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FOOTSCRAY Police are warning shoppers may get more than they bargained for with an increase in thefts around Highpoint Shopping Centre.

Inspector Tony Long has told Star of a boost in car thefts, thefts from cars, and thefts from customers and workers within the shopping centre in recent months.

Insp Long said offenders have been caught on CCTV looking for unlocked cars to steal, or for items left in the car in plain sight, such as GPS units or shopping bags.

Thieves are targeting Nissan Skylines and other, older car models that are easier to break into than newer models fitted with an immobiliser.

Many of the vehicles are being stolen during the day, and many are not being recovered by police.

There is also an increase in number plate thefts.

Insp Long said police are chasing leads that suggest the stolen cars are being stripped for spare parts and sent overseas, or are being sold for scrap metal.

There is also a spate of unattended handbags, purses and mobile

phones being stolen from both customers and shop assistants, with offenders stealing items straight from customer handbags, behind a shop counter, or even from a store room or tea room.

Insp Long said with the advent of new tap and go debit and credit cards, thieves can easily spend hundreds of dollars on stolen cards before the victim realises its gone.

“We ask everyone in the shopping sphere - from shops to customers - to be careful,” he said.

“Most of these crimes are opportunistic and it’s up to you to reduce these opportunities and keep track of your stuff.”

Insp Long called on owners of older model cars to use a club lock when parking their car in public.

He said all shopping precincts had the same problems, but these were exacerbated at Highpoint due to its sheer size.

A foot patrol crew has been based at Highpoint since July.

The crew patrols both inside the centre and out in the car parks in a bid to deter shop lifting, car thefts and thefts from vehicles and is used in conjunction with CCTV cameras to reduce crime and catch offenders when a crime occurs.

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The morning includes the annual Civic Awards ceremony, a citizenship ceremony and free family entertainment. The event starts at 10am and will run until 12.30pm. Siblings, from left, Petra, Alex and Marcus Hansby got a Picture: DAMJAN JANEVSKI head-start on celebrations last week. 112716

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A FEW months ago, Dylan Young bought a ticket to the St Jerome’s Laneway Festival - now he’s gearing up to play at it.

Mr Young, 17, is one part of four-piece indie rock band Bel Air, which took out last year’s Very West competition.

The Very West is a yearly competition run by the Footscray Community Arts Centre and the St Jerome’s Laneway Festival to pick out the best talent in the West.

The winner gets to play a coveted set at the next St Jerome’s Laneway Festival.

Bel Air, which formed in May last year, beat three other bands to take out the title, and band members Cameron Swanson (guitar/vocals), Joshua Knight (bass) and Edan Strachan (drums) are busy working with Mr Young (guitar/vocals) to refine their set for their Laneway debut.

“I don’t think it’s hit us yet,” Mr Young said.

“We’re obviously really excited, but it was surreal (to win).”

Mr Knight said the group, which is based in Ballarat, signed up for the Very West to get their name out there, but never expected to be playing among the likes of Cloud Control and King Krule.

“We listen to these guys, so for us to be able to play with them is amazing,” Mr Knight said.

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Josh, Cam and Dylan are ready to play at the Laneway Picture: DAMJAN JANEVSKI Festival. 112599 Bel Air will also be playing in the Battle of the Bands grand final in March and hope to release their debut EP sometime this year.

“We want to take it as far as

we can,” Mr Swanson said.

The St Jerome’s Laneway Festival is taking place at the Footscray Community Arts Centre on 1 February. Tickets are on sale now.

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THE number of homeless youth is soaring in Melbourne’s West and North-Western Suburbs, according to several advocates in the region.

They have called for more action to address issues which can lead to homelessness including high rates of youth unemployment, mental health, drugs and alcohol, school suspensions and relationship breakdowns.

This comes in the wake of a report from the Council to Homeless Persons, which has proposed that the State Government spend $143 million across a decade to provide more housing and support.

More than 18,000 young people from across the West seek assistance from Youth Junction Inc, based in Sunshine, every year.

General manager Karen Hart said there was a “huge demand and growing” for homeless services, partly due to a lack of affordable private rental homes and social housing in the West.

Chair of the not-for-profit Youth Projects group, Melanie Raymond, said estimates showed more than 40 per cent of clients lived in shortterm “insecure accommodation” which often leads to homelessness.

“While inner Melbourne has the highest rates of street homelessness, Melbourne’s outer North and West are seeing a rise in homelessness over the past few years,” Ms Raymond said.

“We have heard of clients sleeping in cars, caravans, old warehouses and on the streets in this area.

Well-known youth worker Les Twentyman said he had heard of a Brimbank boarding house which has a practice called ’hot bedding’, where multiple people sleep shifts in the one bed.

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Road safety blitz

By CHARLENE MACAULAY FOOTSCRAY Police will conduct a five month road safety operation targeting the safety of pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists.

Police have received funding from the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) after a spike in serious injury collisions across the municipality.

Footscray Police Inspector Tony Long said in the past 12 months, serious injury collisions had risen by 30 per cent among pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists.

A serious injury collision involves the drivers or passengers involved in an accident being admitted to hospital because of their injuries.

In the first three weeks of December 2013 alone, seven serious injury collisions were recorded across the municipality.

Three of the accidents included cyclists.

Insp Long said the dedicated bike lanes along Whitehall St were particularly dangerous for cyclists, with many cars not giving way to bike riders.

On 29 December 2013, a 32-year-old Maribyrnong motorcyclist lost his life when he collided with a car in Footscray.

TAC figures show that of the 243 people killed on Victoria’s roads in 2013, 40 were riders and passengers of motorcycles, 36 were pedestrians and six were cyclists.

Operation Red Man will include a series of covert and overt operations run by uniform and plain clothes police officers that will focus on drivers, pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists doing the wrong thing on the road.

Insp Long said drivers were not respecting other road users and were being driven to distraction by mobile phones and other devices.

He said many accidents involving cars and other cyclists were caused by drivers not paying proper attention on the road and drifting into bicycle lanes or cutting them off.

On the flip side, Insp Long said many pedestrians were putting themselves in danger by disobey-

ing basic road rules and crossing the road at a red light or away from a pedestrian crossing.

The problem is particularly prevalent around Footscray’s CBD, Victoria University’s Footscray Park and Footscray Nicholson campus, and schools.

For motorcyclists, the problem lies with speeding, cutting in and out of traffic, and not wearing the right protective clothing.

“People just seem to not be paying attention to what’s going on around them,” Insp Long said.

“The cost to the community is far too high in terms of road trauma.”

Operation Red Man starts this month and will run until May.

Multiple charges after city brawl TWO Kingsville men were among four arrested last week over a city brawl between rival soccer fans in December.

Police executed a series of warrants across residential properties in Kingsville, Werribee and Norlane on Monday morning, arresting a 44-yearold man and a 19-year-old man from Kingsville, a 19-year-old man from Werribee and a 32-year-old man from Norlane.

The arrests follow a brawl outside a licensed premises in Bourke St on 28 December.

Three people were treated at the scene and one person was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

All four were subsequently charged and have been bailed to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 20 May. The 19-year-old Kingsville man has been charged with affray, conduct endangering injury, discharge distress signal (flare), throw/discharge missile.

The 44-year-old Kingsville man has been charged with affray, conduct endangering serious injury, throw/discharge missile and carry dangerous article.

The 19-year-old Werribee man has been charged with affray, conduct endangering serious injury, throw/discharge missile and possess distress signal (flare).

The 32-year-old Norlane man has been charged with affray, conduct endangering serious injury, throw/discharge missile and carry dangerous article.

Meanwhile, a 23-year-old man from NSW has since been charged with conduct endangering serious injury, discharging a missile and possessing cannabis.

He has been bailed to appear at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 24 April.

Detectives from Melbourne Crime Investigation Unit are continuing to investigate the incident.

Anyone with any information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or visit www. crimestoppers.com.au.

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Festival has tips for the best home brew

By CHARLENE MACAULAY WANT to know how to brew your own beer? Or learn to make your own pan-fried dumplings?

Maribyrnong City Council is offering a smorgasbord of tasty morsels for the mouth and the mind as part of the Eat Drink Westside program for this year’s Melbourne Food and Wine Festival.

Eat Drink Westside features nine unique events that show off the municipality’s multicultural heritage, including an Ethiopian dinner with traditional dance performances, an afternoon salon with French cuisine and

a race around Footscray to find the ingredients for a Vietnamese, African and Indian soup.

“Our events continue to showcase the diverse melting pot of flavours within our community,” Maribyrnong Mayor Grant Miles said.

“Discover our City’s foodie gems by sampling Vietnamese cuisine whilst riding a rickshaw, mop up Ethiopian stews with traditional injera bread, learn about our Indigenous heritage and their connection to the Maribyrnong River or you can head straight to the source at the wholesale fish markets in Footscray.”

And if you’re thirsty after all that running around, you can head to Yarraville’s Grain and Grape and take part in a beer brewing demonstration.

Three well-known commercial brewers will work their liquid magic by producing a basic home brew, an upmarket home brew and a commercial brew.

John Preston started up the home brewing and wine making business in 1990 and said brewing your own beer had soared in popularity over the past decade.

“Fifteen years ago, it was an older guy’s hobby, and some did it because they were stingy, but quality and vari-

ety is what people do it for now,” Mr Preston said.

“It is possible to make a beer as good as a commercial grade beer (at home).”

But it all comes down to how you do it.

“If you do it with grain, it’s just like making it in a brewery. Making it with a kit is like having soup out of a can.”

The Melbourne Food and Wine Festival will run from 28 February to 16 March.

Go to www.festivalcity.com.au to check out all the events happening across the municipality.

FOOTSCRAY’S Western Hospital has returned its worst emergency department performance in a year, State Government figures reveal.

The Victorian Health Services Performance Report for the September 2013 quarter shows the hospital’s emergency department failed to treat its category two and three patients within the State Government benchmarks for the first time in a year.

Category two patients are people suffering from a critical illness or very severe pain, such as chest pain, while category three patients include those suffering from severe illnesses, head injuries but who are conscious, and people with major bleeding from cuts, major fractures, persistent vomiting or dehydration.

Nearly half (47 per cent) of emergency department patients who are not admitted waited more than four hours for treatment, while five patients faced waits of over 24 hours. The elective surgery list has remained relatively stable, with 2060 people on the waiting list.

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TRAINING STARTS FOR JUNIORS WEEK 27TH JAN

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Summer courses YARRAVILLE Community Centre’s new summer course guide is available now, with lots of great new classes to kickstart the New Year, including building a garden in a small space, DIY resume, vegetarian Indian cooking, summer desserts and Hula, Bollywood and Tahitian dance classes to name a few. Inquiries: 9687 1560 or email info@ycc.net.au

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THE Footscray Men’s Probus Club, the social club of choice in retirement, will meet at 10am on Tuesday 18 February in the West Footscray Rec Centre, Essex St, and welcomes prospective new members, guests and visitors to enjoy fellowship and social acquaintance with like-minded men on the third Tuesday of each month. Inquiries: Bob 9315 6709.

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SUPPORT your local hospital. Western Health is seeking community members who have some time that they could offer to support our patients at our Footscray and Williamstown hospitals. If you enjoy meeting new people, want to be part of a team of volunteers who offer their time to our patients by offering them refreshments in the outpatient clinics, guiding them around sharing your story - Inquiries: Michael Burns 8345 1059 or Michael.burns@wh.org.au

Senior men Tues. & Thur. 6.00pm – 7.30pm Coach still required for our under 12 boys

All enquiries to Gary Sheppard 0447 620 201 or gary.sheppard@manorlakesfc.com Reistration day is 16th Feb 2014 11.00am to 2.00pm at Howqua Reserve Manor Lakes facebook.com/manorlakesfootballclub

CLASSES commence at Maribyrnong Community Centre on Tuesday 28 January. Classes include Yoga, Picture Framing, Patchwork and Quilting, Card Making, Calligraphy, Conversational Spanish, Digital Photography for Beginners, Introduction to Ipad/Iphone/Laptop, Modern Cake Decorating, Authentic Vietnamese Home Cooking, Mini Chefs and Movers and Groovers. Inquiries: 9032 4305 or email maricomm@maribyrnong. vic.gov.au

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Swimmers wanted YARRAVILLE Swim Club is looking for swimmers of all ages and abilities for our new open water swim group. The club is training for the spring

and summer open water swimming season.

The club trains on Sunday afternoons, 3.30pm - 5pm at Yarraville Swim Centre, 35 Roberts St, West Footscray. Inquiries: 9315 3400.

Australian Breastfeeding Association ARE you pregnant or a new mum seeking information and support on breastfeeding and early parenting? Come along for a weekly walk and talk. Every Wednesday morning, meet at 9.30am for 10am start at the shipping container out the front of Happy River Cafe, Footscray Community Arts Centre, 45 Moreland St, Footscray. Kids and babies are welcome, walk at your own pace along the riverfront. Join us for a coffee afterwards. Inquiries: Sky 0438 702 529 or check our Facebook page www.facebook. com/ozbreastfeedingfygroup

Conservation interest welcome FRIENDS of the Maribyrnong Valley warmly welcomes interest and membership to conservation activities along the Maribyrnong River.

Meetings held first Wednesday of the month, 7.30pm, Living Museum of the West, Pipemakers Park. Working bees along the river Wednesdays 9am-noon. For more information check out www.fmvonline.com

Book club SALTWATER Bookies book club is seeking new members. The club meets at Footscray Library on the third Saturday of each month.Inquiries: 9687 1464.

Help migrants learn English AMES needs volunteers to help new migrants learn English. Inquiries: Sarah Hilton Hiltons@ ames.net.au or phone 9687 3494.

Dust off your instrument WESTERN Brass is an exciting new community brass band that rehearses on Tuesday evenings from 7.30pm until 9pm at the band room located at 10A Hyde St, Footscray. Brass and percussion players of all levels are invited to attend.

No auditions, no age limits, just join in the fun.

Inquiries: 0412 231 929.

Community Calendar is made available free of charge to not-for-profit organisations to keep the public informed of special events and activities.

Send item details to Star Community Calendar, Cnr Keilor Park Drive and Thomsons Road, Keilor Park 3042 or email to: star@starnewsgroup.com.au Deadline for copy and announcements is noon Wednesday.

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Smile with Leyla’s on a colourful journey Confidence Leyla Simone, 12, has published her first book called The Adventures of Lollipop – a story she will share with everyone by donating it to all the local libraries. 112932 Picture: KRISTIAN SCOTT

WHAT started as a bedtime story for one little girl has now become a children’s book for all.

At only 12 years of age, Williamstown resident Leyla Simone has published her very first book.

Leyla’s imagination and storytelling at bedtime inspired the book called Adventures of Lollipop, which will soon be available at selected local book stores in Yarraville and will be donated to libraries across Hobsons Bay. The book is about a colourful unisus, a cross between a unicorn and Pegasus, who goes on a journey to find her true colour.

“I loved horses and Pegasus and unicorns so I decided to make it into one character and make it into a story with a big adventure with flying and magic in a mythical world,” Leyla said.

“And I wanted to make it into a book so everyone could read it because it was a really interesting story,” she said.

Leyla said the character, Lollipop, reflected her as she too was going on her own journey.

“I’m on my journey, I’m going to high school this year and I’m going to have new adventures as I grow up,” she said. “And I’m finding my inner self.”

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“It’s a spiritual journey about finding yourself and who you are on the inside as a person, and the colour is the energy centre of your body,” she said.

“Leyla’s a very well rounded, really calm and collected kind of a 12-year-old and she has a really good understanding of what’s going and how to deal with things,” she said.

“This lovely pop character is basically a representation of her.”

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Sisters Sally and Meagan Anderson, are taking part in the festival.

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Festival of fun

By CHARLENE MACAULAY YARRAVILLE Village will be a hive of activity next month when the new-look Yarraville Festival comes to town.

The festival will go from being a one-day festival to a series of events, kicking off with the I Heart Yarraville Fashion Parade on 12 February at the Sun Theatre.

Retailers Niche, Village Idiom, Marita’s of Yarraville, Mico, Angelina and One White Lie will dress up models in their latest collections for the event.

Tickets are $20 and include a gift bag and glass of champagne. All proceeds from the event will go towards the Heart Foundation.

For the first time, the Yarraville Festival will also host the Flik Fest competition, a short film competition for kids and young adults under the age of 21.

Entrants have been asked to create a documentary, narrative or abstract film under the theme Made Near Me.

Megan Darling from the Yarraville Festival Committee said more than 15 kids have submitted their films to the Flik fest competition.

“Seeing that Yarraville West Primary School has got a really strong media department and are making a lot of films and getting quite a few awards from them, we just wanted to give kids an input into the festival,” she said.

“Some of the entries are absolutely hilarious, others are just really good.

“It just needs to feature Yarraville, or the kids of Yarraville, or something that makes it a little bit local.”

The films will be screened at the Sun Theatre on 16 February, where the festival will really take off with seven stages of entertainment, roving performers, free kids activities, competitions and a teddy bear picnic along Anderson St. For more information, go to www.facebook.com/YarravilleArtsFestival

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MARIBYRNONG City Council has a new plan to improve public space in the northern part of Braybrook.

The Braybrook North River Precinct Masterplan outlines a shared vision for open space in Braybrook north, the area bounded by Ballarat Rd, Burke St, Evans St and the Maribyrnong River.

The Masterplan aims to improve the area and encourage greater visitation through better quality public open space, including parks, streetscapes and tree plantings.

It also proposes better recreation opportunities through new walking trails, on-street bike lanes, upgrades to Pennell Reserve and further enhancements of Cranwell Park.

Ballarat Rd would become an “urban boulevard” under the plan.

“The area of Braybrook covered by the Masterplan has a long history of light industrial use, but also has some great recreation spaces and parks close to the river,” mayor Grant Miles said.

The Masterplan can be found at www.maribyrnong.vic.gov.au

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Landlords hit by damages

By CHARLENE MACAULAY TENANTS across the West are costing landlords thousands of dollars in malicious damage and rental defaults.

That’s the finding from RACV Insurance, which has called on property investors to take out Landlord Insurance for their rental properties.

In Maribyrnong, landlords made only 15 claims with the average claim costing $4217, but the figure was much higher in Hobsons Bay (30 claims), Melton (122), Brimbank (165) and Wyndham (169).

RACV manager of Personal Insurance Phil James said members with landlord insurance lodged a total 2234 claims statewide between 1 July 2012 and 30 June 2013, with RACV paying out a total of almost $10.6 million.

The bulk of claims were for malicious damage by the tenant, storm damage and rental default.

“Last financial year RACV Insurance paid out an average of $4323 for 380 claims for malicious damage and an average of $3341 for 370 incidents of tenants defaulting on rental

payments but remaining in the property,” Mr James said.

“Other common claims included storm damage, water damage to investment properties, burglary and fire.”

Mr James said the RACV data showed it was essential for landlords to protect their investment.

“In addition to tenants causing damage, landlords also must consider the cost of natural disasters, such as storms, floods and fires and how not having adequate insurance cover could seriously hurt their investment return.”

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By CHARLENE MACAULAY GOT a creative itch that needs to be scratched?

Footscray Community Arts Centre is hosting two masterclasses for anyone interested in needlepoint or street art.

Yarraville artist Jessie Deane is famous for turning tapestry on its head with her latest exhibition Needlepoint West, which depicted Footscray’s iconic industrial landscape in needlepoint.

In her masterclass, Ms Deane will show participants how to create their own needle work.

“I enjoy the sensual nature of creating cloth and images on

cloth and I find the discourse surrounding questions of ‘craft versus art’ compelling,” she said.

“I am also interested in subverting a medium that is traditionally considered quaint and pretty, to portray images which actually contrast to the domestic; industrial landscape for example.”

Meanwhile, popular street artist Baby Guerrilla will collaborate with participants to create a paste-up on the wall of the Footscray Community Arts Centre.

Baby Guerrilla’s street art is visible across the West, with pieces in Footscray’s Chambers Lane, the Reverence Hotel and

on the side of Post Industrial Design.

“My mission is to liberate art from just the gallery or the picture frame and make it accessible to everyone,” she said.

“I love the idea of setting art free, setting our souls free to dream and imagine and go floating across a wall.

“I’m always inspired by people – I find people endlessly fascinating. The themes are about freedom in all its different forms.”

Needlepoint with Jessie Deane will be held this Saturday, while the Baby Guerrilla masterclass will run on 8 and 15 February. Call 9362 8888 for more information.

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Resort living has it all laid on RESIDENTS can enjoy superior resort facilities at Palm Lake Resort.

There are high quality homes at very affordable prices and owners retain 100 per cent of their capital growth if they decide to sell in the future.

To make it even more affordable, a Centrelink Benefit Rental Assistance may also be available.

Boat and caravan storage is also free and there is also a free weekly

resident dinner per household. There are no rates to pay and included in the fortnightly site fee is unlimited use of all the facilities the resort has to offer.

The newest facility, a nine hole mini golf course, has been very popular for the residents and their visitors and provides plenty of opportunities to meet other residents in this world class facility.

Palm Lake Resort’s designs have

proved to be very popular and the level of inclusions in all its homes makes the prices hard to beat.

The Westmeadows C at V157 with the special price of $359,000 is a bargain.

It is close to the bowling green, nine hole mini golf, it features two bedrooms plus large study, ensuite, walk-in wardrobe, large double garage, reverse cycle air conditioning,

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Dance, Music and Drama

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Principal takes the lead THE Jeremy McPherson Ballet and Dance School in Braybrook is a boutique school for training kids to dance under principal Jeremy McPherson.

Jeremy was lead dancer in the famous stage production CATS and trained at the Australian Ballet School.

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THE Melbourne Aces may be sitting second-last coming into the final weekend of the Australian Baseball League regular season, but they still remain in the hunt for post-season action.

The 20-22 Aces are one of four clubs log-jammed in the middle of the ABL table, with Adelaide (21-21), Sydney (2121) and Canberra (20-22) all vying to fill the remaining two spots up for grabs in the top three.

Over the weekend the Aces managed to split their fourgame series 2-2 with the Brisbane Bandits at the Altona Ballpark, keeping themselves alive with four more games to come on the road this weekend against the third-placed Sydney Blue Sox. Manager Phil Dale is confident his Aces can easily bounce back after dropping the final game of the Brisbane series 4-2 on Sunday.

“We match up with anyone in this league and we’re as good a team as anyone, so on any given day we can beat any other team,” Dale said.

“We’ve just got to win every game we can now.”

Melbourne’s final home series of the regular season began in disappointing fashion on Thursday night with a 6-4 loss to the Bandits.

Brad Harman was the hero for the Aces in games two and three against Brisbane over the weekend. 111137 Picture: KRISTIAN SCOTT However the following two outings over the next two nights proved to be more fortunate for the Aces.

On Friday, Aces shortstop Brad Harman made a hero of himself at the end of a gruelling 13-inning encounter, firing a two-run homer over left field to hand Melbourne a memorable 4-2 win. As though that wasn’t enough, Harman then did it again the following night in the bottom of the eighth, scoring another clutch home run to get his Aces over the line 5-3.

Sunday’s game was also on the line in the bottom of the eighth, with Melbourne looking to go ahead with bases loaded

and only one out.

However, two consecutive strikeouts kept the final score to 4-2 in Brisbane’s favour.

While Harman’s hitting at the plate was a feature of the series, Dale was also keen to praise relief pitcher Brett Zawacki - who on Friday shut Brisbane out in the final four innings.

“I used him in an unusual lot of innings, which he’s not used to and that took him out of the game today (Sunday), but he did a great job to get the win (on Friday),” Dale said.

Melbourne’s do-or-die series with Sydney begins this Thursday night.

Ahead of the pack AFTER a week of 40-plus temperatures, the Footscray Cycling Club’s Max Campbell Memorial was held in cool and overcast conditions at Altona’s Drake Boulevard on Sunday.

Conditions provided a perfect day to honour a man who raced and volunteered at the FCC for over 50 years in rain, hail or shine.

The A Grade race was over as soon as it began with a casual Adrian Hanson rolling off the front of the bunch on the first lap, only to be joined by Dom Dudkiewicz.

The pair rode off into the distance and were never reeled in.

Dudkiewicz has been in unbeatable form of late but was still surprised that such an early two-man breakaway survived.

“We started the race and I saw Adrian Hanson and Jason Costin just riding, not attacking off the front, and then we got around the top corner and I saw Adrian just casually increasing the distance from the bunch.

“I was about to jump when Adrian went, so as I went past Adrian I said ‘let’s do this’.

So he got on my wheel.

“We cut a really hard couple of laps and probably got 20 seconds on the bunch and then we just kept going.

“I think the first few laps averaged 46-odd kilometres an hour. I thought that it was too early as we had to do this for over an hour but we just kept working and kept the lead at about 30 seconds.”

In the final laps, behind the dynamic duo, the situation could only be described as carnage, with attacks breaking the bunch up into broken lines of riders, with Graham Carlson trying to bridge the gap or at least ensure third place.

Dudkiewicz came out of the last corner and passed Hanson, taking the win with Hanson a few bike lengths behind, followed by a lonely Carlson who took third place.

In other results, Trevor Perry claimed the B Grade race while Gerard Zammit and Vladimir Djric were victorious in C Grade and D Grade respectively.

Results CRICKET PREMIER RND 14: Geelong 5/239dec (K. Sawas 78, E. Vines 57, M.M. Harrison 54* & 1/11) d Greenvale Kangaroos 120 (P. Manser 34, J. Reed 6/37 & 129, J.M. Martin 33, J. Reed 4/33, J.J. McPhee 3/26, L.T. Muller 2/56).

Essendon 286 (N. Perera 96, L. Cameron 30, J. Eaton 29, A. Shellie 25, M. Doric 25*, A.B. Wise 3/63, S.E. Griffin 3/64, S. Garrett 3/64 & 145, R.W. Bonney 33, B. MacRae 29, J. Watson 4/35, S. Garrett 4/67) d Richmond 150 (D.J. Sartori 30*, S.E. Griffin 28, L. Cameron 5/34, J. Eaton 2/28).

Footscray Edgewater 4/302 (L. Dredge 66, S. Dissanayaka 64*, T. Dean 61, D. Kight 40*, D. Russ 35, F. Ahmed 2/64) d Melbourne Uni 227 (M.G. Simpson 61, D.B. Hutton 38, B. Fletcher 31, S. Reid 31*, J.A. Haberfield 7/67, H. Winter-Irving 2/35).

VSDCA RND 9: EAST WEST 1ST XI: Mt Waverley 2/126 (Hodgson 62*) d Melton 125.

Altona 4/197 (Maynard 81, Collins 56) d Bayswater 6/196.

Williamstown 1/145 (Sheedy 64*, Dervan 63*) d Endeavour Hills 9/144 (Allen 61).

Werribee 7/152 d Croydon 147 (Pattinson 60* Pritchard 5/15).

Noble Park 6/169 (Perera 54) d Sunshine 152 (Stone 71, Muldoon 5/25).

Box Hill 5/227 (Gloury 67*, Vosso 59) d Yarraville 178 (Maguire 79).

EAST WEST 2ND XI: Bayswater 5/206 (Salter 105) d Altona 112.

Williamstown 7/215 (Rainone 106*) d Endeavour Hills 149 (Baxter 62).

Melton 5/213 (Wilson 119*, Merlo 54) d Mt Waverley 142.

Werribee 7/279 (Woolf 91, Burton 70) d Croydon 162.

Noble Park 9/171 (Maharaj 50) d Sunshine 143 (Vawser 5/19).

Yarraville 8/178 d Box Hill 177 (Kreber 50).

NORTH WEST 3RD XI: Plenty Valley 5/212 (Dixit 63) d Roxburgh Park/Broadmeadows 73.

Kew 6/163 (Cubley 62) d Melton 161.

Werribee 9/208 (Foster 75) d Preston 142.

Williamstown 7/177 d Coburg 171.

Brunswick 152 (Owen 50) d Sunshine 136.

Balwyn 7/311 (Ranjee 67, Matinich 50, Boland 50) d Altona 5/308 (Hicks 148, Donazzon 66).

Yarraville 9/192 d Ivanhoe 7/188 (Begeman 59).

NORTH WEST 4TH XI: Preston 110 d Werribee 109.

Brunswick 5/245 (P. Singh 70, H. Singh 65*, Gaur 68) d Sunshine 83 (Lekkas 5/22).

Plenty Valley 6/147 d Roxburgh Park/ Broadmeadows 7/145.

Kew 7/211 (Hyde 55, Mastros 50) d Melton 7/160 (Rundell 87).

Yarraville 7/155 d Ivanhoe 4/154 (Spargo 57*).

Coburg 8/176 (Shahim 51) d Williamstown 172 (Lauder 59).

Balwyn 5/219 (Greene 70, Mehta 62) d Altona 7/153.

WDCA RND 10: Williamstown Imperials 7/171cc (K. Stebbing 45*, R. Thomasson 2/41, A. Fine 2/44) d Gellibrand 138 (T. Briski 33, D. Weston 33, D. Croft 25, R. Hilson 5/27, B. Fletcher 3/30, G. Robson 2/40).

West Newport 4/144 (R. Cassidy 45, T. Jones 34*, A. Floyd 28) d Melton Centrals 142 (A. Aggarwal 38, S. Robertson 35, S. Jamieson 3/26, C.W. Irving 3/36, N. Jones 2/22, P. Hick 2/29).

Williamstown Colts 104 (R. Harb 34, A. Shauma 32, A. Masterson 5/29, B. Powell 3/29) d Bellbridge 53 (A. Shauma 6/10, T. Sangha 3/13).

Grand United 1/112 (C. Howitt 52*, L. Johnson 50) d St Johns 106 (S. Taafe 31, L. Fox 2/19, M. Hayes 2/19, L. Browes 2/26).

Melton Sth PS 144 (M. Truswell 45, D. Murcott 5/36inc hat-trick, M. Child 2/38) d Williamstown Congs 115 (N. Callas 34, B. Mifsud 31, M. Truswell 6/12, K. Teeken 2/24, C. Camenzuli 2/41).

VTCA RND 8: Hoppers Crossing 210 (S. Abeyruwan 61, A. Jan 44, M. Tubb 30) d St Bernard’s 8/202cc (J. Davey 55, C. Spinella 46, R. Grenville 46, D. Brown 2/27, T.D. Darshanapriya 2/29, A. Jan 2/49).

Greenvale 7/225cc (M.L. Innes 95, J. Brown 45, C. Jayasinghe 30) d Beaumaris 8/221 (C. Darshana 3/34, M. Brinkhuis 3/67, C. Jayasinghe 2/34).

Old Mentonians 9/181cc (R. Zelem 89, S. Cormie 33, J. Seeary 27, J.T. Tate 3/31, L. Kennedy 2/26, S.A. Sanders 2/39, N. Bergin 2/44) d Strathmore 180 (D. Gregory 36, M. Reynolds 34, L. Kennedy 30, D. Stevens 4/56, D.R. Brown 2/30).

Airport West St Christophers 5/152 (D.R. Cooray 76, I. Blanchett 50*, T. Mudiyansela

2/31) d Bentleigh 100 (J. Keyt 42, C. Williams 30, R. Rutley 4/6, D. Sinnott 3/22, L. Macumber 2/21).

Yarraville Club 8/177cc (J. Baker 96, L. Sneddon 5/37) d Keilor 122 (H. Fernando 47, E.S. Bronca 3/31, A. Cullen 2/16).

WSUCCA RND 9: A GRADE: Charles Sturt Uni 165 (V.R. Soma 53, L. Smith 3/23) d Altona Sports 109 (A.D. Ranawaka Arachchige 3/11, S.G. De Silva 3/45).

Rockbank 6/136 d Hoppers Crossing 130.

Eynesbury Eagles 5/163 d United Tarneit 6/162 (T. Dhampahalage 50, S. Senadheera 39).

Avyukt Aryahi Maidstone 5/177 (B. Singh 62, S. Mamgain 40) d St Johns 2/175.

B GRADE: Hoppers Crossing 3/164 d Footscray ANA 7/160 (M. Doherty 78).

Altona Roosters 6/268 (M. Robinson 145, S. Sulman 49) d St Johns 6/146.

Kingsville Baptists 6/157 (A. Scardino 4/23) d Altona Sports 7/147 (S. Jaiswal 73).

United Tarneit 4/156 d Williamstown Congs 6/140 (J. Lanciana Jnr 48, A. Becker 43).

C GRADE: RND 10: Melton Sth PS 195 (Z. Giblett 65) d Manor Lakes 180 (A. Evans 4/25).

Western All Stars 2/101 (G. Shanks 87) d St Andrews 88 (A. D’Angelo 4/16, J. Unstad 3/32).

United Tarneit 7/187 (D. Ranaweer 66) d Western Lions 9/186 (P. Perera 3/26).

D GRADE: Charles Sturt Uni 9/169 (G. Mahesh Reddy 4/40) d Avyukt Aryahi Maidstone 139 (K. Sudheer 35).

Western All Stars 207 (R. Ayles 53, D. Pawlowski 47) d Eynesbury Eagles 53 (J. Shearer 49, J. Springall 38, J. King 3/20).

E GRADE: Altona Roosters 4/159 (S. El Hawli 68, W. Abdou 42) d Eynesbury Eagles 147 (S. El Hawli 4/25, A. Elhouli 3/49).

Melton 0/62 d Altona Sports 61.

NOTE: * - not out.

GOLF ROMSEY SAT: STABLEFORD: Winner M. Nicholls (23) 39pts. Runners-up B. Dwyer (26) 38pts. A. Freeman(21) 36pts.

NTP: R. Rea 1st, R. Rea 15th, S. Poulton 16th.

BOWLS HOPPERS CROSSING SAT: PENNANT: RND 13: Hoppers (1) 16/91 d Werribee (3) 2/76. Best Rink K. D. Vanderpoel, C. Ravenscroft, A. Wu, B. Watson 27-15.

Hoppers (2) 14/73 d Glenroy (3) 4/71.

Best Rink G. King, R. Waugh, D. Rawding, R. Robertson 26-15.

Keilor (2) 16/90 d Hoppers (3) 2/81. Best Rink S. Ingley, A. Sutherland, T. Lennie, B.

CYCLING FOOTSCRAY A GRADE: 1st D. Dudkiewicz, 2nd A. Hanson, 3rd G. Carlson.

B GRADE: 1st T. Perry, 2nd A. Molinia, 3rd G. Grbesa.

C GRADE: 1st G. Zammit, 2nd S. Moses, 3rd J. Ryan.

D GRADE: 1st V. Djric, 2nd J. Birk, 3rd S. Coull.

Grimshaw 31-14.

Rosamond (2) 16/89 d Hoppers (4) 2/69.

Best Rink B. Puglisi, R. Wood, G. Cook, B. Wright 26-16.

Broadmeadows (2) 16/89 d Hoppers (5) 2/72. Best Rink M. Caruana, T. Jago, G. Truman, P. Van Andel 26-22.

Hoppers (6) 15/71 d Sunshine RSL (2) 3/67. Best Rink D. Church, R. Gentry, C. Thompson, N. Briscoe 25-19.

Deer Park (4) 12/84 d Hoppers (7) 6/68.5.

Best Rink T. Stafford, G. Christie, J. Buntine, D. Bottrell 21-11.

Broadmeadows (3) 18/91 d Hoppers (8) 0/65. Best Rink M. Sandham, D. Hill, B. Dillon, J. Whyte 21 – 22.

NEWPORT TUES: PENNANT: RND 13: DIV 2: Rosamond 15/77 d Newport 3/73. Best Rink G. Singleton, R. Crawford, J. Deguara, C. Bradley (+10).

DIV 6: Deer Park (3) 18/99 d Newport 0/53. Best Rink R. Robertson, R. Smooker, I. Cashill, D. McLaren (-2).

DIV 7: Laverton (2) 14/80 d Newport 4/69.

Best Rink S. Dawson, C. Bradley, K. Neville, J. Green (+16).

FRI: SOCIAL: CARPET: Winners K. Murphy, H. Ismailiw, V. Lewis (+11) DEER PARK SAT: Kingsbury 14-79 d Deer Park 4-65.

Deer Park (2) 18-109 d Yarraville/Footscray (5) 0-54.

Deer Park (3) 18-99 d Newport (2) 0-53.

Deer Park (4) 12-84 d Hoppers (7) 6-68.25.

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By LIAM TWOMEY OUTSTANDING athletes from Melbourne’s Western Suburbs have contributed to making the 2012/13 Don Deeble Rising Star Award one of the most impressive in its history.

With nominations for the cycle beginning in June 2012, the Don Deeble Rising Star Award has been presented to 16 athletes from all corners of the West who have achieved outstanding results at a state or national level.

From the 16 nominees, a total of 13 sports were also represented including volleyball, cricket, hockey, netball and football.

The Don Deeble Rising Star Award is run by the Sunshine Western Region Sports Club and is sponsored by the Yarraville Club

Cricket Club.

Each month, one nominee receives $1000 towards achieving their sporting goals while at the award’s grand final, the overall winner is given $5000.

On top of that, this year will see three runners-up each receive $2000.

After hours of deliberation by award organisers, the finalists for the award are Aaron Wain (taekwondo), Dejan Vasiljevic (basketball), Morgan Mitchell (athletics) and Nathan Pellissier (table tennis).

All four young athletes have not only reached an incredibly high level of results at a state level but have also progressed to national and international competition.

Sunshine Western Region Sports Club vice-resident Barry Watson

was rapt with the calibre of nominees.

“The standard this year has been very high and very even,” Watson said.

“We have a hard job in deciding the placegetters with this year’s lot having more depth to their talents.”

The overall winner will be announced on Wednesday 29 January.

Also on the night, former AFL player and coach David Parkin will be the guest speaker for the event.

Previous winners of the Don Deeble Rising Star Award have included rising Australian basketball stars Rachel Jarry and Dante Exum, national women’s hockey member Danielle Schubach and cycling star Kendelle Hodges while current Australian Women’s Ashes representative Jess Cameron and AFL

footballer Bachar Houli were also monthly nominees.

With the 2012/13 Don Deeble Rising Star Award cycle drawing to a close, organisers are now on the lookout for more young talent to nominate this year.

“We certainly encourage all athletes, coaches and parents to email their respective son’s, daughter’s, friend’s or kid’s achievements (age bracket 13-20),” Watson said.

“There are a number of ways, even if not nominated for a monthly award, that they can be helped.

“Any athlete travelling and having to pay costs can be supported by our club.”

To nominate a junior athlete for the Don Deeble Rising Star Award, contact starsport@starnewsgroup. com.au or call 9933 4800.

Jess Cameron is a former Don Deeble Rising Star nominee. 94714 Picture: DAMIAN VISENTINI

Don Deeble Rising Star Nominees June 2013 - November 2013 Nomination Details The Don Deeble Rising Star Award recognises young athletes in the Western Suburbs who have achieved outstanding results at a state and national level.

The monthly winner of the Don Deeble award receives $1000, a trophy donated by Ascot Vale Sports and a pair of New Balance runners.

The overall winner of the award receives $5000 while three runners-up each receive $2000. Each year the Yarraville Club Cricket Club donates $20,000 to the award. To nominate someone for the Don Deeble Rising Star award, please contact starsport@starnewsgroup.com.au, liam.twomey@starnewsgroup.com.au or call 9933 4800.

JUNE

Nathan Pellissier

JULY

Jake Greiser

AUGUST

Aliesha Newman

Age: 18 Suburb: Williamstown Sport: Table Tennis

Age: 18 Suburb: Keilor Sport: AFL

Age: 17 Suburb: Werribee Sport: Soccer

Achievements: • Qualified to play in the 2014 World Championships in China • Won the singles event at the Oceania Regional Para Table Tennis Championships • Selected in the Victorian Under 18 able bodied state team • Acknowledged with his second School Sport Victorian Sporting Blue Award

Achievements: • Member of the 2013 Western Jets squad • Played in the Under 18 National Championships for Vic Metro • Selected for State Combine Draft Testing

Achievements: • Selected in Shadow Under 19 Australia Team which played in England • Selected to represent Australia in Fiji • Represented Victoria at the Under 19 National Championships in Canberra

SEPTEMBER

Morgan Mitchell

OCTOBER

Cody Sylvester

Age: 18 Suburb: Werribee Sport: Athletics

Age: 16 Suburb: Hoppers Crossing Sport: Lawn Bowls

Achievements: • Selected in the Australian Under 19 Athletics Squad • Won a gold medal at the State Relay Championships • Selected as a member of the senior national 4x400 squad to prepare for the Commonwealth Games, World Relay Championships, World Championships and the Olympic Games in Rio

Achievements: • Selected to play in Perth in the National Championships • Won a gold medal in the Girls Fours at the National Championships • Won a silver medal in the Girls Pairs at the National Championships

NOVEMBER

Celeste Mucci

Age: 14 Suburb: Seaholme Sport: Athletics

Achievements: • Won three National Titles at the 2013 Australian Junior Track and Field Championships • Victorian Junior Track and Field Championships: 1st 90m Hurdles, 1st High Jump, 2nd Long Jump, 2nd 100m • Australian Junior Track and Field Championships: 1st 90m Hurdles, 1st High Jump, 1st Long Jump, 1st 4X100, 2nd 100m

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Yarraville Club’s Andrew Cullen helped clean up Keilor’s tail with two wickets on Saturday. 112988 Picture: DAMIAN VISENTINI

Clubbers in winning form

By ADEM SARICAOGLU Curtis Maguire top scored for Yarraville with 79 against Box Hill. 110199

Picture: DAMIAN VISENTINI

Eagles fail in tough chase

By LIAM TWOMEY YARRAVILLE’S tough run in the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association has continued with the Eagles going down to Box Hill by 49 runs on Saturday.

In good conditions, Box Hill won the toss and chose to bat first and it didn’t take long for the Mustangs to get on top.

Box Hill added 40 runs for the first wicket, 54 for the second wicket and 79 for the third wicket to lay the foundation for a big score.

Despite Yarraville’s struggles with

the ball, Curtis Maguire worked hard to secure two wickets while Timothy McRae and Ryan Cox finished with one each.

However, there was no slowing down for the Box Hill batting line up which finished at 5/227 after 45 overs.

In reply, the Yarraville run chase got off to a great start with the Eagles cruising to 1/107 thanks to Maguire and Bradley Jones who combined for a 91run stand.

But the loss of Jones for 17 triggered a batting collapse as Yarraville went on

to lose its remaining nine wickets for 71 runs.

Paul Gloury was the pick of the Box Hill bowlers, taking 4/32 as the Eagles’ innings came to an end at 178 in the 45th over.

The result takes Yarraville’s season record to two wins and six losses.

The Eagles occupy 13th place on the VSDCA east/west ladder.

When round 10 kicks off this weekend, Yarraville with take on fourthplaced Noble Park.

YARRAVILLE Club is now on the verge of a top four spot after collecting its third successive win in Senior Division Turf Cricket on Saturday.

In a must-win one-day clash, the visiting Clubbers were able to take care of lowly Keilor at Robert Bruce Reserve.The Blues had first use of the wicket after winning the toss and were ultimately punished for a poor start in the middle, only managing to post 122 before Yarraville Club chased it down with ease, scoring 8/177 in reply.

Keilor openers Warren Kelly and Kristian Dixon both went cheaply at the top of the order falling victim to Yarraville Club captain-coach Emmett Bronca for a duck and three respectively.

With Hans Fernando and Mubasher Hassan at the crease, the Blues then recovered to reach 2/35 before Bronca struck again for his third and final wicket Hassan caught behind for 13.

Shaun Guerra then added 33 with Fernando before Adam Con-

tessa trapped him on the pads for 22 and soon after Lachlan Sneddon was run out for four.

From there the host struggled as Fernando was left to fend for himself, watching another two batting partners fall at the other end before he too was run out by Mark Williams for 47.

With Andrew Cullen in to clean up the tail, Keilor’s innings was halted with 28 balls to come.

Yarraville Club then made much better use of the wicket during its chase, getting on top of a number of Keilor bowlers.

Sneddon was the lone standout with the ball for the Blues, claiming rather erratic figures of 5/37 from just four overs.

Dixon (1/14), Kelly (1/14) and Roshan Laksiri (1/41) snared the remaining three wickets for Keilor on the day.

After three straight road games, the fifth-placed Clubbers will now spend the next month at home, with crucial two-dayers coming up against current top four clubs, Airport West, St Christopher’s and Bentleigh.

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Dogs dominate

Playing with a passion A GREAT man once said: “A week is a long time in football” and he was right. Last week I wrote that Deer Park premiership player Shannon Broadbent had been the subject of social media in regards to his exclusion from the WRFL Interleague squad. He was originally left out as the selectors thought he was not playing in the WRFL in 2014. He was contacted and assured the selectors he was definitely playing at Deer Park so they included him in the squad as you would expect of the 2013 Barry Priest Medallist. Last week Shannon signed to play with Tatura for the 2014 season. The newspaper reports that I read were very strong that money was a big factor in the decision. I have no issue with Shannon getting well paid for what he brings to a club, good on him. If clubs want to go down that track, that is their choice. My concern, as it has been for many years, is the culture and expectation we are showing the young players coming through. If it is all about money then grassroots footy is doomed. I don’t back away from that and if you think differently please let me know your thoughts. I look at my eight-year-old son who wants to play footy, he does not know about it as an occupation, he just loves the game. It would be very sad if we lost that. Let me know what you think.

THE Yarraville Club Cricket Club has its past players and members day coming up on Saturday 8 February when the first XI take on Bentleigh. They will have many special offers on the day but basically it is a great opportunity for past players to come back and relive old times and have a good time at the club. One person who might be confused is ‘John Farnham O’Keefe’ otherwise known as Tocka. It seems Tocka has not seen the dictionary definition of retirement as he is back playing again in the firsts. If you want more information about the past players day, don’t ask Tocka, call Viv Ion on 0422 897 991. This mention should net the end of season trip fund a few dollars.

WILLIAMSTOWN Cricket Club has a very big day coming up with another president’s lunch on Friday 7 February at The Rocks Function Centre at the Williamstown Cricket Ground, Point Gellibrand. The guest speakers are James Brayshaw and Billy Brownless from the Triple M Rush Hour. Cost is $110 per head which includes beer, wine and soft drink plus a two-course meal. For more details and bookings contact Phil McTaggart 0416 023 739 or Geoff Hart 0414 575 431.

The afternoon will go from 1pm to 4pm.

Lucas Dredge showed he is more than just a gun bowler after making 66 in Footscray’s win against Picture: DAMIAN VISENTINI Melbourne Uni. 110197

Walker takes on the world ing cricketers.

“Alex Gregory and James Bazley can bat up the order and bowl pace, helping make up a strong bowling contingent, including Billy Stanlake, Ben Ashkenazi, Matt Fotia, Cameron Valente and Guy Walker.

The depth of Australia’s fast bowling stocks is in good health and indicative of the high level of talent that continues to come through our system.”

The World Cup will begin on 14 February in the United Arab Emirates.

Australia will compete in Group B of the tournament against Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Namibia with the top two teams progressing to the Super League quarter-finals.

The Australian squad will be coached by Cricket Australia’s high performance coach Graeme Hick.

The squad will depart at the end of this month to play three matches in Sri Lanka as build-up for the tournament.

SPOTSWOOD Football Club has contacted me because they are looking for a head trainer for 2014. You will need to have a level 1 or 2 Sport’s Trainer qualification and will need to be available for Tuesday and Thursday training, plus all day Saturday. Spotswood is a very successful and well run club and from what I have seen, a club that does value and reward the people who contribute off the field.

THE Big Bay Swims start this weekend in Williamstown with the Willy Lifesavers annual 2km and 1km swims from Williamstown beach. This is followed on 23 February with the Rotary annual Jalna Bay swim and then the Melbourne Swim Classic at St Kilda Beach on 1 March. If you want more details www.bigbayswim.com.au DON’T forget to tune in to SEN this Saturday and Sunday. If you have any news or events please let me know on email kevin@howdypartnersmedia.com.au and you can follow me on Twitter @KevinHillier and check out the website howdypartnersmedia.com.au

Guy Walker has been selected in the Australian Under 19 cricket Picture: JOE MASTROIANNI side for the World Cup. 90182

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GUY Walker continues to climb the ranks of Australian Cricket.

The latest achievement in an ever-growing list of accomplishments for the rising star is selection in the Australian Under 19 cricket side for the World Cup. The 15-player squad is made of the best young talent in the country.

Walker drew praise from Cricket Australia’s national talent manager Greg Chappell who was impressed with the squad.

“The ICC U19 Cricket World Cup is a wonderful opportunity for our country’s best young talent to perform on the international stage, following in the footsteps of players like Michael Clarke, Shane Watson and Mitchell Johnson, who have previously taken the field for Australia in the youth World Cup,” Chappell said.

“The balance and flexibility of this squad is pleasing, containing a solid core of Australia’s most excit-

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By LIAM TWOMEY FOOTSCRAY Edgewater remains on top of the Premier Cricket ladder after a comprehensive victory against Melbourne Uni on Saturday.

After a dominant day one, the Bulldogs travelled to University Oval for the second half of the match needing just 172 for victory.

Resuming in the middle were Bulldogs’ captain Dean Russ and Lucas Dredge but not everything went to plan for Footscray.

After adding 22 runs to the total Russ was bowled by Steven Reid for 35.

That brought Travis Dean to the crease with the middle order batsman combining with Dredge to produce a match winning partnership.

The pair added 111 for the third wicket to guide Footscray to 2/189.

Despite the lopsided nature of the scorecard, the Melbourne Uni bowlers continued to fight with gun leg spinner Fawad Ahmed causing the most problems.

After Dredge was finally dismissed for an impressive 66, Dean followed just six runs later for 61.

But the double strike did nothing to slow the Bulldogs down with Dylan Kight and Shanuka Dissanayaka taking Footscray to the win for the loss of just four wickets.

Kight went on to make 40 not out while Dissanayaka finished the innings unbeaten on 64.

The match was eventually stopped in the 93rd over with Footscray at 4/302.

On what was a tough day for the fielding side, Ahmed was the pick of the bowlers and finished with the figures of 2/64 off 33 overs.

Saturday’s results has Footscray three points clear of the secondplaced Melbourne on the Premier Cricket ladder.

St Kilda is in third spot with 46 points.

Round 15 of the Premier Cricket season continues this weekend with the Bulldogs taking on Northcote in a two-day encounter.

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