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Ecuador left ajar for Preston

AFTER 130 consecutive hours of hiking, mountain biking and kayaking through the Andes mountain range and Amazon basin, the Adventure Racing World Championships came down to a sprint finish for Rob Preston.

Full Marks for Magpies

A stunning century from Frank Marks resurrected Glengarry's innings against Centrals in a top of the table encounter.

Anxious draft wait rewarded

FIRST year TAC Cup coach Leigh Brown reckons Thursday night's draft brought with it more anxiety than his own in 1999.

Playoffs take centre court

WILSON clung on to its top four spot ahead of tomorrow's Traralgon women's tennis playoffs by a single point in last week's final round of competition.

Training Cats and Dogs

TWO Gippsland Power players were picked up by AFL clubs in the National Draft on Thursday.

Revenge for Morwell Club

MORWELL Club fended off a host of its former stars on Saturday to post a thrilling single shot victory over Traralgon in West Gippsland Bowls division one.

Defiant dogs bare their teeth

NEWBOROUGH Bulldogs turned in their best performance since returning to the top grade on day one of Central Gippsland Cricket's eighth round.

Surprise spill costs Jones

A minor spill in race two of the Victorian Road Racing Championships at Broadford proved costly for Moe rider Tyson Jones at the weekend.

Top four face off

ROUND six of Traralgon and District Cricket promises to be a ripper with the top four sides set to clash in crucial contests.

GCL heats up

GIPPSLAND Cricket League leader Bairnsdale will meet arch rival Sale Maffra at Wy Yung keen to maintain its unbeaten record in round three.

Boots and all for action day

A LITERAL truck-load of second hand bicycles and enough footy boots to open a Footlocker were donated to charitable causes this week courtesy of Gippsland's young sportspeople.

Guns out for launch

CAPTAINS Camp's influence on Gippsland's young sporting leaders has been rewarded in the form of a $130,000 State Government grant for the next three years.

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