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Dean Woods’ own words help hundreds celebrate his life CYCLING stars mingled with local sporting identities, residents and dignitaries to join Olympian Dean Woods’ family and friends in a final farewell for the champion cyclist in Wangaratta yesterday.

The two-hour ceremony at the Wangaratta Performing Arts and Convention Centre saw about 350 people ushered into the main theatre, where Dean’s casket - draped in an Olympic flag - took centre stage for what was indeed a celebration of his life.

It began with vision of the 1984 Olympic team pursuit final between Australia and the United States being beamed onto a large screen on stage, including commentary which proclaimed Dean “the 18-year-old wonder-boy from Wangaratta”.

Just as the city did 38 years ago when the race was run, the hometown crowd applauded the involvement of the curly-haired ‘baby’ of the team.

One of Dean’s great mates, Rural City of Wangaratta Mayor Dean Rees, acted as master of ceremonies for the service, first introducing a video eulogy prepared

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by Dean Woods himself.

The Olympic star told his audience, “I’ve had a pretty extraordinary life, and it’s pretty hard for anyone to document that in a simple form, so the best person to do it is me.”

Dean’s eulogy showcased a man at peace with his life, his impending departure from this world, and his immense pleasure at all it had offered him.

He was also keenly aware that the tough times came equally with the triumphs and successes in his sporting life and beyond - including battles with throat cancer five years ago, and more recently lung cancer.

“I’ve never once said, ‘Why me, why me?’ If I won $50 million in Lotto, would I be saying, ‘Why me, why me?’ Absolutely not. You take the good with the bad,” he said.

“I owe a massive amount of what I know to high performance sport.

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IN HIS OWN WORDS: Dean Woods delivered his own eulogy during a service at the Wangaratta Performing Arts and Convention Centre yesterday.

PHOTO: Kurtis Hickling

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VICTORIANS who work in casual or other insecure jobs will no longer be forced to choose between a day‘s pay and prioritising their health, as a result of a new scheme to be introduced by the State Government.

The $245.6 million Victorian Sick Pay Guarantee aims to provide a safety net for casual and contract workers forced into taking time off due to their health or the health of loved ones.

More than 150,000 workers are expected to be eligible for the first stage of the two–year pilot program, which pre-

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mier Daniel Andrews said had been necessitated by the ongoing pandemic.

“The last two years have shown just how difficult that choice can be for casual workers – so we’re doing what we can to make sure it‘s a choice they don‘t have to make,” he said.

Eligible workers will receive up to five days a year of sick or carer’s pay at the

national minimum wage.

Occupations in the first phase include hospitality workers, food trades workers and preparation assistants such as chefs and kitchen hands, supermarket and supply chain workers, retail and sales assistants, aged and disability care workers, cleaners and laundry workers and security guards.

Fully funded by the State Government for the program‘s initial pilot, it‘s anticipated the program will see a reduction in workplace injuries and illness, general productivity and

lower staff turnover rates.

However, Wangaratta– based state MP Tania Maxwell believes the bill should not be footed to Victorian taxpayers.

“I believe all employers have a responsibility to ensure their staff are adequately supported,” she said.

“Casual workers have the advantage of receiving higher rates of pay to ensure sick days are factored in.

“Most employers are under significant financial stress because of the COVID pandemic‘s impact on business and I don’t believe now

is the time to introduce this.”

Her sentiment was echoed by Ovens Valley MP Tim McCurdy, who said the scheme was “another Andrews’ Government slap against small business”.

“Tax and spend is the policy of this government, with the proposed levy yet another tax – small businesses are paying for this scheme now, even though the government claims they won‘t for two years,” he said.

“The very same businesses already pay the additional 25 per cent loading in lieu of entitlements, and now they are

paying for both loading and entitlements – business around Wangaratta cannot sustain the Andrews Labor Government’s continued taxes.

“However, it is also important that we continue to look after our casual workforce – I believe that this scheme will only make it harder for casuals to gain further employment, helping to make ends meet against the increased cost of living.”

To find out more visit vic. gov.au/sick–pay–guarantee and to apply for a payment if you’re eligible visit service. vic.gov.au.

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FAREWELL: Dean Woods’ coffin was draped by the Olympic flag as hundreds attended his service at the Wangaratta Performing Arts and Convention Centre yesterday.

PHOTO: Kurtis Hickling

Dean Woods’ own words help hundreds celebrate his life ■

From page 1 “I’ve been fortunate enough to put myself through many arduous situations, and you still have the commitment to keep going.

“There’s never that moment you want to stop, even though it does creep in, but there’s an end goal, and the end goal is to keep going and punch through.

“Even from a young age, I’ve been very fortunate to have those experiences, which served me really well in my two journeys with cancer.

“Two things that allowed me to get through it have been being realistically positive, which flows into being emotionally stable - and they’re two prerequisites for high performance sport.

“You need to be able to use those tools to control the environment around you.

“You can’t control the outcome, but everything in the meantime, you’re able to have some sort of input, some sort of influence.”

Dean detailed his passion for cycling, which could have been curtailed at an early age by injury when he caught his hand in a bike chain; his hand was saved by a surgeon in Wangaratta who happened to have experience in micro-surgery.

He loved racing brother Paul to school, and quickly realised one day when Paul stayed home and he challenged another couple of kids that his one-on-one racing skills were a strength.

Tiring of watching Paul compete in races, he finally took to the bike himself on July 3, 1976, and despite a fall which required local Les Clarke to pick him up, right him and send him

on his way, acquitted himself well.

He said he loved the opportunity to test his skills against others.

Dean covered the journey of his cycling career, from the early days spent working out his own training schedule between the demands of a plumbing apprenticeship, through his rise to Olympic fame, turning professional, and his further success in Olympic and Commonwealth Games.

He paid tribute to all those who had been part of his life, including his parents Des and Joyce, and family including Meagan and daughters Paris, Kennedy and Devon.

“I’m Dean Woods, and that was my story,” he said.

His eulogy was followed by memories delivered by Ray Godkin, team manager at the

1984 Olympics, and a fellow member of that team, Michael Turtur, who said “on the bad days, he was good, and he carried us all through”.

The pair were supported on stage by three other Olympians, Michael Grenda, Kevin Nichols and Wangaratta’s Glenn Clarke.

Apologies from those who couldn’t attend the service were read from people as diverse as John Bertrand and Kirk Pengilly, before Meagan completed the ceremony with some final memories and thanks from Dean before his casket was carried from the stage after a photo collage.

The tribute was befitting a man who has left a lasting legacy both on and off the track.

Dean Woods’ service is available to view at northeastfunerals.com.au/live-streaming/

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Shed destroyed in Tarra blaze

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DRIVER BLOWOUT: First Constable James Schifferle administers a preliminary breath test along Docker Street, Wangaratta.

PHOTO: Kurtis Hickling

Fatality-free weekend, but still some “very concerning” behaviour Police book drivers,, but commend overall communityy response p AN increased police presence on North East roadways has overseen a fatality-free long weekend for the Wangaratta region.

Wangaratta police members were out in force throughout the four day Operation Arid, which saw the unit conduct 1261 preliminary breath tests as part of a focused effort to detect and prevent behaviours contributing to road trauma.

According to Acting Senior Sergeant Sarrah O’Keefe, Wangaratta and Wodonga police service areas (PSA) had been busy intercepting vehicles throughout the weekend, conducting more than 2300 breath tests between them.

Some 13 drivers were identified as driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol in the

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Wangaratta PSA, a number Act Snr Sgt O’Keefe said was “very concerning” when compared to only three such results in Wodonga.

A further 114 instances of speeding, distracted driving and other offences were also recorded in the region, with three cars impounded as a result of highrisk behaviour.

A 30-year-old female from Endeavour Hills was intercepted along Glenrowan Road at 6.20am on March 12, when she blew over 0.1 on a preliminary breath test.

On Monday afternoon, a

20-year-old female probationary driver from Sadleir, New South Wales had her Mazda 3 impounded, after she was intercepted travelling northbound on the Hume Freeway at 170kph.

A little over an hour later, a 23-year-old male from St Marys, New South Wales was also identified on the Hume Freeway travelling at 163kph.

However, Act Snr Sgt O’Keefe said driving behaviour had been a vast improvement on last year, when four fatalities were recorded in the Eastern Division during Operation Arid.

“We want to thank our local community for staying safe and thinking of others on the road,” she said.

“Police never stop, regardless of whether it’s an operation or not - we’ll be out on the roads

and detecting and preventing offences which can cause road trauma, whether that be by pulling those drivers off the road or taking them to court to explain their behaviour to a magistrate.”

Across the state, more than 7000 offences were identified, almost 3000 of which were as a result of speeding.

Assistant Commissioner road policing Glenn Weir said it was disappointing drivers had continued to take risks on the road.

“Our increased focus on road safety across March has only begun and the community should be assured they’ll continue to see police out enforcing during this high-risk period,” he said.

“We plead with all road users to make good choices - one bad decision is all it takes to cause a tragedy.”

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A FIRE which threatened a Tarrawingee hay shed has resulted in the region’s first widespread fire response of the season.

Some 15 CFA vehicles attended the Nolan Lane structure shortly after 4pm on Friday, to find the shed fully engulfed in flame.

Crews from Eldorado, Milawa, Oxley, Oxley Flats, Tarrawingee, Wangaratta, Wangaratta North, Bowser, Everton and Glenrowan brigades were on scene, which was also attended by District 23 and Wangaratta Group support vehicles, as well as Fire Rescue Victoria and SES teams.

Smoke billowed from the shed, which required breathing apparatus crews to extinguish the flames, before an excavator was employed to pull apart bales to limit smouldering.

Firefighters brought the blaze under control at around 7.35pm, however, remained on scene until early on Saturday morning to ensure the blaze remained suppressed.

Six SES volunteers Wangaratta and Chiltern units also remained on scene until 12:45am, overseeing lighting plants as fire crews surveyed the blaze.

CFA District 23 Acting Commander Phil Freestone urged local residents to remain prepared in the event of a fire, despite summer having formally ended.

“There were 17 trucks attending throughout the event,” he said.

“We are going to start seeing more burn-offs and fire activity over the coming weeks, so stay vigilant.”

Third time lucky for Dr Fidge?

JULIAN Fidge (pictured) is the fifth person to announce his candidacy in the upcoming federal election for the seat of Indi.

It will be the Wangaratta general practitioner’s third tilt as a candidate for Indi and this time he is flying the flag of the Liberal Democrats.

He launched his campaign yesterday, highlighting the need for urgent relief at the petrol pump.

Dr Fidge said there is only one party calling for the immediate and permanent cut to the fuel excise tax.

“The Liberal Democrats pledge to cut the 44.2 cent per litre fuel tax will see us return to the glory days of lower fuel prices,” national president and party founder, Dr John Humphreys, said.

“The fuel excise tax coupled with GST added to the total is an outrageous ‘double-tax’ on Australians.

“During the height of the pandemic when fuel dropped below 90c per litre in many places, the double taxation of excise and GST saw government taxes make up over 50 per cent of the cost.”

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FULL HOUSE: Some 4500 people packed Avian Park for the event. PHOTO: Simon Graves

Spoils of big night shared

By SHANA MORGAN, Wednesday, March 14, 2012 A MASSIVE crowd of 4500 has delighted, but surprised organisers of Sunday’s Wangaratta Pacing Cup. Wangaratta Harness Racing Club secretary, Bernadette Costantino, said the crowd was well above the 1500 people the committee had hoped would attend.

“It blew us out of the water,” she said.

“We couldn’t have fitted in one more person.”

Ms Costantino said she thought most patrons would have pre-purchased tickets and apologised to anyone

who was inconvenienced by waiting in the longer than expected queues.

“That sort of caught us by surprise,” she said.

Wangaratta Turf Club, which ran the bar, and St Patrick’s Race Club, which organised the catering, had to get extra supplies at the last minute to cope with the larger than expected crowd.

WHRC president, Craig Rufford-Sharpe, said the

groups ensured there was enough food and drinks for everyone and finished with a larger than expected profit.

“The spoils of the night have been shared,” he said.

“We were able to get more stuff, it just meant a lot of running around.”

Children’s activities such as a rock-climbing wall helped entertain the many families at the event, but Ms Costantino said the committee was happy to see a large number of 18 to 35 year olds keen to watch the harness racing.

“I think there’s a lot of people in Wangaratta still interested,” she said.

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People flock to rural city MANY accommodation and hospitality venues were well booked over the Labour Day weekend in Wangaratta, with visitors making the most of their chance to get away.

Brown Brothers guest services manager Georgia Beavis said the Milawa Winery restaurant was fully booked over Saturday, Sunday and Monday and this was the case about four weeks in advance.

She said there were 160 guests for lunch dining, the cellar door tastings were at 280, and two weddings had 260 guests.

“The cellar door was really busy and the tastings were full as well but we did have extra capacity to take extra bookings with a bit of a wait time,” Ms Beavis said.

There were plenty of people in the area over the weekend with several key events on in Wangaratta which brought a lot of prebookings.

Ms Beavis said fuel prices wouldn’t have had an impact on the people who had already planned to come to the region and had booked accommodation over the Labour Day weekend, however, it could have stopped a few from travelling for a day trip.

Several accommodation, hospitality p y venues well booked

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She said the trickiest part for people at the moment is booking a venue for lunch or dinner so they know they have somewhere to dine.

Town and Country Tavern manager Shayne Gannon said they were busier than usual with a noticeable influx of people from out of town.

“The Sunday night ‘kids eat free’ was again popular with 150 bookings plus walkins and it was very busy on Friday and Saturday as well,” Ms Gannon said.

For Parkview Motor Inn it was business as usual and that means they remained fully booked as they have been often over the last month.

Motor inn managers Alan and Elise Riedel have been booked out since Tuesday last week, firstly with Tour de Cure cyclists, and then a motorcycle club over Friday to Sunday who visit a different location every year.

“There have been a lot

of events recently and with this comes strong bookings which is a good thing after the last two years we’ve had,” Mr Riedel said.

Wangaratta Caravan Park’s Abbey Arendt said their nine cabins and 30 sites were fully booked over the weekend with a lot of people attending the car shows in Wangaratta and Bright.

“Many of the patrons had booked a year in advance and we have been heavily, if not fully booked for a month,” Ms Arendt said.

Brown Brothers has its Easter Family Weekend from April 16-17 and it’s an event they are expecting to see a return to normal patron numbers, last seen in 2019.

“We’re expecting 5000 people to visit over the Easter weekend and it’s just nice to have people back with that vibe of being happy to be out and about,” she said.

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Rising cost of living is nothing new

FACEBOOK users this week commented on the State Government’s decision to exclude a standard gauge train stop from Sunshine Train Station as part of Melbourne Airport Rail project, impacting North East Passengers.

WHILE the sudden, meteoric rise bin fuel prices caused by the invasion of Ukraine has focused attention on cost of living rises, it‘s hardly breaking news for many Australians.

Prices rises across the board, from food to utilities, rents to rates, most households have been going backwards over the past few years which has been accelerated further by the COVID–19 pandemic.

Restrictions and lockdowns across the world have severely impacted the supply chain of virtually every commodity causing shortages that have then generated price rises and they have to be passed on to the consumer.

For many consumers, particularly those on limited or fixed incomes, the pressure has been building for at least the last two years.

Although the Federal Government support packages softened the blow for many, and lockdowns basically helped people reduce their spending anyway, it was hoped that the return to relative normality would resolve the situation.

But that hasn‘t happened and the crisis in Europe has only exacerbated the problem.

The pressure is on for an answer from our leaders with the Federal Government under the most scrutiny.

Our spiraling debt, has placed massive restraints on just how much direct action the Federal Government can take over the problem, fuel prices included.

How each political party articulates how they will handle this problem, like all the other problems facing this country and its people, is not only critical in the election, but also for our nation‘s future.

Simple one line catchphrases or fear tactics from any party or candidate will not be enough to help us all weather this storm.

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Malcolm O’Meara: Passengers on the North Eastern railway deserve better consideration. They have been treated as third class citizens for too many years. Lift your game Victoria.

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NURSES and midwives are outraged at Victorian Coalition Leader Matthew Guy’s hypocrisy and ignorance about how the Victorian public health system is staffed.

Mr Guy incorrectly claimed in an opinion piece that Victoria has the country’s worst staffed hospitals despite NSW nurses and midwives striking last month to achieve Victoria’s shift-by-shift nurse/midwife patient ratios.

Victoria is among the best staffed health systems in the nation - legislated, mandated minimum nurse/midwife patient ratios.

The rostering mechanism is also the most efficient and cost effective and prevents short staffing and over-reliance on an expensive agency workforce.

This is why surge workforce models must not be in place a day longer in our hospitals than necessary.

Victoria has this enviable staffing system because nurses and midwives stopped the last Victorian Coalition government’s attempt at ‘financial management’ in 2011 with its plan to substitute nurses with unqualified, cheaper nursing assistants to saving $104 million a year.

The nine-month dispute, which ended on 7 March 2012, was the longest industrial and community campaign in the history of the ANMF (Vic Branch).

Six years later, on 20 September 2018, the Coalition voted against working past midnight so the Andrews Government’s ratio improvement amendment bill could be passed before the end of its first term of government.

It’s meaningless to make wild statements about how many “maternity nurses” - which don’t exist in Victoria, we think he means midwives - he could fund if he didn’t build roads and new train lines.

Midwives and parents would rather hear about how the Coalition is going to encourage more people to become midwives to grow our workforce in the short- and long-term.

Building, opening and staffing new hospitals and halving the elective surgery waiting list is fantasy politics - with no plan about site locations, architectural plans or medical, nursing and midwifery workforce education and capacity strategies.

What is Mr Guy going to do to protect, grow and retain our current precious nurses and midwives?

Paul Gilbert, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation assistant secretary

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PRODUCING THE GOODS: Channel Seven Sunrise sports presenter Mark Beretta was keen to get his hands on some local produce, particularly the rocky road, while doing live broadcasts from Wangaratta on Monday morning. Natalie Pizzini from Pizzini Wines was among the guests who joined the broadcast to help promote nationwide some of the what the local region had to offer. Beretta was in town as part of the Tour de Cure, with 150 riders stopping overnight in Wangaratta on their nine day 14445km journey to Canberra to help raise $2 million for cancer research, support and prevention projects Australia-wide.

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Regional business owners left abandoned by government I RECENTLY spoke in parliament concerning the Andrews Government lack of support towards local business owners across the Ovens Valley.

I was contacted by a local business owner who is seeking vaccination mandates to be scrapped because of the difficulties they face with finding staff.

This business owner is grappling on to any last chance of hope to ensure their business can keep afloat.

The problem here is not about vaccination; the problem is Premier (Daniel) Andrews has placed desperate business owners like the latter in a desperate situation where they can no longer get staff or support provided by the government in substitution of not being able to find workers.

Business owners need support now more than ever, as they continue to face staff shortages due to vaccination mandates, isolation requirements and so forth.

I call on the Victorian Government to help our businesses get back on their feet.

Tim McCurdy, Nationals MP for Ovens Valley

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Bill Shorten to visit Indi

AFTER a fleeting visit to the North East in early February by Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen, Shadow Minister for the NDIS and Government Services, Bill Shorten comes to the North East on Thursday visiting Wangaratta and Benalla with Labor candidate for Indi, Nadia David.

Ms David invited Mr Shorten to Benalla to talk with locals about the impact of the recent Centrelink office closure and the apparent closure of the NDIS of-

fice in the same building, as well as a visit to Merriwa in Wangaratta.

“When I met Bill last year at a function, I told him about the situation in Benalla and asked if he’d come to Indi to meet locals and hear what life is like in Benalla if you have a disability or need government services such as Medicare or Centrelink,” Ms David said.

“He was immediately keen to come and here we are.”

Ms David and concerned locals have been raising the

closure of the Centrelink office via a petition that has now attracted over 1300 signatures.

“We have a perfect storm of a Government relentlessly pushing a ‘small government’ approach combined with an independent federal member who has little influence,” Ms David said.

“Labor is committed to ensuring a fair go for everyone, particularly if you’re in need of a hand.

“Bill is coming to Indi to check out how we can help if we are elected into

government in May.” Mr Shorten will be at the Benalla Bowls Club where he and Ms David will be hosting a public forum focusing on the delivery of the NDIS and government services in the area.

The event starts at 12:15pm and tickets are $15.

A light lunch is provided.

Tickets can be purchased online via www.trybooking. com/BXUJO or at the door.

After the forum, Mr Shorten and Ms David will tour Merriwa in Wangaratta.

Ms David approached

Merriwa after hearing about the organisation through her son’s specialist school for kids with disability.

“Merriwa is at the forefront of how people with intellectual disabilities in country Victoria can have meaningful employment and dignity through work,” Ms David said.

“Bill and I are keen to understand how employment, disability and the NDIS overlap and can work together more seamlessly to support people with disability in our communities.”

Renovation celebration at Players’ Stage Door Studio

By ANITA McPHERSON HAVING had to cancel their event three times last year due to COVID, Wangaratta Players Inc will finally celebrate their 70th birthday with a party on March 19 this year.

The long running local theatre company, which is even older than the Melbourne Theatre Company, is looking forward to celebrating not only a major milestone but new renovations which have taken place at the Stage Door Studio theatre space.

President Lorraine Monshing OAM said the last two years had been difficult for the Players, not only with the event postponements, but having missed out on at least five planned productions.

But she said while the lack of shows put pressure on the finances, they were feeling positive about the future - the renovations having transformed the much-loved theatre.

“We’ve received a lot of positive comments about our renovations, and now we have a wonderful selection of plays and a major musical coming up in the next two years,” she said.

“As we are in our 70th year (until June) we decided to try again for the fourth time to hold a function

GRAND FOYER: Wangaratta Players president Lorraine Monshing and treasurer Cheryll Laurien relax in the beautifully renovated foyer of the Stage Door Studio theatre.

PHOTO: Kurtis Hickling to celebrate and we’ll have the official opening of our renovations at the same time.”

Ms Monshing said the Stage Door Studio has been completely painted, a new built-in kitchen with cupboards and bench have been added and there is new theatre seating in the auditorium.

She said members have also been involved in a major cleanout of old props, lighting equipment and costumes - many of which have found a new home.

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painted, there are new shelves for storage and the interior décor has a touch of old world glamour, complete with mirrors, chandeliers and a chaise lounge.

The remarkable transformation was achieved with the help of loyal members of the Players including Paul Walker, Jeff Faithfull and David Ashfield, who created the kitchen and spent many volunteer hours painting during lockdown.

Member Kevin Adams managed to source the auditorium seating for free for the group, also selling

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a number of chairs no longer needed and turning the cash into fittings for the foyer.

The 70th celebrations will be held at the Stage Door Studio where there will be live music, cocktail food, a display of archives and a tour of the rooms, with a complimentary drink on arrival.

It will be held on Saturday, March 19 from 6pm until 8.30pm and tickets are $25 per person (dress smart casual) with bookings essential at www.trybooking.com/ BQXVS.

INCLUSIVITY: Artist Samantha Badrock (middle) oversees a seniors art class.

Classes all for art A BRIGHT-based artist is set to bring her inclusive approach to creating art to the rural city over the coming weeks, as she aims to inspire a passion among seniors, children and those with an illness or disability.

During her nursing career, Samantha Badrock said she had witnessed individuals unearth an innate talent for creating art, before ultimately turning that passion into a series of inclusive art classes for those with an illness or disability.

According to Ms Badrock, foundational skills such as sketching and drawing could be fostered during any stage of an individual’s life, and said children with autism and adults recovering from diagnoses such as cancer or a stroke had excelled in her experience.

“Art should be accessible to all ages and abilities,” she said.

“Once you learn the fundamentals of drawing, the other skills of colouring with pencils or using paints follow in time.

“It’s wonderful for kids with different abilities, seniors with dementia or adults recovering from an illness to discover the innate talent everyone has to create art.

“My classes give people of any age or ability to discover the artist while bringing them together to socialise in a safe, nonjudgmental setting that is both satisfying and fun.”

For more information, contact Ms Badrock on 0467 063 885.

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NATIONAL NEWS

Cruise lines welcome overturn of ban

CRUISE line companies have welcomed the government’s decision for ships to be able to return to Australia from April, calling the move a major step forward.

Cruise ships have been banned since March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but will able to return from April 17 with additional safety measures put in place.

New mitigation measures will include passengers needing to be double vaccinated, along with enhanced pre-arrival reporting and

risk identification, as well as stress testing emergency responses.

President of cruise company Carnival Australia Marguerite Fitzgerald said the reopening decision was a significant breakthrough for the industry.

“The uncertainty of the past two years has been replaced with hope and a belief that the lifting of the cruise ban at last heralds the return of cruise operations in Australia,” Ms Fitzgerald said.

“Overseas experience, where hundreds of cruise

ships have returned to service ... has confirmed that cruising can operate safely in the new environment with comprehensive health protocols.”

Ms Fitzgerald said the decision meant the company’s seven cruise lines, including P&O Cruises, could begin work for preparing the return of ships.

She hoped to see P&O return to operations from the end of May this year.

Health Minister Greg Hunt said the decision to resume cruising and let the

current ban lapse on April 17 was based on health advice.

“Lifting the cruise ban is consistent with the reopening of Australia’s international border, and shows that we have successfully navigated Australia’s emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic,” Mr Hunt said.

In 2019, more than 600,000 cruise ship passengers were welcomed into Australia from almost 350 ships.

International cruise ships will still need to meet all state and territory public health requirements

they berth in.

Tourism Minister Dan Tehan said the decision would mean a boost for overseas visitors.

“This is great news for the cruise industry, tourism, the broader economy and the Australians who love to take a cruise holiday,” Mr Tehan said.

“The resumption of cruising is another key step forward in the tourism sector’s recovery from COVID-19.”

Cruise Lines International Associations’ Australasian managing director Joel Katz said the decision would also

LONG FIGHT: Anjali Sharma (front left) says the judgment “does not put out the fires or drain the floodwaters”.

be welcome news for the 18,000 people who depend on cruise ship tourism.

“The suspension of cruising over the past two years has cost the Australian economy more than $10 billion and we now have an opportunity to work on a revival,” he said.

“Cruising has changed enormously in response to the pandemic and the work our industry has done with medical experts internationally has resulted in health protocols that are the most extensive.”

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Court reverses federal climate duty of care ruling THE Australian government does not owe the country’s children protection from harm caused by climate change, a court has ruled.

The full bench of the Federal Court on Tuesday unanimously ruled in favour of an appeal by Environment Minister Sussan Ley, reversing a decision by a previous judge that legally recognised a duty of care.

Eight high school students took Ms Ley to court in 2020, seeking to

block the expansion of a NSW coal mine that is expected to produce an additional 100 million tonnes of carbon emissions.

Federal Court Justice Mordecai Bromberg in May 2021 knocked back their bid to stop the expansion, but ruled that Ms Ley has a duty of reasonable care to not cause the children personal injury when exercising her legislative decision-making powers regarding the mine.

Human safety is a mandatory

consideration in the making of the decision, he said.

It was lauded as a landmark win that would open an avenue for legal challenges to future government decisions on coal projects.

However, Ms Ley appealed the finding and on Tuesday Justices James Allsop, Jonathan Beach and Michael Wheelahan ruled in her favour.

All agreed a legal duty of care should not be imposed, but the judges varied slightly in their reasons.

Three dead in Sydney boarding house fire THE death toll in a Sydney boarding house fire has climbed to three after two more bodies were found in the smoking rubble.

Police say they hold grave fears for a fourth person who is missing and believed to be inside the boarding house in Newtown in Sydney’s inner west.

Police were called to the blaze on the corner of Probert and Albermarle streets about 1am on Tuesday and found the two-storey structure well alight.

They initially found one body inside, while eight residents fled the intense fire.

Three of them were taken to hospital, including a man in his 80s who is in a critical condition.

Police said later on Tuesday they had found another two bodies and there were “serious concerns held for a fourth person believed to be inside”.

Seven ambulance crews were sent to the blaze.

“We treated a number of patients for various injuries including burns and smoke inhalation, three of which required hospitalisation,” paramedic Braden Robinson said.

St Vincent de Paul Society NSW chief executive Jack de

Groot said it was “a deeply saddening event”, adding a boarding house was “a place of last resort”.

“Someone living in a boarding house is experiencing a form of homelessness,” he said.

Not enough places were available for people in need of affordable housing and some boarding houses were inadequate.

“The residents will probably struggle finding a new place to stay and that isn’t right,” Mr de Groot said.

“As a community we need to do more to protect our most vulnerable.”

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Chief Justice Allsop concluded that decisions about mining approvals belong to the executive arm of government - ministers of the day - not the judiciary, and that imposing a duty of care would be inconsistent with national environment laws.

Ms Ley also has control over only a tiny contribution to global carbon emissions, he said.

“The lack of proportionality between the tiny increase in risk and lack of control, and the liability for

all damage by heatwaves, bushfires and rising sea levels ... into the future, mean that the duty ... should not be imposed.”

Justices Beach and Wheelahan were also not persuaded that the approval of the coal mine extension would cause personal injury to the students.

Chief Justice Allsop, however, noted the considerable evidence demonstrating the dangers of climate change was not disputed.

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Two charged over threats against senator TWO people have been charged over online threats made against Labor senator Kristina Keneally following an investigation by the Australian Federal Police.

A 29-year-old man from Harrington Park in Sydney’s west and a 41-year-old woman from Maitland were charged after police executed a search warrant at their respective homes on Tuesday.

A mobile phone was seized from the man’s Harrington Park home.

“It will be alleged in court that the man and woman were responsible for send-

ing two separate threatening messages on November 23, 2021, which threatened or advocated violent acts,” the AFP said.

The 29-year-old has been charged with threatening to cause harm to a Commonwealth public official and the 41-year-old woman was charged with using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence.

The respective offences carry maximum prison sentences of seven and five years.

The pair are due to face Sydney Central Local Court on April 13.

Senator Keneally confirmed she was the senator at the centre of the charges, adding there was an increasing trend towards extremist views and threats of violence within political discussions and debates.

“We have seen tragic assassinations of members of parliament in the United Kingdom, we have seen the terrible Capitol Hill riots in the United States,” she told Sky News.

But the senator said she could not go into the content or circumstances of the threats given the matter was before the courts.

-AAP

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February full of fun for our Probus clubs

WANGARATTA LADIES PROBUS

WANGARATTA Ladies Probus Club held their 30th anniversary luncheon at the Gateway Hotel on Monday, February 21.

President Tina Norton welcomed everyone including presidents of other Wangaratta Probus clubs, Mayor Dean Rees and president of Appin Park Rotary Club Bev Maher.

Mayor Rees presented president Tina with PSPL 30-year certificate.

President Bev of Appin Park Rotary presented three of our foundation members, Kerrith Bell, Hilda Leister and Mavis Munro with their 30-year badges.

These three ladies also cut the celebration cake.

Janet Clarke spoke on 30 years of club highlights.

Guest speaker was Judi Walker who delighted the group with some humorous poems.

A lovely luncheon was enjoyed by all.

A very enjoyable trip to visit Billson’s Brewery Beechworth was had on February 9 with a tour of brewery and lunch at Hibernian Hotel.

The annual general meeting will be held at the Wangaratta Club on Monday, March 21 at 11am WANGARATTA MEN’S PROBUS CLUB AFTER having to cancel the January meeting due to COVID, the club met in February for a general club meeting to start our 2022 year.

Our interesting guest speaker was “Ten-pound Pom” Terry Wagstaffe who migrated to Australia 50 years ago.

He had many jobs and adventures over the years

and is still entrepreneurial.

Terry reckons the northeast is the world’s best location.

Our well-attended coffee mornings continue to be on first and third Fridays at WPAC. On February 18 the club celebrated the 103th birthday of our eldest member, Neil Whyte, who rated mention in “Black and White” milestones column of the Herald Sun that day.

Our pub lunch on February 24 had to be cancelled due to COVID. However, always optimistic, we are planning another pub lunch in March.

Our Annual General Meeting was March 15 and nominations have been received ready for election of a new Committee of Management for 2022-2023.

WANGARATTA CENTRAL COMBINED THERE were 37 members present at the February meeting.

The lucky draw number was won by Leon Quartermain and we are re-visiting some of our “Who Am I’s” as their life journeys are extremely interesting and some members may have missed them the first time.

Nine members went to the cinema to see the movie Belfast and enjoyed a coffee and chat afterwards.

Two movies coming up are “the Duke” and “the Last Story” about The Beatles.

Two activities on March 3 were breakfast at the Gateway followed by Lloyd Weber and the Great Composers at WPAC. There was also be a Crazy Whist day at the Lamond’s on March 10.

There are other activities organized by other Probus Clubs, please check their

When

Sunday 8 May 2pm

Tickets

Adults $59 - Conc/Sen $49

WANGARATTA WEST PROBUS

CELEBRATING: Foundation members of Wangaratta Ladies Probus (from left) Hilda Leister, Kerrith Bell and Mavis Munro cut the 30th birthday cake at celebrations recently watched by Rotary president, Bev Maher.

reports for details.

For those members feeling unwell, please takecare and we look forward to seeing you when your health improves.

The guest speaker for this month was Tracy Peters, a co-ordinator at our local library, who informed us of all the services and resources available at the library, where membership is free and the number of books, resources and services is amazing.

WANGARATTA APPIN PARK COMBINED THE members of Wangaratta Appin Park Probus are enjoying being back together doing a lot of activities.

Our last general meeting was well attended and the guest speaker from The Digital Hub enlightened us about using the internet for health interaction on line; very interesting.

Our games evening on Wednesday following our meeting was fun with

members playing cards and pool and enjoying a takeaway meal together.

Special interest groups are back meeting regularly and having fun with activities and events.

On February 17 a small group enjoyed a delicious lunch in The Barn at McEvoy Tavern in Eldorado.

A great atmosphere at the smallest pub in Victoria.

March 23 a trip to Mansfield Zoo is planned with lunch at Delatite Hotel to follow.

Caravan and Cabin Group are heading to Bendigo area April 25 to 29.

Alan Darwin is busy planning several activities, including an underground mine visit, a look around Bendigo pottery and several other things for members to enjoy while away.

We are looking forward to the new Probus year beginning and good wishes go to all those taking office bearer and other positions.

PRESIDENT Avril Annett welcomed 58 members to our meeting on February 14.

There was a long list of apologies and we hope to see these members next month.

The usual Sunday lunches started again on February 27.

Invitation received from Ladies Probus regarding their fun day on April 27.

President Avril stressed how important it is to have members fill committee positions and most present committee have nominated for another year. It is our AGM in March.

We were entertained by member Trevor Prentice who gladly offered to share his childhood memories as our guest speaker.

Trevor was born in Royston, England, seventh child of nine. He suffered pneumonia at birth and after 10 days the doctor sent his mother home with him and predicted he would not live very long. But his family kept him warm by sleeping with during the day and night. Their house was freezing cold. He was five when war broke out and the family was lucky to live in the country. When he left school he became a bricklayer but preferred farm work.

He came to Australia with the Big Brother movement with 12,000 other lads.

Eventually he was given a rail ticket to a place called Wangaratta and worked at McDonald’s farm at Boorhaman.

In 1955 he met Heather and married in 1959.

Several trips back to England to catch up with family have been made.

Thank you Trevor for sharing your memories.

Buskers are headed for Rutherglen THE Rutherglen Regional Heats of the Australian National Busking Championships (ANBC) will be held from May 13 to 15.

Starting in 2012, the ANBC has grown to include eight towns in Queensland, NSW, ACT and Victoria with the winners from each of the regional finals eligible to participate in the November National Championships in Cooma.

Buskers from near and far will be competing in a range of categories for more than $5000 worth of cash prizes as well as the honour of representing Rutherglen at the Cooma national finals in November.

ANBC organising committee member Fred Parker from Parker Pies said it was exciting to feel the energy of Main Street as they prepared for the regional heat.

The weekend will kick off on Friday, May 13 with a concert by alt–folk and roots band The Northern Folk who hail from Albury.

Busking heats will commence on Saturday morning from 10am, with up to 14 busking stations positioned along Main Street, which will be closed to vehicular traffic.

To enter the Rutherglen heat or for further information and regular updates, visit Busking Rutherglen on Facebook or Instagram.

Moyhu Lions country market THE Moyhu Lions country market will be held this Saturday at the Moyhu Lions Park in Moyhu from 8am until 12pm.

There will be a range of stalls, take away hot breakfast and freshly brewed coffee plus an opportunity to bring along your home grown vegies for the chance to win a prize.

Old time dance this weekend SPRINGHURST Old Time Dance will be held on Saturday at the Springhurst Hall from 7.30pm to 11pm, featuring live music.

Entry is $10 per person, with those attending asked to bring a plate of supper to share.

For more information, phone 5726 5241.

Student (16 - 25yo with valid Student ID) $49 Child (15 & under) $40 - Group 4+ $49ea Duration 3hrs (incl. 20 min interval) COVID Information COVID Safe Protocols will apply to this show.

Where

Alpine MDF Theatre - Wangaratta Performing Arts & Convention Centre 33-37 Ford Street Wangaratta VIC 3677

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Prize not redeemable for cash or able to be re-sold.

Photocopies not accepted. Winners will be announced on the school’s page on Wednesday, March 23.

Fit and relaxed Appin Park Primary School PHYSICAL education classes are very busy where many physical activities and challenges are undertaken during the hour class.

Engaging in the variety of tasks, whether they are PMP activities for the younger students or fitness challenges for the older students not only requires the students to be physically ready but also mentally prepared.

To complete each session, the students are working on short, calming, meditation routines where they concentrate on their breathing and bringing their heart rate down.

When finished they return to their classroom, ready for their next activity.

The hope is that the students practise these skills at home as well, to build their capacity to calm themselves and to be able to reset, ready for whatever comes next.

WELL PREPARED: Student Ky Meloury practising his calming meditation routine.

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When material is freeze-dried, what special thing happens to the water inside it?

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Pancake Day

TU TUCKING UC IN: Matilda de Prada and Milly Richardson found strawberries and syrup Rich delicious toppings for their pancakes. delic

Carraragarmungee Primary School THE school community recognised Shrove Tuesday in a delicious way. Matilda de Prada and Milly Richardson were among the students who enjoyed a tasty meal of pancakes in recognition of the special day.

How long does a red blood cell usually live for? Is it a) 2 days, b) 15 days, or c) 100 days?

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A 200 millilitre glass has a 20 gram piece of ice in it as it is filled to the brim with water. How much water will overflow when the ice melts?

QUIZ ANSWERS: 1. Cane toads are native to Central America and the tropics of South America. 2. During the freeze-drying process, solid water ice turns directly into a gas without first becoming liquid. 3. c) Red blood cells have a lifespan of around 100 days. 4. The ionised gas is a plasma. 5. None. From Archimedes principle, we know that the volume of ice under the waterline is equal to the volume of water produced when that ice

AS announced last week, in the lead up to our Prep Feature next Wednesday, March 23, we are running a ‘Guess the Principal’ competition.

Print and digital readers can enter, and by entering both weeks, you will have a better chance of securing the prize.

Above you will find the second lot of photos from our local principals along with their own prep photos (or photos of themselves at that age).

Study them carefully and fill out the entry form below, and email the page to Belinda Harrison at bharrison@nemedia.

For more CSIRO Double Helix science visit www.csiro.au/helix or call 02 6276 6643.

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Volunteers make Nth Wangaratta beautiful

COMMON GOAL: Participating in the recent clean up were (from left) John Booth, Jan Booth, Clive Pullen, Rob Steel, Rosemary Tennent, Julie Sands, Marg Pullen, Rob Chatfield, Andy Kimber, with Reedy Creek in the background.

PHOTO: Sandro Camillo

CARING and sharing on another Clean Up Australia Day was the theme for devoted members from the North Wangaratta Community Group earlier this month.

They welcomed Chantelle West from Brunswick, and Julie Sands and Andy Kimber from Wangaratta as they filled up eight bags of rubbish.

It was the group’s 21st clean up along Bowser Road and they managed to collect

the usual assortment take-away containers, cans, building materials, wood and plaster.

Group member Marg Pullen said the question is “when will tradies take responsibility to secure and firmly cover their utes and trailers, and individuals stop tossing their take-away stuff ?”

Four members also spent time trimming vegetation around the monument, at what is referred to as the West Bank, Reedy Creek.

Judge - only trial AUSTRALIA’S option ECONOMIC PLAN stays We’re taking the next step to keep our economy strong.

VICTORIAN courts will be permitted to conduct judge-only trials for at least another year, as the state endeavours to diminish extensive court backlogs accrued during the pandemic.

The move, which will see criminal matters able to be heard before either a judge or a jury until at least 2023, was labeled a \"sensible\" approach by the Law Institute Victoria (LIV) in response to ongoing COVID-19 concerns.

Law Institute Victoria president Tania Wolff said the extension of the Justice Legislation Amendment (Trial by Judge Alone and Other Matters) Bill would play an important role in achieving a speedy resolution for those accused of crimes.

The State Government announced audio visual link reforms will see more adult prisoners able to appear in court remotely, while allowing individuals on community orders to report to their case managers via audio or audio visual link rather than in person.

Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes said the adaptations to the course of law were necessary during a challenging period for in-person appearances in courts.

“Our justice system’s response to the global pandemic has been impressive - the changes that have been made will mean better access to justice across Victoria for years to come,” she said.

“The courts are working tirelessly to reduce caseloads and get things back on track.

“We know it will take some time for things to get back to normal - so we’re doing all we can to help the system continue to adapt and deliver outcomes quicker.”

With such an extensive backlog of cases to manage across Victoria’s Supreme, County and Magistrates courts, the State Government also announced a delay to planned reforms to De Novo appeals.

The changes, which were initially announced in 2019, would see convictions appealed in the County Court decided on a transcript of evidence from its initial Magistrates or Children's court hearing, rather than rehearing the entire matter.

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Keeping taxes low, because money in your pocket eases the cost of living Infrastructure projects across the country are creating jobs Skilling the workforce for the jobs of tomorrow Committing to making more goods in Australia to help secure our supply chain Delivering affordable and reliable energy to our homes and businesses Backing Australian businesses to modernise and innovate for our future

Australia’s Economic Plan has helped us through the last two years. There are 260,000 more people in work than before COVID. Australia has performed better than major advanced economies through the pandemic. That’s why we’re taking the next step.

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Saturday, April 2 GWS GIANTS vs. Gold Coast SUNS (GS) Collingwood vs. Geelong Cats (MCG) (N) Brisbane Lions vs. North Melbourne (G) (N) Sunday, April 3 Carlton vs. Hawthorn (MCG) St Kilda vs. Richmond (MRVL) West Coast Eagles vs. Fremantle (OS) (T) ROUND 4 Thursday, April 7 Port Adelaide vs. Melbourne (AO) (N) Friday, April 8 Geelong Cats vs. Brisbane Lions (GMHBA) (N) Saturday, April 9 Sydney Swans vs. North Melbourne (SCG) Collingwood vs. West Coast Eagles (MRVL) (T) Richmond vs. Western Bulldogs (MCG) (N) Fremantle vs. GWS GIANTS (OS) (N) Sunday, April 10 Essendon vs. Adelaide Crows (MRVL) Hawthorn vs. St Kilda (MCG) Gold Coast SUNS vs. Carlton (MS) (T) ROUND 5 Thursday, April 14 Brisbane Lions vs. Collingwood (G) (N) Friday, April 15 North Melbourne vs. Western Bulldogs (MRVL) (T) West Coast Eagles vs. Sydney Swans (OS) (N) Saturday, April 16 St Kilda vs. Gold Coast SUNS (MRVL) Adelaide Crows vs. Richmond (AO) (T) Melbourne vs. GWS GIANTS (MCG) (N) Sunday, April 17 Carlton vs. Port Adelaide (MCG) Essendon vs. Fremantle (MRVL) (T)

Monday, April 18 Hawthorn vs. Geelong Cats (MCG) ROUND 6 Friday, April 22 GWS GIANTS vs. St Kilda (MO) (N) Saturday, April 23 Western Bulldogs vs. Adelaide Crows (MARS) Port Adelaide vs. West Coast Eagles (AO) (T) Fremantle vs. Carlton (OS) (N) Sunday, April 24 North Melbourne vs. Geelong Cats (BA) Gold Coast SUNS vs. Brisbane Lions (MS) (T) Richmond vs. Melbourne (MCG) (N) Monday, April 25 Hawthorn vs. Sydney Swans (UTAS) Essendon vs. Collingwood (MCG) ROUND 7 Friday, April 29 West Coast Eagles vs. Richmond (OS) (N) Saturday, April 30 Geelong Cats vs. Fremantle (GMHBA) Adelaide Crows vs. GWS GIANTS (AO) Melbourne vs. Hawthorn (MCG) (T) St Kilda vs. Port Adelaide (CS) (N) Carlton vs. North Melbourne (MRVL) (N) Sunday, May 1 Collingwood vs. Gold Coast SUNS (MCG) Western Bulldogs vs. Essendon (MRVL) Sydney Swans vs. Brisbane Lions (SCG) (T) ROUND 8 Friday, May 6 Port Adelaide vs. Western Bulldogs (AO) (N) Fremantle vs. North Melbourne (OS) (N) Saturday, May 7 Richmond vs. Collingwood (MCG)

Sydney Swans vs. Gold Coast SUNS (SCG) GWS GIANTS vs. Geelong Cats (MO) (T) Essendon vs. Hawthorn (MRVL) (N) Brisbane Lions vs. West Coast Eagles (G) (N) Sunday, May 8 Melbourne vs. St Kilda (MCG) Carlton vs. Adelaide Crows (MRVL) (T) ROUND 9 Friday, May 13 Collingwood vs. Western Bulldogs (MRVL) (N) Saturday, May 14 Hawthorn vs. Richmond (MCG) North Melbourne vs. Port Adelaide (BA) St Kilda vs. Geelong Cats (MRVL) (T) Sydney Swans vs. Essendon (SCG) (N) Adelaide Crows vs. Brisbane Lions (AO) (N) Sunday, May 15 Gold Coast SUNS vs. Fremantle (MS) GWS GIANTS vs. Carlton (GS) West Coast Eagles vs. Melbourne (OS) (T) ROUND 10 Details TBC Adelaide Crows vs. St Kilda Carlton vs. Sydney Swans Fremantle vs. Collingwood Geelong Cats vs. Port Adelaide GWS GIANTS vs. West Coast Eagles Hawthorn vs. Brisbane Lions North Melbourne vs. Melbourne Richmond vs. Essendon Western Bulldogs vs. Gold Coast SUNS ROUND 11 Details TBC Brisbane Lions vs. GWS GIANTS Collingwood vs. Carlton

Geelong Cats vs. Adelaide Crows Gold Coast SUNS vs. Hawthorn Melbourne vs. Fremantle Port Adelaide vs. Essendon St Kilda vs. North Melbourne Sydney Swans vs. Richmond West Coast Eagles vs. Western Bulldogs ROUND 12 Details TBC Adelaide Crows vs. West Coast Eagles Fremantle vs. Brisbane Lions Gold Coast SUNS vs. North Melbourne Hawthorn vs. Collingwood Melbourne vs. Sydney Swans Western Bulldogs vs. Geelong Cats Byes: Carlton, Essendon, GWS GIANTS, Port Adelaide, Richmond, St Kilda ROUND 13 Details TBC Brisbane Lions vs. St Kilda Collingwood vs. Melbourne Essendon vs. Carlton Fremantle vs. Hawthorn North Melbourne vs. GWS GIANTS Richmond vs. Port Adelaide Byes: Adelaide Crows, Geelong Cats, Gold Coast SUNS, Sydney Swans, West Coast Eagles, Western Bulldogs ROUND 14 Details TBC Gold Coast SUNS vs. Adelaide Crows GWS GIANTS vs. Western Bulldogs Port Adelaide vs. Sydney Swans Richmond vs. Carlton

St Kilda vs. Essendon West Coast Eagles vs. Geelong Cats Byes: Brisbane Lions, Collingwood, Fremantle, Hawthorn, Melbourne, North Melbourne ROUND 15 Details TBC Carlton vs. Fremantle Collingwood vs. GWS GIANTS Geelong Cats vs. Richmond Melbourne vs. Brisbane Lions North Melbourne vs. Adelaide Crows Port Adelaide vs. Gold Coast SUNS Sydney Swans vs. St Kilda West Coast Eagles vs. Essendon Western Bulldogs vs. Hawthorn ROUND 16 Details TBC Adelaide Crows vs. Melbourne Brisbane Lions vs. Western Bulldogs Carlton vs. St Kilda Essendon vs. Sydney Swans Fremantle vs. Port Adelaide Geelong Cats vs. North Melbourne Gold Coast SUNS vs. Collingwood GWS GIANTS vs. Hawthorn Richmond vs. West Coast Eagles ROUND 17 Details TBC Brisbane Lions vs. Essendon Collingwood vs. North Melbourne Geelong Cats vs. Melbourne Gold Coast SUNS vs. Richmond Hawthorn vs. Adelaide Crows Port Adelaide vs. GWS GIANTS St Kilda vs. Fremantle

Sydney Swans vs. Western Bulldogs West Coast Eagles vs. Carlton ROUND 18 Details TBC Adelaide Crows vs. Collingwood Carlton vs. Geelong Cats Essendon vs. Gold Coast SUNS Fremantle vs. Sydney Swans GWS GIANTS vs. Brisbane Lions Hawthorn vs. West Coast Eagles Melbourne vs. Port Adelaide North Melbourne vs. Richmond Western Bulldogs vs. St Kilda ROUND 19 Details TBC Brisbane Lions vs. Gold Coast SUNS Carlton vs. GWS GIANTS Collingwood vs. Essendon North Melbourne vs. Hawthorn Port Adelaide vs. Geelong Cats Richmond vs. Fremantle Sydney Swans vs. Adelaide Crows West Coast Eagles vs. St Kilda Western Bulldogs vs. Melbourne ROUND 20 Details TBC Adelaide Crows vs. Carlton Collingwood vs. Port Adelaide Essendon vs. North Melbourne Fremantle vs. Melbourne Geelong Cats vs. Western Bulldogs Gold Coast SUNS vs. West Coast Eagles Richmond vs. Brisbane Lions St Kilda vs. Hawthorn Sydney Swans vs. GWS GIANTS

ROUND 21 Details TBC Brisbane Lions vs. Carlton Geelong Cats vs. St Kilda GWS GIANTS vs. Essendon Hawthorn vs. Gold Coast SUNS Melbourne vs. Collingwood North Melbourne vs. Sydney Swans Port Adelaide vs. Richmond West Coast Eagles vs. Adelaide Crows Western Bulldogs vs. Fremantle ROUND 22 Details TBC Adelaide Crows vs. North Melbourne Essendon vs. Port Adelaide Fremantle vs. West Coast Eagles Gold Coast SUNS vs. Geelong Cats Melbourne vs. Carlton Richmond vs. Hawthorn St Kilda vs. Brisbane Lions Sydney Swans vs. Collingwood Western Bulldogs vs. GWS GIANTS ROUND 23 Details TBC Brisbane Lions vs. Melbourne Carlton vs. Collingwood Essendon vs. Richmond Geelong Cats vs. West Coast Eagles GWS GIANTS vs. Fremantle Hawthorn vs. Western Bulldogs North Melbourne vs. Gold Coast SUNS Port Adelaide vs. Adelaide Crows St Kilda vs. Sydney Swans

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Pencil drawing the focus of Kate’s art workshop

By ANITA McPHERSON MEMBERS and friends of the Wangaratta Artists’ Society had the opportunity to put pencil to paper during a tutorial run by professional artist Kate Jenvey last week.

A signature member of Artists for Conservation and Society of Animal Artists, Kate is renowned for her finely detailed and realistic depictions of natural subjects, particularly wild animals.

She ran a coloured pencil workshop on Saturday at The Studio in Bachelor’s Green which was fully subscribed, with 13 enthusiastic students attending who all enjoyed the opportunity.

Secretary Marina Foad said each

of the participants, most of them artists themselves, got something different out of the informative class.

She said it was thanks to a grant received through the Rural City of Wangaratta’s community grants program, so many were able to take part and further enhance their skills.

The next session in the series will be a pen and wash workshop hosted by Thea Day, taking place on Saturday, March 26.

Anyone interested in joining in can make contact via the Wangaratta Artists’ Society Facebook page or pop in to The Studio at Bachelor’s Green in Tone Road.

DETAILED DRAWING: Thea Day, Julie Meyland, Kate Jenvey and Nola Constable paused for a break during Saturday’s workshop at The Studio. Thea will be running a pen and wash workshop on March 26.

New action plan to ensure gender equality at GOTAFE GOTAFE has outlined its ongoing commitment to gender equality and respect with the announcement of their Gender Equality Action Plan, which focuses on improving experience for people of all genders.

The Gender Equality Action Plan was announced on Tuesday, March 8 coinciding with International Women’s Day. The plan outlines the

many strategies that GOTAFE will take to ensure the needs of people of GOTAFE, regardless of gender, are met and are provided with a safe and inclusive place to work.

“GOTAFE is committed to our Social Justice Charter and you can’t have social justice, or inclusion, without gender equality,” GOTAFE chief executive officer (CEO) Travis Heeney said.

“This work is critical for embedding a welcoming and inclusive environment for everyone within our diverse and vibrant community.”

Janelle Osborne, director people and culture at GOTAFE, said the Gender Equality Action Plan will guide leadership and participation of people of all genders.

“We will continue to embed the universal princi-

ples of equity, fairness and respect into all aspects of GOTAFE’s operations, systems and infrastructure,” she said.

“The Gender Equality Action Plan, being intersectional in nature, builds on GOTAFE’s historical support of diversity and inclusion while explicitly focusing on and addressing gender inequality.

“GOTAFE is known for

fostering a safe and inclusive community where people of all genders have an equal opportunity to embrace their full potential.”

For more details, please call 1300 GOTAFE (468 233) 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday or visit their website.

Additionally, please visit the International Women’s Day website at www.internationalwomensday.com for more details.

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Enjoy a literary lunch with Dr Anita Heiss

AN historical novel inspired by a young Aboriginal man’s heroic efforts in saving 49 people in the 1852 catastrophic flooding of the Murrumbidgee River at Gundagai, is a highly relevant focus of this year’s Literary Lunch in Wangaratta.

The Wangaratta Arts Council Inc is proud to welcome Dr Anita Heiss who will speak about her latest novel, called Bila Yarrudhang-galang-dhuray (River of Dreams).

It is likely it is the first Australian commercial fiction novel to feature the title in an Aboriginal language - of Wiradjuri country in Central New South Wales.

The novel has received high praise and has been nominated for many awards since its publication by Simon and Schuster in May last year.

They include being shortlisted for the Historical Novel Society Award and five listings of ‘best books of 2021’.

Bila Yarrudhang-galangdhuray is on the long-list for this year’s Stella Prize.

Dr Anita Heiss is one of Australia’s most prolific authors, publishing across non-fiction, historical fiction, commercial fiction, children’s novels and poetry.

An evening with Aunty Geraldine Atkinson PROUD Bpangerang and Wiradjuri leader Aunty Geraldine Atkinson, co-chair of the First Peoples Assembly of Victoria, will speak at the Quality Hotel Wangaratta Gateway tonight.

Ms Atkinson will talk about the process and progress toward the Treaty for Victoria and what everyone can do to engage with the Aboriginal community, particularly around the Treaty process.

The Rotary Club of Milawa Oxley invites all interested to join them in the Ovens Room at the Quality Hotel Wangaratta Gateway for the free event at 6.30pm, with bookings at www.trybooking.com/BXWEV.

Emily Barker to play at The Vine

SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER: Dr Anita Heiss will speak about her latest novel, Bila Yarrudhang-galangdhuray (River of Dreams) in Wangaratta on March 26.

Her memoir Am I Black Enough for You, was a finalist in the 2012 Human Rights Awards and the sequel Am I Black Enough for You: 10 years on will be published on March 29.

As an artist in residence at La Boite Theatre in 2020, Dr Heiss began adapting her novel Tiddas for the stage.

A proud member of the Wiradjuri Nation, Dr Heiss is a Life-

time Ambassador of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.

She has worked in remote communities, encouraging young Indigenous Australians to write their own stories.

When Dr Heiss graduated in 2001 with a PhD in Communication and Media from the University of Western Sydney, she was the first Aboriginal student to do so in the university’s history.

She is now a Professor of Communications at the University of Queensland, and is on the Board of the University of Queensland Press.

The Literary Lunch will be held at the Quality Hotel Wangaratta Gateway on Saturday, March 26 at 11.30am for a 12pm start.

Tickets for the event are available from Edgars Books and News by calling 5721 3758.

session at King George V Gardens to close the event.

“Each busking location will be in the vicinity of a CBD cafe, so bring your friends and family along to enjoy the show, lunch and cuppa,” Rural City of Wangaratta mayor Dean Rees said.

“The response from the community and from local business about activating our CBD with live music have been extremely supportive.

“There are plenty of people keen to see our streets filled with music again, and I’m one of them.”

This event was made possible with funding from the Victorian Government’s COVIDSafe Outdoor Activation Fund 2021.

Registration is free via https://www.wangaratta.vic.gov. au/Residents/Events/Battle-ofthe-Buskers and registrations close Sunday, April 17 at 9pm.

AWARD winning singer songwriter Emily Barker and Lukas Drinkwater will perform live at The Vine Hotel in North Wangaratta on Friday night.

Emily’s music is a blend of roots influences from country to English folk via 60s pop and she is known for creating the theme to BBC TV’s Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh.

Tickets are available now at www. thevinehotel.net.au.

yourstars ARIES

(March 21 to April 19) Keep an open mind about a suggestion you see as unworkable. Give it a chance to prove itself one way or another. The results could surprise both supporters and detractors.

TAURUS

(April 20 to May 20) News about an upcoming venture causes you to make some last-minute adjustments in your plans. But the extra work will pay off, as you come to learn more about the potential benefits opening up.

Register for rural city’s Battle of the Buskers THE Rural City of Wangaratta is calling for buskers to register their interest for the Battle of the Buskers on Saturday, April 23.

Council events team leader Kelly Timms said now it’s time to dust off your guitars, start singing in the shower and get practicing.

“We are after individuals, duos and trios to join the competition,” Ms Timms said.

“As much as we are hoping to find some amazing talent, there is also room for those who want to perform for the adventure of a new experience.

The streets of Wangaratta will be filled with the sounds of live music as buskers hit the streets for their chance to share in more than $500 worth of prizes.

Special guest Nicky Bomba, from John Butler Trio and Melbourne Ska Orchestra fame, will join an informal jamming

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LEO (July 23 to August 22) The possibility of a new acquisition always makes those Leonine eyes light up. But be careful that what you see is what you want. Appearances often can be deceiving.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) No matter how much you might feel that you’re in the right, resist saying anything that could reignite a still-unresolved situation. Let the matter drop, and move on.

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STRUMMING: Local musician Louis Harrop is keen for the Battle of the Buskers event in Wangaratta’s CBD on April 23.

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Award-winning comedy drama

King Valley balloon fiesta this month

POPULAR Australian actors Julie McGregor and Christopher Truswell will star as Maggie and Arthur in the stage version of hit television series Mother & Son, which comes to the Wangaratta Performing Arts and Convention Centre today.

The play tells the story of Arthur who is at his wit’s end and desperate for some time away with his new girlfriend, but who will look after Maggie?

The heart-warming and funny show written by Geoffrey Atherden will be performed tonight 7.30pm with tickets available now at www.wpacc.com.au.

AN award-winning romantic comedy featuring two vibrant, lovable characters at its heart, Become The One will be presented at the Wangaratta Performing Arts and Convention Centre on Thursday, March 24.

Become The One is a play which explores why a footballer would choose to remain closeted, and why their openly gay partner would choose to accept it.

Winner of the 2018 Playtime Award for New Writing, the funny, smart and challenging drama explores the true meaning of bravery and it will be performed at 7.30pm, with tickets available at www.wpacc.com.au.

THE King Valley Balloon Fiesta, Victoria’s biggest hot air balloon event, will be held at the Wangaratta Turf Club on Saturday, March 26 from 4pm until 8pm.

Bring a blanket, have a glass of wine and something to eat, relax and enjoy the entertainment at the Balloon Glow, with the fleet of balloons ‘glowing’ while choreographed to great music in an amazing visual spectacle appealing to all ages.

There will be food stalls, market stalls, live music, local producers, face painting, a balloon magician and more with tickets available at www.kingvalleyballoonfiesta.com.au.

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PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Expect to happily plunge right into a hectic social whirl starting at week’s end. Your aspects favor new friendships as well as the strengthening of old relationships.

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KING VALLEY NEWS

Covering Moyhu, Edi, Myrrhee, Whitfield, Cheshunt and Whitlands areas

Prosecco Road bike trail meeting THE Rural City of Wangaratta will hold a meeting to discuss the project to develop a shared cycle pathway from Edi to Cheshunt, at the Whitfield Recreation Reserve today.

Two sessions will be held, starting at 4pm and 5.15pm, and registration is encouraged by contacting infradmin@ wangaratta.vic.gov.au or phone 57220888.

Autumn harvest event SUSTAINABLE King Valley invites the community to its Autumn Harvest event being held at the Cheshunt Hall this Saturday from 2pm until 4pm.

The event will also mark the launch of the King Valley food hub - a space for the community to connect, learn, share skills and knowledge about growing and sourcing quality local food.

Located at the hall, the hub will be an ongoing outlet to purchase local and bulk food and share excess produce.

Autumn Harvest will be interactive and engaging with information on fruit fly management, climate adaptation, recycling, renewable energy and more, with all welcome to come along.

Live music in Moyhu GOLDEN Guitar winner and Hands of Fame recipient Graham Rodger will perform country music at the Moyhu Soldiers Memorial Hall on Sunday, March 20 at 2pm.

Presented by the Moyhu Bowls Club, entry is $20 (including afternoon tea) with tickets available at the door.

Call for entries for art exhibition ARTISTS residing in the Rural City of Wangaratta are invited to contribute up to two artworks for an exhibition called Convergence being held at King River Brewing over the last two weekends of April.

It is expected to feature a broad range of two dimensional artworks but three dimensional works may also be entered.

An initiative of King Valley Arts, to find out more visit www. kingvalleyarts.com.au where an online entry from should be completed by April 1.

COMMUNITY COLLECTIVE: Cheshunt Craft Group participants (from left) Anita Laurence, Lyn Lewis, Helen Cooper and Dave O’Brien hold their pots and a copy of the book, created by Linda Lees as part of Collective Vessels.

Community and arts combine at Cheshunt Hall ARTWORKS created by Cheshunt participants in the Collective Vessels project held last year have had their creations returned to them by the artist now the multifaceted project is complete.

Local artist Linda Lees had invited residents in different rural locations to come and enjoy a relaxed social event in local halls last August, where they could learn to make a simple clay vessel.

The idea was for those who came along to get busy with their hands, as a way of opening up conversation and encouraging their reflections about their personal connections to the hall.

The first of the sessions was

WANGARATTA Sing Australia Group meets each Wednesday from 7.30pm to 9pm at Purbrick Hall, next to Holy Trinity Cathedral.

Everyone welcome. For further information, call Cheryl Hoysted on 0419 005 062.

GROW, a peer support group for mental wellbeing, meets at Benalla’s Waminda Community House, 19 Ballintine Street, on Mondays from 10.30am.

All welcome, no cost, phone 0448 052 769 for more information.

WANGARATTA Senior Citizens Club will host lunch today from 12 noon. Contact secretary Ken Daly on 0437 370 745 for more information.

Carpet bowls will run tomorrow and on Monday from 12 noon. Euchre will be held on Friday at 1.30pm, with cards (500) and hoy on Tuesday, also from 1.30pm, at the clubrooms in Tara Court, off Ford Street.

WANGARATTA Concert Band rehearses on Mondays from 6.45pm to 9pm at the Avian Park Raceway Band Room in Newman Street.

New players welcome, contact Helen on 0401 021 448.

ELDORADO Carpet Bowls is held every Thursday from 12.45pm at the Eldorado Community Hall.

All the group’s events are held at the Eldorado Community Hall.

KEENAGERS Table Tennis has resumed play on Mondays and Thursdays from 7.30am to 10am at the table tennis centre at the Wangaratta Showgrounds.

All players must show proof of double vaccination to be able to enter and play.

For more information, contact Michael Chambeyron on 0490 447 452.

BY ANITA McPHERSON amcpherson@ nemedia.com.au

held in Cheshunt and while others had been planned for places including Eldorado and Oxley, they were unfortunately curtailed by the pandemic.

So Cheshunt became the central focus of the research project, undertaken to support Linda’s Honours degree in arts at Deakin University.

“I would have liked to get to more halls in the region but it had to be cancelled due to COVID,” said Linda.

“But the stories that people

SOCIAL CALENDAR THE Wangaratta Veterans Art Group meets every Tuesday at the Yarrunga Scout Hall from 10am to 2pm.

New members welcome, enquiries to Michael on 0432 991 055.

LIFEBALL is played every Tuesday from 1pm on the basketball court at the Wangaratta Sports and Aquatic Centre.

Lifeball is a non-contact game of netball, designed by a doctor and physio for the safety of mature players, with no running, walking backwards or throwing high balls, but enjoying fun and friendship.

For more information, phone 0418 574 404.

told me in Cheshunt could be applied to any halls, in any country town, so it was really interesting and important to my research.”

Linda said many fond memories where shared during the session, including memories of war time when children waved flags at the hall to welcome home returning soldiers, important birthdays held when the whole town was invited to attend, and one person’s story of the loss of a loved one which forged a new connection with the local community.

Linda also took photos and made recordings during the time they spent together and the information collected was compiled into a book which was

WANGARATTA AL-Anon Family Group meets on Tuesdays from 1.30pm to 3pm at the backstage meeting room at St Patrick’s Hall in Ford Street.

All welcome. If your life has been affected by someone else’s drinking, this group may be for you.

Contact David on 0403 552 950.

submitted for her assessment.

The project proved a success in more ways than one, with Linda receiving first class honours for her study, and she is now able to share the artworks and a copy of the book with the craft group.

Participants were pleased to see their pinch pots again, which had been taken away to be fired in a kiln before being handed in as part of Linda’s assessment.

In December this year and January next, Linda Lees will have an exhibition of the hall photographs and a summary of the project at the Bainz Gallery in the library.

She says the project illustrates the importance of the halls to creating strong communities.

from 6.45pm in the community room at the Wangaratta Library in Docker Street.

For more information, contact Leah Walker at leahwalka@gmail. com

WANGARATTA Symphony Orchestra rehearses each Tuesday from 7.30pm to 9.30pm at Wangaratta Baptist Church, 1 Sisely Avenue.

New string and wind players are welcome to come along to rehearsals to try out.

For more information, email wangsymphonyorchestra@gmail. com or call Chloe on 0413 775 027.

NORTHEAST Radio Control Car Club will hold its next meeting on Saturday, March 19 from 10.30am to 1pm at the Mitchell Avenue track near the splash park.

The club has cars available to try, or bring your own 1/10 scale electric car or truck.

Racing takes place every second Saturday at this time. For more information, see the Northeast Radio Control Car Club Facebook page.

WANGARATTA Toastmasters conducts its meetings on the second and fourth Monday of each month

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The cadetship is ideally suited for a Year 12 graduate.

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The funeral will leave at the conclusion of the service for burial at the Winton General Cemetery.

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MEMBERS of the Northeast Radio Control Car Club gathered at Mitchell Avenue last Saturday to test their vehicles in competition.

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Country stacks up in VCE

A STUDENT’S ability to apply themselves during their schooling is a large part of how they perform in VCE, but there are many other factors that contribute their desired outcome such as getting into a university course of their choice.

Despite students dealing with adversity from the pandemic in 2020 and the touted country-city education divide, they performed reasonably well judging by the VCE study scores released by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCCA).

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ting a slightly better percentage of 40+ scores at 3.6pc

BY STEVE compared to Cathedral’s KELLY 3.3pc. skelly@ nemedia.com.au But while Wangaratta High School had a lesser meWangaratta’s three sec- dian study score at 26, it was ondary schools stack up well better than Galen and Cathewhen compared to others dral with a 40+ percentage of across the region and even 3.9. several metropolitan counAcross the region Goulterparts across the state. burn Valley Grammar School Galen Catholic College in Shepparton had a median and Cathedral College both 35 with 21.6pc achieving achieved a median study 40+, placing it 30th best in score of 29 with Galen get- Victoria.

Beechworth Secondary College had a median study score of 29, but it was its 40+ score that was a standout with 13.7pc reaching the A grade figure.

Benalla P-12 College had a median study score of 26, with zero over 40+, while FCJ College Benalla had a strong median of 30 with 6pc of scores 40+.

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Mansfield Secondary College had a median of 29 with 1.3pc of scores 40+.

Myrtleford P-12 College had a median of 28 with 3.9pc of scores 40+, while Marian College had a median of 28 with zero scores 40+.

Mount Beauty Secondary College had a median of 28, with 2.7pc of scores 40+.

Wodonga Senior Secondary College had a median score of 23, with 1.1pc of scores 40+, while Catholic

College Wodonga had a median of 29, with 3.2pc 40+.

Yarrawonga College P-12 was a median of 28 with 3.3pc of scores 40+.

The top three schools in Victoria were Bialik College in Hawthorn that had a median of 38 with 39.9pc of scores 40+, Mount Scopus Memorial College was next with 38 and 39.7pc, with Ballarat Clarendon College third with 38 and 38.4pc.

For the full results visit vcaa.vic.adu.au.

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c REVVED UP: Northeast Radio Control Club president Matthew Johnson-Begg works on his machine in the pits.

c HOT WHEELS: Teo Valle (9) from Peechelba raced for the first time in RC Touring Class.

THE Wang Repair Café will hold its next event tomorrow at Apex Park from 8am until 12pm.

The café will have some t-shirt rugs for sale as well as other items, and cash donations as well as donations of unwanted Christmas presents for them to sell would be appreciated, as the volunteer-run organisation seeks assistance to cover its operating costs and ensure its continuation.

Bring items in need of repair to the park tomorrow morning where volunteers will be on hand to help bring them back to life.

c FAST TRUCK: Talon Fullerton (14) from Wangaratta with his racing truck.

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Teens look to the future with uni

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

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

Kayla, 17, has been offered a

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

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

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

“But, I got there in the end and am

looking forward to the next step.”

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

“I had hoped for a higher ATAR but I didn’t need one, I’m pretty happy with how I went,” Amy said.

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

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“The offer I received was my first choice so I’m really happy with that.

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

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

Musicians invited to orchestra meeting MUSICIANS interested in becoming part of a new regional orchestra being formed in Wangaratta will be meeting in the King George V Gardens on Sunday at 2.30pm.

A newly formed committee, involving local violinist Sally Ross, will be in attendance and the group welcomes other potential members to come along, particularly seeking violin and flute players, a percussionist and a conductor.

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NATIONAL SPORT

Dubler wins sportsmanship gong CEDRIC Dubler’s selfless performance in the decathlon in Tokyo has been recognised with the Queenslander winning the inaugural Cecil Healy Award for outstanding sportsmanship at an Olympic Games.

The AOC on Tuesday acknowledged the decathlete’s efforts after he defied a hamstring injury to run the concluding 1500m and cajole teammate Ash Moloney to a

bronze medal in the event.

AOC boss Matt Carroll says Dubler’s endeavours provided one of the special moments of the Olympics.

The award is named after Cecil Healy, a former swimmer who is the only Australian Olympic gold medal winner to be killed in action during World War I. “Cecil Healy would have approved,” Carroll said.

“In the closing stages, Ce-

dric had no other thought, other than the possibility for his teammate winning an Olympic medal.

“He could have easily chosen to improve his own standing in the event, but he made another choice and it was a noble one.

“Cedric is honoured for his selfless actions to assist his younger teammate.”

Dubler, 27, said he is stunned to be recognised for

the act and proud to win an award in Healy’s name.

“The camaraderie amongst decathletes is something very special, but I also felt a really strong bond within our Australian Team in Tokyo,” he said.

“I am still stunned that my spontaneous decision to urge him on struck such a chord around the world.

“I definitely can’t compare my actions with those of Cec-

il Healy, but I am immensely proud to be the first Australian to win this award, named in his honour.”

At the Stockholm Olympics in 1912, Healy shared gold with other members of the 4x200m Australasian relay team, which defeated a US team led by the legendary Hawaiian Duke Kahanomoku.

But an act of sportsmanship which cost him an in-

RIGHT TO GO: Melbourne’s Jack Viney has rejected suggestions of any complacency at the AFL premiers.

dividual victory is most remembered.

Healy denied himself a certain gold medal by insisting the race favourite Kahanamoku be allowed to compete in the 100m freestyle final despite the American champion missing his semifinal due to an apparent mix up.

Kahanamoku went on to win with Healy picking up the silver.

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Demons to avoid AFL flag hangover: Viney MELBOURNE midfielder Jack Viney is confident the Demons have avoided letting standards slip after their drought-breaking AFL premiership.

The Demons will enter a season as reigning premiers for the first time in 57 years.

The stunning triumph in Perth last September remains fresh in the memory of Melbourne supporters as they prepare for a grand final rematch against the Western Bulldogs at the MCG on Wednesday night.

But Viney, who experienced some dark times as a young player at Melbourne before becoming a premiership hero, believes the Demons have maintained the rage over summer.

“Nothing is guaranteed for this season and we’re going to have plenty of challenges thrown at us, starting this Wednesday night,” he said on Monday.

“That’s (premiership hangover) the worry coming into a pre-season where you’ve achieved the ultimate.

“I haven’t seen anything to sug-

gest that this pre-season.

“I’ve been really happy with the training standards and the amount of work we’ve put in so really excited to get a crack.”

The AFL is hoping a crowd of more than 80,000 will pack into the MCG for the Demons-Bulldogs showdown in what would be the biggest attendance for a football match in Australia since the COVID-19 pandemic.

It is expected to be an emotional occasion for Victorian-based De-

Essendon searching for consistency in AFL MORE than 6400 days have passed since Essendon won an AFL final, but there is growing belief that this resurgence at Tullamarine is genuine.

Bombers supporters have been let down by a number of false dawns during the past 17 years.

Elimination finals defeats in 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016 and 2019 were followed by limp efforts in missing the top-eight the following season.

The infamous supplements saga stunted the club’s growth for years and Ben Rutten is Essendon’s fifth coach since Kevin Sheedy departed in 2007.

Their record post-2004 has been a cause of embarrassment for a club celebrating its 150th anniversary this year and still is the equal recordholder for most VFL/AFL premierships.

Hierarchy at Essendon are staying level-headed but AFL coaching legend Mick Malthouse believes this group can replicate the 1993 ‘Baby Bombers’ and break through for an unlikely flag.

Bombers captain Dyson Heppell laughed off Malthouse’s prediction, saying “thanks Mick, no pressure now” but still thinks anything is possible.

Essendon surged home in

the back-half of last season, before bowing out to eventual grand finalists the Western Bulldogs in another elimination final loss.

The club’s football boss Josh Mahoney did not bite on Malthouse’s prediction, knowing success will not automatically follow the Bombers’ 2021 run.

“We looked at last season and it was a lot about building some foundations and we were pleased with what we were able to build,” Mahoney told AAP. “We saw a lot of players, individually have the best seasons of their careers, our game style starting to develop.

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mons supporters, who were forced to watch last year’s grand final from lockdown.

Melbourne greats including Ron Barassi, Garry Lyon, David Neitz, Nathan Jones and Viney’s father Todd will take part in the flag unfurling.

“Apparently, there’s going to be some big fireworks display at halftime as well, so it’ll be pretty spectacular to watch,” Jack Viney said.

The Bulldogs, who were 19 points up in the third quarter of last year’s

decider, will be forced to watch on as the Melbourne faithful celebrate again.

“We’ll pay respect to Melbourne unveiling their flag, and deservedly so, but it’s just exciting to play in front of a big crowd and see everyone back at the footy,” Bulldogs star Tom Liberatore said.

“It was a pretty hard second-half last year, but I think it’ll be good for the game and it will be a good atmosphere and start the battle early.”

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Demons’ Goodwin speaks on review leaks MELBOURNE coach Simon Goodwin has wasted no time contemplating who might have leaked historic accusations of bullying and improper behaviour directed against him.

The 45-year-old was last month the subject of numerous stories about his behaviour prior to 2021, leading to his position as Demons coach briefly coming under question.

Goodwin was cleared of all allegations, and they only emerged several months after Goodwin became Melbourne’s first premiership coach since 1964.

He addressed the reports on Tuesday at a press conference for the first time, ahead of the Demons opening their season with a grand final rematch against the Western Bulldogs.

“I don’t put any energy into that at all,” Goodwin said when asked who might have leaked the information.

“Where my energy sits is with our playing group, with our staff, our team and our football club.

“What I do know is we’ve got an incredibly united footy club from (president) Kate Roffey to (chief execu-

tive) Gary Pert to the whole way through.

“We made some significant change, we built some success and we’ve got a great program in place and I don’t put any energy into that.

“The people around me know what I’m about, they y know who I am and how I go about my business and the staff do as well.

“We’ve got a really strong environment, a caring environment and a really respectful one.”

A club review at the end of the 2020 season cleared Goodwin to continue coaching.

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SPORT

Tough day on the green for bowlers A1: WANGARATTA missed a chance to go straight through to the grand final after losing its first match of the season against YMGCR on Saturday at Rutherglen.

Wangaratta struggled to come to terms with the small Rutherglen green as YMGCR pushed out to a lead of over 20 shots, before Wangaratta roared back into contention falling just six shots short of victory.

Adrian Pantling, Jodie Fruend, Leon Quartermain and Rhoanna Smith dominated their match to win over Scott Widdison (20-12).

Maurie Braden, Dylan Filuk, Graeme Smith and Craig Fruend were held to a draw (16 all) against Ryan Davies, while Ian Brimblecombe, Laurie McDonald, Paul King and Greg Braden went down (14-22) to Jim Lefevre.

Ethan Fruend, Greg McDonald, Trevor Selwood and

Phil Davern fought back from 15 behind to go down by six against Les Spencer (18-24).

Final scores: Wangaratta 68 shots lost to YMGCR 74 shots.

Wangaratta will play Wodonga next Saturday in the preliminary final at Corowa RSL. A3: Wangaratta’s season came to a screaming halt at Wodonga on Saturday against Club Mulwala.

Gary Chambers, Renee Hill, Lorna Martinelli and Bobby McCalman were the only winning rink for Wangaratta (21-16), while Gary Fenlon, Brian Challman, Richie Allan and John Knight fell just short (17-18).

Losses, however, to Brian Godfrey (12-24) and Gerald Brown (16-24) saw Wangaratta go down by 16 overall.

Final scores: Wangaratta 66 shots lost to Club Mulwala 82 shots.

O&M CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: Ethan Fruend receiving the winner’s medal from O&M match committee chairman John Fisher.

B1: Mothballs also for Wangaratta B1 after being upset by St James at Benalla on Saturday.

Keith Izard, Lyn Kahlefeldt, Peter Jones and Gayle King were the only winners for Wangaratta (22-15), while Ken Essenhigh, Lance Jen-

kin, Mick Montgomery and Susan Bull went down (1422) and Klaus Kazenwadel, Lyn Sier, Gary King and Joy Izard also lost (17-30).

Final scores: Wangaratta 53 shots lost to St James 67 shots B3: Wangaratta will get

another chance next week after going down by just one shot in a thriller against Beechworth at Myrtleford on Saturday.

Fred Herman, Ron McAuliffe, Malcolm Hargreaves and John Keen gave Wangaratta every chance with a massive win (33-8).

Jack Dillon, Bruce Desmond, Graeme Bull and Chris Bell however found the going tough against Simon Kelly’s rink losing (1031), and Graeme Norman, Allan Wilson, Mick Lenane and Howard Beard also fell short against Terry Bright (15-20).

Final scores: Wangaratta 58 shots lost to Beechworth 59 shots.

Wang will play Corowa Civic a spot in the grand final next week at Wodonga.

O&M Champion of Champions and Mixed Pairs

Wangaratta’s Ethan Fruend will represent the O&M at champions week at Bendigo East in the coming months after defeating Rutherglen’s Geoff Tozer in the final of the Champion of Champion’s singles on Sunday at Corowa RSL. Fruend was never headed in the final, and in front of a healthy crowd of spectators saluted with a (25-17) win.

Earlier in the day Wangaratta’s Ian Brimblecombe and Anne Miles (YMGCR) defeated YMGCR pair Les Spencer and Laureen Smith in the final of the O&M Mixed Pairs by just one shot in what was a high standard game also played at Corowa RSL. Also earlier in the day Jodie Fruend was beaten in a semi-final of the women’s Champion of Champions by Benalla’s Sharon Warfe (2125).

CUP WINNER: Mischinka took out the Towong Cup. PHOTO: Racing Photos

Brisbourne snags Towong Cup

By WILLSON MACK BEN Brisbourne has taken out the 2022 Towong Cup. Brisbourne’s seven-year-old mare Mischinka stormed home as the $3.60 favourite to take out the $30,000 country cup with apprentice hoop Hannah Le Blanc in the saddle.

“It’s one of the more local wins we’ve had and it was the first time I’ve been to Towong so it was nice to get up there and come home with a winner,” Brisbourne said.

“Hannah’s ridden her a number of times this prep and has been a bit unlucky in defeat but she was a big part of the win.

“Getting three kilograms off her (Mischinka) back (apprentice claim) was great and she (Le Blanc) rode her well so it was a big buzz to have her on board.”

The mare has had the most consistent patch of her career this preparation, running seven starts for a win and six placings.

“She’s a different horse this prep,” Brisbourne said.

“She hasn’t missed a beat and I think we’ve been placing her well.

“She’s full of confidence too but she’s creeping up the handicaps now so it will be interesting to see where the next step is.”

Brisbourne said midweek races in Melbourne may be where his mare will head next.

“We won’t be doing anything too ambitious but we might try midweek in Melbourne or even those Friday night races at Moonee Valley,” he said.

“The plan’s been to step her out to 2000m but the stars haven’t aligned yet for us to do that so hopefully we can get her there now.”

Brisbourne has a busy week ahead with nominations at Kyneton, Moonee Valley, Flemington and Geelong this weekend.

KINGHTS AT THE READY: Wangaratta Women’s Touch Rugby team are looking forward to the 2022 season (from left) Janine Lambert, Michaela Retallack, Sammy Halliday, Lucy Hansen and Nicky Parkinson.

PHOTO: Kurt Hickling

Knights line up for new season

By NIEVE WALTON WANGARATTA Knights women’s touch rugby side is gearing up for the coming season but still has space for a few more players to complete its squad.

Their task has become a little bit harder according to women’s coach Gavin Drage following the introduction of new age limits for the 2022 season including a minimum age of 16 for senior players.

“I don’t know why they have

put this stipulation in for a non contact sport,” Drage said.

He said the juniors are the lifeblood of the club and having a senior team they can move into is important.

“You teach them when they are young and they come through,” Drage said.

In order to comfortably put forward a side each weekend the team needs another six to eight players.

“That would be a good minimum, to give people a

break on the field or if anything comes up over the weekend,” Drage said.

He said the coaching staff was used to working around weekend schedules so there was flexibility.

Drage also stressed no experience was needed for anyone who was interested, the rules and skills are the same as a normal rugby league game, except there is no contact.

“It’s good fun but a little

fitness is involved with a 100 by 60 metre field to run around on,” he said.

With no competition last year for the ladies tag team because of COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns, the players are eager to get onto the pitch.

Practice kicks off at 6pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Glenrowan Recreational Reserve, anyone interested can contact Gavin Drage on 0427 219 472.

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Devils stun Albury United 2-1

BY WILLSON MACK wmack@ nemedia.com.au

WANGARATTA City has sensationally stunned Albury United in the Albury Wodonga Football Association’s first round.

After sharing last year’s league title, the Devils met United at South Wangaratta Reserve, running over their rivals 2-1.

Adam Burchell scored the winner in the second half, latching onto Dan Kelly’s header, Burchell stepped inside and whipped a terrific shot past the left hand of United goalkeeper Jay Barker.

“We were very happy to come away with the win,” Wangaratta City coach Daniel Vasilevski said.

“I felt like we were a bit underdone going into round one and it would’ve been great to have another couple of weeks of pre-season so it was awesome to beat them.

“A few of our younger kids stepped up too so they’ll take confidence out of the match as well.”

Although Vasilevski admitted both sides were rusty, he thought his side showed promising signs through patches of the match.

“We played well in patches but it’s going to take some time because a lot of the boys haven’t played together,” he said.

“We played well through the midfield and the front three were quick and dynamic on the counter attack.

“We still have Josh Masters to come in too so we’re only going to get better.”

Former Devils stars Jordan Hore and Ryan Luty impressed for their new side.

“We kept them both pretty quiet in the first half but they started creating chances in the second half,” Vasilevski said.

MATCH WINNER: Adam Burchell scored the game winner.

PHOTOS: Border Mail “Those two and Melkie (Woldemichael) are probably their best players and I think we know how to play them but United are going to push hard this season.”

Devils supporters got their first look at star recruits Liam Nash and Tommy McCarron in the victory.

“Tommy stepped up and saved some good chances

late in the game, he was really good,” Vasilevski said. “’Nashy’ played well too, he was on the ball and looked good but he probably just needs to get a bit fitter and he knows that.

“He’s also still recovering (from illness) so he did well.”

The Devils now make the trek to Cobram this weekend.

CONTROLLED: Ethan Whiley was influential for the Devils on Sunday.

Harsh season opener for Lady Devils

By NATHAN DE VRIES

WELL PLAYED: Issy Antonello (pictured last year) impressed in the match against Albury United. PHOTO: Melissa Beattie

SUNDAY served up a brutal round one result for Wangaratta’s senior women’s soccer squad, the young Devils going down 2-13 at the hands of a vastly more experienced Albury United outfit.

A ball managed to get past debutant Devils keeper Millie Carson in the third minute, but Isabella Pasquali answered in kind two minutes later to bring the score back level.

However, United kept the pressure on, slotting a further five goals to head into the break 1-6 up.

While captain Beth Cope managed to pip one back midway through the second

half, United’s experience showed, running out 11 goal winner.

Wangaratta coach Lockie Campbell said his side performed admirably, given how many senior names were unable to play.

“It was a bit rougher than we thought it would be, but they still held their own pretty well, I thought,” he said.

“Quite a few girls couldn’t play, and I had couple of messages that day from girls that couldn’t play - I had one deregistration through the week so I knew it was going to be rough from the get go.

“I’d say it’d be about five girls in total.

“I brought up a few of

the juniors that I thought would be ready - they are ready, they just need some more knowledgeable players around them so they can help the younger girls.”

While some sides would drop their heads at the prospect of an 11 goal drubbing, the Lady Devils showed fighting spirit and sheer tenacity throughout the entire match.

“Millie (Carson), our goalkeeper, that was her first ever game in goals and to play that in seniors at 17 years of age, hardly knowing what to do, I thought she did well,” Campbell said.

“She kept her spirits up high the whole time which is really good to see.

“Our captain, Beth Cope, she had a stellar performance - she just played goals for the div two ladies then came on the field and took charge of the midfield for us.

“Never once did any of the girls out there give up, they never spat the dummy or wanted to walk away, they wanted to be out there till the very end and fight it out, which is very good.

“They’re out there having fun, which is what they need to be doing.

“You can tell the maturity was there.”

The senior squad will rest up this weekend with the bye, while many will play in the reserves squad against Cobram Roar.

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James Willett proves world class CLAY TARGET AT the first ISSF international shotgun event for the Australian team since 2019, world number four and dual Olympian James Willett was out to prove he is still one of the best.

Competing at the Cyprus World Cup at the weekend in both the individual Men’s Trap and Trap Mixed Teams event with Tokyo Olympic team partner Laetisha Scanlan, the Wangaratta Gun Club member made a significant presence, reacclimatising himself to competing abroad.

Despite cold and windy conditions that at times resulted in Willett’s hands aching, he pushed through sustaining his focus and trusting his process throughout qualification for Men’s Trap.

Finishing the individual event with a qualifying score of 119 out of 125 targets, Willet equalled qualification with Giovanni Cernogoraz of Croatia and Matthew John Coward-Holley of Gibraltar.

After a ‘miss and out’ shoot off between the three tied athletes, Willet finished with an overall qualification ranking of 4th, landing himself a spot in semi final 2.

At the conclusion of the semi finals, Willett shot a score of 22 out of 25 targets, progressing through to the medal match.

After an additional series of 15 targets, Willet hitting 12, he narrowly missed a medal, securing 4th place.

Onto the Trap Mixed Teams event and the experienced World Champion duo of Willett and Scanlan were looking to add

SOFT TOUCH: Jenny Cooper returns a volley.

to their previous international team successes.

Scoring a team total of 135 out of 150 targets and the 4th ranked qualifiers, Willett and Scanlan landed themselves a place in the semi finals.

With a team total of 42 out of 50, and the top scoring team in their semi final, they progressed through to the gold medal match where they met the Turkish team.

After a nail biting match, resulting in both teams tying on five points each, the two teams entered a sudden death shoot off where Willett and Scanlan secured the silver medal.

It was the first World Cup Willett had attended in two years due to the pandemic.

“It’s good to be back on the road and good to be back competing,” he said.

PHOTOS: Melissa Beattie

“It’s really good to be out shooting the medal match with Teash.

“We’ve come away with the silver medal obviously and it was good to be back under that competition environment breaking a few targets, it was good.”

Wilett said conditions during the shoot were challenging.

“It was the coldest I’ve ever fired a gun in, and I had snow landing on me,” he said.

“My hands were in a lot of pain during the first round and I’m glad it was all over.”

Willett’s next international competition will be at the Lonato, Italy World Cup in April, 2022.

For full results from Cyprus visit: https://www.issf-sports. org/competitions/venue/results.ashx?cshipid=3023.

WORLD CLASS: James Willett and his Tokyo Olympic team partner Laetisha Scanlan were part of the Australian Trap Mixed Teams event foursome that won the silver medal in Cyprus at the weekend.

ON THE RUN: Rob Seymour plays a backhand.

NERTA grand finalists decided

By BACKHAND WINNER

THE North East Regional Tennis Association (NERTA) preliminary finals at the Barr Reserve complex began in ideal weather conditions and all teams had high expectations of victory and chance to etch their name into history on the premiership shield.

Section 1 Corowa Red turned around their recent run of poor form to defeat perennial finalists Wang Lawn.

Corowa Red had looked shaky coming into the finals but managed to find the necessary form when it counted.

The dominance of the Corowa men was the difference and the persistence of the Corowa women to continue to amass games against the all-conquering Lawn women also proved telling in the result.

The Lawn women won all their sets but not with the ease that they usually do and this ensured Corowa went into the mixed sets with a healthy 14 game advantage.

Lawn needed to win two of the remaining three sets to force a super tiebreak but Corowa’s Scott “Scoot” Francis and Marianne “Betty” Spencer all but put the result beyond doubt with an 8-1 win.

Not to be out done, Lawn’s Patrick “Purchase Order” Oudin and Wendy “Colonel” Hogan won 8-0 and when Lawn’s Steve Russell and Carolyn Shaw won the first two games of the deciding set Lawn sniffed a chance.

The ever reliable Peter Filliponi and the nonchalant Amanda Hemphill fought back to record an 8-3 win and give Corowa the victory.

Scott Francis and Peter Filliponi (3 sets each) were outstanding and Amanda Hemphill was superb on the day for Corowa.

As usual Wendy Hogan (3 sets), Janelle Hartwig and Carolyn Shaw were Lawn’s best.

Section 2 Myrrhee were always going have their backs against the wall without their number one man but to their credit they fought to

the end and nearly snatched an unlikely victory.

Everton Blue began brilliantly with none better than Garry “White Hot” Bennett who was on fire early, and with Russell “The Statue” Bennett and Alan “Pecker” Wood playing the support roles, Everton were in control from the outset.

On the other side of the ledger the Myrrhee women (Robyn Oliver, Cathy Van Berlo, Di Griffin) were accumulating games at will and sets to ensure there was the chance of an upset.

After Everton won the first two completed mixed sets the result was put beyond doubt.

Garry and Russell (3 sets each) and Alan were Everton’s best while Rob Seymour, Phil Corker and Daniel Griffin assisted their women to give Myrrhee a chance of victory.

Section 3 The match between Wahgunyah Blue (Matt Vogel, Priscilla Hill, Corey Hill, Liam Hill) and Wahgunyah Sth (Brad Schmidt, Dave Harris, Rob Hill, Clara Da-

vis) was meant to be one-way traffic in Blue’s favour, but it was South that looked likely to cause a huge upset after a couple sets in the middle of the match went their way.

Blue’s Corey Hill and Matt Vogel fought back from a 2-7 deficit to 5-8 and those three games proved invaluable in the overall result.

It was Priscilla and Liam Hill who put the icing on the cake for Wahgunyah Blue winning 8-5 and giving them a three game advantage and the victory.

Grand Final Predictions Section 1 - This should be one of the closest Section 1 Grand Finals in awhile. Corowa Blue have been the dominant team all year and deserve their favouritism, the result will come down to which team takes the opportunities when they arise and which team can hold their nerve under pressure.

A super tiebreak to decide the winner and Red to get over the line.

Section 2 - Wahgunyah Red have been the form team all year but Everton Blue have players in

exceptional form at the moment, the key to this match will the Wahgunyah women they will need to win as many games as possible to ensure Wahgunyah hold an advantage going into the Mixed sets.

Wahgunyah Red to win 5-4 and three games.

Section 3 - Wahgunyah Red should win comfortably on the season’s results but on Saturday’s performance Blue will cause some headaches for Red. It will take a team effort and calm nerves for Red to overcome a persistant Blue outfit.

Wahgunyah Red 4-2 and four games.

Results Section 1 Corowa Red 5-60 def Lawn White 4-42.

Section 2 Everton Blue 6-64 def Myrrhee 3-47.

Section 3 Wahgunyah Blue 3-36 def Wahgunyah Sth 3-33.

Under 15 Grand Final Wahgunyah Black 6-37 def Wahgunyah Gold 1-15.

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Wangaratta athletes excel at state championships WANGARATTA Little Athletics Centre delivered another weekend of great performances at the state track and field championships held at Lakeside Stadium in Albert Park on the weekend.

After qualifying through the Northern Country Region carnival held in February, 16 athletes headed to Melbourne to compete across 38 events at the coveted state finals, providing a fitting climax to another great season of Little Athletics.

Melbourne delivered perfect weather conditions for the weekend of competition with Wangaratta athletes stepping up and performing well against the best in the state.

Personal bests were the order of the weekend resulting in several top 10 finishes, a swag of medals and exceptional demonstrations of sportsmanship.

Wangaratta’s medal count totalled nine, including seven gold and two bronze with medal winning performances from: Ashleigh Carty (U16G) gold 100m, 200m, long jump and bronze triple jump; Edyn Hill (U16G) bronze 1500m; Callum Bott (U14B) gold 400m and 200m; Charlie Haring (U14B) shot put; Dermot Mitchell (U12B) gold 100m.

Team Wangaratta delivered 26 personal best performances, with athletes finishing in the top 10 in 20 events.

“We are extremely proud of the effort, performance and conduct of all our athletes,” Troy Lewis, team manager, said.

“Simply qualifying for the weekend places our athletes in the top 24 - and then producing 26 personal best performances from 38 events is an amazing result and a fantastic way for our athletes to finish the season.

“While our team was

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DOUBLE SUCCESS: Callum Bott scored gold in the 400 and 200m.

PHOTO: Troy Lewis slightly smaller than previous years, the overall result was in line with our best club performance to date.”

In her final little athletics championship, U16 athlete Ashleigh Carty delivered the standout performance for the weekend with three gold medals, one bronze and secured the Victorian Best Performance for the U16G long jump for the second time a month.

Xavier Pitt (U16), competing by invitation, also rounded out his Little Athletics career producing podium finishing performances in the 800m and javelin including a massive throw of 55.20m - almost 2m past the current state mark for the age group.

Wangaratta Little Athletics will conclude the 2021-22 season on Friday, March 25, with season presentations being held on Sunday, April 3.

GOLDEN GIRL: Ashleigh Carty with her stash of medals.

PHOTO: Nicole Carty

POWERHOUSE: Dermot Mitchell in his gold medal winning run.

PHOTO: Troy Lewis

FAST AS: Ashleigh Carty bursts out of the blocks in the U16 200m.

PHOTO: Troy Lewis

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Local tennis stars such as John Brunner, Mick Keogh and Peter Ablazej have all entered, keen to show the rest of the state the calibre of tennis played in the North East.

Peck said the organising bodies heard of the work the club has been doing over the years and offered them the chance to host the event.

“The organising bodies, the NRT Tennis Victoria Seniors approached Wangaratta Lawn Tennis Club through Barry Sullivan to be to hold the event at Wangaratta seeing we’ve got the 20 grass courts and the facilities to be able to do it,” he said.

“It is a big feather in the cap because we’ve put a lot of effort into it, we’ve upgraded our clubhouse with the shade sails.

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READY TO PLAY: Senior tennis players (from left) Max McAuliffe, Michael Falkenberg, Peter Ablazej, Ros Critchley, Geoff Allen, Yvonne Kipping, Mick Keogh, Karen Davis and Frank Harris are preparing to host major senior tennis tournament in just over a week’s time.

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and ladies doubles, and mixed doubles for players over 30 years of age.

WLTC’s Phil Peck said the event attracts some of the best senior players from across the state,

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with the field decending on Wangaratta for the tournament running from Friday, March 25 through to Sunday, March 27.

“The tournaments are very big on the seniors’ tennis calendar as they are held once per month across many districts (Gippsland, Goldfields, Bellarine) and we have been lucky enough to be asked to hold

this one,” he said.

“You don’t get the highest players come to it, but you get that second tier people.

“Kooyong, South Yarra, Hawthorn, they’re all the rather large clubs in Melbourne, then you also have people from Bendigo, Albury, Sale, who also hold some of these tournaments over the year.

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Run throughout the year at various metro and regional clubs, the NRTs are a round robin event consisting of singles, men’s