Preliminary preview
THE Churchill Braves continued their tense feud with Moe/Newborough Dodgers in round 16 of the GDF SUEZ Loy Yang B Latrobe Valley Baseball A grade competition, in a prelude to the preliminary final next fortnight.
Horton honoured
MOE Lions Junior Football Club held its annual Grahame Horton Memorial game during round 12 of the Central Gippsland Junior Football League.
Player payments addressed
ONGOING concerns over escalating player payments in country football will be addressed with a trial system to stymie the tide in development for next season.
Steve achieves eight ball Graywash
PLUCKY newcomer Chris Webster almost stole the show at the Latrobe Valley Eight Ball Association open singles championship on Sunday, pushing eventual winner Steve Gray to the precipice at Turks Bar, Traralgon.
Gray nomad master in his own right
Steve Gray finished second at the Masters Eight Ball World Championships in Blackpool, England last month, carrying the cue for his adopted nation of Australia.
Dogs’ date with destiny
NEWBOROUGH returns to the fold for week two of the Mid Gippsland finals series this weekend to face Mirboo North at Thorpdale, while Boolarra and Yinnar will put their seasons on the line in the cut-throat first semi-final at Mirboo North on Sunday.
Calls for football-netball unity
A Gippsland netball representative is calling for more unification and equality within football and netball leagues.
Gippsland lads eyed for City youth
TWO local players have advanced to the second stage of Melbourne City youth trials following a recent practice match between Gippsland and Dandenong Thunder at Latrobe City Stadium.
Roberts out of Energy
LATROBE City Energy president David Roberts has stepped down from the executive role on the eve of the franchise's first BigV division one grand final series.
Marauding Maroons bow out
MORWELL dashed Gippsland League rival Traralgon's finals hopes once and for all at Traralgon Recreation Reserve yesterday.
Woodside digs in to snare fifth
NEITHER side battling for fifth was able to conjure a win over North Gippsland's top two, but Woodside's dogged display against Heyfield saw it through to the finals series on percentage over Yarram, which was run over by Churchill in the last round of the season.
Mirboo North’s miraculous reversal
MIRBOO North advanced another week closer to the grand final by defeating Yinnar in Saturday's Mid Gippsland Football League qualifying final.
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Maroons grind out hard fought victory
FOOTBALL
GIPPSLAND LEAGUE
By LIAM DURKIN
ROUND 8 of the Gippsland League was spread across Saturday and Sunday at the weekend.
The round carried greater gravitas than usual,...
