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Voyage Fitness operator Jake Wright says the damage caused by indoor gym closures far outweighs any

GYM members can’t understand it and gym operators say there’s no data to support it but the ban on indoor exercise at gyms stays in place. That’s the word today, Friday, September 18, from the Premier Daniel Andrews who said during his daily coronavirus

Locked away in NSW, without her own equipment, Phillip Island's Nikki Van Dijk grabbed a semi-final berth in the Tweed Coast Pro, event one of the Australian Grand Slam of Surfing. Photo: WSL / Matt Dunbar

THE World Surf League was back in the water at Cabarita Headland south of Tweed Heads this week and Phillip Island’s Nikki Van Dijk was right in the thick of it, posting some fine scoring waves in a semi-final against the eventual competition winner

Forty-three Wonthaggi Road Runners are Running Against Violence, their team captains Donna Lancaster bottom left, Etsuko Yasunaga bottom right, Megan Hawking top left and Nicki Robson top right.

RUNNING Against Violence Wonthaggi Road Runners (WRR) have embarked on a 1300km journey to spread awareness and hope for those suffering through any form of violence. Nicki Robson shared the event to the WRR and was overwhelmed with members wishing to participate. “We ended

Grace McRae is approaching the AFLW combine draft following a meteoric burst onto the NAB League. Pictured, she won the Rising Star for the NAB League in round seven, April 29, 2019.

DESPITE having played fewer than 10 NAB games, Grace McRae has caught the attention of AFLW clubs and has been invited to the 2020 draft combine. The youngest of five, Grace grew up around sport, particularly netball and basketball. She is a precise ball

Natural defender Leongatha’s Zach Reid (22) has a 62 cm vertical leap along with great ball skills and footy smarts. The tall and adaptable footballer will be giving the AFL Combine Draft his all this December

STANDING at 202cm Zach Reid’s growing strength and versatility have helped the 18-year-old Leongatha footballer secure a spot in the AFL Combine Draft, scheduled for December. Former coach of both Zach and older brother Kyle, Gippsland Power’s Rhett McLennan said the competitive nature developed

Winners are grinners: back row, from left, Mick Loughran, Rick Gheller, Brett Cole, Rob McRae, David Sibly, Barry Davidson, Wayne Morrison and Anthony Carew; and front, Steven Lloyd, Kevin O’Halloran, Jim Akers, Barry Donohue, Steven Coldebella, Brian Donohue, Ian McNish, Ricky Gheller, John Donohue, and Allan Davis. Illustration by Keith Milkins tm03_3620

YOUTHFUL determination helped Dalyston finally win their third successive grand final clash against Phillip Island in ‘82. Dalyston’s reserves side was made up of a fit group of former thirds’ footballers and veterans finishing their careers. Swapping between ruck and forward flank, Rob McRae

The sign says ‘FEZZ’. Fair enough, Adrian ‘Pheasant’ Campbell (back left of sign) kicked his 100th goal in the last quarter of the 1997 grand final as Leongatha triumphed by four points.

“THE crucial moment in the match came late in the third quarter,” according to Leongatha premiership defender Gary Webster. “Christian Burgess (a Morwell onballer) went for a run and looked to have kicked a great goal from 35 metres out, only for a late

One of the best things about club cricket matches, afternoon teas, are off the menu for the foreseeable future under the new COVID normal arrangements.

THE time-honoured tradition of cricket afternoon teas is off the menu for the 2020-21 cricket season. Those spreads of sliced sponge, sausage rolls, ribbon sandwiches, scones, jelly slices and more will not be a feature of the cricket season, once it’s given the green

Tom Bramich crossed the line in eighth position in the last chance race at Aragon.

THE 2020 FIM Supersport 300 World Championship travelled to Spain for the Prosecco DOC Aragon Round at the weekend (August 28 to 30). Phillip Island Circuit backed Tom Bramich (Carl Cox-RT Motorsports by SKM-Kawasaki) was excited to get back on track after a difficult

Nathan Evans and his family celebrate the affiliation of the South Gippsland BMX Club with BMX Australia.

WITH a newly-built track and now affiliation with BMX Australia, South Gippsland BMX Club is open for business – apart from COVID-19 restrictions. President Nathan Evans announced the exciting update on Facebook last week. “So after almost two years of rebuilding the track we

Stony Creek’s Nathaniel Rodda makes a break for it on the way to setting up a key goal for the Lions in the crucial last quarter of the 2009 Grand Final.

THERE was a lot going on in football in 2009, and most of it, off the field. Much of the year had been taken up with a major dispute between Wonthaggi Power and regional powerbrokers over their forced move into the main Gippsland league

The clash of colours might be the only sticking point now: the Demons: Boolarra v MDU, the Tigers Mirboo North v Foster and the Magpies Yinnar v Toora.

FOR all the machinations in Gippsland football over the past few years, resulting in the dismissal of the AFL Gippsland Commission no less, it took just one minute tonight for the Mid Gippsland FNL clubs to accept all six Alberton Clubs. Publicity Officer for

‘The Freak from the Creek’ Sam Flanders made his AFL debut for the Gold Coast Suns against Essendon on Wednesday night.

FISH Creek’s favourite son Sam Flanders made his debut with the Gold Coast Suns, playing Essendon on Wednesday night before returning to the field on Monday night against Richmond. In the tantalising 73-point all finish against Essendon, Sam played an impressive first game with