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Kirkup clean sweep

THE West Gippsland bowls association record books are due for a rewrite following an unprecedented string of state and association triumphs by Morwell's Ian Kirkup.

Unstoppable force

TRARALGON Swimming Club made it 14 straight when it took out the 2013 Gippsland Championships last month in Sale.

Moe fighters fire up

IF Shaun Devine's first amateur victory is anything to go by, the Moe fighter is in the pipeline for big things.

Paint the town red

HARD 2 Overcome dipped into its paint pellet palette to take on the nation's finest to win the Victorian Paintball Championship at its home turf in Newborough on Saturday.

Third time lucky

MORWELL Cricket Club bounced back from two consecutive grand final losses to claim its sixth Women's Gippsland Cricket League title over Bairnsdale at the weekend.

Mid Gld falters at line

MID Gippsland Green went into Friday night's Eastern Region Netball State League final as firm favourite following an undefeated season, but fell at the final hurdle against Alberton 48-33.

Motos rock Newborough track

VICTORIA'S motocross elite blazed the hillside trails at Newborough's Blue Rock Motorcycle Club over the weekend in round one of the Victorian Senior Motocross Championships.

Bolding in stellar form as women go off-road

A RECORD field of 255 took to the custom Traralgon motocross-bush hybrid circuit over the weekend for rounds one and two of the 2013 Yamaha Victorian Off-Road Championships, where Daniel Milner dominated the senior division.

Full speed ahead

SPEED was the theme of the 2013 Loy Yang B Gippsland Power TAC Cup squad of 38 announced last week.

On the money

JOSH Cashman wasn't in the room when he was announced as Gippsland Power captain for season 2013, but his presence at the club has been omnipotent in recent years.

Grassroots Gators gear up

THE Gippsland Gators' own 'bash brothers' Chris and Jesse Stredder will lead the home team into battle at the inline hockey Australasian Club Championships this weekend at Stadium 34, Moe.

The lion’s share for Moe

THE Moe juggernaut continued its Central Gippsland Cricket demolition derby with an eighth consecutive EnergyAustralia Yallourn Cup premiership victory over Latrobe at Morwell.

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