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Star selection for local talent

LATROBE Valley players have filled three places in the recently announced Gippsland Cricket League team of the year.

Great prospects await on eve of finals

CGCA - CENTRAL Gippsland's top four sides will battle it out for their place in the pecking order for this season's EnergyAustralia Yallourn Cup in the penultimate round.

Rams still have a long way to tread

TDCA - IN the match of the round, Toongabbie is shaky at 2/34 and needs a further 168 to win against Glengarry and keep its Traralgon and District Cricket Association finals hopes alive.

Age no barrier for keen runner

AS John Jervis prepares for the Latrobe City Community Fun Run on Sunday, the nimble 74 year-old is showing age is no barrier when it comes to physical activity.

Tyers welcomes new addition to family

After five years with the wheels in motion, Tyers Soccer Club officially unveiled its new $420,000 pavilion on Tuesday.

Triple crown

VICTORIAN Scott Laycock knew he needed to shoot low to win his third Traralgon Pro Am last Friday, and a second round 64 was just the ticket.

T-Birds thunder ahead to championship win

TRARALGON T-Birds' season of dominance was rewarded with a women's Gippsland Country Basketball League premiership on Saturday, when the competition's form team defeated Korumburra convincingly at home, 92-66.

Dashing performance

"Unknown quantity" Ben Meadley of Leongatha claimed victory in the feature 2000 metre Bob Whitford Memorial Handicap race at the EnergyAustralia Track Carnival held at the Bob Whitford Cycling track in Newborough on Sunday.

Sharks feast on Ships

CGCA -  MOE surged to the top of the EnergyAustralia Yallourn Cup ladder with a crushing outright win over Newborough Bulldogs.

Bowling prowess

THEY may be a new pairing, but there is nothing green about Traralgon Returned and Services League lawn bowls duo Jan Kirby and Margaret Gibbins.

Going the distance

LATROBE Valley triathletes will go the Olympic distance to support victims of the recent Gippsland bushfires next month.

A smashing adventure

WHEN Traralgon's Damien Hough walked out onto centre court at Rod Laver Arena for an Australian Open tennis match last month, he was met with a dull roar from a large crowd.

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