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Pirates pillage pre-season shield

MORNINGTON Pirates claimed another Lloyd Lewis Perpetual Shield when the Latrobe Valley Baseball Association hosted the 34th Gippsland Championships at the weekend as a precursor to its home and away season start.

Schroeter to lead Gippy girls

TRARALGON'S Nikki Schroeter has been appointed coach of the inaugural Gippsland League Victorian Women's Football League team, set to begin its season this weekend.

The Power and the Parrots

A Saturday night blockbuster between the Gippsland League's top two will highlight the second round of competition, while a TAC Cup development round will give clubs access to their Gippsland Power players.

Moe inline with expectations

THE premier Trans-Tasman inline hockey event on the annual calendar skated into Moe for the first time last week.

US imports fire

LATROBE City Energy's United States import players appear to have found their feet in BigV's division one, with both posting double-doubles at the weekend.

Fortuna fires in derby

FORTUNA '60 extended Morwell Pegasus' Gippsland Soccer League losing streak to four in the local derby at Crinigan Road South Reserve with a thumping 6-1 victory.

Gippsland derby on the cards

THE hype of a fifth round FFA Cup tie last night followed by a much anticipated Gippsland derby against Warragul this Saturday has Morwell Pegasus primed for its biggest week of the State League division one south-east season.

Power continues magical mystery tour

GIPPSLAND POWER'S "magical mystery tour" through the 2015 TAC Cup season took another odd turn when it lost by one point against a well-respected Geelong Falcons side in Bendigo on Saturday.

Bombers battle Bloods

A LOT will be at stake in potentially the most important Mid Gippsland football match of the round when Yallourn Yallourn North tackles Trafalgar.

The Neagle has landed at TTU

ONE side that had no trouble finding its feet from the North Gippsland Football Netball League season outset was Traralgon Tyers United, which kickstarted a new era under coach Jay Neagle with an ominous 108-point victory in round one.

Premiers overpowered

SATURDAY marked a big day in the history of the Morwell Football Netball Club, which unfurled just its second back-to-back premiership flag in its history.

Bloods bury Bulldogs

ALL winners were handsome in round one of the Mid Gippsland Football League, which saw consistently strong deficits in each match.

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