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It's likely that the directors of the Mid Gippsland FNL will abandon the 2020 season on Wednesday night but they're now likely to have an equally weighty item on the agenda with the return of the Alberton merger proposal.

The Mid Gippsland Football Netball League will consider its official response to the interim ‘G25 Strategy’ report into the structure of Gippsland Football at its meeting tomorrow night. But they’re unlikely to accept its key finding, recommending all six Alberton clubs join its existing

Unlike men's footy in Gippsland, the region's women are leading the state in participation rates.

A FALL in the male participation rate in Gippsland and expectations of a dramatic increase in population at the western end of the region are driving major changes to the structure of football/netball competition in the area. As outlined in ColganBauer’s interim ‘G25 Strategy’

The juniors are back into training but what about senior football? Will the Gippsland League get the all clear to start back on July 18.

IT ALL hinges on what the Premier Daniel Andrews has to say ahead of a major easing of COVID-19 restrictions on Monday, June 22. But it seems likely there will be football and netball competition in Gippsland, from Saturday, July 18. “We had a

We may not see any senior football action in 2020 but Dalyston President Andy Thomas believes an under-age competition might still be held.

DALYSTON FNC will be the next club to have seniors and reserves back on the training track, starting tonight, Thursday, June 11, but still without any indication that there’ll be any competition in 2020. The club’s Under 16s and Under 18s got back to

In the absence of any announcement from AFL Victoria, the Ellinbank league has set June 30 as the date by which crowds are allowed to come back or there will be no football or netball.

ELLINBANK and District Football League president Roger Gwynne scored plenty of support around Gippsland this week when he declared there would be no football in his league unless restrictions were lifted on crowds by June 30. He said clubs in the Ellinbank League were

Branca McFarlane from Phillip Island Basketball Association won Female Administrator of the Year at the Basketball Victoria Country Awards. Photo taken before social distancing.

By Shelby Brooks THREE local basketball clubs have received top gongs at the Basketball Victoria Country Awards. Winners on and off the court were announced last week for the 2019 season which included Phillip Island, Korumburra and Wonthaggi Basketball Associations. Branca McFarlane of Phillip

It's 'going off' as they say at beach breaks along Bass Coast today, from Kilcunda to Phillip Island but with the wind increasing on Saturday and weather turning bad on Sunday, now's the time to get at it.

IT’S “game on” at the beach breaks along Bass Coast today, from Kilcunda to the Island with a solid 1m-2m swell running and likely to build into Saturday. The carparks have been chockas throughout the day with people “working from home” taking the opportunity

A return to football and netball in Gippsland was put back on the agenda by the Premier's announcement about sports training in groups of 10 but clubs are now waiting on a response from AFL Victoria.

THE Premier Daniel Andrews has given football and netball training in groups of 10 the all clear but AFL Victoria’s position is that “no sanctioned training will take place until further notice”. That position was conveyed to all Gippsland clubs AFL Gippsland Regional Manager

As Jodie and Stacey departed for their ‘freedom run’ along the trail, they shared a beautiful birthday cake made by RD Katrina and asked the community to head down and walk the trail for their daily exercise and to grab a piece of cake to celebrate!

ON what should have been a first birthday celebration for the Grand Ridge Rail Trail parkrun team, it was a quiet occasion shared by co-event directors Jodie Pincini and Stacey Harriage. The morning started as a normal parkrun day would, with the run director

PGA coach at the Korumburra Golf Club, John Payne, says clubs should get ready for a return to golf.

PGA certified golf coach and Director of Golf at the Korumburra Golf Course, John Payne, has urged clubs to get ready for the lifting of Stage Three restrictions, as early as the middle of next month. In a ‘Coronavirus Update’ to members this week,

There's been some good-sized swell running at the beaches in Bass Coast in recent days and good-sized crowds to go with it.

SURFERS have been doing their best to observe the ‘social distancing’ rules associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria both in and out of the water. But it has been noticeable that, with a good-sized swell running, surfers have come out of the woodwork

Voyage personal trainer Jacqueline Snooks is helping children to stay active while at home.

VOYAGE Fitness has designed a new platform to help keep children active during the COVID-19 pandemic. The new virtual PE classes are free for all community members through the Voyage Facebook pages. Local personal trainer Jacqueline Snooks is one of the three trainers involved

Etsuko shares her time between the three local parkruns: Inverloch, Koonwarra and Grand Ridge Rail Trail.

by Ebony Knox   AT 8am every Saturday in the towns of Inverloch, Koonwarra and Mirboo North, a congregation of people and some with loyal pooches would gather. On the cooler mornings, these people would hide under their hoodies, huddle together, breathe warm air