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Life-long partners in tri

TRARALGON triathletes Andrew Crozier and Narelle Harrison will try their luck in Las Vegas next September at the Ironman World Championship 70.3, after the pair qualified from a field of 1500 in the Shepparton 70.3 half Ironman earlier this month.

Hitting the right spot

GORMANDALE'S Adrian Burgiel will fly the flag for the Latrobe Valley as its lone representative in the Victorian Country Cricket League side announced last week.

Leaping ahead

THE FIBA Pacific Youth Basketball Championships tipped off at Latrobe Leisure Churchill on Monday following a frenzy of colour and national pride in Sunday night's traditional culture show.

Freefall ends

MOE Meteors men halted their Gippsland Country Basketball League freefall with a win over Korumburra at home on Sunday, after the side plummeted back to Earth in the wake of an early season fast break.

Cheney ready to lead the way

LUKE Cheney will attempt to provide a launching pad for the Latrobe Valley's young soccer talent next season in his new role as Morwell Pegasus reserve grade player-coach.

Latrobe facing horrible defeat

CGCA - MOE has Latrobe on the ropes in their EnergyAustralia Yallourn Cup grand final replay at Peter Siddle oval after yesterday’s play.

Lizard takes centre stage

Twenty20 - FIVE Gippslanders featured in a field of stars when the Victorian Premier Cricket ‘Bush Bash’ Twenty20 came to Morwell on Saturday with three blockbuster fixtures.

Raiders sink Sharks 

TDCA - RAIDERS stormed back  into finals calculations with a thumping win over the previously undefeated Ex Students  in a massive upset on the second day of play in round five of Traralgon and District Cricket Association action.

Insurance upgrades urged

GIPPSLAND football clubs face a higher price tag for personal injury insurance in 2013 following a significant increase to upgraded rates for quadriplegic and paraplegic cover.

Swans and Blues beckon

IN keeping with his distinctive palm tree tattoo, 2012 Gippsland Power captain Tim Membrey is destined for a change of scenery after being drafted to Australian Football League team the Sydney Swans last Thursday.

Packing a punch

MOE Youth Club and Boxing Gym's Kobie Taylor is built like a young Ivan Drago and hit like him recently when he claimed the under 15 Victorian State Welterweight title at Lilydale Hall.

Not looking back

IN the wake of MotoGP legend Casey Stoner's retirement, Australian racing fans may have a new hero sooner than expected in the form of Glengarry's Ben Currie.

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