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FAMILY VIOLENCE UP Rising numbers of family violence victims in Hume and Whittlesea are seeking police help and taking out intervention orders ■ PAGE 5 SPORT Read about Attwood’s Johnny Buceto as he hits form in the countdown to Victory’s National Youth League season ■ PAGE 31

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COLD COMFORT The state government outlines its big vision for Melbourne – and growth areas are missing out on new infrastructure funding ■ PAGE 3

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Dropping their school colours for a day in lycra, a group of 14 students from Hume Central Secondary College will put their fitness to the test on Sunday when they join about 16,000 cyclists for Australia’s largest mass-participation one-day bike ride.

The students (pictured) will raise money for the Smith Family when they tackle the 21st Bupa Around the Bay ride, using pedal power to make their contribution towards the $1.275 million target, which goes towards helping young Australians in need.

Smith Family’s Victorian general manager, Anton Leschen, said the money would enable the 2500 charity to support almost 2500 disadvantaged children primary school children for a year. will gain “The Smith Family believes education from the has the power to transform lives, not just minds, providing long-term support for young ride Australians from primary school to senior school and on to tertiary studies, if they choose,” Mr Leschen said.

“Our support includes after-school learning clubs, where students can get help with their homework from skilled tutors.

“We also provide financial assistance to help children and their families cover the costs of school books, uniforms and extra-curricular activities.”

While registration fees for the event go directly to Bicycle Network to run the event, the Smith Family benefits when participants decide to raise funds as well as ride. \ HG » aroundthebayfundraising.com.au

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stalwarts John and Sonya Rutherford. A date has not yet been set for the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal’s hearing into their challenge, but the group is busy fund-raising to underwrite the VCAT appeal.

RMIT’s intercultural studies professor Desmond Cahill believes this will be “an extremely interesting case” and one which will test VCAT’s role to treat all faiths as equals.

“I’d like to see the Victorian Multicultural Commission called in to help sort this out,” he said. “I would hope that, in association

with the interfaith groups, they could bring the various parties together in the interests of religious freedom, social cohesion and inter-religious harmony.”

But Professor Cahill is less confident the BPA will achieve the conflict resolution required.

“They would be ill-equipped to play a role in dealing with the issues of religious freedom and inter-religious harmony that are at stake, nor have the techniques of conflict resolution,” he said.\ HELEN GRIMAUX

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If Adelaide is known as the city of churches, Kyabram Street in Coolaroo could come to be dubbed the spirituality strip of Hume’s city of all faiths.

If plans become projects, Christian crosses and Muslim minarets could co-exist along a stretch of a couple of kilometres – beacons of higher realms among car yards and industrial lots.

The Weekly understands Hume council is likely to receive another planning permit

application for a second mosque, 100 metres along the same block as the Shia Muslim Al Sadiq Foundation mosque planned for next door to St Mary’s Ancient Church of the East.

In August, this first application sparked emotional protests at the council’s town planning meeting from the Iraqi Christian congregation of St Mary’s, many of whom are still in grief from their displacement from Iraq at the hands of cross-factional fighting among their Muslim neighbours.

Their cause has been taken up by Broadmeadows Progress Association (BPA)

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Yan Yean and Thomastown MPs Danielle Green and Bronwyn Halfpenny celebrated their 50th birthdays by getting mammograms as part of national Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The two politicians, who attended the Epping Breastscreen clinic on Tuesday last week, said the birthday should serve as a reminder for women.

One in nine Victorian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during her lifetime.

Mill Park resident Maureen Corrigan, 57, survived breast cancer after chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

“If I hadn’t had a breast screen, I wouldn’t have known anything was wrong,” she said. \ BF Go for the test: Danielle Green and Bronwyn Halfpenny with breast cancer survivors Sophia Mastorias, of Lalor, and Maureen Corrigan, of Mill Park. (SUPPLIED)

building sales stun parishioners “less than Christian”. “We got a phone call and were told they were going. We’ll be out in Uniting Church parishioners say they are three months,” he said. “There has never been deeply hurt by the sale of 56 Victorian a letter, personal communication or any form properties as their leaders try to recoup a of consultation” $56 million debt incurred by last year’s The Uniting Church said it consulted with collapse of Acacia College at Mernda presbyteries over the past five months North. to identify properties suitable for sale. “it’s an Affected churches in “While this divestment process is appalling, north-western suburbs a very important decision for the include Glenroy, Brunswick future of the church, we understand brutal West, Strathmore, Sydenham, it will cause upheaval and upset decision” Williamstown North and Yarraville. for some across our community,” A kindergarten in Upland Road, synod general secretary Rev Dr Mark Strathmore, will also be sold, as will halls Lawrence said. in Williamstown North and Brunswick West.

But Mr Vigus said closing Glenroy’s church The head of one of two Moreland Uniting would devastate the community. “It’s an churches forced to shut has slammed the head appalling, brutal decision,” he said. “They office’s decision as “brutal”. have a substantial congregation who have no The minister of St David’s in Brunswick other church nearby. The way the church has West, Andrew Vigus, said the decision was gone about raising money has been less than uniting church

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St David’s parishioner Graeme Wilde said his grandmother was at the meeting 105 years ago that determined there should be a church in Brunswick West.

“My parents were married there, both were buried from that church and various members of my family have had weddings, funerals and baptisms,” he said.

He said the “arbitrary, dispassionate” way the church authorities selected which churches to sell seemed like a “quick-fix” business decision.

A Uniting Church spokesman said pastoral and relocations support would be offered to presbyteries to ensure they had the resources they needed. The spokesman said the sales will stop once $56 million was raised, meaning some properties may not be sold. \ BEAU DONELLY and GOYA DMYTRYSHCHAK

The state government’s newly released Plan for Melbourne was greeted with muted reactions in Melbourne’s north.

Whittlesea mayor Rex Griffin said his council was pleased Planning Minister Matthew Guy had stressed the importance of directing new development to areas with appropriate infrastructure to support higher populations.

“Previous planning frameworks have left the City of Whittlesea in the situation where this is not the case, such as the Aurora housing estate that has more than 20 bus stops with no buses,” Cr Griffin said.

Hume mayor Geoff Porter has invited Growth Areas Authority chief executive Peter Seamer to brief his council on the finer details of how the new plan will impact in the north.

The plan bypasses Broadmeadows as part of the metropolitan activity centre network and proposes a new employment precinct on the municipality’s far northern boundary at Lockerbie, abutting Mitchell shire.

The minister has called for submissions on Plan for Melbourne to be made by December 6. \ HG » planmelbourne.vic.gov.au

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police step up intervention action and quadrupled from 1999-2000 to 2009-10.

Affected family members, a person with the written consent of the family, a An 11-year analysis of family violence court-appointed applicant or the guardian court data shows police are becoming more of the affected individual can apply for involved in the intervention process in intervention orders.

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Whittlesea acting sergeant Clare more The Australian Bureau of Statistics Hayhoe, family violence adviser to people are released its 2013 Directory of the North West Metro Division 5, reporting Family and Domestic Violence said it was good to see that more Statistics on October 3, which incidents to people were reporting incidents to included an 11-year trend analysis police. the police from the Victorian family violence Overall, the trend breakdown database from 1999 to 2010. shows there were 467 people affected by The database includes a breakdown of family violence who finalised an application court data and intervention order applications for an intervention order in Whittlesea in by local government area over the 11 years.

1999-2000. The number increased to a top The court data shows the number of instances of 904 in 2007-08 and remained there in the where police applied for the intervention latest set of data from 2009-10. orders on behalf of individuals affected by In Hume, the trend breakdown shows family violence multiplied by eight in Hume there were 570 people affected by family FAMILY VIOLENCE

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violence who finalised an application for an intervention order in 1999-2000. This increased to a top of 2003 in the latest set of data from 2009-10.

The number of family violence incidents reported to police has almost doubled in the past five years. In 2012-13, there were 2110 family violence incidents in Whittlesea reported to police. Whittlesea health access and bushfire recovery manager Neville Kurth said the council had committed to preventing family violence through the endorsement of its 2011-2016 strategy, Building a Respectful Community – Preventing Violence against Women.

The most recent family violence data from Victoria Police shows the rate of family violence in Whittlesea is 1249 per 100,000 and 1429.5 per 100,000 in Hume compared to the state average of 1071 per 100,000. \ BRIDGET FITZGERALD

aged-care sensory uplift Residents at a Bundoora aged-care facility will benefit from a $100,000 upgrade with an emphasis on sensory therapy. With donations from the Aged Persons Welfare Foundation and charity group Danks Trust, Villa Maria Bundoora has upgraded its Plenty Road site with a sensory garden and therapeutic facilities to help patients living with dementia. Leisure and lifestyle co-ordinator Lydia Pisevski said sensory boards, feature walls, light installations and photographs helped trigger memory and connect people with their past. \

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Women’s Health in the North will adorn its Thornbury office with a large anti-violence banner from October 14 to raise awareness of family violence.

The 2-metre by 1.2-metre banner will read ‘Break the silence, the north says NO to family violence’. Its appearance coincides with a worldwide campaign, Week Without Violence, from October 14-18, and the Clothesline Project. The project involves painting messages on T-shirts about family violence and respectful relationships.

The Northern Integrated Family Violence Services representative at Women’s Health in the North, Ada Conroy, says the campaign aims to “remove barriers” and get people thinking about family violence in Melbourne’s north. \ BF

hells angels raided in north Melbourne’s north featured prominently in last week’s police raids on properties associated with members of the Hells Angels. Thirteen people were arrested and firearms, drugs, cash, explosive material, stolen property and ammunition seized in the largest operation targeted at a single outlaw motorcycle gang in Victoria’s history.

Sixty warrants were executed at clubhouses and private residences across the state involving more than 700 police from the regions, crime command, special operations group, bomb response unit, dog squad, operations response unit, airwing, transit, highway patrol, critical incident response team, transport branch and forensics. A 27-year-old Campbellfield man was charged with possessing a drug of dependence and appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court. A senior constable from Victoria Police has also been implicated and, after a raid on his Epping home, charged with perverting the course of justice. \

Hands off: Carmen Hawker and Ada Conroy deliver their message against violence. (SCOTT MCNAUGHTON)

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The Epping wholesale market issue has become a Whittlesea council comedy. Despite completion being well overdue, the council seems to have a very short memory.

Probably the best, and only, thing the previous Labor government did was build the Hume freeway to accommodate the market.

However, the freeway became a transit road for employees from outside the Whittlesea area and our Epping North residents/council seem to think the freeway is for their non-public transport usage.

It seems the preference is for a replica of the Plenty Road car park for Edgars/O’Herns/Findon roads to cater for morning/evening peak periods – how selfish.

I’m no fan of VicRoads, but I can also accept why it is not supporting the priorities of the council regarding traffic. The council, elected 12 months ago, has been virtually mute since.

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DES JOHNSON \ WHITTLESEA RE HEART HEALTH IN THE MIND, SAYS DOCTOR (Weekly, October 8) The research that continues to show good long-term effects of meditation is good news for all of us.

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The furore over questionable expense claims by federal politicians will eventually blow over but will leave a sour taste in the voters’ mouths should the government start making tough decisions to counter the so-called budget emergency.

There’s already a stench of hypocrisy in the air when a prime minister who refused pay rises to low-paid childcare and aged-care workers has tallied up expenses worth thousands of dollars, including $9300 for a return charter flight to Tamworth’s country music festival for himself and a family member – a 55-minute flight that’s serviced by Qantas and Rex for under $500 one way.

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Most MPs’ expenses are warranted, but such extreme examples and a reluctance to implement proper scrutiny of claims will do nothing to counter ever-growing public cynicism. \ DAVID BONNICI

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Two families dealing with spinal cord injury and a lifetime of rehabilitation have joined forces to open a specialised recovery centre in Thomastown.

Doreen resident Rhiannon Tracey became a quadriplegic after a diving accident in Bali in 2009.

During her recovery, doctors and physiotherapists told Ms Tracey, now 24, that she would never feed herself again. But four years later, she can not only feed herself but can also drive solo in a modified car and walk short distances with the aid of a walking frame.

Ms Tracey (pictured) attributes the success of her recovery to a holistic approach, using modern medicine and physiotherapy with alternative treatments like acupuncture and massage. It’s a recovery method which, she says, doesn’t get enough attention in Australia.

Now she plans to open a one-stop, not-for-profit recovery centre in Thomastown for people with spinal cord injuries. It will be called The Next Step and will employ a range of recovery techniques. Ms Tracey will receive the bulk of funds needed for the centre from Glen Waverley woman Effie Klapsos,

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whose brother Gabriel became a quadriplegic following a motorcycle accident in 2008. Ms Klapsos crossed paths with Ms Tracey and her mother Sharon Bradford while her brother was in recovery at the Austin Hospital’s Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre.

Ms Klapsos and Ms Tracey will hold a fund-raiser at Misty’s Diner in Reservoir on

October 27, with all money raised to go to The Next Step. Ms Tracey says they are looking for volunteers to host face-painting and child entertainment to help with fund-raising. \ BRIDGET FITZGERALD » TheNextStepSpinalCordInjuryRecovery or rhiannontracey.com.au

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Research and development at the Ford plant in Broadmeadows will be a “major factor of Australia’s post-2016 footprint”, according to a company spokeswoman.

She made the comment on the eve of a fact-finding tour of Ford and Toyota by Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane, who had visited GM Holden the week before.

Mr Macfarlane said he wanted to see Ford continue to operate in Australia in the long term.

The federal government has instigated an urgent Productivity Commission review. “The final report will be released next year, but I hope to see a draft by Christmas,” the minister said.

Ford Australia has announced it will close local vehicle production at Broadmeadows and Geelong by the end of 2016.

But Mr Macfarlane indicated he wanted to convince Ford to change its mind on its car-making future in Australia, expressing his wish to see Australian vehicle manufacturing continue for the next 100 years. \ HG

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a ‘night life’ for epping Robertson said the centre would “create night life that doesn’t exist” in Epping.

A $30 million shopping centre development But Mr Robertson said he was concerned in Epping is set to boost the local economy about security at the new piazza following and deliver a “city climate” to the outer a recent daylight brawl at a South Morang north. shopping centre cafe.

Epping Plaza has been rebranded as Whittlesea mayor Rex Griffin said safety Pacific Epping, with its new Urban was very important.

Diner development launched on Mr Terry allayed fears and said Tuesday last week.

Pacific Epping would increase ‘uRban The development increases security levels. diner’ opens the centre’s size by 9288 square Cr Griffin said the plaza had at rebranded brought a “city climate” to the metres and includes a pedestrian street, a piazza area, playground region. centre and an extra 300 car park spaces.

He said Cooper Street had The main feature of the become the “hub of the north” development is the ‘‘restaurant and with its transport, employment and entertainment precinct’’, which Pacific commercial interests.

Epping chief executive officer Graham Northern Health foundation director Terry said had created at least 100 Ryan Brown said the development permanent jobs. was a benefit to the growing northern Mr Terry said the centre generated value community. for the community and a “blueprint” for Northern Health operates Northern other local areas.

Hospital, which is adjacent to Pacific He said the creation of extra car parking Epping and is a partner in the shopping spaces and accessible public transport centre complex. would help to ease congestion.

“We are a growing area with over 50 The development includes a new bus births a week at Northern Hospital,” Mr interchange off Cooper Street.

Brown said. \ BRIDGET FITZGERALD Epping Plaza Hotel manager Alexander

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Blind Sports Victoria was the winner of the TAB Great Chase at The Meadows last week after a stunning come-from-behind grand final win by greyhound Living Proof.

The win put an extra $5000 in the kitty for BSV, but $1500 was already in it after the Glenn Rounds-trained greyhound won a heat and semi-final.

And there may be more, as BSV will get 10 per cent of the racing dog’s earnings for the next 12 months as a spin-off from the series.

BSV president Maurice Gleeson (pictured with the trophy and Living Proof) said the money would make a huge difference.

“We have a lot of volunteers who specialise in sports programs such as walking, swimming, gymnastics and even tennis. But we need to train these volunteers, which is what this money will go towards,” he said.

The TAB Great Chase is Greyhound Racing Victoria’s annual community event, matching community groups caring for people with intellectual and physical disabilities to greyhounds that run on their behalf. / HG

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Spring is decking city streets in an abundance of colours and hues, signalling it’s time for the annual Broadmeadows and District Garden Club show.

Flower, fruit and vegetable exhibits are being prepared for display and club president Margaret Vidler (pictured, right, with Bev Lamborn) expects about 400 entries this weekend at Wiseman House. Show categories include cut flowers, potted plants and floral art. Entries will be judged by representatives

“The panel will be done with huge community consultation ... that will look at Twenty per cent of about 118,000 Hume what is in and what’s out. voters have cast their vote over whether “The community will be able to have a say Sunbury forms its own shire or stays part of on what should be in. There’s been discussions Hume council. about Tullamarine [and the Melbourne In Sunbury last week, Victorian Airport] and Racecourse Road [being “we will Electoral Commission deputy part of the new shire] and it will be assess the returning officer Mick Sullivan told discussed at a later stage.” the Weekly the commission was Sunbury resident Dave Clements votes when receiving many phone calls from said while he would like to have they come residents about the vote. a Sunbury shire, he would vote in” “The phone has been running no because he couldn’t vote on pretty solidly. I took one of the something with an unclear outcome. interpreter call lines one day; I took 33 calls “I rang the Hume and Melton councils and that day we had about 100 calls. because of the Melbourne Airport and “We’re quite happy with the response Diggers Rest issues and both councils said rate, but it’s difficult to say what the overall they hadn’t discussed the issue at this stage. response will be.”

“How can I vote when you know nothing?

Joining Mr Sullivan in Sunbury, Local Neither of the two shires are prepared to Government Minister Jeanette Powell said say anything and we know nothing about that if residents wanted to have their say on the debt which could be inherited by a new Sunbury’s future they needed to do it now. council.”

She said there was no timeline set for her to The postal vote closes on October 25. \ TARA MURRAY make a decision on whether the issue would go to a panel. » www.vec.vic.gov.au/ “We will assess the votes when they come in and if there’s overwhelming response HAVE YOUR SAY [favouring Sunbury’s secession] from Hume www.northernweekly.com.au I will establish a panel.

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he lumbers onto the scales, affecting indifference as the digital display flickers furiously. That’s 200 kilograms … overweight! SiSi, you’re off to the fat farm. If ever a rhinoceros could look chagrined, this was the moment. After all, it is hardly a girl’s fault if the grass is greener on the other side of the globe.

“One of the more surprising challenges we face here is that the soil type is sensational for growing, particularly on the lower savannah, which is down along the river flats,” says Russel Traher, Werribee Open Range Zoo’s general manager of life sciences.

“It means that the grass grown down there – that all the grazers eat – is actually a lot richer than what they would normally get on the African plains.”

It’s an issue, particularly with the rhinos, who munch through 50 kilograms of feed a day to maintain an optimum body weight of 1800 kilograms (female) and 2100 kilograms (male).

“They are just programmed to eat like a lawn mower and will just chew away all day and because the grass is so rich they are getting too much,” Traher says. “So, every now and again, we have to send one or other of them to fat camp, which is up on top of the hill where the grazing is a lot more arid.”

If weighing rhinos sounds preposterous, it’s all in a day’s work for the keepers here at the multi-award-winning conservation park.

While there’s no mistaking it’s the animals who are the stars of the show, a tremendous amount of work goes on behind the scenes to ensure the health and

well-being of the collection.

More than 100 volunteers are involved in the zoo’s operations, from front-gate guide services through to preparing “enrichment” boxes and bags containing favourite treats to help keep primates and meerkats mentally stimulated.

Then there’s the specialist staff like horticulturist Enrique Ramirez, who is one of the team responsible for flora across the 235-hectare site, including the important browse plantation.

The plantation, which contains 16,000 trees, mostly propagated on site, is a veritable smorgasbord of 30 different species ranging from acacias, from which giraffes are each fed three to four branches a day, to hibiscus plants much favoured by the leopard tortoise.

Fresh fruit and vegetables are a major component of the diets of the primates and herbivores and also supplement the diets of omnivores, like the meerkats.

“Our buyer of fruit and veg goes to the Melbourne Market, same as your greengrocer and buys human-quality fruit and veg,” Traher says.

Zoo buyers purchase between 25 and 35 boxes of fruit and vegetables each week, including eggplant, capsicum, sweet corn, carrots and leafy greens like chicory and silverbeet that make up the gorillas’ breakfast.

But rather than dish it up on a plate the food is hidden through the exhibit, encouraging the gorillas to forage as they would in the wild.

“When you think about it, most of the animals we have here have to work their butts off in the wild to get food – so that level of activity is quite normal,” Traher

Clockwise from bottom left: Enrique Ramirez, horticulturist; Katharine Quinn holds Maran, an Eastern barred bandicoot; Lance Weldhagen and Bob Stoop feed the giraffes on the savannah; Paul Rushworth trains a serval cat; Making items for the enrichment program for the gorillas.

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says. “Every animal has an enrichment program, aimed at maintaining their physical and mental fitness.”

Hence the lions, cheetahs and servals go through training sessions to simulate natural hunting behaviours.

“We won’t use live animals, but we do use a lure – kind of a bit like what you would see at a greyhound track. It’s good because it exercises them, keeps their joints supple and allows them to hone skill, but it also keeps them motivated.”

In addition to the $60,000 annual meat budget, the zoo buys in crickets and mealworms for the vervet monkeys, meerkats and prized population of Eastern barred bandicoots. Another speciality item on the shopping list at present is formula for a baby of a gargantuan kind.

Kipenzi, the white rhino calf born in May, is being hand-reared because of her mother SiSi’s refusal to let previous calves feed. The calf, now weighing 170 kilograms, consumes 21 litres of custom-made milk a day, and must be taught the necessary rhino social skills before she can safely take her place among the herd.

But while rhinos are at the top of the tree in terms of food access, you can’t go past a zebra for sneakiness.

Night vision cameras placed in the mixed-herd enclosure of zebra and kudu revealed the shorter zebras had figured out a way to access the taller antelopes’ food.

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Melbourne Water has reinforced the dam embankment and there is a new and larger ornamental lake (pictured), complete with the lilies many visitors will remember from the old pond. Toorourrong Reservoir Park is on

creative craigieburn A mixed media art exhibition, including portraiture, rendering, patterns and design, plus the elements and principles of art and various techniques, will feature at a special premiere event tomorrow night at Craigieburn gallery. Creating & Making is a showcase of works by Craigieburn Secondary College students from years 7-12. Hume mayor Geoff Porter said the exhibition revealed “the breadth of local emerging talent”. The school’s art co-ordinator, Fiona Cerni, could only agree. “Art in education allows students to exercise and develop higher-order thinking skills and gives them confidence and a sense of achievement,” she said. The exhibition opens tomorrow at 5.30pm and will run until November 10. RSVP gallery@hume.vic. gov.au. \ hume’s search for heroes Hume council is calling for nominations of local heroes for next year’s Australia Day awards, to be presented on January 26.

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“Kangan can play an even greater role in assisting local industries and the local economy in transition,” Sutherland told the Weekly last week, seven weeks into a new role that has brought him from The Gordon TAFE college at Geelong to Broadmeadows, home to Ford and the automotive industry.

He spent 14 years at The Gordon, starting as executive director for business development then acting as chief executive before his permanent appointment to the top job in 2006. the Ford recovery plan for the north. He sees Kangan Institute’s automotive courses and its opportunities that run counter to the predicted textile faculty are traditional industry strengths of demise of manufacturing as a pillar of the Melbourne’s north.

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adi Elbarbar was once kicked out of class for being too opinionated. But it did not put him off fighting for what he thought was right.

Instead, it inspired him to become a teacher and do a better job than some of those who taught him.

The passionate social justice campaigner learnt about the dangers of speaking out during a year 11 international studies class. “I got kicked out of the course for sharing my opinions too vocally,” he says.

“I’m not someone that will hide my emotions or my point of view. I have always had a passion for social justice, although it never had a name. It was always just about helping those less fortunate and being a voice.”

Now a teacher of humanities and religious studies at St Monica’s College, Epping, Elbarbar is the third of five children. His siblings, Feeras, Fida, the only girl, Fawaz and Fouadare, are aged from 31 to 21.

Fadi, 27, was literally the middle man from a young age. “I would always ensure my brothers were all treated equally and would commonly argue with my parents if this was not the case,” he says.

Their parents came from Lebanon when its politics was improving but still difficult. Elbarbar’s father, Sami, migrated first with his mother and sister and started a business before returning for his wife, Joumana. They caught a helicopter to the airport because it was too dangerous to drive.

Sami and Joumana took many jobs to support their family and at one stage lived behind a milk bar.

Joumana also worked in a variety of other shops and

between years nine and 10 to stand 205 centimetres, or six feet nine in the old language, Elbarbar says he was too unco-ordinated to be a top sportsman.

Instead, he loved the social side of school and debating issues in class. His political antenna was tuned early, learning about the troubles in his parents’ home country and others in the Middle East.

At a local youth group, he met people of Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian and Jordanian backgrounds.

Learning about their histories and growing up in a democracy himself, Elbarbar formed strong views about the need for social justice regardless of a person’s heritage or socio-economic status.

In the schoolyard he also played diplomat, helping solve arguments and explain that minor squabbles, such as stealing balls, were not necessarily based on race. These skills earned him a job representing his school at a local council youth hub, organising events and talking about multiculturalism.

After his expulsion from international studies, Elbarbar decided the teacher was lousy and imposing her views on the students. He also had a maths teacher who literally taught something different every day; statistics one day, trigonometry the next.

“She just had no clue,” he says.

Rather than put him off, these experiences motivated Elbarbar to teach and to do it better.

He was also inspired by the likes of his year-12 maths teacher, Con Zanetidis, who was good at what he did and cared about the students. “He was not as

He chose teaching history, geography and religious studies at St Monica’s because it was close to home and he admired its principal, Brian Hanley.

“You could tell that he was a big part of why it’s so successful,” Elbarbar says. “I just got that vibe from him.”

So impressed is Elbarbar with his school and its community that he is in the process of converting to Catholicism. He didn’t particularly dislike his birth religion, but he feels a stronger connection with the Catholic Church. When he was a child, the Greek Orthodox sermons were mostly in an Arabic dialect he didn’t know and the minister was often negative.

“I remember once … he was talking about idols and idolising pop stars and the example he gave was John Wayne, which was about 40 years removed,” he says.

At St Monica’s, which has almost 1900 students, Elbarbar’s passion has found the perfect home. He loves teaching and the pastoral side of Catholic life. “The school is the church and the kids here are fantastic,” he says. “I enjoy morning prayer. I look forward to mass.”

This faith was repaid when Elbarbar proposed the new position of social justice co-ordinator. Hanley jumped at the chance. Since last year Elbarbar, who has completed a Caritas Australia immersion program, has divided his time between teaching and organising school and community projects.

More than 100 students are running 25 projects across the school, involving everything from human

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Sami drove taxis for years, working up to 16 hours a day. He has been unable to work since having a stroke several years ago.

Elbarbar attended three primary schools as his parents moved for work. He spent prep and grade one at St Damian’s in Bundoora, grades two and three at Coburg North and 4-6 at Greenvale Primary. He then attended Gladstone Park Secondary College.

Moving schools was no drama for this confident, intelligent and social student. He made friends easily. When he was house captain in primary school, he took nothing for granted. “I used to pride myself in knowing every single student’s name,” he says.

Elbarbar and his siblings were born in Melbourne but he wasn’t keen on local sport in primary school, preferring the academic side. When he played cricket for the first time, he turned up dressed in black.

“I’d seen cricket and I’d been at training a couple of times but no one told me that you dress in white,” he says with a laugh. “I didn’t even know there was such a thing as interschool sports before I got invited to play cricket at Greenvale.”

Elbarbar was also “tricked” into following Carlton by his father’s best friend, who promised to take him to the football but took him only once. He stuck with the Blues, however, and now loves footy and cricket.

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concerned about himself looking good than he was about making sure the kids were enjoying his class and doing OK,” he says.

After year 12, Elbarbar started international business studies at RMIT but hated it and soon switched to a bachelor of arts degree at La Trobe University in Bendigo. Forced to choose between feminine or religious studies, he opted for comparative religions and “fell in love”.

Elbarbar’s family is Greek Orthodox but was never overly strict. “It was just so interesting looking at all the different religions and their beliefs and rituals,” he says. He decided to major in religious studies and sociology, finishing his degree at La Trobe’s Bundoora campus.

To make ends meet while studying, Elbarbar worked long hours as a waiter and a security guard, using his diplomatic skills to calm drunk city nightclub patrons. “I started working when I was 10,” he says. “My first job was as a paper boy. On the day I turned 14 and nine months, I started at a KFC.” The hard work paid off in more ways than one.

Elbarbar met his veterinary nurse wife, Dominique, 25, while waiting tables. They married two years ago.

After completing his diploma of education at Australian Catholic University in 2008, Elbarbar was offered jobs at Assumption College in Kilmore, where he did his rounds, and St Monica’s College, Epping.

trafficking and homelessness to a committee of students involved in discussing the post-2015 United Nations Millennium Development Goals agenda.

St Monica’s is also one of Victoria’s first Fair Trade certified schools, using fair trade tea and coffee for staff and sports balls for PE, and part of former British prime minister Tony Blair’s Face to Faith project. It sees students video conference in India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Italy and California.

“We’re actually the first school in the world to receive the highest certification that Face to Faith offers to schools,” Elbarbar says.

St Monica’s has several refugee students from countries such as Sudan and Iraq, so Elbarbar is determined to raise awareness about their plight.

He invites asylum seekers to speak to students and dispel some of the myths about “queue jumping”.

“The most important thing in terms of social justice is it’s all about raising awareness about issues,” he says. “I think a lot of kids in this generation are very insular.”

Elbarbar wants to not only help others but also ensure that students understand why they are doing it. “I sort of felt that it was important that people understood why we were doing it, not just doing it for the sake of doing it,” he says.

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In 2010 Iannantuono, with fellow St Monica’s alumni Maria Agostinelli (née Pagano), Michelle Oudin and Luisa Ranisavljev (née Iannantuono), opened Sacred Keys in Epping. The wellness centre offers many pathways to healing, with philosophies based on connecting body, mind and spirit. With 20 practitioners, it has flourished and touched more than 6000 people in some way. Their old school is proud of their determination to follow their passions and lead the way in chasing their dreams “as with God, trust, love and energy to give, all things are made possible!” \

Now a mother of two, Nido completed a combined bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery at the University of Melbourne. After her advanced general practitioner training at the West Brunswick Clinic, she was accepted into the Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of GPs in 2003. Her work includes tutoring as an examiner for the Royal Australian College of GPs. Nido is now GP liaison officer at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, and works in the emergency department of the Royal Children’s Hospital. \

Graduating from La Trobe University with a bachelor of arts majoring in cinema and media studies, Byrne worked in post-production before further study at Victorian College of the Arts, Australian Film Television and Radio School, and Footscray City Films. Byrne’s graduate film, Opraholic, premiered at the 2003 Fringe Festival. In 2005 she joined agency 27DC, then part of the Mushroom Group, working with some of Australia’s biggest names in entertainment.

She now produces advertisements and TV series at Horizon Films, one of Melbourne’s oldest production companies. \

After completing his studies at St Monica’s, Bell studied aerospace engineering at RMIT and obtained an internship with Rolls-Royce PLC in Britain, working as a systems integration engineer and development engineer on jet engines.

He completed a bachelor of aerospace engineering with first-class honours in 2011 and now works for Australian Aerospace designing modifications for the Australian military’s helicopters.

He hopes to continue improving the helicopters and one day be a chief engineer for a large aerospace project. \

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Professionally laid synthetic lawn with boundary planting of fence-concealing plants is the simplest approach. It won’t win design prizes, but if you choose plants that will grow to just above fence height, bloom for long periods and, even better, smell nice, the backyard won’t shame you. Get planting advice from your local nurseryman.

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Ideally, the design should include a spot to encourage children outdoors and cater for adults, too.

Even if there’s an existing pergola or integrated room, another open pergola – either as an extension or freestanding – works well with a deciduous vine growing over it. This provides not only a shady, green spot in summer for adults to gather for a drink and barbecue, but

“design your backyard with your family in mind and you won’t go far wrong” also makes a great secret cubbyhouse or play area for kids. With synthetic grass beneath, it can stand all types of play, and seating will be stable. It’s a good spot to place a portable sandpit with inevitable spills easily swept up, or a wading pool out of burning sun.

While entirely mulched or pebbled backyards virtually eliminate maintenance, our climate demands we have some lawn to provide a cooling effect.

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They take disabled parking seriously in Austin. First offenders are fined $500 and, while many Australian municipalities have even tougher fines than this, it gets interesting in Austin when someone commits their second offence. This is when community service orders kick in.

But the project director, Mack Marsh, says the primary aim of the app is not to punish offenders. “The whole purpose is to tie technology to public education,” he says.

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BRIEFS BOWLS Greensborough proved too good at home to Craigieburn on Saturday, winning 85-78 in Bowls Victoria Saturday Pennant division 2, section 3.

Elsewhere in the division, Whittlesea won 83-64 against Fairfield.

In division 2, sec 2, Broadmeadows was a comfortable 83-66 winner against Clifton Park, while Glenroy went down 78-77 to Fitzroy Victoria in division 1, sec 2. \ VSDCA Roxburgh Park-Broadmeadows roared to a 102-run win to open its East-West First XI season against Endeavour Hills on Saturday.

The Falcons skittled Endeavour Hills for just 45 at Lakeside Drive, in reply to its own 7-147.

RPB was on track for a paltry score of its own after Endeavour Hills won the toss and sent the Falcons in.

Reeling at 5-36, Mitchell Streiff (46) and Kurtley Brandt (20) steadied the innings before Patrick Matautaava (35no) combined with Streiff for a 64-run partnership.

The lower-order runs proved decisive as Endeavour Hills collapsed to 3-2 in reply and never recovered.

Mitchell Johnstone (5-17), Streiff (2-11), Bryce Preston (2-14) and Matautaava (1-2 off six overs) all dominated as just one Endeavour Hills batsman made it to double figures.

The rout was finished by the 23rd over.

RPB will now face Mt Waverley at Mt Waverley Reserve in a two-day game.

In North-South First XI, Plenty Valley

SCOREBOARD Q CRICKET

PREMIER FIRST GRADE FRANKSTON PENINSULA v GREENVALE KANGAROOS At AH Butler Oval, Frankston FRANKSTON PENINSULA Innings M McCLEAN lbw b Marantelli. . . . . . . . . . 26 J HERRICK c Sandri b Dhindsa . . . . . . . . 26 M GAPES c Damjanovski b Sandri . . . . . . 95 M CHASEMORE not out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 L TONKIN lbw b Phogat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 S WIESE not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Extras (2lb 2w 2nb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Four wickets for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Fall: 41, 59, 231, 234 Bowling: P Manser 10-0-73-0, C Marantelli 10-2-24-1, R Dhindsa 6-0-14-1, C Sandri 100-59-1, D Salpietro 8-0-41-0, J Damjanovski 2-0-13-0, K Phogat 4-0-20-1 Overs: 50 GREENVALE KANGAROOS Innings E GHASPERIDIS lbw b Crowder . . . . . . . . 46 J DAMJANOVSKI c Herrick b Benbow . . . . 14 J LIDGETT c C Chasemore b M Chasemore 75 D SALPIETRO not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 C SANDRI b Ashkenazi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 R COLLINS not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Extras (5b 5lb 2w 5nb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Four wickets for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Fall: 24, 86, 214, 222 Bowling: J Benbow 10-0-33-1, B Ashkenazi 101-57-1, J Herrick 7-0-23-0, M Chasemore 7.20-44-1, C McCormick 6-0-39-0, W Crowder 9-0-43-1 Overs: 49.2.

Result: Greenvale Kangaroos won Umpires: P Gillespie R McKinnon

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Strathmore was out 93 by the 39th over before Greenvale batted out the rest of the day to make 3-244.

In North Division, Tullamarine was also all out for 93 batting first but did make a fist of defending its low score. West Coburg was 5-56 in reply before steadying to win and reaching 7-129 by stumps.

In North A1, Haig Fawkner’s 101 was enough to beat Taylors Lakes, all out 92.

Division rival Craigieburn lost by four wickets though, 7-137 (Glen Baker 64no) chased successfully by Youlden Parkville, 6-145.

In North B1, Glenroy’s Chris Pipe (57) and Nayana Palamandadige (58) shared a 99-run partnership to lead the Roys to a 6-199 to 7-166 win against East Keilor.

Merlynston Hadfield lost to East Coburg by six runs, while Jacana’s 107 was enough to beat Avondale Heights, all out 102. \

Close call: Greensborough’s Stephen Zeally reacts to a bowl as Craigieburn opponents look on.

(STEPHEN MCKENZIE)

successfully defended 8-315 made the previous weekend by bowling out Brunswick for 254.

Wickets at regular intervals stopped any Brunswick batsmen from making it to 50, with Plenty Valley bowlers Ben Dennett (3-41), Sean Ayres (3-48) and Lorenzo Ingram (3-46) sharing the spoils.

Casey-South Melbourne 2/91 (JD Holden 43*) d Hawthorn-Monash University 87 (CJ Hall 3/22 LJ Sperling 3/27 A Perrin 2/11) at Casey Fields #4 Melbourne 4/170 (AR Keath 67 MJ Brown 66* M Doric 2/27) d Essendon 168 (A Ayre 55 A Shellie 25 PJ Smith 3/30 AR Keath 2/19 N Quinn 2/41) at Windy Hill Carlton 9/233 (TJ Smyth 62 L McKenna 57 JC Hancock 29 T Welsford 27 SS Singh 3/41 JF Miller 3/43 NM McNally 2/49) d Prahran 7/222 (SM De Bolfo 55 NP Morrey 50 JW Taylor 39 JF Miller 30 T Welsford 3/46 C Millard 2/46) at Toorak Park Geelong 8/270 (HW Butterworth 113 JL Crosthwaite 49 MM Harrison 37 E Vines 27 SG O’Brien 3/36) d Camberwell Magpies 5/269(cc) (SF Hill 74 TB Rickarby 59 GS Parker 59 BG Drew 34* LT Muller 2/49) at Geelong Cricket Ground Ringwood 8/174 (DA King 75 NM Walsh 25 JM Butterfield 3/30 N Lambden 2/25 B Fairbanks 2/30) d Dandenong 9/173(cc) (RJ Hearn 37 B Forsyth 29 J Nanopoulos 26 I Holland 3/39) at Russell Lucas Oval Footscray Edgewater 8/231 (WM Robinson 59 M Hill 37 T Dean 28 A Barton 25 PJ Dickson 4/48 E Alavi 2/34) d Fitzroy Doncaster 7/227(cc) (PJ Dickson 61 MJ Bremner 56 N Vardi 46 H Winter-Irving 2/29 JA Haberfield 2/55) at Schramms Reserve #1 Richmond 7/221(cc) (AH Delmont 75 MJ King 50 SJ Taylor 34 GJ Kennedy 2/46) d Melbourne Uni 194 (DB Hutton 61 JG Martignago 47 S Reid 29 SL Kerber 3/46 AB Wise 2/30) at Central Reserve North Northcote 189 (B Abbatangelo 43 M O’Sullivan 33 B Peake 27 D Mueller 3/27 C Ross 3/29 S Gribben 2/33 J Muirhead 2/46) d St Kilda 6/186(cc) (G Rummans 74 J Muirhead 37* D Rowan 33 B Holt 3/33) at Junction Oval

Plenty Valley plays Preston at Preston City Oval in a two-day game starting this weekend. \ VTCA Greenvale welcomed Strathmore to Senior Division with a hiding on Saturday as the Mores were bowled out for double figures.

PREMIER LOWER GRADES 2nds: Haw-Mon Uni 6-189 (Kapoor 75 Labrooy 32 Inglis 32 Rose 4-36) d CaseySM 9-188 (Benedek 47 Eaton 38 Ludowyke 4-38), Melb 196 (Gotch 51 Edwards 45 Eaton 3-25 Andree 3-25) d Ess 151 (Mayne 48), Carl 8-249 (Sweet 57no Stevenson 44 Pell 34 O’Connor 3-33) v Prah 2-119 (Bricker 60no), Frank Pen 2-132 (Waterfall 46no Taranto 38no) d N Melb 131 (Martin 41 Amin 40 Trueman 4-11 Wheeler 4-28), Camb Mag 1-177 (Persson-Clark 106no Rowles 32) d Geel 175 (Treble 77 McPhee 50 Whittaker 3-17 Mahon 3-23), Dand 3-189 (Glenister 67no Darvell 60 Hocking 35) d Ring 5-188 (Freeman 63 Sanderson 30), Fitz Donc 4-154 (Rudd 89no Augustin 32) d Foot Edge 9-153 (Beever 32 Clements 32 Nayager 3-9), Mon Tigers 8-235 (Matarazzo 52 Chalkley 114no Rosewarne 4-48) d Melb Uni 8-230 (Shute 40 Polkinghorne 51 Mitchell 52), Ncte 3-135 (Powick 69 Schulz 39no) d St K 133 (Cooper 55 Hrovatin 3-8).

3rds: Haw-Mon Uni 5-167 (Kumble 69 Sriskandarajah 37 Westgarth 33no) d CaseySM 132 (Dyer 34 Mur 33 D’Rozario 3-15 Gooneratne 3-18), Ess 9-106 (Thomson 3-12) d Melb 75 (Gillard 30 Ford 4-20 Biscontin 3-21), Prah 3-120 (Cassidy 32no Connor 32no) d Carl 119 (Kramersh 4-4 Parsons 3-13 Bourke 3-23), Frank Pen 4-267 (Walker 137no De Iacovo 94) d Green Kang 142 (Frith 3-36), Geel v Camb Mag (play Sun), Ring 7-205 (Jefimenko 73 Freeman 40no McMaster 4-23) d Dand 5-202 (Edgeworth 45 Freeman 4-24), Foot Edge 4-205 (Chaudhary 55 Gleeson 66no) d Fitz Donc 94 (Koch 5-22 Gleeson 3-12), Mon Tigers 9-119 (Shinwari 3-23) v Melb Uni 113 (Hutton 32 M McKenna 4-15), St K 9-142 (Varadajaran 46 Clay 4-29 Brandon-Jones 3-19) d Ncte 102 (Davine 30 Gilbert 3-18).

PREMIER CRICKET Daniel Salpietro and James Lidgett shared a century stand as Greenvale Kangaroos won for the first time in Victorian Premier Cricket at the weekend.

The newly merged entity made 4-249 to chase down Frankston Peninsula’s 4-246 at AH Butler Oval.

Matt Gapes (95) and Matt Chasemore (90no) gave Greenvale the run-around by putting on 172 for the third Frankston Peninsula wicket.

But Lidgett (75) and Salpietro (80no) then enjoyed a 128-run stand of their own for Greenvale’s third wicket, setting the foundation for victory.\

4ths: Haw-Mon Uni 5-158 (Seneviratne 35 Jhala 31no) d Casey-SM 9-157 (Radhakrishnan 38 Hibbs 65 Herath 3-29), Melb 7-147 (Minato 39 Valka 5-28) d Ess 8-143 (Worsnop 72 Redhead 3-21), Prah 9-152 (Bishop 40 Wood 30 Paradisis 4-52) d Carl 8-139 (Laffan 52), Frank Pen 2-63 d Green Kang 60 (Bennett 5-19), Camb Mag 1-206 (Sandy 91no Eastham 89no) d Geel 4-205 (McMahon 67 Collins 35no), Ring 3-166 (Tatikonda 77 Barnett 50no) d Dand 8-165 (Tissera 59), Fitz Donc v Foot Edge (play Sun), Mon Tigers v Melb Uni (nsa), Ncte 7-218 (Gardiner 67no Brentnall 47 Simpson 39 Powell 3-38) d St K 168 (D’Leema 66 Simpson 4-28).

Q BOWLS

SATURDAY METROPOLITAN PENNANT Henselite Premier Division – Round 2 Clayton 15-84 d Yarra/Foots 3-62 T Archer 26 d R Coulter 8, T Wood 26 d A Dove 19, M Wilson 13 lost to J Pearce 16, Benwell 19 lost to W Roberts 19.

Brighton 4-72 lost to Melbourne 14-77 L Schraner 19 d M Vesikko 17, T Shannon 11 lost to M Wils 20, C Twentyman 22 d R Green 17, A Wilson 20 lost to Fisher 23.

Moonee Ponds 16-78 d Altona 2-60 S Fordham 24 d B Coad 12, A Galloway 14 lost to B Peck 17, M Jacobsen 18 d B Foley 15, B Spurr 22 d B Dodd 16.

Burwood Dist 2-72 lost to Essendon 16-94 B Jackett 21 lost to Donaldson 24, M Wilson 12 lost to A Tomkins 26, W Ogden 21 d M Strochnetter 18, T Villani 18 lost to P Loe 26).

Team Moonee Ponds Brighton Essendon

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Div 1: Sec 1: Montm 1 72 Rich Uni 1 91, Elst Clb 1 84 Kew Hts 1 62, Pres/Res 1 73 Deer Pk 1 80, Bund RSL 2 76 Kings 1 820, Werribee 1 121 MCC 2 49. Sec 2: Melb 2 80 Ivan 1 70, Ess 2 74 Melton 1 75, Moon Val 1 63 Bright 2 106, Fitz Vic 1 78 Glenr 1 77. Sec 3: Donv 1 95 Mitch 2 76, Cran 1 62 Burd Pk 1 87, Elth 1 76 Lily 1 68, Keys 1 73 Mulg CC 1 75, Heathm 1 60 Croy 1 74. Sec 4: Mulg CC 2 79 Edith 1 73, Mitch 1 67 Ber 1 77, Pak 1 90 Mord 1 68, Yarr Glen 1 103 Coates 1 61, Chelt 1 78 Ring 1 81.

Div 2: Sec 1: Alt 2 95 Werribee 2 60, Port Melb 1 95 Suns C 1 61, Rosam 1 76 Will 1 75, Yarr/Foot 2 82 New 1 60, Flem/Kens 1 72 Alt Sports 1 57. Sec 2: Clift Pk 1 66 Broad 1 83, Glenr 2 79 Sunb 1 83, Lal 2 105 Moon Pds 2 62, Buck Pk 1 90 Keil 1 77. Sec 3: Whitt 1 83 Fair 1 64, Green 1 85 Craig 1 78, Rosan 1 83 Lal 3 70, Hurst 1 90 Montm 2 69, Heid Golf 1 82 Dare C 1 62.

Sec 4: Aub 1 66 Mt Wav 1 83, C of Heid 1 83 Heathm 2 80, Chirn Pk 1 75 Burw Dist 2 90, Ash 1 64 Heath 1 106, Moorool 1 103 Glen Wav 1 64. Sec 5: Monb 1 56 Verm Sth 1 90, Bor 1 63 Fern Gul 1 91, Warb 1 93 Up/Tecoma 1 74, Bays 1 100 Yarr Glen 2 63, Lily 2 94 East Glf 1 66. Sec 6: Dand Clb 1 64 Clay 2 105, S Oak 1 95 Wav Glf 1 65, Hamp 1 88 Ment 2 78, Black 1 78 Ber 2 63, Glen Wav 2 77 Cran 2 86. Sec 7: Cran RSL 1 94 Nar War 1 81, Hamp Park 1 86 Clay 3 59, Cran 3 82 Hamp RSL 1 67, Ber 3 64 Chelt 2 89. Sec 8: Elst Pk 1 92 Ment 3 59, Arma 2 73 Albert Pk 1 74, Bent 1 90 Rich Uni 3 79, Mid Pk 1 103 Melb 3 59.

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A victory for the burbs National Youth League

Local clubs are the winners as Melbourne Victory tours the suburbs in preparation for its National Youth League season kick-off.

The Victory and Melbourne Heart went head-to-head in the A-League at the weekend at Etihad Stadium, while the youth league went for a lower-key game against Avondale Heights last Wednesday.

About 400 people watched the Victory youth win 3-1 at Doyle Street Reserve.

There was no hangover for the Heights, with many players still buzzing from winning promotion to state league 1 earlier this month with its 1-0 play-off win against North Geelong Warriors.

The Heights defended stoutly for the first half-hour before a poor pass out of defence presented an open net to Victory’s Johnny Buceto to make it 1-0. The Attwood youth, heading into his third season with the Victory’s feeder team, produced a creative and entertaining 90 minutes on Wednesday.

Former Brisbane Roar professional Anthony Proia was Victory’s main avenue to goal and found his range after a number of attempts to double the advantage in the 57th minute. Kaan Korkmaz played a perfect through ball to set Proia through for a one-on-one finish against the Heights goalkeeper.

Leo Celentano nearly scored in the 67th minute when his left-footed shot flashed wide.

And five minutes later the home fans had a goal to cheer when Andrew Le Page’s neat shimmy wrong-footed the Victory backline and presented a shooting chance at the top of the area. The deflected shot wrong-footed the Victory ’keeper and the ball fell into the net to make the score 2-1.

Heights then enjoyed their best period of play, with Zoran Pajic agonisingly close to equalising after his looping header across the face of goal hit the inside of the post but didn’t fall in. Proia then rounded out a double and sealed the win for Victory as he netted from Damien Miskulin’s cross.

“I’m pretty pleased with what I saw

Johnny be good: Attwood’s Johnny Buceto scored for Melbourne Victory youth last week Toe to toe: Avondale Heights’ Andrew Sacchetta battles Melbourne Victory’s Damien Miskulin for possession.

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tonight,” Heights coach Adam Inglese said.

“It’s huge for a club like us to have Melbourne Victory out here. You can see by the crowd tonight, it attracts people to our game.

“The crowd was going for us; they lifted the roof off the place when we scored. The boys saw the difference, the sharpness of a professional outfit; it’s just fantastic, a memorable night in the history of the club.”

Victory youth coach Darren Davies said his squad was just about at full strength.

“We’re two and a half weeks away from the start of our season so it was a good hit-out for us to work on some patterns of play we’re putting into place,” he said. “Congratulations to Avondale; it’s been a very good season for them to clinch promotion.”

Victory starts its National Youth League season in Brisbane on October 26 and plays its first home game at Lakeside Stadium, Albert Park, on Sunday, November 3.

Melbourne Heart is interstate for the first

two rounds of NYL before playing Melbourne Victory at Lakeside Stadium on Sunday, November 10. The Heart’s first of nine home games at Epping Soccer Stadium is against Adelaide on Saturday, November 30. \ TEO PELLIZZERI tpellizzeri@mmpgroup.com.au » For more shots of Victory youth’s match against Avondale Heights, go to northernweekly.com.au

taleb parades his bowling skills to set up unlikely win Cricket

Zaen Taleb was the ice man with three late wickets as Old Paradians/St Francis beat Research/Eltham Collegians by four runs in Barclay Shield on Saturday.

REC was 3-105 chasing 137 before collapsing to 132 all out in the final over.

Taleb (4-17) captured three of his wickets in the dying stages, wrapping up the tail as REC lost 7-27.

Glen Turner’s 70 had held the REC innings together before his wicket at 5-120 was followed by five more in quick succession.

Bundoora suffered the embarrassment of

being rolled for just 42 by Diamond Creek at Coventry Oval.

Jason Kaminski (11) was the only Bundoora batsman to make double figures and the paltry total was passed two down by Diamond Creek on its way to 7-126 from the full 40 overs in reply.

At Epping, Riverside’s 6-147 was enough as the home team made only 132 in reply. John Lever (46) top-scored for Epping but his team lost 7-42 to be all out by the 38th over.

Elsewhere, Lower Eltham (9-146) beat Plenty (9-128), North Eltham Wanderers (7-146) beat Mernda (113) and Macleod (8-161) beat Rosanna (160).

In Money Shield, 115 was enough for Bundoora United to win as South Morang fell for just 79 in reply.

Toby Johnston (30) and Simon Peat (30) saved United’s innings from 8-56 with a 59-run partnership. Peat then backed up his effort with the bat by taking 4-9 as best of the United bowlers.

Visiting Greensborough won a thriller by one wicket against Lalor Stars at WA Smith Reserve.

Glen Drummond (56) top-scored as the Stars posted 8-173 batting first. But Con Kalogiannis (17no) and Shane Ellis (1no) were the heroes as their 15-run partnership for the

last wicket got Greensborough home with four balls to spare.

Camrea Taipans (8-185) proved too good for Lower Plenty (7-144).

Taipans captain Dhushanta Ranatunga top-scored with 56, while Tim Bennett (38no) inspired lower-order runs after the innings had started shakily at 5-34.

Two-day games begin in Barclay Shield this weekend, with Bundoora hosting Research/ Eltham Collegians, Epping hosting Diamond Creek, Old Paradians/St Francis playing Macleod, Riverside hosting Rosanna, Plenty playing Mernda and Lower Eltham playing North Eltham Wanderers. \ TP OCTOBER 15, 2013 \ NORTHERN WEEKLY 31

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