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New king of clay

TRARALGON tennis player Josh Charlton turned in his best Rafael Nadal impersonation to claim the under 18 Victorian Clay Court singles championship on Friday at Dendy Park.

Supercharged and fired up

Tennis will be supercharged this season with combined under 10 and 12 age groups set to test the region's junior talent.

Girls named in country squad

THREE Gippsland girls have been named in the 27-strong Victoria Country squad for the AFL Youth Girls National Championships next month.

Speed Van Diemen tackles Targa

Brent and Garru Coleman are contesting this week's 2016 edition of Targa Tasmania behind the wheel of a new car, which has opened up a whole new world of competition.

The spirit of Orr

WARRAGUL runner Joel Claxton conquered the Grand Strzelecki Track fastest to become the third Duncan's Run 100 champion at Tarra Bulga National Park.

Jonesing for the podium

SIBLING rivalry was alive and well at the Victorian Road Racing Championships at the weekend as Moe brothers Nathan and Tyson Jones duked it out over two days of motorcycling mayhem.

Morwell pegs a point

AN 89th-minute goal to Paul Kuol earned Morwell Pegasus its first point of the state league south east division one season in round two against Frankston Pines on Saturday.

Energy falters

THERE was no luck for Latrobe City Energy on the road at the weekend.

Surface value for Moe return

Moe Racing Club will stage its first race meeting since last August this Saturday following track-work to correct divoting and sub-par performance in the 2015 winter season.

Fun and games for whirring Woodside Wildcats

Woodside is poised to make its best start to a North Gippsland season since formation in 2007 should it topple Gormandale on Saturday.

Dogs off the leash for Magpies

YINNAR will get to unfurl its senior and reserve premiership flags preceding an important match against a rampant Newborough.

Loitering Lions on the prowl

THE vagrant Moe Lions might be homeless for the opening five rounds of the Gippsland League season but they're hungry for points at makeshift hunting grounds.

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