Rise of the recreational runner
Traralgon Marathon - The Traralgon Running Festival this year lent credibility to the noted dual phenomena in running over past years - the massive increase in 'recreational' runners, and that more and more of these are women.
Crowning achievement
MORWELL Latrobe Valley earned the title of Australia's top women's team at the National Bocce Championships held in Redlands, Queensland over the Queen's Birthday long weekend.
International call-up
YALLOURN basketballer Alex Sheedy's shining form for Fresno State last season caught the eye of national selectors fossicking for Opals, culminating in her first Australian cap.
Gruelling victory for the Macpac
Local adventure racing champions Rob and Kathryn Preston have comfortably defended their title for the fourth consecutive year, smiting opponents with a two-and-a-half hour lead at the Mountain Designs GeoQuest in the mixed division this month.
Wounded Lions clawing back
IT may be winless and languishing at the bottom of the Gippsland League ladder, but Moe has stepped it up in recent weeks.
Simpson steals the show
Baseball - The Moe Newborough Dodgers dominated its match against the Churchill Braves in round nine of GDF SUEZ Loy Yang B Latrobe Valley Baseball.
Hard targets
HARD2Overcome held the competition at bay to come out on top in the latest round of the Paintball Association of Victoria five-player series held on its home turf in Newborough on Saturday.
Energy blitz the comp
A powerful third quarter effort handed Latrobe City Energy men's Big V division one basketball team a sold victory over Warrnambool Seahawks on Saturday.
Morwell valiant in defeat
MORWELL Pegasus' misery in State League Division Two continued at the weekend went it down to Mornington 2-1 at home.
Date with the Demons
THERE may not have much to smile about at the Melbourne Demons this season, but a cluster of the Australian Football League club's star players made certain Latrobe Valley school children did last Wednesday.
In a league of their own
Girls will now have an outlet for their football passion when a new Gippsland youth girls Australian Rules football competition, targeted at 13 to 18 year-olds, kicks off this weekend.
Women from afar flock to the Traralgon Marathon
The prestige of participating in Australia's oldest marathon resulted in more than a quarter of all participants coming from outside Gippsland.
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