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Moe Cup’s local hope

THE Gelagotis stable is primed for an assault on today's Moe Cup, after adding two country cups to the cabinet in as many days at the weekend.

Indigenous soccer boom

GIPPSLAND was well represented at this year's Aboriginal Youth Football Tournament with nine Latrobe Valley Boorun teams competing in the annual competition run by Football Federation Victoria at the State Football Centre in Thornbury recently.

Mix and match for juniors

Central Gippsland Cricket under 16s round one wrap.

Bowlers bully batsmen in round one

THE batsman friendly twenty20 format was flipped on its head in the first round of the Traralgon and District Cricket Association season, as bowlers had the better of it on slow wickets and outfields.

Winter wunderkinds

TURKS Bar saluted for the host venue by taking out the first division Latrobe Valley Eightball Association winter season grand final recently.

H2O’s masterstroke

NEWBOROUGH-based paintball side Hard2Overcome canvassed the final stroke in its masterpiece last month, brushing aside the competition to claim back-to-back Victorian Division 1 championships.

Gelagotis chasing Moe Cup dream

PREMIER local trainer Peter Gelagotis plans to nominate both his stable’s big guns for Thursday’s Moe Cup in a bid to realise a racing dream.

Templetons to test the water

LIKE a host of local trainers, Trafalgar East’s Paul and Tracey Templeton are excited to be returning to the Moe Racing Club for a meeting. The fact that it’s a Moe Cup just makes it all the sweeter.

Geoff Watt keeps on running

COSTUMED runners, mothers pushing prams, dog walkers, elite athletes and social teams all converged on the Warragul Athletics Club last weekend to take part in the 44th annual Geoff Watt Memorial fun run.

Warragul to stay in Gippsland League

WARRAGUL Football Netball Club's member base voted up a bid to switch leagues 70-30 last Wednesday night, but the majority was just short of the 75 per cent requirement to make the move a reality.

Long distance relationship

IN just her second crack at a 10 kilometre race, Yallourn Heights middle distance runner Georgia Pearson led the pack home at the Geoff Watt Memorial Fun Run last weekend.

New colours for club quintet

FIVE former Morwell Club bowlers turned out in Traralgon colours when the two sides met in round one of the West Gippsland Bowls season.

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