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Sights set on Kangaroos

A REMATCH of last year's grand final will underscore the opening round of the North Gippsland Football Netball League next weekend.

Taking on an amazing race

TIRELESS Traralgon trekkers Rob and Kathryn Preston are poised to contest dual world championships this year following a third placing at the Godzone Adventure Race in New Zealand last month.

Powerful debutants have a ball

LOY Yang B Gippsland Power's nine debutants rose to the challenge of TAC Cup football on Saturday to help the home team to a 85-62 win over Dandenong Stingrays at Morwell.

Eye of the tiger

AFTER 18 years of preparation, Moe's Terry Burgess was understandably fired up for his first amateur boxing bout.

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.

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.

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.

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