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Success for Boroondara Express

THREE Gippslanders helped engineer a massive upset in the Victorian Netball League grand final on Saturday, when Boroondara Express defeated City West Falcons at the State Netball Hockey Centre.

Monash ends Fortuna winning streak

MONASH put an end to Fortuna's winning streak with a hard fought 3-2 victory at Monash Reserve in Gippsland Soccer League.

Wolves in pink clothing

PINK and orange may make for a fashion faux pas but Fortuna 60's women's side made it work during Monash Soccer Club's Pink Ribbon weekend.

Magpies in Bombers’ sights

SATURDAY marks the start of the second half of the Mid Gippsland football fixture, with the pattern set for the final five after nine rounds.

Yarragon fined

YARRAGON Football Club has been fined $250 by the Mid Gippsland Football League for fielding an extra player at the start of the fourth quarter against Hill End in round eight.

Baby Boomers buck up

THE search was on for the next Jack White last week, when Australia's brightest up-and-coming basketballers made a low key visit to the Latrobe Valley.

Number 500 for Smith

IT may have been her 500th appearance for Yallourn-Yallourn North, but for Bombers netball stalwart Nada Smith it was "just another game".

Collison makes the cut

A HOST of the Gippsland League's brightest talents are in line for a shot at country football's pinnacle after being named in Victoria Country's preliminary squads last week.

Sting in Moe Lions’ tail

MOE has gone from a season high to a season low in the space of a week, conceding a big lead to go down to Bairnsdale 17.10 (112) to 16.10 (106) in the first half of the Gippsland League's split ninth round.

Yinnar yields to resurgent Newborough

NEWBOROUGH pulled together a gutsy six-point win to upset Yinnar in the Mid Gippsland football match of the round.

Dogs chow down on Demons

SALE City kept its strong home record intact when it accounted for second placed Yarram in a bruising North Gippsland football encounter at the weekend.

Dot shots in the dark

A PENALTY shootout in near pitch black darkness provided a climactic finale to a dramatic contest as a resurgent Fortuna bumped Sale United out of the Battle of Britain Cup at the weekend.

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