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Yarram to stay in Alberton

YARRAM Football Club's bid to join the North Gippsland Football Netball League was rejected on Monday night, when it failed to secure a majority vote of seven from the league's 10 member clubs.

Every dog has its day to shine

TRARALGON handler Greg Playdon and his Lab partner Carbo beat a field of about 80 to win the 44th annual Field and Game Australia National Retrieving Championships in Sale at the weekend.

Captains camp kicking goals

Thirty of the region's up-and-coming skippers are set to embark on a second Captains Camp next week as part of an ongoing program to groom influential under 15 to under 17 sportspeople for future leadership roles at their clubs.

Perfect game

MORWELL Field and Game shooter Jorja Elfring blitzed the boys at a Bairnsdale club shoot this month, registering an unprecedented perfect round.

Academy takes flight

COLLINGWOOD Football Club's recently formed African Academy visited Traralgon last Friday to expand its sporting and cultural horizons.

Sights locked on the future

Rick Foster can still recall the excitement of his maiden shot more than 50 years after discharging his first firearm.

Gippsland League teams of the year

Gippsland League football and netball teams of the year.

Tenacious Tigers feast on Pies

Morwell produced the upset of the year on the Gippsland League's biggest stage to hammer Sale by 81 points and claim its first senior premiership in close to two decades.

Ugly duckling no more

Ten minutes of magic helped Sale break a 33 year-old Gippsland Soccer League silverware hoodoo at Latrobe City Sports Stadium on Saturday night.

Dynamic double act

Two Fortuna 60 juniors have been selected to represent Victoria at the National Youth Soccer Championships in Coffs Harbour this month.

Dodgers snap premiership drought

THE Moe Newborough Dodgers broke its premiership drought last weekend with a 7-2 grand final victory over the Traralgon Redsox to lift the GDF SUEZ Loy Yang B Latrobe Valley Baseball shield for the first time in 11 years.

Birds to do battle

Sale is vying to finish the season as minor premiers and champions when it meets Leongatha in Sunday's Gippsland League A grade netball grand final.

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