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‘Miss of the year’ goes viral

HERALDED internationally as a strong candidate for "miss of the year", Falcons' Manny Tombra has gone down in football infamy after missing an open goal sitter against Monash.

Swans swamped in mud bath

SALE United was held to a scoreless draw at home by Newborough Yallourn United on a soggy Godfrey Baldwin Reserve in Gippsland soccer at the weekend.

Top five door ajar for Cowwarr

AS the North Gippsland season nears the business end four sides are vying for the hotly contested fifth position.

Power, Ranges’ freezing foray

IN some of the worst conditions seen in the past few seasons. Loy Yang B Gippsland Power recorded a second consecutive TAC cup win, soundly defeating Eastern Ranges in Traralgon on Sunday.

From Traralgon to the top of the world

IMPRESSIVE as he was in winning the Traralgon Junior International last year, few would have tipped new Aussie tennis hero Nick Kyrgios to take down the world's number one player just 18 months later.

Traralgon takes pro-am gong

THE Traralgon pro-am was recognised as the best of its kind in the state at the Victorian Golf Industry awards last month.

What a knockout

EIGHT Ball's equivalent of ladies day came to town on Sunday, when the Latrobe Valley Eight Ball Association hosted its first open women's singles tournament at Turks Sports Bar, Traralgon.

Motocrossing the gender divide

TRARALGON Motorcycle Club has become an accidental ambassador for Motorcycling Victoria's female participation program, following a successful women's training day on 22 June.

Victoria’s last line of defence

VICTORIA will look to stack more clean sheets than a linen closet at the Hilton throughout next week's under 15 girls national youth championships in Coffs Harbour, with Gippsland defensive duo Emily Lugton and Nicole Faltum to set the tone.

Triple threat classic returns

A RECORD number of star Sydney-siders will hit the Valley to contest the Latrobe City Mixed Triples Bocce Classic Championships this weekend.

Big boys come to town

TWO of the Latrobe Valley's best supported football clubs put on a show for their regional revelers on Saturday, when Collingwood collided with Richmond at Morwell Recreation Reserve.

Tigers pounce at the death

AN enticing battle played out at Boisdale Recreation Reserve on Saturday afternoon between North Gippsland's bottom of the table sides Boisdale/Briagolong and Gormandale.

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Melbourne makes Opals cut

BASKETBALL FIBA BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT   SEVEN cuts were made for the Australian Opals, with Traralgon's Jade Melbourne holding her spot. The duel WNBL and WNBA player will don...