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MDU maintains superiority

MDU remains a clear leader in A Grade Division Two with a record of five wins from six rounds. On the weekend in the two day fixture MDU 193 had a solid win over Koonwarra/LRSL 151. Thanks to knocks of 32 from Nick Eddy and 43 from Joel Sinclair and later 44 from veteran Craig […]

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Archie bats through to final

Congratulations to Max Duff, Mackenzie Gardner and Archie Paxton on a great display of sportsmanship and determination at the Melbourne Open Junior Table Tennis Championships, held at MSAC last week. More wins than ever before and Archie got through to the final of the Division 5 event. He was runner up and won a trophy […]

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Island surfer peaks to win cup

POPPY Corbett of Phillip Island won the Under 14 Girls event at the inaugural SmoothStar Micro Groms Cup at Ocean Grove on Sunday. The two day event brought together more than 90 of the best Under 14 surfers from around the country with over $1000 worth of prizes across the weekend which included $250 cash […]

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Running ‘naked’ for international day

SATURDAY’S weather looked threatening and our numbers reflected that. With no visitors this week the run was home grown and those who made it to parkrun were able to run in cooler but dry conditions with the sun even appearing at times. Briefing started with presentations of Junior 10 certificates to Jimmy and Joe Soumilas. […]

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Youth win from cycle challenge

TRANSFORMING Inverloch’s main street with a sea of orange and black cycling jerseys, the Bass Coast Cycle Challenge and Festival celebrated its fifth annual event on November 14. The festival impressed cyclists, festival goers, locals and local businesses with yet another amazing edition of this much loved charity event. But local children will benefit the […]

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Young Landcarers form new network

ARE you in your twenties or thirties, working in or interested in sustainable agriculture, the environment or natural resource management, and looking to network with similar people in the area? If so, you are invited to the first ever meeting of the Network of Young Gippsland Landcarers at 7pm on Friday, November 20 at the […]

November 17th, 2015 | Posted in Rural News | Read More »

Zerbes farewell Buffalo

BUFFALO was on the move Friday morning, or to be more exact, the Zerbes were. Marie and Gavan Zerbe have lived on the property at Buffalo for 50 years but that is all changing. Mrs Zerbe said, “We have loved it to death but it is time to move on.” Landmark Real Estate put the […]

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Parrot’s perched in good shape

THE Leongatha Football Netball Club held its AGM at the clubrooms on Wednesday night. Chairman Glenn Wright acknowledged what a great year it has been for the club even if it didn’t end in the dream premiership result. “It will hold the club in good stead for the future,” he said. Mr Wright recognised the […]

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Athletics growing in leaps and bounds

WHAT a weekend for Leongatha Little Athletics with an amazing 151 member athletes and nine come-and-try children. In addition five more centre records were broken: Zachary Sherar (U7B) small turbo javelin 11.59m from William Lumby 11.20m back on February 16, 2006; Isabella Grimley (U10G) long turbo javelin 13.36m from Sara Riseley’s 12.15m throw November 7, 2009; Aliesha […]

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Dog trials another winner for Korumburra

THE 2015 Korumburra Sheep Dog Trials last week were a great success. In the 50 years the event has been unable to proceed only once, in 2013. Club secretary Louise Reilly says this was due to a failure to get hold of any sheep and said, “In our area sheep aren’t easy to come by. […]

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