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Striking start to soccer season

Reigning Gippsland Soccer League champions Fortuna staged a stirring fight back to get its title defence off to a great start, overcoming Traralgon Olympians 2-1 on Saturday night.

Hockey begins at Churchill

More than 200 hockey players descended on the Latrobe Valley Hockey Association synthetic hockey field at Churchill last Saturday to battle it out for the annual Lightening Premiership.

Putting their best foot forward

Some of Gippsland's finest young footballers came together last week for the Big V under 14 football training camp.

Gippsland powers through Pioneers

The Loy Yang B Gippsland Power went to Bendigo for its round three TAC Cup match and came away with a comprehensive victory over the highly rated Pioneers side.

On track for success

Glenn Hunter knows how to drive a winner - a winning horse that is.

Sights set on Olympic dream

After 17 years of trap shooting, Glengarry's Andrew Brady has clinched his first open national title.

On the record

Moe's Paul Carter could be nicknamed 'Mr Statistics'.

Bulldogs storm home

A host of missing premiership players did not stop Sale City's new players from standing tall to kick-start its premiership defence, with a 52-point thrashing of Glengarry.

Great start for Maroons

Last year's premiers Traralgon started the new Gippsland League season with a 76-point win over Warragul - its first round one win in four years.

Bloods overcome Demons

It was a good-looking start to the season for the Mid Gippsland Football League, with competitive and exciting matches played across the league.

Sixth time lucky for Morwell RSL

After six consecutive losses at the Duke of Edinburgh Shield, the Morwell RSL finally won its venue pennant in the competition held over the weekend of 31 March.

Powerful thriller

Loy Yang B Gippsland Power scraped home by one point against the highly rated Calder Cannons at their home ground in Cragieburn.

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