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Taste of elite volleyball

LATROBE Leisure Churchill will offer another taste of elite international sport from Saturday when it hosts the Volleyball Australia women's annual high performance training camp for the third consecutive year.

It’s all coming together

MUCH like Australia's Michael Clarke, captaincy has brought out the best in Yinnar cricketer Liam Maynard.

Hills alive with sound of thunder

THE Haunted Hills of Bryant Park echoed with screeching rubber on Saturday throughout the final round of Gippsland Car Club's hillclimb club championships, in which Garry Martin claimed his maiden multiclub victory.

Breaking new ground

TRARALGON teenager Tom Couling showed shades of Tiger Woods' record-breaking 2000 United States Open victory last month in winning Morwell and Traralgon golf clubs' championships.

Soccer stalwart ready to take charge

THE Gippsland Soccer League received a boost recently with the appointment of local legend Mark Cassar in the role of zone development officer.

Some bite left in this Cobra

RICKY Ponting's record 168th test appearance pales in comparison to the track record of Churchill Cricket Club president Craig Flanigan, who finished his 300th match for the Cobras on Saturday.

Another dominant display

MIRBOO North scored its second consecutive 300 plus score on day one of the EnergyAustralia Yallourn Cup, this time against Trafalgar.

Rams untroubled

DAY two of round six in the Traralgon and District Cricket Association Neilsons Builders Cup had bowlers toil hard in the heat as several batsmen made hay while the sun shone.

On the rise

KING'S a Star won the $50,000 1900 metre Ord Minnett Traralgon Cup yesterday in front of a bumper crowd at Glenview Park.

Roosters gear up

TRARALGON City Soccer Club has appointed Duncan Hanlon as senior coach for the 2013 Gippsland Soccer League season.

Prestigious honours

TRARALGON Swimming Club coach Brian Ford was recognised for his ongoing commitment to junior sport when he was presented with the State Government Sport and Recreation Community Coach of the Year Award at the Melbourne Cricket Ground last month.

Talented tennis teenagers

THREE out of eight places in the Victorian under 13 tennis teams to contest the Australian championships in January have been filled by Traralgon Tennis Club juniors.

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