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By Lexi Cottee

Whittlesea residents face one of the lowest rate rises in the state if the council’s proposed 2015-16 budget is approved next month.

A rate rise of 3.5 per cent is forecast in the 2015-16 �nancial year, marginally lower than the 2014-15 rate rise of 3.75 per cent and signi�cantly lower than rate hikes forecast by neighbouring councils.

Hume council releases its dra� budget next Tuesday. Nillumbik council has proposed a rate rise of 5.5 per cent, Mitchell council wants 6.9 per cent, and Brimbank and Macedon Ranges councils have both �agged increases

Clamps on council ratesof 4.8 per cent. Whittlesea council will also continue to o�er farms a 15 per cent discount on their rates.

Whittlesea mayor Ricky Kirkham said rising living costs for households were carefully weighed up against the need to deliver more services before deciding on rate rises.

For residents with a house valued about $500,000, annual rates will be $1324.20 for the 2015-16 year, up just $25.47, if the budget is passed in June.

�e dra� budget also includes $232 million for more than 100 community services and infrastructure investments and a $42 million

war chest for capital works projects. Funding of $2.25 million has been earmarked for tra�c lights at the Bridge Inn and Bassetts roads intersection. A further $330,000 is set aside for the redevelopment of Church Street in Whittlesea and $925,000 for bike facilities and paths.

A new animal welfare precinct at Epping is slated to cost $4 million and will manage lost pets and impounded livestock.

Other budget highlights include $2.2 million for a new kindergarten at Epping North, $1 million for Barry Road community activity centre upgrades and car parking, and $600,000 for playgrounds across the city.

Cr Kirkham said while the council rolls out much-needed capital works, “it will continue to deliver the high-quality community services our residents need and expect.

�ese will include libraries, leisure and aquatic centres, maternal and child health services, youth services, aged and disability services, as well as maintaining local roads, parks, playgrounds, and waste and recycling services, Cr Kirkham said.

�e proposed budget can be viewed online or at council o�ces.

Residents are encouraged to have their say before 5pm on May 28. Submissions can be made online or in writing.

Russell was looking pretty chuffed this week as he sat surrounded by the spoils of Whittlesea council’s Whittlesea Loves Pets competition.

The one-year-old Tibetan-cross moggie won a $400 pet shop voucher after hundreds of adoring fans “liked” and commented on a photo that his owners, Snezana and Clifford Zammit, uploaded to the council’s Facebook page.

It received more than 585 likes, a feat Ms Zammit puts down to Russell’s tiger-like stripes.

But life hasn’t always been this rosy for young Russell, who was abandoned by his initial owners.

Ms Zammit said that when Russell’s family moved out they left the kitten to fend for himself.

She and her husband took him into their Wollert home, had him treated for �ees and a nasty abscess, and named him ‘Russell’ after a character from television show House Rules.

“They left and didn’t come looking for him and I couldn’t have asked for a better cat,” Ms Zammit said.

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�e saga of Victoria’s wholesale produce market’s relocation from Footscray to Epping drags on, with growers, wholesalers and retailers battling red tape, rising costs and insu�cient parking.

Vegetable Growers Association of Victoria president David Wallace said three growers had decided against moving to Epping in the past month alone, citing rising charges for warehousing, rent, parking and electricity.

He estimates the market will lose about 10 per cent of its fruiterers, many scared o� by a 12 per cent hike in stall rents.

“A few growers are going to try to split costs by sharing warehousing space, but that’s a di�cult thing to do,” Mr Wallace said.

“Everyone’s trying to run their own business. Most people will go for the �rst 12 months and reassess a�er that.”

One fruit and vegetable wholesaler, who did not want his name reported, said he and his brother would not relocate to Epping because it was prohibitively expensive.

“My brother and I are in our 60s. I don’t want to spend $500,000 and then have to spend the next 10 years working out there to recoup it,” he said.

About a dozen casual stallholders at Footscray will also shut up shop come August 3 when Epping is due to open, because it won’t o�er casual stands.

Milla’s Farm Direct sales manager Michael Savvas says his company and 12 other businesses in the same boat are considering class action against the market authority. Market spokeswoman Corinne Said said growers without a stand at Epping can sell though an agent.

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Maya Dove’s dexterity with a basketball was not lost on a scout from the Australian women’s wheelchair development squad. Despite taking up basketball just a year beforehand, Maya received a request to join the squad last year in the lead-up to the Kevin Coombs Cup. The week-long annual national tournament for junior wheelchair basketball was held last month, with Maya’s team claiming third place. The Whittlesea resident and Marymede Catholic College year 10 student said she was extremely proud of her team’s efforts. “We worked very hard and were playing against experienced opponents, some of them Australian Paralympic representatives, so to �nish third was a great honour,” she said. When not representing the state, Maya, 16, takes to the court every Sunday with the Saints, who compete in the Kilsyth and Mountain District Basketball Association. Lexi Cottee

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But in a report, council services manager Danny Eaton said: “It would appear that some o�enders who apply for payment plans are e�ectively trying to avoid payment of the original infringement by extending the time available for the payment to occur or by reducing the amount able to be paid and then

By Lexi Cottee

Payment plans are being exploited to get out of paying infringements notices in Hume, forcing the council to write o� thousands of dollars in unpaid �nes.

According to council documents, in 2014, 1519 payment plans were o�ered to people who received �nes.

Only 1359 people paid one or more instalments, with 37 per cent, or about 562 people, defaulting on their �nes. �e statistics reveal that just 52 per cent of �nes were actually

paid in full, prompting the council to change its regulations.

�e council’s infringement management policy stipulated that all �nes must be paid by the due date written on the notice. �ey could be paid by instalments or by negotiating an extension of the due date from the time the �ne was �rst issued.

Payment plans were available to anyone on application, as well as to anyone with a Centrelink health care card, pensioner concession card or Department of Veterans’ A�airs concession card.

not paying at all.” He said another avoidance used by some residents was transferring a �ne to company names despite having the means to pay themselves.

At a recent meeting, councillors voted to change the infringement management policy to exclude companies from payment plans and to only o�er such plans to people able to prove �nancial hardship.

People su�ering extreme �nancial hardship will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.

But they will still be required to pay the �ne in full within two years.

Excuses narrow for �ne dodgers‘‘ Some offenders are … effectively trying to avoid payment ’’ - Danny Eaton

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Gerry and Chris Apostolatos were sentenced in the Melbourne Magistrates Court last week for failing to su�ciently feed more than a million chickens at six commercial farms between December, 2011, and February, 2012. �e brothers were directors of Tip Top Livestock, which operated a farm in Lipton Drive, �omastown among others, before the company went bankrupt in 2012.

�ey pleaded guilty to charges of cruelty and aggravated cruelty and were sentenced to a combined total of 300 hours of unpaid community work. Gerry was disquali�ed from being in charge of poultry for 10 years while Chris was disquali�ed for seven years.

Magistrate Joanne Metcalfe said “�nancial or business di�culties don’t relieve animal-related commercial enterprises of the responsibility to provide humane care to animals”.

�e Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources’ leading animal health o�cer, Lachlan King, said an investigation found evidence of starvation and multiple breaches of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986. �e farmers failed to provide enough feed, resulting in cruelty to 1,092,000 broiler chickens and the deaths of more than 86,000.

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�e canteen at St Monica’s College in Epping serves a great Fair Trade cafe latte.

�e students kick around Fair Trade soccer balls on the oval, and the next cohort of year 12s is planning to buy Fair Trade hoodies.

�e school is one of a handful of Fair Trade schools in Victoria.

�at means it’s committed to supporting decent working conditions, better prices, local sustainability and fair trade terms for farmers and workers in developing countries.

Fadi Elbarbar, St Monica’s College’s social justice co-ordinator, embraced the Fair Trade movement years ago and quietly went about helping the plight of the less fortunate when he started at the school in 2009.

�e teacher introduced a six-week crash course, part of the geography syllabus, about the bene�ts of Fair Trade.

Last month, Mr Elbarbar travelled to Costa Rica to meet Fair Trade co�ee and sugar farmers.

�e aim was to foster a physical connection between farmers on co�ee plantations in the South American tropics and high school students sitting in classrooms in Epping.

“It’s easy to say that Fair Trade is a better deal for farmers, but it’s important to be able to put a name to the face,” Mr Elbarbar said.

He said the buyers of Fair Trade products were required to pay prices that covered the costs of sustainable production.

�e premium prices also funded investment in social, environmental and economic development projects in producer communities.

While in Costa Rica, Mr Elbarbar organised for the local Fair Trade co-ordinator to Skype

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Fadi Elbarbar met Fair Trade farmers in Costa Rica. (Shawn Smits)

St Monica’s Spanish classes. He will incorporate research done on the trip into a revised syllabus.

“�e trip has given me more drive to make sure other people are more consumer conscious,” Mr Elbarbar said.

He said the school’s social justice group had 80 members, demonstrating how keen students were to support the initiative.

Mr Elbarbar’s trip to Costa Rica was funded by Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand.



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A Campbell�eld construction company wants a tenfold increase in the number of trucks coming and going from a land�ll site in Oaklands Junction.

Winslow Constructions is negotiating with Inglis horse sales to operate a land�ll site on vacant land at Inglis’s 78-hectare complex at 285-315 Oaklands Road, Oaklands Junction.

�e land�ll business, which trades under the name Creative Land�ll, was granted a

500 truck movements was excessive and echoed the concerns of 11 objections submitted by adjoining owners and occupiers.

“Council’s tra�c department suggested that it would be appropriate to limit the increase to 50 per cent of the existing large truck volume on Oaklands Road,” Mr Dong wrote in his report. �is would equate to 14 extra truck movements per hour.

�e Winslow site would be in a rural area that’s zoned green wedge. Holcim Australia operates a quarry across the road and truck

permit last January to use the site for clean-�ll purposes and grass seeding.

Hume council’s original permit stipulated that there was to be no more than 50 truck movements per day, with land�ll operations restricted to Monday to Saturday between 8am and 5pm. �e company wants this number to increase to 500 truck movements a day.

At a council meeting last Monday night, councillors upheld o�cers’ recommendations to cap truck movements to 280 per day.

Town planner Henry Dong said the proposed

movements are frequent. When a tra�c survey was last conducted north of the quarry in July 2013, an average of 6161 vehicles passed daily, almost a quarter being trucks.

While the council gave Creative Land�ll the green light to increase truck movements to 280 a day, this hinges on completion of the Craigieburn and Oaklands roads roundabout.

Construction of the roundabout is now under way and is due to be completed before the end of June. Winslow Constructions and Inglis were contacted for comment.

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Achieving the daily dose of two serves of fruit and �ve serves of vegetables for a healthy diet is getting easier in Hume.

�e council is giving away 150 fruit trees to schools, neighbourhood houses, workplaces, community gardens, churches, temples and mosques in the hope that produce will be shared through the community.

Hume mayor Adem Atmaca says community orchards are a great way for people to get more fruit into their diets. �e National Health and Medical Research Council’s Australian Guide to Healthy Eating says adults need to eat two to Healthy Eating says adults need to eat two to Healthy Eatingserves of fruit and �ve serves of vegetables each day as well as a variety of nutritious foods from the dairy, meat and cereal food groups.

“�ere’s nothing like the taste of fruit that you’ve grown yourself,” Cr Atmaca said.

“Fruit trees aren’t time-consuming to maintain and you don’t have to be an expert gardener to provide the occasional serve of water and plant food.”

�e citrus, apple, �g, pear, olive and stone fruit trees on o�er have been cultivated by Brite Services at Broadmeadows. �e organisation provides supported training and employment services for people with a disability and has a wholesale nursery on site that sells exotic and Australian trees, plants and herbs.

Broadmeadows Disability Services in Camp Road took on the growing of four fruit trees last year, with a group of green-thumbed sta� looking a�er the citrus, apple and pear trees.

Chief executive Barb van den Vlekkert says the service will ask for six more trees this year so that there’s plenty of produce to share around again next fruiting. “Any fruit they bear is passed to the local food bank or used in our cooking program,” she said .

Apply for between two and 10 fruit trees by May 8 at www.hume.vic.gov.au/healthy or call 9205 2200.

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Family centre opensA new $5.6 million family and community centre has opened at Mernda. The Jindi Family and Community Centre was of�cially opened last Friday and offers Mernda families 99 four-year-old kindergarten places, 99 three-year-old kindergarten places, maternal and child health services and an outdoor play space. Working families will be offered childcare from 6.30am until 6.30pm, and children’s services will have the space and �exibility to offer 15 hours a week of kindergarten and other early years’ programs.

Fire probe unearths cannabisEmergency services were called to a house �re at Davisson Street, Epping, last Thursday morning. The house was destroyed and a neighbouring weatherboard house also sustained damage to a side wall. While �re investigators were trying to determine the cause of the blaze, a cannabis crop was found at a neighbouring house where 50 plants were uncovered.

Teens chargedFive western suburbs teens face numerous charges connected to a series of armed robberies between April 2 and April 28 across Melbourne, including Craigieburn, Point Cook and Glen Waverley. A 16 year-old boy and four 17 year-old boys were collectively charged with 40 armed robbery offences and will appear at a children’s court. Four other boys were released without charge. Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000

Street trees divide views[Re: Messy gum trees trigger petition, Star Weekly, April 21]. Copious amounts of Weekly, April 21]. Copious amounts of Weeklyleaves? You’ve got to be joking! Ever heard of a broom and a mulcher or a green-waste bin? Maybe once we pull out the trees we can pave the whole area so we can �t more cars in.

Here’s an idea: sell your house and buy an apartment inside the concrete jungle. Then you can sign a petition about the lack of green wedges.

Greg, via northern.starweekly.com.au

Totally shocked to read the comments by Whittlesea council’s parks and open space manager Kristen Jackson, which are quite insensitive and ill-considered in addressing the complaint made by Elaine. The poor lady has her house cracking up due to the tree, which was planted by the council in violation of its own guidelines, and the council’s manager is going on about the environmental bene�ts of tree-lined suburbs without even offering to look into the complaint. Tom Joseph, president, Mernda and Doreen

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Transparency lostGoing to the Hume council meeting showed me how out of touch the organisation is with reality and the needs of its residents.

I listened to the CEO of�cially standing down Cr Jack Medcraft for one month following a process that was nothing short of a kangaroo court. Cr Medcraft had been cleared last year on the same charge after ratepayers’ money was wasted on a consultant. But some councillors, led by Casey Nunn, who were not happy with this result, wanted to do it all over again in this

kangaroo court process against these two independent Sunbury councillors.

The original report that cleared both Jacks will not be released to the public, nor are the two Jacks allowed to release it. Now ratepayers’ money will need to be spent on the appeal process through VCAT for this second hearing.

We wonder why our rates keep going up. To now get the �rst report I have had to lodge an FOI request that will cost all parties even more.

Residents presented some great questions, and the council refused to answer them. We have the Hume CEO in an email to staff saying they want transparency. Well, it doesn’t exist.

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Bread is on the bake again at Tullamarine a�er a $21 million upgrade to the Allied Mill Bakery.

�e Tullamarine Park Drive manufacturer ceased operating for six months while the company spent millions of dollars installing new machinery and technology.

Mill Park MP and Minister for Industry Lily D’Ambrosio was on site last �ursday to o�cially reopen the bakery manufacturing plant.

Allied Mills is one of Australia’s largest suppliers of �our and bakery pre-mixesto hot-bread shops, supermarkets and wholesalers. It owns seven �ourmills, four frozen bakeries and four mixing plants.

�e Tullamarine plant employs about 200 people, while the company employs more than 900 people in Australia and New Zealand, processing 800,000 tonnes of wheat and other grains each year.

�e Tullamarine bakery was purchased from Potts Bakeries three years ago.

Ms D’Ambrosio said the state government had provided a $25 million grant to support capital investment.

“Food and �bre is one of six key growth sectors in our Back to Work Plan, which we will invest in to help create 100,000 jobs,” she said.

“By working with companies like Allied Mills, we’re securing economic growth now and into the future.”

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When Karen Robinson’s husband was diagnosed with cancer in 2008, she decided to pay her local artist supply shop a visit.

As a child Ms Robinson was an avid painter. But her passion for colour and creative expression took a backseat when her career in the bridal industry took o� and later with the arrival of two children.

But her husband’s diagnosis shi�ed priorities for the family of four. Ms Robinson took a year o� work to care for her husband and then took up painting to deal with the emotional rollercoaster of chemotherapy and the debilitating e�ects of the disease.

“We didn’t know if he would live or die,” she said. “Art became critical to staying sane.”

While her husband’s cancer was successfully treated, tragedy struck the family less than a year later.

�eir 25-year-old son, Ben, was killed while driving home from a night out in Bendigo. Police believe he was speeding when a kangaroo crossed his path, causing him to lose control of the car and slam it into a tree about 4.30am.

Solace for Ms Robinson was again found through a paintbrush in hand.

“At that time I found it very di�cult to process what I was thinking so I used art to express deeply felt emotion. It helped me verbalise the trauma I was experiencing.”

Since 2008, Ms Robinson, of Attwood, has produced 60 works of art, all searingly honest and surprisingly colourful. Fi�een of them will be on display in her �rst solo exhibition at the Gee Lee-Wik Doleen Gallery at Craigieburn from May 7.

When Words are Hard to Find, as the exhibition is titled, is the artist’s interpretation of family life, through times of grief and

Brush eases bitter blows

Karen Robinson in her studio. (Joe Mastroianni)

trauma to travel adventures and career milestones.

Hume mayor Adem Atmaca said Ms Robinson’s work explores how it is possible to come from a point where words are hard to �nd to a place where everyday joy is refound.

“�e paintings o�er a profound glimpse into her psyche,” he said.

When Words are Hard to Find opens When Words are Hard to Find opens When Words are Hard to FindWednesday, May 6, 6–7.30pm, at Gee Lee-Wik Doleen Gallery, Hume Global Learning Centre, Craigieburn. �e exhibition runs until June 27.



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Allstar extravaganzaBe blown away by the extreme talents of the 360 AllStars cast, which includes 360 AllStars cast, which includes 360 AllStarschampion athletes, world-class dancers and renowned musicians. This show reinvents public performance, fusing amazing physical skills with extraordinary artistry of urban culture. It’s at Plenty Ranges Arts & Convention Centre, 35 Ferres Boulevard, South Morang, on May 8, 7-9pm. Adult: 28; concession/senior/student, $22; group ticket for six-plus, $18.■ 9217 2317

East Timor 15 years onFriends of Aileu 15th anniversary fundraising dinner is at Hume Global Learning Centre, May 6 from 7.30pm. Enjoy Timorese cuisine and live music, and hear from special guest speaker Kirsty Sword Gusmao, goodwill ambassador for education. Tickets $50 (full-time students $10). Contact Chris Adams.■ [email protected]

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When was the last time you used a corkscrew? When was the last time you used a corkscrew? When was the last time you used a corkscrew? Do you still own one? I was given two last week Do you still own one? I was given two last week Do you still own one? I was given two last week by French winemakers.

�e �rst winemaker looked a little sheepish �e �rst winemaker looked a little sheepish �e �rst winemaker looked a little sheepish as he handed over the branded, promotional as he handed over the branded, promotional as he handed over the branded, promotional tool, knowing the bulk of wine we drink in tool, knowing the bulk of wine we drink in Australia is sealed with a screw cap. Australia is sealed with a screw cap.

�e second had my name printed on it – an �e second had my name printed on it – an aid, I presume, to ensure it makes its way back aid, I presume, to ensure it makes its way back aid, I presume, to ensure it makes its way back to me a�er a boozy picnic with friends.to me a�er a boozy picnic with friends.

�e corkscrew rarely makes an appearance at �e corkscrew rarely makes an appearance at �e corkscrew rarely makes an appearance at tastings these days.

Despite the screw cap’s wide adoption in Despite the screw cap’s wide adoption in Despite the screw cap’s wide adoption in Australia, debate still rages as to Australia, debate still rages as to Australia, debate still rages as to what makes the best closure what makes the best closure what makes the best closure for a bottle of wine – especially for a bottle of wine – especially for a bottle of wine – especially between winemakers.between winemakers.

�ere are three major types of �ere are three major types of �ere are three major types of seals used on wine bottles: the seals used on wine bottles: the seals used on wine bottles: the screw cap, natural cork and an screw cap, natural cork and an screw cap, natural cork and an agglomerate cork made of tiny agglomerate cork made of tiny agglomerate cork made of tiny bits of cork that are glued and bits of cork that are glued and bits of cork that are glued and molded together. It’s known as molded together. It’s known as molded together. It’s known as the Diam, a�er the company that the Diam, a�er the company that the Diam, a�er the company that makes it.

�ere are two main issues with �ere are two main issues with �ere are two main issues with corks that led to the development corks that led to the development corks that led to the development

of alternatives. Cork taint, caused alternatives. Cork taint, caused alternatives. Cork taint, caused by the chemical 2,4,6-Trichloroanisole by the chemical 2,4,6-Trichloroanisole by the chemical 2,4,6-Trichloroanisole (TCA), gives wine a wet cardboard or musty (TCA), gives wine a wet cardboard or musty (TCA), gives wine a wet cardboard or musty smell and is so potent even the tiniest trace smell and is so potent even the tiniest trace smell and is so potent even the tiniest trace can be sensed by the human nose. Aboutcan be sensed by the human nose. About5 per cent of all bottles sealed under cork5 per cent of all bottles sealed under cork5 per cent of all bottles sealed under corkare a�ected by TCA.

�e other issue is the amount of oxygen the �e other issue is the amount of oxygen the �e other issue is the amount of oxygen the cork lets in. �e bark from the cork tree, which is cork lets in. �e bark from the cork tree, which is grown in huge forests on the Iberian Peninsula, grown in huge forests on the Iberian Peninsula, grown in huge forests on the Iberian Peninsula, lets small amounts of air pass through it. In lets small amounts of air pass through it. In lets small amounts of air pass through it. In itself, this is a good thing because a little oxygen itself, this is a good thing because a little oxygen itself, this is a good thing because a little oxygen

helps wine age and develop in the bottle. But, because cork is a natural product, the amount that passes through isn’t consistent.

�ere’s a saying that “there aren’t greatwines, just great bottles” and I’ve been at tastings that prove the point beautifully.

Few disagree that screw caps are a high-quality, consistent seal that retains freshness. But many winemakers feel corks are the perfect seals for the style of wine they’re trying to make.

Te Mata winemaker Peter Cowley uses screw caps, cork and Diam for his wines and we’ve spoken about the merits of all over the years. Te Mata, in New Zealand’s Hawkes Bay, trialled all three seals on its high-end wines.

“A�er those trials were about three years old, when we were trying them, we were seeing a di�erence in the wines,” Cowley says. “Reds move on a bit more a�er three or four or �ve years; there’s more evolved aromas and �avours. �e tannins are so�er and more evenly straight on the palette.

“[With screw caps] I �nd the same wine a bit shorter and a little bit harder. �e tannin seems to be on the end of the line a little bit.”

But Cowley also saw positives in screw caps: “�e wine’s freshness – a sweet, fruit thing that is terri�c.”

Te Mata chose to use screw caps on some of its cheaper wines.

Crowley uses Diam corks on his top whites, which are fermented and matured in oak barrels to add extra complexity to the wines. Screw caps, he found, ampli�ed some of the characters in these wines.

“We were picking up a �inty, tonicky note on those wines in the whites, which is kind of OK. [As drinkers] we’re all getting used to that character a bit, but we think it’s a bit of a negative.”

Corkscrew’s fate still not sealed

‘‘ It was terri�c and saved a lot of money ’’ - Peter Cowley


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By Tara Murray

Jacana was on a mission to take the scalp of a stronger team in the opening month of Essendon District Football League’s division 2 season … and it did just that on Saturday.

Facing last year’s grand �nalist Roxburgh Park, the Jaguars made it three wins from four matches for their season’s start, with a 13-point win, 9.16 (70) to 8.9 (57).

Jaguars’ coach Aaron Collins said the result was exactly where he wanted to be a�er four rounds.

“We wanted to be 3-1. �e aim was to knock o� either Roxburgh Park or Had�eld. We underestimated Had�eld and lost that game.

“�is game we really planned for and it came o�. �e team is starting to gel.”

In his �rst season as coach, Collins said the

Jaguars take �nals preyFormer AFL player Chris Johnson had his �rst game for the season with Jacana Jaguars. (Shawn Smits)

players are learning to believe in the game plan.“For me it was about getting the trust of the

boys,” he said. “It’s not an easy competition and there’s a lot of good sides.

“�ey [the boys] are starting to gel and understand how to play as a team.”

On Saturday, the margin was only 13 points but could have been a lot di�erent if the Jaguars had kicked straight.

“�ere was a wind and we could have had 12 goals [in the �rst quarter], if we had kicked straight,” Collins said.

“In the second quarter, they were only able to kick one goal with the wind and we kicked two goals against it.

“Our defensive game li�ed in that quarter.”�e Magpies came back at the Jaguars in the

second half.“It was a hard-fought win,” Collins said.

“I know they are a good side and thought they would run out the game really well. We held up well and got the win.”

Michael Evans, Paul Clooney, Beau Naim and Bryce Kimulitas were best for the Jaguars, while Matt Walker was the best for Magpies.

In a boost for the Jaguars, former AFL player Chris Johnson played his �rst game for the season.

“It’s a bonus having him play. It’s play-it-by-ear whether he plays due to work commitments,” Collins said.

Greenvale’s goal-scoring run has continued, with the Jets recording a second successive 100-point win in premier division. �is time the Jets had a 27.18 (180) to 7.5 (47) win over Maribyrnong Park.

In division 1, Craigieburn, Westmeadows and Tullamarine all scored wins.

NPLHume City played out a 0-0 draw with Melbourne Knights on Saturday in the National Premier League. City had the best of the opportunities in the second half but were denied by Knights’ goal keeper Chris May. Meanwhile, the club announced during the week it has signed Theo Markelis and Paul Harvey. Markelis has been playing in Greece and previously played for Melbourne Victory. Harvey has been playing with Altona Magic. In NPL 1, Melbourne Victory’s winning start continued with a dominating display over Whittlesea Ranges. Scores were level at half-time before four second-half goals set up the 4-0 win for Victory.

VWFLSouth Morang kicked off its season in the best possible way with a 66-point win against Hallam in the Victorian Women’s Football League division4. The Lions controlled the entire game, winning 11.12 (78)-2.0 (12). Madysen Duncan kicked four goals for the Lions. In west division, Jacana got its �rst win for the season against Kyneton. It was a whitewash for the Jaguars, coming home victors with 19.12 (126)-0.0 (0). Katy Hunter and Emily Angelidis kicked three goals each.

VRLThe Northern Thunder remain without a win after three rounds of the Victorian Rugby League �rst-grade season. On Saturday, Thunder played South Eastern Titans, going down 46-24. The club’s second side reversed the result, defeating the Titans 34-26. The weekend also marked the �rst time Mernda �elded teams in the rugby competition. They have three junior sides.

TAC CupThe Geelong Falcons were too strong in the second half against the Northern Knights in the TAC Cup on Sunday. Scores were level at half-time at Preston City Oval, before the Falcons kicked seven goals to four in the second half to win 13.11 (89)-9.14 (68). Kieran Malone kicked three goals for the Knights, with captain Jade Gresham again best for the Knights. The Calder Cannons were also on the losing side, falling to the Murray Bushrangers. The Cannons were slow out of the blocks failing to score in the opening quarter. They were also held goalless in the third quarter in the 10.11 (71)-6.9 (45) loss. Shaun Stewart kicked two goals in his �rst match, while Nick O’Kearney was named in the best in the losing side.

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Lions coach attributes new pride to off-�eld workMichael Loche has coached soccer for the past 13 years but has never met a more hard-working and determined club than the Plenty Valley Lions.

Loche, who joined the FFV state league 4 north club in the o�-season, says hard work behind the scenes is responsible for the club’s brilliant start to the season.

It won its �rst �ve matches of the year and drew, nil-all, at the weekend.

“I’ve found the committee to be the hardest- working in the 13 years I’ve coached,” Loche said.

“�ey are so dedicated and embrace all cultures and they have grown immensely. �e

club is able to provide a pathway from juniors through to seniors.”

With everything rolling well behind the scenes, on�eld results are starting to go the Lions’ way.

Loche’s recruitment of six players in the o�-season has helped with the club’s development. “We expected to be far better than previous years, and it’s about looking at consistency of e�ort. If we put the e�ort in, the results will take care of themselves.

“It’s much more competitive at training and the players now know that if they slacken o� there’s someone else to take their role.”

Loche said while the club had improved as a

whole, it was some of the experienced players who had impressed him.

“Daniel Tsakmakis and Rhys Bigaran have been two of the biggest improvers,” he said.

And leaders of the club, like Taner Altanhan, Arhmad Bakri and Salim Hellis, were competitive beasts.

“Goalkeeper Goran Petrovski has taken it to another level, while Chris Nikolaidis, who has been playing for 16 years, is the lifeblood of this club.”

Loche says the club wants to get to the season’s halfway point just being competitive. �en they’ll reassess the season’s goals.

On Saturday, the Lions recorded a 0-0 draw

with Northern United and are now second on the ladder, with �ve wins and a draw.

In other matches, Epping City defeated Watsonia Heights 3-1, Fawkner smashed Meadow Park 10-0, Bundoora United won 4-1 against FC Strathmore, and Northern Falcons and Greenvale United drew 1-1. In state league 2 north-west, Sporting Whittlesea beat Yarraville 2-1, Hume United lost to Banyule City 3-1.

Whittlesea United drew 1-1 with Geelong Rangers in state league 3 north-west. Lalor United and Western Eagles drew 0-0 and Up�eld won 2-1 against Brunswick Zebras.

Tara Murray

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VFLGEELONG 6.3 9.5 11.8 16.13 (109)RICHMOND 5.2 8.5 12.7 15.11 (101)Goals: Geelong: Cunico 2 Close 2 McIntosh 2 Gibbs 2 Maas Lucey Paliouras Cockatoo Herbison Blease GoreCowan. Richmond: McBean 3 Scott 2 Wynne 2 Gleeson2 Gale Menadue Mcfarlane Mcdonough Hampson Wall.Best: Geelong: McIntosh Tudor Cunico Rees FarrellyGibbs. Richmond: Conca Menadue Dea Wall ScottCastagna. At M E Bank Centre.COBURG 3.6 5.7 11.12 13.14 (92)FRANKSTON 2.1 6.3 7.4 11.10 (76)Goals: Coburg: Carnell 2 Younan Younan Y 2 Miles 2 Featherstone 2 Hill 2 Brandt Cauchi Goodwin.Frankston: Gardiner 2 Irving 2 Wilson 2 BuchanWilsen Cooper Hockey Post.Best: Coburg: Featherstone Venditti Blair MortonAllan Cauchi. Frankston: Hockey Gray Irving CavarraGiobbi Pollard. At Piranha Park.WILLIAMSTOWN 2.3 9.9 11.17 17.19 (121)NORTH BALLARAT NORTH BALLARAT NORTH BALLARA 0.4 0.5 3.7 5.10 (40)Goals: Williamstown: Clouston 3 Anastasio 3 Masters2 Hetherington 2 Gallucci 2 Dorgan Banner ChisariCritchley Johnstone. North Ballarat: Staley 2 Stephenson Anderson Youl.Stephenson Anderson Youl.Stephenson Anderson YBest: Williamstown: Jolley Marcon Faulks CloustonCharleston Tighe. North Ballarat: Stephenson AustinPeters Kiel Schache Warren At Eureka Stadium.COLLINGWOOD 6.2 10.3 14.3 16.4 (100)FOOTSCRAY FOOTSCRAY FOOTSCRA 0.1 4.5 12.8 14.12 (96)Goals: Collingwood: De Goey 3 Fasolo 2 Still 2 Cox 2 Abbott 2 Wills Kennedy Goodyear Wallace Borthwick.Footscray: Redpath 3 McLean 2 Hunter 2 Buchanan2 Dale 2 Grant 2 Hayes.Best: Collingwood: Pendlebury Wallin De Goey FasoloMarsh Abbott. Footscray: Biggs Hunter Dale GrantRedpath. At Victoria Park.WERRIBEE 4.5 9.6 14.7 15.10 (100)PORT MELBOURNE 1.3 7.8 9.13 12.16 (88) GOALS: Werribee: Iles 6 Daw 3 Robinson CurrieHussey Wales Speight Maishman. Port Melbourne:Lisle 3 Sandilands 2 Cain 2 Woof� noof� noof� din 2 PearsonHaretuku O’Sullivan.Best: Werribee: Iles Hussey Daw Sherlock CurrieHanson. Port Melbourne: Woof� noof� noof� din HaretukuO’Sullivan Batsanis Toman Lisle. At North Port Oval.O’Sullivan Batsanis Toman Lisle. At North Port Oval.O’Sullivan Batsanis T

AFL VICTORIA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUEPORT MELBOURNE 5.0 15.4 21.9 25.18 (168)WERRIBEE 1.2 3.2 4.3 5.5 (35)Goals: Pt Melbourne: McKenzie 5 Henderson 4 Mioni3 Prowse 3 Mascitti 2 Mahon Clinch Waddell RivettClarke Scipione Healy Macmillan. Werribee: Helliwell2 Ferrari Wallace O’Shea.Best: Pt Melbourne: McKenzie Mascitti MioniKeogh Rivett Gilmore. Werribee Krithararis RedfernChristensen Holman Helliwell Davie. At North Port Oval.FRANKSTON 5.3 5.7 9.9 10.12 (72)Coburg 0.1 5.8 7.10 10.11 (71)Goals: Frankston: Soroczynski 3 McPherson 2 Gleeson Harnett Fox Ashcroft Sutton. Coburg: Boyd2 Robinson Hemala Cooper Christensen MacDonaldNorthe Schraven Holdsworth.Best: Coburg: Symes Hemala Christensen SchravenTang Tang T Boyd. Frankston: Harnett Bastinac SoroczynskiHammond Jennings Halsall. At Piranha Park.

TAC CUPTAC CUPTNSW/ACT 4.3 5.9 10.13 13.15 (93)Dandenong 2.1 9.7 10.8 13.13 (91)Goals: NSW/ACT: Kennedy 3 Treacy Treacy T 2 Bance 2 Hodgson 2 Himmelberg Rymer Maguire Cornell.Dandenong: Freeman 3 La Fontaine 2 Capiron 2 McKay 2 Mutimer Warke Roscoe Kiely.Best: NSW/ACT: Kennedy Kelly Hebron Coenen FlynnCornell. Dandenong: Rice Capiron Prior Freeman CoxWarke. At Shepley Oval.

TASMANIA TASMANIA T 4.2 5.3 9.5 14.6 (90)SANDRINGHAM 2.1 3.3 3.8 3.13 (31)Goals: Tasmania: Tasmania: T Dodge 4 Johnson 3 Smith 2 Batchelor 2 Bilson Franklin Pearce. Sandringham:Briggs Hayres Mason.Best: Tasmania: Tasmania: T Johnson Brown Dodge LovellMcGuinness Quinn. Sandringham: Lyons Lyons L WilkinsonIudica Hayres Rendell Balic At Warrawee Park.MURRAY MURRAY MURRA 4.4 5.5 9.10 10.11 (71)CALDER 0.0 4.6 4.9 6.9 (45)Goals: Murray: Smith 3 McMullan 3 Schache TannerTannerTMinogue Smith. Calder: Stewart 2 Flower KovacevicLewis Condon.Best: Murray: Mennen Waite Coughlan McMullanSmith Minogue. Calder: O’Kearney Kerbatieh GawthropStillman Reaper Laguda. Murray: Mennen WaiteCoughlan McMullan Smith Minogue. At RAMS ArenaEASTERN 1.1 3.9 5.10 9.11 (65)BENDIGO 3.4 5.5 9.7 9.8 (62)Goals: Eastern Ranges: Parsons 2 Hardwick 2 Aldridge 2 Lynch Lynch L Batty Crocker. Bendigo: Free 3 Ryan3 Higgs Marciano Atley.Best: Eastern: Brolic Lane Crocker Batty Sheridan-Ferrie Fenton. Bendigo: Edwards Cole TardrewTardrewTMarciano Schultz Ryan. At Epsom Huntly Reserve.NORTH BALLARAT NORTH BALLARAT NORTH BALLARA 5.2 9.3 10.5 12.8 (80)OAKLEIGH 0.2 4.6 6.8 7.10 (52)Goals: North Ballarat: Frank 3 Templeton Templeton T 2 Eades 2 Webster Johnston Taurau Hausler McClure. Oakleigh:ebster Johnston Taurau Hausler McClure. Oakleigh:ebster Johnston TCrocker 2 Ridley 2 Corboy Phillips Young.Crocker 2 Ridley 2 Corboy Phillips Young.Crocker 2 Ridley 2 Corboy Phillips YBest: North Ballarat: Webster Cleary Templeton Templeton T EadesSymons Byrne. Oakleigh: Stathopoulos BeddisonRoughsedge Pearce Jackson Morgan. At Warrawee Park.

ESSENDON DISTRICT PREMIERGREENVALE GREENVALE GREENV 6.1 13.7 17.11 27.18 (180)MARIBYRNONG PK 3.1 3.4 6.4 7.5 (47)Goals: Greenvale: NA. Maribyrnong Park: B Jones 2 L Johnston 2 T Lee R Castello N Black.Best: Greenvale: NA. Maribyrnong Park: B RomenskyJ Reeves N McLellan S Cave L Doran D Schibeci.AIRPORT WEST 2.3 9.4 15.7 20.10 (130)NORTHERN SAINTS 2.1 4.3 4.3 8.8 (56)Details Unavailable.PASCOE VALE ASCOE VALE ASCOE V 2.2 5.8 9.13 13.21 (99)STRATHMORE STRATHMORE STRA 3.1 4.5 6.7 7.7 (49)Goals: Pascoe Vale: B Warren 5 B Ross 2 C Robbins 2 D Harris P Veszpremi V Randello J TaylorTaylorT . Strathmore: M Little 2 L Pignolet S Leech S Foulds M Purcell A Winter.Best: Pascoe Vale: M Ross B Ross C Robbins V Randello S Caruso. Strathmore: G Campbell A GrimaA Horne M Knight A Winter.KEILOR 2.3 8.10 9.13 15.17 (107)AVONDALE HGTS AVONDALE HGTS A 3.6 5.8 9.10 13.11 (89)Goals: Keilor: A Browne 2 D Gourdis 2 R Prismall 2 K Barbuto R Alexander D Joyce N Davidson E OgdenJ Manning J Kennedy N Kovac J Linton. AvondaleHeights: P Rose 4 D Galea 2 D DeBritt 2 C Nastasi 2 B Davies L Vescio L Cartelli.Best: Keilor: D Joyce K Barbuto R Prismall D IsbisterE Ogden D Putt. Avondale Heights: J Morris A WalshN Byrne R Miles C Nastasi B Davies.

DIV 1ESSENDON DS 4.3 9.6 15.10 19.15 (129)TAYLORS LAKES TAYLORS LAKES TA 4.0 5.2 6.3 8.6 (54)Goals: Essendon Doutta Stars: A Kite 10 M Anderson3 J Brown 2 B Cronin B George L Ronaldson L Buttigieg. Taylors Taylors T Lakes: M Xuereb 2 J DeSousa 2 E Giannoukas J Vistarini N Franzi C Tripodi.Giannoukas J Vistarini N Franzi C Tripodi.Giannoukas J Vistarini N Franzi C TBest: Essendon DS: S Smith A Kite M Day L RonaldsonM Anderson J Barnes. Taylors Taylors T Lakes: B Drysdale E Giannoukas C Monaco J Vistarini A Muratore B Healy.CRAIGIEBURN 5.2 13.3 18.5 23.8 (146)HILLSIDE 2.3 4.5 5.7 8.7 (55)Goals: Craigieburn: C Cloke 7 J Cloke 3 S Laffan 3 A Loizou 2 N Fletcher 2 D Courouzou 2 M Thomas2 B Gordon D Mackertich. Hillside: L Johnstone 2 V Micallef M Micallef J Hayes I Akkok M Stocco J DiPasquale.

Best: Craigieburn: A Loizou S Hamilton D MicallefJ Page D Courouzou C Cloke. Hillside: J Bonnici B Ferraro R Weightman I Akkok V Micallef J DiPasquale.WESTMEADOWS 5.4 7.9 14.11 20.13 (133)EAST KEILOR 1.1 5.5 6.5 9.6 (60)Goals: Westmeadows: R Aldridge 4 R Mullen 4 L Turner 3 D Simmons 3 N Taylor Taylor T 2 M Church L WilsonJ Fenton S Barry. East Keilor: Details Unavailable.Best: Westmeadows: O Allouch J Fenton M O’Neill R Mullen L Turner A Turner. East Keilor: NA.

DIV 2HADFIELD 3.7 6.7 14.10 16.13 (109)COBURG DISTRICTS 0.1 4.5 7.8 11.13 (79)Goals: Had�eld: M Patane 3 S Vocale 2 T Robertson 2 Z Polizzi 2 L Oliveri 2 G Sheehy N Nasra J McKercharM Dalpiaz S Rasile. Coburg Districts: NA.Best: Had�eld: M Dalpiaz H McKerchar S Rasile S Bassi S Vocale M Gray. Coburg Districts: NA.EAST SUNBURY 7.2 7.5 12.13 15.17 (107)BURNSIDE HEIGHTS 1.0 5.6 5.6 11.10 (76)Goals: East Sunbury: A Fleming 6 K Ogilvie 2 R Gardener 2 K Mokbel A Brown B Lampard J King J Spiteri. Burnside Heights: Details Unavailable.Best: East Sunbury: C Johnson M Kuric K Ogilvie R Gardener A Fleming A Aquilina. Burnside Heights: NA.JACANA 6.8 8.9 9.15 9.16 (70)ROXBURGH PARK 2.0 3.2 7.4 8.9 (57)Goals: Jacana: Details Unavailable. Roxburgh Park: M Walker 3 T Blacker 2 J Rowe H Short C Ardon.Best: Jacana: NA. Roxburgh Park: M Walker T DowseN Dimeski B Dimech J Blackley T Blacker.

ESSENDON DISTRICT: Premier: Snr: Res: Airport West20.14 bt Northern Saints 5.2, Strathmore 20.13 btPascoe Vale 3.3, Keilor 21.21 bt Avondale Heights3.6. U-18.5: Airport West 25.13 bt Northern Saints5.3, Pascoe Vale 9.10 bt Strathmore 7.14, Keilor14.18 bt Avondale Heights 5.7. Div 2: Res: EssendonDoutta Stars 13.5 bt Taylors Taylors T Lakes 6.6, Craigieburn10.9 bt Hillside 9.12, Westmeadows 17.20 bt EastKeilor 6.4, Glenroy 14.9 bt Tullamarine 8.8. U-18.5:Westmeadows 27.11 bt East Keilor 4.4, Craigieburn7.6 bt Hillside 2.8, Essendon Doutta Stars 10.19 btTaylors Taylors T Lakes 3.5, Glenroy 11.7 bt Oak Park 10.8.Div 2: Snr: Res: East Sunbury 8.7 bt Burnside Heights5.14, Roxburgh Park 13.8 bt Jacana 10.7. U-18.5:Keilor 16.12 bt Roxburgh Park 11.9, Had�eld 0.0bt Aberfeldie 0.0. Thirds: Keilor 18.10 bt Aberfeldie0.2, Taylors Lakes 26.10 bt Craigieburn 3.8.0.2, Taylors Lakes 26.10 bt Craigieburn 3.8.0.2, T

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LOWER PLENTY 7.2 8.6 13.9 19.10 (124)ELTHAM ELTHAM EL 2.3 6.8 12.13 14.16 (100)Goals: Lower Plenty: J Soccio 3 D Barden 3 D Ronalds 2 D Di Stefano 2 M Barden 2 B Poyser D Kutrolli T Keys D Morris P Flynn C Monger A Doumtsis. Eltham:J Kroussoratis 6 J Merkel 2 S Witkowski B Taglieri Taglieri T S Zito D Cof�eld C McCabe D Vallance.Best: Lower Plenty: M Vasilevski J Raiti C Porter C Monger D Di Stefano. Eltham: B Glasgow A Woods B Taglieri M WTaglieri M WT illiamson D Cox J Lorey.NORTHCOTE PARK 3.2 6.6 9.7 12.10 (82)MONTMORENCY 1.3 2.5 4.8 6.11 (47)Goals: Northcote Park: K Colman 4 W Schultz 4 M Papas 2 J Violato 2. Montmorency: J Donaldson 3 P Fitzgerald 2 R Hore.Best: Northcote Park: K Colman H Singh M O’ConnellJ West N Carter W Schultz. Montmorency: M Fitz-Gerald J Donaldson J Brooker.MACLEOD 3.5 7.14 10.17 17.25 (127)BUNDOORA 3.3 5.7 9.11 10.12 (72)Goals: Macleod: R Brandt 4 A Doherty 2 M Bottomley2 L Hobbs 2 K Shaw 2 P Martin 2 M YarwoodYarwoodY HPaynter J Andrew. Bundoora: G Moorcroft 3 S Mamone 2 J Grabowski 2 A Papaluca 2 K Slater.Best: Macleod: L Hobbs R Brandt S Kelly K Shaw L Schubert M Sayers. Bundoora: L Byrne B Carlyon J Grabowski S Mamone G Moorcroft K Slater.

WEST PRESTON L 2.1 4.4 9.13 9.13 (67)HEIDELBERG 3.4 4.6 8.9 8.9 (57)Goals: West Preston Lakeside: M Vincitorio 2 D Smith 2 A Dobby D Rodan M Perfetto B Micevski A Willitts. Heidelberg: B Kerton 2 M Looby 2 C GaylardJ Hodgkin L Hodgkin D Archer.Best: West Preston Lakeside: J Ramaekers L LirosiD Rodan A Willitts D Smith M Tilmouth-Turner. Heidelberg: C Gaylard M Miki N Miller M Looby.GREENSBOROUGH 2.8 7.13 17.17 22.20 (152)NTH HEIDELBERG 2.0 5.1 6.1 7.1 (43)Goals: Greensborough: J Grubb 7 A Stellas 3 R Boyden 3 T Stead 2 J Grif�ths 2 L Bowkett S Conte J Rogers L McQuilken J Callaway. North Heidelberg: M Mahony 2 D Florance 2 B McKeown L Hill S Harvey.Best: Greensborough: J Grubb T Stead M Hyde J Grif�thsR Mullins A Stellas. North Heidelberg: L Gilbert L Bentley J Brown M Lonergan M Florance A Buchanan.

DIV 2THOMASTOWN 5.2 7.4 9.6 13.8 (86)WHITTLESEA 2.0 7.5 9.6 12.10 (82)Goals: Thomastown: M Ferraro 7 J Osei-Duro 3 S SpiroskiJ Terzioski Terzioski T J Rizzolio. Whittlesea: J Daniel 4 A Fairchild3 M Dyson M Atta T Falls M Dornauf J Bramble.Best: Thomastown: J Beare J Abela M Ferraro J Osei-Duro S Cadby J Mercuri. Whittlesea: B Briffa J Ormerod N Stefanile A Fairchild M Dornauf T Falls.HURSTBRIDGE 8.4 11.4 17.8 21.19 (145)LALOR 2.2 8.7 9.7 14.11 (95)Goals: Hurstbridge: T Simpson 4 C Burton 4 B Shaw3 J Tilley 3 T Loader 2 M Ryan 2 L East 2 K Vann.Lalor: T Hughes 5 S Christopher 3 S Dowell 3 H RyanB Gibson D Morrison.Best: Hurstbridge: T Loader B Shaw J Tilley L East J Furlong T Simpson. Lalor: H Ryan T Hughes S DowellT Murphy D Baksh A Dao.FITZROY STARS FITZROY STARS FITZROY ST 1.5 8.13 12.20 16.23 (119)MERNDA 7.2 8.3 12.5 16.7 (103)Goals: Fitzroy Stars: J Hayes 3 D Whyman 2 P Hood2 D Francis 2 J Burns 2 M Dow 2 A Isailovic J AustinJ Kanoa. Mernda: J Wallace 3 T Felle 3 M Golledge 2 A Weetra 2 L Adams 2 A Smith 2 J Ksiazek R Black.Best: Fitzroy Stars: K Briggs C Thorpe P Hood CEdwards A Isailovic D Walker. Mernda: A Stefanile B Kairouz R Black L Gray T Deayton.DIAMOND CREEK 2.4 4.8 8.12 11.13 (79)PANTON HILL 1.3 3.6 5.8 5.11 (41)Details Unavailable.

DIV 3WATSONIA WATSONIA WA 4.0 9.7 11.11 17.16 (118)BANYULE 5.3 8.5 11.13 12.16 (88)Goals: Watsonia: A Bennett 5 J Larkin 3 J Bennett 3 H Mitchell 2 R Box M Crompton J Brown J Millen.Banyule: R Dennis 5 T Valvo 2 N Christou 2 L GilesN Smith R Byrne.Best: Watsonia: J Allan B Weissenfeld M Crompton A Bennett H Mitchell R Box. Banyule: NA .ST MARY’S 2.2 4.5 5.7 10.7 (67)RESERVOIR 3.3 5.7 7.10 8.12 (60)Goals: St Mary’s: NA. Reservoir: K Beaumont 3 R Docherty A Carlson A Flavel B Ryan J Darby.Best: St Mary’s: NA. Reservoir: B Ryan L Grattidge K Clayton J Dal Santo L Walsh L Ryan.EPPING 3.1 7.7 9.14 13.14 (92)HEIDELBERG WEST 5.6 7.7 10.8 11.9 (75)Goals: Epping: P Dempsey 5 C Chilcott 3 D Moore 2 T Hughes J Dunmore K Kiernan. Heidelberg West: K Ewart 5 A Young 2 J Smith Thompson J Grimshaw M Reeve T Amor.Best: Epping: L Aquilina L Judd C Janev D Moore P Dempsey B Campbell. Heidelberg West: M ShanahanDempsey B Campbell. Heidelberg West: M ShanahanDempsey B Campbell. Heidelberg WN Walsh M Reeve K Ewart B Moore A Demeo.

NORTHERN: Div 1 Res: Eltham 10.11 bt Lower Plenty7.6, Macleod 14.7 bt Bundoora 8.8, Montmorency9.12 bt Northcote Park 4.12, West Heidelberg 18.4bt West Preston Lakeside 4.14, Greensborough28.13 bt North Heidelberg 2.5. U-19: Lower Plenty15.14 bt Eltham 11.14, Bundoora 18.5 bt Macleod8.13, Northcote Park 8.9 bt Montmorency 7.7, West

West Preston Lakeside 16.18 bt Heidelberg 5.3,Greensborough 41.21 bt North Heidelberg 0.0. Div 2:Res: Hurstbridge 9.7 bt Lalor 5.16, Fitzroy Stars 16.6bt Mernda 3.14, Thomastown 14.15 bt Whittlesea10.9, Diamond Creek 25.17 bt Panton Hill 3.4.U-19: Whittlesea 18.11 bt Epping 7.6, Lalor 16.14bt Watsonia 5.8, St Mary’s V Hurstbridge Hurstbridge18.13 bt St Mary’s 3.5, Banyule 25.14 bt Mernda 4.3,Diamond Creek 16.19 bt Panton Hill 3.10. Div 3: Res:Banyule 8.15 bt Watsonia 6.8, ‘s Reservoir 8.13 btSt Mary’s 6.14, Heidelberg West 13.6 bt Epping 8.7.

GEELONG AND DISTRICT: Inverleigh 16.17 bt EastGeelong 10.7, Bell Post Hill 38.30 bt Corio 3.1,Anakie 15.9 bt Werribee Centrals 10.18, NorthGeelong 29.21 bt Winchelsea 7.5, Bannockburn16.16 bt Thomson 8.18. Res: Inverleigh 12.9 btEast Geelong 1.3, Bell Post Hill 26.10 bt Corio3.1, Anakie 15.10 bt Werribee Centrals 4.6, NorthGeelong 10.9 bt Winchelsea 7.7, Thomson 11.5 btBannockburn 7.9.

RUGBY RUGBY RUGB LEAGUEVICTORIAN RUGBY LEAGUE: First Grade: Rd 3: Sunbury42 bt Altona 30, South Eastern 46 bt Northern 24,Werribee 40 bt Doveton 18, Casey 20 bt North West16. Second Grade: Rd 3: Northern 34 bt South Eastern26, Doveton 26 bt Werribee 22, Altona 40 bt Sunbury22, North West Black 34 bt Casey 12, Waverley 30 btNorth West White 18. Women’s Tag: Rd 3: Doveton 14s Tag: Rd 3: Doveton 14s Tbt Werribee 4, Waverley 14 Northern 4.

RUGBY RUGBY RUGB UNIONVRU: Dewar Shield: Melbourne Uni 29 bt Souths 13,Moorabbin 19 bt Power House 12, Footscray 26 btEndeavour Hills 24, Harlequin 41 bt Melbourne 27.P2: Melbourne Uni 62 bt Souths 5, Power House 50bt Moorabbin 10, Footscray 40 bt Endeavour Hills33, Harlequin 46 bt Melbourne 15. P3: MelbourneUni 39 bt Souths 7, Power House 36 bt Moorabbin17, Footscray 34 bt Endeavour Hills 27, Harlequin 13bt Melbourne 7. P4: Melbourne Uni 33 bt Souths 19.Colts: Harlequin 17 bt Melbourne 0, Melbourne Uni 20bt Endeavour Hills 19. A: Geelong 66 bt Melton 0. B:Bendigo 62 bt Ballarat 0, Monash Uni 40 Puckapunyal8. Women: Moorabbin 12 bt Power House 10, UniPanthers 24 bt WD 17, Melbourne 19 bt Quins/Souths10. VSRU: XC 39 bt SC 5, MGS 21 bt GGS 12, SPC 55bt BGS 14. U-16: A: Endeavour Hills 45 bt WyndhamCity 7. B: Melbourne 56 bt Box Hill 5, Footscray 65bt Harlequin 0. U-14: A: Maroondah 59 bt Eltham 31,Wyndham City 44 bt Endeavour Hills 19. B: Box Hill 33bt Moorabbin 10. U-12 A: Harlequin 54 bt Power House5, Endeavour Hills 32 bt Wyndham City 19.

SCHOOL SPORTSAGSV Boys: Football: Marcellin 25.22 bt Yarra Yarra Y Valley 5.5,Mentone 17.6 bt PEGS 10.8, Peninsula 6.6 bt TrinityTrinityT5.1, Ivanhoe 17.15 bt Camberwell 5.3 (33). Hockey:Mentone 3 bt Marcellin 1, Camberwell 2 bt Yarra Yarra Y Valley1, Trinity Trinity T 4 bt PEGS 3. Soccer: Ivanhoe 2 bt Camberwell1, PEGS 7 bt Mentone 0, Trinity Trinity T 2 bt Yarra Yarra Y Valley 0,Marcellin 5 bt Peninsula 0. Girls: Hockey: Haileybury18 bt Yarra Yarra Y Valley 0, Carey 12 bt PEGS 0, Wesley 8 bt Geelong Gram 2, Caul�eld 4 bt Geelong Coll 2.Netball: Haileybury 58 bt Carey 19, Geelong Gram 70bt Caul�eld 25, Ivanhoe 51 bt Geelong Coll 32, Wesleyeld 25, Ivanhoe 51 bt Geelong Coll 32, Wesleyeld 25, Ivanhoe 51 bt Geelong Coll 32, W44 bt Yarra Yarra Y Valley 17, ACK 50 bt Peninsula 45. Soccer:Carey 5 bt Haileybury 2, PEGS 4 bt Mentone 1, WesleyCarey 5 bt Haileybury 2, PEGS 4 bt Mentone 1, WesleyCarey 5 bt Haileybury 2, PEGS 4 bt Mentone 1, W5 bt Yarra Yarra Y Valley 1, Caul�eld 4 bt Geelong Gram 3,Ivanhoe 6 bt Geelong Coll 0.APS: Basketball: Melbourne 48 bt Carey 34, Caul�eld64 bt Haileybury 52, Xavier 68 bt Scotch 38, St Kevin’s 80 bt Wesley 59. Football: Haileybury 20.15 bt Carey8.6, Melbourne 21.6 bt Geelong Coll 9.7, Caul�eld16.17 bt Geelong Gram 9.5, Brighton 17.12 bt Xavier9.5, St Kevin’s 17.12 bt Scotch 11.12. Soccer: St Kevin’s 3 bt Caul�eld 2, Melbourne 2 bt Xavier 1,Wesley 4 bt Geelong Gram 1, Scotch 3 bt Haileybury 2.

By Tara Murray

New Roxburgh Park Broadmeadows coach Adam Yates has the best endorsement any new coach can have, his teammates wanted him to have the job.

Yates, who joined the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association club last season, takes over the role from Mitch Johnstone, who has joined Werribee.

Despite looking at candidates from outside the club, the club decided to appoint Yates as captain-coach for the 2015-16 season.

For Yates, the move to the top job wasn’t something he was thinking about when he joined the Falcons – even though he has an extensive coaching record, including with fellow subbies side Yarraville.

“I was hoping to get a new start at the club and hopefully play in a successful side,” Yates said.

“We’ve got a really good foundation from Mitch and I’m really excited for the upcoming season.”

Yates said he started having conversations with the club at Christmas time regarding the possibility of stepping into the role if Johnstone was to leave to pursue his premier cricket dreams.

“It’s reassuring to have the support of the boys, who are a tight-knit bunch of blokes on and o� the �eld,” he said.

He said the success of the past season, in which the team reached the north-west grand �nal, had brought the players even closer together.

Adam Yates will coach Roxburgh Park Broadmeadows next season. (Shawn Smits)

New coach has player backing

“�e experience of playing in the grand �nal is invaluable and we have got the hunger to go one step further.”

Club president Ben Wood said it was too hard to go past Yates.

“I looked at what he had achieved and it was a lot stronger than what I realised,” Wood said.

“He has very strong on- and o�-�eld relationships and a lot of the senior players were saying that they wanted him as coach.

“I thought, why advertise for the job when we have one of the top half a dozen coaches in the competition and he is happy to take the role?

“Adam is considered a deep thinker of the game and within the association’s upper echelon of tactical-strategic game-day thinkers.”

Yates’s experience at the club in the season just gone will be valuable in the role.

On the �eld, Yates is something of a batting all-rounder but it is his prowess as a coach that will take the side forward.

“He learnt and adapted to the conditions at Lakeside, which can be hard for batsmen,” Wood said.

“He is an elite talent … you don’t appreciate it until you see him in the nets.

“Having been here, he already knows the players’ strengths and weaknesses and he understands our program, which runs di�erently from other clubs.”

�e club is hoping to add a couple of experienced batsmen to the side.

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If recent history is anything to go by, the Hume City Lady Broncos are on track for another successful season in the Big V state championship.

�e Broncos have started the past two seasons 6-0 and 5-0 and have gone on to win the championship.

A�er six rounds this season, they were 6-0.Despite a strong start to the season, Broncos

assistant coach Warren Taylor said the players were not getting ahead of themselves.

“�ere’s a lot of improvement and a lot to learn about ourselves still to come,” said Taylor.

“It does, though, give us a bu�er for later in the season. We still have three to four teams we haven’t even played yet.”

�e Broncos faced two of those teams at the weekend.

�ey lost the �rst match, against Waverley, by one point then followed up with a 20-point win over Bulleen on Sunday.

Taylor says the key for the Broncos this season is not being too predictable.

He said the team had the advantage of maintaining eight members of last year’s premiership team so players already knew each other’s strengths.

“We are �nding … other teams seem to have recruited to try and counteract Colleen [Planeta]. �ey have recruited bigs who can match up with her. She is the benchmark.

“We do not want to have a team which just has plan A.”

Planeta, last season’s MVP, is again leading the competition and averaging more than 23 points per game.

But this season, the Broncos are looking to spread their scoring.

“Nicole Zammit had 15 points a couple of weeks ago, as did Samara Gallaher,” Taylor said. “Sammy [Samara] had 20 on the weekend as well.

“�at’s the sort of thing we are starting to improve on. �ey are talented players who have been in Colleen’s shadow.”

One player who has taken the next step this season is Vivien Saad.

Saad, is leading the competition in rebounds and her scoring average is up six points a game on the past season.

“She has been here [at Broadmeadows] since under-12s and it’s fantastic to have a home-grown product playing so well,” Taylor said.

“She is a star and people are starting to think about the way she plays.”

Tara Murray

Broncos look for repeat performance

Samara Gallaher goes up for a shot. (Shawn Smits)

�e Craigieburn men’s basketball side didn’t know what to expect a�er being demoted.

A�er struggling the past season in Big V division 1, the Eagles were relegated to division 2. Despite unfamiliarity with the opposition they have started the season in great form to have a 6-1 record.

On Saturday night, the Eagles knocked o� the previously undefeated Western Port 84-71.

A�er being close for most of the game, the Eagles got on top late in the third quarter and then controlled the last to secure the win.

Jonathan Maybank top-scored with 28 points and had 11 rebounds.

Coach Denis McNamara said he was pleased with how the season had started.

“We didn’t know what to expect – the playing ability of the competition a�er coming from a stronger division,” he said.

“�e �rst eight or nine weeks are about seeing all the other teams and working out where we are and how we �t in.”

With the retirement of three players from the past season’s team, McNamara has turned to youth.

“�e young guys are stepping up and are doing really well,” he said.

“�e most pleasing thing is that they are Craigieburn locals – we are developing younger players.”

Among those who have stepped up are Liam Watt and Jae Dickinson.

Another who has stood out for the Eagles is Maybank.

�e American is the cousin of Hume City Broncos star Jermaine Maybank, and has another cousin playing basketball for Bulleen.

“He turned up at the tryouts and �tted in really well,” McNamara said.

“He was staying with his cousin for three months, but enjoyed it so much he extended his visa.

“Normally, you �nd with imports that you have to go �nd them and are paying them lots of money.”

�e Craigieburn women’s side lost on Saturday night to Latrobe City 70-60.

�e Eagles were outscored in each of the �rst three quarters before going point-for-point with Latrobe City in the �nal quarter.

Carli Norman top-scored for the Eagles, her 14 points joining seven rebounds.

Tara Murray

Young Eagles spread wings in second tier

Bears keep target within sightBy Tara Murray

�omastown was hoping to win �ve to six games this season to ensure it stayed in the Northern Football League’s division 2 for the near future.

Surprising everyone, including themselves, the Bears are well on the way with four wins in the �rst month of the season.

Despite the perfect start, Bears coach Dean Sinclair said the club wouldn’t be reassessing its pre-season goals just yet.

“It’s been a terri�c start,” Sinclair said. “�e main objective was to be competitive and consolidate our spot in division 2.

“Last season, it took six wins to consolidate … we will hopefully get six wins for the year.

“�e sooner the better, and once that happens we will look as reassessing our season goals.”

�e one thing that is clear for the Bears is that they know how to win.

All four matches have been close, with the winning margins 14 points or less.

“�ere’s a winning culture at the moment at the club,” Sinclair said.

“Getting a couple of wins early helped that continue from last season.

“�ere’s a never-give-up attitude and the boys keep pushing themselves to get the win.”

�at was clear on Saturday in the team’s four-point victory against Whittlesea Eagles, 13.8 (86)-12.10 (82).

“Scores were level at three-quarter time and they kicked the �rst couple of goals in the last quarter,” Sinclair said.

“We made a couple of positional changes at three-quarter time. We put Steve Cadby as a lose defender, who provided some run and carry.”

Recruit Matthew Ferraro kicked seven goals for the Bears.

“He kicked six goals last week, so that’s 13 goals in two weeks,” Sinclair said. “I asked for a big e�ort from him in the last quarter

and he did that kicking three goals. He got a lot of attention early and he shrugged that o� in the last quarter.”

Captain Jason Abela, James Mercuri and James Rizzolio all played well.

For the Eagles, Brenton Bri�a was best, along with Andrew Fairchild and Jordan Ormerod.

�is week, the Bears face Mernda, which lost by 16 points on Saturday to Fitzroy Stars, 16.23 (119)-16.7 (103).

Lalor lost to Hurstbridge.In division 1, Bundoora lost to Macleod,

while in division 3, Epping was too good for Heidelberg West.

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