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Worth the wait

'All good things come to those who wait' is an adage seasoned Australian Football League queuers Wayne Mooney and Peter North live by. 

Gippslanders welcome footy champs

Flanked by an envoy of football legends, the Australian Football League premiership cup was on show in Traralgon last Tuesday at Wight's Toyota as part of the 2012 'Good for Footy' tour. 

Stuart’s ‘Tripp’ of a lifetime

BORN and bred Traralgon man Stuart Tripp was back on home soil recently to speak at Latrobe Regional Hospital, fresh from his first London Paralympic games. 

Complex back on track

AFTER five years in the wilderness the Latrobe Regional Motorsport Complex project is back on the table.

Honouring the ‘can do’ attitude

After just four years in the engine room of the organisation, Central Gippsland Junior Football League secretary Charles Weir has been anointed as an honorary life member. 

Gippslanders up against the best

THREE Gippsland juniors will represent the region as part of the Country Victoria under 14 soccer side to contest the National Youth Championships in Coffs Harbour beginning on Sunday.

No trouble for Magpies

Sale sealed its domination of Gippsland League football this season by beating a gallant Maffra by 56 points in front of a record crowd of 4448 in the grand final on Saturday.

Grand final heartbreak for Power

Loy Yang B Gippsland Power's 2012 TAC Cup season ended in dramatic fashion when it went down to the Oakleigh Chargers by one point. 

School’s champion effort

LAVALLA Catholic College stunned Rowville Sports Academy in the year eight Victorian School Sport soccer final in Melbourne earlier this month to become state champions for the first time in more than a decade. 

Pies prepare for fierce rivals

Hot favourite Sale is expected to win this week’s Gippsland League grand final, but history is against it.

One game away from glory

THE only obstacle Sale coach Matt Ferguson envisions between his all conquering side and grand final glory is the occasion itself.

Eagles ready to sink into Pies

Maffra coach Hayden Burgiel has no qualms about wearing the underdog tag for the Gippsland League grand final, in fact it has become something of a lucky charm.

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