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Libs dive in on pool

By Holly McGuinness The Liberal Party has pledged $15 million for stage two of the Mernda Regional Aquatic and Sports Centre if it wins next month’s state election.

Whittlesea council administrators approved a business case for the centre on July 18, deciding to build the facility in stages over a number of years after the COVID-19 pandemic added $67 million to the project costs.

Council will prioritise the construction of the centre’s indoor and outdoor courts to address the city’s significant court shortfall.

Construction of the courts will be part of stage two of the project, which will also include designs for the aquatic and leisure facility, with work expected to start in 2024-25, subject to $40 million in external funding.

Liberal candidate for Yan Yean, Richard Welch, made the funding pledge on Thursday, September 29, saying the facility will address the deficit in netball and basketball courts in the area.

“I’m really proud of the work done within the community to get this vital project off the ground that will benefit the northern suburbs for generations to come,” he said.

“This new facility will mean jobs, both

during construction and ongoing, and will deliver year-round amenities for local residents.”

Liberal sport spokesperson Cindy McLeish said the centre will have a big impact on those living in the northern suburbs, who have “for too long gone without a quality aquatic facility”.

“The northern suburbs are growing rapidly and it’s essential we provide vital community infrastructure for what is a very fit and active local community,” she said.

Council’s chair administrator Lydia Wilson praised the funding commitment.

“The facility will be council’s largest, single investment in social infrastructure, and we cannot deliver it in isolation. We have been strongly advocating for funding support from the state and federal governments and we welcome today’s announcement which is a direct result of this advocacy,” she said.

“The delivery of the outdoor multipurpose courts and indoor stadium will not only address our region’s current deficit of netball and basketball courts but also help boost sporting participation rates in our community, particularly for women and girls.”

Stage one of the project is currently under way and will ensure the site is ready for construction to commence on the indoor stadium and outdoor multipurpose courts.

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Second Chance Animal is appealing for support Rescue (SCAR) House for Pets program to keep its Safe The program provides running. for the pets of owners temporary care as victims of domesti facing challenges c and family violence.

SCAR chief executiv Debattista said the e Marisa program allowed owners to find safe, permanent housing without worrying about their animals.

“We safely house the escaping violent situationpets of people s and look after these animals while their owners seek safe refuge,” she said.

“Once they have secured permane nt safe housing we reunite “The tears and look them. owners’ faces when of pure joy on they are reunited with their pets again time is just incredib after a traumatic le.”

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50-metre pool a reality

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issue in the commun ity, with plans presente The Whittlesea to the former council community will Financial forecasti multiple times in 2019. d be able to dive into a ng at the time revealed Councillors initially 50-metr god-awful political opted to develop the centre would cost $80.3 million, with Whittlesea council e pool from 2025, business nonsense, it’s glorious including see our cases for a centre a $55.7 million 50-metr finally endorsing to with and without group of competition-leng th e pool, compared a 25-metre pool. a $75.6 million, pool to inside two years appointed administrators – including a $51 million for the Mernda Sports as its preferred option – do exactly what the The decision resulted 25-metre elected pool.

Hub. previous council couldn’t in in community After numerous reports backlash, with residents 10 years.”

A report tabled at council Mr Hogan said calling for a 50-metr last two years, Whittles to council over the pool to be last Tuesday stated e the overall leisure, included. ea’s administrators development” to have it was an “amazing voted last Tuesday aquatics and sports At the time, the the night to include a facility court would cost over $113 council said it couldn’t Chair administrator project promised.

50-metre afford pool in the new sports million.

Lydia Wilson said a 50-metre pool.

Extend the Pool in precinct. it was the “most Mernda The Mernda Sports significa campaig Then, in Decemb nt” infrastructure n leader project Ryan Hogan said Hub on Plenty Road the administrators he would “believe will house leisure, council’s administratorser, 2020, Whittlesea can swim it when I upon. would ever resolve aquatics and sports it”. resolved to investiga facilities. court two new te designs for “Build it and they “It is a legacy will swim,” he said.

The aquatic centre 25-metre pool and the centre – one with a “After years upon has been a contenti the other with a 50-metr importance to the project of paramount ous pool.

Whittlesea commun e Whittlesea demand years of the people of Ms ity,” Wilson said. “This proposal … will be and being told ‘we’ll ing this development benefit a to children, families look into it’ and and older people some of all backgro unds.”

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$500k plan tackles swim lessons

By Holly McGuinness Ballooning swimming lesson wait times at Hume council-run swim centres has prompted a decision to install a platform floor in the Splash Aqua Park’s olympic-sized pool at a cost of half a million dollars.

Figures released by council reveal 9000 children in Hume are waiting to join learn to swim classes.

Installing a platform floor would accommodate an additional 1300 swim lesson students.

A platform floor, anchor points, lane ropes and associated equipment required for the swim program is estimated to cost between $500,000 to $700,000.

Councillor Karen Sherry, who moved the motion for the upgrades, said “It will cost approximately half a million dollars to install but with the backlog of children who are requiring swimming tuition, I think it’s absolutely necessary.”

The procurement process will commence in October and the works are expected to be completed by July 2023, following a 10-day pool

closure for installation during the June-July school holidays.

Cr Chris Hollow, who commended the platform floor proposal, said ballooning wait times were a result of Hume’s “exponential growth”.

“To be able to help another 1300 kids in Hume learn to swim is a great achievement,” he said.

Public questions raised during a council meeting in April revealed the lengthy waiting periods families were wading through.

After hearing the waitlist figures, Cr Trevor

Dance asked officers to report back about what could be done to fastrack a reduction in waitlist numbers for swimming lessons.

At the time Hume mayor Carly Moore said that an additional 50 new swimming teachers were hired by council and a new trainee program had been launched to allow centres to take on an additional 600 students.

“We are also running off-site safety sessions in local schools to provide water safety and education for students currently on our waiting lists,” Ms Moore said.

Housing plan for quarry

Pia Johnson and Melinda Hetzel at the Here We Walk exhibit.

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Here We Walk links people and place A new gallery on Grundy Street in Westmeadows invites viewers to look to the ground for an alternate view of Hume’s ecosystem.

Formed from a collaborative workshop at Moonee Ponds Creek with artist Melinda Hetzel and photographer Pia Johnson, participants were invited to express themselves within the local landscape.

The creative process drew on Hetzell’s background in theatre and performance, using different elements with props introduced, including coloured fabrics to encourage play between participants.

“It’s an artwork grounded in place,” Hetzel said.

Encouraging social interaction and ecology, Hetzel wanted to highlight the connection between people and place.

“There’s a lot of connection to nature stuff out there, we come from a meeting point between social ecology and creative practice,” she said.

The workshop was documented by Johnson who, among many other things, specialises in documenting performance art in a sensitive, non-invasive way.

Photographs captured by Johnson were then analysed by the group, creating a gallery that

best expresses the project’s themes.

“Pia and I had a small window to put together two different series. We knew how many there would be and how they would be linked but it was only after we created the images that we could sit back and see how they sat together,” Hetzell said.

“It was in that process where we created these two series around colour and form. We have a blue and green gallery and a red and gold gallery that arose out of participants’ choices.”

The pavement gallery is open until Thursday, 20 October.

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A Bundoora quarry is one step closer to being rezoned as residential land.

Whittlesea council will ask the planning minister to amend Whittlesea’s planning scheme, allowing for the rezoning to go ahead.

If approved, the 36.4 hectare site at 149 Mckimmies Road, Bundoora, could be transformed by up to 730 new homes.

Developer Intrapac Property has bought the site and intends to use the land for medium density housing.

Council wants any development to include 5 per cent social housing and 10 per cent affordable housing.

Approval will also hinge on improved transport and community facilities.

Intrapac will also be required to rejuvenate Darebin Creek, deliver a series of connecting walking and cycling paths, including a bridge crossing and build two community parks.

Administrator Chris Eddy said the planning scheme amendment is the first stage of a long process which presents an opportunity to use the land productively.

Mr Eddy said that should the planning minister approve the amendment, affected landowners and the general public will be notified.

“An opportunity is there for people to have their say about that proposal and then a development plan would be prepared with individual planning permit applications required,” Mr Eddy said.

Administrator Peita Duncan said the amendment would also be subject to an environmental audit. “Any amendment would not proceed until a statement or certificate of environmental audit has been issued by an independent auditor,” Ms Duncan said.

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Get your cats desexed Western suburbs cat owners are being encouraged to desex their cats to help reduce an ongoing problem in Melbourne’s north-west.

The not-for-profit Westside Community Desexing Inc in Sunshine opened in November with the aim of providing low cost desexing to help with a growing issued of cats not being desexed.

Many end up in the pound or shelters, with tens of thousands of cats being put down each year.

Veterinary nurse Livana Raczynski said the clinic had desexed 1500 cats since it opened in November last year and expected the number of cats to increase further in the west.

“Because they can breed quickly,” she said.

“They are companion animals and they should

be safely indoors, especially if they are not desexed.”

Ms Raczynski said the clinic worked with animal rescue groups and councils. The clinic has formed a partnership with one council and is hoping to set up more with other councils.

Dr Ann Enright said when they were setting up the clinic, that many people can’t afford to desex their cats.

Ms Raczynski said the clinic also provided education on cat care to pet owners.

The $150 offer is ongoing and in partnership with Melton council. Residents need to provide proof of their address to access the offer.

Details: www.westsidedesexing.org.au or 9364 8742.

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Victoria Police detected more than 7000 offences over the AFL Grand Final long weekend as part of a statewide operation targeting high-risk driving. Across Hume and Whittlesea, police recorded 39 and 28 driving offences respectively. Fifteen drivers were caught speeding in Whittlesea, as well as one drug driver, two unlicensed, three disobeying signals or signs and four unregistered. Two vehicles were impounded. In Hume nine drivers were caught speeding, alongside five disqualified, two unlicensed, 23 disobeying signals or signs, three mobile phone offences and five unregistered vehicles. Three cars were impounded.

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Higher education access call

By Elsie Lange Hume council will write to the state government requesting better bus routes from the municipality to universities.

At a meeting on Monday, September 26, Hume deputy mayor Sam Misho asked that council write to the Public Transport and Higher Education minister requesting new bus routes from Craigieburn, Coolaroo and Upfield to La Trobe and Victoria universities.

“The letter should recognise the difficulties

Hume residents have in accessing universities due to the distances and poor public transport access to existing universities,” Cr Misho said. “[It should also] seek information on what the state government is doing to improve bus services to existing universities. “[As well as] seek information from the state government of future provision of university courses and campuses in suitable proximity to Hume residents.”

Cr Misho said when he attended Deakin University in Burwood two decades ago, he

would have to travel from Meadow Heights, spending two and a half hours on public transport one way.

He said he would like to see a university open in the municipality, but until then, facilitating students to get to university in other suburbs easier would be a good first step.

“After all this time, there are people in my shoes who still do the same thing,” Cr Misho said.

“If anything, that’s extremely embarrassing.

“We talk about certain suburbs in Hume being some of the most disadvantaged suburbs in Victoria – if we are to change any of that we need to focus.”

Councillor Naim Kurt said it had been a significant issue to the community for a number of years and said it was vital council advocate for a higher education facility.

“I don’t want to have to be here in another 25 years, listening to a future councillor talking about their experiences today and the fact that nothing’s changed at all,” Cr Kurt said.

A marathon journey Running a 42 kilometre marathon is no easy feat, but how about picking up marathon running for the first time past the age of 40?

Craigieburn residents Jackie Ginefra, 58, and younger brother Rodney Vella, 53 are on track to join the Melbourne Spartans club on October 2 when they run their 10th Melbourne Marathon together.

“I think achieving that at such a late age in my life has been something to strive for,” Ms Ginefra said.

“We started doing them and I said to Rod that I’d like to get up to 10.”

Ms Ginefra says she and Rod have a healthy dose of sibling rivalry and hold each other accountable to persevere through each marathon.

Ms Ginefra began her marathon journey by walking the Run for Kids circuit when she was 48 accompanied by Rod. “Everybody’s body can run, it’s about starting small and building up. We never said today that we’re going to run a marathon tomorrow,” she said.

The pair know the Melbourne circuit inside and out by now, but crossing that finish line still feels incredible every time.

“Melbourne is special, although I know every single stage of it now. I can almost tell you each turn,” she said.

Ms Ginefra said she isn’t set on making a personal best this year and will be more content with crossing over that all important finish line.

“Running into the MCG is such a beautiful feeling. It’s an amazing feeling when you’ve nearly completed 42km, it’s just beautiful.”

The circuit runs from the Melbourne CBD, down St Kilda Road and along the foreshore at St Kilda and attracted over 37,185 participants in the 2019 run.

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Concerns over pet shelter shakeup

By Holly McGuinness An animal rights advocate has raised concerns about the number of animals that will be euthanased when Whittlesea, Darebin and Moreland councils assume responsibilty for the Epping Animal Welfare Facility from the RSPCA on October 16.

At a September 19 council meeting, the Animal Justice Party’s Thomastown candidate and Whittlesea resident Evie Levens questioned the takeover and what will happen to animals housed there.

Ms Levens raised rumours that council will

“cease to offer direct adoptions to the public,” and that if animals at the facility can not be moved or rehomed then they could “be killed out of sheer convenience”.

In response, Whittlesea chief executive Craig Lloyd said the “three councils have worked together to develop an operating model which is designed to reduce the current euthanasia rates and reunite the maximum amount of animals with their owners or find them loving new homes”.

“There will be some adoptions directly from the facility and to date, we have partnered with 26 rescue groups and welfare organisations

who share our vision for improving outcomes for the animals in our care, and ensure more pets find forever homes,” Mr Lloyd said.

Mr Lloyd said rumours that the council had ordered the RSPCA to empty the facility were false.

“As part of the transition arrangements, RSPCA Victoria has advised council that they will remove animals who are past the eight-day quarantine period to other RSPCA shelters.

Any animals still within the eight days will remain at the Epping Animal Welfare Facility.”

He confirmed veterinary work will continue at the shelter, including animal vaccination,

flea and worm treatments and microchipping.

Mr Lloyd said a committee will be established which will include staff from each council, the EAWF co-ordinator and EAWF veterinarian to determine which unclaimed animals are suitable for rehoming and which are not.

“The people on this committee have the expertise, experience and qualifications to ensure ethical decision-making.

“If at any time our rescue and welfare partners do not have the capacity to take animals, we will continue to care for them at the facility until there is capacity or until the animal has been adopted from our facility”.

Nearly 100 years young Epping will have another centenarian on its books.

Estia Health aged care resident Phyllis Fisher is turning 100 on October 16.

She only moved to the state from Queensland in 2017 to be closer to her family. She has fond memories of growing up in country New South Wales.

“My mother and father were pioneers of the town and ran the local post office. My sister and I worked with them manning the local telephone exchange,” Phyllis said.

“It was the only building in Goodnight at the time, other than the houses on the farming properties nearby. I loved growing up in the country.”

She met her husband Andrew at a Tooleybuck dance in NSW and were married in 1943. They had four children together, Alicia, Graeme, Peter and Stephen, before moving to Melbourne with her husband.

Phyllis loves music – especially Irish. She took up playing the organ in her 50s and loved her music lessons. She’s also an incredible artist, with a great passion for painting.

“I loved painting, mainly focusing on the beautiful country landscapes. This was where my heart lay, I have always been a country girl at heart,” she said.

She said looking back on her 100 years, there were many things that brought her joy.

“I was blessed to have been raised in the country with a loving and hardworking family,” she said. “Meeting my husband, spending our lives together and having and raising our beautiful children also bought me great happiness. Then seeing my children have children of their own was very special. Having grandchildren and great grandchildren has bought me so much joy, watching them grow and develop and sharing special memories with them.”

Estia Health resident Phyllis Fisher is turning 100 on October 16.

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Ebonie gallops away with prize Not since the 1980s has a first time entrant in the Garryowen taken out the most prestigious horse competition for ladies in Australia.

But this year, 20-year-old Ebonie Lee of Whittlesea, could not believe her ears when it was announced in front of the show horse world that she had taken out the Garryowen Equestrienne Turnout in its 88th year.

The Garryowen is intrinsically linked with Victorian history and this week Melbourne Royal added another horse and rider combination to the history books.

It’s named in honour of champion horsewoman Violet Murrell of Mentone who was the top female jockey, hunting rider, show jumper and horse exhibitor of her day - having won more trophies than any other woman in the world in the 1920s. She died tragically in a brave attempt to save her horses – including Garryowen – from a fire.

The youngest competitor in the field, Ebonie Lee rode Wynara Signature a six-year-old gelding sired by Wynara Copyright and out of Wynara Simply Irresistible. “Orlando” as he is know as in the stables has been very successful in his first season of showing with winning at Royal Adelaide Show last month.

“I basically grew up on a horses back,” Ebonie said. “I have been competing at Melbourne Royal Show since I was three and have been very lucky to have a lot of great success here winning the pony turnout when I was 11 then onto winning the Pemberton Turnout twice and the K R Luke turnout twice as well.“ In 1986, Jan Smith campaigned as a first time competitor on the New Zealand thoroughbred gelding Royal Son. “This was my first year competing in the Garryowen but I come from a knowledgeable family with my oldest sister Sherrie Lee competing in it for a few years and placing, and my other sister Briony Lee winning best

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first year and third place at the last Garryowen, which I actually prepared her horse for.

“I’m very lucky to come from a family that has been doing it for years so we had a lot of the gear necessary for the class but I have had to borrow things like boots and breeches which I’m so grateful to the kind people that are still willing to lend. We actually didn’t know if the

gear was going to fit this horse and have just thrown together gear here and there to make this all happen.”

Second place was awarded to Upper Gippsland-rider Elizabeth Krog (28), another first time competitor, on Warrawee Impressario; third place to Kyabram’s Jemima Draper (30) on Bellaire Cartier; fourth to former winner

Pakenham’s Briony Randle (39) of Lyndam Park Touch the Clouds; fifth to former winner Balaclava’s Stephanie Barrington on Givenchy (31)and sixth to Katunga’s Rebecca Keane (37) on Dreamtime Lyrixx.

The McKinnon Medal for the highest placed rider over 45 years of age was awarded to Melissa Gillies on Beyond Reasonable Doubt.

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By Tara Murray Plans for a new above ground train station at Melbourne Airport have been questioned by the airport’s ground transport chief Jai McDermott.

The state and federal governments released the business case for the Melbourne Airport Rail Link on Wednesday, September 21, which will result in trains running between Sunshine and the airport.

The business case revealed new details about the rail link, including plans for a station at the airport.

The business case assesses a new elevated station at Melbourne Airport as the best solution for passengers as it will better integrate with the precinct and have fewer impacts on planned future developments at the airport.

An elevated station, in a location consistent

with the airport master plan, is expected to be quicker and more cost effective to deliver and reduce disruption to airport users during construction.

Mr McDermott said while Melbourne Airport has long been one of the most vocal supporters of a rail link to the city, discussions continue with the state government in relation to the station.

“We are yet to agree on station location and design,” he said.

“Melbourne Airport’s preference has been and remains an underground station, which provides a superior passenger experience, safeguards for future connectivity and is appropriate for Victoria’s international gateway.

“It is important that the new rail station works for all airport users, not just those who arrive by train, and that it is a station all Victorians can all be proud of.”

Construction is scheduled to begin on the above ground station later this year with the completion projected in 2029.

The comprehensive design package includes an elevated viaduct on Airport Drive, Tullamarine, a bridge structure over the M80 Ring Road, major upgrades to Sunshine station and a number of track works across existing rail lines.

A new train station at Keilor East is also proposed. As reported by Star Weekly last year, Hume council supported Moonee Valley’s campaign for the station.

Victorian Transport Minister Jacinta Allen said not only will the link better connect Victorians to the city, the suburbs and the world, but it will repay every cent invested in opportunities for local workers and businesses.”

A Melbourne woman is facing criminal charges after more than $10 million was mistakenly transferred into her bank account by a cryptocurrency trading platform.

In May 2021, Crypto.com intended to refund Thevamaogari Manivel $100, but the 37-year-old was instead erroneously transferred $10,474,143.

The company did not notice its mistake for seven months, until December 2021.

Crypto.com commenced legal action against Manivel and others in the Victorian Supreme Court’s commercial division in February this year.

The company was granted a freeze on her Commonwealth Bank account, but by then most of the money had been transferred into other accounts.

About $1.35 million was used to buy a home in Craigieburn, with the ownership of the property transferred to Manivel’s sister, Thilagavathy Gangadory, who lived in Malaysia, the court heard previously.

Manivel faced Melbourne Magistrates Court on Tuesday, September 27 after being charged with two dealing with proceeds of crime offences. She appeared by video link from prison.

Defence lawyer Jessica Willard said Manivel was told she had won the money by one of the co-accused offenders.

Manivel has also been charged with dealing with $11,750 of cash, suspected to be the proceeds of crime, in Tullamarine on March 17, 2022.

The matter will return to court on October 11.

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The versatility and talent Melissa Bragg displayed in her first year in the VFLW earned her a contract with the Cats’ AFLW side.

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Transition challenges for Bragg Former Super Netballer Melissa Bragg was contracted to the Geelong Cat’s AFLW side just before season seven kicked off.

She talks to Matt Hewson about the transition from one elite-level sport to the next.

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elissa Bragg may still officially live in Werribee but the Cats’ latest recruit is no stranger to Geelong.

“I love Geelong, I started playing netball here when I was 14,” Bragg said.

“Mum used to to drive me down, then once I got a bit older I’d catch the train down then go back for school the next day when I was playing for East Geelong in the GFNL. “Then I started playing with Geelong Cougars as well, I went to uni in Geelong, so most of my life is down here.

“I work in Werribee at the moment still, so I go in between; my family house is in Werribee and my fiance lives in Geelong and we’re trying to buy a house here. So I’ve always done the travel between both.”

Bragg transitioned to football this year, playing in the VFLW season for Geelong and displayed enough talent and versatility to earn her new contract in the club’s AFLW squad, but it’s not the first time she’s received an offer from the Geelong Football Club.

“When Geelong first got a VFL team I’d just started playing netball at the elite level, and they contacted me and asked me if I wanted to come down for a kick,” Bragg said.

“But I actually said no, as I’d just started to make it at netball, which was a lifelong goal, to play netball at an elite level.

“And then at the end of last year, when I didn’t get re-contracted for netball, I ran into Renee Garing, who I knew quite well through netball. She asked if I’d heard anything from another netball club and I said ‘nah, I think I’m done with it’.”

Garing, with whom Bragg had played at Geelong Cougars, spoke to club, and soon Bragg got a call.

“I went down for a kick with Dan (Lowther,

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Geelong AFLW coach), and from there he said they wanted me to play VFL if I was interested, and it all started from there.”

As a netballer, Bragg was a plucky, agile player and despite, at 5’9”, being considered on the shorter side, she was known as someone who didn’t shy from a physical contest.

“I’ve probably always had the tag of being a physical player; netball is technically a non-contact sport, but we all know the physicality that comes with elite-level play,” she said.

“I quite enjoyed being an on the body,

physical player, and that’s transferred to footy too. But I can tell you right now, when I first got tackled I was like, wow, this is next level.

“The ones you’re expecting are alright, but when you get hit unexpectedly it’s a shock to the system. But one of my natural strengths is my physicality, so to bring that across to footy’s been pretty fun.”

Along with her competitiveness and willingness to go in hard at the ball, Bragg’s athleticism and agility, and the work ethic she developed playing netball at the national level, have helped elevate her to the AFLW.

Her former VFLW coach, Andrew Bruce, had nothing but praise for Bragg when asked to describe her game.

“Mel’s a highly competitive player who excelled in her first year at VFLW level,” Bruce said.

“She demonstrated her ability to play at both ends of the ground throughout the season, and her natural competitiveness and willingness to learn. Her key attributes will be a welcomed addition to our AFLW list.”

Bragg said her experiences as a netballer made the transition to AFLW a smooth one.

“The fitness and agility I needed to play through the midcourt has transferred across to football,” she said.

“In netball I’m considered on the shorter side, whereas in football I’m considered tall.

So now I’m one of the bigger bodies but I’ve got the fitness and agility of a smaller player, if that makes sense.

“As a footballer, I’m still working on my skills and developing my craft, but the standards that comes across from netball, being in that elite environment, has held me in good stead. I live and breathe it, day to day.”

Bragg said she still can’t believe she’s been contracted to play football at the highest level.

“The whole thing’s just been so unexpected,” she said.

“This time last week I was just at work, you know what I mean? It’s a big shock.

But the one thing I hold on to is my work ethic. I’ll always try my best, so as much as it’s a shock I think it’s a bit of a reward for effort as well.

“But I’m still just gobsmacked, to be honest. The change to football has been really refreshing and Geelong has been a really welcoming club. I’ve never felt out of place.”

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Cricketing superstar sweeps in

By Holly McGuinness Cricketing legend and Melbourne Renegades captain Sophie Molineux paid a visit to the cricketing women and girls of Craigieburn on Tuesday, September 27.

Molineux led a workshop for aspiring female crickets saying it was great to get back out in the community and see so many turn up on the day.

“The girls were great, they loved getting out there and just having a hit and bowling a few balls,” Molineux said.

“Days and clinics like that are invaluable to us because we haven’t done it for so long and to get back out there, meet the young girls that are playing and we’ll hopefully see them at a few games this year.”

Craigieburn Cricket club president Gerard Laffan said 25 attended the workshop.

“Everyone was over the moon to get a player (at Craigieburn) of Sophie’s reputation, being in the Renegades territory that’s played at the highest level in Australia,”Mr Laffan said.

The club hopes the workshop will encourage more women and girls to see themselves playing and pursuing the sport long term.

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School journey starts Twins Avinoor and Parinoor are eagerly counting down the days until school starts.

The sisters are among 168 preps starting at Hume Anglican Grammar next week, with 84 enrolled at each of the school’s two campuses at Mt Ridley and Donnybrook.

Schools across Hume and Whittlesea will begin welcoming their 2021 prep pupils from Thursday. This week will also mark the opening of three new primary schools in Hume and Whittlesea.

Mickleham’s Gaayip-Yagila Primary School, Greenvale’s Keelonith Primary School and Wollert’s Edgars Creek Primary School will all open their doors for the first time.

They are among eight new schools to open in Hume and Whittlesea over the next four years, with Kalkallo Commons Primary School, Greenvale Secondary College, Wollert East Primary School and a Catholic primary school in Mickleham scheduled to open in 2022.

A Catholic primary school in Greenvale is expected to open in 2023.

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Twins Avinoor and Parinoor are eagerly counting down the days until school starts.

The sisters are among 168 preps starting at Hume Anglican Grammar next week, with 84 enrolled at each of the school’s two campuses at Mt Ridley and Donnybrook.

Schools across Hume and Whittlesea will begin welcoming their 2021 prep pupils from Thursday. This week will also Laura Michell mark the opening of three new By primary

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Melbourne Airport has asked the state government to give it more power to intervene in developments which could impact aircraft operations or lead to noise complaints.

Airport operators Australia Pacific Airports (Melbourne) has made a submission to the state government’s Melbourne Airport Environs Safeguarding Committee, which was set up to advise the planning minister on improvements to the planning provisions safeguarding the airport.

In its submission, Melbourne Airport called for the government to designate it as a referral authority, meaning applicants would formally be required to consult with the airport on any

developments in the surrounding area. The submission stated that the airport is currently notified of planning permit applications as though it were a “third-party objector”.

“Unlike a determining or even recommending referral authority, its position on any application has no statutory significance,” the submission stated.

The submission cited recent applications and approvals which had the potential to generate a large number of noise complaints or impact on aircraft operations, including housing development in Phillip Street, Dallas, and a waste to energy facility proposed for Craigieburn.

It stated the airport receives about 20 noise complaints per month – a figure the airport says will rise in the coming years given the

number of people now living in areas impacted by aircraft noise.

Operators fear that if they are not granted a greater say in nearby developments, the airport could face constraints on its operations, such as a curfew or a reduction in airspace.

“Constraints such as restrictions on flight paths, aircraft volumes (even during daylight hours) and aircraft types are all potential risks to the flexibility that Melbourne Airport’s operations presently enjoy,” the submission states. “The introduction of any such restrictions would have significant and far-reaching consequences for both Melbourne Airport, and its contribution to the state economy.”

Melbourne Airport chief financial officer Grant Devonport said that if approved, referral

authority status would ensure the airport is consulted from the outset on developments subject to noise impacts, and those that have the potential to impact on aircraft operations.

A Hume council submission to the inquiry stated the council “remains committed to protecting Melbourne Airport’s 24-hour curfew free operation”. It said meeting the needs of the general population growth of Melbourne, Hume and other aircraft noise-affected municipalities, has been a source of tension at the planning permit stage.

“How to strike an appropriate balance between facilitating community needs and expectations against protecting the operations of Melbourne Airport is a difficult question that needs to be given very careful consideration.”

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A drive to find forever homes Right now, there are too many animals in Victorian shelters – animals who want and deserve loving homes. To get as many animals as possible out of shelters, animal welfare organisations across the state, including the Lort Smith Animal Hospital, are uniting for Mission Adoptable, a pet adoption promotion aiming to find homes for Victoria’s animals in need.

Increased pressures on animal welfare groups including fewer reclaims on lost pets, rising costs and a reduction in adoption applications, means higher numbers of animals need new homes.

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“Our world has changed enormously over the last 3 years and the pandemic has impacted not only humans, but our companion animals.

Shelters across Victoria have reached full capacity and we’re desperately looking for loving new homes for the many animals in our

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“This is why we’re joining forces to voice a single message – animals deserve a loving home for keeps, and we need your help to find that home. From foster carers, to shelters, donors and the people putting up their hand to adopt

- when we come together as a community, we can achieve great things! Support Mission Adoptable 1st - 9th October and make a real difference to animals’ lives.”

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Running from Saturday, October 1 to Sunday, October 9, the Lort Smith Animal Hospital in Campbellfield is just one of a number of animal welfare organisations taking part in Mission Adoptable.

If ever there was a time to adopt, it’s now.

Aside from giving an animal a new chance at a happy life, there are many benefits associated with adopting a pet. Research shows pets make people physically and psychologically healthier by encouraging exercise, enhancing social connectedness and providing companionship.

Animals adopted from animal welfare organisations are behaviour checked, microchipped, vaccinated and desexed.

Lort Smith Campbellfield manager Jennifer Donaldson urged people to consider making room in their homes for a new furry member of the family.

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The Northern Diwali festival is back this year in person on Sunday, October 15 from noon to 10pm at 25 Ferres Boulevard South Morang. Come along with your family and friends as we celebrate Diwali together, the day will include amusement rides, fireworks, food, a live DJ, Bollywood dancing and much more!

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Visit or become a new member of the Jackson’s Creek Combined Probus Club, gathering on the second Monday of each month at the Sunbury Football Club at 10am. Enjoy outings and meetings each month with a friendly group of men and women, and twice yearly trips away staying in cabins and caravans.

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Farmers and Makers Market Craft and conversation

The South Morang Farmers and Makers Market, which supports local farmers, artisans and businesses, is on at the Civic Centre car park, 25 Ferres Boulevard, South Morang, on the third Saturday of the month, from 9am to 1pm.

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An array of delicious donuts were crafted on Tuesday 20 September, with children joining a tasty workshop at Craigieburn Central.

Children decorated donuts to their heart’s content, with toppings including smarties, sprinkles, flavoured sauces and more.

The team from Walker’s Doughnuts at Craigieburn Central ran the workshop in collaboration with the centre for some school holiday fun.

Star Weekly photographer Damjan Janevski captured the sticky action.

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There’s nothing subtle about the styling of the Hyundai Palisade large SUV / people mover. (Pictures: Supplied)

By Ewan Kennedy, Marque Motoring Hyundai Palisade is a large Korean-built SUV, or people mover to use the older definition for a vehicle in this class. It has received major upgrades as well as substantial styling changes for the 2023 model year, so it’s worth us taking a look at it again with a full road test.

A major feature in the Palisade is the Hyundai Bluelink system that can be connected to the from anywhere via a smartphone. Owners can send planned routes and receive emergency assistance automatically after an accident.

They can even remotely lock or start their car with their preferred climate settings, therefore have their Palisade sitting waiting for them all warmed up and ready to go.

AT A GLANCE MODEL RANGE Palisade Elite 3.8-litre petrol 2WD: $65,900 Palisade Highlander 3.8-litre petrol 2WD: $75,900 Palisade Elite 2.2-litre diesel AWD: $69,900 Palisade Highlander 2.2-litre diesel AWD: $79,900 SPECIFICATIONS Hyundai Palisade Highlander 2.2-litre diesel AWD

Styling Palisade is a large vehicle with styling that is in the look-at-me class – nothing subtle here.

Styling changes for 2023 include a parametric shield grille design flanked by vertically stacked LED headlights.

The Highlander variant we reviewed has exclusive design touches, including a satin chrome finish to the grille with matching logo badge and skid plate finishes. There are hidden-type turn signals, body-coloured cladding and exclusive 20-inch wheels with a 15-spoke turbine design.

Interior Hyundai Palisade can be optioned with either a seven-seat or eight-seat layout, the former offering two individual captain-type chairs in the middle row. This was our test vehicle and it has a real feeling of luxury of the type normally only offered in a limousine.

Additional luxuries for Highlander variants include heated and ventilated front and second-row seats now for both seven- and eight-seat variants.

Highlander also gains exclusive interior finishes, quilted seat inserts, quilted and perforated door trim inserts, suede headlining and stainless-steel front speaker grilles, and door/cargo area scuff plates.

Every Highlander variant is available with Black Nappa leather with luxury quilting and Gloss Black/Pinstripe trim, with the further options of Warm Grey and Dark Khaki Nappa leather with unique wood-look trim dependent on the exterior colour.

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Note: These prices do not include government or dealer delivery charges. Contact your local Hyundai dealer for drive-away prices.

Infotainment A 12.3-inch touchscreen multimedia system is now standard on all Palisade models. Features include wired Apple CarPlay and Android Auto; six USB-C and one USB-A ports; Bluetooth message playback; embedded satellite navigation with live traffic updates; wireless smartphone charging; and a voice memo function with up to 70 minutes recording time; There’s also AM/FM and DAB+ digital radio although the latter cuts out when driving through cuttings or when there’s multiple trees in the centre island or simply in country driving.

The 12-speaker Infinity audio system in our Palisade produced excellent sound quality and could be adjusted to suit our needs.

Safety Hyundai Palisade has lap-sash safety belts for all occupants. This isn’t as common as it should be because too many competitors have a lap-only belt in the centre-rear spot.

An expanded suite of SmartSense driver assistance and advanced active safety features is used in the 2023 Palisade. It now incorporates forward collision-avoidance assist with junction turning function, intelligent speed limit assist, a multi anti-collision

braking system.

There’s a surround view monitor, a reverse light guide function as well as reverse parking collision-avoidance assist. The latter a real bonus when you’re reversing a large people mover out of a tight spot in a shopping centre.

It was also handy in the underground carpark in our apartment block where roof pillars and other vehicles are pretty close.

With Bluelink, the 2023 Palisade has automatic collision notification and SOS emergency call function.

There’s a natural language server-based voice control and server-based connected routing navigation.

Driving Getting into the front and two middle-row seats is easy. As you would expect the rearmost seats are a bit of squeeze to get in and out. But as that’s the area normally used by the littlies in your family there’s little hassle. And the juniors are more than happy to be as far from mum and dad as possible…

Yet again I had problems seeing the information that’s displayed on the windscreen.

My polarising sunglasses could not see it unless I tilted my head slightly to one side or the other.

Obviously, I could look at the instruments in their normal position, but that’s a little less safe

than having a view of the forward traffic and the dials at the same time.

Other car brands have solved this problem so it’s time Hyundai did.

Palisade is impressive in the way that it drives, all the more so when you remember this is a five-metre-long vehicle where its main aim in life is to carry up to eight people. It’s certainly not sporty but you do feel that it wants to follow your directions through the steering wheel and throttle pedal.

There’s some bump-thump over the joints on the road but we have felt worse. And some road roar on concrete surfaces, but on bitumen it’s nice and refined.

Fuel consumption was in the nine to 11 litres per hundred kilometres around town in the suburbs and on hilly and winding roads. This dropped dramatically to just five to seven litres during easy paced driving on level roads and on 110 km/h motorways.

Summing up Hyundai Palisade is a reasonably priced, high-quality people mover that’s does everything it’s intended to do with plenty of aplomb. It’s significantly cheaper than upmarket European vehicles in the same class and certainly deserves a place on your short list of models to consider.

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‘I can’t believe I won it’: Wright goes back-to-back For Westmeadows star Gemma Wright it’s just about going out and having fun on the field in the Essendon District Football League women’s premier division competition.

Having joined the club a couple of years ago having initially decided to give up football due to mental health issues, Wright has dominated the competition.

On Wednesday night, she claimed her second straight league best and fairest award.

While she shared the award last year with Emily Paterno, she was the clear winner this year.

Wright finished on 18 votes, six clear of Burnside Heights Krissy Heights and Aberfeldie’s Ilaria Akers.

Wright was left stunned after claiming the medal.

“I can’t believe I won it, I was very lucky,” she said.

“I was nervous coming in tonight as I didn’t think I had the best season. I thought I did okay, I’m very lucky to be up here tonight.”

Wright said this year the side had started to get a wider spread of contributors, highlighting players like Courtney Bligh, Mikayla Plant and Ruby Smith as some of the up and coming stars at the team.

The medal is the latest in honours for Wright. She had twice previously finished in the top three in league best and fairests, with her twin sister Sarah Wright winning both.

She won Carlton’s Victorian Football League Women’s best and fairest as well.

Wright said for her it’s about just enjoying playing football.

“I bloody love it,” she said. “I’ve had a lot of mental health issues and I just love being part of the Westmeadows Football Club.

“The last two seasons my form hasn’t been great. I’m not the fittest I’ve been, I’m just playing footy and loving it.”

Wright was also named captain of the team of the year.

A new challenge faces Wright next season as she takes on the role of coach of the Tigers’

premier division side.

She said it’s something that she’s excited about.”

Keilor premiership coach Brooke Surgeon was named coach of the premier division team of the year.

In other awards, Strathmore’s Eloise Freeman won the division 1 best and fairest and rising star award. Freeman, who was named the rising star as well, was the run away winner. It was a clean sweep of the awards having won the grand final best on ground medal.

In division 2, Cheyene Macumber won the division best and fairest in front of teammate Shae Montrose.

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By Tara Murray The Essendon District Football League division 1 best and fairest went down to the wire, with two of the competition’s biggest names claiming the award.

Former AFL player Shaun McKernan, who returned to his junior club Tullamarine this year, and Airport West gun Tyson Young both polled 23 votes to win the W Hutchison Medal.

McKernan said he had enjoyed returning to the club where he grew up, admitting that he was shocked by the standard of the competition.

“The standard of footy was a lot better than I expected it to be,” he said. “Guys like Tyson are proven premier division players.

“Credit to him, he obviously has done well too. There were a lot of guys that could have won it, not just us two.

“The standard of footy was really good.”

McKernan said that while he enjoyed the on

field stuff, it was the off field that had attracted him to come back after his AFL career ended.

“The best thing was reconnecting with the people that I grew up with,” he said. “In particular playing with my best mate Adam Scott, this was going to be his last year of footy.

“To be able to pull on the jumper with him was one of the main reasons I came back.”

For Young, it’s the second time he has won the Hutchison Medal, winning it five years ago.

He said this time it was a different feeling.

“It was a pretty thrilling contest coming into the evening,” he said. “I had a lot of help during the year from Airport West.

“The first one was a bit of a shock to be honest. I was a 19-year-old in my second year of senior footy, I come in and got a bit pissed.

“I thought I might have been a bit of a chance so I paced myself, it was a great recognition of a great year.”

Young, who was also named captain in the team of the year, said having a season with

Greenvale in premier division, had opened up his eyes on what he had to do to take his game to the next level.

He said thought his side, which won the division 1 premiership, would be competitive in premier division next year.

In premier division, Strathmore’s Will Jury won the Reynolds Medal on 26 votes. Last year’s winner Nick Meese finished second on 15 votes.

East Keilor’s Chris Stewart polled the second most votes but was ineligible.

There were also joint winners in the division two competition as Burnside Heights’ Jordan Hughes and Coburg Districts’ Cooper Keogh shared the honour of being named the best players in the competition this year.

Keogh has been largely seen as one of the best big man in the competition with back-to-back team of the year honours as ruck while Hughes’ efforts as a utility in a number of different roles helped Burnside Heights to a finals appearance in season 2022.

Kinglake will be back in the Northern Football Netball League next season.

The league announced last Wednesday the club had been accepted into the league for 2023.

The club was unanimously voted into the NFNL by affiliate NFNL members at a special general meeting last month before their transfer from Outer East Football Netball League was then ratified by AFL Victoria.

It means Kinglake’s senior men’s team will return to the competition they played in between 1996 and 2007.

The Lakers are set to join division 3 next year, making it a nine-team division, with a bye to be reintroduced into that division.

There will be 29 senior men’s clubs across the three divisions.

Old Eltham Collegians were the most recent team to join the competition in 2019.

The club also intends to field netball teams in the upcoming 2022-23 summer netball competition as a pre cursor to the 2023 winter netball competition.

The league hasn’t announced what divisions they will play NFNL chief executive Peter McDougall said the club would make a great contribution to the league’s senior men’s football and netball competitions.

“I welcome the Kinglake FNC to the NFNL,” he said.

“This move will assist them to create a one club approach with the Kinglake Junior FC who are currently a member of the NFNL,” he said.

“Geographically they belong in the northern region, and I look forward to their football and netball teams participating in the NFNL.” The Lakers played in division 2 in the Outer East this year, which is the league’s third grade.

Both their seniors and reserves made the grand final.

The club said on its Facebook, “bring on 2023.”

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‘Strong’: Kookas get reinforcements The competition is on for spots as Rivergum gets ready to kick off the North Metro Cricket Association Jika Shield.

The Kookas were set to kick off their season on Saturday, after deadline, with the side hoping to be among the mix again.

Kookas captain-coach Matthew Perri said heading into the first round, he wasn’t sure whether they would get on with many competitions cancelling the first weekend of play due to grounds not being ready.

Perri said they were looking pretty strong again and were hoping to go one step further, having lost the last two grand finals.

“We are looking pretty strong,” he said. “We have picked up a couple of players to freshen up the list.

“Everyone is going around again, so we will have a lot of depth in the firsts, seconds and thirds.

“It’s a good headache to have.”

The Burras have added three players to their squad for this season.

Nathan Fowler comes across from Whittlesea in the Diamond Valley Cricket Association, where he had piled on the runs in recent years.

Perri plays football with Fowler at Wallan and has finally been able to convince him to come across.

Greg Camilleri comes across from Heidelberg West and will be able to bat up the order and add to the Kookas wicketkeeping depth.

The third edition is premiership play Sean Neary who is returning to the club, with Perri saying he was like a new recruit.

Another bonus for the Kookas is the return to two-day cricket.

“It is our format,” Perri said. “We have to play some one-day cricket, but all the finals are two-day cricket which is what we are better at.”

Coming off 11 straight grand finals, success and making it to the pointy end of the season is the norm for the Kookas.

Perri said nothing changes this year.

“The last two years [having lost the grand final] haven’t sat well with us,” he said.

“You can see in the pre-season that they are determined to get the shield back.

“That is what we want.”

The Kookas second and third XIs will both play in different divisions.

The second XI will play in the Jack Kelly Shield, which has several first XI sides. The third XI will play in the Les Horne Shield with all other sides’ second XIs. Perri said it would be good for both sides to step up and play at that higher level.

“We have high hopes for all three sides,” he said. “All three sides played finals last year and we’re hoping all three can play finals this year.”

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Bats go for young blood

By Tara Murray Youth is the focus for Plenty Valley in the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association north-south.

Having bloodied a number of young players last season, the Bats are continuing on the same path, keen to have a look at the next generation of players.

Bats coach Michael Rogneda said it was an exciting time at the club.

“We are really young, younger than last year,” he said.

“We’re really lucky that in our catchment area there is no other turf side [in Subbies].

“There’s a lot of young talent coming through the club. The best thing as the coach they are exciting to work with.

“You don’t have to motivate them. We just have to push them in the right direction for that continued development.

“Our number one focus is winning a premiership and then getting players ready to play premier cricket.”

Rogneda said there were a number of guys who had played in their first and second XIs in the last couple of seasons they were expecting to take that next step.

He said they were hoping that all three could play some consistent cricket.

“Liam Mallia opened the batting for us all of last season,” he said. “He made more than 300 runs and we’re hoping he’ll make more this year.

“Naman Sharma will bat in the top five and bowls offies. He took a 5fa in our last game last year.

“Another exciting young gun is Ayran Sharma. He’s a different one to the one that played in the first XI last season, they just have the same name.

“He’s in our Craig Shield side. He’s as talented as I’ve seen. Hopefully we’ll see them all do some good things.”

The Bats season got off to a delayed start, with day one of the opening two-day match cancelled due to heavy rain and grounds not ready.

Rogneda said their ground, which didn’t have football on it, probably still wouldn’t have been ready in time due to the weather.

The Bats are hoping to be in action this Saturday against Oakleigh in their round one clash which is a one-dayer.

Rogneda said with more experience in the group they were hoping that would be back in the finals mix this year.

They finished 10th, one game outside the top six, after struggling in the back half of the season.

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for their wedding and I was injured the last five games. We had guys falling over at the wrong time of the year.

“We were sitting third a game after Christmas, so it was pretty disappointing not to play finals.”

Meanwhile the Bats’ Victorian Premier Cricket side was still scheduled to start their season on Sunday, after deadline.

Only the women’s premier first competition was still scheduled to go ahead from the premier competitions.

Whittlesea United backs in experience Whittlesea United wanted experience as the club searched for a new coach for next year’s FV state league 1 north-west season.

After finally getting a proper crack in state league 1 after the last couple of COVID-19 affected years, Whittlesea is keen to move up the ladder next year.

The club announced that Andy Vlahos would take over the coaching role.

Whittlesea’s Nabi Tuna said the club was excited by what Vlahos would bring to the club.

“We’re very happy,” he said. “We interviewed quite a few coaches and he stood out.

“He has played at a high level having played with South Melbourne in what was the equivalent to the A-League.

“He coached Hume City to two semi finals in the Victorian Premier League. He has coached Fitzroy City and coached against us.”

Tuna said having a couple of less experienced coaches the last couple of years, they wanted to bring in someone with a bit more experience.

He said while they had a young group, the core had now been together for at least 12 months.

“Andy knows what it takes at this level as he has previously coached at this and higher,” he said.

“We’ve got a good age bracket and we will have a competitive side with a couple of additions and Andy’s brain.

“We’ll look to get three or four players and it will make a huge difference on and off the field. It’s important to build that culture off field and Andy is a big part of that.”

Whittlesea finished this year in 10th spot with five wins and five draws among their 22 results.

Tuna said they are hoping next year they will have some better results.

“We’ve had four seasons in state league 1 and this was our first proper full season. We learned a lot,” he said.

“We know what it takes to compete with the big boys. Next season we’re hoping to be fighting for promotion in the last few weeks of the season.”

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Winning return to Luscombe for Gladstone Park It was a winning return to the North West Metropolitan Cricket Association George Lucsombe Shield for Gladstone Park.

Back in the top grade after a perfect season in the Vic Kyte Shield last season, the Burras faced the Preston Druids on Saturday.

After a couple of ground changes due to grounds not being ready, the game got underway at Jacana Reserve.

The Burras won the toss and decided to bat first. They lost a couple of quick wickets before steadying.

A 143 partnership between Lahiru Rajapakse and Bradley Fawcus set the innings up.

Both fell in quick succession, but the Burras were able to push the score up to 9-336.

Rajapakse top scored with 93 in an innings which included five fours and nine sixes.

The Druids pushed the run rate throughout and went at more than a run a ball.

In the end they ran out of balls and wickets, bowled out for 301 with four balls remaining.

Mukal Behal was the pick of the bowlers with 3-57.

Darebin Chargers and Buckley Park also got first round wins.

The Chargers were way too strong for Aberfeldie St Johns.

The Chargers made 9-275 from their 38 overs before bowling Aberfeldie St Johns out for 252.Damon Brohaska was the key in that innings, making 116.

Buckley Park came away with the points against Kealba-Green Gully.

The Cougars batted first, making 8-141 from their overs, after being 0-59.

Warren Kelly top scored with 35 at the top of the order.

Buckley Park made the runs with ease, with nearly 10 overs in hand. It finished 5-143.

It was all single wicket takers for the

Cougars.

In other results, the Darebin Chargers and Gladstone Park both got wins.

This Saturday the Cougars will face the Darebin Chargers.

After a restructure of the competition, Hume and the Northern Lions top teams are playing in the Athol Attwater Shield.

The Lions started the season with a win against Genesis.

Genesis batted first, bowled out for 174 with two balls remaining. It was all single wicket takers for the Lions, with three run outs as well.

The Lions had little trouble chasing down the runs, hitting the winning ones in the 28th over. They finished 4-176. Ashan Athukorala top score with 87 with seven fours and five sixes.

Hume suffered a first up loss to Aintree.

Aintree made 9-199 before bowling Hume

out for 118.

RMIT also picked up a first round win, while the Chargers and Oak Park drew after their game didn’t go ahead.

Around the grounds there was no action in the Victorian Turf Cricket Association, with round one postponed.

Teams are hoping pitches and grounds will be ready this weekend.

Among the scheduled matches is Craigieburn against Deer Park and Westmeadows playing Keilor in senior division, Tullamarine against St Francis de Sales in division 1 and Greenvale Kangaroos are set to face Footscray United in division 2.

In division 4, Roxburgh Park is set to face Laverton and in division 5, Jacana is set to face Barkly Street Uniting and Donnybrook against Footscray Angliss.

Sports shorts EDFL There could be two new teams in the Essendon District Football League next season. The EDFL board last week approved the applications of Deer Park and St Albans to join the competition for 2023. The Western Region Football League, where the two teams currently play, has a period of 10 days to decide whether to object to the two applications, with AFL Victoria to have the final decision. Both teams played in the top tier of the WRFL this year.

Basketball

Scott Barnett took 5-5 on Saturday.

Craigieburn basketballer Ezi Magbegor won bronze as part of the Australian Opals side at the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup. Magbegor played a vital role for the Opals both when she started and when she came off the bench. The Opals beat Canada in the bronze medal game, 95-65.

Magbegor finished with five points in that match. It’s been a big few months for Magbegor as she helped the Seattle Storm go deep into the WNBA finals.

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Bulldogs’ bright future

By Tara Murray Bundoora United will take the lessons learned from last season as it aims to go further in the Diamond Valley Cricket Association Money Shield.

The Bulldogs finished last season on top of the ladder, but exited the finals in straight sets.

Playing-coach Joel Thompson said the exit had left them disappointed, but would use it as they looked to move forward this year.

“One thing I learned was that not many had played finals before, or if they had it was a long time ago,” he said.

“This year if we’re to get there again we will talk about that and it will hopefully calm their nerves.”

The Bulldogs had a shorter pre-season this year, with Thompson conceding they had shown a bit of tiredness in the finals.

He said they had a similar squad to last season with a couple of key additions.

Will Brennan, who played juniors at the club, returns having played Victorian Premier Cricket at Northcote.

Anurag Joshi, who was at Victorian

Sub-District club Plenty Valley last season, has also joined the club.

Thompson said there were good signs that people were wanting to come on board.

“Will played a lot of junior cricket for us and he’s been playing in the T20s and was always showing his face around the club.

“Joshi will fit in the group as well. It says a lot about the culture that they want to play for us, we have phone calls from players wanting to come but we couldn’t fit them all in.”

Despite many competitions and grades not getting on across Melbourne, the Money Shield got underway on Saturday. The top three grades in the DVCA went ahead but all the lower grades were called off.

The Bulldogs started with a big win against Mernda.

The Bulldogs made 6-214 from their 40 overs with Luke Joyce top scoring with 55.

The Demons started well and were 0-77 before crumbling to be bowled out for 142.

Scott Barnett took 5-5 off 3.3 overs to do the damage.

Thompson said like always, finals were the aim for them this season. He said they had the calibre of players and plenty of potential to go

deep into finals.

“We look forward to playing cricket in March,” he said.

In other results, Eltham defeated Lalor Stars.

The Stars were restricted to 6-135, with Eltham finishing 6-136 in the 35th over.

Lower Eltham was too strong for the promoted Laurimar, Laurimar made 9-151 which Lower Eltham chased down easily, finishing 2-152.

Plenty beat Bundoora in a high scoring affair. The Bulls made 8-191, with Plenty finishing 5-195.

Montmorency beat Bundoora Park in the other match.

Meanwhile in the Barclay Shield, Epping had a big win against Rosebank.

Rosebank was restricted to 9-114 with Robert Tinsley and Jordan Wilkins taking three wickets each.

The Pingers made the runs with 10 balls to spare, finishing 5-115. Nathan Gardiner top scored with 55.

Diamond Creek, Rosanna, Heidelberg and Macleod were the other winners.

Soccer Mill Park’s Matthew Oghanna and Craigieburn City’s Jordan Connerton are among the winners of the Football Victoria state league best and fairest awards announced last week. Oghanna won the state league 2 north-west award with 25 votes, while Connerton polled 32 votes in state league 3 north-west. Plenty Lions Matthew Conversano won the state league 4 north award on 34 votes.

CVWCCC It was a perfect start for Craigieburn in the Cricket Victoria Women’s Community Cricket Competition Shield (3) T20 competition. Facing Clifton Hill (2), the Eagles restricted them to 7-36 from their 20 overs.

Stefania Pauga took 3-3 from her two overs. The Eagles finished 0-38 off seven overs in reply to get the win.

Craigieburn this week faces Werribee.

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