Making waves
Tumultuous weather did little to stop Mark Allen and Brian Ford's fundraising crusade on Saturday at the first day of the Victorian Open Water Championships, held at Hazelwood Pondage.
Carnival fever sets in
LATROBE Valley Racing Club's second annual Caulfield Cup day will bolt out of the gates on Saturday at Traralgon Racecourse with a blockbuster six race meet scheduled.
Kicking a clear pathway
A GROUP of talented Gippsland soccer players will travel to Alice Springs next month for the National Indigenous Football Festival after winning the State Youth Indigenous Football Tournament earlier this month.
Family feud in state final
GIPPSLAND martial artists put the Shin Bu Kai discipline in the spotlight at the National All Styles Victorian Championships earlier this month with 10 fighters qualifying for the national championship.
Explosive performance
FOR casual participants, bocce may seem a sedate sport.
Thirty years of dedicated service
IF it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert, then three decades of coaching should be enough to class Traralgon Tennis Club's Graham 'Woofa' Charlton as a tennis guru.
International fever coming to T’gon
A HOSTÂ of up and coming stars are set to follow in the footsteps of former Latrobe City MSS Security Tennis International competitors Roger Federer, Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt when the sixth edition of the tournament returns to Traralgon from 20 October.
McKinley’s mission
LATROBE'S Rob McKinley may have brought the Irish weather with him to the Latrobe Valley, leading to consecutive Central Gippsland Cricket washouts, but the 18 year-old is planning to take the league by storm this summer.
Community farewells Jumbo
CRICKETÂ has mourned the passing of John "Jumbo" James who was regarded as one of the greatest Gippsland cricketers to have ever donned the whites.
Going the distance
IT has been 15 years in the making, but at last Delburn's Rob Preston is the Australian Long Distance orienteering champion.
Finals attendance on the up
THE AFL grand final crowd of 99,683 may dwarf local league numbers, but Gippsland Football Netball League finals attendance is on the rise.
‘Foote in the door
TRAFALGAR'S Marcus Foote is a more than handy golfer.
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By ROB POPPLESTONE
AFTER a long preseason and four months of competitive football, it came down to a fortnight that would determine the immediate...
