WHILE arch-rivals Wangaratta and Wangaratta Rovers went to battle at the Wangaratta Showgrounds yesterday, Nellie Dyson, Hazel Cornish and Stevie Goodey were able to put their team affiliations aside for a fleeting moment, before the Magpies ran away convincing 83-point winners.
WANGARATTA’S animal pound service is set to shift to Albury, in a move anticipated to save the rural city in excess of $500,000 over the next two years.
RSPCA will cease operations in Wangaratta from July 31, after council signed a new two-year deal with Albury Pound and Animal Care Center which will see the new service oversee care for the local area’s escaped and surrendered pets and
provide rehoming where necessary.
Mayor Dean Rees said it would have been “fiscally irresponsible” for council to continue its contract with RSPCA.
“The biggest part
about it was the financial implications – we don’t get any help from RSPCA financially and that’s a huge problem, but this contract being awarded now saves council around half a million dollars, so it’s a huge benefit to do it,” he said.
“The dogs and cats will be very well looked after up there – they’ve (Albury Pound and Animal Care Centre) got a huge
reputation for hanging onto their animals for a very, very long period of time, keeping them in good health and finding them homes.”
Wangaratta’s Connell Street shelter, which has been home to RSPCA for almost 20 years, will remain in operation as an overnight home for escaped animals.
A council officer will be
charged with attempting to return pets to their owners before the animals are transported to Albury the following day.
“One of our officers will make sure they’re maintained overnight until we can transport them over there – hopefully within that period of keeping them overnight, a lot of the pets will be housed back to their
owners,” Cr Rees said.
“They do have a great system up there in that we do get a lot of animals that haven’t escaped their compounds at home, they’ve just been dumped, and therefore it’s up to us to make sure that these animals can get properly rehomed and desexed to make sure they have good lives.”
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MINOR flooding is expected to continue early this week, following heavy downpours throughout the Ovens and King river catchments at the weekend.
Rainfall totals of up to 20mm were recorded in parts of the King Valley in the 24 hours to 9am Sunday, with the King River having peaked above the minor flood level (3.7m) at the Docker Road bridge on Saturday morning as it rose to 3.84m.
According to the Bureau of Meteorology, between 15 and 40mm of rain was forecast to fall throughout the catchments yesterday and overnight into today, resulting in anticipated river rises throughout the North East.
In a warning issued yesterday morning, the bureau noted the Ovens River could exceed the minor flood level on Sunday evening.
For up-to-date warnings, visit https://www. emergency.vic.gov.au/respond.
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Cr Rees said a long-term decision around the Connell Street shelter was yet to be made, noting a further tender process would be undertaken for the 2025/26 financial year.
RSPCA Victoria head of operations, Tanya Drakopolous, met with RSPCA Wangaratta’s nine part-time and 10 casual employees on Friday, and said the organisation’s focus was on supporting a smooth transition of the pound service.
“We’re proud of what we have achieved in our nearly 20 years of operating the Wangaratta shelter,” she said.
“Our local team has cared
for around 1000 animals each year, providing shelter, food, vet care and giving as many as possible the chance to be fostered or adopted into loving new homes.
“RSPCA thanks the local community for its support over many years and looks forward to continuing to support animal welfare in the region through its partnership with the Rural City of Benalla and Rural City of Wangaratta in animal education and welfare program.
“Our inspectors will continue to investigate animal cruelty reports in the region and take animals into the care of the RSPCA when required.”
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HAVING taught for 38 years in Catholic schools in Wangaratta, Liz Maher officially signed off last week and headed into retirement.
Liz began teaching in 1985 at Ovens Street’s St Patrick’s Primary School, where she met husband Paul, and in 1993 moved to St Bernard’s Primary School in Williams Road, where she has taught in the classroom ever since.
“It really doesn’t feel like it’s been 38 years,” she said as she marked her final day at St Bernard’s on Thursday.
“Lots of past students and teachers have been reaching out this week, and I feel so appreciated and celebrated; it’s been lovely.”
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Liz said there was never any question she would become a teacher; she knew where her future lay right from her early years while growing up in Savernake, near Mulwala.
“I went to the district school which had all of about 40 kids, and then went on to boarding school in Albury,” she said.
Over her time in Wangaratta, Liz estimates she has taught around 950 students, including a few who have gone on to become colleagues.
“I’m really proud of that, it’s a lovely thing to see people as successful adults and to know you might have contributed in some small part to them being there,” she said.
“I have never thought of
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teaching as a job, it is truly a vocation, and it has been an absolute privilege to have contributed to the learning journeys of so many students.
“They’re always my kids. I love watching their learning growth over the year they’re with me, and watching their confidence grow, then I miss them when we get to the end of the year.
“But I have a lovely circle of memories.”
Liz said the increasing use of technology had been the biggest of the changes she’d seen in her time as a teacher.
“There have been so many
changes over the years, but the thing that hasn’t changed is the importance of building strong connections with the kids you teach - that’s something that has kept me in the classroom, which is where I feel I do my best work,” she said.
“You need to get to know them, and how they learn and interact. It’s not just academic growth you’re watching, it’s their confidence and their willingness to know it’s okay to make mistakes and be challenged.
“I’ve just delighted in the journey. I still love what I
THOUSANDS of locals enjoyed a magical time on the grounds of the Holy Trinity Cathedral on Saturday, as the rural city welcomed the return of WinterFest celebrations.
Mayor Dean Rees said up to 5000 guests had walked through the gates for the festival, which commenced at 10am and ran late into the evening.
Cr Rees said the event, which returned for the first time since 2019, had been “very successful”.
“I spoke to a number of the food vendors and they indicated that early on in the evening – before it really hit its straps – that it was really good and it was just a steady flow (of business) all day,” he said.
“Then it came on into the
evening and it was better again with all the people coming in and having food – it worked really well.
“Without knowing the washup I spoke to one of our organisers around 3pm and they’d already had well in excess of 2500 through the gate, so that’s always a good sign with the evening events still to come.”
do, but it’s time for new opportunities and exciting times ahead with Paul.”
Liz and Paul plan to head north for some relaxation (“reading, swimming and walking”), and have an overseas trip on the agenda next year. There will also be more time to catch up with daughters Emily (who lives locally) and Sarah (who’s based in Melbourne).
“My heart is in St Bernard’s; I’m going to have so many wonderful memories to cherish and will maintain an active interest in the life of the school,” Liz said.
DRAINAGE works and footpath installation on the King Valley Road in Cheshunt will commence tomorrow.
Traffic management and speed reduction signage will be in place during construction with minor traffic delays expected.
The Rural City of Wangaratta says works are expected to be completed by September 6 this year.
THE rural city’s firefighting stocks have been further strengthened, after a new crop of CFA recruits formally graduated the organisation’s General Firefighter (GFF) program last week.
Having moved to the region late last year, new Tarrawingee firefighter Libby Heard was one of 11 new local recruits green-lit on the back of the CFA’s threemonth GFF program, which culminated with a night of hot-fire training at the Shanley Street Victorian Emergency Management Training Centre (VEMTC) on Thursday.
The former Gippslandbased dairy farmer said the GFF program had laid the foundations around camaraderie and teamwork ahead of her first fire season as a qualified firefighter, and had seen her develop relationships with other trainees throughout the area.
“We’ve recently moved to the area and to be in the CFA is something that’s always been on my bucket list – my dad was always involved in the fire brigade so when we came into the area it was something I wanted to give back into the community,” Ms Heard said.
“We’re new to this area as of Christmas-time and it’s been a great way to
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meet people and to be able to something for our local area – we live on a property and we wanted to be able to protect our property and our neighbours if the need comes.
“There’s really that strong emphasis on teamwork – no one person can fight a fire on their own and you do need to be able to work as a team, you need to be able to communicate – no one person is a hero.
“Being able to focus on those team-skills and also be able to connect to those other brigades (was important) because it’s highly likely when we’re on the fire ground later in the year we’ll be working with those other brigades as well.”
With weeks of theory work evolving into regional brigade sessions at Everton Hall ahead of two days of practical assessment late last month, Ms Heard said Thursday’s hot-fire training session had focused on safety, with recruits managing gas bottles, power poles and vehicle fires throughout.
CFA Wangaratta Group training coordinator Ray Glendenning said the hot-fire training allowed
recruits to gain an understanding of the heat generated on the fire ground.
“It’s something we do that not a lot of other areas do, and it’s very successful and everybody enjoys it – and it’s another opportunity to finish off with all the train-
WILBY Fire Brigade members were among 33 firefighters from the Moira Shire who received a National Emergency Medal for their service in support of local communities in the 2019/20 bushfires.
The National Emergency Medal is a huge honour to any Country Fire Authority member which recognises sustained service during a nationally significant emergency.
Lyndon Hart, Craig Blick and John Schneider from the Wilby Brigade were honoured with this award in Shepparton last Thursday night.
Mr Schneider said hundreds of firefighters from across the state volunteered,
including several from the Wilby Brigade as well as his daughter, Suzanne.
Mr Schneider recognised the efforts of the families of firefighters and members of the public who backed up the 19/20 bushfires.
His partner, Andrea Snoxall, raised $10,000 in cash and materials which went directly to the Corryong farmers.
She also spent nine weekends fencing at Corryong along with many other Blazeaid fencing volunteers.
The 19/20 Bushfire Emergency was supported by CFA staff and firefighters, the community and employers to get the fire affected areas back on their feet.
ers and trainees,” he said.
“It’s getting everybody together where there’s no pressure, there’s no assessment and it’s just about putting your skills to work – it’s serious but fun.
“It gives (trainees) something different and gives
them an appreciation of the heat that can be generated – whilst it’s only moderate down at the VEMTC compared to a bushfire –at least they get a real appreciation of the real heat they might face on the fire ground.
“At the end of the day it pays off because we could take any of these recruits on the back of a truck to a real job and be quite confident they’re good.”
A further intake of GFF trainees is expected to take place throughout spring.
FOUR motorists have been lucky to avoid more serious injuries, after colliding with an oncoming truck near the Hume Freeway intersection with Carraragarmungee Estate Road on Friday.
Constable Luke Mason said a Mercedes had attempted to turn right from Carragarmungee Estate Road into the far left lane to head southbound along the Hume Freeway around 1.30pm, colliding with a southbound truck in the process.
He said the Mercedes driver and his three passengers escaped serious injuries, but were transported to North-
east Health Wangaratta for observation.
According to Const Mason police were yet to determine whether the driver of the Mercedes would be charged for failing to give way.
“At 110kph, it was pretty good driving from the truck driver really,” Const Mason said.
The right hand lane southbound was subsequently closed to traffic while the vehicles were towed from the scene.
Earlier in the day, an elderly man was left unable to escape his vehicle, following a collision with an Isuzu flatbed truck at the corner of Phillipson Street and Sisely Avenue.
The truck allegedly failed to give way while attempting to turn right out of Phillipson Street.
First Constable Jacob Handley said the sole occupant of a small silver vehicle, believed to be in his 70s, had subsequently been trapped and unable to open the driver’s side door following the collision, and had eventually been freed by attending firefighters.
He said ambulance crews later transported the elderly man to Northeast Health Wangaratta for checks, and noted the driver of the Isuzu was likely to receive an infringement notice for failing to give way.
A NEW tech school at Wangaratta – part of a $116 million investment across six campuses – will facilitate a work pathway, giving people the skills to gain employment for the renewed government entity, the State Electricity Commission (SEC).
Prior to the 2022 state election, Wangaratta was named as one of six new tech school sites, along with Brimbank, Dandenong, Frankston, Hume and Warrnambool.
It‘s believed GOTAFE Wangaratta is a potential site for the city‘s new tech school.
Tech schools will help students learn about the latest renewable energy innovations like advanced battery technology, hydrogen generation and robotics in high–tech learning labs.
The investment is expected to create 59,000 jobs and will help the Victorian Government reach its target of 95 per cent renewable energy by 2035.
It will invest $5 million to develop the business case for the SEC Centre of Training Excellence to coordinate and accredit the course for apprentices – working across TAFEs, RTOs, training organisations, workers and industry.
This year‘s budget invests
$7.5 million for VET pathways for students, including renewable energy pathways embedded into the government‘s core offering of VET in schools. It means any student
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TWO of the Rural City’s young culinary talents will represent Wangaratta at a regional competition later this year.
Galen College students Lauren Gilfuis and Bedelia Flanagan won the Murray River Culinary Challenge school level competition, earning a space in the upcoming Regional Level competition.
“We had to present an entre, main and dessert,” Lauren said.
“I hadn’t really tested it (the recipe) out but I just worked through the work flow and made a plan.”
Although they competed individually, the pair will team up to take on other school champions in August.
The girls are completing a Certificate III in Hospitality as part of their year eleven coursework and Bedelia said it was something that could help her once she finished her schooling.
“I have no idea what I want to do yet, maybe something with patisserie, but it’s just something that’s good to have,” she said.
The competition was judged by local hospitality stalwart Adam Pizzinni who was impressed with the students’ abilities.
“Students who compete in this competition would certainly have good employability skills and be better prepared to take on opportunities within our industry,” Mr Pizzinni said.
“The Galen students who have competed have shown good skills and delivered well presented quality dishes.”
studying the VCE, including the VCE Vocational Major or Victorian Pathways Certificate, can work towards a career in Victoria‘s booming renewable energy sector by incorporating
electrotechnology, engineering or laboratory skills into their school studies.
Tech schools work with local secondary schools and industry to deliver immersive, practical and fu-
ture career–linked STEM education that students need to succeed in areas such as renewable energy, robotics and advanced manufacturing.
The $116 million in-
vestment in six new tech schools also includes $10 million to establish a Clean Energy Equipment Fund for new and existing tech schools.
Budget papers show there is $14.357 million allocated for the new tech schools in the 2023/24 year.
Further immersing students in the opportunities of the future, $19.1 million will support 10,000 students to access work experience across in–demand industries, including renewable energy, improving the accessibility of careers education and work–based learning students.
There is also a further $7 million for renewable energy VET certificates and other qualifications that will deliver world–class training and career pathways for Victorians, alongside a new $10 million Hydrogen Energy Worker Training Centre – training new hydrogen workers and upskilling the existing workers to meet industry demand.
The State Government is investing an initial $1 billion towards delivering 4.5 gigawatts of power through new build renewable energy projects delivered by the SEC – the equivalent replacement capacity of coal–fired power station Loy Yang A, which is set to close in 2035.
NESTING boxes hand-crafted by volunteers from the Wangaratta District Men’s Shed will become new homes for wildlife near Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) Inland Rail construction sites.
Some 24 boxes have been commissioned by Inland Rail contractor McConnell Dowell to provide homes to wildlife potentially affected by construction activity.
The boxes will provide safety and shelter for many native birds, bats and marsupial species such as the crimson rosella, turquoise parrot, yellow-tailed black cockatoo, powerful owl, sugar glider and the phascogale.
The boxes were built over several weeks by Max Vincent and Steve Brown and volunteers at the Wanga-
ratta District Men’s Shed. Constructed of marine ply, the boxes are hardy enough to survive the harsh conditions experienced in the Australian bush.
Ed Walker, ARTC Victoria and South Australian general manager projects said the team at the Wangaratta Men’s Shed have done a great job crafting homes and shelters for local wildlife.
Tom Foley, McConnell Dowell project manager, said preserving the local flora and fauna is extremely important and they are working closely with their contractors to look after local wildlife.
“It’s great to have local community groups involved in the project,” Mr Foley said.
“We are doing all we can to minimise disruption to the local community near our Inland Rail construction sites, and this includes for the local wildlife.”
THE Resilience Project has announced its biggest kids show tour tackling depression and anxiety in primary school-aged children, and it will visit the Wangaratta Performing Arts and Convention Centre on Thursday, September 21.
Through music, storytelling and plenty of laughs, The Resilience Project’s most engaging and entertaining presenter, Martin Heppell, will teach children aged five to 10 and their parents “3 Happy Tricks”, and it couldn’t come at a more crucial time.
New research has revealed one in four primary students are experiencing symptoms of depression and almost one in three are experiencing symptoms of anxiety.
“Kids have so many different challenges to navigate in today’s world and combine this with the difficulties of the last couple of years, it’s no wonder we are seeing such confronting statis-
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tics about our children’s mental health,” said Hugh van Cuylenburg, The Resilience Project’s founder and best-selling author.
“Martin is unbelievable, there is no-one like him, and I couldn’t think of anyone better to help kids and their parents understand how much fun they can have looking after their mental health.”
Hugh van Cuylenburg appeared on ABC television’s Australian Story this week, where he shared his personal story and explained how The Resilience Project came to life.
More than one million Australians have heard Hugh’s message of practicing gratitude, empathy and mindfulness (affectionately known as GEM) through his two books, chart-topping podcast The Imperfects,
and thousands of talks across Australia - including schools, workplaces and sporting clubs.
These shows are a great opportunity for families across the state to learn how to incorporate GEM into their daily routine and help children improve their wellbeing.
A father of three, Martin Heppell is a former assistant principal and AFL player who has delivered more than 1000 presentations for The Resilience Project.
Having grown up in a tribe in Borneo in South East Asia, Martin’s boundless energy, incredible sense of humour, and compassion for people of all walks of life make him the perfect person to help kids work through difficult feelings and take steps towards better mental health.
Tickets for The Resilience Project with Martin Heppell - 3 Happy Tricks, are on sale now at www.livenation.com.au or visit www.wpacc.com. au for more information.
PRECINCT works at Wangaratta Railway Station are set to ramp up over the coming weeks, with major steps to be taken ahead of the permanent removal of the Cusack Street footbridge.
After hours works are set to take place at the station’s car park from 8pm to 12am tomorrow, with a pedestrian detour route to be established from the station’s entrance to the Docker Street pedestrian bridge.
Pedestrians and vehicles will be able to access the station throughout the works, which will involve traffic management
in the immediate area, temporary light towers and trucks operating.
Tomorrow’s works will lay the foundation for Cusack Street pedestrian bridge’s removal on July 3, with works expected to take place between 2am and 10pm.
Buses will replace trains between 3am and 9pm, and traffic management will be place around Cusack, Spearing and Norton streets where required.
Heavy and light trucks, including tip trucks, flatbed trucks, mobile cranes, woodchippers
and excavators will also be in use within the work areas.
“Traffic management will be in place to ensure safe access for all road users and pedestrians, where required,” an Australian Rail and Track Corporation spokesperson said.
“Water carts will be onsite to wet down areas to assist in managing dust.”
For any concerns or enquiries, phone 1800 929 244, email victoriaprojects@artc.com.au or visit the ARTC shopfront at 48a Norton Street on Thursdays between 10am and 2pm.
DESPITE the threat of traditional Australian bushfires sitting firmly at the back of local minds amid the onset of the winter months, it’s vital we remain conscious of the inherent fire risk we face year-round.
The coldest parts of the year invariably bring with them a spike in heater-related fires, with the wet weather doing little to dampen fire danger within the home.
The newest group of local CFA graduates recently completed their General Firefighting (GFF) training courses, bolstering local brigades ahead of what is expected to be a drier summer than we’ve experienced during the last three years of the La Nina weather pattern.
However, the strength of local brigades is also particularly vital in our more rural communities where time is of the essence in the event of a life-threatening house fire, and brigades such as Eldorado, Tarrawingee, Oxley and Edi are set to directly benefit as a result of the most recent GFF cohort.
It’s on us to ensure these new graduates have their first fire response delayed for as long as possible.
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11. Who won the Australian Women’s Amateur golf championship in both 2013 and 2014?
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FACEBOOK users this week commented on potential changes being made to the region’s V/Line booking system to address reserved seating shortages on the Albury line’s busiest services.
• Vezz Davern: My daughter booked a ticket to Broadmeadow station where her partner pics her up from every week but on Friday she was put on a bus and found out half way that the bus was going to the
city with no stops. When I called the train station I was told every passenger was told but yet she was not! Had to go all the way into the city and then another train out to mernda. Since the cheaper tickets and also footy the reserved seating is definitely not enough.
• Cathryn Carboon: More reserved seating is a priority, and additional train services would also alleviate the problems we are seeing on the NE line.
WANGARATTA residents who expect cheaper fuel if another service station is built, will be sorely disappointed.
An extra fuel outlet would take customers from existing service stations, including from our locally owned Apco.
According to a 2017 report by the Australian Institute of Petroleum, lower average customer numbers per station drive higher prices.
I don’t want to pay more for fuel. Do you?
Jill Cullen, WangarattaRE Yen Sanderson’s letter to the editor in Wednesday’s Chronicle.
The blood bank seems to have rules of their own and yes are partly to blame for lack of donations
My doctor advised them that I shouldn’t donate for a while, so I did heaps of test for a good 12 months hoping to be able to return.
In the end they could not find any problems and yes gave me the all clear
When I tried to then give blood again I was told “oh no we have decided you cannot give blood again.”
Well with that I went back to both my doctor and a leading heart specialist who both put it into writing - “There is no reason why Mr Ronald Harrigan cannot give blood again.“
Now you would think that would have been the end of it but oh no, it was referred to their team who said “no we have decided that you cannot.”
I thought that was strange.
I was not allowed because of my local doctor, fair enough, but how can the blood bank’s team of doctors override not only the local MD but also the heart specialist as well who has seen me several times, given me heaps of tests, could not find any problems and gave me the all clear.
The blood bank team have never meet me and only stopped me because of my local MD and that was fair enough but for me to return to donating blood it seems it’s them and them alone who have the final say.
I might add at no stage did I ever feel sick, it didn’t slow me down, had no shortage of breath, still walked daily, gym, danced, had a few beers, would walk at 6am, gym, at midnight dancing and drinking, and they tell me I wasn’t well.
Ron Harrigan, WangarattaNOTE: Comments as they appear online, without corrections.
• Jane Still: The lower fares are great but has increased demand on an already overstretched service - surely someone could have predicted that??
• William Magnus: And then there’s always the uncertainty of being off loaded onto a bus due to track or signal problems
• Sean Carter: Instead of better booking, why cant they increase services?
• Stephen Ryan: Sean Carter Appears there are
no more velocities on order Sean. Two other options are bring the Locomotives back, or modify BG velocities off other lines to SG. This fare reduction was to win votes, now this.
• Gillian Derezyckyj: I’ve booked a week in advance & couldn’t get a reserved seat
• Gwynneth O’Brien: I will NEVER.... I would prefer not to travel ..without an allocated.. (Reserved )..seat clearly stated on my ticket ! INSIST ..!
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By RYAN MALCOLMAN 85-year-old man was hospitalised late on Friday afternoon, after his vehicle crashed through the glass atop the escalators at Wangaratta’s Ovens Street Co-Store.
Police, Fire Rescue Victoria and SES crew members were called to the scene just before 4pm, after a white Holden Omega split two
concrete bollards before careening into the top of the level one escalators.
Firefighters were observed clearing debris and sweeping glass from the area.
Acting Sergeant Rachelle Maher said the driver had been transported to hospital in a stable condition, and no pedestrians had been injured in the crash.
INFORMATION that is relevant, accessible and trusted is critical for farmers seeking to adapt their agricultural business amid changes in climate, according to analysis of surveys conducted by the North East Catchment Management Authority (NECMA).
The project, which assessed responses from 1800 North East land managers over the past four years, found some 88 per cent of land managers surveyed believed the local climate and weather patterns had changed, and found trust in short term forecasts de-
livered by CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology were the most trusted among farmers.
According to the analysis, farmers identified changes to rainfall patterns as bushfires as the biggest risks to their agricultural business, with 78 per cent of farmers noting they had made changes to their business due to changes in the local climate.
Most (47 per cent) were adaptive changes to pasture management, infrastructure upgrades and changes to livestock management, with only 5 per cent undertaking transformative
measures such as shifting their farm location.
Rosewhite commercial beef producer Jane Carney said most farmers were adapting to the changing climate whether they recognised it or not.
“They are adapting to drier seasons – they are adapting to water quality issues,” she said.
“Increased knowledge supports on-farm decisions – it’s very easy some years to say I can’t afford to make these decisions but then really you can’t afford not to do it.”
The study also found farmers
used multiple sources of information to make decisions about their business, with many seeking out seminars, reading industry articles and speaking with those working within similar agricultural industries.
The Embedding Climate Adaptation in Agriculture project also saw an online spatial tool, Climate Explorer, developed to allow stakeholders to identify local climate-based threats and support improved decision-making.
HVP Plantations general manager forest resources, Tony O’Hara, said the company played
PASTOR James London loves spending time in the kitchen, and he’s hoping a series of free sessions at Wangaratta’s Seventh-day Adventist Church will spark similar cooking inspiration for local residents.
The Phillipson Street church is running healthy eating sessions focused on vegetarian and vegan cooking during the colder months, with two still to be held, in July and August.
“I love cooking; I’m the pastor, but if it comes down to preaching to someone or making them some soup, I’ll choose the soup,” Pastor London said.
Healthy eating is a mainstay of the Seventh-day Adventist lifestyle, with its nutrition principle focusing on a diet filled with fruits and vegetables, seeds, beans, wholegrains and legumes.
“The denomination we are a part of has healthy living at the forefront - healthy food, healthy lifestyle, and connection to community, and these sessions are a great way for us to live that out,” Pastor London said.
“It’s totally free, and we’d love people to come along and have a good time, and maybe pick up some new recipes as well.”
As local residents emerge from the effects of COVID-19, and deal with cost-ofliving impacts, Pastor London said the sessions - coordinated by church member Carolyn Hankins - were a great opportunity not only to broaden cooking repertoires with cost-effective meals, but to connect with others.
Each session caters for 30 to 40 people, and is open to anyone in the community interested in learning how to cook delicious vegetarian and vegan meals, and add refreshing variety to their diet.
Recipes will be provided, and those attending will have a chance to sample the dishes.
“We have folks come in and do the presentations each time, and people can ask them questions about ingredients and how to prepare the dishes, then taste what they’ve cooked, so it’s very interactive,” Pastor London said.
The final two sessions will be held on Tuesday, July 18 and Tuesday, August 15 from 7pm to 8.30pm in the Seventh-day Adventist Church Hall at 10-12 Phillipson Street.
For more information about the sessions, contact the church on 0413 633 755.
a significant role in climate change mitigation.
“As a primary producer, we are clearly exposed to climate change,” he said.
“Our reason for being is growing trees in a natural environment and the very real changes in climate a high-risk issue for us.
“We need an active program around adaptation.”
For more information, visit https://www.necma.vic.gov.au/ Solutions-Resources/ClimateChange/Embedding-Climate-Adaptation-in-Agriculture.
EXPERT speakers have been finalised for this week’s 2023 Winton Wetlands Science Forum on international recognition of wetlands on Thursday, June 29.
Wetland researcher, educator, and policy advisor, Max Finlayson headlines a list of 13 guest speakers including manager of the Victorian Wetland Program, Andrea White, senior wetlands habitat researcher Birgita Harrison and conference organiser Lance Lloyd.
The Winton Wetlands has been working towards the achievement of an international listing for the ambitious Winton Wetlands restoration project, which is one of the biggest and most significant in the southern hemisphere.
The project has so far been listed as a ‘Wetland of Distinction’, the first outside the USA. Project experts look to use the forum to share lessons being learned from the process so far, and ensure other wetland projects can also benefit from what is being learned both at Winton and elsewhere in ongoing efforts to repair natural ecosystems and gain more recognition for the vital work under way.
For more information visit: https://wintonwetlands.org.au/science-forum-2023/.
LOOKING AHEAD: 2023 Winton Wetlands science forum organiser Lance Lloyd will be one of 13 guest speakers at the forum on Thursday, speaking about the Winton Wetlands restoration project.
PRIZE WINNER: Sepideh Farzam, Losing Eyes for Freedom, 2023, handwoven carpet, waxed threads, 210 x 166cm.
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Kyra Mancktelow, One continuous string, 2021, handmade garment and handmade dilly bag, Quandamooka traditional weave, woven from natural fibres, collected flora from Quandamooka Country, 97 x 75 x 40cm. Courtesy of N Smith Gallery.
DURING the past week the passage of two separate low pressure troughs brought an influx of a cold unstable air mass accompanied by frequent showery periods and maximum temperatures falling below the June normal.
Rainfall totals over most of Victoria were 25 to 40 mms, the heaviest falls were at Alpine resorts which has now had well above average rainfall for June with Falls Creek 201 mms and Mt Buller 272 mms. Lighter rainfalls were recorded in the Riverina but little or no rain was recorded north beyond Griffith where severe frosts occurred the last eight days.
There were seven days of frosts at Coonabarabran and six days of frosts even as far north as Miles and Dalby in QLD.
There were two mornings last week when Wangaratta and nearby towns recorded frosts with the temperature falling to about minus 2.5.
The temperature fell to minus 7.2 degrees in Canberra on Wednesday morning June 21.
This was the coldest June morning since minus 7.7 on June 29, 1986.
POWERFUL textile artworks created by leading practitioners from Sydney and Brisbane which tackle confronting issues of our time, took out top honours at the Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award 2023.
Sydney-based Iranian contemporary artist Sepideh Farzam was announced as the winner of the $40,000 biennial acquisitive prize, for her work ‘Losing Eyes for Freedom, 2023’ during the ceremony held at the Wangaratta Art Gallery on June 10.
The collaborative work was driven by Farzam’s observation and deep concern about the ongoing discrimination and severe restriction of women’s rights in Iran.
It is inspired by the recent protests by women on the streets of Iran, following the death in police custody of young Kurdish woman, Mahsa
Amini, who was detained by the morality police for wearing her hijab or hair covering incorrectly.
As a result, hundreds of people have been killed and thousands more imprisoned for demonstrating against the regime.
Protesters have been violently attacked, and 500 have been blinded as a consequence.
Inspired by these terrible events, Sepideh Farzam commissioned a craftswoman (unnamed) to hand weave a carpet representing the young wom-
en, hand in hand.
Farzam then hand-stitched waxed threads through each girl’s face to represent the bleeding and blind eyes.
Judging the award this year was Dr Rebecca Coates, an accomplished museum director, curator, public speaker, writer and lecturer.
In choosing the winner, Dr Coates said she was looking for artists’ works that demonstrated excellence in material practice in whatever form, which talked to our shared understanding of the world in which we live.
Also announced at the opening, the winning work for the highly commended Ruth Amery Award was Kyra Mancktelow’s ‘One continuous string, 2021.’
Mancktelow, a Quandamooka woman with links to the Mardigan people of Cunnamulla,
is a Brisbane-based multidisciplinary contemporary artist whose practice investigates legacies of colonialism, posing important questions such as how we remember and acknowledge Indigenous histories.
In the highly commended work, Mancktelow recreates the uniforms First Nations children were forced to wear at Moongalba (Myora mission).
The attempt at assimilation was weakened by continuing traditional weaving practices.
The entries of all 29 finalists can now be seen at the Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award 2023 exhibition which runs at the gallery until August 20.
The Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award 2023, held in partnership with the Kyamba Foundation, is now considered the most prestigious textile art event in Australia.
Just over two weeks ago Perth had it’s wettest June day there since 1986 and we received heavy rain a few days later.
The minus 7.7 degrees on June 29 1986 at Canberra did lead to a very wet July in 1986 over most of Victoria and at Adelaide.
Canberra’s coldest ever June morning of minus 8.5 degrees on June 8, 1957 occurred whilst the whole of Victoria enjoyed its warmest June spell on record.
This time it is unlikely we will enjoy a warm spell the next week; more likely further cold and wet days in NE Victoria.
Another low pressure complex is now sitting over the Bight region and has brought rain to South Australia which will arrive in Victoria the next day.
During last Monday, June 19 a significant rain event reached the Pilbara region of WA where most places did had zero rainfall during both April and May.
Karratha recorded 70.2 mms, it’s wettest June day since 71.4 mms in 2013.
Roebourne recorded 50 mms; its wettest June day since 2002.
Looking at past records at Roebourne where 50 mms was recorded after zero rainfalls for April and May this year.
There were only five such cases in the last 133 years at Roebourne.
These took place in 1897, 1951, 1971, 2002 and 2012. The winter season of 1897, 1951, 2002 and 2012 tended to be wetter than average in Victoria.
PHOENIX Australia, experts in trauma-related mental health research and treatment, want to drive greater understanding of the condition ahead of National Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day on Tuesday, June 27.
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is the most common mental health condition in Australia after depression, but it’s often left undiagnosed and untreated.
And while not everyone who experiences trauma will develop PTSD, about 5-10% of Australians will suffer from PTSD at some point in their lives.
Many people who have PTSD don’t realise they have it, and only half of those affected will seek treatment.
Trauma comes in many forms and affects thousands of Australians every day.
Most people recover with the help of family and friends, and there are effective treatments for those needing extra support.
Ask an Australian to explain PTSD, and they’ll probably describe war veterans or disaster survivors.
And while those kinds of dramatic events can certainly result in psychological injuries such as PTSD, there are many quieter and more common occurrences that can lead to the disorder.
Working with the Wanga-
ratta community in a number of different roles for nearly 30 years, Neil Barassi has supported many people who had experienced trauma.
Neil is a private counsellor with a background in psychology and social work and has experience in helping those who have post-traumatic stress or more commonly known as PTSD.
“Essentially PTSD is when an individual has been directly exposed to a traumatic experience like car accident, assault, or other life threatening situation. PTSD can also occur for people who have witnessed a serious incident or know of someone close that has been traumatised,” he said.
“First responders such as police, fire brigade and paramedics consistently exposed to horrific scenes and suffering can be traumatised psychologically which is indicative of their high rates of stress leave.
“PTSD has no age limit as it can happen to anyone, anytime.
“For a diagnosis to be made, the individual must still be affected by the trauma at least one month after the event and display such symptoms as having unwanted or distressing thoughts, images flashbacks and nightmares in reliving the incident.”
Symptoms could include avoiding people, places and
any reminders of the incident, ongoing negative thoughts about the self or the world being an unsafe place, anger, irritability, hypervigilant, sleeping problems and difficulty concentrating.
Neil said although people can naturally overcome their distress with time, if symptoms persist and are left untreated, the individual can experience significant disruption in their private life, work, and relationships.
“If someone is experienc-
ing some of the symptoms and has concerns, they should consult their GP who may refer for psychological support,” he said.
“Suitable therapists can assist with PTSD with trauma focused cognitive therapy, eye movement desensitisation therapy, and exposure therapy along with other suitable psycho-social interventions.
“Survivors of bushfires, floods, sexual abuse, and other life-threatening in-
cidents have successfully been treated with psychological interventions and been able to resume a happy and healthy life, but it can take time and a lot of effort to manage PTSD.”
Neil has worked in a variety of roles where PTSD has been a common client issue, especially sexual abuse, assault and even workplace bullying which has left the individual suicidal.
“The cost of PTSD can be job losses, drug and alco-
CREATIVE local residents responded in strong numbers to the Wangaratta Library’s Winter Warmers initiative this year.
In its eighth year in 2023, the project launched in March and encouraged exponents of knitting and crochet from across the district to produce any items they could which would keep their community warm this winter.
They did just that, with waves of beanies, scarves, blankets, slippers, gloves, mittens, socks and woollen toys delivered to the library to be passed on to those in need as the colder months descend.
The project wound down in May, and coordinator Netty Hanley said the items had recently been donated to local group Tots2Teens, which supports vulnerable children, and to Wangaratta’s St Vincent de Paul welfare house.
“We time it so that the items are ready to be handed out for the cold weather,” Netty said.
“We had so much support from the community, with people bringing items in throughout the year.
“We’ve even had people dropping off a bag of items and asking what the focus of next year’s project will be. It was a huge response.”
She said donated yarn had also been available from the library for local creatives to use as they made their warming items.
And the library’s regular knitting group, which meets at the Docker Street facility each Thursday from 2pm to 4pm, produced many items for donation.
hol abuse and relationship breakdowns but PTSD can be managed along with other community mental health concerns,” he said.
Phoenix Australia’s website has advice for people suffering from trauma and resources for the health professionals treating them, and also offers online and in-person training for individuals and organisations. For more information and resources visit phoenixaustralia.org.
THE National Capital Art Prize is calling on artists to submit their entries before the end of this month.
This Australia-wide competition has over $45,000 prize money up for grabs across three categories, including: Open Prize, First Nations Prize for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, and the Sustainability Prize.
Artists are vying for a cash prize of $15,000 in each category with a twotiered adjudication process to select finalists, before a further round of judging to decide the winners.
Judging this year’s work will be five well-known art specialists, including acclaimed artist Wendy Sharpe and lauded Aboriginal artist, curator and cultural advisor, Wayne Qulliam.
It’s easy to enter, with artists required to upload a photograph of their work onto the website, and only finalists required to send their artworks to Canberra for the last round of judging, taking place in August.
Finalist works will be displayed and sold online and at a public exhibition in Canberra in Spring during the Floriade exhibition period.
Last year the competition received over 800 entries, with every state and territory represented.
The Open and First Nations prize categories must be a painting, of any subject, that can be framed and hung on the wall.
The Sustainability category is open to all mediums including sculpture and photography.
Entries will close on June 30 at 7pm and more details are available at www.nationalcapitalartprize.com. au.
AN INDIGO Shire community group raised more than $8000 with a recent fundraiser to support Timor Leste’s small community on Atauro Island located about 30km north of Dili across the Wetar Strait.
Held at Baarmutha Park for the first time since 2019 due to a COVID-enforced hiatus, the popular curry night organised by Friends of Atauro Island proved to be a fabulous success drawing close to 150 people from around the shire.
Friendship group secretary Libby Hosking said the night raised awareness of the group’s long time compost toilet and education scholarship projects to improve the lives of the island’s community.
Libby said people had been generous with their support on the night with a raffle and auction too, while a friend from outside of town donated $5,000 after recently hearing Libby talk about the event on radio.
The donation contributed to an overall tally on the night of more than $13,200 for the fundraising effort.
Recently retired local general practitioner, Dr Wendy Connor, said after a first trip to Atauro Island in 2004, she started working there as a volunteer doctor.
“This connection meant that when the people of In-
digo declared an interest in forming a friendship with a district in Timor Leste, Atauro Island was an obvious choice,” she said.
“One of the great things for me is from a clinic on the island without doctors when I first started, where I was coming and going, there are now six local young people
who have been trained as doctors working there.
“It’s a fantastic achievement and pretty special.”
Following the connection, an official memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed 14 years ago with Indigo Shire where the Indigo Atauro Friendship Committee (Friends of Atauro) formed
to help develop relationships between Timor-Leste’s Atauro Island and council.
As the rural island’s community is poor, Libby said most people relied on agriculture and fishing for their living.
“They have very little to educate family members and are very grateful to have
people who provide scholarships,” Libby said.
“They are very religious, and their values around family are very strong.”
Libby said graduates returned to their villages with gained skills and knowledge to help improve life on the small island.
The evening brought Atau-
ro Island to Beechworth with a video and presentations prepared where some past and present students had been interviewed.
Libby said nine students are studying various courses, from civil engineering, medicine, tourism and nursing to animal health.
“We’re looking at sponsoring another two students with funds raised on Friday night taking the number to 11 students in the program,” she said.
“Since 2010 when our friendship group first sponsored two young people, 17 people have been offered the opportunity of a student scholarship.
“When one student is educated the ripple effects in the family are huge.”
“We are very proud of all our students and the committee stays in touch with as many of our current and past students as we can.”
MC Jenny O’Connor said it had been inspiring to see the local communities get behind Timor Leste’s Atauro Island community.
Beechworth’s Rabela Punef said the kindhearted community made a big change and impact on the islanders’ lives.
Dr Connor won the bid for the major auction item of a painting ‘Mischief of Magpies’ by well-known local artist Alan Phillips on the night.
TOP figures in Australian wines and business experts presented to North East winemakers in Wangaratta on Thursday at the North East Wine Zone (NEWZ) Forum.
Around 70 representatives from wineries and vineyards converged at the Wangaratta Performing Arts and Convention Centre to learn and discuss risk management strategies, future business trends and networking in a combination of conference style presentations, practical workshops and a trade show.
Leading experts in the industry from Wine Australia, Agriculture Victoria, Wine Victoria and experts in fields including occupational psychology, drought, and crisis management shared relevant business knowledge to better prepare local wineries for the future.
Chair of NEWZ, Rob Hawkings, said the forum was about aiding North East wineries around how to better operate in technical matters in the wine industry.
“The NEWZ Forum has been designed to enhance the skills and knowledge of our industry so that we can build on our contribution and resilience into the future,” he said.
“A lot of the people who are involved with the wine industry are relatively small family business people who have had training in the specifics of producing grapes or making wine but don’t necessarily have the exposure to a lot of the other skills and things that come from being a business.
“Having people from a mix of different businesses who are able to talk together, everyone learns.
“It’s really useful informa-
tion for people across a whole range of different areas.”
NEWZ, established in 2020 after the summer bushfires, covers five wine regions including Alpine Valleys, Beechworth, Glenrowan, King Valley and Rutherglen.
Mr Hawkings said the regions came together in an effort to better prepare and aid themselves in events of emergency including bushfires and flooding, installing innovative measures like smoke sensors across the region.
“People recognised there was value in doing things together,” he said.
“We discovered there was a real lack of information about how big the industry was in the region, how many people were employed, what the outputs were.
“When you’re dealing with governments, it’s nice to have some actual facts to point to.”
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4 Name a renowned Scottish dish (6)
7 What is the killing of one human being by another (8)
8 Who was the first to use antiseptics in surgery, Joseph ... (6)
9 Which army noncommissioned officer ranks below sergeant (8)
11 Which giant did David slay with a stone from his sling (7)
13 To look upon with contempt (7)
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9 What is methyl morphine (6)
10 Which term describes a nickname (7)
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Letters A to Z have a number value. Some are shown in the right-hand cells. Create remaining values using clues in centre cells.
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Solve the crossword. Each answer has four letters.
Find the following words in the grid. They may be read in any direction, even diagonally. Some letters are used more than once.
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Error (7)
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A NEW ‘place of take approvals’ framework will be introduced to strengthen water delivery rights in declared water systems in Victoria.
The framework is due to come into effect during 2023/24 following planned consultation and communications activities.
To help irrigators and service providers better understand these changes, a free lunchtime webinar is being held on Wednesday, 12 July from 1 – 2 pm.
The new framework will be consistent across all declared water systems and will protect irrigator’s existing rights to have water delivered during the rare event of a water shortfall.
Irrigators will also have more flexibility to manage their own delivery risk.
The changes are driven by increasing delivery risk in the Murray downstream of Barmah.
Agriculture Victoria Technical Specialist Rob O’Connor said the webinar will cover what the ‘place of take approvals framework’ changes are, the drivers for the change, and what the changes mean for water users - including private diverters and irrigation district customers.
“Proposed rules including the cap and trade of wa-
ter delivery rights will be discussed, along with the broader program of work to manage delivery risk in the Murray system,” Mr O’Connor said.
“Expert speakers will include Penny Clark, Senior Manager Water Reform Legislation Oversight, and Alex Murray, Acting Manager Declared Systems Reform.
“Penny and Alex are both from the Water Markets and Grid branch at Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA), which over-sees the place of take approval framework.”
To register for the webinar, go to bit.ly/AgVicWMW16. After registering save the confirmation email contain-
By KURT HICKLING
AGRICULTURE is playing out differently this winter for broadacre and livestock producers, after wet summers the past three years have produced a positive and negative outlook on the season.
ing important information about joining the webinar, including a password.
More information about ‘place of take approvals’ can be found on the Victorian Water Register web site. Your rural water corporation will also have information specific to your circumstances and will communicate with you ahead of the changes.
For more information about the webinar, please call Rob O’Connor on 0408 515 652.
These webinars are brought to you by the Sustainable Irrigation Program, a partnership between DEECA, catchment management authorities, rural water corporations, and irrigators.
The broadacre sector has made a positive start for farmers with no issues, with welcomed recent rainfall, however, no more rain is needed with totals exceeding 76mm in some areas as farmers need to commence fertilising and spraying.
Senior agronomist for AG Warehouse Bec Bingley said the winter crops and paddocks have various scenarios and will need to be addressed accordingly.
“Broadacre farmers are off to a great start for the winter season,” Ms Bingley said.
“Recent rainfall totals have varied in our local area with good totals for farmers with crops well on the way.
“However, we don’t need any more rain at this point as farmers are now two weeks behind as spraying and fertilising needs to be conducted.
“Farmers need to get into their crops with machinery without being bogged.
“After another wet summer, African beetles and crickets are no longer a problem, however, nutrients in the soil have been depleted and the focus is to improve soil quality for crops.
“Farmers are planning on acting quickly to treat their crops to avoid compe-
tition from winter weeds.
“Prices on fertaliser have dropped in the last six months which is an added bonus.
“The overall outlook is very promising with a schedule that is right on track leading into spring that presents healthy crops in our local region.”
Livestock producers have also had a very wet start with sodden soils or areas of flooding causing issues for farmers which are impacting soil quality in some areas.
With current prices in the cattle market, farmers are not investing extra money into their paddocks to improve soil and feed quality due to a poor market according to Ms Bigley.
“Because of the cattle market being in a trough,
farmers are choosing not to invest in fertilisers or seed in their paddocks because they feel they are already running at a loss and cannot invest without a return,” Ms Bingley said.
“This has a consequence as the soil will lack in key elements such as nitrogen and potassium which are key to improving soil quality and plant growth.
“Cattle producers are under pressure with some concerns for soil quality and nutrition.”
With El Nino forecast to come into play this year there could be an added bonus in the long term as it will create a reduction of insects and improve soil quality, however, scheduled additives will remain as normal for farmers.
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ALBURY 1.2 6.4 7.7 10.9.69
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GOALS: ALBURY: Jacob Conlan 5, Kolby Heiner-Hennessy 2, Riley Bice 1, Luke Daly 1, Jeff Garlett 1. YARRAWONGA: Nicholas Fothergill 3, Leigh Williams 3, Bailey Frauenfelder 1, Michael Gibbons 1, Logan Morey 1, William Wheeler 1, Mark Whiley 1, Cameron Wilson
1. BEST: ALBURY: Jacob Conlan, Jake Gaynor, Luke Daly, Jim Grills, Brayden O’Hara, Isaac Muller. YARRAWONGA: William Wheeler, Bailey Frauenfelder, Ryan Bruce, Nicholas Fothergill, Harrison Wheeler, Cameron Wilson.
GOALS: NORTH ALBURY: Joshua Minogue 3, Cayden Winter 3, Jack Penny 2, Tim Broomhead 1, Nathan Dennis 1, Layton Taylor 1. WODONGA: Adam Jorgensen 3, Angus Baker 2, Samuel Jewell 2, Oscar Willding 2, Gus Jones 1, Joshua Mathey 1. BEST: NORTH ALBURY: Cayden Winter, Joshua Minogue, George Godde, Hayden Cooper, Jack Penny, Foster Gardiner. WODONGA: Noah Bradshaw, Samuel Jewell, Adam Jorgensen, Jack O’Sullivan, Joshua Mathey, Jack Yelland.
SPLIT ROUND: SATURDAY, JUNE 17 - A GRADE
North Albury 49 drew with Wodonga 49 Albury 27 def by Yarrawonga 73
B GRADE: North Albury 52 def by Wodonga 63; Albury 30 def by Yarrawonga 36. C GRADE: Albury 12 def by Yarrawonga 52; North Albury 48 def Wodonga 28. 17 & UNDER: North Albury 39 def by Wodonga 65; Albury 18 def by Yarrawonga 51. 15 & UNDER: Albury 28 def Yarrawonga 19; North Albury 33 def by Wodonga 45.
SPLIT ROUND: SATURDAY, JUNE 24 - A GRADE
Wangaratta 68 def Wangaratta Rovers 28
GOALS: WANGARATTA: Amanda Umanski 34, Georgia Clark 28, Kellie Keen 6.
WANGARATTA ROVERS: Rebecca Kreltszheim 14, Sami Kretlszheim 14.
Lavington 49 def Myrtleford 45
B GRADE: Lavington 40 def by Myrtleford 41. C GRADE: Lavington 36 def Myrtleford 34, Corowa-R’glen 34 def by Wodonga Raiders 40. 17 & UNDER: Lavington 42 def Myrtleford 23, Corowa-R’glen 18 def by Wodoga Raiders 79. 15 & UNDER: Lavington 33 def by Myrtleford 38, Corowa-R’glen 14 def by Wodonga Raiders 36.
SPLIT ROUND: SATURDAY, JUNE 17
Albury 14.11.95 def Yarrawonga 3.7.25
BEST: ALBURY: Charlie McGrath, Rory Parnell, Fraser Bennett, Ty Quade, Flynn Scholes, Joseph Muller. YARRAWONGA: Mitchell Parker, Griffin Surrey, Lockie Dwyer, Alexander Di Cioccio, Jack Eales, Dom McInness. North Albury 7.5.47 def by Wodonga 7.11.53
BEST: NORTH ALBURY: No best players have been selected. WODONGA: No best players have been selected. GOALS: NORTH ALBURY: Eligh HoustonDamic 3, Joshua Murphy 3, Alexander Tremonti 1. WODONGA: C Ainsworth 2, E Tshijika 2, R Bourke 1, J Mathey 1, Riley Thompson 1.
SPLIT ROUND: SATURDAY, JUNE 24
Lavington 11.11.77 def Myrtleford 5.4.34
BEST: LAVINGTON: Cruz Nash, Jack Costello, Corby Robertson, Lochie Semmler, Oscar Lyons, Harrison Wilson. MYRTLEFORD: Saxon Rosser, Lachlan Stripeikis, Hunter North, Sam Rossato, Harry Stripeikis. GOALS: LAVINGTON: Corby Robertson 5, Harryson Barber 1, Archy Cohalan 1, Ryder Corrigan 1, Oscar Lyons 1, Cruz Nash 1, Declan Thiele 1. MYRTLEFORD: Cy Banks 1, Brody Bouker 1, Nicholas Hall 1, Harry McKerral 1, Luke Nannipieri 1. Wangaratta 7.5.47 def by Wangaratta Rovers 10.10.70
BEST: WANGARATTA: N/A. WANGARATTA ROVERS: Oliver Sharp, William Ashton, Ryley Ely, RIley Allan, Judd Schubert, Samule Comensoli GOALS: WANGARATTA: N/A. WANGARATTA ROVERS: Samuel Comensoli 3, Judd Schubert 3, Ryley Ely 2, Riley Allan Finn Osborne Oliver Sharp Ned Turner
SPLIT ROUND: SATURDAY, JUNE 24
GOALS: LAVINGTON: Jack Driscoll 3, Luke Garland 2, William Glanvill 2, Tim Hanna 2, Ewan Mackinlay 2, Myles Aalbers 1, Aidan Cook 1, Jack Harland 1, Jack Kirley 1, Jake O’Brien 1. MYRTLEFORD: Declan Bren 1, Brody Ricardi 1, Kyle Winter-Irving 1. BEST: LAVINGTON: Shaun Driscoll, Ewan Mackinlay, Andrew Yates, William Glanvill, Jack Driscoll, Jack Harland. MYRTLEFORD: Ryley Forrest, Alex Jacobs, Mitch Dalbosco, Declan Bren, Thomas Cappellari, Jake Sharp.
GOALS: WANGARATTA: Callum Moore 4, Patrick Warner 3, Michael Newton 3, Ben Reid 3, Murray Waite 3, Luke Saunders 1, Daniel Sharrock 1, Jessie Smith 1. WANGARATTA
ROVERS: Justin Lewis 2, Alexander Marklew 2, Thomas Boyd 1, Samuel Murray 1. BEST:
WANGARATTA: Chris Knowles, Matthew Grossman, Patrick Warner, Daniel Sharrock, Callum Moore, Bradley Melville. WANGARATTA ROVERS: Samuel Murray, Dylan Stone, Will Nolan, Justin Lewis, Elijah Amery.
YARRAWONGA vs NORTH ALBURY
WODONGA vs WANGARATTA
WANGARATTA ROVERS vs WODONGA RAIDERS
COROWA-RUTHERGLEN vs LAVINGTON
MYRTLEFORD vs ALBURY
*Ladder correct at time of print from Ovens and King website.
A GRADE:
Bright 35 def by Bonnie Doon 64, Greta 35 def by Milawa 46, Tarrawingee 58 def Goorambat 36, North Wangaratta 34 drew Benalla All Blacks 34, Moyhu 34 def by Whorouly 49
B GRADE:
Bright 31 def by Bonnie Doon 75, Greta 33 def by Milawa 65, Tarrawingee 27 def by Goorambat 38, North Wangaratta 35 def by Benalla All Blacks 63, Moyhu 26 def by Whorouly 47
B RESERVE:
Bright 46 def by Bonnie Doon 52, Greta 25 def by Milawa 46, North Wangaratta 24 def by Benalla All Blacks 79, Moyhu 24 def by Whorouly 45
C GRADE:
Bright 40 def Bonnie Doon 32, Greta 63 def Milawa 26, Tarrawingee 33 def by Goorambat 43, North Wangaratta 30 def by Benalla All Blacks 32, Moyhu 33 def Whorouly 26
UNDER 15s:
Bright 22 def by Bonnie Doon 25, Greta 18 def Milawa 11, Tarrawingee 10 def by Goorambat 13, North Wangaratta 19 def by Benalla All Blacks 35, Moyhu 15 def by Whorouly 38
SATURDAY, JULY 1
MILAWA vs KING VALLEY
TARRAWINGEE vs BRIGHT
GOORAMBAT vs GRETA
WHOROULY vs BENALLA ALL BLACKS
BONNIE DOON vs MOYHU
NORTH WANGAROTTA - BYE
SPLIT ROUND: SATURDAY, JUNE 17 North Albury..............3.2.20 Wodonga ................10.11.71
BEST: NORTH ALBURY: Joel Gare, Connor Bradbury, Jamieson Bouffler, Mitchell Wadley, Daniel Pattinson.
WODONGA: Nicholas Beattie, Mitchell Dinneen, Casey Marr, Harry Kitching, Jackson Russell, Jack O’Toole. Albury .......................5.9.39 Yarrawonga ...............7.4.46
BEST: ALBURY: Oliver Hayes, Riley Tuckwell, Charlie Lappin, Lachlan Taylor-Nugent, William Haberecht, Cooper Page.
YARRAWONGA: Beau Seymour, Jess Koopman, Reid Clarke, Tim Lawrence, Max Hemphill, Douglas Arnold.
SPLIT ROUND:
SATURDAY, JUNE 24
Lavington ...............12.20.92 Myrtleford ................2.5.17
BEST: LAVINGTON: Kai Davies, Noah Graham, Harrison Thomas, Darcy Hennessy, Angus Daniher, Hunter Galvin.
MYRTLEFORD: Tom Sparks, Will Quirk, William McKerral, Corey Southern, Benjamin Paddle, Tom Laspina.
Wangaratta...................... 65
Wangaratta Rovers ..........53
Best: Wangaratta: Harrison Smart, Ryan Battin, Braeden Marjanovic, Darcy Melksham, Thomas Gorman, Will O’keefe
Wangaratta Rovers: Sam Henderson, Nicholas Redley, Nic Henderson, Regan Gorman, Joel Smith, Jason Cook.
GOALS: BRIGHT: Alexander Dalbosco 1, Jack Dalbosco 1, Samuel Dalbosco 1, Nathan Lyons 1, Jonah McIntosh 1, Cooper Thomason 1. BONNIE DOON: Al Bennett 4, Matthew Hedin 3, Luke Murray 1, Joel Sanford 1. BEST: BRIGHT: Joe Gray, Samuel Dalbosco, Harry Jamieson, Tex McIntosh, Michael Elliott, Max Rampling. BONNIE DOON: Matthew Hedin, Campbell Smedley, Morgan Evans, Luke Murray, Zac Tanner, Guy Murray.
GRETA
MILAWA
GOALS: GRETA: Frazer Judd 5, Daniel Cassidy 2, Tyler Arrowsmith 1, James McClounan 1. MILAWA: Steven Williamson , Harry Allan 1, Brent Newton 1, Scott Pell 1. BEST: GRETA: Lachie Kennett, Thomas Rosser, Frazer Judd, James McClounan, Zac Northey, Mark Wettern. MILAWA: Xavier Ham, Steven Williamson, Brent Newton, Daniel Bihun, Jack Bussell, Simon Pane.
TARRAWINGEE 1.3 1.4 4.6 4.7.31
GOORAMBAT 2.2 7.5 8.7 13.11.89
GOALS: TARRAWINGEE: Hugh Amery 1. GOORAMBAT: Aaron Blackburn 3, Kobe Black 2, Charles Hunter 2, Jack Welsh 2, Dylan Beavis 1, Ryan Burns 1, Jamie Dunne 1, Benjamin Reaburn 1. BEST: TARRAWINGEE: Sam Piper, Dan Hogarth, Sam Findlay, Joshua Smart, Jarrod Everitt, Ryley Benton. GOORAMBAT: Ryan Burns, Kobe Black, Jamie Dunne, Aaron Blackburn, Charles Hunter, Rick Walker.
NORTH WANGARATTA 4.0 9.4 12.6 19.8.122
BENALLA ALL BLACKS 1.5 1.5 2.8 3.8.26
GOALS: NORTH WANGARATTA: Tyler Nanson 6, Patrick Killen 3, Harry Miller 3, Daniel McLeod 2, Jamie Berry 1, Adam Enever 1, Patrick Kelly 1, Taylor O’Brien 1, Tyler Schulze
1 BENALLA ALL BLACKS: Jayden Brady 1, Tom Levy 1, Nicholas Spencer 1. BEST: NORTH WANGARATTA: Adam Enever, Patrick Killen, Tyler Nanson, Patrick Kelly, Mitchell Sayers, Andrew Knights. BENALLA ALL BLACKS: Cody Crawford, Brendon Smith, Kaare Glass, David Button, Kyle Collisson, Jesse Walker.
MOYHU 0.2 4.6 5.8 5.1.40
WHOROULY 2.3 3.4 5.9 5.1.41
GOALS: MOYHU: Harrison Grant 2, James Kelly 2, Jared Lea 1. WHOROULY: Jake Riley 2, Andrew Newton 1, Matthew Vescio 1, Glenn White 1. BEST: MOYHU: Matthew Thrum, Liam Cook, Harrison Grant, Nick Stewart, Charlie West, Ethan Rooney. WHOROULY: Darcy O’Shannessy, Glenn White, Paul Glanville, Andrew Newton, Macauley Murtagh, Cameron Wood.
Bright ..................16.17.113
Bonnie Doon ............2.5.127
BEST: BRIGHT: Brodie Brain, Bailey Jennings-Allen, Thomas Mullane-Grant, Jed Pryor, Beau Whitely, Callum Smith. BONNIE DOON: Patrick Revell, James Trellu-Coker, Isaac Murray, Joshua Hedin, Lachlan Revell, John Evans.
Greta .....................17.8.110
Milawa .....................2.0.12
BEST: GRETA: Damiun Cassidy, Stewart McLeod, Trent Whitecross, Chris Dube, Charlie Garoni, Tom Baker. MILAWA: Tim Leslie, Zachary Wallace, Justin Wickham, Jordan Friend, Tim Mortimer, Michael Box.
Tarrawingee .............12.8.80 Goorambat ................7.8.50
BEST: TARRAWINGEE: Lewis Sharrock, Max Webster, Tyler Heywood, Jake Mountney, William Styles, Jack Sorrensen. GOORAMBAT: Patrick Wright, Simon Briggs, Todd Haslam, Todd Wapling, Dallas Spencer, Dylan Brain.
North Wangaratta ......6.5.41
Benalla All Blacks ......11.7.73
BEST: NORTH WANGARATTA: Joshua Ismale, Caleb Kuschert, Marcus White, Blake Marlborough, Luke Brown, Daniel Knihinizkij. BENALLA ALL BLACKS: Ciaran Wallace, Karl Mullins, John Hughes, Eoin Fitzgerald, Damian Broughton, Mark Mc Dermott. Moyhu......................10.9.69 Whorouly ..................8.7.55
BEST: MOYHU: Leroy Dowling, Thomas Clough, Aaron Thrum, kiangkai Douangphosay, Harry Verdon, Jack Manners. WHOROULY: Zac O’Shannessy, Adam Harris, Jacob Penn, Adam Pascoe, Maverick Lewis, Ryan Harris.
THE league’s top team remains undefeated for another week, after Greta survived a scare from Milawa, coming away with the points 9.5 (59) to 7.15 (57) at home.
The Demons were unable to capitalise on early pressure, kicking 2.7 to the Blues’ 1.1 by quarter time, a margin which Greta overcame through the second term to head into the halftime break up by a point.
Milawa blazed away after the break, but the defensive structures of the home side limited the impact, with Gretaconceding 3.6 while keeping in the battle to trail by 15 points by the three-quarter time siren.
A desperate Greta squad fought hard while the Demons failed to find the goals, with the Blues coming from behind to take the win by two points and keep their undefeated run on track.
Greta coach Greg Newbold said his side’s belief in their systems stood up to the challenge posed by Milawa.
“If you win or lose by less than a kick, you’re going to be lucky or unlucky,” he said.
“We were very efficient in the last quarter, we ran the game right out and made some good decisions under pressure.
“We have a great faith and belief in how we play and the systems we ask the players to follow, and when we execute them and are efficient with our ball use, we’re a hard team to beat.”
Greta’s Frazer Judd ended with a
five-goal haul,, including the gamewinner with a minute remaining, while Lachie Kennett, Mark Wettern and Tom Rosser turned in solid games.
For the Demons, Steve Williamson was on fire up forward, while Brent Newton was tough to handle in the ruck.
“We turned the footy over more than we’ve turned the footy over in any game this year, missed a lot of targets, especially between the arcs,” Newbold said.
“Transitioning the ball, we had blokes out on the lead and we just kicked the ball over their head or grubbed it along the ground - some of that was from Milawa’s pressure but some of those was just from some really poor mistakes.
“Tommy Rosser played a good game on the wing, Tom Fursdon had a very good last half when he went onto ‘Bomber’ Williamson – we probably made that move too late in hindsight.
“Mark Wettern battled strongly against Brent Newton – ‘Newto’ had a terrific game of football, he played really well so we had to work around that, the conditions suited him, and Frazer Judd was calm, cool and collected in the forward line.”
In other matches, Bonnie Doon bested Bright by two goals, Goorambat thumped Tarrawingee 13.11 (89) to 4.7 (31), North Wangaratta demolished Benalla All Blacks by 96 points, and Whorouly edged our Moyhu by a point.
IT came down to the wire at the Moyhu Recreation Reserve on Saturday, but Whorouly clawed their way over the line to take a 5.11 (41) to 5.10 (40) win over the Hoppers.
The muddy and gusty conditions suited the Lions early, taking a two goal lead into quarter time before Moyhu started benefitting from their youth and run.
Repeat forward 50 entries helped the Hoppers snatch the lead and push the margin out to eight points in their favour by the long break.
The second half of the game was a slog, as both sides fought it out and went goal for goal.
Whorouly’s backs were impressive, intercepting and rebounding the footy to help the Lions take a one-point lead heading into the final term.
Both teams were desperate to find the winning goal, but as the clock ticked down, Whorouly found themselves in front, taking the points and keeping their finals dreams alive.
Coach Riley Calvene said his side adapted well to difficult playing conditions.
“With the conditions, it’s a different game – with the rain we’ve had, we had to adapt the way we played,” he said.
“With Moyhu being such a fast side with pace on the outside, I think conditions really suited us and we were able to win the contested ball and break even.
“There was a bit of a breeze to one end, and they were able to get some quick goals in the second quarter and get themselves back into it.
“Like we’ve seen this year, we’ve been
a very inconsistent team at times, but we were lucky we only let them in for 10 minutes rather than two or three quarters.
“Obviously, with the conditions, you’re never really out of it and we knew if our pressure was up, they’d turn the ball over.
“Our pressure game is a staple for us, I’m really happy with how we went defensively.”
The Hoppers were lifted by terrific games from Matthew Thrum, Liam Cook, and Harrison Grant, while the Lions defenders featured prominently in the best on ground.
“If you look through the best players, I think five out of the six were all defenders,” Calvene said.
“Moyhu had a lot of repeat entries, and time after time we held up – they’d intercept, then break and join the offence.
“I think it’s really important to get your back six set so they can gel together, which we’ve been able to do this year.”
It was a fitting victory to celebrate Lion Cam Wood’s 300th club game, chaired off the ground and front and centre in the team’s celebrations.
“Cam’s been a terrific servant of the club, he’s the last to leave on a Thursday night, always helping around the club,” Calvene said.
“He’s really selfless with the way he plays, we’ve thrown him around a fair bit this year position-wise and he’s held up really well.
“You love having him in your team because you can give him a role and he’ll do it.”
Mayor Dean Rees has spoken out about what he believes could have been better due process in a review of the Wangaratta Magpies clerical error which ultimately cost the club the 2022 premiership.
The Magpies were stripped of the premiership following a salary cap breach which the club’s administration selfreported a player payment error prior to winning the premiership.
Mayor Rees thought the
BY STEVE KELLY skelly@ nemedia.com.auMagpies administration should have been given the chance to verbally defend themselves in front of a tribunal, instead of a board deciding their fate and punishments.
The club was in the end fined $28,000, two less player points for the 2023 season, premiership points were not
available for the first two rounds of 2023 season, and the 2022 premiership was stripped.
“A tribunal hearing would have allowed the Magpies to come forward with their case to talk about why and how they self-identified the error,” Cr Rees said.
“It was quite clear that it (the error) was purely accidental and they reported on it straight away.
“Would it have changed the result in the grand finalnot at all, and it wouldn’t have
changed the list of players who played - no it wouldn’t have.
“A decision is a great thing, but without hearing all sides of the story, I think the decision might have been a bit harsh, initially, by the Ovens and Murray board itself.”
Cr Rees said it could have gone to an independent umpire, a mediator or just the chance for the Wangaratta Magpies to sit down in front of all board members to put their case across before it went to a decision.
“I feel a decision was made in haste rather than hearing all sides of the story,” he said.
“In the court of law, they do hear all sides of the story before a jury or a judge makes an example and I don’t believe the Wangaratta Magpies were entitled to that.”
Cr Rees said there are a lot of volunteers at successful clubs like Wangaratta, who work hard and support them financially.
“Yes the club was fined, then match points weren’t available for the first two
games of 2023, but to then take the premiership off them was harsh,” he said.
Wangaratta Football Netball Club vice president Jon Henry last week told the Wangaratta Chronicle that they were “deeply dissatisfied” with the fact that two different governing bodies issued rulings on the same offence.
AFLNEB ruled in its findings that Wangaratta was not denied procedural fairness. The O&M was contacted but declined to comment.
■ From back page Daniel Sharrock racked up 26 touches in a best on ground display, while Callum Moore was also one of Wangaratta’s best kicking four goals.
“¬’Knowlesy’ was strong in the ruck against Toby Murray who I really rate, he’s going to be a fantastic player,” Reid said.
“’Dools’ (Sharrock) keeps being ‘Dools’ and is playing some really good footy at the moment.”
Michael Newton, Ben Reid, Murray Waite and Warner all booted three majors each in the victory, highlighting Wangaratta’s versatility in front of goal.
“It was probably only the second time ‘Juice’ (Newton), ‘Cal’ (Moore) and myself have all
played together this year,” Reid said.
“’Cal’ got up the ground a bit more and I think that’s when he’s at his best so he did a really good job for us forward and in the ruck.
“’Juice’ hasn’t played in a few weeks so for him to come in and kick three goals was great and even Paddy Warner was good as well.
“It’s great that we had a good mix of goal kickers.”
For Rovers, Sam Murray continued his strong season racking up plenty of possessions in the back half, while Dylan Stone was solid in the middle.
Youngster Justin Lewis and gun forward Alex Marklew were the only players to kick multiple majors with two each.
WANGARATTA flexed their muscles in Sunday’s derby at Norm Minns Oval.
After a thrilling round one encounter that saw Wangaratta Rovers win by two points, many built this clash up as one of the matches of the year but it was simply a fizzer with the Magpies winning by a
BY WILLSON MACK wmack@ nemedia.com.au
mammoth 83-points.
Wangaratta set the tone from the first siren with Patrick Warner setting Norm Minns Oval alight booting
the first two goals of the game 40 seconds apart.
Wangaratta didn’t get the reward they deserved for their dominant first term, missing a number of gettable opportunities to lead by 15-points at the first change.
However, an eight goal to one second term just about put the game to bed by half-
time with the Magpies up by 60-points.
The onslaught continued in the second half with Wangaratta eventually winning 19.13 (127) to 6.8 (44) in a one sided affair.
“I think it’s as good of a four quarter performance that we’ve played all year and it came off the back of
our pressure,” Wangaratta coach Ben Reid said.
“We had players wanting to do the team things and playing their roles which goes a long way to playing the way we did.
“We probably didn’t get much bang for our buck in the first quarter but we carried on with it in the
second and then the game opened up for us in the second half.”
Wangaratta’s midfield group was on top all day with ruckman Chris Knowles providing plenty of good service which led to clearance dominance, particularly out of the centre.
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