The Weekly Advertiser – Wednesday, October 12, 2022

‘We deserve better’

BY JESSICA GRIMBLE

AWimmera and southern Mal lee advocacy group says es tablishing food manufacturing and processing options, rapidly increasing housing stocks and ex tending childcare options and availability remain the three big gest challenges facing the region.

The Wimmera Southern Mallee Re gional Partnership has shared its list of requests with The Weekly Advertiser as the State Election, scheduled for November 26, nears.

Partnership chairman David Jochinke has written to Premier Dan iel Andrews and his ministers to raise

the priority projects for election and budget funding consideration.

While the budget is handed down in May, advocacy is ongoing.

Mr Jochinke said the three challeng es were among a list of nine priority projects submitted to ministers earlier in the year. They remained confiden tial until now.

The priority projects include es tablishing an agricultural investment taskforce; implementing ‘Wimmera Southern Mallee Housing Blueprint’ initiatives including developing af fordable housing options, releasing Crown land parcels for development and upskilling trades; and developing

a childcare strategy including prior ity sites for childcare and creating additional kindergarten and childcare hubs.

Building family violence crisis ac commodation; improving clinical care health service delivery and addressing mental health service delivery gaps; securing ongoing funding for paedi atric health; upgrading an electric ity transmission line; embedding selfdetermined based Indigenous tourism within the new visitor economy part nerships; and a fresh vision for a pas senger rail solution are also included in the list.

The priority projects align with the

partnerships’ overarching priorities, identified and developed since incep tion in 2016.

Mr Jochinke said ministerial support for the projects was critical in getting the attention of the Treasurer and Pre mier, currently Tim Pallas and Daniel Andrews.

He said particularly the top three priority projects featured in ‘every conversation’ with government.

“None of this is a sugar-hit fix. This is all changing the fabric of our community – for the better – and that takes long-term vision and long-term dedication,” he said.

“We should get louder and prouder

about what we demand. Sometimes we get crumbs and we think it’s a cake.

“We are sometimes a bit passive and conservative in the region – but sometimes we have to get angry and say, this is absolutely broken and we deserve better.”

Mr Jochinke said research and data such as the housing blueprint, devel oped through Wimmera Development Association; and Federation Univer sity research into social and cultural barriers to workforce participation helped partnership leaders advocate their case to ministers.

Picture: PAUL CARRACHER

Expansion

BY JESSICA GRIMBLE

The expansion of a support ser vice in Ararat will offer a safe and nurturing environment for children and parents to main tain contact.

Cafs, also known as Child and Fam ily Services Ballarat, launched the extension of its Children’s Contact Services to Ararat last week.

It will facilitate supervised contact between parents and their children, particularly in circumstances such as conflict or relationship separation.

Ararat Children’s Contact Services will operate on Saturdays, by appoint ment only, after securing Federal Gov

ernment funding to offer the service in the regional city.

Cafs will continue to seek further funding to expand the service.

Cafs manager, family support, Tania Vincent-Wade said renovations and refurbishment of the Ararat office had made for a welcoming and safe place for people to gather.

The centre includes toys, chairs and couches and a TV indoors, and a fenced outdoor seating and play area. People using the service will have access to the building, including the kitchen.

“We know the cost of living is im pacting people – and when you’re

about accessibility’

only seeing your children every two weeks or up to six weeks, you don’t want anything to get in the way of that,” Ms Vincent-Wade said.

“When we think about the wider community, this could include seeing people from Edenhope or St Arnaud or Maryborough. They don’t have to come all the way to Ballarat – there’s now something much closer to home.

“We know that people travel all the way from Horsham to access our Ballarat facility – and we know that’s not right, that’s not reasonable just because they live in a smaller town.”

Ms Vincent-Wade said Cafs would continue to seek an understanding of

the needs of the Ararat and broader communities.

“Whether it’s face-to-face or online – it’s all about accessibility,” she said.

Cafs chief executive Wendy Stur gess said offering Children’s Contact Services in Ararat would help people across the Wimmera and Grampians regions.

“We know that people travel a long way, and significant distances to see their children,” Ms Sturgess said.

“We hope this service will be taken up by parents and we welcome people coming from all areas to save them that extra hour of travel to Ballarat.

“It will increase opportunities for

Push for students to be ‘walking-n-wheeling’ to school

A program to encourage activity is at the centre of a Monday school com mute transformation in Horsham.

Horsham College has emboldened its students to be ‘walking-n-wheel ing’ their way to school for ‘Move It! Mondays’ – a plan to boost student physical activity and reduce the toand-from-school transport impact on climate-change.

The program is part of an Active Travel 4 Climate initiative, designed by Horsham College students in part nership with Cancer Council Victo ria, Grampians Health and Monash University.

Grampians Health Horsham com munity-health nurse Janine Harfield said she supported the college’s pro gram and its bifold effects on stu dent’s health and their environmental impact.

“Actively travelling to school can be a fun start to the day that helps stu dents meet their daily recommended physical activity levels and has a positive impact on their health and mental wellbeing,” she said.

“The good news is not only are there health benefits to walking or riding, but travelling seven kilome tres by bike instead of car saves one kilogram of carbon dioxide and con tributes to lower carbon emissions.”

To support their students and to encourage participation, the college will also install new bike sheds and scooter racks, as well as a system of safety precautions to help younger students engage with the program.

The college will award ‘house’ and individual awards to students who have ‘led the way’ by making healthy and active changes during their weekly schedules.

College principal Robert Pyers said he noted measures and facilities that

improved access to safety could help increase active travel among second ary students at the college.

“Our ‘Tag-On’ system for year seven and eight students will have students earn points when they walk, bike, scoot or skate to school. It is a measure that can reassure parents their children have safely arrived at school after walking or riding,” he said.

Cancer Council Victoria’s direc tor of prevention Craig Sinclair said

ACTIVE: A Horsham College program in partnership with Cancer Council Victoria, Grampians Health and Monash University, will see students and staff prioritise ‘walkingn-wheeling’ to school on Mondays.

College teacher

Rod Kirkwood has chosen to cycle to school, as have sisters Pippa, left, and Minda Denham.

Picture: PAUL CARRACHER

research found most Australian stu dents did not walk or ride to school during their typical school week.

“We all want our kids to grow up healthy and happy, but often, the bar riers they face to being active, like feeling safe as they walk or ride, be ing too far out of town or having the confidence to cross a busy street; can seem overwhelming,” he said.

“This grassroots project is a fantas tic effort to overcome some of these issues as a community.”

people to keep connected to their children.

“We want to support people. We are there for you and we hope to do more than a living-with-a-pandemic approach.”

The launch also offered Cafs a chance to bring awareness to the range of services it already offered in Ararat including The Orange Door outreach, family and financial counselling, par enting support programs and behav iour change programs.

People wanting more information, or to access services, can go to the Cafs website via www.cafs.org.au or phone 1800 692 237; bookings are essential.

Nine projects in spotlight

From page 1

Many of the priority projects call for funding or department support to develop strategies and-or plans.

Supporting infrastructure, such as buildings, and technology, such as reliable internet, are also noted.

Mr Jochinke said the priority pro jects were, ultimately, community driven.

“The community has probably had input without knowing,” he said.

“We look at local governments’ stra tegic planning, we look at all the different key stakeholders and their planning. We look at all the priorities around the region and identify the themes for long-term sustainability of an issue.”

The Wimmera Southern Mallee Re gional Partnership is one of nine across the state and encompasses the area of Horsham Rural City municipality and Hindmarsh, Northern Grampi ans, West Wimmera and Yarriambiack shires. Its members are community and business leaders and senior local and State Government officers who share a passion for achieving mean ingful outcomes for the region.

The State Government established the regional partnerships in 2016.

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Greenspace in planning

BY JESSICA GRIMBLE

Designs for the largest greenspace in Horsham, outside of the Wimmera River Reserve, have been released.

Developers of the Jenkinson Estate, in Horsham’s west, have released landscape design plans for the first stage of a major community greenspace corridor along Dumesny Street.

Strategically located through the centre of the estate, the cor ridor will allow pedestrian ac cess to the residential allotments, Green Leaves Day Care Centre, Horsham West Primary School and Remlaw Road Railway Re serve.

It will cover an area of about six hectares once complete.

Landscape architect Felicity Brown, of Laimiga Design Stu dio, has designed the greenspace, in consultation with Horsham Rural City Council, in order to compliment their ‘Open Space’ and ‘Greening Greater Horsham’ strategies.

Harcourts Horsham’s Tim Col ler said stage one works were scheduled to begin in early 2023 and would incorporate a substan tial wetland pond, landscaped mounds, extensive walking and cycling paths, irrigated grassed areas and selected native and deciduous plantings.

Feature wetland ponds are de signed to assist with stormwater management and will create a nature-based water environment by establishing habitat plantings to the waters edge, rock and log refuges and treed structures to attract wildlife and birds.

People will have views of Mt Arapiles atop the landscaped mounds. Already, children can be seen riding up and down the mounds on their bikes and mak ing use of the space.

“We have a really flat envi ronment and this will break up that flatness and the never-end ing view to the horizon,” Mr Coller said.

He said the corridor would of fer respite to about 300 new houses – part of stage 14 of the estate’s construction.

“There will be a lot of planting – hundreds of trees progressively – to create shading along path ways to assist with the cooling in our climate and to create a nice greenspace atmosphere for people,” Mr Coller said.

“Trends are showing that as

residential blocks get smaller, people plant gardens but they don’t plant trees.

“By having a space like this that can plant the trees, it com pensates and benefits the peo ple who have nice gardens and lawns but no trees.”

Mr Coller said developers were required to commit about five percent of any development to greenspace; but this area would offer about 15 percent.

Rob Hudson is the principal contractor and a civil engineer.

He has designed the Jenkinson Estate, west of Horsham Col lege, for the past 35 years.

“It’s been 35 years of my life, bobbing along with Jenkinson land, so I’d like to see the finish of it,” he said.

Future stages, leading to the

completion of the project, will coincide with the ongoing con struction of additional residential allotments and the construction of new streets and roads, allow ing further access to the corridor and its facilities.

Mr Coller said the development was ‘exciting’ and in a major area of growth for the regional city.

“Development of Horsham has got to go west,” he said.

“It can’t go anywhere else. It can’t go to the north into the farming zone, it really can’t go to the south, and it definitely can’t go east because of the inundation and the floodways – so it has to go west.

“This is starting that westerly expansion with a really great community space.”

Candidates prepare

Following the death of Northern Grampians Shire Council mayor Tony Driscoll, the council has announced a suite of self-nominated candidates for a by-election to fill the late Mr Driscoll’s seat.

Registered voters in Kara Kara Ward have been asked to post or hand deliver a vote to the election office at St Arnaud Town Hall before 6pm on November 4.

Candidates Prue McAllister, Karen Hyslop and Amelia Kingston, in ballot order, are standing for election.

Within answers on a generic questionnaire provided by the council, Mrs McAllister, a Landcare representative, current member of a newly created Northern-Grampians based ‘Women on Council’ advocacy organisation and a former school principal, said she envisioned council would continue to reflect a diversity in Northern Grampians’ communities.

She also highlighted a chance to turn climate and envi ronmental challenges into opportunities with innovation and enterprise.

Former Northern Grampians Shire councillor Karen Hys lop said she hoped the region could be a ‘safe, healthy and affordable place to live’, while increasing housing, jobs and business opportunities.

Ms Hyslop resigned her position as Northern Grampians councillor in November 2020 after eight years of Kara Kara Ward representation and was recently appointed deputy chair of Grampians Health Stawell Community Reference Group, CRG.

Amelia Kingston is chair of Grampians Health Stawell CRG, an independent potter and primary school art teacher.

Her questionnaire answers reflected a belief in finding ‘positives’, and a need to work together to produce solu tions to regional challenges.

“We need to retain the services we have, while offering an ability for our region to grow,” she said.

She also touted her experience in government and non-governmental organisation management.

Kara Kara Ward voters, enrolled before September 9, will receive a ‘ballot pack’, which they must return in-person or by mail to the election office.

Shire election manager John Lyons said he also advised voters to ‘vote well ahead of the closing time’.

“You need to post, or hand deliver your completed ballot paper by the deadline to make your vote count. Mail clear ance times might be earlier than the close of voting, so don’t leave it to the last minute,” he said.

The election office is at St Arnaud Town Hall, 40 Napier Street. The office is open on weekdays from Monday, Oc tober 31 to Friday, November 4, from 9am to 5pm, with extended hours on November 3 and 4 to 6pm.

GROWTH: Engineer Rob Hudson, left, and real estate agent Tim Coller with plans for a greenspace development in Jenkinson Estate, Horsham. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER

BiG PACK

Network washing away

By Jessica Grimble

The Western Highway is a criti cal road infrastructure link be tween two capital cities – yet the condition, quality and safety of the road has taken a significant dive.

This region has seen more rain this year than in a very long time – and while there are great benefits to big rains, it also comes with great chal lenges.

Our roads network is washing away with the impact of the soaking.

Large potholes stretching across a lane of traffic and crumbling roadsides make for the drive anywhere between Melbourne and Adelaide increasingly risky.

Road maintenance is no simple, or cheap, task – it takes time and money and people to fix these issues, and so the cycle continues. As does, admit tedly, the rain forecast for this week.

It also takes varying levels of govern ment to identify and contribute funds, and award tenders, to fix the roads –depending on their classification and location.

Does this process occur quick enough to match demand and urgency?

Travelling to Ballarat along the West ern Highway on a couple of occasions in the past week, it took an eagle-eye to watch for and navigate the many potholes throughout our journey.

Travelling at the speed limit, vehicles would run the risk of significant dam age as they bounce and bottom-out through the patches of road wreck.

It was no better for family members travelling from Melbourne to Ballarat – and in a vehicle lower to the ground, they felt every disturbance to the roads surface as they made their journey west.

Fortunately, in daylight the potholes can be seen, most of the time; but at nighttime, it’s an undesirable game of chance.

Add to that the large volume of ani mals seen dead on the roadsides; and

additional fatigue risks of a journey lasting longer than two hours – and it poses a recipe for potential disaster.

Of course, there is responsibility that sits with drivers to maintain safe prac tices. But they are immediately on the back foot if the infrastructure is poor and defensive tactics are called upon.

Lowering the speed limit is an op tion, but it’s not a very good one. Not for the long-term.

The Nationals and Liberal parties last week pledged to commit $10-billion across 10 years for road maintenance should they gain the majority vote at the November State Election. But

that only goes ahead if the Coalition becomes government.

Therefore, it will also take Labor party attention, and the attention of their federal counterparts, if we can gain true and due attention to this on going matter.

Road maintenance is not just an elec tion pledge; but a critical and founda tional need of modern societies, re gardless of the party in power, to move people and goods within and to other states.

Quality and safety is everyone’s busi ness and everyone’s right.

Outstanding, Lauren

I want to comment on the out standing performance of Austral ian basketballer Lauren Jackson in the International Basketball Fed eration’s Women’s World Cham pionships.

I have been involved in basket ball for 70 years and have never seen any sporting achievement across the world that could equal what Lauren did.

At 41, she participated in the world championships after an eight-year hiatus and produced 30 points in 21 minutes in Aus tralia’s bronze-medal game against Canada.

I know of no other sporting achievement that has compared with this.

If an AFL footballer, at that age and after an eight-year layoff, re turned to kick 10 goals in a grand final – it would make history.

I was sceptical as to whether Lauren returning was a good thing for her, but she proved me wrong.

I could understand her reply to a question she received, asking if she would continue to play at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Her reply was a definite ‘no’.

So thank you to Lauren for the greatest performance I have ever seen in any sport.

Owen Hughan, OAM, Life Member of Basketball Vic toria, Life Member of Horsham Basketball Association

Hopper

WARNING: Potholes on the Western Higway in Horsham near Hamilton Road. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER

VICTORIAN HOMEBUYER FUND

To make owning your own home more affordable, the Victorian Government has introduced the Homebuyer Fund.

If you have a 5% deposit, the Victorian Government will contribute up to 25% of the purchase price, in exchange for an equivalent share in the property. This can help you reduce your mortgage.

Find out if you’re eligible at vic.gov.au/homebuyer

Authorised

It could be the key to owning your own home sooner.

Progress at Lake Natimuk – finally

BY ABBY WALTER

Plans to finish building a weir at Lake Natimuk are progressing, with commu nity consultation open this month.

Six years since the Lake Natimuk Foreshore Committee started the weir project, Parks Vic toria is continuing to assess the proposed works.

Natimuk resident Brian Klowss was a fore shore committee member for more than 20 years and said a weir would keep water in the lake for longer, which would be ‘massive’ for the com munity.

“In 2011 when Natimuk flooded and the lake filled, I was standing in chest-deep floodwaters with a few people fixing the outlet dropping board that had deteriorated as no-one was doing any maintenance on it,” he said.

“We knew we could never do that again as it was so dangerous, so we decided to look into building a new weir.

“We went to Parks Victoria, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning and Horsham Rural City Council to get everything signed off.

“In 2016 we started working on the founda tions but were stopped.”

Parks Victoria reported the project was put ‘on hold’ while the potential for impact on sig nificant environmental values of Lake Natimuk were investigated, approval processes followed, and funding sought.

Mr Klowss said the process had gone on for a long time.

“We had permission granted to continue with the weir about four times, but it was revoked before we could get to work each time,” he said.

“Two years ago, we were throwing our hands in the air and saying it was too hard because it had been going on for so long.”

Mr Klowss said he estimated 75 percent of the lake had water in it, with the deepest point being at one foot.

“I don’t know if we’ll see it full this year, but we might see it get to half full,” he said.

“Each year about one metre of the lake evapo rates. The weir that was being built would give

us at least one more year of water when it fills.”

Mr Klowss said the common theme in the com munity was that everyone wanted water in the lake and for the water to stay there.

“It would be massive to have a full lake. The benefits are huge and the people you see who camp and stay or just come for day trips – it’s a lot of people,” he said.

“We have to create a liveable area for people to want to move to and stay, and that means utilis ing places like our lakes.

“It’s also a huge area for wildlife when there’s water in the lake and flowing down the creek.”

Wimmera Catchment Management Authority chief executive David Brennan said Lake Na timuk was an isolated catchment.

“It fills from water off farming land to the south – it’s not a very big catchment and it gets water from the agricultural surrounds,” he said.

“It will fill naturally when it gets wet enough and this year after the rain, we are seeing some inflows.”

Parks Victoria western Victoria regional direc tor Jason Borg said the organisation understood the community ‘greatly valued’ the lake for tour ism, recreation and mental health.

In consultation with Lake Natimuk Foreshore Committee, Parks Victoria has decided to leave the weir’s regulating gate out of the scope of works and maintain the water level of the new weir at the same level as the old one.

Other work since 2016 has included clarifica tion of regulatory and governance processes and requirements, funding, asset ownership, management and insurance and government policy and best practice regarding water regula tion structures and water regime management.

People can visit www.parks.vic.gov.au/ projects/lake-natimuk-weir-consultation to pro vide feedback on the proposed works.

Feedback is open until October 28.

Chance for women to connect

‘Are you ready to mingle?’ The third event from recently established Wimmera Women Connect invites women to make new connections.

The event will feature a facilitated ‘speed networking’ activity where attendees will learn about each other, their community, careers and more.

Conversations will occur in small groups, to allow comfortable engagement from all, and will be followed by dinner.

Still in its early stages, the group was estab lished to provide safe and inclusive spaces for women, and those who identify as women, to make new connections and develop networks for support and collaboration.

Life for women living in rural and regional locations can often be isolating and Wimmera Women Connect aims to address this challenge.

The group hosted a sold-out breakfast event last month at The Capital in Horsham.

overwhelmingly reflected the need for more opportunities to meet and connect with like-minded people.

Bookings for the October 20 event, at WestSide Horsham, are essential and places

available

limited;

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Dr Kate Torpey B. Hlth. Sci (Pod) M. APodA (Podiatrist)

Dr Loretta Howe B. Pod, M. APodA (Podiatrist)

Dr Gemma Morgan B.AppSc & M. PodPrac (Podiatrist)

Dr Lachlan Vider B. Pod, M. APodA (Podiatrist)

“It will fill naturally when it gets wet enough and this year after the rain, we are seeing some inflows”

– David Brennan

Platypus ‘highway’ strong

The Wimmera’s only known platypus population is con tinuing to hold its own in the MacKenzie River, with ecolo gists finding three males includ ing two new juveniles in latest surveys.

Ecology Australia captured three males in the one night in an area they have affectionally named a ‘platypus highway’ near Zumsteins.

The two juveniles, about a year old, haven’t been captured before.

Researchers, led by Chris Bloink, named one of the juveniles Dan.

Wimmera Catchment Manage ment Authority has put a call-out on its social media accounts inviting the community to help name the second male.

The adult male, who researchers netted twice in two different loca tions in the survey, has been caught before. Wimmera CMA is checking the database to confirm who he is.

Surveys further downstream to wards Laharum failed to find any platypuses, although eDNA testing

indicates they are moving into that part of the river.

The latest find brings the number of platypuses discovered by Ecolo gy Australia this year to seven – six of them new animals.

In February, they found a record number of four juveniles in one night. These were two females, Georgia and Frankie, and males, Russell and Perry.

Mr Bloink said he and three other researchers – Bryce Halliday, Mat thew Linn and Gemma Snowball –found one of the juveniles in a new section of the river where they have not been captured before.

“One was above MacKenzie Falls and as far as we are aware from previous surveys, juveniles haven’t been captured here before,” he said.

“This indicates there might be a resident female in this section of the river as it’s less likely a juvenile would be able to climb over the falls.”

Mr Bloink said it was exciting to find new platypuses – particularly in a region where they were so rare.

“Finding seven platypuses this year, and all of them being in good condition, shows this part of the MacKenzie River has enough food resources to support higher densities than previously thought,” he said.

This survey’s focus was on dis covering males who are particular ly active this time of year due to breeding.

Mr Bloink said they did not expect to find any females, because they are less active and some would already be in burrows with eggs or young.

Mr Bloink said he and Mr Linn were also fortunate to see a rare sighting of a platypus walking across land.

“We almost couldn’t believe what we were seeing. It’s a rare sight in Victoria to see a platypus walking over land,” he said.

“Neither of us were quick enough to get our phones or cameras out.”

Platypuses are listed as a threat ened species in Victoria.

Wimmera CMA is part of a state wide project taking more proactive steps to protect the unique mam

mals, with the MacKenzie River platypuses the only known popula tion left in the Wimmera catchment.

Wimmera CMA biodiversity proj ect officer Ben Holmes said this fragile population was estimated at around 30 individuals.

“These platypuses are particularly exposed to environmental factors such as fire and floods, requiring special care to build their resil ience,” he said.

“We’ve been using environmental flows for more than a decade to maintain good quality water and restore their habitat in the Wimmera River, Burnt Creek and MacKenzie River.

“Each time we capture new platy puses it shows the environmental re leases are doing their job. However, to protect them long-term, we need their numbers to grow, move further downstream and establish popula tions in other parts of the catchment.

“To achieve this, we are develop ing a platypus management plan for the region and considering options to further build their numbers.”

Nhill heritage fun

There is a spotlight on Nhill history this week as the town pulls out all stops ahead of its inaugural heritage weekend show case.

Starting tomorrow, Nhill Heritage Week end will give people a chance to experi ence the engines, clothes, machines and food that has made the town pop through out its 140-plus-year history.

The district’s tourist venues will be open with a range of activities, events, demon strations and displays, set to take over the town until Sunday.

Highlights will include a ‘start-up day’ at Nhill Aviation Heritage Centre on Satur day and Sunday as the heritage team fires up several of its vintage airplane engines, while visitors also have opportunities to book an early-dawn hot-air balloon ride.

People can also enjoy silo light shows, live music, museum open days and a plethora of aviation, truck and car displays destined to bring to life a vision of Nhill’s past.

The heritage weekend will also coincide with the 2022 launch of the Nhill Show, as well as the annual Nhill Golf Club spring tournament.

A full list of activities and venue open ing hours can be found on Nhill Heritage Weekend social media.

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Olivia up for national award

One of Horsham’s own has been recognised for her finance-consultation credentials and earned shortlisting as a national finance award candidate.

Olivia Glare, of Horsham finance consult ing firm Consortium Private Wealth, was an nounced as a national finalist in the Women in Finance Awards, shortlisted for Financial Adviser of the Year.

Candidates have been nominated by their peers and colleagues across finance-based in

dustries, with finalists from business, banking and finance sectors all represented in the award shortlist.

Mrs Glare said she was ‘humbled’ to be rec ognised.

“Consortium Private Wealth’s recognition for our excellent contribution to the finance indus try reinforces the strength of our service and dedication to connecting and engaging with our clients,” she said.

IN THE RUNNING: Consortium Private Wealth financial adviser Olivia Glare is one of 10 Financial Adviser of the Year finalists in national Women in Finance Awards, to be announced on November 3 in Sydney. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER

Council bullying claims dismissed

An independent investigation into alle gations of bullying at Horsham Rural City Council has found there is ‘no sub stance’ to the claims.

The council worked with the Australian Ser vices Union to undertake the investigation after the union raised allegations earlier this year.

An independent investigator, Wise Workplace Solutions, found there was insufficient evidence to support that there was ‘any form of toxic workplace culture across the council, or a culture which condoned any form of workplace bullying and harassment’.

The investigation also found insufficient evi dence to support claims that, ‘management had withheld and misused information, delegitimised staff concerns, created a culture of division, undermined staff morale and-or failed to resolve identified concerns’.

The report also found that, ‘Notably, none of the interviewees brought forward allegations that the CEO had engaged in inappropriate workplace conduct towards them or others in the workplace’.

The council’s chief executive Sunil Bhalla said all staff were invited to participate in the investi gation, with 19 choosing to do so.

He said the report was not available publicly in

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order to protect the privacy of staff who partici pated in the investigation.

“We are committed to providing a workplace that values respect, integrity and accountabili ty. The health, safety and wellbeing of our staff is paramount,” Mr Bhalla said in a statement.

“That is why when these allegations were made, we took swift action to work with the union to launch an independent investigation and invited all staff to participate.”

Mr Bhalla said while the reporting findings were ‘pleasing’, he would also take learnings from the process.

“The independent investigator found that most of the concerns raised in the investigation related to poor communication between the broader management team and non-management staff, which is not uncommon in large organisations,” he said.

“I will be working with my management team to ensure we are continually improving commu nications across all levels of the organisation.

“Horsham Rural City Council is a great place to work and live.

“Our staff are at the heart of that, and we are committed to ensuring we have a workplace where all of our staff feel valued and respected.”

New classroom companion

St Malachy’s School, Edenhope, has introduced a new classroom pet that students have been enjoy ing watching grow and caring for.

Student Archer said the students were in charge of changing the bearded dragon’s water and caring for the crickets and mealworms used for food.

“We named him Ringo. He shed a lot when he was little and his favourite food is kale,” he said.

“He likes to listen to us read and stares at the television any time it is turned on.”

Archer said when he arrived, Ringo was 24 centimetres long but had grown to 27cm on the most recent measure.

“We have to keep his home between 30 and 40 degrees,” he said.

Student Scarlett said her favourite thing to do was hold Ringo.

“He likes to sleep under the rocks,” she said.

Ringo spent the school holidays with a teacher before returning to school for term four.

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Bands to celebrate

weekend of milestones for Horsham

Horsham Rural City Band is celebrating 150 years of making music, while Horsham City Pipe Band celebrates 100 years on Saturday.

Horsham Rural City Band president Karl Car man said the milestone was an amazing achieve ment.

“To our knowledge we are the oldest, continu ously running community organisation in Hor sham,” he said.

“In the early days of the band, members played concerts to raise money for fire brigades and hospitals.”

Horsham Rural City Band has more than 50 playing members between senior and develop ment bands.

The bands will begin celebrations with a col lection of brass, concert and pipe musicians marching at May Park, Horsham, followed by a combined performance involving all bands from 10am.

Five regional bands will then perform from 1pm at Horsham Town Hall.

Mr Carman said the city band had commis sioned two new works by Jared McCunnie to premiere at the event.

“These pieces were specially commissioned for us, for the occasion,” he said.

“One of Mr McCunnie’s pieces has been picked as a national A Grade test piece in competitions, so he is highly accomplished and making a name for himself in Australia.”

To conclude celebrations, Mr Carman said there would be a celebratory dinner at Horsham RSL with feature performances from ensembles ‘Key change’ and ‘Horsham Whirlwinds’.

“We will also have historical displays, memo rabilia for sale and we are looking at collecting stories, photos and more for a historical book we will create,” Mr Carman said.

After joining Horsham Rural City Band at May Park, Horsham City Pipe Band will perform at Horsham Botanical Gardens from noon.

The performance will feature current and for mer members of the pipe band.

The pipe band is inviting people back to the band hall after the performance to see memora bilia from across 100 years.

Drive-through clinic closed

The drive-through COVID testing clinic at Wimmera Base Hospital closed permanently last week.

Grampians Health closed the clinic after a sharp decrease in people, on average two a day, presenting for a PCR test.

PCR testing remains avail able at Horsham Respiratory Clinic, next to Lister House on Baillie Street, Horsham.

Grampians Health regional director hospitals – west Caro lyn Robertson thanked team members who dressed each day in PPE garments and braved

the elements to help keep the community safe, and the com munity for their understanding and support.

The COVID testing clinic first opened in March 2020 at the end of Wimmera Base Hospital’s Wyuna subacute unit and switched to a drivethrough clinic accessed from Arnott Street in July that year.

When testing settled, the hos pital returned to a walk-in clin ic at the same location, but last summer the numbers ramped up again and the drive-through system returned.

Popular Pope to lead songs

Ararat’s Morning Melodies singalong session will return to Ara rat RSL on Thursday, October 20.

Regional artist Jan Pope leads the monthly session, which fea tures a wide variety of tunes from several different genres.

Morning Melodies is on the third Thursday of each month and is free and open to the com munity.

Patrons are invited to en joy morning tea from 10am, with the melodies starting at 10.30am.

Back to the classroom

Hundreds of former Concongella

Primary School students will go back to the classroom this weekend.

The school first opened in April 1872 with 32 students. It commemorates its 150th year with a weekend of community celebrations on Saturday and Sunday.

Celebrations will include a procession, roll call, novelty races and games, histori cal display and vintage machinery.

Concongella 150th committee president Ian Davies and his family’s connections to the school stem back to the original intake in 1872.

“My great-grandmother was one of the initial students enrolled at the school, my grandfather went here and my generation went here and my kids went here, too,” he said.

“Our family is certainly not the only family like that. There’s a number of families that have a long history at the school.”

Fond memories will surely flow across

the weekend as people recall their time – either attending the school or getting involved with other clubs and groups in the area.

Mr Davies said it was the kindness of a former teacher in one particular instance that sprung to his mind.

“We rode our bikes a couple of miles to school. I remember, very early in the piece, I came off my bike and cut my knee open,” he said.

“I got to school and an ex-head teacher was working here at that time – her name was Mrs Phillips and she rode her bike out from Stawell every day.

“She patched up my knee as best she could and she had this big jar of all-day sucker lollies and I got one of those to make the world good again.

“That’s one of the lasting memories I have of being here at school.”

Current students will receive a com memorative medallion, recognising their attendance at the school during its mile

stone year. They will participate in activi ties such as decorating their bikes for the procession.

Students dressed in period costume in April to mark the school’s official mile stone.

The milestone has also prompted the opportunity for other projects such as replacing a roll of honour and upgrad ing the Concongella war memorial. Its hall will serve as a central point of the celebrations.

Many local groups have been involved in the organising – as volunteers or through financial donations – across about two years of planning. Organisers expect upwards of 400 people to attend, though numbers could be as high as 600 people.

“There’s so many people from the com munity who have pitched in and donated money and time to get the whole thing in place,” Mr Davies said.

People wanting more information can go to www.concongella150.com

Field of support

A mini-field of women event is returning to Horsham next week to show support and pay tribute to people in the community affected by breast cancer.

A display of 100 pink lady silhouettes will cover the Horsham Rural City Council courtyard on Urquhart Street on Monday.

Breast Cancer Network

Australia’s pink ladies sym bolise the more than 15,000 Australian women diagnosed with breast cancer and 3000 women who die from breast cancer each year.

To be involved people can donate and write a personal message on a pink lady to place in the courtyard at the event.

The event will be hosted by Horsham Friends a Breast –Breast Cancer Support Group.

For more information, peo ple can call Barb Eltze at 0408 557 603 or Marcia Carrick at 0438 874 285.

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Wimmera flood warning

Victoria State Emergency Service is urging Vic torians, including people in the Wimmera, to be flood ready this week ahead of more predicted rain.

With the Bureau of Meteorology predicting rain totals in the range of 10 to 30 millimetres today in the north and west of the state and wide spread totals of 20 to 50mm in Victoria tomor row, major flooding is possible at 14 rivers and creeks, including the Wimmera River.

VICSES is reminding people to not drive through flood waters and if planning to travel tomorrow, to have an alternative route.

People in low lying areas near river sand creeks are encouraged to be flood ready and have a plan to leave if necessary.

Flood guides are available online at www.ses. vic.gov.au/plan-and-stay-safe/flood-guides

Horsham Rural City Council released a flood warning earlier this week as there is a significant increase in flow in the Wimmera River.

Low-lying areas around Horsham, including Darlot Swamp, Dooen Swamp and areas below Horsham Weir, are expected to be impacted this week.

Some roads in low-lying areas might also be closed throughout the week.

In Horsham, there was 88 millimetres of rain in September with 26.4mm in October to date.

With a year-to-date rain tally of 486.6mm, Horsham has recorded 172.6mm more this year than rain recorded by the end of October 2021.

In the Wimmera, Stawell recorded one of the biggest days of rain in October so far with 24.4mm on October 6.

Overall, there was 64mm of rain in Stawell in September and 41.6mm to date in October.

There was 94.8mm of rain in Ararat through out September and 29.9mm recorded to date in October.

Ararat has recorded 100mm more this year compared with last year and almost 100mm more than average.

Edenhope recorded 61mm in September and 25.2mm to date in October, pushing the yearto-date tally to 100mm more than last year and tracking more than 20mm above average.

Nhill recorded 80mm in September and 32.4mm so far in October, while there was 88.8mm in Warracknabeal in September and 23mm in October to date.

Warracknabeal has experienced almost double its average rain for this time of year.

Nhill has recorded more than 130mm this year compared with the same time last year.

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HISTORIC: Year-two student Hazel Baum and year-one student Bellamy McColl with Concongella 150th committee president Ian Davies and prep-one teacher Pam Logan.

Picture: JESSICA GRIMBLE

135 Year Celebration

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Ararat boosts theatre capacity

Upgrades to Ararat hospital has doubled its surgery capacity.

The $8.7-million upgrade to the hospital, part of East Grampians Health Service, has redeveloped and expanded the hospital’s theatre, radiology and pathology services and relocated palliative care services.

State Government funding added a sec ond fully-operational theatre.

The theatre started operations last week and will result in more than 900 people each year accessing surgery closer to home.

The funding has increased the number of day procedure beds from six to eight and recovery beds from three to four.

An upgraded Central Sterile Supply De partment, CSSD, will give doctors and nurses the reusable medical equipment they need to get more people off waiting lists and into surgery.

Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas vis ited the hospital last week.

She said the government had established its ‘Regional Health Infrastructure Fund’ in 2016-17 to help regional and rural health services improve the safety and quality of services, service capacity, models of care, patient and staff amenity and service ef ficiency. It has since funded more than 480 infrastructure projects.

“We’re investing in hospitals right across the state and our dedicated doctors, nurses, other hospital staff and patients are all set to benefit – including right here in our Gram pians community,” Ms Thomas said.

“Since inception, the Regional Health Infrastructure Fund has funded more than 480 health infrastructure projects.

“This funding continues to invest in our

local hospitals and health services – and the health of all Victorians no matter where they live.”

The project’s clinical lead Judy Debney said staff were ‘very proud’ of the new facility. The service opened the doors for a public open day in August.

“The upgrades mean better access for the patients and it means we can attract more doctors, surgeons and specialities, which is much better for the region – people don’t have to travel to Ballarat or Melbourne, they can just come here, and that’s a signifi cant difference,” Ms Debney said.

“Now we meet all the standards, which will take us far into the future.

“We hope the State Government will look favourably upon us and we can attract more funds for more builds.”

She said extensions to the hospital’s ur gent care centre, including midwifery; and building an education centre to encourage residents to pursue study, as well as ongo ing staff development, were among wishlist items.

Perioperative services manager Kirsten Carr said about 80 percent of surgeries at the hospital were day surgeries.

She said most common procedures in cluded general surgery, diagnostic work, dental, urology and ophthalmology.

Mobile coverage, broadband pledge

The Nationals have pledged $150-million to improve mobile coverage and broadband services if elected to government.

The package would include re bates for people in areas with poor mobile coverage to install mobile boosters in vehicles, homes and businesses.

The announcement came as the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman released its annual report, which shows poor mobile coverage remains a regular issue for consumers, with complaints

increasing by 6.1 percent in the past year.

Member for Lowan Emma Kealy, also the Nationals’ deputy leader, said she had consistently advocat ed to the Labor government to ‘do more’ to improve mobile coverage across the Lowan electorate, where a number of blackspots exist. She said the Nationals and Liber als’ ‘Connecting Country Com munities’ program would aim to ensure rural and regional residents could access quality coverage.

“In a world where we are all be

ing pushed towards the internet in almost every aspect of our daily lives, it is critical that our local residents have better connectivity to help them stay safe, connected to their loved ones and to be able to operate their businesses effec tively and efficiently,” she said.

“It’s particularly important for smaller rural communities where we’ve seen banks and govern ment services move to online-only, which means anyone who can’t access a signal also can’t access these services.”

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– Judy Debney

PROJECT: Wimmera students have been busy creating ceramic fish, pebbles and animals ahead of construction of a Horsham Nature and Water Play Park. Part of Horsham Rural City Council’s City to River design, the pieces will be laid into the park’s construction. Students from different schools have been honing their focus on specific elements of the Wimmera environment, with the finished product set be a communal and permanent contribution to the Wimmera River landscape.

Ss Michael and John’s Primary School students, from left, Jordan Terry, Jack Robertson, Declan Tuohey and Evan Myers finish their painted animal ceramics. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER

Boost for district brigades

Three Wimmera firefighting groups have added new vehi cles to their fire-response fleets.

Natimuk, Edenhope and Kaniva groups, part of the Country Fire Au thority’s District 17, have purchased new vehicles ahead of the 2022-23 fire season.

Volunteer members from the Na timuk Group of Fire Brigades gath ered to thank community groups for their generous contributions towards the vehicle.

Groups and organisations donated $10,000 towards the purchase of a forward command vehicle, FCV, worth $80,000, with funding from the Volun teer Emergency Services Equipment Program also utilised.

Group officer Lester Maybery said there were many other contributions of money, or other resources, that went towards the new vehicle.

“We are very thankful for the support of Horsham Sports and Community Club, which donated $5000, as well as others such as Horsham Rural City Council, Travis Hair at Crop Opti, Natimuk Lions Club, Shannon Bros, Australian Wool Network, Craft for a Cause, Emma Kealy MP and others who have helped make this purchase possible,” he said.

“We now have access to a vehicle that provides a safe and well-equipped place to work from at fires and other incidents, bringing our group in line with other groups in the district.”

The vehicle is a 4x4 Ford Ranger with a purpose-built canopy, emer gency lighting and CFA livery for vis ibility and safety in smoky conditions and on the road.

It is fit-out with two CFA radios for command-and-control purposes, a UHF radio, ample storage for equip ment including a defibrillator, and a fridge for cold water. Other features include whiteboards for planning, dis play of maps and crew briefings.

Natimuk Fire Brigade first lieuten ant Geoff Little said in addition to responding to incidents, the new FCV would also transport volunteers to training and meetings.

“This vehicle enhances our ability to transport our highly-skilled rescue team members to rock climbing inci dents, such as high-angle rescue, on Mt Arapiles and the Grampians where our heavy fire tankers can’t go,” he said.

“We have already used the vehicle

to respond to several incidents at Mt Arapiles.”

Meanwhile, firefighting groups at Edenhope and Kaniva fire stations also took control of their new field com mand vehicles last month.

A government contribution, through the Volunteer Emergency Services Equipment Program, helped the Eden hope and Kaniva Group of brigades purchase the vehicles, worth $85,000 each.

Kaniva Group officer Rob Maddern said the vehicles were critical to emer gency response – especially when re sponding to incidents on a strike team deployment.

“We can almost use this new FCV as a small command centre,” he said.

“The Kaniva Group consists of eight brigades. Having the FCV ready to go before fire season is a great improve ment in our ability to serve the com munity.”

Edenhope Group officer Peter Irving said the vehicle would be a ‘useful re sponse tool’ for the entire group.

“It’s a big step-up from what they previously had, which was only really a people mover,” he said.

The Kaniva Group includes Dinyar rack, Kaniva, Lawloit, Leeor, Sands mere, South Lillimur, Telopea Downs and Yearinga-Yarrock brigades; while the Edenhope Group includes Char am, Edenhope, Kadnook, Patyah and Ullswater brigades.

Field days on agenda

The Wimmera Machinery Field Days will return in 2023.

Incoming field days president Tim Rethus confirmed the 59th annual event would return to its traditional first-week-of-March scheduling – March 7 to 9. It comes after two cancelled years due to the COVID-19 pan demic.

Mr Rethus said the committee hoped for a ‘bigger and better than-ever’ event, with the public’s ‘renewed interest’ in attending large events.

He cited attendance at Speed and Henty field days events as examples.

“It is fantastic that we can now start to plan for our 59th field day to be held in 2023,” Mr Rethus said.

“We have new committee mem bers and after two years away, everyone is keen to get back into it.

“If we have to shut the gates like Henty did, that would be an over whelming response.

“The field days have such a huge impact on the local economy, it would be fantastic for the region to be flooded with visitors.”

Historical walk

Horsham Historical Society mem bers will lead a guided ‘heritage street walk’ today.

People are invited to gather for morning tea at the society’s rooms at 33 Pynsent Street, Horsham –next to Horsham cinema – at 10am before the walk begins.

RESPONSE READY: From left, Geoff Little, Mark Gunning, Greg Schultz, Garry Carter, Stuart Webb, Lester Maybery, Garrett Liston, Dan Smith, Gary Howden and Louise McGillivray check out the Natimuk Group’s new vehicle.

A turbulent time

As geo-political tensions tighten in Ukraine, economies worldwide are reeling from mounting energy prices, soar ing costs of living and in a desperate attempt to bring down inflation, higher interest rates.

The US economy appears certain to fall into recession.

Markets have suddenly become volatile as shares are sold in preference to holding funds in defensive assets such as cash. This, in turn, is reaping havoc on world currency markets.

Funds are flooding into US dollar-denominated investments and, in doing so, are sending the value of the greenback sky high against other currencies.

Speculation is mounting that the British pound might fall to historic lows in coming months and may even reach parity with the US dollar, driven by the newly elected Prime Minister Liz Truss, implementing a big-borrowing, low-taxing budget.

This controversial attempt to boost the British economy comes at a time when central banks around the world, including the Bank of Eng land, are lifting interest rates in order to reduce economic activity and so, dramatically slow the rate of inflation.

The Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD, is now forecasting economic growth will slow from 2.8 to 2.2 per cent in the next 12 months as the United States, China and Europe all cut back on economic activity.

While Australia is not spared from this global slowdown, with the OECD forecasting domestic growth will tumble from 2.5 to two percent dur ing the coming year, it should survive this turbu lent period better than most.

Much will depend on this month’s Federal Budget. The first by the newly-elected Albanese government, it will tread a line between its reform agenda including much talked about tax cuts and trying to slow the economy and so reduce infla tion.

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Although the employment rate across the nation remains high, spiralling prices for basic food stuffs and other essentials is putting enormous pressure on the government to provide relief to those struggling to get by.

In the meantime, petrol prices are set to bounce higher as the Federal Government restores the fuel excise tax, adding 23 cents a litre to both petrol and diesel sold in Australia.

In addition, the Reserve Bank has made it clear it will continue to lift the domestic cash rate and with it most other local interest rates, until it has clawed back the rate of inflation from an expected high of seven percent, to less than three percent.

Higher interest rates are already impacting homebuyers. Five rate rises since May mean a couple earning $92,000 each can now borrow $264,000 less than they could in April, analysis by research house, Canstar, shows.

So even with a 20 percent deposit, a couple’s maximum budget has dropped from more than $1.63-million to $1.37-million and this in turn is being reflected by prices in the property market.

As buyer’s budgets have fallen, so, too, have property prices. CoreLogic Home Value Index shows house prices in Sydney have dropped by 7.6 percent this year while Melbourne prices have fallen by 4.6 percent.

With the Reserve Bank determined to force even higher interest rates on the economy in order to defeat inflation, there is no end in sight to high er interest rates and further property price falls.

• The information provided in this article is gener al in nature only and does not constitute personal financial advice.

‘Awesome to become a citizen’

Horsham Rural City Council has officially welcomed our newest Australian citizens to the community.

Eleven people from seven different countries were for mally granted Australian cit izenship at Horsham Civic Centre last month.

Countries of origin included the Philippines, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Canada, Italy, India and Iran.

Among them was MarieClaude Gagne, who moved to Australia from Canada more than 10 years ago.

She attended the ceremony

with her partner Jaye Macum ber and their children Eva, Felix and Henry.

“It’s actually awesome to become a citizen. It makes you realise the journey that you’ve been through to be come a citizen and all the things you’ve accomplished,”

Ms Gagne said.

“It gives our family the same, shared identity.

“It brings a deeper connec tion to the country.”

Ms Gagne retains her Cana dian citizenship.

When asked about the pro gress of her ‘Aussie accent’,

she responded: “You tell me. “I’m still learning Australian English almost on a weekly basis.

“There will be a word or slang popping through and I’ll think what does that mean? It’s a continual jour ney.”

The council officiates the ceremonies on behalf of the Federal Government and all new citizens receive a na tive plant as a gift from the council to mark the special occasion.

HISTORIC DAY: From left, Samra Vatan Parast, Marie-Claude Gagne, Aman Sharma, Mrs Edirisinghe, Mark Augustin, Matia Garagnani, Elisabetta Pera, Matthew, Leanne and Ross Ellis and Dr David Hunchak with mayor Robyn Gulline, second from right, at a Horsham citizenship ceremony last month. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER

HorsHam arts council

IN FULL SWING: Horsham Arts Council’s latest production ‘Legally Blonde’ has been met with huge applause from audiences, praising performers for their ‘energy’, ‘outstanding performances’ and ‘terrific talent’. The cast is midway through an eight-show program, with tickets still available for shows tonight, tomorrow night, Friday and Saturday from Horsham Town Hall box office and website. The cast ‘can’t wait to take audiences from Elle’s sorority life to the halls of Harvard’ in their final performances. Pictured during rehearsal, clockwise from above, are: Brittany Bates; director Erin Boutcher; Chloe Findlay as Elle Woods; Sienna Walsgott and Kayla Wilson; Chloe Findlay, Jessica Wilson and Ian Bennett; and Patrick Quaine, Simon Dandy and Kerry Wilson.

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THE SHOW GOES ON: Rain on Thursday last week did not dampen the spirits of people attending the Warracknabeal Show, however it did disrupt some scheduled events. Organisers encouraged people to enjoy family time at the show, around the forecast rain. Patrons enjoyed an animal nursery, scarecrow display, sheaf tossing, art workshops and competitions. Pictured, clockwise from left, are: John Tonkin with a scarecrow and youngsters Elli and Lily; Des James and Ian McLean; Matilda King; Coco Malcolm, Aylah Zanker, Maggie McCoy, Jonty McCoy, Ava Koschitzke and Maggie Butcher; Danny Johnson; and Aiden Keys and Harry Butcher selling Apex spinning wheel tickets.

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Combatting crop concerns

Ryegrass, broadleaf weeds, sum mer grasses and herbicide re sistance are the biggest weed con cerns for Mallee farmers, a survey has found.

A Grains Research and Development Corporation survey of 1200 grain grow ers found almost half of respondents cited annual ryegrass as their greatest weed concern.

More than 20 percent of the cropped area in the Mallee is sown with crops chosen for their weed-control benefits and another 20 percent is sown using tactics to increase crop competition.

WeedSmart western extension agron omist Peter Newman said crop com petition was one of the biggest levers a grower could use to reduce weed growth and seed set.

“There is consistent research across regions and crop types that shows in creasing crop competition can reduce weed pressure by 50 percent, as a rule of thumb,” he said.

“Additionally, we know that crop competition is very complimentary to herbicide efficacy and often improves the capture of weed seed through har vest weed seed control tactics.”

Mr Newman said there had been an al most doubling of the cropped area sown to break crops for their weed control benefits since the 2016 survey.

“Greater crop competition can often be achieved without great additional ex pense, using optimal seeding rates, sow ing early, narrowing row spacing and addressing soil constraints,” he said.

“To see an increase in adoption of crop competition tactics in the five years between surveys is very encour aging. The national increase in adoption was almost 10 percent, and the trend was observed in almost every growing region nationally.”

More than 20 percent of Mallee grow ers mentioned other concerns including broadleaf weeds, summer grasses and herbicide resistance.

The survey found herbicide resistance was a concern for 36 percent of grain farms nationally.

Mr Newman said herbicide resistance thrived in simple and predictable farm ing systems

“In the past five years, there has been widespread uptake of break crops with herbicide tolerance traits as well as a return to more diverse cropping rota tions for weed control on one-third of the cropped area,” he said.

“More diverse farming systems offer growers more options to mix and rotate herbicide modes of action and to build soil health.”

Mr Newman said chaff lining, chaff decks, impact mills, bale direct and chaff carts were becoming increasingly widespread.

“These tools are attached to the har vester and often used in all crops across the farm,” he said.

“Narrow windrow burning is still commonly used as a harvest weed seed control tool, but only on about two percent of the cropped area nationally.”

Aged-care project captures memories

Photos, knick-knacks, sporting memorabilia and post cards – they all trigger memories, but are par ticularly important for older people and even more important for those living with dementia.

Memory boxes have been in stalled at East Grampians Health Service’s aged care facility Garden View Court, with the Ararat Wood ies donating time and materials to construct boxes for all 24 residents.

The memory boxes are like the old-fashioned ‘shadow boxes’ and sit next to the door of each resi

dent’s room. Residents can place photos, ornaments and other per sonal items in the boxes.

Former Garden View Court man ager Maree Fraser began talking to Ararat Woodies members about the project last year.

Across several months, the group constructed the 24 boxes and de livered them to the centre late last year. The boxes have now been installed.

East Grampians Health Service chief executive Nick Bush thanked members of the Ararat Woodies for

their time and patience in construct ing the memory boxes.

“It has been wonderful to see the residents fill their memory boxes with all their favourite things – the boxes have been beautifully con structed and that is testament to the skills of the members of the Wood ies,” he said.

“We are very grateful for their work and know that residents now and well into the future will enjoy these spaces for their memories to be on show.”

Services unite to offer human, animal first aid classes

Casey Kosch First Aid Training and Your Family Vet are uniting to teach Wimmera children human and ani mal first aid.

Two, three-hour sessions are being offered at Horsham Neighbourhood

House on October 23, at 9am and 1pm.

Mrs Kosch said after the success of similar sessions earlier in the year, Horsham Neighbourhood House manager Charlie Helyar had secured funding to offer the sessions again.

“It is fully funded for children aged between nine and 13 years,” she said.

“There are places still available, with numbers capped at 12 a session.”

Mrs Kosch said people can book online at caseykoschfirstaid.com.au

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MEMORIES: Ararat Woodies’ David Mitchell, left, and Alan Grant with former manager of Garden View Court, Maree Fraser, who instigated the project.

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Quick Workout

Fit the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 into the hexagons so that where the hexagons touch, the numbers will be the same. No number is repeated in any hexagon.

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Barney’s Bar and Bistro

Barney’s Bar and Bistro offers a popular and unique dining experience in the Grampians, Gariwerd.

Visitors can soak up the welcoming atmosphere of the rustic and charming venue, situated in the village of Pomonal, with the Grampians National Park as their backdrop.

Visitors can enjoy a wide range of country-style meals, with generous portions served by chefs who are eager to please and cater for everyone’s needs. All meals are freshly prepared on-site and reflect

value for money. Meals can be tailored for dietary needs including intolerances, vegetarian and vegan preferences.

There are weekly specials, selections for the children and sweet options to conclude your dining experience.

Dine-in or takeaway is available.

The drinks menu includes an array of Grampians region wines, popular and local beers and a variety of nonalcohol drinks.

Sit inside or enjoy the outside dining

areas while you delight in watching the sunset over the Grampians, with kangaroos quietly grazing nearby.

The outside areas offer plenty of space for young and young at heart to play, dine and enjoy the company of others in a family-friendly atmosphere — including the fourlegged members of the family.

Barney’s caters for groups, including clubs; and special occasions, including weddings.

Barney’s Bar and Bistro is open from Wednesday from 4pm until late

and Thursday to Sunday from 11am until late.

It is conveniently located on AraratHalls Gap Road, Pomonal. It is 10 minutes’ drive from Halls Gap and easily accessible from neighbouring towns such as Stawell and Ararat. Bookings are advised by phoning 0419 505 025.

People wanting more information can visit the website www. barneysbistrobar.com.au or find Barney’s on Google and Facebook.

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2. True or false. Black and yel low hover flies of the Syrphi dae family, common in Wim mera gardens, are a form of stinging wasp.

3. What fruit introduced to Australia in the 1870s by Chi nese prospectors and consid ered a symbol of romance has been a traditional dessert in many Chinese restaurants and is also used in salads, salsas and drinks?

4. The main street of what Wimmera centre is named af ter the Scott brothers, the first European squatters to settle in the district where the town now stands?

5. We see snails all the time in Wimmera gardens and some broadacre species pose a serious threat to crops. How do you tell the difference be tween a male and female landbased snail?

6. The annual international Nobel Prize is a set of awards for outstanding contributions in physics, chemistry, liter ature, peace, physiology or medicine. What extra catego ry was added as a memorial prize to the list in 1969?

7. How do you spell the sixsyllable word starting with ‘O’ that phonetically imitates or suggests the source of the sound it describes?

8. We have vibrant calisthen ics clubs in our region. In what country did the perform ing and sporting art form of calisthenics originate?

9. What Australian product developed by Cyril Callister on request from Fred Walker in 1923 involved waste from beer production in Melbourne?

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Your luckY stars

ARIES:

(March 21 - April 20)

Lucky Colour: Cream Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 9.6.2.3

Lotto Numbers: 9.12.23.36.34.45

Love can start in strange places and unexpected developments can bring major changes to your future plans. Recognition for career efforts although follow up any important information.

TAURUS:

(April 21 - May 20)

Lucky Colour: Peach Lucky Day: Tuesday Racing Numbers: 5.6.2.3

Lotto Numbers: 5.12.24.40.26.33

Should be the start of a great period for you. Take whatever comes your way, wiser to let others do the organising. Double check any financial schemes that involves partnership monies.

GEMINI:

(May 21 - June 21)

Lucky Colour: Yellow Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 9.6.5.3

Lotto Numbers: 9.15.26.35.36.3

Promises made under present aspects may not be relied upon. Make sure you know what you are doing and what you want before embarking on any new venture. Luck comes in many ways and could be at the right time.

CANCER:

(June 22 - July 22)

Lucky Colour: Blue Lucky Day: Thursday Racing Numbers: 4.6.2.5 Lotto Numbers: 4.12.25.29.8.4

^   a

Romance looks great for the singles and family extensions for the married. Bargains around for the home shoppers. Your concentration could be off centre at work so take each task carefully (accident prone).

LEO:

(July 23 - August 22)

Lucky Colour: Violet Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 4.6.5.2

Lotto Numbers: 4.7.12.26.35.36

Be cautious in all your financial dealings, plan ahead and you’ll succeed. Your ability to talk anybody into anything can advance your career prospects quite spectacularly. Contacts from the past can return favours owed.

VIRGO:

(August 23 - September 23)

Lucky Colour: Orange Lucky Day: Sunday Racing Numbers: 3.6.9.5

Lotto Numbers: 9.5.12.24.45.40

Make sure you don’t overspend on the things you don’t really want. You should be in a more benevolent mood and the time should be passing pleasantly. In romantic partnerships the pace is really up to you.

LIBRA:

(September 24 - October 23)

Lucky Colour: Green Lucky Day: Tuesday Racing Numbers: 8.6.5.2

Lotto Numbers: 8.12.26.35.40.22

A rather restless period, don’t be caught gossiping or repeating hearsay. In the romantic sense this could be the start of something big. Career wise there is no limit to how far you can go if you apply yourself.

SCORPIO:

(October 24 - November 22)

Lucky Colour: Mauve Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 5.2.3.1 Lotto Numbers: 5.12.23.32.20.3

   

Information you receive could be of great interest to those that can advance your career affairs. Many opportunities to further romantic ties is indicated, return of a special someone for many.

SAGITTARIUS:

(November 23 - December 20)

Lucky Colour: Green Lucky Day: Saturday Racing Numbers: 5.6.2.1 Lotto Numbers: 5.12.45.40.9.7

Take life as it comes as there wont be any reason not to enjoy yourself. For many money can be coming in faster than it is going out (surprising as it seems). Romantically it may be wanting to get it off with the new and uncertain how to get out of the old.

CAPRICORN:

(December 21 - January 19)

Lucky Colour: Dark Blue Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 1.3.2.5 Lotto Numbers: 1.12.15.26.36.37

 

Sudden changes in plans can throw you off balance, make sure you keep any extreme tendencies under control. You could tend to go overboard on physical activities at the expense of your love life.

AQUARIUS:

(January 20 - February 19)

Lucky Colour: Silver Lucky Day: Thursday Racing Numbers: 4.6.5.2 Lotto Numbers: 4.12.26.35.5.1

It could be a case of too many parties and too many friends. Could be wise to refuse at least half of the social activities offered. Most will be doing and saying the right things at the right time. For the ambitious fulfilment of life’s aims.

PISCES:

(February 20 - March 20)

Lucky Colour: Red Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 4.6.8.9 Lotto Numbers: 4.12.26.39.8.33

The right time to ask favours from fate and those in the position to help your career plans. The belief that you can accomplish anything can bring surprising if not spectacular results.

OCTOBER

THURSDAY

(PG) 1:30 Question Everything (PG) 2:00 Sanditon (PG) 3:00 Gardening Australia 4:00 Think Tank (PG) 5:00 Anh’s Brush With Fame (PG) 5:30 Hard Quiz (PG) 6:00 The Drum 6:55 Sammy J (PG) 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Foreign Correspondent 8:30

Q+A 9:35 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One 10:05 Exposing The Illegal Organ Trade (M) 10:35 ABC Late News 10:50

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Jesse Stone: Benefit Of The Doubt” (M v) (’12) Stars: Tom Selleck 2:00 Kochie’s Business Builders 2:30 Motorbike Cops (PG) 3:00 The Chase UK (PG) 4:00 Seven News At 4 5:00

The Chase Australia (PG) 6:00 Seven News 7:00 Home And Away (PG) 7:30 Cricket: Women’s Big Bash League: Brisbane v Sydney Sixers *Live* From Great Barrier Reef Arena 11:00 The Latest Seven News 11:30 TBA 1:30 Home Shopping

12:00 Last Car Garage (PG) 1:00 Aussie Lobster Men (PG) 2:00

Heavy Lifting (PG) 3:00 Shipping Wars (PG) 3:30 Down East Dickering (PG) 4:30 Scrap Kings (PG) 5:30 American Restoration (PG) 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 8:30 Movie: “Batman Begins” (M v) (’05) Stars: Christian Bale 11:20 Movie: “Annabelle 2” (MA15+) (’17) Stars: Grace Fulton 1:40 Shipping Wars (PG)

1:35 Mister Maker 2:05 Bananas In Pyjamas 2:30 Wolf Joe 3:00 The Wonder Gang 3:30 Play School 4:00 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! 4:35 Mecha Builders 5:00 Love Monster 5:30 Kiri And Lou 6:05 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 6:25 Alva’s World 7:00 Grace’s Amazing Machines 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:30 TBA 9:00 Hard Quiz (PG) 9:30 Question Everything (PG) 10:00 Penn And Teller: Fool Us (M l)

6:00 Today 9:00 Today Extra 11:30 NINE’s Morning News 12:00 The Block: Guest Bedroom And Re-Do Room (PG) 1:00

Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo (PG) 2:00 Pointless (PG) 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News 4:30 Millionaire Hot Seat 5:30 WIN News 6:00 NINE News 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) 7:30 RBT (PG) 8:30 Paramedics (M) 9:30 A+E After Dark (M) 10:30 NINE News Late 11:00 New Amsterdam: No Ifs, Ands, Or Buts (M) 11:50

The Gulf (M l,s) 12:40 Tipping Point (PG) 1:30 Home Shopping

6:00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) 7:00

Friends (PG) 8:00 The King Of Queens (PG) 9:00 Becker (PG) 10:00 The Middle (PG) 11:30 Friends (PG) 12:00 The Living Room (PG) 1:00 Frasier (PG) 2:00 Becker (PG) 3:00

The King Of Queens (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 9:30 Seinfeld (PG) 11:00 Frasier (PG) 12:00 Home Shopping

6:00 News Breakfast 9:00 ABC News Mornings 12:00 ABC News At Noon 3:00 ABC News Afternoons

4:00 Afternoon Briefing 5:00 ABC News Hour 6:00 ABC Evening News 7:00 ABC National News 7:30 7.30 8:00 ABC News Tonight 8:45

The Business 9:00 ABC Nightly News 9:30 Foreign Correspondent 10:00 The World 11:00 The Drum 12:00 ABC Late News 12:30 7.30 1:00 ABC Late News 1:15 The Business

6:00 The Talk 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) 8:00 10 News

First 8:30 Studio 10 (PG) 12:00 Dr Phil (M)

1:00 TBA 2:30 Entertainment Tonight 3:00

Judge Judy (PG) 3:30 Farm To Fork 4:00

Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) 5:00

10 News First 6:30 The Project (PG) 7:30

The Real Love Boat Australia (PG) 8:30

Gogglebox Australia (PG) 9:30 TBA 10:30

Law & Order: SVU (M v) 11:30 The Project (PG) 12:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) 1:30 Home Shopping

6:00 Home Shopping 8:00 The Doctors (PG) 9:00 Reel Action 9:30 I Fish 10:00 MacGyver (M) 12:00

Elementary (PG) 1:00 Walker, Texas Ranger (PG) 3:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 3:30 The Love Boat (PG) 4:30 Star Trek: The Next Generation (PG) 5:30 MacGyver (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M) 8:30 Bull (M) 10:30 Matildas Magazine Show 11:00 Elementary (M) 11:30 48 Hours (M d) 12:30 Home Shopping

12:00 SpeedSeries (PG) 2:00 Full House (PG) 3:00 The Nanny (PG)

3:30 3rd Rock From The Sun (PG) 4:00 That 70’s Show (PG) 4:30 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG) 5:30 The Nanny (PG) 6:00 3rd Rock From The Sun (PG) 6:30 That 70’s Show (PG) 7:00 Young Sheldon (PG) 7:30 Survivor (PG) 8:30 Movie: “Trainwreck” (M l,s) (’15) Stars: Amy Schumer 11:00 Young Sheldon (PG) 11:30 Telenovela (PG)

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10:00 Great Lighthouses Of Ireland (PG) 11:00 Along Ireland’s Shores (PG) 12:00

Worldwatch 2:00 The Bride Flights (PG) (In Spanish/ English) 3:10 Little Bang’s New Eye (PG) (In English/ Vietnamese) 3:25 Flight Paths, Freeways And Railroads (PG) 3:35

The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) 4:05 Who Do You Think You Are?(PG) 5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Dishing It Up (PG) 8:00 Guillaume’s Paris (PG) 8:30 World’s Most Scenic River Journeys (PG) 9:30 The Handmaid’s Tale (M)

1:45 Apex Gang - Behind The Headlines (M l) 2:50 Front Up (PG)

3:50 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir 4:15 PBS Newshour 5:15 Shortland Street (PG) 5:45 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross 6:15 Forged In Fire (PG) 7:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 7:30 NITV News Update 7:35

8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 8:30 The Curse Of Oak Island (PG) 10:10 Escaping Polygamy (M)

12:00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 12:55 The Young And The Restless (PG) 1:50 As Time Goes By (PG)

3:10 Antiques Downunder 3:40 Movie: “The Man Upstairs” (PG) (’58) Stars: Bernard Lee 5:30 Murder, She Wrote (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 Grantchester (M) 8:30 Poirot (PG) 10:30 Dahmer On Dahmer: A Serial Killer Speaks (MA15+) 12:30 My Favourite Martian 1:00 Home Shopping

6:00 News Breakfast 9:00 ABC News 10:00

Q+A (PG) 11:05 Extraordinary Escapes 12:00 ABC News 1:00 Savage River (M l,s)

1:55 Death In Paradise (PG) 3:00 Gardening Australia 4:00 Think Tank (PG) 5:00 Anh’s Brush With Fame (PG) 5:30 Hard Quiz (PG) 6:00 The Drum 7:00 ABC News 7:30

Gardening Australia 8:30 Frankly (PG) 9:05

Doc Martin (PG) 9:50 Annika (M v) 10:40

ABC Late News 10:55 Summer Love (MA15+) 11:25 rage (MA15+)

8:00 Home Shopping 8:30 Million Dollar Minute 9:00 DVine Living (PG) 9:30 NBC Today 12:00

Emmerdale (PG) 12:30 Coronation Street (PG) 1:00 Sons And Daughters (PG) 3:00

Modern Business Australia (PG) 3:30 Million Dollar Minute 4:30 Medical Emergency (PG) 5:00 RSPCA Animal Rescue 5:30 Escape To The Country 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 TBA 8:30 Escape To The Country

3:00 The Bagel And Becky Show 3:35

The Penguins Of Madagascar 4:00 PJ Masks 4:30 The Inbestigators 5:00 The Flamin’ Thongs 5:30 Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness 6:05 100 Things

To Do Before High School (PG) 6:30 Mikki vs The World (PG) 7:00 Horrible Histories (PG) 7:35 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG) 8:00

The Deep 8:25 Good Game Spawn Point 8:50 Log Horizon (PG)

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Jesse Stone: Lost In Paradise” (M s,v) (’15) Stars: Tom Selleck 2:00 House Of Wellness (PG) 3:00 The Chase UK (PG) 4:00 Seven News At 4 5:00 The Chase Australia (PG) 6:00 Seven News 7:00 Better Homes And Gardens 8:30 Movie: “Ladies In Black” (PG) (’18) Stars: Julia Ormond 10:45 TBA 12:00 Kiss Bang Love (PG) 1:30 Home Shopping

6:00 Today 9:00 Today Extra 11:30 NINE’s Morning News 12:00 Movie: “The Dating List” (PG) (’19) Stars: Natalie Dreyfuss 1:45 Garden Gurus Moments 2:00 Pointless (PG) 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News 4:30 Millionaire Hot Seat 5:30 WIN News 6:00 NINE News 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) 7:30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo: Gorilla (PG) 8:30 Movie: “Apollo 13” (PG) (’95) Stars: Tom Hanks 11:20 Movie: “The Beguiled” (M) (’17) Stars: Nicole Kidman 1:05 Cross Court 1:30 Home Shopping 4:00 Religious Programs

6:00 The Talk 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) 7:30 The

Bold And The Beautiful (PG) 8:00 10 News

First 8:30 Studio 10 (PG) 12:00 Dr Phil (M)

2:00 Entertainment Tonight 2:30 Food Trail

South Africa (PG) 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) 3:30

Farm To Fork 4:00 Everyday Gourmet 4:30

The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) 5:00 10

News First 6:30 The Project (PG) 7:30 The

Living Room (PG) 8:30 TBA 9:30 Just For

Laughs Australia (M s) 10:00 Just For Laughs Uncut (M s) 10:30 Road To The Melbourne Cup Carnival 11:00 The Project (PG) 12:00 The Late Show (PG)

5:00 Worldwatch 9:00 Peer To Peer (PG) 10:00 Breaking The Biz (M) 10:40 Looby (M) 12:00 Worldwatch 2:00 The Truth About Fat (PG) 3:00 NITV News: Nula 3:35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) 4:05 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG) 5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 Secrets Of The Lost Liners (PG) 8:30 Good With Wood (PG) 9:25 World’s Greatest Hotels (PG) 10:15 SBS World News Late 10:45 Das Boot

12:00 Last Car Garage (PG) 1:00 Aussie Lobster Men (PG) 2:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 3:00 STIHL Timbersports (PG) 3:30 Down East Dickering (PG) 4:30 Scrap Kings (PG) 5:30 American Pickers (PG) 6:30 AFL Women’s: Round 8: Carlton v Richmond *Live* From Ikon Park 8:30 AFL Women’s: Round 8: Brisbane v Adelaide *Live* 10:30 Movie: “Alien Resurrection” (M l,s,v) (’97) Stars: Sigourney Weaver

1:35 Mister Maker 2:05 Bananas In Pyjamas 2:30 Wolf Joe 3:00 The Wonder Gang 3:30 Play School 4:00 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! 4:35 Mecha Builders 5:00 Love Monster 5:30 Kiri And Lou 6:05 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 6:25 Alva’s World 7:00 Grace’s Amazing Machines 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:00 Hard Quiz (PG) 8:30 Movie: “Girl, Interrupted” (MA15+) (’99) Stars: Winona Ryder 10:35 Doctor Who (PG)

6:00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) 7:00

Friends (PG) 7:30 Seinfeld (PG) 9:00 Becker (PG) 10:00 The Middle (PG) 11:30 The King Of Queens (PG) 12:30 Frasier (PG) 1:30 Seinfeld (PG) 3:00 The King Of Queens (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 9:30 Mom (M d,s) 10:30 Nancy Drew (PG) 11:30 Frasier (PG) 12:00 Home Shopping

6:00 News Breakfast 9:00 ABC News Mornings 12:00 ABC News At Noon 3:00 ABC News Afternoons 4:00 Afternoon Briefing 4:30 Friday Briefing 5:00 ABC News Hour 6:00 ABC Evening News 7:00 ABC National News 7:30 The Virus 8:00 ABC News Tonight 8:30 Australian Story 9:00 ABC Nightly News 9:30 Close Of Business 10:00 The World 11:00 The Drum 12:00 ABC Late News 12:15 Q+A Highlights

6:00 Home Shopping 8:00

Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix

9:00 Reel Action 9:30 I Fish 10:00 MacGyver (PG) 12:00 Tommy (PG) 1:00 Walker, Texas Ranger (PG) 3:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 3:30

The Love Boat (PG) 4:30 Star Trek: The Next Generation (PG) 5:30 MacGyver (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M) 8:30 NCIS: Los Angeles (M) 10:20 Evil (M) 11:15 Star Trek: Discovery (M v) 12:15 Home Shopping

12:00 Revolution (PG) 2:00 Full House (PG) 3:00 The Nanny (PG) 3:30 3rd Rock From The Sun (PG) 4:00 That 70’s Show (PG) 4:30 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG) 5:30 The Nanny (PG) 6:00

Movie: “Wonder Park” (PG) (’19) Stars: Sofia Mali 7:30 Movie: “Snow White And The Huntsman” (M h,v) (’12) Stars: Kristen Stewart 10:00 Movie: “Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters” (M) (’13)

12:00 Unknown Amazon (PG) 12:50 Hunters (M l) 1:40 ISU Figure Skating 3:45 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir 4:15 PBS Newshour 5:15 Shortland (PG) 5:45 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross 6:15 Forged In Fire (PG) 7:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 7:30 NITV News Update 7:35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 8:30 Hoarders (M l) 9:20 Atlanta (MA15+) 9:50 The Big Sex Talk (MA15+)

12:00 Days Of Our Lives (PG)

12:55 The Young And The Restless (PG) 1:50 World’s Greatest Natural Icons 3:00 Antiques Roadshow 3:30 Movie: “Some Will, Some Won’t” (PG) (’70) Stars: Ronnie Corbett 5:30 Murder, She Wrote (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 Antiques Downunder (PG) 8:00 Antiques Detectives (PG) 8:40 Movie: “The English Patient” (M) (’96) Stars: Ralph Fiennes 11:55 House (M)

12:00 ABC News 12:30 Landline 1:30

Gardening Australia 2:30 Miriam Margolyes Australia Unmasked (PG) 3:30 Rick Stein’s

Secret France 4:30 Question Everything (PG)

5:00 Art Works 5:30 Antiques Roadshow

6:30 Frankly (PG) 7:00 ABC News Sunday 7:40 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:30

Significant Others (M d,l) 9:25 Silent Witness (M n,v) 10:25 The Newsreader (M l) 11:15 Shetland (M l,v) 12:15 The Heights (PG)

3:00 My Greek Odyssey (PG)

4:00 Movie: “Spinout” (G) (’66)

Stars: Xavier Samuel 6:00 Air Crash Investi gation (PG) 7:00 Border Security - Australia’s Front Line (PG) 8:30 Steam Train Journeys (PG) 9:30 The Yorkshire Steam Railway (PG) 10:30 Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railways (PG)

4:00 The Fairly OddParents 4:35 The Beachbuds 5:00 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir (PG) 5:25 Hardball

6:05 Holly Hobbie 6:30 Mindful Earth 7:05 Mythbusters (PG) 7:35 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG) 8:00 The Deep 8:20 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 8:45 Dodo

7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend (PG) 12:00 House Of Wellness (PG) 1:00 AFL Women’s: Round 8: Western Bulldogs v St Kilda *Live* 3:00 Motorbike Cops (PG) 3:30 Border Security International (PG) 4:00 Better Homes And Gardens (PG) 5:00 Seven News At 5 5:30 Border Security - Australia’s Front (PG) 6:00 Seven News 7:00 Australia’s Got Talent (PG) 8:45 Murder In The Goldfields (M)

10:00 Cricket: Women’s Big Bash League: Melbourne Renegades v Adelaide *Live* 1:30 Cricket: Women’s Big Bash League: Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Stars *Live* 5:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00

Movie: “Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban” (PG) (’04) Stars: Emma Watson

3:00 The Wonder Gang 3:30 Play School 4:00 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! 4:35 Mecha Builders 5:00 Love Monsteree

5:30 Kiri And Lou 6:05 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 6:25 Alva’s World 7:00 Odd Squad

7:30 Australia Remastered 8:25 Louis Theroux: Under The Knife (M d,l)

6:00 Fishing Australia 6:30 A Current Affair (PG) 7:00 Weekend Today 10:00 Sports Sunday (PG) 11:00 Women’s Footy (PG) 12:00 Fishing Australia 12:30 Bondi

Lifeguard World Adventures (PG) 1:00 The Block (PG) 3:00 Drive Electric 4:00 Bondi Vet (PG) 5:00 NINE News: First At Five 5:30 Postcards (PG) 6:00 NINE News Sunday 7:00 The Block (PG) 8:30 60 Minutes (PG) 9:30 NINE News Late 10:00 The First 48 (M)

4:00 Basketball: National Basketball League: Round 3: Brisbane Bullets v Sydney Kings

*Live* 6:00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 9:00

The Neighborhood (M) 10:00 Friends (PG) 12:00 Home Shopping 1:30 Movie: “Book Club” (M l,s) (’18) Stars: Diane Keaton

2:00 ABC News 2:30 Australian Story 3:00 ABC News 3:30

Offsiders 4:00 Landline 5:00 ABC News With Auslan 5:30 The World This Week 6:00 ABC Evening News 6:30 The Virus 7:00 ABC News Sunday 7:40 The Virus 8:00 Insiders 9:00 ABC Nightly News 9:30 Australian Story

6:00 Religious Programs 8:00 Good Chef

Bad Chef (PG) 8:30 My Market Kitchen (PG)

9:00 Everyday Gourmet 9:30 The Living

Room (PG) 10:30 Motor Sports: Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix: Round 18 *Live*

From Phillip Island 3:30 Food Trail South Africa (PG) 4:00 Farm To Fork 4:30 Taste Of Australia 5:00 10 News First 6:30 The Sunday Project (PG) 7:30 The Traitors (PG)

9:00 NCIS: Hawaii (M v) 10:00 FBI (M v)

2:00 What’s Up Down Under 2:30 Football: Round 2: Macarthur FC

v Adelaide United *Live* 5:30 Reel Action

6:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 6:30 MacGyver (M) 7:30 NCIS (M v) 10:20 48 Hours (M) 11:15

Star Trek: Discovery (M v) 12:10 Movie: “Angel Has Fallen” (MA15+) (’19)

3:00 Full Bloom (PG) 4:00 Dance Moms (PG) 5:00 Transformers: Cyberverse (PG) 5:15 Movie: “Aliens In The Attic” (PG) (’09) Stars: Ashley Tisdale 7:00

Movie: “Batman Returns” (M s,v) (’92) Stars: Michael Keaton 9:30 Movie: “Stargate: Continuum” (M v) (’08) Stars: Ben Browder

12:00 Worldwatch 1:00 Motor Sports: Speedweek 3:00 Football: Countdown To Qatar 3:30 Sportswoman 4:00 Cycling: NRS 2022 - Battle On The Border Highlights 5:10 Going Places With Ernie Dingo (PG) 5:40 Secret Nazi Bases (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Curse Of The Ancients (PG) 8:30 Ancient Egypt’s Darkest Hour (PG) 10:10

Dolly - The Sheep That Changed The World (PG) 11:20 Murder Case (MA15+)

2:55 France 24 English News 3:25

Lost Gold Of World War II (PG) 4:55

Forged In Fire (PG) 5:45 World’s Greatest Hotels (PG) 6:40 The Buildings That Fought Hitler (PG) 7:35 Abandoned Engineering (M) 8:30 UnXplained With William Shatner (M) 9:20 Cracking The Code (M)

12:45 Movie: “Father’s Doing Fine” (G) (’52) Stars: Richard Attenborough 2:30 Movie: “Passport To Pimlico” (G) (’49) Stars: Stanley Holloway 4:15 Movie: “Rio Grande” (G) (’50) Stars: John Wayne 6:30 The Bizarre Pet Vets (PG) 7:30 Mega Zoo (PG) 8:30 TBA 10:30 TBA

5:25 Hard Quiz (PG) 6:00 The Drum 7:00

News 7:30 7.30 (PG) 8:00 Australian

(PG) 8:30 Four Corners (PG) 9:20

Media Watch (PG) 9:35 Planet America 10:05 Parkinson In Australia (PG)

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Stranger At The Door” (M v) (’04) Stars: Linda Purl 2:00 The Real Manhunter (M v) 3:00 The Chase UK (PG) 4:00 Seven News At 4 5:00 The Chase Australia (PG) 6:00 Seven News 7:00 Home And Away (PG) 7:30 Australia’s Got Talent (PG) 9:00 9-1-1 (M) 10:00 S.W.A.T. (M v) 11:00 The Latest Seven News 11:30 Heartbreak Island Australia (M l)

3:00 Seven’s Motorsport Classic

3:30 Repco Supercars Support

Highlights 5:30 American Restoration (PG)

6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30 American Pickers (PG) 8:30 Movie: “Terminator Salvation” (M v) (’09) Stars: Christian Bale

6:00 Today 9:00 Today Extra 11:30 NINE’s

Morning News 12:00 The Block (PG) 1:30 Getaway (PG) 2:00 Pointless (PG) 3:00

Tipping Point (PG) 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News 4:30 Millionaire Hot Seat 5:30 WIN News 6:00 NINE News 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) 7:30 The Block (PG) 8:40 Under Investigation (M) 9:45 Suburban Gangsters (M) 10:45 NINE News Late 11:15 Fortunate Son (M v) 12:05 Emergence (M v)

12:00 The Neighborhood (PG) 1:00 Friends (PG) 2:30 Two And A Half Men (PG) 3:00 The King Of Queens (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 9:30 Seinfeld (PG) 11:00 Frasier (PG) 12:00 Home Shopping

Do Before High School (PG)

3:00 The Wonder Gang 3:30 Play School 4:00 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! 4:35 Mecha Builders 5:00 Love Monster 5:30 Kiri And Lou 6:05 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 6:25 Alva’s World 7:00 Grace’s Amazing Machines 7:30 The Poles Revealed 8:30 Long Lost Family (PG)

3:00 ABC News Afternoons 4:00

Afternoon Briefing 5:00 ABC News Hour 6:00 ABC Evening News 7:00 ABC National News 7:30 7.30 8:00 ABC News Tonight 8:45 The Business 9:00 ABC Nightly News 9:30 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One 10:00 The World 11:00 The Drum

7:00 Judge Judy (PG) 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) 8:00 10 News First 8:30

Studio 10 (PG) 12:00 Dr Phil (M) 1:00 TBA

2:30 Entertainment Tonight 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) 3:30 Farm To Fork 4:00 Everyday

Gourmet 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) 5:00 10 News First 6:30 The Project (PG) 7:30 The Traitors (M) 8:30 Have You

Been Paying Attention? (M) 9:30 Ghosts (M) 10:00 Geraldine Hickey: What A Surprise (M)

12:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (PG)

1:00 The Code (PG) 2:00 Blood &

Treasure (M v) 3:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 3:30

The Love Boat (PG) 4:30 Star Trek: The Next Generation (PG) 5:30 MacGyver (PG) 7:30

NCIS (M) 10:20 Elementary (M v) 11:15 LA’s

Finest (M v) 12:15 Home Shopping

3:00 The Nanny (PG) 3:30

Everybody Loves Raymond (PG)

5:30 The Nanny (PG) 6:00 3rd Rock From The Sun (PG) 6:30 That 70’s Show (PG) 7:00

Young Sheldon (PG) 7:30 RBT (PG) 8:30

Movie: “American Sniper” (MA15+) (’14)

Stars: Bradley Cooper

4:20 ABC America This Week 5:15 Shortland Street (PG) 5:45 The Joy

Of Painting With Bob Ross (PG) 6:15 Forged In Fire (PG) 7:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 7:30 NITV News Update 7:35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 8:30 Dark Side Of The 90s (M) 9:25 PEN15 (MA15+) 10:40 VICE (M)

1:50

Bizarre Pet Vets (PG)

8:00 Take 5 With Zan Rowe (PG) 8:30 Tom Gleeson’s Secrets Of The Australian Museum (PG)

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Trust” (M s,v) (’09) Stars: Jamie Luner 2:00 The Real Manhunter (M v) 3:00 The Chase UK (PG) 4:00 Seven News At 4 5:00 The Chase Australia (PG) 6:00 Seven News 7:00 Home And Away (PG) 7:30 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly (PG) 8:30 The Good Doctor (M v) 9:30 10 Years Younger In 10 Days (M) 10:30 The Latest Seven News 11:00 Chicago Fire (M)

3:00 Shipping Wars (PG) 3:30 Down East Dickering (PG) 4:30 Scrap Kings (PG) 5:30 American Restoration (PG) 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30 Highway Patrol (PG) 8:30 Aussie Salvage Squad (PG) 9:30 Outback Truckers (PG) 10:30 Hustle & Tow (M)

3:00 The Wonder Gang 3:30 Play School 4:00 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! 4:35 Mecha Builders 5:00 Love Monster 5:30 Kiri And Lou 6:05 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 6:25 Alva’s World 7:00 Grace’s Amazing Machines 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:00 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 8:30 TBA

6:00

(PG)

12:30 The King Of Queens (PG) 1:30 Seinfeld (PG) 3:00 The King Of Queens (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 9:30 Mom (M d,s) 11:10 Frasier (PG) 12:00 Home Shopping 1:30 The Late Show (PG)

3:00 ABC News Afternoons 4:00 Afternoon Briefing 5:00 ABC News Hour 6:00 ABC Evening News 7:00 ABC National News 7:30 7.30 8:00 ABC News Tonight 8:45

Hot hatch in demand

Toyota opens orders for its GR Yaris hot hatch after a 15-month pause

Toyota Australia will resume orders for its GR Yaris hot hatch on November 10 after over whelming demand for the motor sport-derived model prompted a sales pause in July of last year.

The Japanese importer said that with all original orders for the GR Yaris fulfilled, it had now secured access to additional supply. The bad news, however, is that there are only 160 examples up for grabs.

Toyota Australia said that, as was the case at launch, demand for the GR

Yaris was expected to exceed supply.

Toyota Australia vice president of sales, marketing and franchise oper ations Sean Hanley said the number of orders able to be taken by dealers would match their given allocation during the next 12 months.

He said customers should be advised that not all dealers would have vehi cles available.

“When we first launched the GR Yaris, we believed it would generate plenty of interest, but even we were surprised at the phenomenal level of customer demand,” he said

“So, we have worked hard with our parent company in Japan during the past 12 months to secure these addi tional 160 vehicles.

“Together with the GR Supra, re cently launched GR86 and forthcom ing GR Corolla, we have the most exciting family of performance cars ever available in our line-up.”

The GR Yaris range is priced as be fore with the standard variant available from $49,500 plus on-road costs and the up-spec GR Yaris Rallye priced from $54,500 plus on-road costs.

Minor specification changes include

a broader colour palette for the GR Yaris Rallye – which is now avail able in frosted white, glacier white, tarmac black and feverish red – and the removal of the individual number build plaque.

Otherwise, the GR Yaris is unchanged with the same 200kW-370Nm turbo charged 1.6-litre three-cylinder petrol engine and GR-FOUR all-wheel-drive system as before.

Alongside the GR Yaris, Toyota Australia announced the long-awaited GR Supra manual would also be avail able from November 10, marking the

first time the performance coupe has been offered with a three-pedal option in its current generation.

The GR Supra, GR Yaris and GR 86 was showcased alongside the all-new GR Corolla at the Repco Bathurst 1000 from October 6 to 10, giving motorsport fans their first chance to see the quartet together.

As reported previously by GoAuto, the Toyota GR Corolla will go on sale in Australia from the first quarter of next year, with 500 units secured for the first year of production.

– Matt Brogan

Strong sales in September

Federal Chamber of Automo tive Industries, FCAI, figures released last week show new ve hicle sales for September are up 12.3 percent on the same month last year, with 93,555 vehicles sold.

The number brings the year-to-date tally to 811,130 units, giving hope that the Australian new car market will again break the one-million-unit barrier in 2022.

There were 24.6 selling days in September 2022 compared with 25.6 in September 2021, resulting in an increase of 548.7 units a day.

FCAI chief executive Tony Weber said supplies of new cars into the Australian market were showing signs of improvement.

However, he cautioned logistical and supply chain issues remained prob lematic as the global automotive mar ket recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic.

For September, Toyota again topped the Australian sales charts with a total 14,852 vehicles sold, more than dou ble that of second-placed Kia’s 7290 unit sales.

Mazda ranked third with 7259 unit

sales ahead of Mitsubishi, 6784, and Ford, 6635.

The passenger vehicle market was again down in September, while sales of SUV and light commercial vehicles continued to grow.

Unsurprisingly, the Toyota HiLux was Australia’s best-selling new car once again, with 5170 registrations recorded for the month.

Ford’s new-generation Ranger is fast catching the Toyota ute, however, with 4890 unit sales chalked up for the month that was.

In a surprise twist, and mirroring a similar trend in New Zealand, the Tesla Model Y proved hard to beat.

The electric SUV tallied 4359 unit sales across September, leading the Mazda CX-5, 2439, and Mitsubishi Triton, 2319.

Mr Weber said the number of battery electric vehicles sold in September signalled that a growing number of Australians were committed to decar bonising their transport choices.

“During September, 7247 battery electric vehicles were sold, more than hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles combined. Year-to-date 21,771 bat tery electric vehicles have been sold,” he said.

“While the overall market share of battery electric vehicles remains low at 2.7 percent, there is a clear market trend towards zero emission technol ogy.”

Mr Weber said the release of these figures followed the Federal Govern ment’s call for submissions in its recent National Electric Vehicle Strat egy Consultation Paper.

“Car-makers are encouraged by the release of this discussion paper. Australia’s pathway to decarbonis ing light transport is complex and required a holistic policy framework,” he said.

“This paper addresses many of the issues that will need to be resolved.

“Any future policy and regulation needs to be developed within the con

text of vehicle price, model availabil ity and battery supply; and supported through the rollout of charging infra structure and consumer incentives.

“The policy objective is to lower emissions, and we look forward to offering practical guidance to the gov ernment about how to navigate this pathway.”

Mr Weber’s September VFACTS report also detailed country of origin figures, showing China had risen to become the third largest supplier of vehicles to the Australian market with 14,889 units across the past month.

Japan, 23,880, and Thailand, 20,363, remain Australia’s largest new-vehicle suppliers.

Across the states and territories, the ACT made the biggest move forward

in September with new vehicle sales up 67.7 percent to 1498 units. Sales were also up in NSW, 20.8 percent to 28,945 units, Victoria, 23.8 percent to 25,367 units and Queensland, 2.9 percent to 20,634 units.

All remaining states and territories recorded a decline in sales, with the Northern Territory falling 9.8 percent to 832 units, South Australia dropping 2.2 percent to 6005 units, Tasmania down 0.9 percent to 1630 units, and Western Australia slipping 6.0 percent to 8644 units.

Heavy commercial vehicle sales were up 6.5 percent in September over the same time last year with 256 units sold nationally.

– Matt Brogan

HONED RANGER: Ford’s latest light commercial offering is closing the gap on Toyota, now just 300 units shy of the best-selling HiLux.

Hyundai delivers on long range

Overcoming range anxiety is a prime focus for electric vehi cle-makers as they work to con quer any potential buyer purchase impediments.

But Hyundai has just put the issue to rest with its Ioniq 6 electrified stream liner verified as being capable of de livering 614 kilometres of all-electric range per charge, WLTP.

That range is roughly equal to a current, economical petrol-powered small car, depending on tank size.

Ioniq 6 customers will benefit from Hyundai Motor Group’s commitment to develop advanced battery technol ogy that enables stress-free driving performance and long range.

With WLTP-rated energy consump tion of 13.9kWh-100km, the Ioniq 6 will be one of the most energyefficient electric vehicles, EVs, on the market when it goes on sale later this year in select markets in Europe and next year in Australia.

Hyundai Motor Company’s head of sub-mid project management centre Jae Ho Huh said from the start of Ioniq 6’s development, the company set its sights on making it the leading all-electric range EV.

“To become the global leader in electric vehicles, we are committed to providing the best possible EV per formance and ownership experience,” he said.

The Ioniq 6’s impressive all-electric range performance is made possible in large part by Hyundai Motor Group’s dedicated architecture for EVs, the Electric Global Modular Platform, EGMP, and the electrified streamliner’s ultra-low wind resistance.

E-GMP, which already underpins some new Hyundai-Genesis products, delivers optimal electric performance

and provides 800V ultra-fast charging from 10 to 80 percent in 18 minutes and supports 400V charging without the need for additional components or adapters.

Having a platform specifically for EVs also means Hyundai Motor Group is better able to design vehicles to best meet passengers’ needs.

With E-GMP, the Ioniq 6 can be a

workstation or a portable V2L power bank on wheels, creating new usage scenarios to fit customers’ diverse, onthe-go lifestyles.

As well as efficient powertrain de sign and a degree of weight reduction, Hyundai maximised Ioniq 6’s all-elec tric driving range through extensive aerodynamic design and engineering.

The vehicle’s drag coefficient of

0.21 is the lowest in the company’s vehicle line-up and one of the lowest in the industry.

The model’s streamlined appearance and various design elements, such as an active air flap, wheel air curtains, integrated rear spoiler and wheel gap reducers, significantly enhanced Ioniq 6’s aerodynamic performance, placing it among the sleekest, most slippery vehicles worldwide.

Attention to detail on the body yield ed positive results in particular, wheel gap reducers minimise the empty space between the front bumper and tyres to improve aerodynamic perfor mance around the wheel wells.

This made it possible for the electri fied streamliner to provide a longer wheelbase for passengers’ ride com fort while simultaneously overcoming the aerodynamic challenges caused by its short front overhang.

Hyundai Motor Company’s head of total vehicle performance develop ment centre Byung Hoon Min said the company ‘put every effort’ into designing the most efficient car in the EV segment.

“Our focus on improving aerody namics helped to achieve one of the longest all-electric range vehicles available, which will reduce custom ers’ EV range anxiety and help grow the segment.”

– Peter Barnwell

VERIFIED: Hyundai’s Ioniq

electrified streamliner is capable of delivering 614 kilometres of all-electric range

Alfa Romeo marks a new era

Alfa Romeo revealed Australi an pricing for its Tonale SUV last week, the hybridised model marking what the 112-year-old brand says is its metamorphosis to a new era of connectivity and electrification.

Named after one of Italy’s highest mountain passes, the Tonale main tains classic Alfa Romeo styling cues including the V-shaped Scudetto grille and five-hole wheels, but with a brand-first 1.5-litre four-cylinder tur bo-petrol engine coupled to a sevenspeed dual-clutch transmission and 48V mild hybrid system.

Priced from $49,900 plus on-road costs in Ti grade and $56,400 plus onroad costs in Veloce trim, the Alfa Ro meo Tonale is due to arrive in Austral ian showrooms from February 2023.

The duo will be joined by a plug-in hybrid variant later in the year.

For now, the hybridised duo delivers Tonale customers 118kW of power at 5750rpm and 240Nm of torque from 1500rpm.

Alfa Romeo says the driveline is a ‘unique offering in the segment’ al lowing ‘diesel-like fuel economy of 5.6 litres per 100 kilometres’.

Like many hybrid vehicles, the Ton ale can be driven in EV mode at lower speeds, but uses its 15kW electric motor primarily for silent starts, ac celeration assistance and to recover

energy when decelerating or braking.

Alfa Romeo says the Tonale’s cabin is inspired by past racing models and ‘promotes passion and driveability’.

Sporty touches including Alcantara upholstery, leatherette finishes and Al fa’s new Cannocchiale 12.3-inch digi tal instrument cluster comes standard, as does a 10.25-inch touchscreen info tainment array. Connectivity features include wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

The Tonale is further equipped with a comprehensive array of driver as

sistance and security systems includ ing a 360-degree camera, ‘Level 2’ autonomous driving capabilities, My Alfa Connect mobile phone app, LED adaptive matrix headlights with wel come and goodbye gesture adaptive driving beam technology.

Alfa Romeo has also equipped the Tonale with brake-by-wire technology that it says ‘guarantees a strong pedal feel, immediate response and added safety benefits’.

The chassis further benefits from Koni-sourced frequency selective

TESTED:

Based on a modified version of the Fiat 500X-500L, Jeep Compass and Renegade platform, the Alfa Romeo scored a fivestar EuroNCAP safety rating when tested in July. Alfa Romeo says the model will be further assessed by ANCAP later this year.

dampers and electrically assisted steering.

For Tonale Ti variants, standard equipment includes a gloss black body kit and wing mirrors, 18-inch alloy wheels, leather steering wheel with engine starter button, soft-touch dash board pad with beige stitching, 60:40 split-fold rear seats, black headlining, front and rear floor mats and alu minium pedals.

Additional technology and conveni ence features include a six-speaker audio system with digital radio recep

VEHICLE

tion, Alfa Connect Services with voice assistance, wireless device charging pad, front and rear USB A and C ports, keyless entry and ignition, dual-zone climate control and manually adjust able front seats.

Safety equipment extends to adap tive cruise control, high beam assist, forward collision warning, auto emer gency braking, lane support system, driver attention detection, six airbags, traffic sign recognition with speed assist, front and rear parking sensors, tyre pressure monitoring and a spare wheel.

Meanwhile, the Tonale Veloce grade adds a Dark Miron finish to the grille and body kit, privacy glass, gloss black window frames, Brembo brake calipers in red, and 19-inch alloy wheels.

Inside, the high-grade variant fea tures perforated black Alcantara and leatherette upholstery with embroi dered Biscione logo and red stitching, red accenting on the door cards and centre console, aluminium door sills and gear shift paddles.

Safety and driver assistance features include ‘Level 2’ autonomous driving with traffic jam assist, side parking sensors, a 360-degree camera, blind spot detection with rear cross path alert, adaptive suspension and electro chromatic rear-view mirrors.

Matt Brogan

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90th Birthday

Kath Reynolds

Wishing you a very happy

Birthday for

Peter, Nani, Leeane, James, Kirby, Dan, Jake, Kerryn, Gavin, Danielle, Ashlea, Jordie, Chloe, Josh

~ FREAK ~ Raymond (Ray) Morris

Passed away peacefully on 3-10-2022

Reunited with loved ones and playing the great game of golf once more.

Will be sadly missed.

Love Robert, Jane, Chloe, Emily and Harry

GREIG, Howard William 20-08-1934 to 6-10-2022

Passed away at Wimmera Base Hospital.

FISCHER, Gwen

The Funeral Service for Mrs Gwen Fischer will be held at St Andrew’s Uniting Church, Horsham, Friday October 14th commencing at 1pm

Interment to follow at the Horsham Lawn Cemetery.

Thank you

~ CLYNE ~ David

9-6-1940 to 13-8-2022

We wish to extend our sincere thanks for your compassion, phone calls, flowers, visits, food, cards and support upon the passing of our dear Dad, Pa and father-in-law.

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Katie and Ryan together with their parents, Leanne & Peter, Jack & Nano and Narelle & Garry are thrilled to announce their engagement to family and friends on 7-10-22.

Loved Husband of Beryl. Father of Garry, Kaylene and David and their families.

“Loving memories are ours to keep”

Horsham & District Funerals

Amity Perovic & Dylan Hartwich 5382 1149 NFDA

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GREIG, Howard William

The Funeral Service for Mr Howard William Greig will be held at the Dimboola Cemetery, Thursday October 13th commencing at 2pm.

Refreshments to follow at the Dimboola Bowling Club.

Many thanks also to David’s caregivers, doctors, nurses, Jenny Ellis and the Horsham Palliative Care team, SJOG Ballarat, Grampians Health Horsham, Pastor Gus, Heather and the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Horsham and Horsham & District Funerals.

We truly appreciate your kindness and care.

“A special smile, a special face, In our hearts, a special place. Memories are a gift to treasure, Ours of you will last forever.”

Mark, Tamara, Katrina and families

Amity Perovic & Dylan Hartwich 5382 1149 NFDA

FISCHER, Gwen 16-7-1930 to 7-10-2022

Passed away peacefully at home.

Loved mother of Wes, Colin, David and Neil.

Grandmother to 9 grandchildren & 10 great grandchildren.

Wife of Harold (dec).

“Loved and remembered always, treasured memories are ours to keep”

Horsham & District Funerals

Amity Perovic & Dylan Hartwich 5382 1149 NFDA

~ FREAK ~

Raymond Morris

Passed away peacefully at Trinity Manor on October 3, 2022, aged 87 years.

Dearly loved husband of Sylvia (dec).

Loving father and fatherin-law of Karen & Graham; Paul (dec) & Sheryl; Leonne; Margaret; Robert & Jane; Janice & Peter; Vanessa & Phillip.

Adored Pa to all his grandchildren, great grandchildren & great great grandchildren.

Reunited with loved ones

In God’s care

JOYCE, L.K.M. ‘Keith’ of Warracknabeal on October 6, 2022

Loved husband of Bev.

Loved father & father-in-law of Leanne & Henry, Michelle, Alan & Robyn and their families.

~ O’LOUGHLIN ~ Pamela Dawn (nee Golder) 30-01-49 to 1-10-2022

Daughter of the late Annie and Neil Golder.

Sister and sister-in-law of Elaine and David (dec), Rex and Margaret, Kath (dec) and Marlene.

Beloved Aunty of Tania, Norelle, Sharon and Des; Tony, Wayne (dec), Craig and Paul; Lessa, Brett and Jacinta, Matthew and Kristy.

Resting peacefully with her boy

~ O’LOUGHLIN ~ Pamela Dawn (nee Golder)

30-01-49 to 1-10-2022

You gave us years of happiness

Then sorrow came with tears

You left us lovely memories

We will treasure through the years

Marlene, Matt and Kristy

JOYCE, Keith

The funeral of Mr Keith Joyce will leave the Uniting Church Warracknabeal (Anglican Service) on Monday October 17, 2022 after a service commencing at 11am for the Warracknabeal Lawn Cemetery.

W.B. Gardiner & Son Funeral Directors Warracknabeal 0407 340 064

Thank you

~ HUTCHINSON ~ Ian

A big thank you for all your cards, flowers, phone calls and expressions of sympathy following the passing of our loved husband, father and grandfather.

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Greyhound Racing Club will conduct 10 race meetings in a jampacked racing calendar across the coming five-and-a-half weeks.

Race meetings will run in a variety of timeslots – many of which are foreign to nor mal Horsham Tuesday programs.

In addition to three regular Tuesday programs are two Sunday day meetings, one Saturday night, two Monday twilight, one Wednesday twilight and one Thursday day meeting.

It is a credit to the club and, more important ly, the track staff with figures from Greyhound Racing Victoria confirming the Horsham track as one of the safest tracks for racing grey hounds in the state.

Animal welfare is always front of mind. Greyhounds are incredible athletes and prepar ing the best possible track conditions for them is priority number one.

Saturday, October 15, with the first race about 5.45pm, and Sunday, October 30 and Sunday, November 20, with the first races about 11.30am, will provide the perfect op portunity for people to experience the thrill of greyhound racing up close and personal. Entry is free and food and drinks are available.

Tuesday last week saw the Fullerton team of Red Cliffs produce a winning treble to cap off a huge week for the kennel, returning six winners and multiple placegetters.

Show The Magic was first to greet the judge, winning the Palace Hotel Warracknabeal maiden event in a flying 23:11sec.

This made up for the disappointment of his narrow defeat in the maiden final seven days earlier where he went down by a nose.

This week, he left nothing to chance, jump ing well and once he led the race it was a formality. The smart pup went home four-andhalf lengths the better of Cruisin Blaze for Heather Baxter, Murtoa.

Miracle Belle and Pressure Rising then both made it two wins on the bounce each.

The team also found success on Wednesday at Bendigo when Blaze of Fire, the litter broth er to Show The Magic, secured victory across the 424-metre trip.

Almost weekly the Fullertons make the eight-hour return trip from Red Cliffs to race their team of greyhounds and will usually travel to other tracks once or twice within the same week to give their greyhounds the best placements and opportunities to win and prog ress through their grades.

It is also nothing for them to load up and drive to Horsham just to trial their dogs on a Friday in preparation for racing.

Smiling Olive for Andrea Gurry, Nhill, made it two wins on the bounce with victory at War rnambool on Thursday night, coming from be hind to win in 22:29sec over the 3900metres; then following that run with a bold front-run ning display at Horsham across the 410-metre in Mixed Grade 4 and 5 in 23:22sec.

Swimmers shine in Darwin

Wimmera swimmers showed their class in the pool against regional Australia’s best last week, pocketing a swathe of medals and recording person al-best times.

After setting required qualify ing times, Horsham swimmers Tom Urquhart, Jacob Matus chka and Jack Lanyon were invited to compete at the 2022 Country Swimming Champion ships.

The championships, hosted in Darwin, Northern Territory, for an inaugural year of com petition, pitted Australia’s best swimmers from exclusively re gional clubs against each other in a four-day event.

Horsham Sharks Swimming Club head coach Mark Urqu hart said two Sharks, Urqu hart and Matuschka, as well as Horsham-based Ballarat Gold swimmer Lanyon, raced in their respective age groups to claim 10 medals between them.

Long-distance specialist Tom, 14, won two bronze medals in open-age distance events.

“Jake, Tom and Jack all achieved Victorian state age qualification times at this meet and Jack achieved a couple of national age qualification times too,” Urquhart said.

“Tom is hoping to qualify for the national open water cham pions, hosted on a five-kilome

tre course in Busselton, West ern Australia, in January and Jacob has set his sights on re gional-Victorian and Victorian state championships in January and March.”

Results: Jacob Matuschka, 16-years category, 200m indi vidual medley, bronze; 100m breaststroke, bronze. Jack Lan yon, 15-years, 50m backstroke, silver. Tom Urquhart, 14-years, 200m breaststroke, gold; 100m breaststroke, gold; 200m indi vidual medley gold; 50m back stroke, silver; 50m breaststroke, bronze.

Tom also won bronze medals in men’s 13-and-over 1500m and 800m freestyle events.

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SUCCESS: Horsham swimmers Jacob Matuschka, left, and Tom Urquhart show off their medal haul, while Jack Lanyon, right, stands proudly with his silver medal.

Manning wins feature race

BY TONY LOGAN

Stawell

Harness Racing Club

conducted a great day’s rac ing in spite of the chilly, wet weather on Wednesday after noon, highlighted by two fea ture contests – The Maori Leg end for two-year-old trotters and the Kaye Matthews Tribute.

Great Western trainer Peter Man ning captured The Maori Legend when talented filly Valerie Lane trotted faultlessly throughout the 2180-metre journey to record an all-the-way victory with Kerryn Manning in charge of the reins.

The daughter of Father Patrick, US, and Valsue scored by 5.2 me tres from Dichotomy, Greg Sugars, with Uptown Lad, Leigh Sutton, and took her record to four wins and a second from only five starts.

The winner’s rate of 2.03.4 is the fastest of nine editions of The Maori Legend conducted from the mobile and points to plenty more in store for the filly’s connections.

Elliminyt owner-trainer Julie Bri macombe collected the cash in the Kaye Matthews Tribute when her seven-year-old gelding Hook Eye Joe finished the strongest to record a runaway victory in the all-female drivers affair.

Kerryn Manning was trapped wide with her charge early on and

eased to the tail of the field for the first lap-and-a-half of the 1785-me tre dash.

With the frontrunners setting a solid tempo, Manning waited until the 700m mark before letting loose and had them all covered at the top of the home stretch.

It was Hook Eye Joe’s seventh career victory and capped off a great day for Brimacombe after sta blemate Eli Joe, Jackie Barker, had saluted in the $7000 Eck’s Electrics Pace earlier in the afternoon.

Success for Blake

Stawell trainer Chris Blake found success with five-year-old mare Tic Tact in a $7000 NR up to 54

Pace at Maryborough on Thursday.

Awkwardly placed at the bell, four back on the pegs, driver Ryan Sanderson managed to find clean air with 650m to go and Tic Tact responded with a fine finishing burst to score by seven metres in a rate of 1:56.7.

It was back-to-back celebrations for the McLean, Bennett and Blake families after Tic Tact saluted at Horsham recently.

Bellman in circle Ararat horseman Michael Bell man also made the winner’s circle at Maryborough courtesy of the inform seven-year-old mare Majestic Pride.

TALENTED DUO: Valerie Lane and Kerryn

Manning head back to the stalls after their victory in the $14,000 ‘The Maori

Legend’ at Stawell last week. Picture: Mark Percival, Stawell Harness Racing Club

Starting from the outside of the second row, Bellman pushed Ma jestic Pride through the front liners early on and assumed control at the head of affairs before they had gone half a lap.

One in front, Majestic Pride bowled along as she pleased and cruised to the line untouched, 11 metres clear of her rivals to post her ninth career victory for Ararat breeder-owners Gary and Tracey Hull.

Bellman has done a mighty job with the formerly ‘hit or miss’ mare, evidenced with four wins and two seconds from her past seven starts.

New format for Grampians

Grampians Cricket Association will start its 2022-23 season on October 22 under a new format.

The format will see a complete round of oneday games between every team, and then a division of clubs into an A and B grouping for the rest of the season.

Grampians Cricket Association pennant was forced into lateral thinking after three clubs entered into recession following its annual meeting.

Navarre, Buangor-Tatyoon and Youth Club all notified the association executive they were un able to field teams. Rhymney-Moyston entered a second team, meaning a net loss of two teams to the competition.

Navarre and Youth Club were foundation members of Grampians Cricket Association; while Tatyoon was the last surviving member of the Mininera Cricket Association to join the Grampians when that association disbanded.

Both Navarre and Tatyoon are more than 100 years old, with their only break being in World War II when sports were suspended.

Both Tatyoon and Youth Club enjoyed periods of dominance in the A Grade competition, with Tatyoon and Youth Club winning 12 and nine McDonald Shields respectively.

The biggest surprise was the downfall of Buangor-Tatyoon, who was the past two sea sons’ A Grade minor premier only to succumb to Swifts-Great Western in the final.

The first round will see the clubs with two teams play one another, while St Andrews will play Chalambar. Pomonal has a bye.

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District champions crowned

Tim Coffey has done it again.

It came down to one stroke by the end of mens’ play at Nhill Golf Club at the weekend, as the Wimmera’s best golfers battled it out in the 2022 Wimmera District Championships. Coffey, from Stawell, again claimed the championship’s 36-hole scratch event with his score of 144, one stroke ahead of runner-up, home-town golfer Trevor Polkinghorn who finished with 145.

In the women’s 36-hole scratch, Libby Lacey claimed the title, while Horsham’s Amanda Brownsea won

the women’s 18-hole scratch. In the men’s 18-hole A-Grade event, Nhill’s Mick Purchase trumped the field. Other winners throughout one of the Wimmera’s biggest days in golf were: Richard Dalton, Nhill, men’s 36-hole nett winner, Marg Taylor, Horsham, nett women’s 36-hole winner and Jean Clarke, Nhill, women’s 18-hole nett. Nhill’s Kim Croot won the men’s 18-hole B Grade title, Edenhope’s George Taylor won the men’s 18-hole C Grade event and Heath Braybrook was announced junior champion.

WINNING FORM: Libby Lacey won the Wimmera District Championships women’s 36-hole scratch event at Nhill Golf Club at the weekend. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER

Lisa Jakobi, Horsham

Heath Braybrook, Nhill

Caleb Bretherton, Stawell

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teams in Horsham cricket

BY ABBY WALTER

Horsham Cricket Associa tion has welcomed four new senior teams to the pitch ahead of the 2022-23 season.

Natimuk is returning to the fold with a C Grade team after not fielding a side for several years.

Noradjuha-Toolondo Bullants are introducing a B Grade team, while Homers and Jung have each added a C Grade team to the competition.

Horsham Cricket Association president Travis Hair said with four new teams it was great to have another 50 people in the local cricket competition.

“The more people we have play ing the better,” he said.

“It’s also good to have a few more teams in the junior competi tion this year, too.

“Things are looking up for the season, and while the draws have been hard with the new additions, I want to congratulate the clubs on extending.”

The season hits off on Satur day with A Grade Twenty20 dou ble-headers at Minyip and Rupa nyup recreation reserves.

Rupanyup-Minyip will face the Bullants at 1pm and Homers at 4.15pm at Minyip. West Wimmera will play Homers at 1pm and Jung at 4.15pm at Rupanyup.

The B Grade and C Grade com petitions start on October 22 with one day games.

The A Grade Twenty20 compe tition will continue until Novem ber 6 when one day competition begins.

The Twenty20 grand final will be on December 11.

Two day games will start on December 10 for all grades, with the association taking a Christmas break from December 17 to Janu ary 14.

The one day grand final will be on February 5, and two day semi-finals on March 11 and 12, followed by a grand final on March 18 and 19.

Hair said teams would have to be flexible with game locations as rain continued to affect grounds.

“It’s not so much the wickets that are affected but a lot of the grounds are wet, slippery and boggy,” he said.

“A lot of the turf wickets won’t be ready for the start of the season – Horsham City Oval should be ready towards the end of Novem ber and Coughlin Park and Dudley Cornell Park should be ready in a few weeks.

“It’s no-one’s fault, but the cold, wet weather which has made the grounds muddy. It’s hard to grow grass for the pitches in the cold.

“Until the rain clears out, we might have to move some games around – it will mean a bit of shuf fling but we want to get as many people playing as we can.”

Hair said a women’s competition continues to be a work in progress.

“We have had some interest in a women’s competition so we are continuing to work on the logistics of that,” he said.

“We want to make sure it’s done properly, so we are hoping to get it off the ground towards the end of this year or early next year.”

Hair said he wanted to wish all teams and players luck for the season and was looking forward to seeing some new faces out on the pitch.

Young leads state team to win

Chalambar Bowls Club star Christopher Young has led the Victorian senior bowls team to victory in a dominant display of championship lawn bowls.

Young skippered Victoria’s leading rink of four bowlers in Broadbeach, Queensland, to seven wins from seven games, as his squad led Victoria’s threerink charge to the championship.

The collective Victorian team of 12 bowlers recorded only a single loss for the series to collect the competition’s first national honours since 2019, before COVID-restriction cancellations wiped 2020 and 2021 championship meets.

Young said his rink gelled well as a team and found themselves unchallenged by their state-level competitors through out the five-day event.

“As a four, we produced some amazing results, which obviously assisted the en tire Victorian team,” he said.

“Victoria won the mens and overall championship in 2019, and this year we won the mens, overall and womens titles,” he said.

“It was a pretty special five days of bowls for Victoria.”

Young said it was a great feeling to head back to his small bowls club outside of Ararat, Chalambar, knowing he made his teammates proud of what his Victorian side achieved.

“The 2023 championships will be in Perth in September, with state trials set for midyear. So obviously you need to keep your hand in it and keep playing good bowls to be selected again,” he said.

SUCCESS: State bowls champions, back row from left, David Donaldson, Mick West, Ian Brimblecombe, Steve Shennen, Colin Vandenveel, Nick Dawe, manager Jodi Neville, coach Ian Ewing, Tony Schiavello and Mike Pearce, and front, Ray Jansen, Christopher Young, Steve Sullivan and Tom Ristic.

Tight sets in season start

BY ABBY WALTER

The first round of Central Wimmera Tennis Asso ciation was a family affair at Quantong courts on Saturday.

Family unit Paige, Ella, Tahlia, Dylan, Maree and Brett Thomp son took to the court for Horsh am Lawn Thompson, competing against Horsham Lawn Dorman in A Special competition.

Maree Thompson said it would probably be the only time the family got to play all together.

“Tahlia plays in pennant and they had the bye. We were short, so both teams pulled one play er each down from the pennant team for the day,” she said.

“We thought it would be a real ly good opportunity for us all to play together in the same team for once.

“Last year we all got to play together except for Tahlia, and we kept saying it would have been really nice for us to all play together, and now we have.

“It’s really great to play with all your kids having watched them develop and grow up in the sport.”

Horsham Lawn Thompson and Horsham Lawn Dorman tied for sets, however three games set Dorman apart to win in round one.

Tahlia Thompson, Bridie Fee han and Shane Gillespie won all their games, with a mixed bag of results for both teams all day.

In pennant, Central Park and Kalkee are the first two teams to put wins on the board.

Central Park defeated Drung South, seven sets to five, how ever only won five more games for the day.

Willow Sainsbury and Sue Walter managed to hang on for

Central Park to defeat Kate-Lyn Perkin and Yolanda Francis by one.

Perkin staged a comeback to win a tiebreaker with Mar li Pymer against Sainsbury and Adele Joseph, while Francis and Pymer went down in the final tie-breaker to Walter and Joseph.

Kalkee also won seven sets to five, with a 14-game margin over St Michaels.

Kalkee’s Hayley Thomas is the

only player who won all three sets for the day.

Set scores varied with none closer than a two-game margin.

Thomas and Steve Schultz had the biggest margins of the day, both winning their singles by seven games.

This week, in round two, Kalkee will play Central Park and Horsham Lawn will play St Michaels. Drung South has the bye.

Round one results

Seniors

Pennant: Central Park 7-69 d Drung South 5-64, Kalkee 7-77 d St Michaels 5-63.

A Special: Kalkee 7-89 drew with Natimuk 7-89, Telan gatuk East 13-109 d Haven 1-41, Drung South 9-94 d Homers 5-65, Central Park 9-83 d Brimpaen 5-59, Horsh am Lawn Dorman 7-86 d Horsham Lawn Thompson 7-83.

A Grade: Haven 6-84 d Horsham Lawn Bardell 6-68, Drung South 7-82 d Central Park 5-73, Horsham Lawn O’Connor 11-95 d Homers 1-42.

B Special: Laharum 7-80 d St Michaels 5-64, Central Park 7-71 d Natimuk 5-64, Horsham Lawn 10-93 d Haven 2-51.

Juniors

Open: Central Park 3-27 drew with Natimuk Yellow 3-27, Horsham Lawn Gold 4-31 d Horsham Lawn Green 2-22, Natimuk Blue 5-31 d Homers 1-14.

Section 1 Boys: Natimuk 4-34 d Haven 2-20, Central Park 6-36 d Quantong 0-21.

Section 1 Girls: Horsham Lawn 5-33 d Homers 1-18, Haven Red 4-32 d Haven Purple 2-24.

Section 2 Boys: Horsham Lawn White 6-36 d Homers White 0-15, Central Park 6-36 d Horsham Lawn Green 0-8, Homers Red 4-33 d Haven 2-20.

Section 2 Girls: Horsham Lawn White 5-35 d Homers 1-20, Horsham Lawn Gold 3-30 d Haven 3-27, Central Park 4-30 d Horsham Lawn Green 2-20.

Section 3 Boys: Horsham Lawn Gold 3-31 d Haven 3-20, Horsham Lawn White v Horsham Lawn Green, washout.

Section 3 Girls: Horsham Lawn White 5-33 d Natimuk 1-14, Horsham Lawn Gold v Haven and Horsham Lawn Green v Homers, washout.

Section 4 Boys: Haven 4-2 d Natimuk 2-30, Horsham Lawn White v Horsham Lawn Red, washout.

Section 4 Girls: Central Park 6-36 d Homers 0-10, Horsh am Lawn Gold 4-29 d Haven Orange 2-20, Horsham Lawn White v Horsham Lawn Green, washout.

Match Play Section 5: Natimuk 5-20 d Horsham Lawn Green 1-14, Horsham Lawn Yellow 3-20 d Central Park 3-14, Horsham Lawn Red 6-24 d Haven 0-6, Horsham Lawn Pink v Horsham Lawn Gold and Horsham Lawn Pur ple v Horsham Lawn White, washout.

Match Play Section 6: Homers 6-24 d Horsham Lawn Red 0-12, Natimuk 6-24 d Horsham Lawn Green 0-5, Horsham Lawn White 5-21 d Haven 1-10, Central Park 5-23 d Horsham Lawn Orange 1-13, Horsham Lawn Blue v Horsham Lawn Gold, washout.

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FAMILY AFFAIR: From left, Paige, Ella, Maree, Tahlia, Brett and Dylan Thompson made history by playing in the same tennis team for Horsham Lawn. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER

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Horsham milestone

BY MICHAEL SCALZO

After three years of nothing but the sound of the track, Horsham Cup jockeys will hear the noise of the crowd as they hit the straight this weekend.

Sunday’s cup event will be the first to allow crowds and eager punters through its gates since its pre-pan demic run in 2019.

The cup is one of the last in an annual line of showcase events in the Wimmera to welcome people back to the fold after an easement of pan demic restrictions this year.

Horsham Racing Club president Jason Merlo said he expected up to 2000 punters and dressed-up social ites to attend the day’s festivities.

“Obviously, crowds will be depen dent on the weather, but we can’t wait to have people back,” he said.

“There are a few bands playing throughout the day, one in the mem bers area and another in general admission. There will be food vans and of course the return of fashions on the field.

“The actual winners’ cup this year will be something special, celebrat ing 15 years of Millers sponsorship of Horsham Cup – it is a lovely piece of crystal with a hefty bit of weight to it.”

Racing couple Christine Puls and Dean Yendall, no strangers to the day

or winning silverware, will take to the track as competitors on Sunday.

Puls said away from the track, the pair relished the opportunity to be each other’s mentor. But at the track, each would race with victory in mind.

“Sometimes it is good to talk about what went on in the race, and mentor each other a bit, but once that is done, we have other things to talk about. We get back to running a family,” she said.

Support

Puls said the supportive nature of their riding relationship was replicat ed across the wider riding cohort who all shared in each other’s successes despite fierce competition.

“The riding ranks in Victoria all realise it is a tough game. So, when others ride a winner, it is fantastic,” she said.

“It is still very competitive – from the time we jump out until we hit the line, we are there for ourselves. But before and after the race we are all good mates. However, if Dean loses to me on Sunday, he must buy dinner.”

Yendall returned to competitive riding this year after a fall at a Terang race meeting in December 2021 when he fractured vertebrae in his spine and neck.

He made his comeback at Bendigo in August after eight months of sur

gery and recovery, a process he said was mentally and physically tough.

“I thought about not riding at all, but I don’t know anything else. When I fell, I was ready for a break and I thought maybe I was done with horses – I thought perhaps I should concentrate on golf,” he said.

“But riding allows me to be with Christine and our daughter Mia.”

Yendall said the first time he sat on a horse after his accident it ‘didn’t feel right’, however after some time, he regained confidence.

“By the time I came back to race, it did not worry me at all,” he said.

Club manager Charmayne Par ry said fashions on the field would return with gusto in 2022, with a ‘prime’ stage and space for people to make sure they look their best before judging.

“We want this event to be a part of the cup moving forward,” she said.

“It really is such a fantastic chance for the ladies, and the guys, to get up and look great.”

Registration is at a ‘pamper tent’, with best dressed girl and boy under 16 years, couple of the day, gent of the day, best millinery, and lady of the day prizes up for grabs.

General admission tickets to the cup are available via countryracing. com.au and at the gate. Gates open at 11am.

Redbacks to meet Hornets

Ararat Redbacks and Horsham Hornets mens’ sides will meet for the first time since their 2020-21 season bouts on Saturday, in round three of the 2022 Country Basketball League south-west conference.

The teams will play in Ararat. The Lady Hornets, after scaring the Warr nambool Mermaids in the first quarter at the weekend, will meet Portland Coasters in Horsham on Sunday.

Hornets mens’ side came back from a two-point deficit at three-quarter time to win by four-points against the Sea hawks in Warrnambool in round two, a

tough, but less convincing win than the Redbacks 37-point victory against the same opponent in round one.

The Lady Hornets could be encour aged by their round-two performance, given the Mermaids top-of-the table honours last season – the Hornets claimed an 18-point loss.

The women’s side has a difficult round three ahead against Portland, the side that convincingly got the better of the Mermaids in last season’s grand final.

But it is a new season with new for tunes on offer.

Ararat had a round-two bye.

Barley Banquet

STALWARTS: Tom O’Connor, 85, and Les Warrick, 77, turned out for Horsham Lawn’s B Special team at the weekend. Warrick won two of his three sets, going down in a tiebreaker in the third. O’Connor also won two of three sets, losing the third by two games. Horsham Lawn B Special won the round by eight sets.

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Sights set at Stawell

Great Britain captain Nick Tremlett sets up for

shooting round at Stawell Rifle Club. The club is hosting the Australian Match Rifle and Long Range F Class championships,

Great Britain Woomera Match on Saturday. National Rifle Association of

chair John

national team

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