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Locals display true grit at Traralgon Junior International

Tennis | HOMETOWN wildcards David Hough and Amelia Charlton showed grit and guile in their first round AGL Loy Yang Traralgon Junior International qualifying losses last Thursday to bow out with heads held high.

Swift Sharks swim clear

CGCA | A KAUSHIK Aphale-century steered Latrobe to a big win over Mirboo North to go a game clear at the top of the table Central Gippsland Cricket Association A grade ladder.

Day 1 | AGL Loy Yang Traralgon International qualifying results

Traralgon International tennis qualifying results for girls and boys matches.

Top guns fly in

THREE of the world's top 10 junior boys, including current world number one Alexander Zverev of Germany, are among an unprecedented number of internationals set to compete at this year's AGL Loy Yang Traralgon Junior International.

Champ to defend singles crown

FOR the first time in four years the EnergyAustralia Classic Singles lawn bowls champion will return to defend his title at Yallourn Bowling Club.

Horses back on course

MOE Racing Club's redeveloped surface faced its first road test this week when horses returned to the track.

Earratic victory

THE oddly named Earratic was a strong winner of race six on the twilight greyhounds program at Traralgon's Glenview Park last Friday.

New year revolution

TRARALGON cyclist Shannon McCurley's Olympic dream gained serious momentum last month when she bested a quartet of junior world champions twice in as many days at the Devonport Carnival in Tasmania.

Cream of the country crop

TRARALGON Swimming Club achieved the highest ever placing by a country club at the Victorian State Age Championships, coming in fourth during a record breaking meet.

Lester sequesters while Baker festers

THE ominous name of four time winner Barrie Lester may be missing from the list of EnergyAustralia Classic Singles entries this year, but the field is barely softer for his absence.

Morwell defends the realm

MORWELL Club duo Ian Hilsley and Matt Ferrari won the West Gippsland Bowls Division Men's State Pairs title on their home greens last month to finish the year in style.

Paying the iron price

TRARALGON'S David Gafa has enlisted as a foot soldier in the war against cancer, vowing to take on the Melbourne Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship in March to raise funds for the cause.

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