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Hey buddy, come play LONELY children can find playmates by sitting on the new Buddy Bench at Tarwin Lower Primary School.

Inverloch Rotary Club funded the $1200 seat to help students feel connected with others in the playground.

A child in need of a friend simply sits on the seat and other students know they are looking for someone to play with.

Acting principal Jenni Cox said, “The bench has only been in a week and it’s been well used so far.”

Students Riley (front) and Archie enjoyed the seat with Inverloch Rotary Club president Rosa Turner (middle) and Ms Cox last Wednesday.

Rotary clubs are inviting other schools to apply for Buddy Benches to be installed in their grounds.

The seat complements the school’s Buddy Bears program that sees senior students give new Preps a teddy bear at the start of the school year to help forge friendships and make Preps welcome.

$50m highway deal tipped soon

ROAD TO MILLIONS

By Brad Lester ONE of the biggest roadworks projects in South Gippsland’s history is believed to be close to being finalised.

The South Gippsland Highway is likely to receive a $50 million overhaul, with the State Government nearer to signing a deal with the Federal Government.

The works could include the long-awaited $40 million realignment of the South Gippsland Highway between Koonwarra and Meeniyan – known as the Black Spur - an overtaking lane between Foster and Toora, and roadworks between Foster and Yarram to address tight curves and enhance shoulders.

Collision rates for the Black Spur section of the highway are significantly higher than the state average.

The State Government is close to matching the $25 million already allocated by the Federal Government, and reconfirmed by Australian Infrastructure and Transport Minister Darren Chester and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull last week.

Of that, $20 million will go towards the Black Spur project and $5 million to the rest of the highway.

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Drama at sea Men rescued from overturned boat at Inverloch

By Brad Lester THREE men were thrown into the sea at Inverloch on Sunday after their boat was capsized by a wave at the entrance to Anderson Inlet.

Police said the men’s boat encountered difficulty while crossing the notorious bar and was overturned by a wave, about 1.20pm.

The men were clinging to their aluminium boat when they were rescued by jet-skiers.

Two men were treated by paramedics at the Inverloch boat ramp and one was taken to Wonthaggi Hospital for observation after sustaining concussion. None of their injuries were serious.

The men involved – all friends - were 32 and 56 year olds from Inverloch, and a 52 year old Wonthaggi man.

Sergeant Glenn Parke of Inverloch Police said

the men were wearing lifejackets and carried all safety gear.

“We’d ask all boat users to take care around the bar. The conditions are changing and people need to be familiar with the conditions before heading out,” he said.

“Make sure you are wearing lifejackets and carry all the necessary safety equipment on board.”

The overturned 6.8m boat was towed to shore by another vessel.

The Police Airwing and Inverloch State Emergency Services were called but were turned away after other parties came to the men’s rescue.

Mariners wishing to find the latest bar conditions can do so on the Gippsland Ports website - www.gippslandports.vic.gov.au - or see the Gippsland Ports information aboard at the Inverloch boat ramp.

Robbery arrest A male offender wearing a balaclava and carrying a firearm entered the gaming room of the club around 11.40pm.

Police said the man ran from the venue via the rear entrance, with cash.

Armed Crime Squad in Melbourne is investigating the incident.

Police praised club staff for acting in a professional manner.

Anyone with information about this crime should phone Wonthaggi Police 5671 4100 or Crimestoppers 1800 333 000.

’Burra to fight bank closure THE Korumburra community will fight to save the town’s branch of the NAB bank.

The bank announced it would close the Korumburra branch from February 10, 2017, in response to less patronage and has referred customers to the Leongatha branch – 15 minutes’ drive away.

Korumburra Business Association president Noelene Cosson said the group was “extremely disappointed with this news”.

“We will be fighting for our members on this one. It is well known the big four banks have been closing branches for years now, but when it’s in your own town it really hurts,” she said.

“We have a town of 4500 people with over 140 businesses. It’s hardly a small town. NAB would have the majority of businesses in Korumburra banking with them and this has a huge impact on them.

“We have businesses that are still very much cash orientated due to the nature of their business. Surely they are not expected to travel 15 minutes to bank their takings and get change?”

Mrs Cosson said businesses could not easily change banks.

“Many businesses have more than just an operating account at the NAB. They have loans and lots of other banking facilities that will make it expensive and time consuming to move,” she said.

“NAB is a big business that makes decisions based on

profit but have no idea what this does to a community.

We want them to re-address this decision.”

The KBA will write to the bank and politicians in a bid to keep the branch open.

A spokesperson for the NAB said the decision to close the branch was made “in response to the changing ways customers are banking with us”.

“We are sorry to be leaving Korumburra but the viability of all our branches is closely linked to the number of people who transact at them, and we are finding more and more customers choosing to bank online and less people using branches like they used to,” she said.

“We have contacted customers to let them know their options for in-person banking which includes at our nearby Leongatha branch.

“Customers can also continue to withdraw and deposit cash, pay bills and check their account balance at any Australia Post outlet with Bank@Post such as the Korumburra Post Office.

“Customers can still do day-to-day banking at NAB ATMs and rediATMs or by using NAB Internet Banking (nab.com.au) or NAB Telephone Banking (13 22 65).

“We remain committed to supporting the South Gippsland region and our team is available to support customers through the transition.”

The ANZ Bank closed its branch in Korumburra several years ago.

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Quiz star wins $50,000

By Stuart Biggins IN his spare time Harry Baker, a committed Christian, sells sponsorship for 103.9 Life FM, a Christian radio station based in Sale.

The Ruby man believed his faith contributed to his success on the television quiz show, Hot Seat, recently.

“Things just fell into place on the day,” he said.

Mr Baker felt a sense of destiny given the first recording in May had already been deferred and then on August 17, despite beBe fun: Harry Baker with Eddie McGuire and that cheque following his ing as sick as a dog, the production win on Channel Nine’s quiz program Hot Seat, taped on August 17. The crew insisted he go on air.

“The $50,000 question was: episode, number 164, was aired on November 1 and can be viewed in its Which Nobel prize did Austraentirety on 9now until November 29.

lian, Brian Schmidt win in 2001 – Chemistry, Physics, Literature or Economics?

The correct answer, Physics.

Mr Baker and his artist wife Emily Koenders, who live at Ruby - location of the Emily Koenders Gallery at 230 Ruby Fairbank Road - have been promising each other a new bathroom or a wildlife safari in Africa.

How the money will be spent (“A few extra zeros would have come in handy,” Mr Baker said) hasn’t yet been determined but they had better be quick.

Mr Baker said, “I was stopped by one of Emily’s primary school teachers, Greg Robb, the other day who asked me how much I could lend him!

“He called me a movie star!”

$50m highway deal tipped soon Continued from page 1.

The deal is part of the $3 billion Victorian Infrastructure Package that will unlock funding for more than 40 road and rail projects across the state. The federal funding was initially set aside for the East West Link project abandoned by the State Government.

A spokesperson for Victorian Roads Minister Luke Donnellan last week told The Star the State Government would match the federal funding for all projects listed within the federal package, which did include realigning the highway at the Black Spur.

However a final decision is yet to be reached.

“We are still finalising the arrangement with the Federal Government,” the spokesperson said.

“We will match their funding 50:50 but as the arrangement has not been finalised, we do not know if the (South Gippsland) highway will be realigned or not.”

Mr Darren Chester was confident the State Government would support the highway projects.

The Gippsland MP said, “Prior to the federal election, I announced the Turnbull/Joyce Government’s intention to spend $25 million making the South Gippsland Highway safer, including an upgrade of the Black Spur bends.

“I have written to the Victorian state ministers seeking confirmation of joint funding for our $1.5 billion Victorian Infrastructure Package, bringing the total to $3 billion worth of works in metropolitan and regional Victoria.

“This milestone could not have been achieved without the hard work of McMillan MP Russell Broadbent and Gippsland South MP Danny O’Brien.

“The Nationals and Liberals in Coalition will ensure we get a safer South Gippsland Highway for all road users.”

As a federal election commitment this year, Mr Chester announced $25 million for the realignment of the Black Spur and other works along the highway, dependent on matching state funding.

Mr Donnellan told The Star last month, “We continue to negotiate with the Federal Government in good faith to

deliver vital projects that will make our roads safer.

“VicRoads is developing a business case that will consider the cost of construction and safety, as well as the overall economic and social benefits of the project.

“VicRoads are on track to have it finalised and submitted to government by the end of the year.”

Mr O’Brien has previously raised the matter in State Parliament, saying the Federal Government had committed $25 million, with $20 million expected to go toward the realignment of the Black Spur and $5 million to upgrade road between Foster and Yarram.

The Federal Government also committed $5 million to Hyland Way between Traralgon and Yarram.

Mr O’Brien said while he welcomed Premier Daniel Andrew’s announcement last week of a road safety blitz with the TAC, targeting drink driving, speeding and safer driving ahead of Christmas, the government was missing the point.

“The road safety message coming from the Melbourne

Labor Government fails to even acknowledge the appalling condition of our local roads,” he said.

“The best way Daniel Andrews could improve regional road safety is to just get on with it and fix our roads.

“If Daniel Andrews was serious about helping Victorians get home safely over the holidays, he would put back the hundreds of millions of dollars Labor has ripped out of the country roads budget to spend in Melbourne.

“With the 50-year lease of the Port of Melbourne earning $9.7 billion for Victoria, the Melbourne Labor Government has no excuse not to fix our crumbling country roads.

“The Nationals secured $970 million of this deal to spend on regional transport infrastructure and it should now be delivered.”

Mr O’Brien is continuing his call for road hazards to be reported through his website www.dannyobrienmp. com.au/road_hazards or by phoning VicRoads directly on 13 11 70.

Back then: from left, Nationals MPs Gippsland South MLA Danny O’Brien, Australian Infrastructure and Transport Minister Darren Chester and Eastern Victoria Region MLC Melina Bath welcome the Federal Government’s election commitment to the South Gippsland Highway in June this year.

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Mining anxiety lifts THE Mirboo North community rejoiced last Wednesday, after learning Mantle Mining was no longer pursuing licence renewals for black and brown coal exploration in the region.

Marg Thomas from Coal and CSG Free Mirboo North said many Gippsland communities would have been impacted by the abandoned licences including Boolarra and Mirboo North.

“Our communities have proved time and time again that our farming enterprises, tourism and all their ‘spin off’ industries outweigh a potential coal industry in our region,” she said.

“We have protected our way of life and vibrant businesses from a polluting industry that has little benefit for our communities.”

Ms Thomas said the three affected councils - Baw Baw, Latrobe City and South Gippsland - came out

strongly against Mantle Mining’s brown coal developments.

“This, combined with huge community opposition has no doubt been a factor in the company’s decision,” she said.

Phil Piper from Mirboo North said the cancellation of the licences was a great win, not only for the Mirboo North district, but the whole region.

“Mantle Mining made a good business decision knowing that any mining activities would be quite difficult to execute thanks to the local community and Coal and CSG Free Mirboo North who have persistently fought the mining company,” he said.

“There is a feeling of relief, especially from the farmers. That is their livelihood and a lot of them didn’t know what to do and now they have certainty.”

Berrys Creek beef farmer Fergus O’Connor said agriculture was the backbone of the local economy and communities should not have to constantly compete with ‘pie in the sky’ mining proposals.

“Having no further coal licences hanging over our heads gives us great certainty to move forward with our

Back us Mayor urges public to support council

By Brad Lester

farming operations,” he said.

“We really feel like Christmas has come early and we can now look forward to a coal and gas field free future.”

Gayle Margaret from Mirboo North said because people took an interest in the issue and got involved early on, which helped the campaign.

“There was a groundswell of people prepared to take action and talk to politicians and to the companies

Ecstatic: Coal and CSG Free Mirboo North members were thrilled with the news Mantle Mining will not be pursuing renewal of six brown coal mining exploration licences, several of which were near Mirboo North. Back, from left, Helen Groen, Suzanne Wightman, Gayle Margaret and Jessie the dog, Braydon Groen, Phil Piper, Fergus O’Connor, David Arnault, Joy Downs and Olivia O’Connor, and front, from left, Anna Hall, Marg Thomas and Denyse Menzies.

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THE new mayor of South Gippsland Shire Council is urging the community to unite behind the new look council after the past council was fraught with in-fighting.

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Proud, passionate: the new mayor of South Gippsland Shire Council, Cr Ray Argento, and deputy mayor Cr Maxine Kiel are looking forward to promoting the virtues of the region.

A previous captain of the Toora CFA, he continues to serve as a fire investigator.

He has also served as a branch and district president of the United Dairyfarmers of Victoria, and on the Toora Primary School Council and Toora Cemetery Trust, and enjoys restoring vehicles and metalwork.

Married to Fiona, the couple has three children: Sasha, 23, a hairdresser in Melbourne; Katrina, 21, an apprentice chef at The Coffee Collective in Wonthaggi; and Scott, 19, an apprentice welder at Hulls Engineering, Leongatha.

Cr Kiel is a well known Mirboo North businesswoman and the current shire citizen of the year, president of Mirboo Country Development Inc and vice-president of the Mirboo North RSL. Married to Colin, the couple has a daughter Jacqueline, who is a pharmacist in Noosa, Queensland. Cr Kiel also has two sons from a previous marriage, Matthew, 42, of Trafalgar and Simon, 40, of Yeppoon, Queensland.

Cr Kiel enjoys reading, sewing, and knitting, and shares a passion for vintage/veteran motor vehicles with her husband.

Other council committee appointments included Cr Jeremy Rich to the Chief Executive Officer Review Committee, along with the mayor and deputy mayor; Cr Lorraine Brunt to the Audit Committee, along with the mayor; and Cr Meg Edwards to the West Gippsland Regional Library Board and Cr Alyson Skinner as her substitute.

The mayoral allowance was set at $74,655 and councillor allowances at $24,127, with both positions attracting an extra 9.5 percent superannuation.

Crs Argento and Kiel will serve in their roles for one year.

Lone runner in mayoral race JUST two weeks ago, Cr Andrew McEwen told The Star he was seriously considering nominating for mayor.

Cr Don Hill also told this newspaper he would nominate for deputy mayor.

When the time came to vote last Wednesday, Cr McEwen instead nominated Cr Ray Argento for the role and the council backed him unanimously, electing first time councillor Argento to the top role, unopposed.

Cr Hill nominated Cr Maxine Kiel for the deputy role and she was elected to the position, also unopposed.

In the previous council, councillors Hill and McEwen had often vied with some other councillors, whom they dubbed the “majority bloc”.

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Whether councillors McEwen and Hill did not have the support of their fellow councillors or had a change of heart, Cr McEwen was quick out of his chair to congratulate Cr Argento, a public display that seemed to indicate he was willing to work with his new councillors and move on.

“The election has indicated the community wanted constructive change,” Cr McEwen said.

“We will look at working together in a collaborative and mutually respectful way.”

Cr Hill recently wrote a letter to councillors concerned the decision to appoint Cr Argento as mayor was made behind closed doors and not in open council.

He did not wish to comment further when contacted

by The Star, saying, “We have a new mayor and deputy mayor with support from all nine councillors”.

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Cr Ray Argento, of Toora and Inverloch, was elected mayor unopposed last Wednesday and will be joined by Cr Maxine Kiel of Mirboo North as deputy, who also was unopposed.

“I believe council’s critics will become its allies,” Cr Argento said shortly after his election.

The mayor later told The Star, “I want to bring council and the community together in portraying the shire in a positive light.

“There has been a lot of negativity in the past but by moving forward, we can promote the region as the best place in Australia.”

Cr Argento said the new council was “moving forward” and having “frank and open discussions” where all councillors were urged to express their views.

“They are passionate councillors who are passionate about their communities and passionate about our shire, and they need to be heard,” he said.

“I’m looking forward to what the future holds. The sun will come out and the clouds will go away.”

Cr Kiel told The Star she came to council with only one agenda: to bring unity to the council.

“We need to be financially responsible and build on the excellent work done by previous councils. We are in a strong financial position and we need to continue to develop new projects and maintain the existing infrastructure,” she said.

“Roads are a constant concern to ratepayers and our commitment to improvements should be paramount. We are a large rural shire with 28 individual towns, each requiring specific needs. We must listen to those needs and plan for the future accordingly.”

Cr Kiel said council had an “excellent staff base” and called for “strong and decisive leadership which will encourage a stable workforce with good governance and staff that want to be part of the solution”.

Cr Kiel said fostering prosperity was essential for the region to grow.

“But a region that does not know its destination will never know its journey. I will work with the people of South Gippsland to realise that destination, plan the journey and bring everyone along for the ride,” she said.

Cr Argento is now living at Inverloch while he builds a new home at Toora, where his family formerly ran a dairy farm.

involved, which is how we got into this position,” she said.

“First came the ban on CSG mining and now Mantle Mining has decided there is no social licence for those sorts of developments.”

Ms Thomas said Mantle Mining’s decision proves beyond a doubt that people power does work.

“One person can make a difference,” she said.

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Encore: Beryl Ferrier, centre, (Lennie Gwyther’s sister) catches up with Leongatha Primary School students who performed two songs from Lennie the Legend. From left, Hamish Box Great help: handling the sale of tickets and raffles at the door are, from left, Leongatha (Leo, Lennie’s dad), Piper Goldsmith (Clara, Lennie’s mum), Sharni Campbell (Lennie) and Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Brenton Williams, Emma Smith, and Shirleyanne Wright.

Ashley Geary (Lennie).

Lennie fundraiser makes $7000 A HIGHLY successful Lennie Gwyther Statue Fundraiser in Leongatha on Saturday night has netted the appeal $7,000.

This has boosted the funds raised so far to $35,000, just $10,000 short of the $45,000 approximately needed to have the statue of Lennie and his horse Ginger Mick struck into bronze.

Members of the Leongatha Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which organised the night, were delighted with the turnout of 160 people, including many members of the Gwyther family.

Chamber member Peter Watchorn said money was raised through sales of tickets on the night, sales of the Lennie Gwyther history book, an auc-

tion of four items, plus the sale of 10 keys, one of which opened a lock for $1000.

“The $1000 was won by Kath Clark ,” Mr Watchorn said.

The night started with a performance by four members of the Leongatha Primary School who sang two songs from the recent Lennie the Legend school play.

The play tells the tale of Lennie Gwyther, who aged nine, rode his pony Ginger Mick to Sydney from Leongatha – 1000km over 33 days - to witness the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Local singer Jackie Van Velzen then sang four songs before the auction of goods. Finally it was the turn of Greg Champion of Coodabeen Cham-

pions fame, to entertain the crowd with many songs, mostly of AFL footy flavour.

“The night was fantastic. We much appreciate the efforts of the primary school children, our wonderful local singer Jackie, and of course Greg Champion, who told me later the audience were great and very receptive,” Mr Watchorn said.

“Thanks to the Gwyther family who came along for the night including Lennie’s sisters Beryl and Lita, Lennie’s daughter Mary and grand-

daughter Sally. Thanks to everyone for turning out and supporting the night and to the chamber helpers too for backing this event.”

Chamber member Glenn Wright worked hard on the night keeping things moving as MC and also running the auction.

With a couple of surprise announcements of more funding about to come, the magic $45,000 is not too far away.

Coodabeen champ: Greg Champion, middle, catches up with Inverloch residents Barbara and Bob Williams.

Life saver: Leongatha Rotary Club president Don Bruce, left, presented a defibrillator to Woorayl Lodge president Mark Pearce, manager Jo White and personal carer Kathy Ingles.

Donation to save lives IN Victoria, 1500 die from out of hospital cardiac arrest each year.

In effort to reduce the statistics, Rotary Clubs Australia wide are working to distribute defibrillators in local organisations.

Leongatha Rotary Club presented Woorayl Lodge with a $2500 defibrillator last Tuesday (November 15).

The defibrillator was supplied by Tasmania’s Phil Brumby, who travelled to Leongatha to demonstrate to the Woorayl Lodge staff how to use the device.

“A lot of people don’t appreciate just how many people die from out of hospital cardiac arrest,” Mr Brumby said.

“Around 8600 die from out of hospital cardiac arrest nationwide, and 6000 of those people could have survived if someone had performed CPR and used a defibrillator.

“Rotary’s initiative to get defibrillators into local organisations is happening because they understand that

these vital minutes can save lives.”

The defibrillator will not only help the residents of Woorayl Lodge, but it will help the staff and visitors as well.

The technology is simple for untrained people to use.

When in use, automated voice prompts give instructions to ensure the device is used correctly.

The defibrillator monitors the condition of the patient and will turn itself if the patient doesn’t need it.

“One of the main problems is that people won’t operate defibrillators for fear they will hurt someone. That can’t happen with this defibrillator,” Mr Brumby said.

The defibrillator can also be used on patients with pacemakers without harm.

Woorayl Lodge is the second organisation to receive a defibrillator from Mr Brumby and the Rotary Club. The first organisation was Woorayl Golf Club 12 months ago.

Man airlifted after road rage A ROAD rage victim has been released from hospital in Melbourne after an assault in Korumburra last Wednesday.

Police said an altercation between two men from South Gippsland resulted in a 53 year old man, a pedestrian, being knocked to the ground and sustaining head and other injuries.

He was airlifted to the Alfred Hospital for treatment and was later released.

Police said the alleged offender drove away from the scene. Police have since spoken to the man and are investigating further, including how

the victim was knocked to the ground.

Police believe the men were unknown to each other and had an altercation further up the road beforehand. Charges are yet to be laid.

The incident occurred at the intersection of South Gippsland Highway and Korumburra-Warragul Road about 2pm.

Detectives from Bass Coast Criminal Investigation Unit are investigating the incident. The driver was in a silver station wagon.

Anyone with information should contact Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000.

Reservoirs secure SOUTH Gippsland’s water supply systems continue to maintain healthy storage levels of above 96 percent capacity.

Over the past week, slight drops were recorded in the Lance Creek (Wonthaggi, Inverloch and Cape Paterson), Ruby Creek (Leongatha) and Coalition Creek (Korumburra) systems influenced by seasonal fluctuations not uncommon for this time of year.

Information and graphs depicting water stor-

age levels can be found in the services section of South Gippsland Water’s website www.sgwater. com.au.

South Gippsland Water encourages customers to always use water wisely. Permanent Water Saving Rules continue to be in place across all Victorian systems and townships.

Rainfall was recorded at South Gippsland Water’s storages from November 11 to 18: Lance Creek 17mm, Ruby Creek 14mm, Coalition Creek 25mm, Deep Creek 19mm, Little Bass 16mm and Battery Creek 20mm.

Spotlight on gut health INTERNATIONAL speaker and bestselling author Don Chisholm, also known as The Gut Man, was in Leongatha last Wednesday night.

Organised by the Leongatha Health Food Store, the talk was focussed on Don’s book Have you got the guts to be Really Healthy?

Around 40 people attended the talk.

Suzi Bath from the Leongatha Health Food Store said it was a fantastic night.

“People just wanted to know when he was coming back and everybody learnt things they didn’t know. It was a really good evening,” she said.

The gut man: speaking in Leongatha last Wednesday night was Don Chisholm, at an event organised by Suzi Bath from the Leongatha Health Food Store.

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Final formal: from left, Emily Cashin, Rhiannon Nicholls, Ashlee McDonald and Nikki Stockdale enjoyed catching up at the Year 12 formal held by Leongatha Secondary College.

Year 12s celebrate end of schooling LEONGATHA Memorial Hall was a night of celebration when students, parents, teachers and friends gathered to mark the end of schooling life for the Year 12s on Friday.

Students arrived in formal attire to a hall beautifully styled by local business Events by Kate, setting the scene for a wonderful night.

There was then an opportunity for photos individually or with family and friends, whilst a photobooth was well used.

Everyone then enjoyed a beautiful sit-down three

course meal.

Principal Wayne Chester welcomed all to the formal after which all four school leaders and Year 12 coordinator David McGillvray made speeches.

There were some laughs as a slide show was played of each student and how some had changed since their start of secondary school in Year 7.

As the roll was called, students came to the stage where more photos were taken.

That ended the formal part and teacher Marty Box provided live music and DJ music, along with a lighting show as students danced the rest of the night away.

Taxing time for koala THE story of a koala entering Leongatha’s Fawcett and Pickersgill accountancy has gone viral.

“It’s been seen on the UK Mail and I had a colleague from Deniliquin call me about it. It’s been seen right across Australia,” partner Jim Pickersgill said.

The koala wandered through the doors of the accounting firm at 4pm on Monday, November 14, ushered by Eastern Victorian Region MLC Harriet Shing.

Ms Shing spotted the koala walking along Bair Street and was worried about its safety amongst busy afternoon traffic.

She followed the koala along to keep it away from the road until it decided to stop in at Fawcett and Pickersgill.

Mr Pickersgill described the situation as “quite hilarious”.

“It was a little bit of fun for a Monday afternoon.

I thought it was very kind of Harriet (Ms Shing) to make sure the koala was all right. I’m an animal lover and I was very pleased to see she took the time to do that,” he said.

“We immediately rang the vet and left the koala alone in our store room.”

The vet sent Wildlife Rescue personnel to Fawcett and Pickersgill and they arrived within 45 minutes.

In that time, the staff at Fawcett and Pickersgill arranged a box and towels in the store room for the koala.

“Once it had calmed down, it mostly sat in the

Police seize hoon’s car A KORUMBURRA man will be summonsed to Korumburra Magistrate’s Court to face hoon driving charges.

The 18 year old was observed by Leongatha Police performing donuts on a grassed area at the Leongatha Recreation Reserve, near the skate park, around 8pm on Sunday, November 13.

The incident caused substantial damage to public property.

The man’s Toyota Hilux dual cab ute was seized and impounded for 30 days. He will have to pay a fine of $1170 to recover the vehicle.

He faces charges of failing to have proper control of his vehicle and exceeding peer passengers in his vehicle (P1 driver).

4WD saved WONTHAGGI Police have praised people who came to the aid of two fishermen whose four wheel drive became bogged in sand at Cape Paterson last Wednesday.

The men faced a rapidly incoming tide but word spread quickly throughout Cape Paterson and help soon arrived.

With the help of a bobcat and other vehicles, the near submerged vehicle was saved.

Police plea to indicate LEONGATHA Police have reminded drivers to indicate when negotiating the new intersection of McCartin, Roughead and Anderson streets in Leongatha.

Drivers travelling up Roughead Street and entering McCartin Street should indicate left.

corner. We had quite a mess in the store room afterwards though,” Mr Pickersgill said.

He offered to have the koala relocated to his property, but Wildlife Rescue returned it to the Leongatha wetlands.

“It was explained to us that koalas are quite territorial and if they are relocated, they find their way back to their territory,” he said.

“The koala was taken to the wetlands under the assumption it came from that way.”

New client: a koala wandered into Fawcett and Pickersgill accountancy on Bair Street, Leongatha, last week. Since then, the story has received many views online.

Motorists continuing on to Anderson Street should indicate right.

This tells drivers waiting at the give way sign in McCartin Street which way traffic is intending to go.

Business break-in POLICE are asking the public for help after a burglar broke into an Inverloch business on Saturday night.

Thieves cut a lock and chain at the front gate to Salasiam in Wonthaggi Road between 5pm Saturday and 9.30am Sunday.

They entered the front yard but police reported nothing appeared to have been stolen.

Anyone with information should contact Inverloch Police on 5674 1202.

Diesel spill DIESEL was spilt on the South Gippsland Highway from Leongatha to Loch last week, causing a traffic hazard.

Roads crews promptly scattered sand over the spilt fuel to absorb it, and reduce the risk of vehicles sliding off the road or into oncoming traffic.

V/Line said the driver of the 5.40am coach from Leongatha to Southern Cross Station that Wednesday did not replace the fuel cap after refuelling the coach.

This led to a small amount of diesel fuel dripping from the tank as the coach travelled toward Koo Wee Rup. “Diesel is a low flammable fuel and there was never any danger to staff, customers or the community,” a V/ Line spokesperson said.

“Safety is V/Line’s number one priority, and we are reminding coach operators of their responsibility to run a safe and environmentally responsible service.”

The service was operated by a different coach from Koo Wee Rup to Melbourne.

“THE STAR” Tuesday, November 22, 2016 - PAGE 9

New hope for Phillip Island

By Tayla Kershaw FOR the ratepayers looking for a fresh start for Bass Coast Shire Council, the result of Wednesday’s mayoral election was exciting.

The new look council unanimously voted for Cr Pamela Rothfield to take up the mayor’s role. She, and fellow councillor Stephen Fullarton, are members of the Phillip Island Standalone movement that advocated for the Island to breakaway from Bass Coast and have its own municipality.

She is joined by deputy mayor Cr Brett Tessari, who was also unanimously elected to the position.

Cr Rothfield said she was waiting to review decisions made by the former council before setting a list of priorities, but Phillip Island residents have high hopes for the future.

“Phillip Island residents were delighted with the election of Stephen (Cr Fullarton) and Pamela (Cr Rothfield). With more than 50 per cent of the primary vote in their favour, this election is a sign that the shire needs a clean slate and a fresh start,” Phillip Island Progress Association acting chair Greg Price said.

“We are excited to see what these nine councillors achieve.”

For Phillip Island, the big ticket items on the wish list are a medical centre, a transfer station and an aquatic centre.

To do this, Mr Price said council need to consider a larger capital works budget that benefits the entire shire.

“Historically, the capital works budget has been appallingly low. Phillip Island has been neglected for 22 years and has paid 50 percent of the rate,” he said.

“Phillip Island is the draw card for this state,

which is not how it is presented. You can’t have a fortnightly rubbish pick up for a place where the population explodes from 9000 to 90,000. It is inadequate and shows a lack of foresight from the senior administration.”

Mr Price believes Phillip Island should have a 24/7 accident and emergency unit to cope with the growing population.

“You can’t have this sort of population without a health facility. Wonthaggi does a good job but it is

limited to triage and transfer,” he said.

“On Phillip Island, you might as well keep the blinker on and keep going to Dandenong. However, this is an issue for the State and Federal governments as well. It is important they recognise the limited resources and give the appropriate funding.”

In the meantime, the new councillors will be fully briefed on the current situation within the shire, and have suggested they will review former decisions such as transfer stations and dogs on beaches.

New mayor congratulated COUNCILLOR Pamela Rothfield is the new mayor of Bass Coast Shire Council.

She was unanimously elected alongside Cr Brett Tessari, who is the deputy mayor.

Both councillors will retain these positions for 12 months.

Cr Rothfield said she was “absolutely chuffed” to be the first mayor on the newly elected council.

“I look forward to working with the new councillors. We all have L plates on and it will be a real learning curve,” she said.

“It is wonderful to have the confidence of my fellow councillors and I look forward to a great year.”

Cr Tessari said there were several priorities on the cards for the new council, in particular a full scale review of the Inverloch Transfer Station which the pre-

vious council decided to close from September 2017.

“There are so many things we want to look at to cater for the whole shire in the long term,” he said.

Cr Tessari said he was excited to serve his term as deputy mayor alongside Cr Rothfield.

“She (Cr Rothfield) is the breath of fresh air that our community’s been looking for,” he said.

“On a personal note, I’m very proud to hold the position of deputy mayor. I can’t wait to get down to business and represent the community.”

The mayoral allowance is $74,655 and councillor allowance $24,127.

The new council’s first ordinary meeting will be held at 5pm on Wednesday, November 23, in the council chamber in Wonthaggi.

The meeting is open to the public and the community is encouraged to attend.

Great cause: the Ladies Auxiliary put together another successful Christmas fete at Bass Coast Health on Saturday.

Cakes, crafts, books and toys were on sale to help people find great Christmas presents and raise money for the hospital. The Ladies Auxiliary recently funded the purchase of an ECG machine.

The proceeds of the fete will go towards the next project – the purchase of an ultrasound machine for the emergency department valued at more than $50,000. Pictured from left are Ladies Auxiliary president Marg Hender with Lyn Martell, who were busily selling craft items on the weekend.

Representatives: Bass Coast Shire Council unanimously elected Cr Brett Tessari as deputy mayor and Cr Pamela Rothfield as mayor last Wednesday.

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IMPRESSIVE

PHOTO: Janine Clark of Nerrena took this amazing photo of last week’s supermoon.

She used a Nikon D7100 camera with a 400mm lens set to auto focus. The photo was taken with the camera on manual mode, ISO 200, F11 and shutter speed was 1/250.

“As this lens is very heavy I used a tripod to eliminate camera shake. I did try various settings but this one worked best,” she said.

WATCH OUT: beach-goers and surfers are urged to look for bluebottles on local beaches after this specimen was found at Kilcunda last Wednesday.

According to the Australian Museum, bluebottles can deliver a painful sting even when washed up dead on the beach.

Intense pain may be felt from a few minutes to many hours and develops into a dull ache. The affected area develops a red line with small white lesions.

The museum advises victims to remove bluebottles with tweezers or a gloved hand.

For milder stings, use ice packs or local anaesthetic sprays to reduce pain. In extreme cases, resuscitation may be needed and medical attention should be sought.

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LOOKING BACK: musician Wendy O’Keeffe and student Emily Chadwick entertained at the recent Ecumenical Pleasant Sunday Afternoon at Scots Pioneer Church, Mardan South.

The occasion included a memorial tribute to the late Margaret Castle, who gifted the church for the community’s benefit.

At the next PSA this Sunday, November 27 at 2pm, South Gippsland group Stringz Costero will perform in the finale for the year. All welcome. The church is at 1230 Mardan Road, Mardan South.

GRADUATES: Elly Poletti, right, and Imy Dale recently graduated from their Bachelor of Music at Monash University – Clayton Campus. Elly has nearly completed her Masters of Teaching (Primary and Secondary). Imy Dale is the daughter of a former South Gippsland School Music Program teacher Andrew Dale. Both women went through university together.

DON’T miss the open gardens fundraiser at Fish Creek this weekend in aid of Relay for Life 2017. Garden one at Coral Ackland’s, 585 Harding Lawson Road, is open on Saturday and Sunday from 1pm until 4pm. Garden two is Susan and Peter Poletti’s garden at 75 Eastaways Road, Fish Creek, open only on Sunday between 1pm-4pm. Admission is $5.

There will be Devonshire tea at Coral’s on Saturday and Susan and Peter’s on Sunday.

GRADE 4 students at Korumburra Primary School start their bike education program this week.

Over two weeks they will ride on roads ahead of the annual bike hike from Leongatha to Koonwarra, return.

STUDENTS at Bass Valley Primary School headed to Melbourne recently for the Grade 3/4 Urban Camp. The visited Federa-

Trains can come from either direction at any time.

GRADE 6 students from Tarwin Lower, Foster, Welshpool, Nyora and Lang Lang primary schools recently visited Canberra.

Three Tarwin Lower students, Kody, Nelson and Grace, were chosen to represent Victoria as part of the Remembrance Day celebrations at the Australian War Memorial. This was a great honour and they did their school proud.

WELL done to Inverloch Primary School students Rhien Hall and Riley Harris, who succeeded in the Regional Primary Golf Tournament at Warragul recently.

The boys competed against 18 other young golfers in a nine-hole event.

Riley finished with a score of 51 to place fifth and Rhien scored 53 to be sixth.

Vote for your favourite photos THERE is still a little time left to vote for your favourite image in Prom Country Regional Tourism’s inaugural photography competition.

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tion Square, cruised the Yarra River, toured the zoo and bounced away at a trampoline venue.

During September and October, 58 images were submitted, each embracing the theme ‘Spring in Prom Country’. People are now invited to view the spring photo gallery and to vote for their three favourite images.

The image with the most votes at the end of November will be awarded the people’s choice award.

Submitting a vote will enter you in the draw to receive one of two great prizes including a dinner for two or a gift pack.

“We are very pleased with the number of entries in the competition,” said Philip Botte, chair of Prom Country Regional Tourism.

“The photographers have all interpreted the theme differently and the images have been taken from across South Gippsland. They are of a very high quality.”

As well as a people’s choice award, a best image prize will also be awarded by the Prom Country Regional Tourism Board. Winners will be announced at the start of December. To vote for your favourite images, please visit www. promcountryphotocomp.com.au.

Another photo competition is planned for 2017.

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Earthworks is big business A KEEN interest in running his own earthworks business and the need for a professional change prompted Greg Dell to purchase David Rounds Bobcat Hire, now known as David Rounds Earthworks.

Mr Dell said David will continue to work with the business, which will provide the same level of services to all new and existing customers.

“The business had already been operating for 16 years, it is a long term local business with an excellent reputation.

Dave is one of the best operators in the area and is experienced in all aspects of the business,” he said.

“His knowledge of the equipment and what it can do is exceptional, and I’m delighted that he will stay on to work in the business”.

“Customers who know Dave can still contact him directly on 0428 623 460 or they can call me on 0436 408 587.”

Mr Dell said the business can complete all small scale civil works including but not limited to farm tracks, driveways, house and shed sites, culvert installation, post and stump holes, site cleaning, tree removal and trenching.

In addition to this the business will now be providing firewood cutting and splitting and pipe and cable location to its services.

Mr Dell has spent the last 21 years working as the general manager of local herb producer Fresh Zest, and recently decided it was time for something different.

“I have always had an interest in earthworks and I have known Dave for a long time,” he said.

“I approached him to see if he was interested in selling his business, and a couple of weeks later he let me know he was.

A few meetings later we had an agreement and then it was just a question of timing

Continue on: new owner of David Rounds Earthworks, Greg Dell, pictured right, is excited to continue the excellent work of the established business, which is based out of Leongatha. He is with former owner, David Rounds. for the sale.

“We intend to keep the business going exactly the same way. It will still be based in Leongatha, doing exactly what it has always done in being reliable and providing excellent outcomes for customers.”

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OPINIONS

Letters to the Editor

Council observation

E D I T O R I A L Time to fund Black Spur IT’S been a political handball that’s gone on for too long.

The realignment of the South Gippsland Highway at Black Spur, between Koonwarra and Meeniyan, has been a dream of the region for many years, and as The Star reports today (Tuesday), is now closer than ever to being funded by the State and Federal governments.

However the deal is yet to be signed, after the Federal Government last week took the State Government by surprise in announcing the state had agreed to match its federal counterparts in funding infrastructure projects around Victoria, one of them being the Black Spur.

As it turns out, this was news to the State Government, despite a public announcement by the Federal Government to the contrary, with the Andrews Government claiming negotiations were still being finalised.

The winding bends of the Black Spur, with the intersection with Caithness Road at the centre, have been the scene of many accidents over the years, including trucks turning over but fortunately not landing on passing traffic and taking lives in the mean time.

Yet the potential for such a tragedy is there.

VicRoads continues to work on a business case although there was talk of this case being due for completion by late last year and then again by the middle of this year.

This case was to be put forward against other projects statewide to compete for state funding.

The federal funding commitment is simply too good for the state to pass up and that’s why Victorian Roads Minister Luke Donnellan must put politics aside and approve this project.

After all, Mr Donellan, as a former shadows roads minister, visited South Gippsland while in opposition to highlight the potholeriddled state of the region’s roads then and is well aware of the value – both economic and safety wise – of roads to the region.

Let’s hope for an announcement some time soon.

Letters guidelines ALL letters should be kept to 400 words or less.

The Star reserves the right to edit all letters for length and style.

Writer’s details, including full name, address and phone number (not for publication), must be included.

LIKE most of us, I’ve joined many clubs over the years but never would I have expected, nor accepted had it been offered, the role of president as soon as I joined.

It doesn’t make sense for anyone to try to run an organisation when they have no experience at all of how it operates.

So how clever are our newly elected councillors at South Gippsland Shire?

There’s a lot more at stake here than with your average sporting or social club yet they blithely appoint two novices to the top positions of mayor and deputy mayor!

Now I have nothing against Ray Argento or Maxine Kiel but it’s a very tall order to step into these roles with no directly

relevant experience.

And it’s not as if there was no viable alternative: one candidate received far more primary votes than any other candidate (37 percent more than Ray in fact), has years of experience both working in local government and as a shire councillor, and more sensible ideas as to how to improve our shire than all the others put together. Yet he’s been frozen out.

The electorate spoke when they threw out nearly all of the old guard at the recent election but if we’re not careful their ghosts may still return to stymie our progress.

I genuinely wish the new council all the best but they don’t seem to be off to an auspicious start.

One thing’s for sure: CEO Tim Tamlin will be quietly re-

Email: letters@thestar.com.au Post: PO Box 84 Leongatha 3953 Fax: 03 5662 4350

joicing that he has novices to manage, rather than the councillors managing him which is the way it should be and what most of us voted for.

Frank Hirst, Ranceby.

Ratepayers stand together THANK you to everyone who voted for me at the recent South Gippsland Shire Council elections.

Thank you to our departing councillors and congratulations to the successful candidates.

There was a large number of good candidates and, to me, a surprising amount of interest from the community in the elections and local government in general.

Are there currently adequate opportunities for people to continue to have input into decisions made by council affecting their lives? One or two complaints or questions may be easily dismissed.

We need an ongoing, independent group, be it a council watchdog, ratepayers association or similar to raise issues, give feedback, get answers and generally lobby council for the community .

If you have such a group or are otherwise interested please contact me at stevefinlay@live. com.au.

Council needs our input, needs to be accountable and may even be helped by such a group.

Steve Finlay, Leongatha.

VOX VOXPOP! What are your water safety tips?

“Always swim between the flags on patrolled beaches,” Erin Gin, Wonthaggi.

“Listen to the lifesavers by swimming between the red and yellow flags; if we can’t see you, we can’t save you.”

Dan Freeman, Wonthaggi.

“Look at the conditions before getting in the water and always swim with a friend.”

Sarah Gent, Wonthaggi.

“Make sure you have an adult with you when you go swimming. Always keep an eye out for children.”

Kate Hyde, Wonthaggi.

Rail trail to re-open with fishy twist THE Great Southern Rail Trail is complete and will be officially relaunched this Saturday at Fish Creek.

The day will also include an official opening of the Commonwealth Games fish which is now installed in the town, between Ride the Wild Goat and the Butter Factory.

Taking place at the Fish Creek station site, the relaunch of the rail trail will be officiated by Eastern Victoria MP Harriet Shing.

The rail trail project cost around $4.75 million, with $3 million from the State Government and $1.75 from South Gippsland Shire Council, and was delivered over three stages.

The project included an 18.5 kilometre extension of the trail from Foster to Port Welshpool and the development of the Black Spur section of the trail.

The trail is now a continuous 72 kilometres beVoicing concerns: members of Watershed make their opposition to the desalination plant tween Leongatha and Port Welshpool. known at Wonthaggi on Friday.

The opening will take place this Saturday, November 26 at 11.30am at the John Terrill Memorial Park, at the Fish Creek station site.

The opening of the Commonwealth Games fish will take place after the opening of the rail trail at noon.

WATERSHED members and supporters able alternatives. Instead Water Minister Lisa South Gippsland Shire Council councillor Meg rallied in Wonthaggi on Friday, ahead of Neville has rashly ordered 50GL or $30 million Edwards said the fish added another element to the worth of water from the desal consortium, at a town’s growing public art collection. the desal plant commencing full opera- huge cost to Victorians.

“The combination of art and agriculture in the tion this week.

“Who will pay? We question why the water public space has been welcomed by the community The protesters gathered at the corner of Lower order was made at this time, when dams are 72.5 and is indicative of the culture of Fish Creek,” she said.

Powlett Road and the Bass Highway. percent full?”

Cr Edwards said the fish has been helped greatly Watershed vice-president Jessica Harrison President Mark Robertson added, “Never foralong the way through the donations and generosity said, “The desal plant is the most expensive and get the desal plant uses a huge amount of energy of the local community. most destructive method for producing water. and will cause a massive increase in Victoria’s She said the artists Andy McPherson and Ray “The Andrews Government promised sustain- carbon emissions.”

Jones donated their time to create the installation.

“Thank you to everyone involved in the project over the long period of time, including people willing to store the fish in their sheds, Deidre Grainger for her past work, Ned Dennis and the South Gippsland Shire Council, Tony Walker, to Andy and Ray and everyone else who has volunteered,” she said.

Protest as desal fires up

Flying fish: Andrew McPherson, left and Ray Jones with the Commonwealth Games fish installed at Fish Creek. The fish will be officially recognised this Saturday, after the official relaunch of the Great Southern Rail Trail in Fish Creek at 11.30am.

“THE STAR” Tuesday, November 22, 2016 - PAGE 13

Inverloch-Kongwak embraces Spanish life EXPLORING cultures is an important part of the curriculum at Inverloch Primary School.

For the past two years, the students have been discovering the Spanish language and the heritage of Spanish speaking cultures.

This is particularly important for the school because several of the students have Hispanic backgrounds.

Students from Prep to Grade 6 all take part in the cultural learning.

To celebrate their knowledge, the school held a Spanish Day last Friday.

The children were given the opportunity to cook, dance, sing and craft during the day. They were even Learning culture: from left, Inverloch Primary School students Connor, Jasper, Harvey, able to try the Chilean treat empanadas.

Empanadas are similar to mini meat pies and Lui, and teaching aid Ethan Wilson got into the spirit of Spanish Day on Friday. Connor’s were ordered from a Chilean bakery in Melbourne.

mother is from Chile and Lui’s father is from Panama.

They were also given sessions with band Inka Maka. The band members had Chilean and Bolivian backgrounds.

“The education has opened the students’ eyes to the world around them and the different cultures.

It has made them global citizens,” Spanish teacher Jacqui Castillo said.

“It is has improved their literacy in their first language and has helped them form their own identities.

“They got to spend the day with students from across the school – even from Kongwak Primary School – and they’ve really loved the experience.”

Ms Castillo said language had not been taught at the school for many years, but the school community has embraced Spanish as a class.

“The staff has gone to a fantastic effort to bring the culture into the school and for the students attending Spanish lessons is one of the highlights of their week,” she said.

Drives promote Prom Country A SUCCESSFUL scenic drives promotion was one of the key achievements detailed at the recent Prom Country Regional Tourism annual general meeting.

The AGM was held on November 8 at Café Escargot in Mirboo North.

Prom Country Regional Tourism chair Philip Botte presented a report of activity over the last 12 months, which included the production of a touring map and visitor guide, as well as the facilitation of a drives campaign.

The drives campaign involved the development of a new brochure featuring 14 scenic drives that was distributed in 50,000 RoyalAuto magazines.

The drives were also mapped out on the Prom Country app so drivers could travel the route and follow their journey in ‘real time’. Industry development activities included a business forum, a TripAdvisor workshop and a progressive dinner at Meeniyan.

“It has been a busy 12 months for Prom Country Regional Tourism and the next 12 months are looking equally busy,” Mr Botte said.

Talking tourism: Judy and Neil Travers of Waratah Hills Vineyard socialise with Steve Ericsson and Jarrod Danahay of Promhelis at the Prom Country Regional Tourism annual Musical fun: Inverloch Primary School students Rosita and Amalia loved listening to the general meeting. performance by Jose Diaz and Michel Bestrin from the band Inka Maka. Jose is from Bolivia and Michel is from Chile. The students also have connections to the Hispanic culture; “We are currently hosting (Promhills Cabins), Marty Rosita’s mother is from Chile and Amalia’s dad is from Spain. our first Prom Country Local Dish event as well as a photography competition. We will also soon be releasing a regional mascot that will form the basis of another promotion.”

Election proceedings at the AGM were brief with all candidates elected unopposed.

The committee for 201617 is: Philip Botte (McCartin’s Hotel), Brent Moran (Parks Victoria), Sean Taylor

Thomas (Moo’s at Meeniyan), Maxine Kiel (Mirboo Country Development Inc.) and Danielle Todaro (South Gippsland Shire Council).

The meeting component ended with a farewell to retiring committee member Sheryl Lorenz (Prom Coast Discovery Tour) who contributed greatly to the tourism industry during her time with Prom Country Regional Tourism.

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Join us: from left, Leongatha State Emergency Service unit controller Matt Saario and members Terri Marsden, Sharna Shiells and Michael Grigglestone were keen to chat to potential members at an information night last Wednesday.

Get involved with the SES LEONGATHA State Emergency Service held an information evening last Wednesday, aimed at encouraging people to consider becoming a member of the volunteer organisation.

Unit controller Matt Saario said the SES is always looking for new members, however once or twice a year they hold a special recruitment event.

“We train once a week and new members are given a three month probationary period, to see if the SES is for them,” he said.

“In those three months, new recruits are given basic training and if they choose to continue, they can start the nationally recognised training that is provided.

“There is no cost in becoming a member.”

Mr Saario said members receive various training such as first aid, road rescue and chainsaw use.

“It is really up to each individual member what they want to do. There are various courses; some

people do lots, some people focus their training in one particular area,” he said.

“Some people enjoy the community engagement aspect of the SES, while some like incident management.”

Mr Saario said the SES provides many different services, including assisting at road accidents, clearing storm damage and fallen trees, assisting in missing persons searches and other rescues.

“We also manage incidents on a local, regional and state level. There is a very varied and wide scope to what we do,” he said.

Within his unit, Mr Saario said an obvious trait within volunteers is their willingness to give back to the community.

“Everyone has different skills as well,” he said.

“Our members are often new to the area, are ready for a change or want a way to meet other people.”

Anyone interested in becoming a member of the Leongatha SES can call 0429 343 199 or email leongatha@ses.vic.gov.au.

Jetty project finally funded FINAL approval has been provided for the $4.58 million in federal funding for the Port Welshpool Long Jetty, promised to the project in the lead up to the July election.

Funding for the project was held up due to incomplete paperwork.

A spokesperson for Minister for Regional Development Fiona Nash said, “The Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development received slightly incomplete information from the South Gippsland Shire Council.

“The department requested the remaining information which was quickly supplied.”

McMillan MP Russell Broadbent said now final approval has been given, South Gippsland Shire Council can take the lead on delivering the essential community project.

“As I’ve said in the past, countless hours of work have gone into the long-term campaign to secure Commonwealth funding,” he said.

“I congratulate all those selfless people who have

pushed to see this project funding come to fruition.

I look forward now to seeing the work undertaken and, ultimately, completed.”

Mr Broadbent also reiterated his thanks to those who have backed the plan to reconstruct the Gippsland icon after it was severely damaged by fire.

Port Welshpool land owner and strong proponent for the restoration project Roger Harvey said it was frustrating no information on the progress of the project had been made available until now.

“It is now several months since the happy announcement of the federal funding for the Long Jetty restoration.

However interested parties are starved of information regarding the status of the project,” he said.

Mr Harvey has proposed an online facility to “update locals and interested parties on the status of the Long Jetty restoration”.

“It would save time and effort in public bodies responding to individual requests for updated information,” he said.

A council spokesperson said, “There will be online updates once the works commence.”

Careers blossom for trainees at council

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TRAINEESHIPS at Bass Coast Shire Council provide fantastic opportunities for young people to kick start their career, with up to four new trainees and apprentices employed each year.

Bass Coast mayor Cr Pamela Rothfield said with career paths available in almost any direction, trainees have the world at their feet.

“They are mentored by experienced professionals in their field of choice with access to training, support and guidance geared towards helping them establish successful careers,” Cr Rothfield said.

Having grown up in Kilcunda and Wonthaggi and completing her secondary schooling at Wonthaggi Secondary College in 2004, Renee Reiter commenced a Business Administration traineeship and studied a Certificate III in Business Administration whilst working and learning on the job.

Completing the traineeship in 2006, Renee chose to embark on a career in horticulture and is now working in council’s parks and gardens team.

Hope Dudley completed her VCE with Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College in 2006 and undertook a Business Administration traineeship with council in 2012 whilst studying a Diploma of Human Resource Management.

During her traineeship, Hope discovered a passion for human resource management and subsequently went on to complete a bachelor degree in that field.

After working at Cardinia and Baw Baw shire councils, Hope has returned to Bass Coast in a se-

nior human resources position.

Mitch Fievez grew up in Loch and begun an information technology traineeship with council this year.

Not only is he now well on this way to completing an IT qualification, Mitch was recently successful in obtaining a new position as a community safety ranger.

Council is currently recruiting three new trainees in business administration, finance and information technology.

For more information or to apply, please visit www.basscoast.vic.gov.au/careers or contact council’s human resources team on 1300 BCOAST (226 278) or (03) 5671 2211.

Passionate about job: Bass Coast Shire Council’s Renee Reiter (left), with colleague Rhiannon Grinham, completed a Business Administration Traineeship with council and is now a valued member of the Parks and Gardens Team.

“THE STAR” Tuesday, November 22, 2016 - PAGE 15

Experience the magic of Christmas in Europe WITH the festive season fast approaching, many of us find ourselves thinking of how the rest of the world celebrates Christmas.

Many of us may even dream of a white Christmas in Europe.

After such an overwhelming response to the inaugural Christmas Markets tour that departed in December 2015, Leongatha Travel and Cruise is pleased to announce the release of our exclusive itinerary for the Enchanting Christmas Markets of Central Europe departing Leongatha on December 1, 2017, and arriving into Vienna on December 2.

“We were so overwhelmed by the positive response from not only the passengers on last year’s tour, but also from members of the community coming in and asking if we might run the tour again,” Jill Carmody from Leongatha Travel and Cruise said.

“We have added some additional experiences to the 2017 departure to ensure we are giving our clients the best possible holiday and to create the right balance of touring, free time and visits to the famous markets.

“We are very excited by these new additions as we feel they really round out the itinerary.”

The first of these new additions is a visit to the town of Cesky Krumlov, as you travel from Vienna to Prague. This beautiful village is set along the river and will provide guests with their first glimpse of life in the Czech Republic.

There are now also two additional day trips included in the now 15 night 16 day itinerary, one to historic Rothenberg in Germany and one to Salzburg.

Rothenberg will give guests the chance to explore the historic old town, as well as the original Kathe Wohlfahrt Christmas Store.

While in Salzburg guests will wander the old city and have free time to explore their famous Christmas Markets.

Jill shared some of her highlights and favourite memories from the 2015 trip.

“Vienna was wonderful. It is where we experienced our first traditional European Christmas Market and from day one it was clear that this would be a very special tour,” she said.

Another great memory Jill remembers fondly is the highlight dinner in Prague, where guests enjoy a tour of the beautiful interior of the Art Nouveau Municipal Building before dining in the Pilsen Restaurant.

“Dresden was one of my favourite stops on the trip. It’s a beautiful city and their Christmas Markets are in a great setting with fabulous handmade ornaments,” Jill said.

Memorable experience: the entrance to the popular Vienna Christmas market in Austria.

Magical location: the stunning Christmas lights in Vienna, Austria.

The incredible itinerary for the 2017 departure is exclusive to Leongatha Travel and Cruise who have pieced this itinerary together with Trafalgar Tours, 2016 NTIA winner of Best International Tour Operator.

“As a champion agency for Trafalgar Tours, I have been working with them closely over the last 24 years,” Jill said.

“They are a very popular travel option for our Be mesmerised: Christmas ‘goodies’ galore at one of the markets included in the Christmas clients as they create such an effortless, value for Markets tour offered by Leongatha Travel and Cruise. money holiday”.

Trafalgar Tours is celebrating 70 years as a guided travel operator in 2017 and Leongatha Travel and Cruise are very excited to be joining in the celebrations with this unique tour.

This 15 night tour will begin in Vienna on December 2 and includes 16 buffet breakfasts, 16 dinners, including a welcome dinner, farewell dinner and four highlight dinners, all sightseeing and the services of a professional Trafalgar travel director and coach driver.

One of the reasons this tour is so popular, Jill explained, is the ease of travel “as the group is escorted from Leongatha guests get into holiday mode straight away as all of the details have been taken care of by our team”.

Come in and see the team at Leongatha Travel and Cruise today to express your interest in joining the once in a lifetime trip to the Enchanting Christmas Markets of Central Europe!

MP urges travel caution MCMILLAN MP Russell Broadbent is urging locals travelling overseas to exercise greater caution and to take out appropriate travel insurance.

The plea comes amid a rise in the number of Australian travellers seeking consular assistance.

“Safety should remain the number one priority for Australians travelling overseas. There are loved ones and friends depending on your safe return,” Mr Broadbent said.

“Unfortunately, more and more Australians are seeking consular assistance overseas after landing themselves in hot water.

“The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s (DFAT) Consular State of Play report for 2015-16 shows increasing numbers of Australian tourists are being arrested, jailed, assaulted, hospitalised and robbed overseas.”

Mr Broadbent said the number of people arrested while overseas had soared 23 per cent from 1256 in 2014-15 to 1551 in 2015-16, while the number of Australians imprisoned while travelling went up almost five per cent in the same period to 391 people.

“There is little doubt that some Australian travellers are not taking into consideration the laws and customs of the countries in which they

are travelling,” he said.

Mr Broadbent said many travellers were also venturing overseas without adequate insurance, putting themselves and their families at physical and financial risk.

“According to a recent insurance survey, eight per cent of Australians travelled overseas without travel insurance in 2015-16, making almost 850,000 uninsured trips,” he said.

“While people need to look after themselves overseas and be aware of the customs and acceptable behaviours of the countries in which they are travelling, they must also make sure they are fully insured for any situations.

“Organising travel insurance is an essential part of preparing for your overseas trip. If you are uninsured, you or your family are personally liable for covering any medical or other costs resulting from unexpected incidents or accidents.”

Mr Broadbent said there were a number of services available to Australians travelling overseas through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Smartraveller website.

“The site has useful advice on various countries’ local laws, entry and exit requirements and health issues, and an indicative rating of the security situation in particular countries,” he said.

Link: smartraveller.gov.au

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Firefighters rehearse bushfire survival DUMBALK CFA volunteers recently conducted a dramatic burnover drill, the CFA exercise that simulates the safety procedure they will use if the tanker and crew are trapped by a bushfire.

Practise makes perfect: Dumbalk firefighters Darcy McAdam and Sue Collins deploy heat screens during the recent bushfire drill.

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Brigade captain Janet Auchterlonie said the burnover drill was part of the volunteers’ preparation for summer.

“Every CFA brigade in the state does the burnover drill each year. It’s one of the many professional skills used by volunteer firefighters on the front line,” she said.

The drill involved the crew leader signalling the crew with three blasts of the horn, and the volunteers shutting down the hoses, boarding the truck and deploying reflective curtains that block the intense radiant heat of the fire from penetrating the cabin.

They then sent an emergency mayday call, switched on the truck’s emergency lights and activated a spray system that bathed the truck in water, protecting it and the crew until the danger had passed.

“This is just a small part of the professional training CFA volunteers do and it’s a reminder of the value of preparing for summer,” Ms Auchterlonie said.

“South Gippsland is enjoying a very good spring this year, which is good for our farming community and local economy, but it is also growing a lot of fuel for the coming fire season.

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“Property owners should clear away any burnable material they can from around their homes and sheds before the season dries out, and every family should sort out their fire plan, the plan for what they will do on any day of high fire danger to ensure their safety.”

Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria (VFBV) District 9 president Brian Brewer said Dumbalk was one of the 43 brigades in this district that not only protects the area year round, but often provide crews to deal with major incidents in other parts of the state.

“The 1700 volunteers of this district are part of CFA’s surge capacity; its ability to call on thousands of trained, experienced volunteer firefighters to deal with a major incident at any time, anywhere in the state, while still protecting our local community,” he said.

“It takes a nationally recognised qualification to become a CFA volunteer firefighter, and your local CFA volunteers are always training to keep their emergency response skills sharp. They will be ready when you need them, and you should be ready too.

“Your family will be safer if you make a plan that suits your own particular needs and situation, so that every member of the family knows what to do.

“This is vital for all Victorians, whether you live in rural areas, the local town or a regional city.”

For more information on how to be prepared for summer, go to emergency.vic.gov.au On hot, dry, windy days, stay in touch with local conditions and warnings by tuning in to local radio, calling the VicEmergency Hotline (1800 226 226) or visiting emergency.vic.gov.au

Mayor’s message Cr Ray Argento I GUESS many of you are keen to know: who is mayor Cr Ray Argento?

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Australian banknotes are among the safest in the world and, to keep them that way, the Reserve Bank is introducing a new series of banknotes.

The new $5 banknote is now in circulation. It has many innovative features designed to make our banknotes clearly more secure. Importantly, all existing banknotes can continue to be used.

Discover more at banknotes.rba.gov.au or call 1800 633 220

My parents emigrated from Italy, arriving in Australia in the 1950s.

Eventually they found their way to South Gippsland and chose the rich fertile ground in Wooreen – seven kilometres north of Leongatha – to establish a dairy enterprise.

I am youngest of their seven children, all of whom were born in Leongatha.

I attended Wooreen Primary School until transferring to Saint Laurence O’Toole Primary School in Leongatha in 1977, and thereafter attending Leongatha Technical School.

After leaving school I pursued a career in agriculture and eventually purchased a small dairy farm at Wooreen, with my wife Fiona, a local girl from Mount Eccles.

I soon began volunteering with the local Berrys Creek Fire Brigade and also with Fairbank Young Farmers.

After having our first child and unable to expand our Wooreen farm, we decided to sell and purchase a larger dairy farm at Toora.

The Toora community welcomed us with open arms and we soon became involved in the community, joining numerous committees and local groups including Toora Primary School Council, local United Dairyfarmers of Victoria branch, parkland committees and Fish Creek Jaycees.

I also was very proud to become the captain of the Toora Fire Brigade, a position I retained for many years.

After 22 years at Toora – during which time we raised our three children in a great community environment – we have now sold our dairy farm. We continue to raise beef cattle and have plans to build on another property at Toora.

I am honoured to be elected as mayor and in time hope to visit all our communities within the shire alongside your ward councillors.

Our new councillors have unique skills and abilities and are passionate about their communities.

They are all approachable and are ready to hear your concerns. I will introduce each of them over the next few weeks.

I will also be using the Mayor’s Message to bust a few myths about council and to highlight some interesting facts about what council does for our communities. So, as they say, watch this space!

Finally, I would like to thank all of you in the community for your support, kind words and cups of tea during the election campaign.

I would also like to acknowledge my councillor colleagues and to thank them for having faith in me to lead them over this first year of our term.

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Christmas tree awaits acts of care FOR 25 years UnitingCare and Target have brightened the lives of thousands of Australians at Christmas through their annual Christmas Appeal.

They are again calling on shoppers to give generously by purchasing gift tags for $1 or giving an unwrapped gift for local families in need this Christmas.

Leongatha Target store manager Joanne Denbrok said it was an important time of year to give back to those who need help the most.

“We are so pleased to be partnering again with UnitingCare’s 25th Christmas appeal. Our stores love being part of this program as it touches so many disadvantaged families across Australia,” she said.

Organisers hope to raise $1.5 million to support the many community service programs run by UnitingCare.

A few dollars could help women and children fleeing domestic violence, people seeking emergency relief or children in foster care.

UnitingCare and Target are asking shoppers to donate an unwrapped gift by dropping it off at their local Target Christmas tree at the front of store or purchase a $1 bauble gift tag at the checkout.

All proceeds will be donated to the local UnitingCare Christmas Appeal.

A small gift will help assist thousands of families who struggle to celebrate Christmas, something many of us take for granted.

In 2015 the appeal helped support over 45,000 Australian families and this year organisers hope to reach more people who simply won’t have a Christmas without support from organisations like UnitingCare.

UnitingCare Australia is one of the largest providers of community services in Australia, sup-

Time to give: back from left, local UnitingCare coordinator Wendy McEachern, Leongatha Target store manager Joanne Denbrok and front, Jack and Lucy Andrews from Mirboo North at the Christmas tree inside the front doors of Target’s Leongatha store. porting more than two million Australians each year.

It provides services to older Australians, children, young people and families, indigenous Australians, people with disabilities, the poor and disadvantaged, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and older Australians in urban, rural and remote communities.

One in eight Australians live in poverty and many of these people turn to UnitingCare to put food on the table, buy gifts for their children and provide temporary accommodation over Christmas.

Leongatha UnitingCare coordinator Wendy McEachern said 2016 had been a tough year for families facing unemployment

and increasing living costs.

“Fortunately we have so many generous people in our community and we’re relying on them to dig deep, show compassion and support our appeal this Christmas,” Mrs McEachern said.

“UnitingCare works in conjunction with SalvoCare to make Christmas as bright as possible for those whose lives are tough.

“SalvoCare coordinates the food hamper program and welcomes all contributions which can be dropped off at its centre in Leongatha.”

The UnitingCare and Target Christmas Appeal was launched in all Target stores across the country on November 3 and runs through to December 24.

Water crisis in the spotlight ter, sanitation and hygiene issues are related to poverty. This is a very worthwhile cause.”

All the proceeds from the week were donated to Water Aid, which will work towards improved saniThe initiative was led by Letation, hygiene and access to clean ongatha’s Johanna Haasjes, who drinking water around the world. worked to raise awareness about According to Water Aid, 38 per poverty stricken countries at IGA cent of global health centres don’t and Safeway. have clean water, 19 per cent do She also put up a display of not have improved sanitation, and toilets in the window of New Be35 per cent have no water or soap ginnings, which were decorated for hand washing.

This then affects health, and 840,000 people die from diseases related to lack of water and sanitation each year in the developing world.

Water Aid has been operating since 2004 to improve important facilities in developing communities.

Water Aid works closely with disabled people, young people, elderly and women to ensure all needs are met.

By 2030, Water Aid aims to have delivered basic services to poverty stricken countries and to have eradicated extreme poverty.

Ms Haasjes is a dedicated and passionate campaigner for Water Aid and has promoted World Toilet Day in Leongatha for years.

“Water Aid is totally dedicated to its goal of transforming lives by improving access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene in the world’s poorest communities,” Important topic: Water Aid campaigner Johanna Haasjes she said. (right) discusses the initiatives of Water Aid with Leongatha “I think it’s important and resident Pat Spinks. worth talking about.”

LEONGATHA pooled its spare change to raise money for Water Aid last week.

by Yooralla, the Men’s Shed, the Mirboo North scouts and various families.

This culminated in a garage sale held at her Trease Street home on the United Nations’ World Toilet Day (November 19).

“I think this is very important. As a former teacher, I think education about the poverty in the world is crucial,” Ms Haajes said.

“So many of the world’s wa-

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Sewers thread way to future THIS is a sewing group with a difference.

The volunteers were inspired by a visit to Wonthaggi by Captain Plastic on a country wide campaign to rid the oceans of plastic.

Organisers say the plan is to get rid of single use shopping bags by making the bags made from recycled materials available free of charge at supermarket checkouts.

No definite outlet has yet to be finalised but talks continue with the Inverloch supermarket.

For nature’s sake: from left, Isla McLean and Alison Brewster from Inverloch and Matilda The group of eight sewers has now been acBattaglia from Wonthaggi made a great team at the Sew-A-Thon at Inverloch Community Hub. tive for three months and meets Thursday nights at Mitchell House, Wonthaggi from 7-9pm.

A sew-a-thon was held at Inverloch Community Hub recently.

Clubs will save lives

PEOPLE suffering heart attacks in public places now have a greater chance of receiving help fast, after more defibrillators were installed in the community.

The State Government is equipping Gippsland clubs with life-saving defibrillators.

Eastern Victoria Region MLC Harriet Shing announced clubs would receive the device as part of the second round of the Defibrillators Grants Program.

Early intervention during cardiac arrests greatly increases the likelihood of survival.

Having a defibrillator means players, parents and spectators can step in and take action until paramedics arrive.

Local clubs to receive defibrillators were

Inspired: Richard Kentwell is a driving force and passionate about the issue of ridding the oceans of plastic debris. He is one of the key figures behind the sewing group that meets every Thursday evening to sew cloth supermarket bags from recycled material.

He took part in the sew-a-thon at Inverloch Community Hub.

Wonthaggi Workmen’s Cricket Club, Bass Coast Boardriders Club (at Inverloch’s main beach), Leongatha Cycling Club, Korumburra Croquet Club and Welshpool Golf Club.

Ms Shing said, “These Gippsland clubs are much-loved local institutions. We’re thrilled to be able to give the clubs extra security in case an emergency strikes.

“A person’s chance of survival during cardiac arrest decreases by 10 per cent with every minute that passes. There simply isn’t a second spare.

“In an emergency, it’s important to stay calm, call emergency services, initiate immediate CPR and follow a clear emergency plan to avoid a tragedy.”

Industry: from left, first timers Vanessa Mills and Ryan Ahern with one of the Sew-A-Thon organisers, Richard Kentwell, ironer, cutter and friendly inspirer, at the sew-a-thon at Inverloch Community Hub.

Toora in good hands TOORA’S police officer in charge has said property crimes, thefts and damages are major problems in Toora, while drug use and possession are also rising.

“Although having said that, there is not a lot of crime in the first place,” Leading Senior Constable Paul Delaney said.

The station is an eight hour police station, manned by LS/C Delaney, who has been an operational duties officer for 28 years.

“The majority of my time is spent on road safety.

It astounds me how many people still think it is okay to drink and drive. Speeding is another big problem,” he said.

As a police officer, LS/C Delaney said his best advice to anyone would be “don’t drink and drive”.

“In my 28 years I have seen what happens all too often when people get behind the wheel when they are over the limit,” he said.

“Road fatalities should never happen and the effect they have on a small community is disastrous. It is not just the family and friends who are devastated.

“The emergency services workers from the volunteers at the CFA and SES to the ambulance officers, police, doctors and nurses more than often know the people involved.

“It takes a big toll on everyone, but it doesn’t need to happen.”

After joining the Victoria Police in 1988, LS/C Delaney spent the first 16 years of his career working in and around Melbourne and the south eastern suburbs.

“In 2004 I made my first move to the country where I worked at a 16 hour station in a small town called Edenhope which is in the West Wimmera Shire about 100 kilometres from Horsham,” he said.

“In 2007 I moved to another 16 hour station at Cann River in far East Gippsland where I spent just over two years.”

In 2009 LS/C Delaney moved back to the West Wimmera and took up a position as the officer in charge of the one member station at a tiny town called Apsley.

“I spent four years working at Apsley before I moved to Toora with my wife and three children in September 2013,” he said.

“We moved here for several reasons but the main reason was my father was quite ill and we wanted to be closer to him during his final days. Since then we have decided to stay.

“Toora and the surrounding area is a great little spot to live and work. I love being here to help and support my community.”

Toora is an eight hour police station, which means someone is on duty most days for an eight hour shift.

“I try to be available to the community at the station for at least four hours a day but unfortunately that is not always possible due to other commitments,” LS/C Delaney said.

“If I am not working, or tasked to training or court then the area is covered by members at the Foster Police Station. If the station is unattended at any time and you need the police urgently you should always ring triple zero.

“If the matter is not urgent, an intercom goes directly to Wonthaggi Police Station which is open 24 hours a day.”

LS/C Delaney said with the two up policy, he now works a lot of shifts with members from Foster.

“That does not stop us from serving the local community. It does mean I am not at the police station as often as I used to be,” he said.

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MIRBOO North is getting into the Christmas spirit.

The fourth annual Mirboo North Traders Christmas Night will be held on Thursday, December 1.

The town will be decked with beautiful handmade Christmas decorations made by the community.

Most of the Mirboo traders will keep their doors open past five until dark to give everyone the opportunity to find perfect Christmas presents locally.

There are some great deals to be had and plenty of family fun to enjoy on the night.

This year’s event is extra special because the town is celebrating the centenary of the railway building.

The Mirboo and District playgroup and the historical society will be working in conjunction to provide entertainment, catering and displays to commemorate this historic milestone on December 1.

The playgroup will be celebrating extra hard, as it just received the Ministers’ Award for Innovation and Excellence at the Playgroup Victoria Awards.

This is the fourth time Mirboo North has hosted this special event, and the community is hoping for beautiful weather to achieve another success.

The savings to be had are massive.

Ridgway Discounts is offering 10 percent off store-wide while the Commercial Hotel is providing a $16 parma night. For a delicious dinner, there are eight different parmas to choose from.

If you love pizza, the Mirboo North Pizza Shop is the place for you.

For just $12, the shop will be offering an all you can eat deal.

For the local musicians, Mirboo North Music is having its grand opening.

Interested musicians can sign up for five lessons and get the sixth one free if they come along on December 1.

Nothing says summer in Australia quite like a delicious barbecue.

As well as putting on a barbecue for a gold coin donation, Craig Young’s Butchery will be taking Christmas orders for free range turkeys, and pork, lamb and chicken roasts.

All proceeds from the barbecue will go towards

Christmas is coming: from left, Mirboo Country Development president and South Gippsland Shire Council deputy mayor Cr Maxine Kiel and project officer Thomasin Bales are gearing up for the Mirboo North Traders Christmas Night on December 1. the Good Friday Appeal.

In amongst your Christmas meal preparations, stop in at Mirboo North IGA. For every $30 purchase, you can receive a free calico bag.

There will also be a wine tasting, a free Mars Bar for the 100th customer and kabana will be priced at $7.99 a kilo.

For beautiful Christmas gift ideas, the Wren’s Nest is your next destination.

Books and other treasures can be found in store to spread the Christmas joy.

More gift ideas can be purchased from Artspace.

Leongatha artist Kim Probitts will be doing pastel drawings on the night, as well as face painting for the children.

A pop up Christmas shop will be available in the workshop room, as well as the opportunity to ex-

plore the usual retail areas.

The band Acoustic Kitchen will perform at Artspace and nibbles will be available.

Mirboo Country Development president and South Gippsland Shire Council deputy mayor Cr Maxine Kiel said this was a fantastic opportunity for people to shop locally.

“It’s an opportunity for the town to come together and see what’s on sale. The traders will be open for longer hours so it’s a great time to shop for Christmas presents,” she said.

“The highlight of the night will be the centenary of the railway building and opening up that part of town throughout the night. It’s a great way to engage with the community and get into the Christmas spirit.”

For the children, Santa will also be making an appearance in the main street during the night.

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Crosses to remember heroes IN the lead up to Remembrance Day, crosses were planted in the Inverloch cemetery at the graves of ex-servicemen and women to remember and thank them for serving the country.

Six members of the Inverloch RSL and Joan Ginn – secretary of the Inverloch Cemetery Trust – met at the Inverloch

cemetery recently to place the crosses in honour of the local heroes.

This is the first time crosses have been placed in the cemetery and next year Inverloch Primary School students may be invited to participate in the project in the lead up to Anzac Day and Remembrance Day. A cross was also placed in the Pioneer Cemetery at the grave of local World War One veteran Ernest Edward Henderson.

Respect: Bass Coast Shire Council staff Ange Gennaccaro, Danny Membrey, Richard Clarkson, Matt Hull and Garry Bates show off the White Ribbon messages being displayed on council vehicles throughout November.

White Ribbon on the road IN the lead up to White Ribbon Day on November 25, Bass Coast Shire Council is using its cars and trucks as mobile billboards to raise awareness of men’s violence against women and the impact on the community.

In May 2015, council registered to become a White Ribbon workplace through the White Ribbon Australia Workplace Accreditation Program.

Over the last year, all employees have undertaken training and education on the issue of men’s violence against women and gender equality.

Council is displaying these four messages on all council cars and trucks during November:

Bass Coast says no to violence, end violence against women, there’s no excuse for abuse, and domestic violence is not okay.

Council’s general manager healthy community and governance David Elder, who is also a White Ribbon ambassador, said council has focused on activities and awareness around the prevention of men’s violence against women as for Victorian women aged 15 to 44 years, intimate partner violence is the leading cause of illness, death and disability (VicHealth 2011).

“This is a greater contributor to the burden of disease than physical inactivity, unhealthy body weight, drug and alcohol related harm, and tobacco use,” Mr Elder said.

“It is concerning the recorded

incidents of family violence in Bass Coast are higher than the state average and are increasing annually.”

Actions to prevent and raise awareness of family violence are also outlined in the Bass Coast Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan.

There will be opportunities for the Bass Coast community, businesses and schools to participate in White Ribbon Day events on November 25.

Keep an eye on council’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ basscoastshire for more details.

If you or someone you know is impacted by sexual assault or family violence, call 1800 RESPECT 0R 1800 737 732, or visit www.1800RESPECT.org.au.

In an emergency, call 000.

Plovers under threat THE hooded plovers breeding season is not off to a great start, but the community can help by providing space for the birds to nest and raise a family.

The hooded plover is a vulnerable species in Australia and endangered in

Victoria.

Due to the breeding habits of these birds, it is easy for them to be disturbed by people and their pets without even knowing.

Bass Coast Shire Council’s manager sustainable environment Deirdre Griepsma said there are easy steps people can take

Watch out: Bass Coast Shire Council is urging beach-goers to watch for hooded plovers.

to help the birds.

“Hooded plovers nest in the foredunes on our beaches as they are extremely well adapted to living on the beach,” Ms Griepsma said.

“They forage at all levels of the water on a variety of food, such as sand hoppers, molluscs, insects, worms and seeds from aquatic plants.

“In Bass Coast, we are fortunate enough to have stretches of well preserved natural coastline; it is the perfect invitation to these vulnerable nesting birds.”

Last breeding season saw good results compared to the previous seasons.

Forty chicks survived the summer conditions and crowds, and made it to the flying stage, also known as fledging.

This season, there have been a total of 28 nesting attempts on beaches across the entire shire.

So far, two nests have made it to hatching stage and no chicks have sur-

vived to date.

That means 84 eggs have been laid and no chicks have lived beyond a few days, which isn’t a good result for the hooded plover.

It takes four weeks to incubate the eggs until they hatch, and a further five weeks until the chicks can fly and therefore avoid danger.

This is a long time to spend exposed on beaches with threats to their survival coming from storms, extreme heat, high winds, foxes, cats, people, dogs and numerous elements.

Whilst the weather and some predators can’t be controlled, the way the community and visitors behave can be influenced.

People can help by avoiding breeding beaches, walking close to the water’s edge, obeying signage, and keeping dogs on leashes.

Incidents can be reported to 1300 BCOAST (226 278) or 5671 2211.

Great honour: from left, Inverloch RSL sub-branch members Wayne Clark and Vic Wood place a white cross at the grave of an ex-serviceman.

Lots to do at Leongatha Probus OVER the last few months, Leongatha Probus has offered members interesting activities.

With membership increasing at a steady rate, this club offers local retirees an enjoyable time.

Although Probus has a jam packed general monthly meeting on the third Monday morning of each month, the secret of its success is the wide array of smaller groups meeting regularly within the month to ensure there is something of interest for all members.

People new to the area and/or those who are on their own would benefit from the Friendship Group where members meet at the RSL and enjoy one another’s company over a cuppa and sometimes lunch.

Other groups are Tours and Outings, which organises interesting day trips for members; Let’s Eat Out, where members dine at Gippsland eateries; Knit ‘n Natter; and a Caravan and Cabin group that plan trips away.

Recent activities included trips to the

Costume Collection at Yarra Park, the Exhibition Building, State Library and Tesselaar’s Tulip Farm, as well as a fun filled three days at Ballarat.

Acting president Josie Bleeser, said, “It is heartening to see a steady stream of new faces joining the club.”

“At every meeting, we are inducting well known locals as well as new residents to the area. Last meeting it was a pleasure to induct eight new members into our club,” Mrs Bleeser said.

Membership of Probus is open to any person who is retired or semi retired.

With a good mix of couples as well as single members, it is a great place for people to make new friends or reconnect with people they have known for years.

Membership is not restricted to just Leongatha. Residents and people from surrounding areas such as Mirboo North are welcome to join.

Anyone wishing to obtain more information or attend the next meeting should contact Ms Bleeser on 5662 2509 or acting secretary Elizabeth Turner on 5664 2312.

New members: Leongatha Probus acting president Josie Bleeser (left) inducts new members Vee and Ern Grace. They are with proposers Gloria Lahn (second from left) and Paull Lahn (second from right), and Vicki Osborne (far right).

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ANDMARK Harcourts is so pleased to present to you this meticulously presented property.

Consisting of approximately 60 fertile acres backing onto a meandering river which enhances the beauty and richness of this land, your cattle will continually graze until their hearts are content.

A beautifully renovated four bedroom, Victorian homestead is set amongst a perfectly manicured garden.

The restoration of this home has been lovingly executed with endless attention to detail.

The home has three large bedrooms, all with built in robes, and with the fourth being a single it could easily convert to a study.

The open plan living/dining area is both comfortable and inviting.

In the winter months you can put your feet up in front of the wood fire, or there are also three Nobu heaters throughout the house, ably backed up by a reverse cycle split system for both the cooler and warmer months.

The modern timber kitchen fea-

tures a double drawer dishwasher, Rangehood and upright stove, with ample cupboards and storage.

Offset to the kitchen is a lovely formal dining room, perfect for entertaining friends or family.

Two bathrooms and two toilets complete the functionality of this period style home.

The tree lined driveway upon entering this property boasts exceptional fencing throughout.

You will be excited about the shedding: a four bay lock up garage, a machinery shed, a hayshed and a disused dairy.

The hen house also resembles what would be the equivalent to the “Hilton Hotel” in chook terms.

The pastures boast excellent super history, and is historically known for its exceptional fattening of bullocks.

Heavy duty stockyards also make for an easy workable environment for the stock.

There is excellent water supply by way of troughs and the river to the pastures.

So make yourself a cup of tea, sit on the sweeping verandas and soak up the views and ambience.

BOOROOL 4460 Strzelecki Hwy Landmark Harcourts Leongatha 5662 2292

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ECENTLY listed, this large family home on approximately 2.02 acres has magnificent rural views and sealed road almost all the way from town; a combination for country living at its best.

Better still, purchasers will gain a whole lot more for their money; more house (five bedrooms,) more shedding and more than your average sized block, all in a fantastic, private setting.

Priced to sell, the house has been painted throughout, some original floor boards polished, new flooring in some high traffic areas and new

carpet in lounge and bedrooms. bedrooms A new solid fuel heater has been installed in the lounge, a spacious room of approx. 4.5sq.

Some of the country style kitchen has been updated, while an original old LUX stove has been kept as a decorative feature. New items continue, with a completely new bathroom, new toilet and second toilet off the spacious laundry and fully insulated new roof.

A covered entertaining area enjoys views over surrounding farmland.

House surrounds could be left as low maintenance lawns, or gardens created with plenty of room for garden beds, fruit trees and vegie patches.

Rich red soil means just about anything will grow and a dam for watering is already in place.

The site has recently been terraced ready for further landscaping.

An amazing array of shedding includes workshop/vehicle storage/machinery shed, a two bay shed and 15m x 9m lockable workshop with concrete floor providing plenty of options for usage.

A disused dairy (origi-nal four x swing over) and d covered yards with loading g race would suit conversion n to stables or calf rearing.

This is a terrific opportu-nity for families, a reasonablyy Insight Real Estate priced lifestyle opportunityy Leongatha with no neighbours nearby.

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Volunteers ease emergency anxiety THERE is a saying “A friend in need is a friend indeed”.

With this in mind, local volunteers last week started a new initiative at the Bass Coast Health (BCH) Emergency Department.

The program, known as ACE (Assistance and

Care in Emergency), is the latest in a series of innovative community engagement programs recently introduced by the hospital.

BCH volunteer coordinator Mandy Gilcrist is delighted with feedback from both patients and

Leongatha Red Cross TWO members of Korumburra Red Cross Unit helped Leongatha unit at the Leongatha Rose Show recently.

The Leongatha unit had a successful two days. Proceeds from the cake stall will be directed to the Disaster, Relief and Recovery Appeal. The remaining profits will go to general funds to be used wherever it is most needed.

Ian Lester won the raffle.

On Remembrance Day, Leongatha members joined with other groups to attend the Leongatha service and a wreath was placed at the cenotaph in remembrance.

The unit will be holding a cake stall in the foyer of Leongatha Memorial Hall on Thursday, November 24 and also a Christmas raffle on the day.

The unit’s next meeting will be held on Thursday, December 1 at 10.30 am at Leongatha RSL, followed by Christmas lunch in the bistro. All members welcome.

staff so far.

“Our volunteers are there to provide practical and emotional support to patients and their families. Whether it is making cups of tea and coffee, providing warm blankets for patients and their families, offering a listening ear, or providing comfort to those vulnerable patients in need, our volunteers are making a difference to those who visit the busy emergency department in their own way,” she said.

Emergency department nurse unit manager Cath Jones said the volunteers were an asset.

“Not only have they provided wonderful support to our patients, but having them here has allowed the doctors and nurses to focus on providing the much needed medical care,” she said.

Volunteers are working Monday to Friday, but it is hoped the service will

increase to include weekends.

“To help us do this we need more volunteers,” Ms Gilcrist said.

“We encourage individuals from all walks of life to contact us. If you are empathetic, caring and a good listener, this makes you an ideal volunteer.”

Among the volunteers are Tania Worden.

“Being in the emergency department can sometimes be stressful and alienating for some people. To be there, just offering a cup of tea and providing some emotional support can mean a lot to some people, particularly the elderly patients. I know that when I leave the hospital I have made a difference, and that’s a good feeling,” she said.

People interested in volunteering with the ACE program should contact Mandy Gilcrist on 5671 3372 for more information.

Easing discomfort: emergency department patient Michael Noon receives comforting words from Bass Coast Health volunteer Milene Stubbs.

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ITUATED on five acres with northerly aspects this is a property for the whole family to enjoy.

This home was built by local builder Wayne Hayward and the quality is evident throughout.

The home was designed with family and entertaining in mind.

The kitchen / dining area is light and modern and central to the home with access out to a large deck and barbecue area.

The family room and formal lounge are also just off the kitchen once again keeping entertaining and family together.

There are three bedrooms; the master offers a walk in robe and ensuite, and bedrooms two and three have built in robes.

A family bathroom is

located central to both.

Heating is via solid fuel, Nobo heater in the hallway or ducted gas with cooling via an air conditioner.

Outside in the yard is more entertainment with the in ground pool and spa along with cabana and for the little members of the family a cubby house and sand pit.

A large shed for the boys is also here with a fire place and office room; you just need a fridge and telly and

you’re away.

The acreage is divided into three paddocks that would be ideal to graze a few head of cattle or horses, water is supplied via a dam and troughs.

This property is located mid way between Leongatha and Meeniyan and an inspection really is needed to appreciate what’s on offer.

For more information please contact Peter Bellingham or Irene Walker at SEJ Leongatha.

KOONWARRA Contact for location SEJ Real Estate Leongatha 5662 4033

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EVERLEIGH Van Krieken was born at Leongatha Hospital on November 13. She is a daughter for Kristian and Elissa Van Krieken of Almurta.

Left, FLYNN Ross Irvin was born at Leongatha Hospital on November 9, 2016. He is a son for Rachael Jansen and Nathan Irvin of Mirboo.

Fun subject: back, from left, math science coaches Karyn Thomas, Chris Terlich and Russell McCartney teach Wonthaggi Primary School students, front, from left, Matrix, Bailey, Anya and Heidi hands on methods for improving their math skills.

Math skills on the rise HOW many children come home from school and say their favourite part of the day was maths?

This is a reality for students at Wonthaggi and Wonthaggi North primary schools, who have discovered a new and interactive way to study maths.

As part of the State Government’s initiative to turn Victoria into the ‘education state’, the schools have incorporated maths science coaches into the curriculum.

These math science coaches are Chris Terlich and Karyn Thomas from Wonthaggi Primary School, and Russell McCartney and Marissa Cashmore at Wonthaggi North.

They also have connections with coaches Kristy Miller and Brendan Hodge at Lang Lang Primary School.

After seeing the benefits of the specialist coaches over the past year, Wonthaggi Primary School – facilitated by principal Leonie Anstey – held a twilight learning session to encourage professional development across Gippsland.

This event attracted more than 100 teachers from 15 schools from Lang Lang to Toora.

“The session was about encouraging different ways of learning and ways of teaching to suit the range of abilities in a classroom,” Mr Terlich said.

“It was a good way to look for support opportunities and share resources.”

Originally, the session was to be capped at 75 people, but the response was overwhelming and the school is looking to hold another session early next year.

“We have the teachers look at things from a student’s perspective

and discuss practical, hands on assignments for different learners,” Ms Thomas said.

Instead of plain old worksheets, students are able to complete assignments and work at their own place to develop a greater understanding of maths.

The coaches agreed the change in practice has produced better results.

“The development this has given me as a coach is huge,” Mr McCartney said.

“When you get into your classroom, or a classroom at a different school, and you are able to see changes in classrooms across the board, it’s really powerful.”

Ms Thomas said students are more engaged and would be happy to study maths all day.

“It’s all about changing perception and making connections with the real world,” she said.

BETH Ireland was born at Leongatha Hospital on November 3, 2016. She is a daughter for David and Cleo Ireland of Korumburra.

Science impresses children THERE was an infectious sound of laughter coming from the science room at Wonthaggi North Primary School as students were entertained by the spectacular Questacon Science Circus recently.

Presenters Claire and Nate had

students engaged with their hands on demonstrations.

Students in Grades Prep, 1 and 2 discovered the science behind water guns, bubbles and gooey slime, while the older students were intrigued by mind exercises and fluids and gases.

The Science Circus comprises 16 postgraduate students studying a Master of Science Communication and

Outreach at the Australian National University.

The students spend three months engaging people with science and technology through visits to communities all over Australia.

The team has visited local schools throughout the Gippsland region during October and presented exhibitions in Warragul and Traralgon.

JACK Zukovskis was born at Leongatha Hospital on November 6, 2016. He is a son for Tyrone and Amanda Zukovskis of Leongatha.

Milpara Community House news THE quarterly Newcomers afternoon tea is today, Tuesday, November 22. This is a great opportunity for new residents to meet some friendly people and learn more about our area.

Slime: Grade Prep students Claire, Lachlan, Cruze, Alani and Aiden couldn’t wait to get their hands in the gooey slime with Questacon Science Circus presenters Claire and Nate.

Summer is coming, we promise. It’s often a time full of fundraising barbecues and summer jobs. So in preparation now is a great time to get your food safety accreditation or Responsible Service of Alcohol Certificate.

We are offering Food Safety Level 1, Food Safety Supervisors and RSA courses on Thursday, December 1. We are required to confirm minimum numbers with our tutor one week ahead, so please book this week to avoid disappointment.

This Friday, November 25, is white rib-

bon day and also the first day of the Orange the World – Victoria Against Violence 16 days of activism. Milpara will be showing its support by going orange throughout the campaign and wearing a white ribbon on Friday of course. We’ve also got some plans for the main street median strip and two shop fronts will have information boards.

It’s a sad fact that family violence incidents in Victoria went up 10 percent to 78,012, in the year ending June 2016.

It’s time for change. Let’s challenge the cultural norms, attitudes and behaviours that ‘give licences’ to violence. Show your support and help promote gender equality, respect and non-violence by wearing something orange or decorating your workplace or home orange during the 16 days: November 25 to December 10.

For more information call Milpara 5655 2524.

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Rabbit owners warned of virus dangers

By Anna Brayley AFTER a very wet spring, it has been well-reported we will be having mosquitoes in plague proportions this summer, and while this will mean more annoying bites on the backs of our legs, it can mean a death sentence for many pet rabbits.

Mosquitoes are one of the main carriers of two very deadly viruses, Myxomatosis and Calicivirus. These viruses were released by the Federal Government to control the wild rabbit population, but are having a devastating effect on family pets.

Carried by mosquitoes and fleas, Myxomatosis presents itself with painful symptoms including swollen eyelids, ears and genitals, followed by fever and blindness, and it is estimated 99.7 percent of infected pet rabbits will die.

There is currently no vaccination in Australia for Myxomatosis, and many petitions have been formed to try and have the vaccination allowed in our country.

Calicivirus is carried by mosquitoes, flies, fleas, on food (hay, vegetables, and anything else that has come in contact with infected rabbits) and can also be airborne.

Some cases of Calicivirus may result in reduced appetite or a spot of blood around the nostrils or bottom at first, but the disease generally leads to a painful sudden death due to internal haemorrhaging.

With 98 percent of infected rabbits succumbing to the disease, the odds are against them. There are currently two strains of Calicivirus, and a third is set for release in 2017.

There is only one vaccination available in Australia (Cylap) which has been registered and tested against the initial strain of Calicivirus, and although there is some cross-protection against the second strain, it is not registered against this and is not giving protection for as long.

Specialist rabbit vets are recommending twice yearly vaccinations, although this still is proving to be ineffective with many rabbits dying, despite the extra protection.

It is hoped the original vaccine will protect rabbits against the third strain which is yet to be released, but this is still unconfirmed.

Concerned rabbit owners around Australia are petitioning for a second vaccination to be made available for the second strain, and more testing to be carried out.

Both of these viruses are very contagious, and rabbits owners and breeders are finding that once one rabbit has passed away, there are generally more to follow.

There are no ways you can completely protect your rabbit, but there are many ways to highly reduce the risks: • rabbits should be vaccinated for the first strain of Calicivirus. Although there are currently no vaccinations for the second strain, or the third strain which hasn’t been released yet, it is highly recommended owners vaccinate against the first strain;

Treat your K9 this Christmas HAIG’S K9 Cuts is now at a new loca- very best in nutrition options available, make sure you get the best for your pet this Christmas. tion at 66-68 Bair Street, Leongatha.

Owner Nicole Haig is so pleased with the new space that allows plenty of room for a great range of products and now even has the space for indoor puppy classes to take place. Nicole will soon be offering doggy day care and socialisation classes as well.

In addition to moving location, Nicole is currently studying to complete her certificates in Naturopathy and Homeopathy, and is pleased she will soon be able to offer advice on a wide range of solutions to common problems such as ear infections, skin allergies and even weight loss for your pets.

Nicole and her team can offer you a wide range of services from grooming to training for puppies or even management advice for adult animals.

Booking in advance is recommended for grooming due to demand.

Puppy classes started on Monday, November 21 and run until December 12, but you can still book a space and join in the fun.

A new range of Wellbeing Essentials are in stock, a supplement line that you can tailor to your pet’s dietary requirements or pick up some preservative free chews for your dog.

With a great range of gifts for your pet and the

• if possible, rabbits should be brought inside and protected from insects. This can be a very easy thing to do, as rabbits make fantastic indoor pets. There is a lot of information on the internet about how to set up a nice indoor rabbit enclosure, and rabbits are easily toilet trained and enjoy being a part of the family; • if it is not possible to bring your rabbits inside, owners should take the time to mosquitoproof their hutches. Fly mesh from local hardware stores is inexpensive, and can easily be stapled or nailed to the outside of the hutch; • reduce the amount of standing water in the yard. These are breeding grounds for mosquitoes, so emptying bird baths and fixing broken drainage can help keep down the mosquito population; • use bug zappers, pet safe fly repellents and citronella candles to repel insects; and • treat rabbits with Revolution or Advantage (never use Frontline) to protect from fleas and other insects.

If you would like more information on the above diseases, there is a lot more detailed information online, or ideally, speak to your vet.

If you suspect your rabbit may already be sick, you must remove them from other rabbits and Sad time: a pet-owner comforts her sick take them to a vet as soon as possible. rabbit before he is put to sleep after being

infected with a virus.

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The Good Life

Your LOCAL guide to Art and Entertainment

Carols in Leongatha draws closer IT’S that time of year again and preparations are well underway for the annual Carols in the Drome concert in Leongatha.

So keep the date, Saturday, December 10 free for a night where the whole community comes together.

The event will once again be hosted by much loved local Russell Hemming with an even longer list of talented guest soloists including Kerryn Lockhart, Aaron Gale, Jackson Patterson and Ashley Geary, plus performances by the South Gippsland Shire Brass Band, Beggs to Differ, the combined schools choir, the Mary MacKillop choir, combined churches choir, Leongatha Centre children and more.

The South Gippsland Shire Brass Band, which has been performing Carols in Leongatha since 1968, will once again be accompanying the singers.

Band president Natalie Stewart said, “This is one of the band’s biggest events of the year and we always look forward to playing in front of a

big crowd.

“It’s even more special this year for us as we are welcoming a new generation of players into the band.

“We have a group of beginners who will be joining us on stage to help us play a few songs.

This will be their first big concert and we are all extremely proud of how far they have come.”

The evening starts off with free activities at 5.30pm for the children; face painting, games, jumping castle etc. Carols start at approx. 7pm with fireworks topping off the night at around 9.30pm.

Food, coffee, glow sticks/candles will be available to purchase on the night.

Carols in the Drome is a free event and an opportunity for everyone in the community to come together and celebrate, so bring your picnic rug and singing voices and be ready for a great night of entertainment.

“We would like to thank Chairo, Ezyas Car Wash, Ryan’s Trucks, South Gippsland Shire and The Star newspaper for their generous continued support in helping us put on this event,”

Natalie said.

If you would like to make a donation towards this event it would be greatly appreciated and would help to ensure another successful carols event can be held this year.

Please email carolsinthedrome@gmail.com for more information.

Top host: Russell Hemming will once again be host of Carols in the Drome. The man in red will also make an appearance!

Warming up: members of the South Gippsland Shire Brass Band’s training group and local drummers rehearse for the big finale at Carols in the Drome.

Fete fun supports elderly HAVING fun never felt so good.

Come along to the annual Woorayl Lodge fete in Leongatha on Saturday, November 26, and help raise money for the aged care hostel, an icon of Leongatha and South Gippsland.

The fun begins at 8am, with a sausage sizzle for breakfast and a plethora of stalls, including craft, homemade cakes and a white elephant stall offering a diversity of furniture, from beds and tables and chairs, to duchesses and wardrobes.

Devonshire tea will be available in the activities room and the pick a box competition gives visitors the chance to win cash.

The lodge ladies auxiliary presents the fete every year to raise money for the lodge and the fete is the lodge’s biggest fundraiser.

“The lodge is indebted to the hard work of the ladies auxiliary,” lodge manager Jo White said.

“The auxiliary has supplied new floor coverings in the dining room and rented flower arrangements that make the lodge look homely.

“The ladies have also bought new blinds for the activities room and have bought a large TV in the past. They also cater for the annual Christmas party too.”

Some auxiliary members provide a morning tea at the lodge every Saturday morning.

“We’re proud of them and very grateful,” Ms White said.

All craft has been made by the ladies auxiliary members and lodge residents, and presents the perfect chance for people to buy Christmas gifts.

The fete will continue until all goods are sold, most likely mid-afternoon.

Check out the fete fun at the lodge in McCartin Street, Leongatha.

Talent on show at Mirboo North AN exciting range of talent will perform at this year’s Mirboo North Idol on Saturday, December 3.

To be held at the Mirboo North Outdoor Pool, the floor will be opened to stars in a primary, secondary and open section.

There are great cash prizes to be won in each section, as well as a recording package kindly donated

by Chris Gale, Audio Productions.

This year, Chris will be offering the chance to each contestant to purchase a recording of their live performance.

The idol competition will begin at 2pm.

This year’s judges are Kerena McLaren, Phil Beggs and David Carter.

Whilst listening to some fantastic performers, there will be activities going on around the pool.

At 11am, Nessie the inflatable will be in the pool for children of all ages, as well as a performance was past contestant Hailey Schreurus.

At 12pm, dynamic duo Merelyn and David Carter of band Spit the Dummy will perform songs

by ABBA, Grease, Shania Twain, Cold Chisel and

more.

You won’t go hungry at this year’s Idol as there will be lots of delicious foods to choose from – food vans include the Kombi Kitchen, European Pastries, Travis, the Lamb Man, Slinky Potatoes, Julie’s Classical Cakes, Tracey’s Cuff Puffs, Bill’s Corn, Fleming Berries, Trista’s Kitchen, Rosie and Ricky Grand Ridge Organics, Arctic Slushies, Wun Hung Dumplings, Your Inspiration, and great coffee from the Koffee Kart.

You are bound to find the perfect Christmas present at one of the many market stalls around the pool as well, including Sew Arrabella, Creative Memories and One Forever, Scentsy, Di’ Kids Fashions, Funky Ladies fashion, the Toy People, Hendy Haye Crafts, Seacret, Jodie’s Cards, Tracey’s Bags, Sally’s handcrafted jewellery, scrapbooking, and card making.

Come along to the picturesque Mirboo North Outdoor Pool and help make the 12th Idol the best one yet.

For more details and to register for the Idol competition, call Mary Baker on 5668 1643.

Information can also be found on Facebook.

GREAT SOUTHERN RAIL TRAIL RELAUNCH Celebrate the Re-launch of the complete Great Southern Rail Trail, cycle, walk or horse ride from Leongatha to Port Welshpool, or from Port Welshpool to Leongatha.

Meet us half way - in the lovely Fish Creek SATURDAY NOVEMBER 26 - 11AM (Official opening, 11:30AM) Old Fish Creek Station Site, off Falls Rd (below the Community Garden)

Showcase of Rail Trail Delights

RETRACE AUSTRALIA’S MOST SOUTHERN MAINLAND RAIL LINE a great trail experience

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Drawings win water comp SEVERAL students from Welshpool and District Primary School were successful in this year’s South Gippsland Water poster competition, run as part of National Water Week.

Well done: Welshpool and District Primary School students Faith Astley and Toby Lees have had their drawings selected for the South Gippsland Water 2017 calendar.

Ros Griggs from South Gippsland Water visited the school recently to present the lucky winners with their certificates.

Special congratulations were given to Toby Lees who was the overall winner in the Prep division and to Faith Astley who won the Grade 1 section.

Both Toby and Faith’s drawings will appear in next year’s water calendar which should be out in a couple of weeks. All students will receive a calendar.

So much success: Welshpool and District Primary School students Sofie Platt, Maddie Platt, Ros Griggs from South Gippsland Water, Elsa Gallagher, Faith Astley, Katelyn Doran, Toby Lees, Chelsea Whale, Karlroy Daming, and Cara Demaria were all first and second placegetters in their respective age groups in the South Gippsland Water poster competition.

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Farming Insight Mouldy hay poses risks

By Frank Mickan, Agriculture Victoria

Dairy inquiry issues paper released

MOULDY hay is usually a result of bal- THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said its dairy ing forage too wet.

Moulds live and multiply by consuming the energy industry inquiry will examine competiand protein in the hay so the more mould, the greater tion between milk processors, contracts the loss of hay dry matter and nutritive value.

Also if hay is too wet, heat and moisture (plus between processors and farmers, global carbon dioxide) is produced, compounding the prob- supply markets, and the profitability of lem that can lead to spontaneous combustion. dairy farms.

0 If heat exceeds about 38 C in the hay, there is reaction a between the amino acids in the protein and the plant sugars (Maillard Reaction) that causes darkening and it becomes less degradable and/or less digestible.

This is referred to as caramelised hay and recognised by brown to dark brown material in the centre of bales or stacks of bales.

This hay is palatable to stock but the hay has lost much energyand digestible protein.

Mouldy hay starts in the standing crop. Once mown the moisture content of the plants decreases.

Conditions in the mown forage allow a new group of microbes to start multiplying.

Dustiness in hay without visible mould is usually a result of fungi growing in the windrow.

Once the forage is baled, another new group of mainly fungi and yeasts start to multiply. These new fungi out-compete the windrow fungi.

The main concern of mouldy hay fed to cattle is the total amount of mycelium and spores combined or the total fungal biomass.

To minimise further mould growth, bale hay at the recommended moisture contents.

Ted or spread the mown crop as soon as possible after mowing to increase the rate of water loss while the stomata are still open in the leaves.

This can reduce the curing period by at least one to three days, depending on such factors yield, curing conditions and soil moisture.

Mower conditioners with swath boards left as wide as possible can also save a day or so. Using tyned-type tedders in pastures can leave a fluffier windrow compared to the roller types, although these are required for stemmy crops such as sorghum and lucerne.

More commonly used currently is a hay preservative. These limit microbial growth that contributes to heating and as well as restricting mould growth.

This allows hay to be baled slightly sooner, slightly more moist than recommended, with reduced concern for heat or mould growth.

The most effective preservatives are organic acids such as propionate and acetate, or their derivatives such as sodium diacetate.

It is crucial to remember preservatives have to be added at recommended rates on a fresh weight basis, but the potential for damage during storage will increase at higher moisture levels.

In its Dairy Inquiry Issues Paper published recently, the ACCC has laid out the key issues it will look at as part of its 12-month inquiry which it has been directed to carry out by the Federal Government.

“The ACCC is seeking feedback from interested parties on issues across all product and geographical markets in the Australian dairy industry. This inquiry will closely examine the key competition and fair trading issues affecting the dairy industry,” ACCC chairman Rod Sims said.

“As a formal inquiry, the ACCC will also have the ability to compel information from parties including processors and retailers. Our aim is to present a really clear picture of the issues facing the market today, and make any recommendations to ensure it remains fair and competitive.”

Key issues to be considered include: • competition between milk processors; • contracting practices;

Industry probe: the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will investigate the dairy industry.

• the availability of price and other market information; • the effect of private label products, including pricing, on the industry; • options for supply into global markets; and • the key factors influencing the profitability of dairy farms.

“The ACCC will hold public forums in a number of dairy producing regions so we can speak with dairy farmers about their concerns, and we will release further information about these forums in the coming months,” ACCC Commissioner Mick Keogh said.

The ACCC must provide its final report to the Treasurer by November 1, 2017.

Steers, bullocks lead the way THERE were approximately 1290 export and 200 young cattle penned representing a similar overall number week on week.

The usual buying group was present but not all operating fully in a firm prime sale and a cheaper cow run.

Quality was very good in the grown steers and bullocks and mixed elsewhere. The trade cattle were mostly yearling heifers which sold firm. Grown steers sold from firm to 4c/kg dearer while the bullocks and heavy weights held firm. Manufacturing steers sold from 7c to 10c/kg cheaper.

Cows sold mostly 5c to 10c easier and up to 20c/ kg for plain dairy cows. Heavy weight bulls gained a few cents.

A couple of vealers suited to butchers reached 353c/kg. Yearling heifers to the trade made between 295c and 327c/kg.

Grown steers sold between 308c and 324c/kg.

Bullocks made from 300c to 320c/kg. Heavy weight bullocks sold from 306c to 314c/kg. Heavy weight Friesian manufacturing steers made between 263c

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and 276c with the crossbred portion between 278c and 309c/kg.

Most light and medium weight cows sold between 172c and 228c/kg. Heavy weight cows made mostly from 207c to 264c after a couple of younger cows reached a top of 274c/kg.

Heavy weight C and B muscle bulls sold from 257c to 300c/kg.

The next sale draw - November 23 & 24: Phelan & Henderson & Co, 2. Elders, 3. Rodwells, 4.

Alex Scott & Staff, 5. Landmark, 6. SEJ.

Prime Sale - Wednesday, November 16 BULLOCKS 16 C.T. Ferguson, Longford 8 D. & M. Robertson, Tarwin Lower 1 B. Woodward, Hazelwood North 13 D. & M. Robertson, Tarwin Lower 10 Byfron Park, Wonthaggi 20 Adval P/L, Anderson

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322.0 321.6 320.0 320.0 319.6 318.6

$1909.86 $1969.80 $1968.00 $1835.08 $2023.07 $1803.28

1 Nicolas Loupos, Corinella 445.0kg 326.6 2 Jindinook Nominees, Dumbalk 405.0kg 325.6 19 Adval P/L, Anderson 533.2kg 323.6 HEIFERS 1 A. & S. Turton, Korumburra South 380.0kg 351.6 1 P.C. & L.E. Turton, Korumburra 345.0kg 351.6 1 P.C. Beale, Toora 280.0kg 330.0 2 Nicolas Loupos, Corinella 407.5kg 322.6 11 J.I. & F.E. Quilford, Wonthaggi 388.2kg 321.6 8 Golden Gully Farms, Morwell 391.3kg 318.6 COWS 1 G. & S. Couper, Dumbalk 530.0kg 273.6 1 F. Joseph, Corinella 650.0kg 272.6 3 N. Albutt/Strzelecki Red, Yinnar Sth 631.7kg 272.6 1 T. Mowat, Stradbroke 595.0kg 267.6 1 A. & C. Ball, Korumburra 670.0kg 263.6 2 Golden Gully Farms, Morwell 685.0kg 263.6 BULLS 1 P., D., B. & I. Gale, Waratah Nth 955.0kg 298.6 1 K.F. McRae, Dalyston 1120.0kg $298.6 1 F. Vyner & J. Danuser, Devon Nth 930.0kg 290.6 1 G.W. & G.J. Bland, Yarram 1080.0kg 285.6 1 Melaleuca Pastoral, Meeniyan 975.0kg 285.0 1 S. & L. Bessell, Wonthaggi 970.0kg 284.6

$1453.37 $1318.68 $1725.30 $1336.08 $1213.02 $924.00 $1314.60 $1248.39 $1246.52 $1450.08 $1771.90 $1721.92 $1592.22 $1766.12 $1805.66 $2851.63 $3344.32 $2702.58 $3084.48 $2778.75 $2760.62

Council welcomes right to farm clarity SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council has applauded changes to Victoria’s planning provisions that give clearer rules for farming.

The planning reforms will include new land definitions, no increases to red tape and more support for councils to allow for efficient application processing and rule enforcement.

Council’s planning manager Paul Stampton said the shire’s economy was dominated by agriculture, primary produce manufacturing and associated industries, and the region would become crucial to the state’s economy as the climate changed.

“The work being undertaken by the State Government on codes of practice, such as the updating of the 24 year old Piggery Code of Practice and more modern definitions around intensive animal husbandry, will make it clearer for farmers on how, and where agricultural activities are to be conducted,” he said.

“Council is required to assess applications for a variety of agricultural and horticultural land uses.

The State Government’s work should improve clarity around what practices are allowed without any permissions from council, as well as guidance for farmers, council and the community on activities that require planning approval.”

Mr Stampton said South Gippsland would be required to provide more of the state’s agricultural produce over the coming decades and some of this output would come from more intensive production techniques.

“It is vital this type of production is undertaken in the best locations that meet production needs

and community expectations. Council welcomes these new initiatives from the State Government that will assist council in its decision making processes,” he said.

The State Government set up the Animal Industries Advisory Committee last year to review planning rules and find ways to bring the planning system in line with modern farming practices and community expectations.

The committee’s work included broad consultation and public hearings, drawing 146 submissions and made 37 recommendations.

The government has now released its response to the committee’s findings, and is working with councils and industry bodies ahead of the changes, which include: • support for council’s strategic planning work through access to specialist expertise and improving data; • clearer rules through new land definitions which reflect modern farming; • code reforms to help councils make well-informed and clear decisions; and • working with councils and the EPA towards effective enforcement of planning decisions.

Minister for Agriculture Jaala Pulford said, “We’re going from a one-size- fits- all approach to a tailored and well thought out method that takes into account industry and size of the farm business.

“Global demand for Victoria’s food and fibre products is growing and we’re making sure our industries have the support they need to expand, while considering the impacts of farming on people and the environment.”

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Farming Insight Opening doors: GippsDairy regional extension officer Louise Sundermann (right) speaks to the big crowd at the Yannathan event.

Once a day milking sparks interest THE opportunity for a close-up look at a once a day milking operation attracted farmers from across Gippsland and Victoria to Yannathan last Thursday.

The Young Dairy Network/GippsDairy event was held at Simon and Lauren Finger’s Yannathan property, which is one of three once a day operations that are part of their farm business.

Around 40 people turned out in bright sunshine to delve into the finances of a business model that had obvious attractions to every farmer who spends every morning and evening in the dairy shed.

With around 650 cows spread over three farms, the Fingers had plenty of knowledge to share on the pros and cons of once a day milking.

“People are definitely interested in what we are do-

Learning lots: Ranceby dairy farmers Fabian and Rachael Apps were among the many people who wanted to find out more about once a day milking at the Yannathan event.

Prevent lead poisoning in livestock

By Dr Jeff Cave, district veterinary officer DO you have a farm rubbish tip or a shed with forgotten unlabelled products?

Land managers need to be aware this forgotten rubbish could be toxic to their livestock.

Something as simple as a discarded lead battery could lead to the death of livestock and the contamination of others.

Cattle in particular are skilful at discovering rubbish that can result in lead poisoning, so always check before releasing stock into new areas. Prevent situations that permit cattle to lick or digest material such as old batteries, flaking lead paint or sump oil.

Often the first sign of lead poisoning is finding dead livestock. When lead affected animals are observed they show signs of central nervous system damage such as blindness and unresponsiveness.

Prevention is always better than cure, therefore the removal of all possible sources of lead is essential. However, this doesn’t help livestock that are clinically affected, for whom the prognosis is dire.

Livestock that have been exposed to lead must not be slaughtered for human consumption until it is confirmed they comply with meat food standards.

This can involve costly testing and a considerable period of slaughter restrictions as unacceptable lead levels can persist for many months.

While checking for lead poisoning hazards, consider other potential livestock poisoning risks.

Ensuring that stock remain isolated from these hazards will reduce the risk of loss from accidental poisonings as well as keeping them contaminant free.

For further advice contact your local veterinarian or Agriculture Victoria veterinary or animal health officer.

ing and what’s happening,” Simon said.

“The question everyone asks about once a day milking is can you make a dollar doing it?”

For Simon, the answer is yes, but it’s a different way of making money than most dairy farmers are used to.

“You can get more cows in calf, so what’s the cost of not having to have so many replacements? We’ve also had a lot more livestock gain, so how do you put a value on having extra animals?

“And there’s the sustainability aspect where we don’t have to cull so many cows, we never use peak power for cooling and use half as many chemicals.

“It doesn’t generate as much cash but we’ve grown more assets, we’ve got more livestock gain and that sort of thing. So some of the extra income we’ve gained has gone into growing more young livestock.”

Other considerations have been better use of land area, lower labour costs and reduced input levels that help offset the inevitable drop in production.

“There definitely is a production difference and it’s probably a little bit more than I expected,” Simon said.

“We had heard that you might drop 30 percent in milk and about 20 percent in solids but I would say its more towards the 30 percent in solids.

“But saying that, it was a particularly challenging season last year and we feel there is a lot of room for improvement as both people and cows get used to the new system.

“You also have to remember that with once a day

you don’t have the same level of inputs. With twice a day were feeding up to two tonnes, whereas we’d be lucky to feed 400 kilos to half a tonne now.

Of course, the other big question around once a day milking is how much does it improve the lifestyle of dairy farmers?

For Simon and Lauren – and their three children – the answer can be seen at the dinner table each night.

“It’s funny because the oldest says ‘Gee you do a lot of milking Dad’, but compared to what I was doing when he was younger, he sees a lot more of me now,” Simon said.

“I’m there at dinner time every night. And even not having to manage so many people reduces time and stress.

“Our business has been going for 10 years and we’ve gone pretty hard at it, so this has given us time to have a bit of a breather, spend more time with the children and have an assessment of where we want to go.”

The interest in the topic was best illustrated by dairy farmers Matt and Mario Demase, who travelled from Katandra in the Goulburn Valley to learn more about the milking system.

“It’s not done very much back at home, so we thought we’d like to get someone’s view on why they are doing it,” Matt said.

Mario’s explanation of why they there was even simpler.

“It sounds a lot better than twice a day,” he said.

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FISH CREEK-FOSTER ROAD PAVEMENT REHABILITATION WORKS QR CONSTRUCTION (GIPPSLAND) Pty Ltd advises roadworks will be carried out on behalf of VicRoads during the following time period:

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INVERLOCH

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Ecumenical Pleasant Sunday Afternoon November 27th at 2pm

Pursuant to Section 52(1) of the Planning and Environment Act 1987

Come to

51 Parr Street and help us raise money for Epilepsy THURSDAY NOVEMBER 24 11am

End of Year Concert by: STRINGZ COSTERO South Gippsland Community Players AFTERNOON TEA PROVIDED

All welcome

Commencing the week of 14 November 2016 for approximately 4.5 weeks (weather permitting)

WARATAH ROAD PAVEMENT REHABILITATION WORKS

on the:

QR CONSTRUCTION (GIPPSLAND) Pty Ltd advises roadworks will be carried out on behalf of VicRoads during the following time period:

Fish Creek-Foster Road Between O’Gradys Ridge Road and Mt Nicoll Road Motorists can expect minor delays.

QR CONSTRUCTION (GIPPSLAND) PTY LTD apologises for any inconvenience Any queries can be directed to Project Manager Andrew Cumming on 0413 702 571

Commencing the week of 21 November 2016 for approximately 4.5 weeks (weather permitting) on the:

Waratah Road Between Stewarts Road and Vuillermins Road Motorists can expect minor delays.

QR CONSTRUCTION (GIPPSLAND) PTY LTD apologises for any inconvenience Any queries can be directed to Project Manager Andrew Cumming on 0413 702 571

Focus Farm Project

Fish Creek Focus Farm Open Day Join us for a fascinating look at a large dairy business, with the first open day for the Fish Creek Focus Farm of Graeme, Jenny and Shaun Cope. The Copes, their Facilitators and Support Group invite anyone from the dairy industry to attend the open day, where you can explore the farm business operations and catch up with local farmers over a cuppa and free lunch.

The Open Day will: • Introduce the Focus Farm team • Describe the farm and business • Highlight the business farm goals • Discuss some of the challenges and opportunities for the farm and business • Present the budget outlook for the 2016/17 season • Involve a farm walk to view the herd, pasture management and summer cropping program The GippsDairy/Dairy Australia Focus Farm program gives farmers and agribusiness professionals the opportunity to participate in the decision-making processes of a dairy farm business. Each Focus Farm provides an ongoing demonstration of the value of goal setting within a dairy business, and the processes required to achieve those goals.

Presenters Karen Romano (GippsDairy) & John Mulvany (OMJ Consulting) Date Wednesday, 30 November Time 11am to 2pm Location 195 Kerrs Road, Fish Creek Lunch provided (please advise special dietary requirements) For more information and to RSVP contact Karen Romano 0417 524 916 or email karen@gippsdairy.com.au

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The land affected by the application is located at: 25 Brownhill Road, Mount Eccles. Being L1 TP514547X Parish of Allambee.

The application is for a permit to: Use and develop land with Telecommunication Facility (40m high monopole and associated building works).

The applicant for the permit is: Telstra Corporation Limited C/- Visionstream Pty Ltd. The Application Reference Number is: 2016/242.

You may look at the application and any documents that support the application at the office of the Responsible Authority - South Gippsland Shire Council, Private Bag 4, 9 Smith Street, Leongatha 3953, Telephone: 5662 9200. This can be done during office hours (Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5pm) and is free of charge.

Applications are also available to be viewed on Council's Website at www.southgippsland. vic.gov.au Any person who may be affected by the granting of the permit may object or make other submissions to the Responsible Authority. An objection must: • be sent to the Responsible Authority in writing • include the reasons for the objection and • state how the objector would be affected.

If you object, the Responsible Authority will tell you its decision.

Privacy Notification: The responsible authority must make a copy of every objection available at its office for any person to inspect during office hours free of charge until the end of the period during which an application may be made for review of a decision on the application.

The Responsible Authority will not decide on this application until 14 days after the date of this Notice.

Dated: 22 November 2016.

FORM B SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE COUNCIL NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PLANNING PERMIT

FORM B SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE COUNCIL NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PLANNING PERMIT

Pursuant to Section 52(1) of the Planning and Environment Act 1987

Pursuant to Section 52(1) of the Planning and Environment Act 1987

The land affected by the application is located at: 445 Fairbank Road, Arawata VIC 3951.

Being RD Parish of Korumburra.

The application is for a permit to: Use and develop land with Telecommunication Facility (35m high monopole, 4 panel antennas and ancillary works).

The applicant for the permit is: Telstra Corporation Limited C/- Visionstream Pty Ltd. The Application Reference Number is: 2016/271.

You may look at the application and any documents that support the application at the office of the Responsible Authority - South Gippsland Shire Council, Private Bag 4, 9 Smith Street, Leongatha 3953, Telephone: 5662 9200. This can be done during office hours (Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5pm) and is free of charge.

Applications are also available to be viewed on Council's Website at www.southgippsland. vic.gov.au Any person who may be affected by the granting of the permit may object or make other submissions to the Responsible Authority. An objection must: • be sent to the Responsible Authority in writing • include the reasons for the objection and • state how the objector would be affected.

If you object, the Responsible Authority will tell you its decision.

Privacy Notification: The responsible authority must make a copy of every objection available at its office for any person to inspect during office hours free of charge until the end of the period during which an application may be made for review of a decision on the application.

The Responsible Authority will not decide on this application until 14 days after the date of this Notice.

Dated: 22 November 2016.

The land affected by the application is located at: 180 Milford Road, Dumbalk North VIC 3956.

Being L1 TP644104H Parish of Dumbalk.

The application is for a permit to: Use and develop land with Telecommunication Facility (35m high monopole, 4 yagi antennas, ground level equipment shed and ancillary works).

The applicant for the permit is: Telstra Corporation Limited C/- Visionstream Pty Ltd. The Application Reference Number is: 2016/274.

You may look at the application and any documents that support the application at the office of the Responsible Authority - South Gippsland Shire Council, Private Bag 4, 9 Smith Street, Leongatha 3953, Telephone: 5662 9200. This can be done during office hours (Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5pm) and is free of charge.

Applications are also available to be viewed on Council's Website at www.southgippsland. vic.gov.au Any person who may be affected by the granting of the permit may object or make other submissions to the Responsible Authority. An objection must: • be sent to the Responsible Authority in writing • include the reasons for the objection and • state how the objector would be affected.

If you object, the Responsible Authority will tell you its decision.

Privacy Notification: The responsible authority must make a copy of every objection available at its office for any person to inspect during office hours free of charge until the end of the period during which an application may be made for review of a decision on the application.

The Responsible Authority will not decide on this application until 14 days after the date of this Notice.

Dated: 22 November 2016.

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MAINTENANCE / HANDYMAN Part time or Casual – 20+ hours per week

PERMANENT PART TIME

PERSONAL CARERS AND REGISTERED NURSES We are searching for motivated, enthusiastic and caring individuals to join our care team at Foster in the roles of Personal Carer and Registered Nurse. If you are a team player with excellent interpersonal skills call us now for a position description.

Applications close 5pm Monday 28 November 2016 All enquiries and applications to: Carina Ross, Quality Care Administrator T: 03 5682 0800 E: carina.ross@promcountryagedcare.com.au

The ideal candidate will have recently completed or are about to complete a Business, Commerce or Accounting tertiary degree. Working in a close-knit team, you will be exposed to a broad range of accounting and taxation work for small to medium size businesses.

We are looking for a graduate who is client focused, a team player and have a positive “can do” attitude. The successful applicant will be in a Graduate Accountant position working directly with the other Accountants and Partners.

Excellent advancement opportunities exist for a self-motivated person who has the ambition to achieve.

If you are interested in applying for this role please send through your resumé and covering letter to: Email to: yvonne@mjacpa.com.au Post to: Graduate Accountant MJA Accounting Level 1, 16 McCartin Street, Leongatha Vic 3953 Applications close: 4 December 2016

Initial Assessment and Planning/ Initial Response Worker Homelessness and Support Services PART TIME The Homelessness and Support Services Opening Doors Program, will provide services to people who present with a range and combination of multiple and complex needs. We are recruiting for an enthusiastic IAP Worker to deliver a response that reduces the complexity of the service system in order to improve access to services that may have otherwise been inaccessible due to the person’s complex and challenging behaviors and/or their inability to sustain supports. This position is located in Leongatha.

For further information and to apply please visit www.sarmy.org.au/divisions/evd.

Reliable and experienced Handyman wanted to undertake room renovation work over several months. After that work has been completed there will be regular ongoing motel maintenance work of approximately 5 to 10 hours per week (with more required occasionally). Hours can be flexible.

Varied duties, including installing shower screens, tiling and grouting, minor plumbing, carpet tile laying, weatherboard replacement, and small painting jobs.

Please phone Leongatha Motel on 5662 2375

2017 TRAINEESHIP

Applications close December 5, 2016

Community Support Services

CABINETMAKING APPRENTICESHIP A Cabinetmaking Apprenticeship vacancy exists within our Company.

We are looking for someone who can be reliable, motivated, hardworking, have a good attention to detail and a willingness to learn.

You will gain a wealth of knowledge in the manufacturing and installation of custom designed kitchens, cabinets and shop fitting joinery. This Apprenticeship is a 4 year commitment with the outcome of a nationally recognised qualification.

Community Development Worker Grade 2 0.5 EFT – Job Share Position – Limited Term 12 Month Contract Applications are invited from experienced professionals in partnership facilitation and community based project work. The position facilitates and supports the South Coast Best Start Partnership and builds relationships with relevant early years stakeholders. The Partnership expertise and experience is used to develop innovative and collaborative responses to improve outcomes for children and their families. The position leads the implementation of local data collection plans and utilises action research models to achieve the stated Best Start Priorities. The South Coast Best Start program covers the Shires of Bass Coast and South Gippsland.

Tertiary qualifications in a relevant field such as community development, social work, health promotion, welfare or related field are desirable.

This project is guided by the South Coast Best Start Partnership and the Department of Education and Training.

Remuneration will be negotiated in accordance with qualifications and experience.

Salary packaging is available.

Enquires and be directed to Helen Searle or Erin Johnson on 5671 3278 or the Best Start Facilitator on 5671 3510. The Position Description is available on the BCH website.

Applications, including a cover letter, a separate statement addressing the selection criteria and a current CV, including 2 professional referees should be directed to: Noel.Sibly@basscoasthealth.org.au Applications close 12 noon, Tuesday 6 December 2016

South Gippsland

JOINERY SALESPERSON Permanent, full time position

Capeview Building Products require the services of an experienced and capable person to join our busy joinery team in Wonthaggi.

Working with existing clients and sourcing new, the role requires a results focussed person who can work through the end-to-end process of joinery sales and design.

The preferred candidate will need to demonstrate: • Outstanding communication skills & customer service • Ability to prepare initial layouts for quotation purposes from a client’s brief • Good liaison skills when working with design team to produce finished drawings for clients • Good computer skills are required • Knowledge of joinery materials and accessories would be an advantage • Valid driver’s licence required The successful applicant will enjoy an attractive salary, a good working environment and the opportunity to undertake ongoing training and career development.

All applications must be in writing, with CV & cover letter addressed to: Peter Sheerin Capeview Building Products PO Box 115 Wonthaggi VIC 3995 Or email peter.sheerin@cv-bp.com.au Closing Date for Applications – Friday, December 2nd 2016

at its Pound Creek / Leongatha North site/s The successful applicant will need to be physically fit, and experienced in providing site and equipment maintenance & OHS / WHS knowledge. Experience in a similar role would be preferred.

Good references and own transport is required.

Please email: poundcreek@freshzest.com.au for an application form and position description.

Applications close COB 2/12/16

SITUATION VACANT

RETAIL SALES ASSISTANT Full Time or Part Time Position Seeking enthusiastic, independent and friendly person with excellent customer service skills and attention to detail.

The ideal candidate will have: • Retail and sales experience • Strong computer and administration skills • Initiative and common sense • Ability to assist organisation of job scheduling

To be considered for this position please forward your resumé and letter to kgk@tpg.com.au or 104 Horn Street, Leongatha 3953 by November 30th 2016.

Best Start Community Facilitator

GENERAL HAND - MAINTENANCE ROLE

Cert III Sport & Recreation Commencing January 2017 Job description can be obtained by phoning Sophie Taratuta on 03 5667 2200 Forward letter of application along with CV to: staratuta@leonsec.vic.edu.au or Leongatha Secondary College Private Bag 1, Leongatha 3953

MJA Accounting has a full time position of an Accountant or an experienced Bookkeeper to join our team of dedicated professionals.

Your duties primarily will include accounting, BAS & income tax for our small to medium business and primary producer client base.

The successful applicant will be an ambitious person with a high level of computer skills who will work in a team environment. The ability to demonstrate knowledge and experience using accounting software programs is advantageous.

If you are interested in applying for this role please send through your resumé and covering letter to: Email to: yvonne@mjacpa.com.au Post to: Accountant / Bookkeeper MJA Accounting Level 1, 16 McCartin Street, Leongatha Vic 3953 Applications close: 4 December 2016

Freshzest is seeking a motivated and team orientated person to fill a

Shire Council

Operations Team Member - Parks & Gardens Ongoing Full Time $61,194 incl. super and allowances Fortnightly RDO

Horticulture (Parks & Gardens) Apprenticeship 3 year apprenticeship Located in Leongatha & Foster Fortnightly RDO Enquiries: to Steve Missen, Coordinator Parks & Gardens on 5662 9100.

Building Maintenance Officer Ongoing Full Time $66,863 incl. super and allowances Fortnightly RDO Enquiries to: Alister Fixter, Supervisor Buildings on 5662 9200.

Applications close Friday 25 November 2016.

Please refer to our website www.southgippsland. vic.gov.au for further information. Applicants must apply through our website to be considered.

www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au

Please forward applications to: kbcarpet@sympac.com.au Contact Gaby 0432 772 769

CHILD CARE COOK Permanent Part Time

Inverloch Childcare is seeking a permanent part time cook for our 59 place centre.

We are looking for an experienced cook who is able to promote healthy eating for children aged up to 6 years.You will be responsible for preparing meals, catering for children with specific dietary requirements, maintaining our food safety program, ordering stock, planning menus and keeping the kitchen clean and organised.

A Food Safety Supervisor’s Certificate and current Working with Children Check are required.

(A Certificate 3 in Commercial Cookery is desirable). You will be required to have knowledge of food safety regulations and external audit requirements. Previous experience in a child care setting would be an advantage.

Inverloch Childcare is committed to the provision of a Child Safe Environment.

Please email your applications or to obtain a position description to inverlochchildcare@gmail.com Applications close 30th November 2016

Traineeships • Administration Trainee (HR) • Information Technology Trainee • Finance Trainee Kick start your career and be mentored by experienced professionals. You will be provided with support, training and guidance to assist you in establishing a successful career.

These entry level positions offer valuable practical experience in the speci c eld whilst gaining a Certi cate quali cation.

For more information on these Traineeships please visit Council’s website www.basscoast.vic.gov.au/careers.

Bass Coast Shire Council, 76 McBride Avenue, Wonthaggi VIC 3995 | DX 34903 Wonthaggi | PO Box 118, Wonthaggi VIC 3995 | 1300 BCOAST (226 278) or (03) 5671 2211 | basscoast@basscoast.vic.gov.au | www.basscoast.vic.gov.au

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Looking for the next step in your career?

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Customer Relationship Manager Are you passionate about helping customers?

Enjoy delivering tailored financial solutions?

Located in Toora, VIC Bendigo Bank branches are all about people working together to build stronger communities. To be successful as a Customer Relationship Manager you’ll be committed to putting customers’ needs first, building relationships with new and existing customers, developing financial solutions to suit their needs.

Recognised as a Leader, you will manage Consumer Lending for our branch and assist with the development of staff product knowledge.

Previous Lending experience and strong credit assessment skills would be advantageous but full training will be provided to the successful applicant.

Your work will play an important role in the local community and in return you’ll receive mentoring to advance a long-term career with our growing organisation.

So if you think you’ve got what it takes to be part of the Bendigo team, we want to hear from you. Visit careers.bendigobank.com.au to find out more or to submit your application, quoting reference number VIC912387. Or write to Mark Hoffman, Local Connection Coordinator, PO Box 698, Warragul 3820.

Applications close on Wednesday, 30 November 2016.

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FREE agistment available, 6 acres, Koonwarra area. Ph: 5664-2374, mob: 0457470987.

CARAVAN 1986 Windsor poptop, small awning and full annexe.

Excellent condition, $6,000. 5664-9359.

for sale

CLEAN quality cereal hay, no weather damage, northern Victoria.

Contact Russell Byrnes 0429-693222.

TIMBER Kiln dried blackwood, silver wattle, cypress, celery top pine, most sizes for furniture and craft, also slabs and structural pine. Ph: 5681-2261.

HORDER - Joan.

Narelle, Barry, Rennae, Peta, Kellie and Amanda would sincerely like to thank family and friends for their condolences, cards and flowers, for their kindness and love shown after the passing of our dear Mum and Gans.

Please accept this as our personal thanks.

Your generosity and thoughtfulness has touched us greatly.

HAYNES - Jeff.

Loved friend of Rob and Lyn, Andrew and Kathryn and family, and Joanna.

Fondly remembered.

MOWERS We stock the largest range of New push and ride-on mowers in South Gippsland, including - Honda,Victa, Greenfield, Deutscher, Cub Cadet, MTD, Masport, Toro, Yard Machines & Rover from $149.

Professional repairs and service for ALL mower makes and models.

Also stocking a large range of parts and accessories.

We also have a large range of secondhand mowers available.

MOTORCYCLES & POWER EQUIPMENT

Cnr Allison & South Gippsland Hwy, Leongatha. L.M.C.T. 2714

Ph: 5662 2028 Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited ABN 11 068 049 178. AFSL 237879. (323258_v1) (7/11/2016)

Toora & District Community Bank® Branch

www.marriottsmpe.com.au

CARAVAN 1996 Regent pop-top, one owner, twin beds, full annexe, plus extras, ex. cond, $13,500 neg. Ph: 56723962.

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FIREWOOD - local messmate/stringy bark, cut, split, dry. Discounts on bulk loads. Free delivery available. Pick up or delivered. $100 per cubic metre. Ph: 0437-176187.

FIREWOOD, redgum & local wood, Ph 0408980-711, A/H 56625175.

LAWN EDGER, petrol engine, very little use, fully adjustable, $250.

Ph: 5664-0037.

NEW POTATOES Potters Road. Phone Doug 5662-3076 or Graham 0400-551586.

SLEEPERS, treated pine, 200 x 50 x 2.4 $12.10 each, 200 x 75 x 2.4 $16.75 each, 200 x 75 x 3.0 $ 20.90 each.

Free delivery for pack lots. Phone Joe 0417530662.

STANDARD LAMP $48; horizontal mirror, wood frame, bevilled edge, $50. 5662-3925.

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CASUAL MOTEL HOUSEKEEPERS Housekeepers/Cleaners required for regular weekday morning motel housekeeping work.

Shift availability will vary depending on motel occupancy but can be expected to range from 6 to 15 hours per week (with more hours required occasionally). Shift duration can vary from 2 to 5 hours.

Motel, caravan park or holiday home cleaning experience preferred. No “cash in hand” payments. Must be reliable, injury-free and energetic to cope with the physical demands of the job.

Applicants should be prepared to undergo a Police Check and have verifiable references.

Please phone Leongatha Motel on 5662 2375

Service Technician Leongatha The CLAAS Harvest Centre network is a leading provider of agricultural machinery throughout Australia and New Zealand and enjoys brand partnerships spanning more than 40 years with premium manufacturers including CLAAS, AMAZONE and Seedhawk.

Our South Gippsland dealership is seeking an experienced Service Technician to join its team in Leongatha. The successful candidate will be involved in servicing a range of agricultural machinery, whilst providing exceptional support to customer service and sales.

The key skills required for this role include: t Experience of service work on agricultural machinery or similar; t Qualifications in Diesel / Heavy Machinery Servicing; t Excellent customer service and communication skills; t The ability to work well within a team and independently This is an excellent career opportunity for the right person. CLAAS Harvest Centres offer ongoing training and development opportunities and competitive experienced-based remuneration packages. Our employees enjoy excellent working conditions in a supportive and friendly team environment.

Please forward your application in confidence to: growwithus@claashc.com.au

situations vacant B-DOUBLE tipper operator. MC driver position for immediate start. Attractive salary package.

Cartage of bulk commodities interstate. Experience preferred. Contact Brian on 0419-319261.

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meetings Ruby Hall Association Inc

AGM

On Wednesday November 23 at 7pm Followed by a General Meeting in the RUBY HALL Tea, coffee and biscuits after

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LEONGATHA AGRICULTURAL RECREATION RESERVE COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT Notice is given of a

PUBLIC MEETING To be held at the Leongatha Croquet Club on December 12, 2016 commencing at 7.30pm The purpose of the meeting is to nominate no less than three (3) nor more than nine (9) persons as the Committee of Management for the Leongatha Agricultural Recreation Reserve for a term of three years. The current committee’s term will expire on January 14, 2017. All positions will be declared open and nominations will be accepted prior to or on the night. Nominations from women are encouraged.

Further information, nomination forms and nominee declaration forms may be obtained by contacting your local Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning office or at the meeting.

For further enquiries please contact the secretary, Frank Dekker on 5668 5285.

garage sales

GARAGE SALE 46 Jeffrey Street LEONGATHA SATURDAY NOVEMBER 26 8am - 2pm Household goods, collectables, sewing & craft materials, tools, and much more

livestock BULLS for hire or for sale. Friesian, Angus, Hereford, Limo or Jersey. All sound young bulls. Hire or sale. Phone 0447-331762.

OLD PORT POULTRY FARM Delivering 20 week old Isa Brown laying hens to your area on Sunday, December 4, $21 each. 0438832535.

wanted to buy ANY OLD farm four wheelers, good or bad, 4WDs or trucks. Will pay cash. Phone Matt 0401194601.

HAY - standing. Call Wayne 0429-471787.

marriage celebrant PAM HERRALD 5662 2553 0438 097 181

Jenny Milkins All areas - 5672 3123 jenny_milkins@hotmail.com

Wendy Rutjens

Weddings ~ Funerals ~ Namings

0429 688 123 e: rutjenswendy@gmail.com

births H U T C H I N S O N (McKnight) Kaila and Brad would like to announce the arrival of their first child, Finn Bradley at Waverley Private Hospital, on 14.11.2016.

First grandson for Cathy and Don McKnight and Glenda and Graeme Hutchinson.

in memoriam CARTER - Paul.

13.09.1946 - 25.11.2013 Paul you are forever in our hearts, we take comfort that you are resting in the arms of Jesus. A devoted husband and loving father.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in Him I will trust.

Psalm 91:1-4 With all our love, Dani, Rebekah and Walter, and Joshua. xxxx

deaths BROWN (nee Glover) Lois Rae. Late of Mole Creek, Tasmania, Bittern, Tocumwal and Leongatha.

Passed away peacefully on November 16, 2016 in her 91st year.

Loving wife of Bill (dec).

Loving mother and mother-in-law of Rod and Wendy, and Graeme.

Much loved grandma of Rebecca and Michael Thomas, Susan and Greg Mahoney, and Dean.

Much loved great grandma of Lachlan and Ryan, Patrick and William, Caitlyn and Mitchell.

CROATTO - Mario.

Dr Mario Croatto was a highly respected board member and governor of GSHS who made significant contributions to the function of GSHS. Deepest sympathy to Leonie and family from the Board of Management and staff at GSHS. EMERY Shirley Margaret.

Passed away peacefully at Latrobe Valley Village, Newborough on November 21, 2016 aged 95 years.

Loved wife of Ray (dec).

Loving mother of Laraine and Bevan, Ron and Joan (dec), Betty and Peter.

Adored grandma and great grandma of all her grandchildren.

Sadly missed.

Remembered always.

Please see Herald Sun for funeral details.

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funerals BROWN - A gathering for family and friends to celebrate the life of the late Mrs Lois Rae Brown will be held at the Woorayl Golf Club, Leongatha Recreation Reserve on Thursday, November 24, 2016 commencing at 2pm.

All Leongatha Senior Citizens and Legatees are respectfully invited to attend.

A private service for cremation has been held prior to the above gathering.

No flowers by request, donations to the Heart Foundation and Cancer Council Victoria would be appreciated.

Envelopes will be available at the service.

WALLS - A Memorial Service to celebrate the life of the late Raymond Alwyn (Ray) Walls will be held at the Amenities Complex, Korumburra Showgrounds, South Gippsland Highway, Korumburra on Saturday, November 26, 2016 commencing at 11am.

Wilma and all the family will welcome friends, relatives and former colleagues, to acknowledge his contributions to the community in so many ways.

Privately cremated on October 28, 2016.

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Launch heralds big season on track SOME big announcements and the presentation of a large crayfish were among the features of the Stony Creek Racing Club’s 2016/17 racing season launch on Friday night.

Results of Korumburra’s Holden Show Jumping Classic Results Saturday Ring 1 Class 1 Austral Hotel 105cm 4pts & under: 1st Narelle McFee riding Shadyoak Memories, 2nd Emily Hill riding Victor Hugo.

Class 2 Morwell Panels Open 120cm Speed Class: 1st Greg Stephens riding Shady Creek Finn, 2nd Sam Robertson riding Bellhaven Cassinta.

Class 3 Warragul Horseland Open 130cm: 1st Chelsea Hair riding Cheech BFD, 2nd Robert Agnew riding LH Beckham.

Class 4 Equinade Open 110cm: 1st Stuart Abrahams riding Cool Ma Goo, 2nd Jennifer Massey riding Shadowbrook Diva.

Class 5 Kardella Farm Junior Championship: 1st Georgia Goff riding Southern Alabama, 2nd Kendall Richards riding Kendalee Ratini.

Ring 2 Class 6 PJ & NJ Agricultural Contracting 75cm: 1st Samantha Riddle riding Drumara Shadow, 2nd Taylor Clarke riding Jamar Lodge Bubbles.

Class 7 85cm: 1st Cathy Wilson riding Fraarzu, 2nd Molly Barry riding Impulsive Jet. Class 8 Station Street Vet Clinic 95cm: 1st Darcy Wade riding Miss Delfyne, 2nd Viv Carfrae riding Touch Up. Class 9 100cm: 1st Riley Cottrell riding Spring Creek Pattern, 2nd Sharee Gotts riding Bannock Bay.

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Class 10a & b the one round stakes and Bundy Bareback Challenge: 1st Cohen Wade riding Lakevale Tarwyn, 2nd Max Height riding Oaklea Doaklea.

Bundy Bareback Challenge winner 1st Max Height riding Oaklea Doakle.

Long-time members from the Scott, Deering, Eldred and Hughes families were among the nearly 50 members, sponsors and supporters who enjoyed a fun evening at the Members’ Bar. President, Paul O’Sullivan welcomed all and was pleased to acknowledge the presence of two new shire councillors, Maxine Keil and Meg Edwards.

Mr O’Sullivan emphasised the close connection between the club and the South Gippsland community and wanted to acknowledge the help from the many community groups on race day.

These groups received $16,000 last year from the club and just under 7000 people attended the races last year.

The club is very excited about a new three year cup sponsorship arrangement with Ladbrokes

Bookmakers and this company will also supply many prizes to be awarded through the year.

A new initiative is the appointment of a dedicated member ambassador: committee member, Graeme Ward, will focus on attending to members’ needs on race day and will be pleased to seek feedback on how the race day experience for members can be improved.

It was a beautiful evening weather wise and showcased our new railings and fencing which has given the course a stunningly fresh and vibrant aura.

This has been a large project managed by CEO Sarah Wolf, with funding from State Government and Racing Victoria for which the club is most grateful.

The highlight of the evening was the inaugu-

ral running of the phantom Stony Ponies Maiden Plate with our winning owner, Kevin Scott taking home a giant crayfish donated by one of our local racegoers, and a bottle of Waratah Hills wine.

The new racing season will see five meetings again, starting off with December 27 closely followed by January 3.

These days will have lots of children’s activities as well as a chance for women to dress up for the Ladies Marquee luncheon.

Membership is important for the club to ensure its position as the leading professional thoroughbred racing club in South Gippsland.

Membership at $55 per adult ($50 Seniors) is super value for money with admittance to all five meetings including our blockbuster cup meeting.

Sunday Class 11 Herb & Ada Shandley Memorial Ladies Jump: 1st Narelle McFee riding Shadyoak Memories, 2nd Emily Hill riding Victor Hugo.

Class 12 Taranto Windows & Glass Open 120cm: 1st Sam Robertson riding Bellhaven Cassinta, 2nd Russell Morrison riding CP Richard.

Class 13 Holden Colorado & Leongatha Holden Open 130cm: 1st Sam Robertson riding Bellhaven Cassinta, 2nd Alex Rooney riding Tulara Chicko.

Class 14 Bruce Smith Saddleworld 110cm 40pts & under: 1st Phill Stephens riding Vigorous, 2nd Stuart Abrahams riding Cardinia.

Class 15 75cm: 1st Jamie Chila riding Tracker Lad, 2nd Samantha Riddle riding Drumara Shadow.

Class 16 85cm: 1st Zoe Waller riding Mobile App, 2nd Cathy Wilson riding Fraarzu.

Class 17 95cm: 1st Sharee Gotts riding Bannock Bay, 2nd Cathy Wilson riding Fraarzu.

Class 18 105cm 4pts & under: 1st Ellie Clavarino riding Money Muncher, 2nd Riley Cottrell riding Drifter.

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Champagne event: winner of the Stony PoWelcome all: Paul O’Sullivan, president of the Stony Creek Racing Club, welcoming guests nies Maiden Plate phantom race Kevin Scott with Mandy Kuhne, the event organiser. in the members bar on Friday night.

Young ambassador behind Ride to Time RIDE to Time is a great chance for pony club riders to learn the importance of being able to ride at a given speed said Holly DeGaris who has been appointed the West Gippsland Zone 2016 young ambassador for the event.

Ride to Time events have become a novelty fixture at country race meetings like Stony Creek and Woolamai.

Holly said, “Ride to Time improves the rider’s ability to alter the horse’s speed and to stay at a steady pace, very important when on cross country as well as everyday riding.

“Participants have the opportunity to be coached by racing professionals on the skills needed to ride at speed in a safe and controlled manner.”

Riders are required to ride at a pre-determined speed at events.

Riders in Grades 3 and 4 ride at 500 metres per minutes and in Grades 1 and 2 at 550 metres per minute and maintain the pace over 1000 metres the winner being whoever is closest to their grade’s time.

On Sunday, June 5 West Gippsland Zone’s first Ride to Time of the year was held at the Woolamai Turf Club race meeting.

After a short briefing by Jo Martin, the younger kids and the ones who had not done Ride to Time before participated in an introduction to Ride To Time to learn more about what they would need to do.

After the introduction they headed out to the track to do their warm up laps.

The riders went round the track in small groups of two or three to get their horses familiar with the track and to make sure they were feeling safe.

They then individually did a practise lap and received feedback on their times before their final lap.

Later the more experienced riders had their turn and the riders with the closest times were awarded their ribbons.

The second qualifying day was held on Saturday, July 9 at the Stony Creek Turf Club race meeting.

The winner of Grade 3 was Steph Comfort from Bunyip Pony Club and Grade 4 Natalie Jans from Meeniyan Pony Club.

The winner of Grade 1 and 2 was Carly Heislers from Wonthaggi Pony Club.

Steph and Carly had the amazing opportunity to go to the State Championships held at the Moonee Valley races on August 27.

Georgia Filippi from Bass Valley Pony Club the Grade 1 and 2 runner-up was also invited to compete at Moonee Valley.

Natalie Jans was awarded the most improved West Gippsland Zone Ride to Time participant.

On December 27 the West Gippsland Zone Ride to Time Championships will be held at during the Stony Creek Turf Club race meeting.

Riders will compete in between the first couple of

races early on race day and will then be able to enjoy the rest of the day in the West Gippsland Zone marquee where food and drinks will be offered.

All riders who have participated in a qualifying day safely are able to compete at the championships.

Any other pony club riders not competing are encouraged to come and support those who are and enjoy the WGZ marquee.

Racing Victoria and its development officer Lisa Coffey have been great supporters of Ride to Time.

Racing Victoria has kindly supplied ribbons, shirts and other goodies for all participants this year and supplied fabulous prizes and gift bags for those who rode at Moonee Valley.

Lisa Coffey attends as many training days as possible and has great expertise to share.

Participants in Ride to Time thank Stony Creek and Woolamai turf clubs for the use of their wonderful facilities.

Miss DeGaris also thanked Lisa Coffey and Racing Victoria for their ongoing support.

“All the riders have learnt a lot from these days and have had heaps of fun being able to ride at speed in a safe environment,” she said.

WGZ has planned another training day on Sunday, November 20.

The day will also be a qualifier for the West Gippsland Zone Championships to be held at Stony Creek on December 27.

Please contact Deb Collins, WGZ chief Instructor on 0429 093 671 or find the entry form on the WGZ website if you are interested in participating in Ride to Time.

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Around the clock: Ride to Time ribbon winners, from left, Anna Scott and Lucy Phipps (Wonthaggi Pony Club), Natalie Jans (Meeniyan PC), Steph Comfort (Bunyip PC), Jo MarAmbassador: Holly DeGaris, the West tin (Ride to Time instructor), Georgia Filippi (Bass Valley PC), Holly DeGaris (Meeniyan Gippsland Zone, Ride to Time young am- PC and West Gippsland Zone Ride to Time young ambassador) and Carly Heistlers (Wonbasssador on Red at Woolamai Racecourse. thaggi PC).

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thestar.com.au Meeniyan Ladies

Prepping: from left, Ted Martin, Don Perrett, Mick Herrald, Ross Winkler and Pat Wallace wait for their turn to tee off at the Woorayl Golf Club.

Starting point: from left, Ivor McLennan, Craig Hall, Greg Fennell and Graeme Calder were ready to tee off for Saturday’s Stableford competition at Woorayl Golf Club.

TIDES Here is an easy guide to tides in your area.

To determine tides for a particular area, add or subtract periods of times as shown below.

Earlier Minutes Apollo Bay ...........................25 King Island (Grassy) ...........10 King Island (Surprise Bay)....40 King Island (Franklin) ...........40 Lakes Entrance .................... 170 Lorne ...................................... 20 Mallacoota Inlet.................... 158 Rip Bank ................................ 15 Snowy River Entrance ......... 170 _______________________ Cape Schanck, Flinders, Mornington Ocean Beaches, Seal Rocks, Venus Bay, Waratah Bay, Woolamai ....... nil _________________________ Later Minutes Altona ................................... 195 Barwon Heads Bridge ........... 15 Carrum ................................. 195 Corinella ................................. 68 Cowes Pier............................. 50 Dromana .............................. 195 Frankston ............................. 195 Geelong ............................... 210 Hastings ................................. 66 Hovell Pile ............................ 195 Inverloch Pier ......................... 15 Melbourne ............................ 200 Mornington ........................... 195 Newhaven Jetty ..................... 30 No. 1 West Channel (Annulus)........................... 50 No. 2 South Channel Light .... 70 No. 8 South Channel Light .. 150 Port Albert Pier ...................... 90 Portarlington Pier ................. 190 Portsea Pier ........................... 80 Port Welshpool (Rabbit Island .................... 10 Queenscliffe Pier ................... 30 Rhyll ....................................... 60 Rosebud............................... 195 Rye Pier ............................... 170 St. Leonards Pier ................. 190 Sandringham ....................... 195 Sorrento Pier........................ 130 Stony Point ............................. 40 South Channel Pile Light ..... 190 Swan Island Dock ................ 120 Tooradin ............................... 105 Warneet.................................. 84 Williamstown ........................ 200 Welshpool Pier....................... 90

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Woorayl FINALLY, it was a nice day to play golf.

After terrible conditions for the club championships, the club enjoyed a nice day albeit the greens had just been cored.

However the scores were much better even though the field was down a bit with only 36 players.

Everyone had a lovely day in the sun.

The A Grade winner was one of the pre match favorites to win the B Grade championship this year.

The bookies had him short but although he played okay and got in the final seeded group he was never really in the hunt.

He showed his class shooting a nice 37 points to take the A Grade prize. Well done to Geoff McKinnon.

The B Grade winner this week with a great score of 39 points was Bo Fiek.

It is believed Bo is going in for a medical procedure soon so the club wishes him all the best and hope to see him back on the golf course soon.

The C Grade winner was John Hassett also with a great score of 39 points.

DTL went to G. Young, C. Hall, G. Price 38, E. Poole, P. Burgess and G. Forrester 36.

NTP on eighth went to P. Burgess and 17th J. Howard.

Raffle “DP” syndicate.

Next week is very busy.

The club has its presentation night next Friday from 7pm.

Please come along to congratulate the major trophy winners for the year; there will also be a happy hour for members on the night.

Saturday is monthly medal and the first round of the summer cup.

Sunday is the closing day mixed followed by the AGM at 4:30pm.

Woorayl ladies THERE was a great turnout of players for the Guys and Dolls Day on Wednesday, November 16, along with the very welcome spring weather.

The day’s play was a ‘novelty’ stableford format.

The inclusion of the men into each team added a different dimension to the play and the ladies thank all those who joined them.

Evans Petroleum was the sponsor for the day.

The winners were Pauline and Lance Lancaster and Elly Berryman with 91 points.

The individual ‘play of the day’ highlight was Di O’Connor’s five points on the sixth hole.

DTL balls went to G. and J. Fennell and I. Giliam 89 points, S. Rayson, E. McBride, D. O’Connor and R. Brown 86 points.

Winning three: from left, Veronica Park, Heather McCaughan and Jan Roberts shared the Canadian Foursome spoils at the Meeniyan Golf Club.

Meeniyan STRONG fields during the week culminated in the play off for the Star Medallist on Saturday.

Congratulations to Peter Wilson who was a clear winner and carded an excellent 69 net to take out the medal for 2016. Pete won well from a high class field, defeating Brian Dewar by three shots.

The highlight on Thursday was Bill Pratt’s 43 points which included two birdies on the eighth and 11th earning him five points for each hole.

John Hyett continued his good form with a win on Tuesday shooting 40 points and beating his nearest competition by four points.

All players continue to enjoy excellent playing conditions with lots of positive comments about the course improvements during 2016;

Leongatha WITH the course in magnificent condition and the recently cored greens playing remarkably well, high scores were the order of the day on Saturday.

However, no one could match Allan Schache who had a day out to score 48 points for a runaway victory in C Grade, the Super Comp and to produce the best score of the day by a massive six points.

A Grade was taken out by Andrew Smith with 42 points and Alan Kuhne won B Grade with 41 points.

DTL balls were awarded to Ross Evans, Fred Debono, Chris Leaver, Gene Van Der Zalm, Stuart Harry, Terry Chipman, Geoff Tyson, Barry Stevens, Barry Attwood, Henry Sedelies, Russell Williams, NTP 17th was M. Tuckett.

In March there were 16 players who qualified to progress to the Ken Grist Memorial handicap matchplay singles knockout rounds.

The final match for this event was played on Tuesday, November 15, with Heather Sullivan and Jo Fennell the finalists.

The golf was of a high standard despite the inclement weather.

Heather had to give Jo nine shots and she managed to reel these in and won the match on the 15th hole.

Congratulations to both ladies on making the final and to Heather for being this year’s champion for the Ken Grist Memorial Trophy.

Next week is Heather’s day with an American Foursomes Stableford.

A reminder that the presentation night is on this Friday, November 25.

THE Meeniyan Ladies played Canadian Foursomes on Wednesday, November 16.

Mandy Kuhne sponsored the day and match play was also for the 4BBB Poletti Knock-out Championship which was won by Irene Holm and Jenny Cope.

Congratulations girls on a fine effort.

The weather was fine and the condition of the course was very good.

The winners of the Canadian Foursomes were Veronica Park and Heather McCaughan with a score of 82 and one eighth.

Runners-up were Jan Roberts who also partnered Heather McCaughan with a score of 92 and one eighth.

congratulations to Col Olden and his team for all their work.

Results: Tuesday, November 15: Single Stableford.

Winner: John Hyett (35) 40 points.

Runner up: Peter Gornall (24) 36 points.

Nearest the pin: second Reg Hannay and 11th Will Bullock.

Thursday, November 17: Singles Stableford.

Winner: Bill Pratt (33) 43 points.

Runner up: Bob McGeary (14) 40 points.

Nearest the pin: fifth Bob McGeary and 11th Bill Pratt.

Best nine: Reg Hannay 17 points on a count back.

Saturday, November 19: Stroke, Star Medal Playoff.

Sponsor: Damian Noonan.

Winner: Peter Wilson (21) 69 net.

Runner up: Brian Dewar (17) 72 net.

Pro pin: no winners.

Nearest the pin: 11th Peter Wilson.

Down the line balls: Will Bullock (14) 73 net, Daryle

Gregg (23) 75 net, Paul Robinson (17) 75 net and Col Olden (21) 75 net.

Members draw: Brad Wright.

Twilight: Friday, November 18: Men’s: Phil Hutcheson Ladies: Belinda Angwin

Thursday winner: Bill Pratt took out the Single Stableford competition at the Meeniyan Golf Club.

Star Medallist: Peter Wilson was the clear winner of the 2016 event.

Rod Brown, David Mock and John Eabry.

NTPs were Gene Van Der Zalm on the 14th hole and David Mock on the 16th.

With no competition on Tuesday or Wednesday, due to the coring of the greens, 63 players contested a mixed four person Ambrose event on Thursday.

Winners with a net score of 60.375, was the team of Mike Street, Helen and Neil Mackenzie and Alan Kuhne.

Balls were won by the teams of Rob Martin, Merv Stubbs, Andy Bassett, and Kevin Castwood, Rob Pritchard, Arthur Nilsson, Barry Day and John Renwick, John King, Allan Schache, Andrew Smith and Jon Smith, Ken Fraser, Rob Weatherburn, Peter Dowling and Ron Brentnall, Susan Bowler, Maryanne Gartner, Nanete Meagher and Karen Orford.

NTPs for the men were Ian Murchie on the 14th hole and John Renwick on the 16th and for the ladies Maryanne Gartner on the 14th.

The Club’s Christmas dinner and presentation night will be held on Friday, December 2.

Contact the club to book or arrange a table and come along to enjoy a great night.

Second Round Club Championships.

A SCR: S. Rathjen 77.

B SCR: F. Tyers 84.

C SCR: T. Jones 125.

A: Net: S. Rathjen 69, B Net: F. Tyers 68, C Net: T. Jones 71.

Putting: D. Cripps 25.

NTP: P. Schofield fourth, F. Tyers 6th, T. Jones 13th, J. Chaseling 15th and C. Downing 17th.

DTL: J. Freeman, L. Giddy, T. Vanin, P. Schofield, S. Barwick, J. McIntyre and C. Gray.

Eagles: J. Freeman and S Rathjen, 10 balls.

Tuesday, November 15: Stableford Winner: P. Dight 36.

NTP: 15th F. Tyers.

DTL: F. Tyers and J. Mathers.

Wednesday, November 16: Stableford at Yarram.

Winner: A Grade: M. Symmons.

B: D. Berriman.

Thursday, November 17: Stableford.

Winner: R. Fulton 41 points.

NTP: R. Fulton.

DTL: C. Gray and J. Mathers.

Friday, November 18: Chook Run Stableford.

Winner: C. Gray 20 points.

NTP: K. Esler.

DTL: S. Reid, K. Witheridge, B. Amreister, R. Stewart and O. Straw.

Saturday, November 19: A Grade SCR: C. Buckland76.

B Grade SCR: S. Canning 81.

C Grade SCR: K. Esler 88.

Net A: K. Flett 72. B; S. Canning 67, C: K. Esler 68.

NTPs: C. Buckland, S. Parkinson, J. Freeman, A. Morley and S. Rathjen.

Leongatha ladies SATURDAY, November 19: Winner: Marea Maher (26) 44 points.

Down the line: Dot Stubbs 38, Di Williams 37 and Wendy Parker 34.

Nearest the Pin: Marea Maher.

There was no golf Wednesday; the greens were being cored and sanded.

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Putting: B. Knee.

DTL: S. Barnes, B. Knee, C. Pulham, A. Naylor, C. Buckland, L. Giddy and S. Barwick.

Nine holes: Two Twos – Andrew “Nayls” Naylor walked away with the kitty of $88 in the two 2’s competition.

Sunday: 72 hole Club Champion: Chris Buckland (in a four hole playoff with Jim Freeman.)

72 hole B: Andrew Naylor.

72 hole C: Kane Esler.

Sunday Stroke: A SCR: J. Freeman 75 B SCR: A. Naylor 88 C SCR: S. Barnes 92 A Net: J. Freeman, B Net: b B. Knee, C Net, S. Barnes.

Putting: T. Vanin.

NTP: P. McKay, K. Flett, S. Barwick, K. Esler and C. Pulham.

DTL: L. McKenzie, K. Esler, C. Downing, T. Vanin and P. Dight.

Nine holes: J. Freeman.

Course condition: drying out well.

Korumburra THERE were 45 players on Saturday, November 19 for a stableford competition, with trophies supplied by L. Sharp and M. Young.

A Grade: (10 hcp) T. Herbert 39 pts, N. Spargo 38, T. Fowles 38, P. Vanagtmaal 37, B. Clasby 35, D. Vanrooye 35.

B Grade: (20 hcp) K. Spokes 43 pts, D. Gow 38, J. Wilson 36, P. Worthy 35.

Nearest the pin: 1st D. Gow, 7th B. Maskell, 10th T. Fowles, 13th D. Vanrooye.

Tuesday’s winner was I, Cash 40 pts and Thursday’s winner T. Marotti 41 pts.

Bill Hessels eagled the 8th hole and P. Vanagtmaal eagled the 11th.

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thestar.com.au Korumburra ladies LAST Wednesday started off with chilly weather but the day finished with the warmest temperatures for some time.

There were even umbrellas up to ward off not rain, but the heat.

Twenty two women played in the Stableford event.

Division 1 was won by Joan Peters (21) with 34 points and runner up was Lee Clements (12) with 33 points.

Beryl Brown (26) won Division 2 with 31 points and Merrissa Cosson (28) was runner up with 27 points.

Division 3 winner was Jean White (39) with 27 points and close behind Jean was Marg Harper (34) with 26 points.

Beryl Brown was NTP on the first to win the coffee and cake voucher from the Corner Garden Cafe.

Lee Clements had the best second shot on the seventh and Chris Rickard was NTP on the 13th.

Next week there is a timesheet for the Richie Beecroft 4BBB Stroke event.

For those unsure of the scoring, there will be instructions on a help sheet for each group.

With the course still soft

Successful: grade winners at Korumburra last week were Joan Peters, Jean White and Beryl Brown. underfoot due to the continued showers, we will remain on the Green Course at this stage, but keep checking the board in case this changes.

Thanks to the women who helped prepare and serve lunch for the Vet’s Day last week. By all accounts the meal was enjoyed by the golfers.

The Tournament is not far away, so please complete an entry form and give it to Chris or Lee Clements.

Three members travelled

to Phillip Island last Friday for the Mary Broadbent Bowl, with Lee Clements doing well to be runner up in A Grade with a lovely 36 points.

A small group played on Saturday, with perfect golfing weather.

Deb Wrigley (27) won with 35 points.

Lyn McIvor was NTP on the first, fourth and 13th.

It was an ideal evening for the twilight golfers last Thursday, with a growing number of

participants.

Diarne and Terry Maskell had a good score of 16 points for the seven holes to be announced the winners.

Viv and David Enbom were runners up with 15 points on a c/b from Lyn and Allan Perks. Don Olden and Chris Rickard had NTPs on the first green.

Next week will be the last week playing seven holes, and the competition will be nine holes from December 1.

Diamonds of course: from left, Betty Kane, Marg Johnson (A Grade winner), Leonie Bentick (winner of C Grade, the November Monthly Medal and the Lorna Jeeves Bowl) and Sev Piasente (B Grade winner) impressed in a tight tussle at the Wonthaggi Golf Club on Wednesday.

Wonthaggi Ladies WEDNESDAY’S golf was a busy day for catching up on missed events after October’s non month of golf.

The November Monthly Medal with the second round of the Lorna Jeeves Memorial Bowl were the events to be decided on the day played by 26 ladies .

It was a tight tussle for both events with only a couple of strokes between four

players.

Leonie Bentick posted a card of 104 (30) 74 to win C Grade, the November Monthly Medal and sneak in for the Lorna Jeeves Bowl with rounds of 75 and 74 (149) to pip both Anne Poulton and Sev Piasente both on 150.

A Grade and scratch were won by Marg Johnson 89 (13) 76 while Sev Piasente 96 (21)75 won B Grade.

Betty Kane (Lorna Jeeves’ daughter ) presented the bowl

to a very excited Leonie on the day.

Putting: Catherine Bolding 27; Birdie: Geraldine Prentice; NTP: Geraldine Prentice 17th; and Pro Pin: Pam Russell, eighth.

BDL: Catherine Bolding 76, Anne Poulton 76, Pam Hanley 77, Anne Tschiderer 77, Pam Russell 78, Delores Harvey 78, Irene Walsh 80, Kathy Geyer 80 and Maree Anderson 80.

• Wonthaggi Table Tennis Club

Wonthaggi top the tournament tables

WONTHAGGI players won every Junior event and runner up in the finals on Sunday at the East Gippsland Table Tennis Tournament in Bairnsdale.

The hotly contested Open Singles and Open Doubles were both won by Wonthaggi’s Zach Anstey.

Zach played with Bairnsdale player Luke Blythman in the Open Doubles.

Zach was also runner up in the final of the Open Mixed Doubles with a partner from Coburg Table Tennis Club.

There was a big entry in the Open (under 18) Singles which was won by thirteen year old Archie Paxton.

Max Duff was runner up to Archie in a closely fought battle between these two local rivals.

Archie and Max paired in the Open Junior Doubles to defeat two young Wonthaggi Junior players,

Jack Duff and Beau Allamby, in the final.

Jack and Beau are both eleven years old.

Two other stars on the day were first year players (Jake Stivic and Malachy O’Flynn) who won many games and played off against each other in the final of the Novice Under 14 Singles.

Beau Allamby also won the D Grade Singles against stiff opposition which included experienced adults and competed against Malachy O’Flynn in the final.

The spectacular wins were especially pleasing for Wonthaggi Juniors coach Bruce Harmer who has put a lot of time in to coaching these dedicated and talented young players.

Zach Anstey has moved on to Melbourne for university studies and plays regularly with Coburg Table Tennis Association.

He competes for Wonthaggi in Victorian Championships and is making his mark as a top Victorian Under 21 and Senior competitor.

Local champs: from left, Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College teacher Julia Leslie with the Year 7 table tennis team’s Zoe Patterson, Amy Piasente, Felicity Tack and Nina Hunter. The girls became Gippsland regional champions and went on to play at state level last week.

Table tennis stars take on states WHAT started as a bit of fun led to Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College’s Year 7 table tennis players becoming champions.

A line-up of champs: back from left, Jake Stivic, Malachy O’Flynn, Max Duff, Archie Paxton, Zach Anstey and front, Beau Allamby and Jack Duff with the haul of trophies they carted home from the East Gippsland Table Tennis Tournament in Bairnsdale on Sunday.

The team won the SSV district competition and became Gippsland regional champions.

The girls qualified for the state competition and played off at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre last Wednesday.

They played in Pool A and contested 18 games against three different schools.

Playing 12 singles matches and six doubles matches, the girls won one out of three rounds.

Many of the games went into overtime – a fantastic feat against competitive schools.

“The played many close games and the girls

played really well together. It was great experience for them to play at an elite level,” teacher Julia Leslie said.

Although they didn’t win at states, the girls were thrilled with their result and are keen to play again next year.

“You could certainly see the improvement. They gained more confidence as they went on and as the competition got tougher they rose to the challenge,” Ms Leslie said.

Some of the girls had not played table tennis before and enjoyed the challenge and experience.

“I’ve played a bit of table tennis outside school, but mostly we thought we’d try a different sport to have fun. We didn’t know how far we would go,” teammate Nina Hunter said.

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Ready to compete: South Coast Athletics performed at the Athletics Victoria Shield on November 12.

Over the bar: Nicola Slade cleared 1.40m in the Under 14 Women’s High Jump at Athletics Victoria Shield on Friday, November 12.

The pace is on for South Coast SOUTH Coast Athletics Club’s local Tuesday night competition continues to attract good numbers.

Team mates: from left, Piper Hastings, Naomi Merrilees and Courtney Clark at the Athletics Victoria Shield on Friday, November 12.

The club thanks all those regulars attending and encourage any newcomers to come and try.

It also continues to get fantastic numbers of members attending the Athletics Victoria shield events held at metropolitan tracks every weekend.

The weekend of November 13 saw another great turnout which resulted in all athletes completing healthy performances with many personal bests achieved.

The club congratulates all these regular members taking up the opportunity to compete at this level and encourage them to keep up the amazing performances.

Shield results, November 12 Open Women: Sarah Lewis 200m 30.44, 800m 2.33.8.

Women 40: Beth Montgomery Shotput 6.27m.

Under 18 Women, Courtney Clark 200m 34.98, 800m 3.38.8, Shotput 6.51m; and Naomi Merrilees 200m 37.68, 800m 3.88.0, Shotput 5.87m.

Under 16 Women: Rachel Aitken Triple Jump 7.63, High Jump 1.50m; and Piper Hastings Triple Jump 7.33, High Jump 1.35m, Shotput 6.55m.

Under 14 Women: Georgia Burns 200m 29.92, 800m

Day of relay brilliance shines Cntinued from page 47.

LEONGATHA Little Athletics took 28 Athletes to the regional relays on Sunday November 20 fielding five teams (and four athletes competed in the Gippsland Region teams).

The temperatures on the track reached 30 degrees for the last of the races.

The whole arena had their eyes on the last race of the day the Leongatha Under 9 Boys Medley Jasper Shone, Jack McNaughton, Billy Horskins and the final leg, Isaac Bolge.

The crowd roared as the boys ran a brilliant race and Isaac took the team home for a gallant second place.

Earlier the Under 9 Boys had a great day at their first carnival ever and walked away with two first places and a second.

The rest of the team had an extremely successful day as well.

Under 9 Boys: 1st 4x200 metres, 1st 4x100 metres, 2nd Medley.

Under 12 Boys: 3rd 4x200 metres, 1st 4x100 metres, 3rd Medley.

Under 12 Girls: 2nd 4x200 metres, 2nd 4x100 metres, 3rd Medley.

Under 14 Girls: 3rd 4x200 metres, 3rd 4x100 metres, 3rd Medley.

Under 15 Girls: 4th Medley.

Under 15 Mixed: 3rd 4x200 metres, 4th 4x100 metres.

The following athletes competed for the Gippsland Region: Zara Borg, Under 10 Girls, 3rd 4x200 metres, 1st 4x100 metres; Tyler Roberts, Under 11 Boys; Zackary Roberts, Under 9 Boys, 2nd 4x200 metres; and Emily James, Under 15 Girls, 2nd 4 x200 metres, 3rd mixed 4x100 metres.

The committee would like to say a huge thank you to all the athletes and parents for their assistance on the day and making it such a success.

The weekend started with the Saturday competition with yet again, more amazing results.

We had 141 athletes competing who achieved 268 personal bests.

Each week our officials and coaches help the athletes further develop their skills and confidence which in turn results in the children continuing to improve on their personal bests each time they compete in an event.

Our objective at Leongatha Little Athletics: enabling children to succeed in their own right.

Personal best U6G: Mikayla Richards 300m 1:31.08,70m 17.94; U6B: Zeb Anderson 300m 1:05.34, 70m 14.48, Long Jump 2.63; Lachie Bowler 300m 1:24.18, 70m 16.05, Long Jump 2.11, Shot Put 3.27; Raidyn Harrison 70m 16.22, Shot Put 2.50; Jake Johnston 300m 1:27.72, 70m 16.27, Shot Put 2.80; Frazer Livingstone 300m 1:16.67, 70m 15.36, Shot Put 3.57; U7G: Imogen Cruickshank 70m 15.26, Discus 4.90; Ruby Katz 300m 1:36.56; Madison Mills-Cutts 300m 1:22.67, 70m 15.58; Tallarah Murdoch 300m 1:17.27, 70m 15.06, Discus 6.37;Christie Vandermeer Discus 5.34; Ella White 300m 1:11.95, 70m 14.45, Discus 6.77, Long Jump 2.52; Mia Yates 300m 1:14.90, 70m 14.48, Discus 4.64; U7B: Jacoa Cameron 70m 13.52, Discus 11.39; Cohen Harrison 70m 15.29; Jarrah Lowe 70m 14.60; Jed Matheson Discus 7.93; Harper Richards 300m 1:18.98, 70m 16.00, Discus 5.24; Tyson Tumino 70m 15.97, Discus 7.63; U8G: Lily Hanily 100m 19.72, 70m 14.17, Long Jump 1.30; Georgia Hutchinson 100m 19.64; Anna Hutchinson 100m 20.50, Turbo Javelin 5.95; Madison Johnston 100m 21.98, Turbo Javelin 7.87; Leah Mark 70m 16.93, Long Jump 1.68; Willow McGannon 100m 24.24, 70m 16.58, Long Jump 1.42, Turbo Javelin 5.15; Clara Wilson 100m 21.84,70m 15.14, Long Jump 2.30; U8B: Jacob Bolge 100m 18.82, 70m 13.11, Discus 9.52; Jackson Commadeur 100m 21.69, 70m 14.81, Discus 9.70; Max Fowles 100m 18.38, 70m 13.24; Tejamshu Gaddam 100m 18.44, 70m 12.98; Eamon Reardon 100m 19.36, Discus 10.73, Long Jump 2.55; Miller Richards 100m 21.44, Ned Sheahan 70m 15.64, Long Jump 2.18; Zachary Sherar 100m 19.45, Discus 11.96; Ben Vandermeer Discus 9.46; U9G: Melisse Bath

400m 1:34.79, Shot Put 3.71; Tennessee Crimp 400m 2:12.61, 70m 17.68; Alyssa Edwards 70m 14.31, Shot Put 3.01; Lucy Heber 400m 1:50.95, 70m 14.54; Alice Hutchinson 70m 14.25; Audrey McGannon 400m 1:35.52, 70m 13.10, High Jump 1.00, Shot Put 5.11; Amber Rickard 400m 1:55.57; Casey Tumino 400m 2:07.87, 70m 15.66, Shot Put 4.05; U9B: Jack Aeschlimann 400m 1:32.28, 70m 12.94, Long Jump 3.10, Turbo Javelin 8.92; Froley Anderson 400m 1:49.75, 70m 14.08, Long Jump 2.80; James Barry Turbo Javelin 5.89; Isaac Bolge 400m 1:26.59, 70m 12.45; Josh Bowler 70m 14.51, Long Jump 2.59, Turbo Javelin 10.50; Thomas Farbus Long Jump 2.41, Turbo Javelin 6.90; Jordan Fisher Turbo Javelin 7.64; Billy Horskins 400m 1:29.73, Turbo Javelin 10.02; Angus Livingstone 400m 1:33.09, Long Jump 2.92, Turbo Javelin 8.48; Jack McNaughton 70m 12.26, Long Jump 3.37; Benjamin Mills-Cutts 400m 1:57.39, 70m 14.02, Long Jump 2.72; Bradley Parke 400m 1:32.54, 70m 12.88, Long Jump 2.40; Zackary Roberts Long Jump 2.05, Turbo Javelin 8.25; Max Sheahan 70m 13.91; Jasper Shone 400m 1:31.53, 70m 12.33, Turbo Javelin 10.60, Jett Tieman 70m 12.39, Long Jump 2.89, Turbo Javelin 10.35; Patrick Wilson 70m 13.09, Turbo Javelin 9.06; U10G: Zara Borg Discus 9.98;Phoebe Collins 400m 1:41.26; Cecily de Gooyer High Jump 1.05; Ashlyn Matheson 400m 1:30.19; U10B: Josh Doolan 70m 13.08; Zac Evans 400m 1:50.52, 70m 14.39, Shot Put 4.67; Reuben Gammon 1500m 5:58.78, 400m 1:22.38, 70m 11.51; Ryan Marshman 1500m 5:58.39, 400m 1:21.52, 70m 11.94, Long Jump 3.17, Shot Put 4.50; Fletcher McLennan 1500m 7:27.73, 400m 1:36.83, 70m 12.89, Long Jump 2.76; Connor Richards 1500m 6:44.94, 400m 1:32.59, Shot Put 4.56; Thomas Sherar 400m 1:25.61, Long Jump 3.01, Shot Put 5.45; Aydan Williams 400m 1:26.68; U11G: Erika Allen 400m 1:40.50, 70m 13.08, Shot Put 4.49; Paige Barry 400m 1:42.72; Mia Burt 400m 1:24.84, 70m 11.71, Shot Put 6.20; Madeline Herbert Shot Put 5.89; Rose Hutchinson 1500m 8:35.28, 400m 1:43.73, 70m 13.53, Tri-

ple Jump 5.36; Stella McGannon 400m 1:43.01, 70m 13.68, Triple Jump 5.97; Lucy Patterson 1500m 8:12.31, 400m 1:36.17, 70m 12.70, Shot Put 5.14, Triple Jump 6.39; Nicolette Wight 70m 13.23, Shot Put 5.24, Triple Jump 6.47; U11B: Xavier Bolge 1500m 5:55.88, 400m 1:17.65, Discus 16.65; Oliver Brewis 1500m 6:45.25; Hugh Livingstone 70m 14.10; Scott Mackie 70m 12.35; Oscar Murdoch 1500m 6:04.68, 400m 1:22.56, Discus 15.60; Tyler Roberts 400m 2:00.32, Long Jump 2.28; U12G: Chloe Caithness Long Jump 2.81; Nevada Crimp 1500m 6:55.68, 400m 1:23.53, 70m 11.98, Discus 11.01, Long Jump 3.30; Zara Kreutzberger 400m 1:30.19, Discus 10.24, Long Jump 3.10; Harper McLennan 1500m 6:12.78, 400m 1:19.40, Long Jump 3.48; Abby Osborne 70m 12.79; Mitchell Bath 400m 1:24.91, 70m 11.97, Shot Put 4.99; U12B: Harrison Clark 500m 6:18.21, 400m 1:27.86, 70m 12.97, Long Jump 2.82, 400m 1:19.80, 70m 11.81; Robbie Reardon Long Jump 2.79; Tyler Richards 1500m 5:46.79, 400m 1:18.63, 70m 12.14, Long Jump 3.29; U13G: Charli Burns 1500m 7:15.23, Discus 11.92; Georgia Burns 1500m 5:34.59, 400m 1:08.09, Discus 16.16, High Jump 1.40; Rebecca Mckeown 400m 1:15.47, Discus 11.80; Bree-anna Roy 400m 1:37.74, 80m Hurdles 20.68, Discus 13.43; Heidi Tieman 400m 1:24.21, Discus 12.64; U14G: Evie Bath Discus 14.21, Charlie Brewis 80m Hurdles 19.18; Autumn Crimp 400m 1:48.32, Discus8.15; Jasmine Woods 80m Hurdles 14.82, High Jump 1.40; U15G: Erin Clark 400m 1:43.36, 90m Hurdles 27.69, Long Jump 2.77, Shot Put 5.91; Maddi Cruickshank 400m 1:36.71, Long Jump 3.87, Shot Put 6.24; Courtney Martin 400m 1:13.00, Long Jump 4.18; U15B: Alfred Herbert 100m Hurdles 19.84, 400m 1:11.70, Long Jump 4.03; Angus Ritchie 1500m 6:47.11, 400m 1:19.60, Long Jump 3.55; U16G: Sophie Allen 400m 1:27.25, Long Jump 4.13, Shot Put 6.06; Jemma Caithness 400m 1:24.00, 90m Hurdles 20.20; U16B: Merlin Gammon 1500m 4:53.94, 400m 1:06.80, Javelin 14.17, Long Jump 4.19.

2.32.6, Triple Jump 8.48,High Jump 1.45m; Tevu Montgomery 200m 31.55, Shotput 6.10; Charli Burns 200m 36.23, 800m 3.22.0, Triple jump 7.74; Alarna Gibson-Williamson High Jump 1.45m; and Nicola Slade High Jump 1.40m.

Under 14 Men: Matt Merrilees Triple Jump 9.27m, High Jump 1.60m, Shotput 8.14, Hammer 24.56.

Results of local competition held in Leongatha, November 15: 100m Sprint: Aliesha Wrigley 14.26, Charli Burns 16.59, Alana Gison-Williamson 14.55, Nicola Slade 15.23, Courtney Clark 17.10, Rachel Aitken 16.93, Sarah Lewis 14.79, Brenton Taber 13.66, Harrison Clark 18.29 and Georgia 15.09.

High Jump: Harrison Clark 1.00m, Courtney Clark .09m, Aleisha Wrigley 1.05m, Sarah Lewis 1.10m, Georgia Burns 1.40m, Nicola Slade 1.35m, Rachel Aitken 1.35m, Alana Gibson-Williamson 1.35m and Brenton Taber 1.45m 800m: Georgia Burns 2.40.00, Sarah Lewis 3.15.00, Harrison Clark 3.24.00, Courtney Clark 3.359.00, Colin GibsonWilliamson 2.52.00, Nicola Slade, 3.34.00, Charli Burns 4.09.00, Mark Burns 3.39.00 and Brenton Taber 3.02.00.

2km run: Aleisha Wrigley 8.48.49, Charli Burns 10.47.97, Sarah Lewis 8.59.04, Courtney Clark 12.02.03, Harrison Clark 9.25.78, Colin Gibson-Williamson 8.45.02, Mark Burns 11.13.88, Rachel Aitken 9.45.52 and Georgia Burns 7.57.24.

• Wonthaggi Little Athletics Club

On track at Wonthaggi ONE hundred and one athletes turned up on Saturday morning and despite the numerous technical glitches the weather was kind to us and the track had firmed up well enough to run the full program of events.

A bunch of records was set as the older groups came to grips with their new distances in the hurdles.

Sandra Gray (U13G), Jacob Timmermans (U13B), Brooke Evans (U14G) and Rachel Aitken (U15G) ran 41.35, 36.98, 37.51 and 41.70 seconds respectively to make the record books.

Hayden Purton set a 50m record in the Under 6 Boys with a time of 11.79 and Mia Slink ran 11.14 seconds to set a new record in the girls Under 7 50m.

Qiarshi Adams (U10G) ran the 1100m in 4:50.23 to set a new record and Archie Terlich set the Under 10 Boys record at 4:21.53.

A reminder that this week’s meet will be at Cranbourne’s Casey Fields Athletics Track.

The facilities are top class and athletes will feel as if they’re competing at an Olympic Stadium.

It’s well worth attending just for the buzz the kids get out of competing on a synthetic track.

Five personal bests Under 11 Boys: Jackson Thomas, Turbo Javelin, Long Jump, 70m, 100m and 200m.

Four personal bests Under 6 Boys: Baxter Schmidt, Long Jump, Discus, 50m, 100m; Under 6 Girls: Indi Keady, Long Jump, 50m, 100m, 200m; Under 7 Boys: Jarvis McDonald, Long Jump, Discus, 50m, 100m; Under 8 Boys: Jack Howell, Long Jump, 70m, 100m, 200m; Under 8 Girls: Jilliane Wallace, Zarah Duscher and Sara Hynd, Long Jump, 70m, 100m, 200m; Under 9 Boys: Joshua Gallyot, Shot Put, High Jump, 100m, 200m; Under 9 Girls: Camryn McKenzie, Shot Put, High Jump, 100m, 200m; Under 10 Girls: Grace Peterson, Shot Put, High Jump, 100m, 200m; Under 12 Boys: Ashton Hewitson, Triple Jump, Discus, 100m, 200m

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thestar.com.au Inverloch WEDNESDAY Social Bowls had 14 players take to the greens and the winners were Shirley Phillipson, Sue Nation, Edith Perrett and Yvonne Kee. Raffles were won by Marlene Jenkins, Joan Clark and Shirley Phillipson.

Social bowls is on again on Wednesday, November 23 starting at 12.30pm.

We would love to see some of our casual bowling members attend.

Thursday’s Turkey Triples was sponsored by Retire and Wealth Planners Pty Ltd. There was a maximum field of 28 teams (84 players) competing for the first time in many months due to the re-opening of the new number one green.

The game followed the usual four by 12 ends format of two-bowl triples.

The winners were Korumburra’s Andy Robertson (skip), Keith March and Archie Dow, winning all four games with 43 shots up.

Runners-up, with four games and 42 shots up, were Wayne Parks (skip), Ron Lawson and John Paterno.

Best Last Game: 21 shots up, Paul Griffith’s team (Peter Tainton and Ned Clark). Inverloch’s next Turkey Triples event is scheduled for December 15.

Next Thursday, November 24, Social bowls returns with 11.30am sign-on for a 12.30 start.

Saturday Pennant, round 6, Division 1: Inverloch Blue 85 defeated Philip Island white 50.

Best winning rink: M. Coram, A. Rowe, D. Roberts and G. Hardy.

Inverloch White 60 lost to Phillip Island Blue 91.

No Inverloch winning rink.

Division 3: Inverloch 70 lost to Philip Island 78.

Best winning rink: H. Rybalka, N. Everitt, B. Hensley and D. Archer.

Division 4: Inverloch 71 drew with Philip Island 71.

Best winning rink: M. Marshall, B. Humphris, G. Dunlop and M. Scott.

Division 5: Inverloch 95 defeated Foster 63.

Best winning rink: G. Scott, B. Phillipson, R. Delahoy and M. Applin.

This Friday sees the return of Members Night and the prize pool is continuing to jackpot as members have not been present when their numbers have come up.

SGBD Tuesday pennant bowls Round 7 November 15 Division 1: Inverloch 12/79 (3 shots) d Phillip Island 4/76 (L. Dowson 35 d Phyl Major 12, C. Hughes 18 lt J. Dyer 33, J. Brown 26 lt R. Eames 31), Korumburra 14/74 (6 shots) d San Remo 2/68 (M. Goad 28 d R. Dennis 22, J. McVeigh 23 d M. Forrest 18, J. Nicholl 23 lt S. Carvosso 28).

Wonthaggi 16/80 (27 shots) d Foster -/53 (M. McBain 22 d G. Facey 15, K. Simpson 28 d M. Climas 18, P. Wintrup 30 d B. Tyers 20).

Leongatha 14/65 (2 shots) d Corinella 2/63 ( J. Miller 22 d J. Carter 17, M. Pearson 21 d C. Lincoln 20, R. James 22 lt M. Hoy 26).

Division 2: Tarwin Lower 14/97 (38 shots) d Meeniyan 2/59 (S. Browne 31 d A. Maruzza 19, H. Marshall 50 d B. Scott 10, V. Martin 16 lt B. Dyke 30).

Port Welshpool 16/109 (73 shots) d Inverloch -/36 (L. McLaine 34 d L. Marsh 14, B.Crawford 47 d M. Flett 8, M. McDonald 28 d N. Martin 14).

Toora 14/77 (25 shots) d San Remo 2/52 (K. Barwick 20 d J. Grindlay 18, R. Richardson

35 d J. Blackwell 11, B. Curram 22 lt J. Farquhar 23).

Wonthaggi 13/57 (4 shots) d Lang Lang 3/53 (S. O’Connell 29 d J. Prowd 10, J. Kellow 17 drew R. Geyer 17, S. Hamilton 11 lt B. Kitchin 26).

Division 3: Leongatha 16/100 (60 shots) d Fish Creek -/40 (B. Thompson 24 d M. Bath 13, M. Rayson 33 d N. McKenzie 9, M. Jepson 43 d J. Cunningham 18).

Korumburra 12/68 (17 shots) d Phillip Island 4/51 (M. Brown 28 d D. Reynolds 5, M. Hams 20 lt C. Hoffman 21, W. Spark 20 lt L.Waters 25).

Loch 15/76 (27 shots) d Mirboo North 1/49 (V. Kennedy 30 d D. Stein 12, M. Cochrane 22 d A. Plowman 13, H. Garnham 24 drew M. Briscoe 24).

Division 4: Corinella 12/44 (3 shots) d Wonthaggi 2/41 (J. Brown 29 d L. Beaumont 13, E. Johnston 15 lt L. Stanes 28).

Inverloch 12/44 (3 shots) d Phillip Island 2/41 (V. Muir 25 d I. Vezis 18, M. Paynting 19 lt D. Bateman 23).

Foster 14/49 (7 shots) d Tarwin Lower -/42 (R. Riati 26 d M. Massier 23, G. Giaccherini 23 d J. Coates 19).

Ladders Division 1 Leongatha ...........................+57 Inverloch .............................+43 Korumburra........................-28 Foster ....................................-14 Wonthaggi ............................+67 San Remo ..............................-67 Phillip Island .........................-51 Corinella ..................................-7 Division 2 Port Welshpool .................+163 Lang Lang..............................-5 Wonthaggi ...........................+42 Toora .......................................-7 San Remo .............................+51 Meeniyan.............................-102 Inverloch..............................-105 Tarwin Lower........................-37 Division 3 Leongatha ...........................+98 Phillip Island.....................+123 Korumburra....................... +11 Mirboo North ......................-35 Loch .......................................-54 Fish Creek ...........................-143 Division 4 Corinella..............................+65 Foster ...................................+17 Tarwin Lower........................-2 Inverloch ................................-5 Wonthaggi ............................+34 Phillip Island .........................-41

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Leongatha TUESDAY, November 15 saw our Division 1 ladies travel to Corinella and they managed to scrape home by two shots overall.

Marj Pearson’s (s) team won by one shot, J. Miller’s team won by five shots and R. James’ team lost by four shots.

Division 3 were home to the Fish Creek ladies and won the day 100 shots to 30: M. Jepson’s team won 43 to 18 shots, B. Thompson’s team won 24 to 13 shots and M. Rayson’s team won 33 to 9 shots.

Round 8, November 22 sees Division 1 away to Phillip Island and Division 3 away to Korumburra.

Wednesday social bowls winners were G. Drury (s) and G. Washfold with two wins plus 37 points; runners-up were B. Turner (s) and Dot Jarvis with one win, a draw and 30 points.

The best last game went to B. Anderson and Lyn Anderson with plus 16.

Saturday, November 19 saw Division 1 men’s pennant teams travel to Korumburra and were overcome by Korumburra, losing 57 to 74 shots: Bruce Anderson’s (s) team lost 14 to 31 and R. Trotman’s (s) team won 29 to 17 shots.

Division 3 was away to Meeniyan and also were unsuccessful, losing 55 to 85 shots: R. Young (s) lost 12 to 44 shots, A. Rayson (s) won 27 to 13 shots and G. Drury (s) lost 16 to 28 shots.

Division 4 were the bright lights of the Leongatha club at

home to Tarwin Lower, winning 84 to 52 shots: R. Symmons (s) won 26 to 20 shots, L. Wilson (s) won 31 to 15 shots and M. Carnell (s) won 27 to 17 shots.

Saturday, November 26 sees Division 1 at home to Phillip Island White, Division 3 home to Port Welshpool and Division 4 away to Korumburra Maroon.

Wednesday, November 23 sees the monthly triples in action with a 9.30am start. The sponsors for the day are Bendigo Bank.

Until the next report, good bowling - ‘Jackhigh’.

Meeniyan DIVISION 2 on Tuesday 15 was away to Tarwin Lower where the Pennant team found the home team too strong.

However, it did have one rink, scoring the points.

This week the team is home to San Remo.

In the second week of our Corporate Bowls Pairs the winners were Animals (+19) with Tapex (+15) runners-up.

Saturday Pennant was played in ideal conditions with both teams at home.

Division 3 played Leongatha and had a big win with two rinks scoring the points.

This consolidates their spot in the top four.

Division 5 was playing Toora and had a very close game winning by three shots with two rinks up.

Next week Division 3 is away to San Remo and Division 5 is away to Inverloch.

Round two of the Men’s Club Singles is almost completed with some interesting results to come.

Mardan Indoor MARDAN Indoor Bowling Club had 12 bowlers and they played three games of eight ends using six bowls.

One team collapsed like the Australian cricketers.

The runners-up were Jeanie Baker as lead, Graeme Trease playing second and skipped by Ian Hasty.

They had a score of two wins and minus two shots.

The winners with a score of three wins and plus 21 shots were Jeanette Grady lead, Denyse Menzies as second and well skipped by Ann Plowman.

Nick Rutjuens had lots of luck but most of it was bad while Denyse Menzies was having a purple patch where everything worked out just fine: the trials and tribulations of bowling.

It is the president’s night next week so if Mardan’s indoor bowlers want a chance to win the prize they will have to attend.

Tarwin Lower TUESDAY’s Pennant saw both teams play at home in the usual blustery conditions.

Unfortunately Division 4 went down to Foster but the week’s break from Pennant must have been what the doctor ordered for Division 2 because the team won against Meeniyan.

Saturday bowls was played in beautiful conditions at Leongatha by Division 4. Unfortunately they went down after a match played in very good spirits. Division 2 also went down to San Remo after battling the wind all day.

Due to Tuesday night’s inclement weather Barefoot Bowls had some teams short on numbers.

Luckily there were some eager new players and families willing to top up the teams.

Regardless of the team combinations, a great time was had by all with the promise by some visitors to play again next time they are in the area.

A speedy recovery is wished to all members and their

partners who are battling injuries or illness.

We hope to see you all in good health again soon.

Buffalo indoor Wednesday, November 16 BOWLING this week at Buffalo saw two games of 10 ends played and an enjoyable night for all.

One team of four and one of three were selected and some good bowls delivered.

In game one Charlie Tumino, Carolyn Benson and Joyce Occhipinti combined well and scored the first six ends before Toni Heldens, Mary Tumino, Joe Occhipinti and Bill Wolswinkel got off the mark.

Although Toni’s team won three of the last four ends, Charlie’s team had a 14-4 win. Everyone moved to mat two and a very even game resulted.

After the kitty was put off twice, scores were level with one end to play. Toni, Mary, Joe and Bill won the game by one shot, 9-8 over Charlie, Carolyn and Joyce.

At the end of the night both teams had a win and a loss but Charlie’s team was declared the winner, winning 11 ends and Toni’s team winning nine ends.

Social bowls Wednesday, 7.30pm ad the Buffalo hall - all welcome.

Practice run: from left, Leongatha’s Graham Washfold, Tarwin Lower’s Ned Clark and Leongatha’s Rod Jackson had a few trial rounds before heading off to play their matches.

Ready to go: from left, Tarwin Lower’s John Fedley, Gordon Burke, Peter Henwood, Michael Carey and John Hill got some practice in before playing off against Leongatha at 1pm.

Fish Creek BOTH Fish Creek Pennant teams played at home on Saturday, November 19.

Division 2 won all three rinks against Mirboo North, while Division 5 having won one rink, unfortunately lost the day to a strong San Remo team.

The day ended on a great high, however, with a very successful Build a Burger evening.

President Tim McLean very kindly took time during the evening to give a few pointers to beginners, on bowling etiquette both on and off the green.

Saturday, November 26, Division 2 will be playing away to Wonthaggi and Division 5 will take on Toora.

Division 2 R. Mortlock (s), R. Knight, M. Heywood and R. Staley.

T. McLean (s), A. Kerr, R. Grylls (team manager) and R. McKenzie.

D. Christie (s), N. McKenzie, B. Cooper and B. O’Keefe.

Division 5

Not yet summer: Nick Shaw about to take action, with Nicole McKenzie rugged up against the chill in the air having made her shot during play at the Van Dyk/Shaw sponsored day.

R. Poletti (s), J. Lindeman, R. Vuillerman and G. Hoskins.

K. Flanders (s), D. Stefani, N. Buckland (tm) and M. Angwin.

R. Barham (s), J. Lavarda, P. Dean and A. Masson.

Emergency: J. Laurence, A. Atwell and M. McKenzie.

Club Members please note that there will be a working bee at the club on Monday, November 28 starting 9am.

Any members available and willing to help out are most welcome.

The club draw is presently progressing at a good rate, however, please be aware of the time deadlines as games not completed by these dates will be forfeited.

Christmas dinner will be held at the club on Saturday, December 10 starting at 6.30pm for 7pm dinner.

A two course meal will be

served and to facilitate catering and due to limited seating, admission will be per tickets sold in advance only.

For further information or the purchase of tickets kindly contact Chris McLean or Eileen Bell.

The usual Friday casserole evening will on this occasion be a gathering at KO’s on December 2. Bookings are essential and please contact Ray Barham on 0408 317 030.

Exciting start for Venus Bay’s surf season VENUS Bay Surf Life Saving Club celebrated its State Club of the Year award recently.

way to mark the beginning of the season, which will start at the end of the Life members: club stalwarts Michael Robertson and Julian month.

Seri enjoy the festivities during Venus Bay Surf Life Saving Club’s recent presentation evening.

A presentation evening was held for members and friends to commemorate the achievement.

Two additional awards were won by club members Kimberley Gee – National Trainer of the Year Award – and David Cumming – Highest Meritorious Award.

These achievements are far greater than any the club has received in 55 years.

Many members of local and state based community groups joined in on the fes- Celebration: from left, Petra Turner, Donna Robertson, Venus Bay Surf Life Saving Club’s eldest current active member Tom Goode, Tania Cumming and Inverloch Surf Life Saving tivities.

This was an excellent Club president Fiona Hughes celebrated Venus Bay Surf Life Saving Club’s achievements recently.

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• Leongatha Croquet Club

Golden paws take limelight LEONGATHA Croquet Club again conducted a very suc-

cessful association tournament on the November 14, 15 and 16.

Players came from croquet clubs all over the state - Bendigo, Ballarat, Melbourne, Sale, Phillip Island,

Winners’ delight: from left, Ruth Stevenson (Korumburra) winner of Section 3, Tom Kudelka (MCC) runner-up of Section 2, Charles Davis (MCC) runner-up of Section 3 and Pat Wilsmore (Phillip Island) winner of Section 2 at the conclusion of another highly successful Leongatha Croquet Club association tournament.

Traralgon, Brighton and Korumburra.

The tournament has become very well known and supported because of the beautiful lawns and friendly atmosphere as well as the best morning and afternoon teas of any club in the state.

The weather was not so kind in the beginning but finished up smiling on us.

The winner of Section 1 was Simon Watkins (Brighton), runner-up Sandra Birch (Leongatha); Section 2 was won by Pat Wilsmore (Phillip Island), runner-up Tom Kudelka (MCC); and Section 3 was won by Ruth Stevenson (Korumburra), runner-up Charles Davis (MCC).

A special guest at the tournament was a Golden Labrador dog being trained for children with special needs.

Jenni, from Phillip Island bought Obee and he was totally spoilt.

Once again Baker’s Delight supplied all the delicious scones and buns for morning tea - their support is never ending and very much appreciated.

Recently the club held a movie night fundraiser and raised over $1200.

Guests were treated to a delicious supper and the movie Hacksaw Ridge, a true story and quite confronting.

A special thanks to all who supported this event.

Our association pennant team ended up fourth for

this season.

The golf croquet pennant team is doing well but does not finish for another two weeks.

Players are really improving and enjoying the experience of playing clubs from all over Gippsland.

The club is holding a Christmas party on December 10 with some unusual

activities.

Leongatha Croquet Club membership is slowly but steadily increasing and anyone interested in playing this challenging game is welcome to come and join in on a Wednesday or Saturday afternoon.

All equipment is supplied and flat soled shoes should be worn.

All eyes: from left, Thelma Arnup (referee) with Obee who is watching his trainer Jenni Wills peg out in association croquet.

• Leongatha g Cycling y g Club

Bensley elected president LEONGATHA Cycling Club elected a new president at its annual general meeting last Wednesday

New president: Dr Mark Bensley takes over the reins of the Leongatha Cycling Club for the next 12 months.

night with Mark Bensley taking on the role and past president Peter McLean accepting the secretary position.

The club wishes to thank Dylan Adams for his commitment as secretary over the past year.

Track racing at the velodrome continued on Friday night in fine but cool conditions with yet again a small field participating.

First up was the one lap time trial with no riders improving on their personnel best times in the cooler air of the night.

The best of the juniors was Oliver McLean with 34.7 seconds ahead of Thomas Fitzgerald in 36.4 seconds, Felicity Waddell (40.21), Jack Allen (40.55) and Kaleb Jans (41.12).

The seniors saw Rob Waddell (36.92) edge out Kevin Feely with a slightly slower 36.99 seconds.

The junior four lap scratch race had Thomas Fitzgerald with a burst on the last lap taking the win from Kaleb Jans, Felicity Waddell and Jack Allen.

The senior scratch race was over five laps with Oliver McLean taking the win from Kevin Feely closely followed by Rob Waddell.

In the first of the junior one lap handicaps it was Felicity Waddell on 45m who held off the fast finishing Thomas Fitzgerald, Kaleb Jans and Jack Allen for a clear win.

In the reheat it was Thomas Fitzgerald who got up from scratch to win from Kaleb Jans (45), Felicity Waddell (35) and Jack Allen (40).

The first Senior handicap was won by Rob Waddell (25) from Oliver McLean who started on scratch and Kevin Feely (15).

In the reheat it was Kevin Feely (30) who won from Rob Waddell (20 and Oliver McLean on scratch.

After a couple of Olympic sprint events an all-in elimination race was held with Oliver McLean winning from Kevin Feely and Thomas Fitzgerald with the rest of the field being eliminated.

The last events and highlight of the night were motor-paced with the juniors up first racing over six laps.

With the motor bike coming off the track with one and half laps to go it was Felicity Waddell with the strongest legs winning from Kaleb Jans and Jack Allen.

The senior motor-paced race was over 12 laps and saw Oliver McLean winning from Kevin Feely and Rob Waddell.

On track: Jack Allen led Thomas Fitzgerald, Kaleb Jans and Felicity Waddell during the Junior four lap scratch race on Friday night.

• Leongatha Football Club

Club remains strong THE Leongatha Football Netball Club held its annual general meeting last Wednesday night, with Mal Mackie returned to the helm as president.

Executive: Leongatha Football Netball Club elected its committee at the AGM last Wednesday night, from left treasurer Trevor Walder, president Mal Mackie and secretary Rob van Rooy.

Trevor Walder was returned as treasurer, Rob van Rooy has stepped into the role of secretary and the position of vice president remains unfilled.

The club had a good year, with four football sides and three netball sides in the finals.

Off the field, the club benefited from an increase in gate takings, sponsorship and bar sales, although income from Bendigo Bank commissions and fence sig-

nage was down.

“A big success for the year was again the auction night, with it proving to be the clubs biggest fundraising return. A big thank you to Glenn and Shirley Anne Wright and their committee,” Mr Walder said.

The clubs operating expenditure was on par with last year.

“It is the club’s intention to continue to improve in all areas, so it is seen as the preeminent sporting club in South West Gippsland in all aspects,” Mr Walder said.

The club returned a trading profit for the Leongatha Senior Football Club of $1371.

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Legends: winners of the 2016 spring teams’ event, from left, Kay Douglas, Alan Johnston, John Sullivan and John Sutton.

South Gippsland Bridge Club AFTER a tight tussle over two weeks, the placegetters for the spring teams’ event emerged.

While behind by a strong margin from Team 1 last week, the ever consistent and resilient Team 5, winners of the 2015 event, rose to the top once again.

Congratulations to the team of Kay Douglas, John Sutton, Alan Johnston and John Sullivan who are all wonderful bridge players with a ‘never say die’ attitude.

They were home and hosed with a wonderful score of 135 imperial points.

Second was the strong team of Jack Kuiper, Dina Drury, Ann and Bruce Gibson - 123 imperial points. The strong and talented teams of Norma Hannay, Marj

Freeman, Ian and Julie Macphee (week one), and Neville Chapman and Ken McKenzie (week two), with 100 imperial points were third.

Tarwin Lower pairs on Tuesday, NoWinners: from left, Leongatha’s Harrison Taylorvember 15, with a stunning 71.35 percent Good game: Westernport’s Jess Palmer and Alex Smith and Jye Gourlay enjoyed success against and the pairs score for the week, was won McMahon played pennant against Leongatha on Westernport during the pennant competition on

by Clive Hope and Pat West - always Saturday.

Saturday. strong, talented players.

Second with an impressive 56.77 percent were Malcolm Aeschlimann and Curt Fisher, third Katheryn Smith and Colin Cameron 55.56 and fourth Ken McKenzie and Philip Chapman 53,65.

A small field at Meeniyan on Mona marathon, the three sets were 8/6 to and Connor Krohn. day, November 14 saw Kathryn Smith TOURNAMENTS were held Susan and Nicole Clark, 8/7 to Helen Ladies: Angie and Bronwyn Wiland David Baggallay win with the lovely at the Leongatha tennis courts liams were the only entries. Disap- Drury and Karen Wood and the third with entries poor in all sec- pointing for them as they always set was very close, Susan and Nicole score of 69.75 percent.

Allambee Mirboo & District tennis tournament

tions.

• South Gippsland Midweek Ladies Tennis

Season nears its end MIDWEEK Ladies have finally enjoyed some sunny days of tennis.

With finals in one week’s time, those interested in playing in the new year are invited to submit teams by grand final day on December 6.

For new and interested players please contact your local club: the association welcomes new members to come along and join in a great day of ladies tennis on Tuesdays from 10am to 2:30pm.

Ladders at the completion of Round 15

Section 1: Phillip Island 90; Inverloch Young Fillies 70; Inverloch OB’s 65; Wonthaggi Chooks 54; and Wonthaggi Turkeys 43.

Section 2: Bena 107; Inverloch Blue 67.5; Phillip Island 58; Wonthaggi Owls 49.5; Nora 45; and Inverloch Yellow 39.

Section 3: Phillip Island 82; Fish Creek 78; Wonthaggi 69.5; Inverloch Pink 65; Inverloch Jigger Diggers 46; and Granville 37.5.

In a change from previous seasons, finals will be played at various venues: Section 1 at Phillip Island; Section 2 at Wonthaggi; and Section 3 at Inverloch.

Korumburra Volleyball ROUND 17 A Grade: Golliwogs defeated Nads (3:0) 25:12, 25:16, 25:17; Warriors defeated Saints (3:0) 25:20, 25:21, 20:14; and Bugs defeated Giants (2:0) 25:23, 25:23, 12:9.

We hope the mixed tournament in January is supported better.

Section 1 There were three entries in the men’s, Frank Dekker and Glen Kleeven were not among the winners but did win a tiebreaker against the winners.

Winners: James Monaghan and Will Littlejohn, runners-up Justin

Section 2 Three entries in the men’s. The Baromi club was well represented and all sets were close.

Winners: Ray Pickering and James Ryan, runners-up Sean Trease and Wayne Roberts.

Ladies: Just the two pairs and they played best of three sets. What

Mirboo North & District junior tennis ALL scoresheets are still not being phoned/emailed/texted through before 12 noon the following day.

B Grade: Panthers defeated Falcons (2:0) 25:15, 26:24, 15:16; Albatross defeated Knights (2:1) 21:25, 25:17, 25:12, 9:5; Gems defeated Hulls Angels; (2:1) Ladders have to be 25:23, 19:25, 25:15, 3:1; and HELP defeated Orsum (2:1) 25:6, 21:25, 25:14, given to the local papers

by Monday morning so as 11:1. a result are sometimes not complete.

Also as per the rules teams cannot be made up of four boys, they are to contain at least one girl per team.

Loss of points can apply if these rules are not adhered to.

Results - Round 7

MDU moustaches: the boys at the MDU Cricket Club are growing moustaches and raising money for men’s health as part of this year’s Movember. The month is almost over but there is still time to donate. Jump online to donate to an individual member of the club or enter MDU’s raffle. There are great prizes to be won and all proceeds go towards looking out for men’s health.

come. They did play sets with the men.

November 19 A Grade: Mardan 4 sets, 30 games d Wawrinka-Leongatha 2 sets, 26 games; Leongatha North v Fish Creek - no results received*; Djokovi -Leongatha - bye.

B Grade: Barty-Leongatha 3 sets, 28 games d Baromi-Black 3 sets, 24 games; Federer-Leongatha 5 sets, 32 games d BaromiYellow 1 set, 12 games; Mardan 5 sets, 34 games d Nadal-Leongatha 1 sets, 14

games; Fish Creek 4 sets, 30 games d Kerber-Leongatha 2 sets, 23 games; Williams-Leongatha - bye.

C Grade: Fish Creek 6 sets, 28 games d MurrayLeongatha 0 sets 1 game; Mardan 4 sets, 22 games d Tsonga-Leongatha 2 sets 19 games; Tomic-Leongatha 3 sets, 22 games d Berdych-Leongatha 3 sets 14 games.

Ladders A Grade (to be amended when all results received) Mardan...............................28.40 Fish Creek* ........................28.00 Leongatha North* .............24.50 Wawrinka-Leongatha .......18.00 Djokovic-Leongatha ...........15.75 B Grade Fish Creek ..........................33.50 Mardan...............................30.50 Federer-Leongatha............26.00 Baromi Black .....................26.00 Barty-Leongatha .................23.00 Kerber-Leongatha ...............23.00 Williams-Leongatha ............22.00 Nadal-Leongatha .................19.50 Baromi Yellow ....................17.00 C Grade Fish Creek ..........................44.50 Tomic-Leongatha ..............24.50 Murray-Leongatha ...........21.50 Berdych-Leongatha...........20.00 Tsonga-Leongatha ...............18.50 Mardan ................................18.00

winning 8/6.

Winners: Susan and Nicole Clark, runners-up Helen Drury and Karen Wood.

There were no entries in Section 3.

Raffle wheel winners: Abbey McColl and Angie Williams, Frank Dekker and James Monaghan.

Reminder to clubs, affiliation fees are now overdue.

Allambee Mirboo & District tennis LOTS of good tennis on Saturday and the weather allowed all matches to be played, with long rallies and tiebreakers in a number of sets.

Phillip Island won by eight games at Koonwarra.

Tom Dudley filling in for Koony. Good to see Barry Phillips keeping up his support in the association.

Inverloch were big winners over Leongatha North. Warren Littlejohn and evergreen Judy Langstaff winning the only set for Leongatha North.

In Section 2 Outtrim ladies won their sets for the team and Outtrim were winners on the day. Noelene Cosson, swapping bowls for a tennis racquet, won her sets.

Baromi won against Leongatha Green. There is lots of experience at Baromi.

Hallston had the win against Leongatha Gold with fill-ins in both teams.

Berrys Creek won all sets against Korumburra and good to see Elise Dowling back on the court.

In Section 3 Baromi won well on games against

Parrots. Parrots won two sets.

Eagles won by two tames against Hawks.

Hawks won the singles.

Results Section 1: Inverloch 8.65 d Leongatha North 1.40, Phillip Island 6.62 d Koonwarra 3.54, Leongatha - bye.

Section 2: Outtrim 6.64 d Koonwarra 3.48, Baromi 8.69 d Leongatha Green 1.37, Berrys Creek 9.72 d Korumburra 0.33, Hallston 7.64 d Leongatha Gold 2.45.

Section 3: Eagles 4.41 d Hawks 3.39, Baromi 5.48 d Parrots 2.24, Mardan - bye.

Ladders Section 1 Phillip Island........................59.5 Inverloch ..............................46.0 Koonwarra ...........................30.0 Leongatha North .................30.0 Leongatha..............................25.0 Section 2 Baromi ..................................58.5 Berrys Creek........................55.5 Outtrim ................................49.5 Koonwarra ...........................43.0 Hallston .................................39.5 Korumburra ...........................20.0 Leongatha Green ...................17.5 Leongatha Gold.....................17.0 Section 3 Mardan.................................39.0 Parrots ..................................38.5 Baromi ..................................30.0 Eagles ...................................30.0 Hawks ...................................24.0

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• LDCA C Grade Division One

Top sides battle it out SATURDAY’S C Grade Division One match to watch was the battle between the top two sides, Club and OMK.

Spin king: Marcus Kreutzberger (Town) completed a tidy spell, also picking up the wicket of the top scorer Peter Churchill. Photos by Mark Drury.

This one should have an interesting climax after Club won the toss and batted and hit all out for 152 from 59 overs.

There were highlights with both bat and ball with Ian Barnes hitting 57 for Club while Nick Wylie took 5/23 for OMK including removing the danger man and opener Barnes bowled. The middle order wickets also belonged to Wylie while Hayden James chimed in with 3/18.

At the other end of the ladder bottom sides Phillip Island and Inverloch met at Inverloch rec. The Sharks were

sent in but on a great day for batting the Island managed a top score. This was due to a great start with openers Gavin Excell, making 37, and Mark Christopher 75, contributing to a 51 run partnership.

Christopher kept batting and batting and by the time he departed the Island were up to 236. Michael Cleary was great in the middle order making 64 as too was Peter Francis on 34 before being stumped.

Town sent Korumburra in at Korumburra Secondary College with the Cobras hitting up 9/140 from its 60 overs. Top scorer was Peter Churchill on 35 with Marcus Luscombe taking 3/24 with the ball and Nick Tuckett 2/7.

Nerrena sent MDU in at Nerrena and the United bats fell steadily to be all out for 99. Top scorer was opener Tim Bright 22.

Marc Walton with 3/25 bowled well for Nerrena.

KORUMBURRA v TOWN 1st innings Korumburra I. Riddell b. N. Tuckett...............3 H. McNeill lbw. b. N. Tuckett...........................0 J. Petrie c. M. Luscombe b. M. Luscombe .....................1 P. Churchill c. D. Hume b. M. Kreutzberger ...............35 A. Brinksma c. M. Warren b. D. Goss.............................24 D. Kemp r.o. ...............................2 M. Wrigley c. N. Tuckett b. M. Luscombe ...................22 M. Patten b. M. Luscombe .......24 T. Morrison c. N. Tuckett b. M. Luscombe .....................4 V. Gopal n.o. ..............................9 E. Allaway n.o. ...........................6 Extras ......................................10 Total .............................9/140 (cc) Bowling: M. Luscombe 3/24, N. Tuckett 2/7, R. Edwards 0/13, M. Kreutzberger 2/19, D. Hume 0/12, M. Luscombe 1/23, D. Goss 1/11, M. Warren 0/16, J. Goss 0/11.

NERRENA v MDU 1st innings MDU T. Bright b. M. Waltom ............22 W. Cocksedge c. J. Renden b. D. Grigg ...........................10

Swinging freely: Peter Churchill was the top scorer for Korumburra with 34.

C. Cary c. G. Gilliam b. P. Joseph .............................3 M. Hoober r.o. ............................1 D. Thomas c. C. Marinou b. J. Renden ..........................13 K. Brown b. ................................6 S. Riley c. S. Martin b. M. Waltom..........................6 C. Brown n.o. ...........................12 B. Cantwell c. S. Martin b. S. Gaddam ..........................0 A. Howard b. R. Baudinette .......0 J. Brown n.o. ..............................9 Extras ......................................17 Total ...............................9/99 (cc) Bowling: D. Grigg 1/12, P. Joseph 1/16, M. Waltom 3/25, J. Renden 1/12, R. Baudinette 1/19, S. Gaddam 1/0, C. Marinou 0/5, M. Patterson 0/3, G. Giliam 0/3.

INVERLOCH v PHILLIP ISLAND 1st innings Phillip Island G. Excell c. A. Sparkes b. P. Harmer..........................37 M. Christopher c. M. McCaughan b. J. Belli ..............................75 P. Cleary c. C. Bulter b. W. Barker ...........................5 S. Cox c. C. Bulter b. R. Sparkes .........................0 P. Francis stp. C. Bulter b. J. Belli ..............................34 M. Cleary c. J. Belli b. R. Hughes.........................64 G. Grace c. L. Sharrock

b. W. Barker ...........................0 B. Quirk n.o..............................23 J. Excell c. M. Woods b. R. Sparkes ..........................2 M. Fletcher b. P. Harmer ............6 J. Grace n.o. ...............................0 Extras ......................................31 Total .............................9/277 (cc) Bowling: R. Sparkes 2/51, P. Harmer 2/46, J. Belli 2/34, W. Barker 2/41, J. Strickland 0/20, R. Hughes 1/31, M. McCaughan 0/41.

WON CLUB v OMK 1st innings Won Club I. Barnes b. N. Wylie ................57 J. Schulz b. H. James .................1 J. Licis b. G. Lomagno .............17 J. Brann c. M. Blackburn b. N. Wylie ........................... 11 E. Dempsey c. G. Lomagno b. N. Wylie .............................5 C. Harvey c. N. Wylie b. D. Jeffries .........................15 S. Brann n.o..............................27 M. Cadwallender c&b. N. Wylie ........................5 J. Dempsey b. N. Wylie..............4 K. Dudley b. H. James ...............1 M. Sharp c. J. Myors b. H. James .............................0 Extras ........................................9 Total .......................................152 Bowling: H. James 3/18, D. Wylie 0/22, S. Matthews 0/11, D. Jeffries 1/45, M. Blackburn 0/17, G. Lomagno 1/9, N. Wylie 5/23.

Tight: Town’s Darcy Hume kept tidy figures of six overs, 0/12 to hold up one end.

• LDCA C Grade Division Two

Pouw smashes century for Town POSITIONS on the ladder meant nothing to Leongatha Town’s John Pouw on Saturday in C2 cricket.

Despite Town, on the bottom, playing OMK, knocking on the four, Pouw wasn’t concerned as he smashed 114 runs including 19 boundaries (76 of his total).

With contributions by Anthony Hanily 32 and Rob Shields 20 Town hit a respectable score of 214. Donald Wylie bowled well taking 4/54 with Michael Whiteside 3/35.

But OMK has already begun the chase well and in just 17 overs is already 1/88 with opener Wylie not out 37 at the close completing a good day for him.

Koonwarra/Leongatha RSL posted a pretty good total considering it was up against top side Phillip Island.

The Cougars made 9/177 at Rhyll with Paris Buckley having a good day out with 65 runs and 9 boundaries with veteran Shane Moore contributing 29.

The Islanders’ bowling saw John Johnston with 3/22 and Alex Thompson taking 3/12.

Both Glen Alvie and

Poowong/Loch is in the four making for an entertaining game between these two sides at Poowong.

Winning the toss the Glen Alvie boys have really set up well making 5/256 from its 60 overs. Opener Matthew Hull made a fine 97 with Jarrod Newsome equally impressive with 65 before being run out.

In the final outing Kilcunda Bass batted first against Club, making just 119 however with only a couple of batsmen getting above 20.

Sean Roche really cleaned them up taking 4/15 with Darcy Brosnan taking 2/13. Killy Bass’s tenure in the top four looks decidedly shaky.

TOWN v OMK 1st innings Town J. Pouw c. b. R. Paterson ..................... 114 G. Pouw c. b. M. Whiteside ......................0 L. Kleinert c. b. M. Whiteside ......................1 A. Hanily b. M. Whiteside .......32 M. Harry b. D. Elford.................0 N. Fixter b. J. Whiteside ............0 K. Newton c. S. Dyason b. D. Wylie ...........................15 T. Stybosh lbw. b. D. Wylie .............................0 C. Dowling c. b. D. Wylie .............................6 R. Shields n.o. ..........................20 R. Lindsay b. D. Wylie...............1 Extras ......................................24

Total .......................................214 Bowling: M. Whiteside 3/35, D. Elford 1/44, J. Whiteside 1/16, D. Wylie 4/54, C. Walker 0/36, R. Paterson 1/18.

1st innings OMK D. Wylie n.o. ............................37 C. Walker c. N. Fixter b. L. Kleinert ........................22 D. Elford n.o. ...........................24 Extras ........................................5 Total ......................................1/88 Bowling: L. Kleinert 1/43, C. Dowling 0/24, T. Stybosh 0/14, A. Hanily 0/7.

PHILLIP ISLAND v KOONWARRA-L/RSL 1st innings Koonwarra-L/RSL A. Stanley b. J. Johnston ............0 A. Piksons c&b. J. Johnston.......2 P. Buckley b. A. Thompson ......65 M. Scrimshaw c. b. M. Lee ..............................15 S. Moore lbw. b. A. Thompson ....................29 B. Manicaro c. b. B. Caile ..............................0 G. Sherriff b. A. Thompson...... 11 L. Hughes n.o. ..........................14 C. Buckland c. G. Marshall b. B. Caile ..............................0 D. Van Puyenbroek c. b. J. Johnston ..........................1 I. Smith n.o...............................13 Extras ......................................27 Total .............................9/177 (cc) Bowling: G. Marshall 0/17, J. Johnston 3/22, D. Excell 0/23, M. Lee 1/33, B. Caile 2/46, A. Thompson 3/12, Z. Wagner 0/15.

POOWONG-LOCH v GLEN ALVIE 1st innings Glen Alvie

M. Hull c. b. N. Hancock ......................97 D. Hynes c. b. J. Knox .............................18 J. Newsome r.o. ........................65 L. McRae lbw. b. N. Hancock ........................7 D. Hale b. S. McKinnon...........21 F. Gheller n.o............................28 K. Hull n.o..................................2 Extras ......................................19 Total .............................5/256 (cc) Bowling: S. McKinnon 1/41, T. Sheedy 0/47, N. Hancock 2/37, J. Knox 1/52, A. Johnson 0/45, B. Regan 0/31.

KILCUNDA-BASS v WON CLUB 1st innings Kilcunda-Bass S. Burchell c. b. S. Roche .............................8 B. Jones b. D. Brosnan ...............4 H. Grace c. F. Brosnan b. S. Roche .............................9 B. Egeberg c. F. Brosnan b. M. Schreck .........................3 B. Noble c. b. J. Baker ............................20 G. Burchell c. b. D. Brosnan .........................0 T. Duff c. b. S. Liddle ...........................21 P. De Rubeis c. F. Brosnan b. S. Roche ........................... 11 Z. Crow c. F. Brosnan b. S. Roche ...........................23 G. Crow n.o. ...............................1 Extras ......................................19 Total ....................................... 119 Bowling: M. Schreck 1/25, S. Roche 4/15, D. Brosnan 2/13, M. Dobbie 0/7, S. Liddle 1/10, H. Dobbie 0/18, J. Baker 1/26.

A step above: the Leongatha Little Athletics Under 9 Boys team on the podium, from left, Billy Horskins, Jasper Shone, Jack McNaughton, and Isaac Bolge after one of their two relay victories at the regional relays at Albert Park on Sunday. Full report on page 40.

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Batsmen set high standard SOME big scores came out of the first of B1’s two day matches, creating tough competition for this weekend’s batsmen.

Ladder leaders Phillip Island made 7/247 against Nerrena after batsman Jai Asbury collected 102 runs.

Asbury was not out by the end of the innings.

Asitha Samarawickrama was also in fine form, hitting 83 runs before he was caught by Nerrena’s Shaun Helms.

Nerrena bowler Adam Trotto upped the stakes and took out four wickets, but Phillip Island successfully set the bar high.

Nerrena will have its chance at bat this week-

end.

Wonthaggi Workmens put up an excellent score of 9/282 against Inverloch.

The star of the show was Workers’ Jake Wallace, who made 59 runs.

Alex Geyer and Craig Harvey also performed well, making more than 40 runs each.

Inverloch put the pressure on with three wickets each from John Bowring and Amad Mujtaba.

Mujtaba continued his form out on the field, as he and Dean Cashin took two catches each, but the team will have to be on top of its game when it steps up to bat this Saturday.

MDU is also off to a comfortable start, making 8/259 against Town.

Opening batsman Michael Olden kicked things

off for MDU, making 39 early runs.

Captain Craig Hoober went on to make 44 runs before he was caught by Josh Schelling.

The team batted fairly consistently and collaborated well to produce an excellent final score.

Three wickets each were taken out by Town bowlers Zack Trease and Jack Hume.

Town will have its turn at bat this weekend.

OMK won the toss and sent Kilcunda Bass in to bat.

Opening batsman Paul Mohascy made 31 runs before he was caught by Jacob Lamers.

Jack Rosenow also batted well, making 32 runs before he was caught by Dylan McMeekin.

OMK bowler Russell

White showed no mercy and took five wickets for the day.

Three more wickets were taken by Rhys Dixon and Lamers came away with two catches.

OMK dismissed Kilcunda Bass all out for 113 after just 57 overs.

OMK was given the opportunity to open its innings.

Opening batsman Kris Kerr fell quickly and was caught by Ray Gardiner with no runs on the board.

Aaron McKinnon (four runs) and White (22 runs) stepped up to bat, and were not out when time was called.

OMK left its innings 1/30 after 17 overs and will pick up where it left off this weekend.

TOWN v MDU

1st innings MDU M. Olden c. S. Clark b. Z. Trease...........................39 T. Sinclair b. J. Hume...............20 W. Prosser lbw. b. Z. Trease...........................16 C. Hoober c. J. Schelling b. J. Hume ............................44 B. Good c. J. Schelling b. J. Hume ............................28 C. Olden c&b. Z. Trease ............7 M. Kewming c. Z. Trease b. S. Fixter ............................18 M. Patching r.o. ........................21 P. Vine n.o. ...............................23 M. Damanin n.o. ......................23 Extras ......................................19 Total .............................8/259 (cc) Bowling: A. Fixter 0/35, M. McKay 0/30, Z. Trease 3/42, J. Hume 3/25, W. Turner 0/9, S. Fixter 1/48, S. Clark 0/37, J. Hume 0/23.

PHILLIP ISLAND v NERRENA 1st innings Phillip Island M. Parsons c. b. C. Dougherty ......................1 S. Boyack b. A. Trotto................6 J. Black c. S. Helms b. A. Trotto .............................6 C. Epifano c. M. Croatto b. A. Trotto .............................0 A. Samarawickrama

c. S. Helms b. C. Baudinette....................83 J. Asbury n.o. .........................102 L. Keating lbw. b. A. Trotto .............................9 C. Andrews c. J. Beckwith b. C. Baudinette......................3 Extras ......................................28 Total .............................7/247 (cc) Bowling: A. Trotto 4/56, C. Dougherty 1/34, J. Beckwith 0/28, C. Baudinette 2/65, J. Kelly 0/11, N. Battersby 0/9, S. Murphy 0/28.

OMK v KILCUNDA-BASS 1st innings Kilcunda-Bass P. Mohascy c. J. Lamers b. J. Paterson ........................31 S. Tapscott lbw. b. R. White ........................... 11 R. Gardiner stp. J. Lamers b. S. Jenkins ...........................7 J. Rosenow c. D. McMeekin b. R. White ...........................32 A. Batty b. R. Dixon ..................4 D. Blackney c. J. Lamers b. R. White .............................0 J. Bastwrous n.o. ........................9 C. Elliott c&b. R. White.............0 R. Duff lbw. b. R. White ........................... 11 D. Bettles b. R. Dixon ................2 R. Duff b. R. Dixon ....................0 Extras ........................................6 Total ....................................... 113

Bowling: R. White 5/22, R. Dixon 3/32, S. Jenkins 1/14, D. McMeekin 0/16, K. Kerr 0/10, J. Greenwood 0/13, J. Paterson 1/4.

1st innings OMK K. Kerr c. R. Gardiner b. D. Bettles............................0 A. McKinnon n.o. ......................4 R. White n.o. ............................22 Extras ........................................4 Total ......................................1/30 Bowling: D. Bettles 1/10, R. Duff 0/3, S. Tapscott 0/14, D. Blackney 0/0.

INVERLOCH v WON CLUB 1st innings Won Club M. Davey b.................................6 J. Sheerin c. ..............................31 B. Osborne b. .............................4 R. Geyer c. ...............................20 J. Wallace c...............................59 A. Geyer r.o. .............................44 D. Herbert c. ...............................8 S. Williams c. ...........................13 C. Harvey c. .............................46 B. Evans n.o. ..............................5 L. McGuirk n.o. .......................29 Extras ......................................17 Total .............................9/282 (cc) Bowling: J. Bowring 3/33, C. Fisher 1/44, A. Mujtaba 3/43, J. Courtenay 0/63, J. Williams 0/40, S. Hayes 1/44.

• LDCA B GRADE DIVISION TWO

Competition fierce in two day matches ONLY two B2 matches were played over the weekend.

Cat-like: Koonwarra L/RSL’s Dan Baker swoops on the ball. Photos by Mark Drury.

Poowong Loch took on Foster and secured a handy head start.

Making 63 runs was Poowong Loch’s top batsman Trevor Allen. Allen was caught by Anthony Wilson.

Nathan Allen also batted well. He made 33 runs before he was run out by Todd McWilliams.

Three wickets from Foster’s Paul Jervies and two catches each by Matthew Da Costa and David Thornell kept the intensity high.

Poowong Loch was all out for 184 after 69 overs.

Foster will bat this Saturday.

Glen Alvie won the toss and elected to bat first against Koonwarra L/RSL. Opening batsman Joe Burke made a handy 33 runs before he was bowled

by Brendon Tomada.

Later in the innings, Ian Thorn hit 21 runs.

Thorn was caught by Jordi Geary.

The top bowler for Koonwarra L/RSL was Jordan Pickersgill, who took three wickets.

After 58 overs, Glen Alvie was all out for 113.

Koonwarra L/RSL stepped up to bat.

Opening batsman Leo Enter was immediately caught by Jy Hull with no runs on the board.

With Dylan Clark then falling for four runs, the Cougars are precariously placed at 2/25.

Daniel Baker and Brendon Tomada will resume the innings on 11 and 3 respectively next week.

Clark was caught by Hull, but Baker and Tomada were not out.

After 11 over, Koonwarra L/RSL was 2/25.

The game will continue

Leg glance: Glen Alvie veteran Peter Roberts plays Koonwarra L/RSL’s Matt Boswell off his hip. Boswell was to claim Roberts’ wicket two overs later.

this Saturday.

The Imperials match against the Miners will be played as a one day match on Saturday, as the Miners were unable to fill a team this week.

Korumburra had the bye this round.

KOONWARRA-L/RSL v GLEN ALVIE 1st innings Glen Alvie J. Burke b. B. Tomada ..............33 P. Roberts c. A. Rockall b. M. Boswell .........................8 J. Tiziani c. A. Rockall b. M. Boswell .........................0 I. Thorn c. J. Geary b. J. Pickersgill .....................21 R. Slade b. J. Pickersgill ............1 J. Hull c. J. Rockall b. J. Pickersgill .......................6 P. Gardiner c. B. Tomada b. K. Thorne ......................... 11 J. Thomas b. A. Drury ................6 D. Gilbert r.o. .............................8 D. Tiziani n.o..............................6 B. Cox b. B. Tomada ..................1 Extras ......................................12 Total ....................................... 113 Bowling: A. Drury 1/34, M. Boswell 2/21, B. Tomada 2/20, J. Pickersgill 3/13, J. Geary 0/4, K. Thorne 1/16, J. Rockall 0/1.

1st innings Koonwarra-L/RSL L. Enter c. J. Hull b. B. Cox ................................0 D. Clark c. J. Hull b. P. Gardiner..........................4 D. Baker n.o. ............................ 11 B. Tomada n.o. ...........................3 Extras ........................................7 Total ......................................2/25 Bowling: B. Cox 1/12, P. Gardiner 1/6, J. Burke 0/2, D. Gilbert 0/0.

FOSTER v POOWONG-LOCH 1st innings Poowong-Loch B. Knight c. D. Thornell b. L. Edgelow .........................4 M. Allen lbw. b. J. Chaseling ......................14 T. Allen c. A. Wilson b. J. Pilkington .....................63 B. Hall c. D. Thornell b. T. McWilliams..................18 N. Allen r.o. ..............................33 B. Nicholls c. W. Davy b. J. Pilkington .......................2 G. Poynton c. M. Da Costa b. P. Jervies.............................6 J. Hibbs b. P. Jervies...................9 G. Birnie r.o..............................12 S. Head n.o. ................................0 W. Walker c. M. Da Costa b. P. Jervies.............................0 Extras ......................................23 Total .......................................184 Bowling: J. Chaseling 1/36, L. Edgelow 1/29, P. Jervies 3/43, J. Pilkington 2/41, T. McWilliams 1/11, A. Wilson 0/10.

On debut: opening the bowling in his first B Grade game, Cougars youngster Adam Drury finished with the tidy figures of 1/34 off 15.

Leongatha District Cricket Association Umpire Appointments EVANS PETROLEUM Round 6 - November 19 & 26 Home team Grade A1 Kilcunda-Bass Won Club Nerrena Korumburra Grade A2 MDU Poowong-Loch Won Miners Glen Alvie Grade B1 Inverloch Town OMK Phillip Island Grade B2 Foster Imperials Koon-L/RSL Korumburra Grade C1 Korumburra Nerrena Inverloch Won Club Grade C2 Town Phillip Island Poowong-Loch Kilcunda-Bass Korumburra

Away Team

Ground

Umpire

v v v v

OMK Inverloch Phillip Island Town

Bass 1 Butch W L Turf Kor Rec

C. Salmon J. Curry T. Rogers G. Laird

v v v v

Koon-L/RSL Imperials Foster Bye

Meen L. White Loch G. Goss Won Rec M. Heenan

v v v v

Won Club MDU Kilcunda-Bass Nerrena

Inv Turf SP 1 Outt Cowes

v v v v

Poowong-Loch FGC Won Miners EC Glen Alvie Koon Bye

I. Thomas N. Grabham B. Bek

v v v v

Town MDU Phillip Island OMK

KSC Nerr Inv McMhn

G. Coulson N. Grayden K. Scrimshaw M. Wishart

v v v v v

OMK Koon-L/RSL Glen Alvie Won Club Bye

SP 2 Rhyll Poow Bass 2

TBA TBA TBA TBA

A. Stride A. Jordan N. Barnes I. Richards

Any person interested in umpiring contact Graham Laird 0408 454 741.

Please note all games start at 1pm.

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• LDCA A GRADE DIVISION ONE

Tight cricket for perfect day KORUMBURRA at number three on the ladder got off to a solid start in its match against competition

leader, Town.

Ilan Osman (59) and Michael Giles (53) laid the foundations for a match winning innings with a 79 run opening partnership.

While Shane Dole (38) batting at number four and Peter Edwards (34) at number seven were with the openers’ narrative the rest of the

Sweep: Korumburra’s Shane Dole gets Weerasinghe away for runs. His innings eventually came to a close on 38.

team capitulated somewhat or at least missed the opportunity to establish the kind of lead that would extend Town.

The Cobras finished with 242 which could prove enough but there will be some very experienced batsmen out in the middle for Town come Saturday and Korumburra’s bowlers will need to be in their best form.

If the outlook remains unchanged the forecast is for a cool 18 degrees which might be favourable for the Cobras.

Amila Ratnaike, Madura Weerasinghe-Silva, Thinesh Sivatnanam and Nithiyananthan Mahendrakumar failed to dominate in the centre with the ball this weekend but anyone who likes to watch enthusiastic batting is guaran-

teed to witness plenty of it as they take to the pitch on Saturday.

Matt Davies was Town’s best bowler with 2/18 off 10 overs.

Inverloch and Club are both top four teams and the firm surface of Butch West was the venue with the Stingrays putting together an innings of 6/173.

Both opening bats failed and the side was two wickets down for six.

When number four Walter Taberner lost his wicket Inverloch’s innings was back on an even keel at 3/83.

David Newman provided the team with stability.

His 54 saw the team through to 5/111.

Two Ryans, Thomas and Birkett paired up to take two each and the

bowling honours for Club.

Kilcunda Bass and OMK are on level pegging outside the top four and it was OMK which left the Bass Recreation Reserve with the upper hand.

Peter Dell and co were in customary form and had Killy-Bass dismissed cheaply for 124, 56 overs bowled.

Dell bowled 10 overs, had 11 runs made against him and took three wickets in an authorative display.

Jamie Jewell and Daniel Lloyd both took two wickets each.

At the conclusion of the day’s play OMK had lost Alex Rose for seven and Daniel Lloyd for a duck but Luke Jones and Adam Miller were settling nicely and the score 2/26.

Nerrena batted first against Phillip Island at the Leongatha Recreation Reserve and finished the day with an excellent 213.

Tim Wightman top scored with 63 and David Trotman was the next beset with 40.

For Phillip Island Darcy Johnston was threatening with the ball and finished with 3/81 (22) while Jack Cox was tight with six of his 16 maidens.

Division 1

Miserly: Brandon Berry put in a valuable bowling spell for Town against Korumburra. His five overs conceded only 13 runs. Photos

by Mark Drury.

KORUMBURRA v TOWN 1st innings Korumburra I. Osman c. D. Burge b. M. Davies .........................59 M. Giles c&b.

M. Weerasinghe Silva ..........53 K. Rigby c&b.

M. Weerasinghe Silva ............0 S. Dole lbw. b. A. Ratnaike.......................38 K. Dorman c. M. Borschman b. S. Browne.........................12 L. Zanchetta c. M. Borschman b. M. Davies ...........................3 P. Edwards c. M. Davies b. T. Sivatnanam...................34 P. Dunlevie b. M. Weerasinghe Silva ........3 D. Salmon r.o. ..........................19 D. Wyhoon n.o. ..........................6 N. Arney b. T. Sivatnanam .........0 Extras ......................................15 Total .......................................242 Bowling: A. Ratnaike 1/35, T. Sivatnanam 2/44, M. Weerasinghe Silva 3/82, N. Mahendrakumar 0/15, B. Berry 0/13, S. Browne

1/27, M. Davies 2/18.

NERRENA v PHILLIP ISLAND 1st innings Nerrena D. Symmons c. B. Insall b. D. Johnston ......................20 D. Trotman stp. J. Keating b. C. Keerthisinghe ..............40 T. Wightman c. L. Cleeland b. S. Kirton ...........................63 D. Baldi c. L. Cleeland b. d. Johnston .......................14 R. Clark lbw. b. S. Kirton ...........................28 G. Murphy c. M. Kinghorn b. S. Kirton ...........................15 P. Matheson b. D. Johnston ......15 J. Hoy n.o. ..................................3 J. Trease n.o................................4 Extras ...................................... 11 Total .............................7/213 (cc) Bowling: S. Kirton 3/50, J. Cox 0/34, D. Johnston 3/81, C. Keerthisinghe 1/39.

KILCUNDA-BASS v OMK 1st innings Kilcunda-Bass J. Markland b. P. Dell .................3 A. Larcombe c. D. Creed b. N. Cant ...............................3 A. Donohue c. A. Rose b. J. Cochrane.......................18 D. Mock r.o. .............................31 J. Dakin c. N. Cant b. N. Audino .........................15 J. Bastwrous b. N. Audino .......17 C. Davidson c. A. Miller b. J. Dewell ............................2 J. Tregear b. J. Dewell................1 A. Wells n.o. .............................13 J. Mahood c. A. Rose b. P. Dell .................................4 C. Peckett c. L. Jones b. P. Dell .................................0 Extras ......................................17 Total .......................................124 Bowling: P. Dell 3/11, N. Cant 1/22, J. Dewell 2/15, J. Cochrane 1/33, D. Lloyd 0/4, N. Audino 2/28.

1st innings OMK A. Rose b. D. Mock ...................7 L. Jones n.o. .............................14 D. Lloyd lbw. b. D. Mock .............................0 A. Miller n.o.............................40 Extras ........................................3 Total ......................................2/64 Bowling: A. Wells 0/13, D. Mock 2/22, J. Dakin 0/13, A. Donohue 0/12, C. Peckett 0/0, J. Mahood 0/3.

WON CLUB v INVERLOCH 1st innings Inverloch B. Debono lbw. b. R. Thomas ..........................0 N. Brayley b. R. Thomas............2 D. Newman c. D. Turton b. M. Thomas .......................54 W. Taberner c. L. McLean b. J. Thomas .........................36 K. Rotthier c. K. Brann b. R. Birkett ..........................13 W. Rankin n.o...........................31 W. Williams b. R. Birkett ...........6 B. Thomas n.o. .........................18 Extras ......................................13 Total .............................6/173 (cc) Bowling: J. Thomas 1/26, R. Thomas 2/39, Z. Macdermid 0/18, R. Birkett 2/45, M. McCall 0/1, M. Thomas 1/22, J. Sheerin 0/14.

• LDCA A GRADE DIVISION TWO

Great matches to focus interest POOWONG-LOCH has something like a stranglehold on Division 2 and it seemed unlikely to display any weaknesses in its guard against bottom placed Imperials this weekend.

It demonstrated it’s superiority with the Imps out in the 59th over for 93, 10 of those runs were extras.

Rowen McLennan top scored with 30 and Andrew Meyer was next best with 24.

Matthew Hancock led the bowling demonstration with 3/11 (11) and Alan

Jenkins wasn’t far behind with 3/33 (22) which fare included 12 maidens.

In reply, with 15 overs bowled Poowong-Loch is 0/23.

Equal points at numbers two and three on the table and with little to separate them the match between Koonwarra Leongatha/RSL and MDU is the equivalent of an AFL blockbuster; who will win?

The game has so far lived up to that billing and the match is poised for Saturday’s chapter.

Gary Webster (70), Timothy Harris (51) and Matt Martin (41) were the

mainstays of a 9/249 run MDU innings and taken together with bowling such as the Jason Kennedy’s four wicket haul, 69 runs conceded from 21.6 overs, point to an arm wrestle.

Jack Hughes held four field catches for Koonwarra Leongatha/RSL. He has a 1371 run 119 match career average of 19.31 with a highest score of 92.

He will be in the middle as will brother Sam with a batting average of 51.68 and a highest score of 305 runs.

It is a game to watch.

Miners and Foster are

in the bottom three on the ladder but Wonthaggi has the points and it is hard to see how Foster can come out this weekend and improve on 330.

But then again, it is cricket and anything can happen.

Josh Andrighetto made 83 and his brother Blake 80 for the Wonthaggi Miners and then Clint Honeysett 54 not out.

They will be hard to beat.

Glen Alvie has the bye.

POOWONG-LOCH v IMPERIALS 1st innings Imperials

G. Sauvarin c. K. Miller b. M. Hancock ........................1 A. Meyer lbw. b. A. Jenkins .........................24 L. Rogers c. A. Jenkins b. M. Hancock ........................0 T. Sauvarin c. W. Pollock b. A. Jenkins ...........................3 R. Higgins c. J. Bardwell b. A. Jenkins ...........................9 R. McLennan r.o. .....................30 S. Vagg c. K. Miller b. J. Bardwell .........................0 D. Ginnane stp. K. Miller b. J. Bardwell .......................10 Z. Price n.o. ................................3 P. McCaughan c. W. Pollock b. M. Loader...........................1 L. Wright b. M. Loader ..............2 Extras ......................................10 Total .........................................93 Bowling: A. Jenkins 3/33, M. Hancock 3/11, C. Knox 0/8, J. Bardwell 2/29, M. Loader 1/6.

1st innings Poowong-Loch C. Knox n.o. .............................17 A. Bardwell n.o. .........................4

Extras ........................................2 Total ......................................0/23 Bowling: Z. Price 0/10, L. Wright 0/8, T. Sauvarin 0/3, D. Ginnane 0/2, L. Rogers 0/0.

MDU v KOONWARRA-L/RSL 1st innings MDU S. Arnup c. J. Guinan b. N. Arnup...........................14 G. Webster c. J. Hughes b. J. Kennedy........................70 T. Harris c. J. Hughes b. J. Guinan ..........................51 D. Mathews c. J. Hughes b. J. Kennedy..........................1 M. Olden r.o. ..............................7 N. Eddy c. S. Hughes b. J. Kennedy........................16 M. Martin b. J. Guinan .............41 J. Mason c. J. Hughes b. J. Kennedy........................16 S. McRae n.o. .............................7 T. Corry r.o. ................................6 C. Harris n.o. ..............................4 Extras ......................................16 Total .............................9/249 (cc)

Bowling: J. Kennedy 4/69, N. Arnup 1/40, J. Hoy 0/17, B. Hastings 0/15, J. Guinan 2/77, B. Perry 0/20.

WON MINERS v FOSTER 1st innings Won Miners J. O’Reilly c. R. Johnston b. G. Tanner ..........................22 B. Andrighetto c. D. Lacasa b. H. Griggs ..........................80 D. Loos c. M. Jones b. H. Griggs .......................... 11 J. Andrighetto c. H. Buckland b. R. Johnston.......................83 J. Honeysett lbw. b. G. Tanner ..........................16 S. Farrington c&b. N. Clarke ...22 C. Honeysett n.o.......................54 J. Piasente c. M. Lynch b. O. Straw ...........................31 Extras ......................................10 Total .............................7/330 (cc) Bowling: F. Griggs 0/42, R. Johnston 1/57, O. Straw 1/33, N. Clarke 1/57, H. Griggs 2/83, G. Tanner 2/45, D. Lacasa 0/6.

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A fabulous event for Korumburra The 2016 Holden Show Jumping Classic was held at the Korumburra showgrounds over the weekend, with people travelling from near and far to compete in the popular event.

Entries were down a little this year, as the weekend clashed with Equitana and another event Boneo, however organiser Sandy Carfae said it was a great success nonetheless.

“We have a lot of people who come and support us and help out on the day as well, without those people we wouldn’t be able to run it,” she said.

“It is a real family show, the parents bring their kids, they jump in smaller ring and the parents jump in the senior ring. It is really a friendly atmosphere.”

Ms Carfrae said competitors come from as far as Geelong, Shepparton and even interstate.

“The whole town does well through it I think,” she said.

Ms Carfrae wanted to thank Russell Hemming and Leongatha Holden for their ongoing support of the event.

See page 37 for results.

Dedicated: Kardella rider Molly Barry was in Korumburra on Saturday, riding several Daring duo: Buffalo’s Fleur Timmins rode horses around the show jumps as a part of her horse Legally Blonde in the 2016 Holden the 2016 Holden Show Jumping Classic Clean jump: riding in the 2016 Holden Show Jumping Classic held at the Korumburra Show Jumping Classic held at the Korum- held at the Korumburra Showgrounds over Showgrounds, Vicki McCathy from Buffalo rode her horse in the 95cm class on Saturday. burra Showgrounds over the weekend. the weekend.

Cricket takes girls to the ‘G’ MARY MacKillop Catholic Regional College’s intermediate girls’ cricket team is bound for the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

The team excelled in its first Super 8s match in Leongatha earlier this year, and have since secured the opportunity to play at the renowned venue.

However, the girls have also proven themselves pretty handy at Twenty20 cricket as well.

“We waited to play Super 8s again and we thought that’s what we would be playing when we went to Sale,” Simone Dekker said.

“Instead we played Twenty20, which was a lot more challenging. It was scary and there was a lot more pressure. We had to be fully geared up, the ball was harder and came at you faster, and the pitch was larger. It was quite intimidating but we pushed through and we are happy with the result.”

As well as Sale, the girls played Twenty20 in Trafalgar and found themselves competing at state level in Oak Park.

The girls achieved third in the state.

The champion team included two junior players in Molly Kent and Chelsea Bowman.

Both proved to be fantastic assets on the team.

Chelsea opened the batting during one of the Twenty20 matches and successfully made 18 runs, while

Talented team: back from left, Meghan Minogue, Simone Dekker, Chelsea Bowman, Alex Cecil, Courtney Walker, Molly Kent, middle from left, Tomei Dal Pozzo, Brielle Cox, Chloe Maxwell, front from left, Jemma Caithness, Lisa Mildenhall and Jen Bals adapted well to Twenty20 cricket and came third in the state.

Molly’s top bowling took out three wickets.

In between the Twenty20 qualifiers, the girls kept up their Super 8 prowess with a few successful wins, as well as a close match in which they came out winners by just two runs.

Now they are preparing to play Super 8s at the MCG on November 30.

“It will be an exciting experience to come so far and go to the end. We’ve bonded as a real team and it is incredible to see how much the skill level has improved,” Simone said.

“I would encourage girls to get into the sport inside and outside school.”

The girls agreed cricket is a growing sport for women and have enjoyed playing for the school team.

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