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Fortuna survives a fright from improving East Gippsland

SOCCER LVSL By LAURIE WILLIAMS FORTUNA v EAST GIPPSLAND THERE seems to have been a recruitment drive of late down Bairnsdale way, as the East Gippslanders have become...

Boolarra takes major step towards top four

FOOTBALL MID GIPPSLAND By ROB POPPLESTONE THE wet might not have arrived, but windy and cold conditions came in strong for the first weekend of winter, giving...

Seventh heaven for the Jets, Cougars, Demons

FOOTBALL NORTH GIPPSLAND By SCOTT BERECHREE THE North Gippsland Football-Netball League nominal match of the round between Woodside and the ladder-leading Yallourn Yallourn North was turned on...

Harriers heroes shine in marathon

ATHLETICS TRARALGON MARATHON By LIAM DURKIN & JACI HICKEN THE Traralgon Marathon was run and won on Sunday. Still and overcast conditions greeted the field for the Traralgon...

Marvellous Maroons move to second spot

FOOTBALL GIPPSLAND LEAGUE By LIAM DURKIN ONE-sided results were the order of the day in Round 9 of the Gippsland League. All but one match returned a margin...

Falcons favourite reflects on 250

SOCCER LVSL By LIAM DURKIN WHEN Joe Auciello was serving as a ball boy for Falcons Soccer Club during their halcyon days in the national league, little...

Valley hosts badminton veterans

BADMINTON By LIAM DURKIN THE Gippsland Regional Indoor Sport Stadium was given a test run in hosting a major badminton tournament recently, as the Latrobe Valley...

Young gun turns heads at Harriers

ATHLETICS TRARALGON HARRIERS By MILES VERSCHUUR IN cold, rainy, and dour conditions, 44 walkers, runners, and joggers looped around the west end of Traralgon for the Stockdale...

Newborough impresses in state playoffs

BOWLS By MICHAEL HOLROYD NEWBOROUGH represented Strzelecki Bowls Region recently at Moama in the Champion of State Pennant playoffs between the top Melbourne team and the...

Dodgers leave it late to beat Braves

BASEBALL LVBA By AMY FORRESTER A GRADE SUNDAY'S game between Moe/Newborough Dodgers and Churchill was a heartbreaker for the Braves as they lost the lead late in the...

Bombers’ burst enough to down game Wildcats

FOOTBALL NORTH GIPPSLAND By SCOTT BERECHREE A FIVE goal to nil 12-minute burst in the third term was the difference between winning and losing when Traralgon Tyers United...

Fish Creek left paddling by the dynamite Demons

FOOTBALL MID GIPPSLAND By ROB POPPLESTONE AS the halfway mark of the 2022 Mid Gippsland season quickly starts to close in on the competition, the make-up of...

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From the archives with Aidan Knight

50 years ago The Express, March 19, 1976 Churchill hopes dashed CHURCHILL Citizens Association, which has been trying to obtain a high-technical secondary school for the area...