Coughlans clean up
AOIFE Coughlan overcame Commonwealth Games representative Catherine Arscott for the first time to claim a maiden senior national judo title recently in Wollongong.
Short course sharks
FOUR in every five Traralgon Swimming Club members posted personal best times at the Victorian Country Short Course Championships to help secure a seventh consecutive title in Shepparton recently.
Steve achieves eight ball Graywash
PLUCKY newcomer Chris Webster almost stole the show at the Latrobe Valley Eight Ball Association open singles championship on Sunday, pushing eventual winner Steve Gray to the precipice at Turks Bar, Traralgon.
Gray nomad master in his own right
Steve Gray finished second at the Masters Eight Ball World Championships in Blackpool, England last month, carrying the cue for his adopted nation of Australia.
Dogs’ date with destiny
NEWBOROUGH returns to the fold for week two of the Mid Gippsland finals series this weekend to face Mirboo North at Thorpdale, while Boolarra and Yinnar will put their seasons on the line in the cut-throat first semi-final at Mirboo North on Sunday.
Calls for football-netball unity
A Gippsland netball representative is calling for more unification and equality within football and netball leagues.
Gippsland lads eyed for City youth
TWO local players have advanced to the second stage of Melbourne City youth trials following a recent practice match between Gippsland and Dandenong Thunder at Latrobe City Stadium.
Rams rally to stump Swans
CHURCHILL United conjured another escape act on Sunday with a come from behind 3-2 victory over second-placed Sale United in round 21 of the Gippsland Soccer League.
Minor premiership showdown
THE Gippsland League minor premiership and a psychological edge ahead of finals are up for grabs at Morwell Recreation Reserve on Saturday.
Dragons douse brave Power
THE penultimate match of the TAC Cup season for Loy Yang B Gippsland Power was a summation of the inconsistency which has bedevilled the 2014 campaign.
Energy charged for finals
LATROBE City Energy is one win away from a breakout BigV division one title after a final quarter shutout secured game one of the grand final series away to Southern Peninsula Sharks, 71-61 on Saturday night.
Beanstalk Jack almost grabs golden egg
IT literally took a seven-nation army to hold Traralgon's Jack White and the Australian under 17 basketball team back at the world championships this month.
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A decade on: Year of the dogs, part one
FOOTBALL
MID GIPPSLAND
By LIAM DURKIN
YOU have to lose one to win one.
Sometimes, you even have to lose three.
Newborough Football-Netball Club put the demons of three...
