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Sheryl
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Drouin commitment not enough against classy and determined Leongatha

By Andrew Paloczi A COMMANDING team performance led by midfielders Tom Marriott and Luke Bowman delivered Leongatha a 135-point victory over Drouin, the Parrots celebrating Justin Pellicano’s 200th club game in style. After the final siren...

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Sheryl Walters

04 Jun 2025

Football

Tigers cling to a win

MIRBOO North defiantly held Stony Creek at bay in a tense last quarter, to sneak home by seven points at Tigerland on Saturday. Mirboo North now has four wins for the season and sits in seventh spot on the Mid Gippsland ladder, below Newborough on...

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Sheryl Walters

28 May 2025

Football

Foster shakes off competitive Tarwin

FOSTER may have comfortably accounted for most opposition to date but nevertheless had prepared for a fiercer contest in the shape of a Tarwin side on the rebound. The Sharks have been competitive, but their long list of injuries has started taking...

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Sheryl Walters

20 May 2025

Football

Sharks sink struggling Hawks

THE form of these two sides had been really hard to gauge in the weeks leading into Round four. Tarwin coming off multiple losses and Morwell East struggling to find anywhere near the sort of form they had shown in 2024. The question was who would...

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Sheryl Walters

08 May 2025

Football

Magpies hold strong in Kallady Memorial Shield

UNBEATEN Yinnar retained the Vin Kallady Memorial Shield with its 30-point victory over Mirboo North, at Yinnar Recreation Reserve on Saturday. It’s 49 years since Kallady, 24, who represented both clubs at senior level, was killed in a car...

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Sheryl Walters

07 May 2025

Football

Demons deliver reality check to Boolarra

ROUND four was always going to deliver some home truths to clubs that had spent some time in struggle town as they attempted to find the sort of form that they had trained so hard for in the preseason. The usual suspects had been up and about since...

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Sheryl Walters

07 May 2025

News

Stop the rot, it’s family first, says Geoff

By Michael Giles FAMILY First candidate in the electorate of Monash, Geoff Dethlefs, is a different cat. A resident of Drouin for 20 years, a former Chairo Christian School teacher and Baptist Church pastor, he tells it like he sees it which...

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Sheryl Walters

30 Apr 2025

Cricket

Jack finishes the season with a ton

A Grade, Division 2 JACK Butcher’s century saw Inverloch secure A2’s minor premiership for the 2024/25 season. Inverloch was chasing MDU’s 10/84 and sailed to victory at Meeniyan Recreation Reserve. MDU knew it was going to be a tough ask...

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Sheryl Walters

20 Mar 2025

Cricket

First place finish for the Red Caps

B Grade, Division 1 A 103-run haul from Loc Roberts saw Nerrena finish the home and away season on top of the B1 ladder. Playing at Thompson Reserve in Inverloch, Nerrena was chasing Inverloch’s score of 10/209. Kade Berryman and Roberts were sent...

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Sheryl Walters

20 Mar 2025

Cricket

MDU eyes the win even as the Sharks circle

B Grade, Division 1 WITH a decent innings under its belt, MDU will be looking to dig deep next weekend to secure a win against Phillip Island. Phillip Island ventured out to the Meeniyan Recreation Reserve, where the home team won the toss and chose...

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Sheryl Walters

11 Feb 2025

Letters to the Editor

Local newspapers fly fact-checking flag

META’s plans for the removal of fact-checking services on content posted to its platforms and the government’s decision to introduce age limits for access to social media has brought a renewed focus on the importance of regional, rural and local...

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Sheryl Walters

04 Feb 2025

Letters to the Editor

Focus on the roads that need repairing

ON TUESDAY, a road crew of three with a vehicle carried out maintenance on barely noticeable road surface fissures in Silvereye Circuit, Wonthaggi, a road that is single lane and rarely used for traffic other than residents and visitors. While I am...

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Sheryl Walters

23 Dec 2024

Sport

A Grand Ridge Christmas visit from St Nicholas

‘Twas the week before Christmas, and all through the town, bells could be heard - Santa was found! He rode into parkrun to wave everyone off. What a beautiful morning! The sun was shining aloft. Fifty-eight parkrunners tuned into to the RD’s...

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Sheryl Walters

19 Dec 2024