reaching out and creating connections.

“The YRG saw the challenge of COVID and looked at ways to go around it knowing that there were many members of the community being deeply affected.

“Many of the YRG were also adapting to school and work in an online environments in regional areas where internet and communication access is limited.

Finalists will be presented and winners announced at a gala presentation dinner on Friday, April 29.

Applications open for Benalla gallery shop exhibits ARTISTS and craftspeople based in North East Victoria are invited to apply to exhibit their work in the Benalla Art Gallery shop.

The gallery shop exhibitions are a new initiative by the Benalla Art Gallery which began in December with Pauline Fraser’s Land & Sky Collection, coinciding with the local artist’s major Simpson Gallery show, Contemplating Nature.

The monthly gallery shop exhibitions will be displayed in two glass display cabinets prominently positioned at reception, and will be programmed from applications received.

Benalla Art Gallery director Eric Nash said the gallery had seen a tremendous response to Pauline Fraser’s current

shop exhibition.

“We’ve found visitors have responded really positively to this new initiative, and many have enthusiastically taken the opportunity to ‘collect a piece of Benalla’ during their visit,” he said.

Mr Nash also confirmed the gallery would prioritise gallery shop exhibition applications “by artists and craftspeople hailing from or residing in North East Victoria” in order to further promote and support local and regional creative practices.

“There are a number of benefits to exhibiting in the gallery shop for local and regional artists, including the opportunity to earn revenue from sales, and promotion through the Benalla Art Gallery website, monthly

e-news, dedicated media release, and social media channels,” he said.

The display cabinet space is most suited to small wares, including jewellery, ceramics, small sculpture, textiles and prints.

Application forms can be downloaded from the ‘exhibitions’ section of the Benalla Art Gallery website.

Applications will be assessed on quality, price, demographic appeal and value to wider Benalla Art Gallery programming, with applicants notified by email on the outcome of the review process and the month their works would be displayed in the shop.

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Top 10 plan regional pop up tour ORGANISERS of Toyota Star Maker are excited to announce the 2022 top 10 will be holding a series of free pop-up concerts in the lead up to the grand final event, which will now be held in Tamworth on Tuesday, April 19.

Set to perform in each of their home towns, the top 10 will take to the stage at their local Toyota dealership over the coming weeks.

Wangaratta’s own Jade Gibson made it into the top 10, and will perform a set at Wangaratta Toyota on Friday, March 19 from 11am.

Toyota Star Maker coordinator Cheryl Brown said the concert will be a great opportunity for finalists to perfect their craft in the lead up to the grand final.

“Due to the rescheduling of the Tamworth Country Music Festival, April 19 is the new major focus for our finalists,” she said.

“These pop up concerts will be a great chance for the top 10 to practise and show off their skills, as they prepare for their main performance.”

Kicking off this Friday, February 11 at 4pm one finalist will perform each week, in the lead up to the 50th anniversary of the Tamworth Country Music Festival.

They will perform five songs, live at their local Toy-

TOP 10 CONCERT: Wangaratta’s Jade Gibson will perform at Wangaratta Toyota on March 19, before competing in the Toyota Star Maker grand final in April.

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“This year’s top 10 are a truly talented and inspiring bunch, and these free concerts will give fans a taste of what’s to come in this year’s grand final event, so I encourage everyone to go along and show their support,” Ms Brown said.

“There will be special QR codes at each pop-up concert

and anyone who enters will go into the draw to win two tickets to the Country Club at the Toyota Star Maker Grand Final, as well as two tickets to the Golden Guitar Awards, Lee Kernaghan’s show, plus accommodation.”

An impressive panel of judges, including special projects manager of Chugg Music, Dan Biddle; KIX country program director, Justin Thomson; Troy Cas-

sar-Daley’s manager, Roxanne Brown; Major Events Gold Coast director, Mark Duckworth; and the Pub Group’s Craig Power, will determine the 2022 Star Maker winner at the grand final concert on April 19 in Toyota Park.

Toyota Australia chief marketing officer Vin Naidoo said the pop up concerts were a great opportunity for the artists to perfect their

performances and bring the excitement of the Toyota Star Maker to their own local community of country music fans.

“These pop up concerts will give this incredible group of country music artists the opportunity to reconnect with audiences - something that has not been easy throughout the past year - and really showcase their talent in the lead up to the

grand final concert,” he said.

“Toyota and its dealer network are proud to support this initiative and give country music fans an exciting taste of what they can expect when the top 10 artists take to the stage for the finals of the 2022 Toyota Star Maker in Tamworth in April.”

The 2022 Toyota Star Maker top 10 will be performing on the following dates: Max Jackson - 4pm, February 11, Newcastle Toyota, Newcastle; Jake Davey - 4pm, February 18, Taree Toyota, Taree; Brittany Elise - 4pm, February 25, Bill Robertson Toyota, Gladstone, QLD; Clancy Pye - 4pm, March 4, Orange Toyota, Orange; Billie-Jo Porter - 4pm, March 11, Coffs Harbour Toyota, Coffs Harbour; Jade Gibson - 11am, March 19, Wangaratta Toyota, Wangaratta; Heath Lancaster - 4pm, March 25, Kempsey Toyota, Kempsey; Katie Jayne - 4pm, April 1, Scone Toyota, Scone; Charlie Fittler - 4pm, April 8, New England Toyota, Armidale; Loren Ryan - 4pm, April 15, Tamworth Toyota, Tamworth.

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RURAL NEWS

Climate data drives farm growth THE North East Catchment Management Authority (NECMA) is undertaking a number of case studies, demonstrating how leading farmers from North East Victoria are managing the risks associated with climate change.

The Embedding Climate Adaptation in Agriculture project is working with the region‘s farmers to determine how the use of climate projections supports their farm management.

This project is supported

by NECMA, through funding from the Australian Government‘s National Landcare Program.

Andrew Russell is a partner in a Rutherglen family farming operation driven by data.

This data covers the full gamut of the seed production and farming businesses – weather records, trial results, seed quality specifications, soil information – are all important to decisions made every day and across seasons.

Mr Russell said weather data collected on his property was now proving so valuable he expected to install one or two more weather stations on farm to support predicting and managing climate change variability.

“We have a baseline. Instead of trying to catch rainbows we set rotations and we will modify that if the bureau says there is a higher probability of a dry year, a drought year or a wet year,” he said.

“At the start of 2021 our rotation was fixed.

“Normally we have 35 per cent of our cropping in canola but we could see canola prices rising; they were predicting a good year so we lifted our canola which has helped our rotations.

“We took that opportunity and it has come to fruition.

“In managing climate variability, one of the very first things you need to be is agile; agile with your decision making and agile with your operations.

“And that‘s where your data comes in – you have the resource.

“That‘s not to say that gut feel doesn‘t still play a big role and that‘s where the older generations come in.”

Mr Russell said one important focus was effectively utliising information provided by the data collected.

“You can have too much data and that convolutes things,” he said.

“Collecting the data and using it in a fashion that‘s going to mean something is most important.

“I‘m very glad we started collecting data early, as far back as 2000.

“One of the first things we implemented was a computer platform to record yields and inputs.

“We have since tried to be really strong in authenticating the data that we collect.”

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GOOD GROWTH: Sue and Andrew Russell in a canola crop they have grown. business operated by Ashley and Pam Fraser; and Andrew and Sue Russell.

Pam and Sue are the daughters of Geoff Baker, who was in partnership with his two brothers in a business established by their father in 1965.

Mr Russell made his foray into broadacre agriculture when he arrived at Rutherglen with his wife Sue following the death of her grandfather.

He did a Certificate IV in Agriculture at the local TAFE and then completed an Advanced Diploma in Agriculture and a Diploma in Farm Business Management alongside brother–in–law Ashley.

He said surrounding themselves with skilled and knowledgeable staff, as well as taking on board information from the researchers at the local Rutherglen Research Station and local field days helped fine–tune his own skills in financial and farm management.

“I was working with Baker Seeds half the time and on the farm half the time,” Mr Russell said.

“I fairly quickly took a financial management role on the farm and looked after the production for the cleaning plant for the seed business.

“I liaised with the growers and a lot of seed people, seed agronomists.

“It was a good learning opportunity, particularly with some of those production managers from the leading seed companies.

“There were a lot of assessments out in the paddocks which gave us the opportunity to look at the variables in what we do and there are heaps.”

Putting in demonstration trials for the seed business offered the opportunity to understand the research challenges.

They bought an old plot seeder, employed a former trial manager from the research station and began undertaking the trials themselves.

“I was immersed in what

he could teach me about running a trial site and having it statistically strong so we could get good information,” Mr Russell said.

“We just thought we would put plots in the ground.

“What we found after the first couple of years is that people really wanted that information so the pressure was on us to make it statistically robust.

“We were able to take more observations – quite accurate information – including flowering times and growth stages.

“We gained support from the seed networks because they were interested and began co–investing with us.

“It went very quickly from a backyard job to understanding research characteristics; being able to replicate reality, take data from trials and have it linked to broadacre.”

When the Russells and Frasers joined the Baker business, Mr Russell said his father–in–law Geoff and Geoff ‘s brother Ken had a lot of historical production data “in their heads” and in about 1000 notebooks held in a file drawer.

“That information was reasonably hard to extract,” Mr RUssell said.

“I felt a need to formalise it and they were keen.

“Now the business collects data including full quality specifications for seed which is sampled and re–tested if it is has been in storage for a period of time and potentially compromised by weather.

“They were also early adopters of sowing and yield data on farm to manage variability across their paddocks.”

He said significant financial investment has been made over 25 years taking the farming guidance operation from sub–metre accuracy to 20mm accuracy.

The next step will be 3D technology that will provide even greater topographical accuracy.

“We have had the capacity to vary our sowing rate for a long time but we haven‘t

done so yet because we have fairly small paddocks compared with other areas,” Mr Russell said.

“We are getting to a point where we will implement that. Our thought process has been to lift our fertility, whether it is lime, gypsum, P or N; lift the whole paddock to a high level and maintain it and start vari–rating then.”

In the past six years, he said the business had collected regional weather information at a macro–level;

supplementing data collected by the Bureau of Meteorology with weather station collection points at Rutherglen Research Station, and two others on farm including one supported by Riverine Plains.

“We do use a lot of historical data and data given to us.

“We put in two additional stations because what we knew is that we are spread out and the weather events have now become more isolated and more intense,” he said.

“What we see on one part of the farm we often don‘t see on another part.

“The biggest driver for the stations has been our spraying so we could have accurate spraying records and we could see what was happening before travelling 20 or 30km out to go spraying.

“If the wind is stronger out there for example, then today‘s not the day to spray.”

Mr Russell said learning from other farmers, through forums such as Riverine Plains, Ag EDGE and even social media had proven one of the most valuable resources.

“The best part of the Ag EDGE farm business network has been being accountable to others related to your business acumen.

“But the soft side or personal focus has been a massive support for partners and other family members

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who might not be part of the farming business.

“Mr and Mrs Russell have begun the conversations around succession planning for the next generation – their son and daughter – both at university and both with an ongoing interest in the family business that includes their aunt and uncle and their children.

“We need to talk to them now and have them as part of the decision making,” he said. ““In my mind, in order to stay resilient, profitable and sustainable, we need to embrace change.

“We need to farm sustainably.

“We need to do what we can practically to reduce emissions, be part of the solution and not the problem.

“We are focused on soil health so we can potentially mitigate pests and nurture beneficial insects instead of spraying for everything.

“We want to hand over our land in better condition than when we got it and also hand over a business that is not set to fail.

“It‘s taken three generations before us to get to this place.

“It would be good to see the fourth come through and then the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth.”

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EMPLOYMENT

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Alpine MDF Industries is currently looking to recruit an experienced trade qualified Maintenance Electrician to join the Engineering team within our MDF manufacturing facility located at Wangaratta.

Excellent work environment with above award wages for the right person.

Send resumes to carls@live.com.au

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To apply for this position please send your application including a resume no later than Friday February 18 to:

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Browning, Bol win track season openers AUSTRALIA’S new athletics torchbearers Rohan Browning and Peter Bol say it’s only just sinking in.

The duo both opened their seasons with victories in their pet events at the Adelaide International on Saturday night.

Browning won his 100 metres and Bol triumphed in the 800m.

Their wins were expected.

Their raucous receptions from about 3000 people - the largest crowd an an Adelaide athletics meet in decades weren’t.

“I have never had an experience like that before,” Browning told AAP. “Being swarmed by kids is just unbelievable.

“It definitely warms your heart because when you’re in the trenches day-to-day, you don’t think about the impact it’s having beyond - you’re sort of developing your own career for selfish reasons.”

After their success at last year’s Tokyo Olympics, both Browning and Bol are adjusting to new-found fame.

Browning opened his do-

mestic season on Saturday night by clocking 10.12 seconds to win from New Zealander Edward Osei-Nketia (10.19s) and Tasmanian Jack Hale (10.26s).

The 24-year-old said reaching the semi-finals at the Olympics had changed his life - a sentiment Bol, whose finished fourth in the Olympic 800m final, related to.

“For sure, it has changed so much,” Bol told AAP after winning the 800m in one minute 47.14 seconds from Jack Lunn (1:47.43).

“Just to have that support for athletics, it’s unreal, it’s awesome ... look at the crowd.”

Bol and Browning were both mobbed by Adelaide fans, signing autographs and posing for photos until dragged away by stewards.

“I really enjoy it,” Browning said.

“And any attention that can be brought to the sport is a good thing because I know how hard all the others train across all the events - it’s not the easiest of sports.”

Both Browning and Bol were basking in their popularity, adamant their new-found fame won’t weigh them down in year highlighted by the world championships and the Commonwealth Games.

“The goal is to ... come back with medals,” Bol said.

Others to chalk wins in their starts to the domestic season on Saturday night included national 400m champion Bendere Oboya, who triumphed in her first competitive 800m race.

Oboya (2:02.88) pipped Tess

BIG BUCKS: Josh Hazlewood has hit the jackpot at the IPL auction, snapped up by RCB for $A1.44 million.

Kirsopp-Cole by 0.01 seconds.

“At least I have got a PB (personal best) to my name now,” Oboya told AAP. “I liked it. I have to learn how long to hold my kick for, but it was good.”

In the women’s 100m, Ella Connolly (11.37s) shaded Riley Day (11.40s) - but Day reversed that result in the 200m, clocking 22.99s to win from Connolly (23.18s).

South Australian Aidan Murphy (20.66s) won the men’s 200m from Jake Doran (20.91s).

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Josh Hazlewood leads Aussies in IPL $1m deals

JOSH Hazlewood was the big Australian winner on the first day of the Indian Premier League auction as he landed a $A1.44m deal to join Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore.

The paceman was one of four Australian internationals to earn million-dollar deals on the first day of the auction in Bengalruru on Saturday, with national team captain Pat Cummins, Mitch Marsh and David Warner also in the seven-figure club.

Marsh and Warner, who previously played together at Sunrisers Hyderabad, will team up at the Ricky Ponting-coached Delhi Capitals, while Cummins has again been snapped up by the Kolkata Knight Riders.

But the big surprise was that Steve Smith went unsold. The former Test skipper, Matthew Wade and Adam Zampa all failed to attract a single bid at their opening price of $A372,000.

They could, however, still be

picked up by one of the 10 teams when the auction resumes on Sunday.

Hazlewood hit the jackpot with his price tag being nearly four times as much as he scooped for Chennai last year, with five teams battling over his signature.

The paceman will join Glenn Maxwell at RCB, who was retained by the franchise last December. Cummins didn’t have to wait long for a hefty payday as the third lot of the event but his price represent-

New concussion blow clouds Pucovski future WILL Pucovski’s playing future is again under a cloud after the gifted batsman suffered yet another concussion setback during his return to Sheffield Shield action with Victoria.

One-Test opener Pucovski was struck on the head during Saturday’s pre-game warm-up for the final day of the Shield clash with South Australia at Adelaide Oval.

He took his place in the field during South Australia’s innings but exited in the first over, reporting concussion symptoms to team medical staff, and

was replaced by concussion substitute Travis Dean.

It is believed to be the 11th concussion suffered during 24-year-old Pucovski’s frequently interrupted career and quickly drew renewed speculation about whether he should keep playing.

Pucovski, who made 54 at the top of the order in the first innings, was playing his first match for Victoria since suffering a mild concussion and being subbed out of a Shield match in November.

“It is a really delicate situation given his history and everything he has gone through,” said Victoria coach Chris Rog-

ers, a former Test opener.

“He received a knock this morning and from there he just started to feel the symptoms of concussion, he came in and spoke to our physio and the doctor and from there we had the concussion sub come in.

“It is going to be a really important little period for Will so as a state and a side we will support him throughout this and we will wait and see how that plays out.

“He wanted to see if he could go out and have a hit in the nets, but the symptoms were there.”

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ed somewhat of a bargain for the Knight Riders, who’d paid around $A3.1 million for him at the 2020 IPL auction.

Cummins played seven games for KKR in the 2021 IPL, taking nine wickets and scoring 93 runs. He did not return for the second portion of the season after the COVID-19 postponement.

“We thought he (Cummins) would go higher, so very, very delighted with that,” said Venky Mysore, KKR’s managing director.

Cummins will be joined at the Knight Riders by talented India toporder batsmen Shreyas Iyer, who fetched $A2.27 million.

Warner is headed to Delhi after being sold for $A1.16 million, a huge reduction on his $A2.38 million price last year.

The aggressive opener struggled through the 2021 season with Hyderabad and was axed as captain midway through the tournament before he was dropped from the side altogether.

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GWS avoid unwanted record in AFLW defeat GWS have narrowly avoided becoming the first team in AFLW history to be held scoreless for an entire game, suffering a 37-point thumping from Melbourne.

The Giants returned to action on Saturday after their previous fixture against St Kilda was postponed because they were unable to field a team, with too many players unavailable through COVID-19 protocols.

The disrupted preparation took its toll as GWS never looked like threatening the Demons, who gradually pulled clear to post a comfortable 6.8 (44) to 1.1 (7) win that

underlined their premiership credentials.

Early inaccuracy in front of goal prevented a much bigger margin in typically blustery conditions at Casey Fields.

Lily Mithen (22 disposals) and Karen Paxman (21) starred in the engine room for Melbourne, while Kate Hore and Tayla Harris kicked two goals each.

It looked as if GWS would be held scoreless until Jessica Doyle pounced on a loose ball and snapped a goal with less than three minutes left on the clock.

The late score took GWS past Richmond’s compe-

tition record-low 0.3 (3), posted against St Kilda in 2020.

“We were pretty embarrassing today for most of the game and it starts at contests,” Giants coach Alan McConnell said.

“We’re just too inconsistent there right now and we’ve got some serious work to do.

“It’s a bit of technique, a little bit of intent and a little bit about the ability to do it over and over again.”

GWS have played just one game at home this season and have had a total of 19 players contract COVID-19.

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SCOREBOARD

CITY COLTS DEF BENALLA BUSHRANGERS

DELATITE DEF BEECHWORTH WANDERERS

WANGARATTA MAGPIES DEF OVENS VALLEY UNITED

YARRAWONGA MULWALA DEF ROVERS UNITED BRUCK

BENALLA BUSHRANGERS 1ST INNINGS J Carboon b JA Nanson .................................................20 +G Priest c MA Giggins b JA Nanson ...............................7 M Knightc MA Giggins b AW Crispin................................2 C Bull c AW Crispin b JA Nanson ...................................11 *CJ Brodie c MA Giggins b DJ Adams ...........................26 O Ramage c MA Giggins b JA Nanson ............................0 J Ladd b DJ Adams ...........................................................1 M Priest c & b J Cook ........................................................1 J Priest c TK Moore b KM Braden..................................17 S Briggs not out.................................................................7 LP Curtis not out ...............................................................2 Extras (nb 1, w 11, b 9, lb 1) ............................................22 Total................................................................9/116 (cc) Overs .............................................................................40.0 FOW: 28 (G Priest) 35 (M Knight) 43 (J Carboon) 50 (C Bull) 50 (O Ramage) 57 (J Ladd) 70 (M Priest) 107 (CJ Brodie) 107 (J Priest).

Bowling: DJ Adams 8/2/2/15, CR Lovett 5/0/0/22, JA Nanson 8/5/4/14, AW Crispin 4/0/1/15, MJ Lister 6/0/0/12, J Cook 2/0/1/11, KM Braden 7/2/1/17.

BEECHWORTH WANDERERS 1ST INNINGS M Ryan st E Ree-Goodings b JB Sanford......................13 *K Surrey c & b JB Sanford ............................................30 C Ellett lbw b JB Sanford .................................................0 R Worcester c MW Stevenson b JB Sanford...................0 H Malsem c NJ Scales b M Sampson..............................3 J Ryan c MW Stevenson b AC Ritchie............................35 C Fendyk c NJ Scales b JB Sanford ................................4 D Cogger st E Ree-Goodings b AC Ritchie ....................16 T Cogger not out ...............................................................1 S Francis lbw b MW Stevenson........................................1 W Love lbw b MW Stevenson...........................................0 Extras (nb 1, w 7, b 1, lb 3) ..............................................12 Total..............................................................................115 Overs .............................................................................39.1 FOW: 47 (K Surrey) 47 (C Ellett) 49 (R Worcester) 50 (M Ryan) 53 (H Malsem) 66 (C Fendyk) 110 (J Ryan) 112 (D Cogger) 113 (S Francis) 115 (W Love).

Bowling: LJ Scales 6/0/0/26, MR Purcell 8/1/0/17, JB Sanford 8/0/5/37, M Sampson 6/1/1/18, AC Ritchie 8/3/2/13, MW Stevenson 3.1/3/2/0.

OVENS VALLEY UNITED 1ST INNINGS J Jones b N Bonwick ......................................................14 A Newton c T Rosser b P Menon ...................................36 J Newton c NJ Pell b Z Guilfoyle ...................................12 *DL Bursill b Z Guilfoyle .................................................19 D Walker c CD Matheson b NJ Pell..................................0 +DL Jenvey c CD Matheson b MD Gathercole ...............0 M Elliott not out...............................................................15 K Fitzpatrick c Z Guilfoyle b MD Gathercole ..................4 N Bleeser c CD Matheson b Z Guilfoyle ........................15 J Neary lbw b Z Guilfoyle .................................................0 M Paulsen c MD Gathercole b Z Guilfoyle ......................0 Extras (nb 0, w 10, b 0, lb 2 pen 5) .................................17 Total..............................................................................132 Overs .............................................................................40.0 FOW: 60 (A Newton) 62 (J Jones) 95 (J Newton) 95 (DL Bursill) 96 (D Walker) 96 (DL Jenvey) 114 (K Fitzpatrick) 132 (N Bleeser) 132 (J Neary) 132 (M Paulsen).

Bowling: MD Gathercole 8/3/2/16, P Menon 8/1/1/15, J Thewlis 3/0/0/16, Z Guilfoyle 8/1/5/31, N Bonwick 8/1/1/36, NJ Pell 5/0/1/11.

ROVERS UNITED BRUCK 1ST INNINGS L Whitten c R Clarke b R Bartlett ...................................12 B Dale c FD Smart b AT McMillan ....................................5 M Whitten c & b R Bartlett ................................................0 JA Schonafinger lbw b M McCabe ................................39 *PJ McNamara c B McCabe b B Radford ......................17 J Beattie c M McCabe b H Wheeler ...............................14 +A McCarthy c R Clarke b B Radford...............................4 D Wilson not out .............................................................18 B Bartlett not out ............................................................20 W McCarthy dnb M Winter dnb Extras (nb 1, w 2, b 1, lb 0) ................................................4 Total................................................................7/132 (cc) Overs .............................................................................40.0 FOW: 15 (B Dale) 16 (M Whitten) 21 (L Whitten) 76 (JA Schonafinger) 76 (PJ McNamara) 90 (A McCarthy) 98 (J Beattie).

Bowling: AT McMillan 8/0/1/31, R Bartlett 8/1/2/26, B McCabe 8/3/0/21, M McCabe 8/2/1/28, B Radford 4/0/2/13, H Wheeler 4/0/1/9.

CITY COLTS 1ST INNINGS NM Norris c G Priest b CJ Brodie .....................................7 JA Nanson c S Briggs b C Bull..........................................3 *+MA Giggins c S Briggs b C Bull .....................................0 KM Braden b M Knight ...................................................29 TK Moore c G Priest b S Briggs ........................................8 J Solimo not out .............................................................49 DJ Adams c C Bull b M Knight........................................14 J Cook run out (M Knight)................................................0 CR Lovett c J Ladd b O Ramage ....................................13 MJ Lister not out ...............................................................5 AW Crispin dnb C Petersen dnb Extras (nb 1, w 10, b 0, lb 0) ............................................11 Total................................................................8/139 (cc) Overs .............................................................................40.0 FOW: 10 (NM Norris) 10 (JA Nanson) 15 (MA Giggins) 36 (TK Moore) 82 (KM Braden) 101 (DJ Adams) 108 (J Cook) 134 (CR Lovett).

Bowling: CJ Brodie 7/0/1/27, C Bull 7/1/2/29, S Briggs 4/0/1/17, LP Curtis 3/0/0/6, J Ladd 8/2/0/21, M Priest 5/1/0/9, M Knight 4/0/2/21, J Priest 1/1/0/0, O Ramage 1/0/1/9.

DELATITE 1ST INNINGS +E Ree-Goodings not out...............................................50 JB Sanford c R Worcester b H Malsem ...........................0 MA Copey c M Ryan b K Surrey......................................17 MW Stevenson not out ...................................................41 MR Purcell dnb AC Ritchie dnb M Sampson dnb LJ Scales dnb NJ Scales dnb *CG Anderson dnb JL Mahoney dnb Extras (nb 1, w 8, b 0, lb 1) ..............................................10 Total......................................................................... 2/118 Overs .............................................................................22.4 FOW: 1 (JB Sanford) 66 (MA Copey).

Bowling: H Malsem 3/0/1/7, R Worcester 5/0/0/15, M Ryan 5/0/0/11, J Ryan 2/0/0/12, C Ellett 4/0/0/39, K Surrey 3.4/0/1/33.

WANGARATTA MAGPIES 1ST INNINGS +CD Matheson run out ...................................................10 J Wallace run out (D Walker) .........................................37 P Menon lbw b J Newton...............................................31 *J Davies lbw b J Neary....................................................9 RA Malcolm run out (DL Bursill) ....................................35 NJ Pell not out.................................................................17 J Thewlis not out ..............................................................5 N Bonwick dnb MD Gathercole dnb Z Guilfoyle dnb T Rosser dnb Extras (nb 2, w 11, b 1, lb 3) ............................................17 Total......................................................................... 5/161 Overs .............................................................................40.0 FOW: 21 (CD Matheson) 68 (J Wallace) 86 (P Menon) 107 (J Davies) 135 (RA Malcolm).

Bowling: M Paulsen 8/0/0/28, J Neary 8/1/1/33, D Walker 8/2/0/25, N Bleeser 7/0/0/41, J Newton 8/1/1/22, A Newton 1/0/0/8.

YARRAWONGA MULWALA 1ST INNINGS J Lawrence c M Whitten b M Winter .............................52 B Irvine run out (PJ McNamara, A McCarthy) ..............58 *+R Clarke dnb H Wheeler b D Wilson .....................................................25 R Bartlett dnb B McCabe lbw b W McCarthy.........................................13 B Radford b B Bartlett ....................................................12 FD Smart not out ............................................................19 AT McMillan dnb K Archibald not out...........................................................6 M McCabe dnb Extras (nb 3, w 5, b 4, lb 0) ..............................................12 Total................................................................5/198 (cc) Overs .............................................................................40.0 FOW: 86 (J Lawrence) 126 (B Irvine) 157 (H Wheeler) 161 (B McCabe) 190 (B Radford).

Bowling: JA Schonafinger 4/0/0/13, PJ McNamara 6/2/0/14, B Bartlett 5/1/1/22, D Wilson 8/1/1/50, M Winter 8/1/1/32, J Beattie 6/0/0/33, W McCarthy 3/0/1/27.

GET AROUND HIM: Under 16 players converge on Brodie Fisher after taking a wicket.

PACE: Rovers United Bruck bowler James McLaughlin charges in against Beechworth Wanderers.

SPINNER: Dan Boshetti prepares to send down a ripping spinner.

PHOTOS: Melissa Beattie

A RESERVE: Beechworth Wanderers C.C. 74 M Hicks 26 A Storer 6/6 def by Delatite C.C. 7/115(cc) AP Storer 44 B Thompson 3/10. Benalla Bushrangers C.C. 186 K Linke 34* SG Holmes 31 J Fullager 30 D Baldwin 5/39 JA Simpson 2/24 def Rutherglen United C.C. 124 G Steed 44 B Duncombe 3/8 C Binion 3/20 S McLeod 2/31. Rovers United Bruck C.C. 4/202(cc) A Balfour 63 A Grant 52 GL Shantha 34 J House 3/31 def Yarrawonga Mulwala C.C. 115 J Bartlett 38 M Collins Bye 27 TS Montgomery 5/15 J Haddrick 2/27 J Campbell 2/29. Ovens Valley United C.C. 5/138 C Thomason 56 S Phillips 39 B Cleaver 2/27 T Clayton 2/32 def Wangaratta / Magpies C.C. 9/127 L Hadden 50 Z Wallace 28 H Dalbosco 2/21 SB Piazza 2/31. B GRADE: Benalla Bushrangers C.C. def Delatite C.C. by forfeit. Rutherglen United C.C. 9/73(cc) R Brereton 3/10 MJ Clayton 2/5 def by City Colts C.C. 4/130(cc) R Moore 43* M Francis 2/14. Greta C.C. 73 A Mapson 4/15 NR White 2/2 D Impink 2/7 def by Ovens Valley United C.C. 4/115(cc) NP Impink 30 T Cuskelly 25 M Walker 2/14. Milawa C.C. 7/129(cc) N De Vries 49* R Ferguson 27 B Cann 3/22 G Elliott 2/14 def by Rovers United Bruck C.C. 4/154(cc) CT Norman 49 M Drage 44* C McNamara 25. Yarrawonga Mulwala C.C. 3/149(cc) JA O’Brien 46* S Lidgerwood 36 CJ Bennett 29* def Wangaratta / Magpies C.C. 4/122(cc) B Revell 47 S Lidgerwood 2/15. C GRADE: Benalla Bushrangers C.C. 6/169(cc) A Ham 50 M Botten 41 D Barton 2/27 PA O’Brien 2/36 def by Gapsted C.C. 3/210 W Creed 101* P Newton 46 SW Hodgetts 27*. Beechworth Wanderers C.C. 8/97(cc) D Pool 33 D Martin 2/14 M Bruce 2/16 P Smith 2/16 def by Ovens Valley United C.C. 5/275(cc) P Smith 92 N Cooke 83 R Schultz 3/28. Merton C.C. 4/180 RA MacKinnon 77* LS Benton 44 LD Berriman 36 R Miller 2/21 def by City Colts C.C. 9/187 C Reid 80 BJ Watson 46 RD. Berriman 4/33 J Lerch-MacKinnon 2/20 LS Benton 2/55. Rutherglen United C.C. def by Yarrawonga Mulwala C.C. UNDER 16: Rutherglen United C.C. 133 R Beattie 44* A Mapson 3/8 Y Paulsen 2/20 def by Ovens Valley United C.C. 5/239(cc) T Thomason 103* F Jones 68 F Jackson 2/13. Benalla Bushrangers C.C. 7/104 def by Rovers United Bruck C.C. Gold 108 O Roberts 43 MH Cullen 3/10 B Spokes 2/24.

Wangaratta / Magpies C.C. 95 J Thewlis 52 MJ Mahoney 2/8 def by Delatite C.C. 110 T Clayton 3/7 M Prestianni 2/22. Yarrawonga Mulwala C.C. 132 L Phillips 47 G Montgomery 28 C Petersen 3/11 M Lovett 2/11 def City Colts C.C. 8/116(cc) O Cope 2/5 TW Lovel 2/13. Rovers United Bruck C.C. Green 7/101(cc) S Francis 2/16 def Beechworth Wanderers C.C. 65 C McNamara 3/5 B Fisher 2/4 B Pellegrino 2/4. UNDER 14: Beechworth Wanderers C.C. 93 W Prebble 48 R Levy 2/2 C Binion 2/8 def by Benalla Bushrangers C.C. 7/169(cc) J Priest 50* L Ham 31 H Carter 2/13. Rovers United Bruck C.C. - Gold 4/227 W Graham 50* J Long 50* R Parsons 25* M Correll 25 M O’Loughlan 2/9 def Delatite C.C. 148 NH Hoskin 57 H Berriman 37 T Gadela 2/13 O Bell 2/19. Wangaratta / Magpies C.C. 10/148 R Canning 26* W Murphy 2/7 K Michael 2/15 N Sheridan 2/19 def by Yarrawonga Mulwala C.C. 9/150 V Kreeck 52* E Mullins 4/11 L Webb 2/10. Rutherglen United C.C. 9/136 A Colvin 27 J Coleman 3/37 def by Rovers United Bruck C.C. Green 171 R McNamara 41 D Ryland 2/6 S Gunning 2/25. UNDER 12: Benalla Bushrangers C.C. Blue 7/65(cc) W Torney 3/10 N Cracknell 2/3 def by Rutherglen United C.C. 5/74. Rovers United Bruck C.C. Gold 48 A Symons 3/5 def by Wangaratta / Magpies C.C. - BLACK 7/114(cc) L Sims 34* O Edwards 28* L O’Brien 3/13 J Crotty 2/31.Beechworth Wanderers C.C. 4/105 def Yarrawonga Mulwala C.C. Rams 76 G Pfahlert 3/0 T Young 2/4 F Duff 2/12. Ovens Valley United C.C. Black 4/95(cc) def Wangaratta / Magpies C.C. - GOLD 5/34(cc) N Iles 2/2. Greta C.C. 6/86 H Wallace 33* Z Harding 3/17 def Wangaratta / Magpies C.C. - WHITE 2/78. Yarrawonga Mulwala C.C.Bulls 4/81(cc) def by Ovens Valley United C.C. Orange 5/107(cc). City Colts C.C. 4/98(cc) H Ledger 2/7 def Rovers United Bruck C.C. Green 56 J Wells 25 D Sanders 2/0.

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Webb, Bristow, Timms sign for Hawks ■

From back page Webb’s 2018 season was cut short after suffering a broken neck in the VFL and was subsequently delisted at the end of 2019, struggling to return to the AFL side.

After growing up in Gippsland, Webb is looking forward to returning to the country.

“I grew up in the country so I played a little bit of junior country footy but I can’t wait to give the O&M a go,” he said.

“Country footy’s a little bit more accommodating for me at the moment, I have a share in a pub and we’re about to open another one so I’m not going to have heaps of time to be training like they do in the state league.

“I’ll train with the boys in Melbourne in our satellite group and the travel up on the weekends doesn’t worry me.”

The Hawks trained in Melbourne on Saturday with the new recruits enjoying their first taste of football at the Hawks.

“We played a bit of an intra-club and I was really impressed by the level of all of the players,” Webb said.

“There are a number of good players at the club and I’m really looking forward to cracking in with them and gelling before the season starts.

“By the looks of it the O&M is going to be a good standard, there’s going to be some pretty handy names going around.”

The 25-year-old dominated the VFL last season, averaging over 22 disposals a game.

“I wasn’t super keen on playing state league but my good mate Billy Gowers dragged me up there and I had a job up there so it sort of all worked out,” Webb said.

“I loved it up there, it’s such a good lifestyle and if it wasn’t for work I probably would’ve played another year up there.”

Devils go down to Keilor, Burchell re-signs for 2022

By WILLSON MACK

STAYING ON: Adam Burchell will suit up again for the Devils in 2022.

PHOTO: Melissa Beattie

WANGARATTA City played their first practice match for 2022 against Keilor Park on Saturday.

The Devils went down 3-0 and with the unavailability of players were forced to play a youthful side in the clash against the state league club.

“Considering we had players out it wasn’t a bad effort to lose 3-0 to a state league one side,” Wangaratta City coach Daniel Vasilevski said.

“We had to make a makeshift team of ones, twos, younger and trialing players.

“We were also meant to play another practice match next weekend but that’s not looking likely now because a few of their players have COVID. “We’ll try and play an intraclub game instead because the season’s getting close and the boys need to have another run before then.”

Meanwhile, Devils superstar Adam Burchell has recommitted to the club for the upcoming season.

“’Burchy’ was undecided because he works in Albury a fair bit now,” Vasilevski said.

“I think he trained with Albury United once or twice just to see if he wanted a change but he’s decided to stay which is awesome for the club.

“He’s a match winner, if we’re having a bad day he can pop up and score, he’s one of the only players in the league that can do that.

“He’s also loved by everyone at the club and around town so we’re stoked he’s staying with us.”

Vasilevski also noted the club isn’t done recruiting for the upcoming season.

“We’re talking to a player from England who has played in the league before so hopefully we can sort something out,” he said.

“We need a partner up front with ‘Burchy’ and Dan Kelly and we also need another midfielder to help out a couple of the younger boys.

“If we don’t recruit anyone before the season we’ll definitely look at recruiting midseason to bolster the side.”

Wangaratta inline hockey players win Max Cup

by WILLSON MACK A NEW Border inline hockey team has claimed their first title with three local players featuring in the winning side.

The Border Benchwarmers featuring Wangaratta’s Bryan Wilson, Shane Lindsay and Beau Dickson took out division three at the Max Cup in Sydney last month.

Inline hockey is virtually field hockey on inline skates.

Wilson said he’s still recovering from the physical weekend.

“I actually had to play for two teams so I played 13 games across the weekend,” Wilson said.

“I’m definitely still recuperating, playing hockey is the best workout going around.”

Wilson hails from Canada where ice hockey is huge and jumped at the opportunity to play inline hockey.

“There’s no ice here so this is as close as it gets to playing hockey,” he said.

“I’ve been playing for two or three years but this is the first time we’ve won a tournament.

“There’s a tournament in Bendigo coming up that we will play in, as well as in Sydney over the long weekend in June.

“There’s none in the area though so we just want to promote the sport and grow it as much as we can.”

Wilson said the club was keen to attract new members.

“We want to try and promote the sport as much as we can,” Wilson said.

“We travel to Albury every Tuesday and Thursday but it would be great to get a facility here.

“Anyone from kids to the elderly could get into it but we just need to give it more coverage.”

CHAMPS: (Back row, middle, left to right) Bryan Wilson, Shane Lindsay and Beau Dickson pose with their medals and trophy.

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ROUND 15 REVIEW: Saturday, February 12

WICKET TAKER: Josh Nanson’s 4/14 from eight overs included five maidens, terrorising the Bushrangers batting line up.

PHOTO: Melissa Beattie

Colts power through Bushrangers

By NATHAN DE VRIES

SHOT: Ryan Malcolm slices the ball through the off side against Ovens Valley United.

PHOTO: Melissa Beattie

Wangaratta Magpies clear, top of ladder

By NATHAN DE VRIES WANGARATTA Magpies continued their run of form on Saturday, with their fivewicket win over Ovens Valley United at the Wangaratta Showgrounds putting them a game clear of the competition on the A grade ladder.

The Tigers posted a handy 133 total for the home side, with the runs coming in the 35th over.

Ovens Valley United won the toss and elected to bat, with opening pair Josh Jones and Andrew Newton proving difficult to dislodge.

“We bowled really well but we dropped a lot of chances though which is unlike us,” Wangaratta Magpies skipper Jack Davies said.

“We dropped three or four easy chances before we got a wicket so it was disappointing, but the positive is we turned it around and played two completely different halves of cricket.

“We bowled pretty well, we just couldn’t hold our chances.”

The Magpies had Ovens Valley United at 1/60 at drinks, before a mini-collapse in the middle order say three wickets fall in the span of two overs.

The home side tightened the screws, drying up runs while still taking wickets.

“I just think it’s a credit to our mindset, we were still bowling quite well and just turned it around in the field and we were able to hold our chances,” Davies said.

“The pressure was still on them, and it was harder to score even though they were playing a little bit aggressive.

“We kept the run rate reasonably low, so that was really positive from our point of view.”

The Magpies bowled Ovens Valley out for 132, with Zac Guilfoyle doing most of the damage in the final over, ending with 5/31 from his eight overs.

Davies said the total wasn’t monumental, but the chase was a difficult one.

“It was a tricky total to chase, 133 runs on the board, but we’ve played there enough to know that you can get upward of 150, 160 if you bat properly,” he said.

“We just thought we’ve been a little bit slow the last couple of weeks in the first six overs, not hitting the gaps, and Cooper’s (Matheson) been willing to step up and do a larger role for us and he’s opened in the past.

“He did a really good job, looked really good, played a couple of good shots and unfortunately was run out in a bizarre fashion.

“It was just one of those ones that’s come back to the bowler, he had time to pick it up and hit the stumps Cooper was backing up a little too far.”

The reliable bats of Jarryd Wallace (37) and Pranav Menon (31) helped get the Magpies over the line, including a fantastic knock from Ryan Malcolm (35).

Davies said while the win

was handy, there were still improvements to be made in order to go deep into finals.

“It was great to see ‘Malcs’ (Ryan Malcolm) get some runs, he’s been working really hard on his game and changing a few things, and it was quite obvious from how he went about it on Saturday,” he said.

“We had a few people get in and get partnerships, which was a positive, and that start was really a positive as well.

“Everyone had a good hit in the end and got something out of it, but you’d like to think if someone’s in, or two people are in, they go on and get a 60-plus partnership - it goes a long way to winning the game.”

In other matches, Yarrawonga Mulwala defeated Rovers United Bruck, Beechworth went down to Delatite, and City Colts took down Benalla.

DOUBLE UP: Pranav Menon prepares to come back for another run.

PHOTO: Melissa Beattie

CITY Colts’ A grade squad claimed another crucial win on Saturday, defeating the Benalla Bushrangers by t wickets at the Bill O’Callaghan Oval.

Runs were hard to come by for the Bushrangers after they were sent in to bat by the home side, making only 28 runs before losing their first wicket, Gary Priest out caught behind.

Tight bowling from Josh Nanson and Archie Crispin through the middle overs ratcheted up the pressure, with the visitors entering the drinks break at 6/67.

The Colts continued chipping away at Benalla, and despite an obstacle in Conor Brodie (26 from 67), kept the pressure on to have the Bushrangers 9/116 after their 40 overs.

Josh Nanson shone with the ball, taking 4/14 including five maiden overs, with Dylan Adams picking up 2/15.

Colts skipper Mitch Giggins said it was disappointing the total crept into triple digits.

“I sent them in because they had a struggling batting line up, and we couldn’t get Conor Brodie out at the end,” he said.

“He started to hit them

around a bit and it crept up to 116 when we were looking like we were going to roll them for under 100.

“Josh was fantastic - he dialled his pace back a bit and he was just moving it both ways.

“It’s probably the first time he’s bowled six overs on the trot, at least this year - he bowled exceptionally well.”

With an achievable target of 177 for the win, the top order Colts batsmen were less than helpful - the top three only contributed 10 runs between them.

Thanks to pillar innings from Kent Braden (29 from 70 balls) and Justin Solimo (46 not out) the home side were able to chase down the total with a few overs to spare and two wickets in the shed.

The win keeps City Colts in fifth on the A grade ladder, with a gap now opening up between the top four and the rest of the competition.

“It looks like Delatite got a massive win on the weekend which certainly doesn’t help our chances of getting in on points,” Giggins said.

“It looks like we’ll nearly have to win every game to scrape in.

“With the points how they are, we’re still not cemented to be in fifth either - Beechworth is gunning for us as well now.”

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DESPERATION DELATITE’S Erin Bond took a tumble when she desperately dived for the crease in an effort to make her ground but it wasn’t to be with Wangaratta Magpies wicket-keeper Sienna Sims running her out. Delatite would have the last laugh though, winning comfortably.

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Hawks snag trio Wangaratta g Rovers wrapped pp up p their recruiting g in outstanding g fashion,, signing g g ex-AFL p player y r THE Ovens and Murray Football Netball League will see yet another ex-AFL player running around this season.

Former Western Bulldog Lukas Webb has signed with Wangaratta Rovers for the 2022 season after playing with Southport in the VFL last year.

Webb featured in 24 games for the Bulldogs between 2015 and 2019, taking out the

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VFL premiership in 2016 - the same year his senior teammates ran to premiership success.

The Hawks also snagged Webb’s great mates in

Mackenzie Bristow and Ben Timms from East Malvern in the Southern Football League.

“These three recruits top off the previous five we announced in December,” Wangaratta Rovers football operations manager Barry Sullivan said.

“Lukas Webb is a six foot two midfielder that had success in the AFL but had a

serious neck injury that set him back and couldn’t keep on the park.

“Mackenzie Bristow’s a 195cm centre half forward and Ben Timms is really versatile - he can pinch hit wherever.

“They’re all ripping fellas too.”

The trio reside in Melbourne and will train under

Chris Naish down there with the Hawks fellow city siders.

Webb said he was impressed with the Hawks as soon as he spoke to the club. “’Crezza’s’ (Daryn Cresswell) mates with my coach Steve Daniels at Southport and he passed my number on to Rovers and Barry Sullivan got in touch with me,” Webb said.

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“I was really impressed by the way the club handled it all, they seemed like a really professional country club.

“The coaching staff ’s great and the whole club have been really inviting.

“I also can’t wait to be reunited with two of my best mates (Bristow and Timms) who I played juniors with.”

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