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Valley clubs safe and sound

A CLUSTER of Latrobe Valley sporting clubs and community organisations will soon become more secure after sharing in about $50,000 worth of State Government Community Safety Fund grants.

Backflip on Yarram move

YARRAM Football Club will enter the North Gippsland Football Netball League next season after its transfer refusal was overturned by AFL Victoria Country and the Victorian Country Football League board last week.

Overcoming the odds

FOR Yallourn North's Kathryn Marmara-Stewart, success at the 14th Australian Masters Games in Geelong looked to be an impossibility.

Blunt sharp at Masters Games

TEENAGE Gippsland Flippers Swimming Club member Philip Blunt is already making a splash in masters swimming.

Soccer league backs tribunal system

GIPPSLAND Soccer League chair David Wilson has defended the body's disciplinary pathways in the wake of Fortuna 60's appeal for a complete overhaul of the structure.

Swan on song

A STELLAR season with the Sydney Swans reserves team has brought former Gippsland Power captain Tim Membrey to the brink of an AFL call-up.

Twin City archers clout the field

TWIN City archers Stuart Hall and Viv and Peter Bennett returned from this month's Australian Masters Games in Geelong with an incredible haul of 12 medals from a combined 12 events, 11 of them gold.

Lions on the prowl

MOE will welcome Yallourn North to the Ted Summerton Reserve on Saturday with both sides hungry for a win in CGCA cricket.

Dedicated servant

GORMANDALE player Leigh Churchill will become the club's 15th 200-game inductee this weekend when he pads up against Traralgon West.

Raiders to trouble Sharks

THE start of TDCA two-day matches will see some huge clashes as teams battle to secure early-season wins and ladder position.

Sing when you’re winning

SINGING the national anthem at the Masters Games opening ceremony this month was a breeze for Strzelecki Riding Club's Tessa Libreri compared to facing her return to competitive equestrian at Werribee Park, Geelong.

Burgiel blitz sinks Ex Students

THE blockbuster game of round two turned into a fizzer as the all-conquering Sharks were left floundering by the hungry Tigers.

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