Chris Weller and his Churchill teammates advanced through the qualifying final. file photo

FOOTBALL

NORTH GIPPSLAND FL

CHURCHILL handed coach Allan Chandler his first finals victory in North Gippsland following a blistering third term in Saturday’s qualifying final against Rosedale.

There were wild swings of momentum, a barrage of goals and a hard fought comeback in the quarter which resulted in the Cougars booting six-goals-to-one to arrest the lead and dictate the second half.

It was in vast contrast to the opening half in which Churchill appeared content to sit back while Rosedale’s running midfield backed itself in the contest and drilled the ball into forwards Brandon McDonald and Jeremy Reid, who inflicted the damage on the scoreboard.

Churchill started strong, rebounding from defence in the opening minute of play to send the ball barnstorming forward to score.

They had a second from the subsequent centre clearance through Nick Campbell, which was answered by Rosedale’s Reid who took a juggling mark to score.

Reid added his second following a stellar intercept by Jon Cantwell who chopped off the Cougars’ kick.

Cantwell then combined with the fleet footed Rowan Diamond, who pumped the ball long into the forward 50.

Crashing the marking pack Reid gained possession and snapped the Blues’ second and his first of three straight.

Churchill’s Dean Degroot reeled one back, splitting the sticks from outside 40, as the sides exchanged blows on the scoreboard.

It was followed by majors to Travis Brighton and Chris Williams as the Cougars looked to skip away.

However, the Blues’ fourth ahead of quarter-time reeled the margin back to a straight kick at the first change.

Churchill scored the opener of the second term, before Rosedale went about at will in front of goal; Luke Stuckey and McDonald were in on the action and made it three goals in-a-row for the Blues.

Brad Scott was instrumental in setting up the Blues’ fourth for the term, combining with Frazer Brouns to provide the side with a five point lead.

Consecutive misses to Churchill handed Rosedale a reprieve, before the Cougars scored through Campbell to hit the front.

It was short lived, McDonald added another to steal the lead, followed by Stuckey’s second which was gifted after an undisciplined act by Kurt Holt resulted in a 50 metre penalty when he failed to pass the ball back.

The Blues took an eight point lead into the long break.

It was a hungry and focused Churchill outfit that emerged from the rooms, returning fire with six unanswered majors in a blistering premiership term, which saw forward Tim Darby dictate play.

The Cougars’ brilliance turned an eight point deficit into a 22 point lead at the final change.

Despite both sides hitting the scoreboard early, the goal umpires were kept relatively quiet in the final term, with Churchill doing enough to put the result beyond doubt 17.18 (120) to 12.14 (86).

Sale City v Woodside (Elimination final)

EIGHT majors from Sale City’s Jake Schuback helped steer the Dogs to a 40 point victory over Woodside, 19.9 (123) to 12.11 (83).

It took the Dogs until the seven minute mark of the first term to register their opening goal, however from that point City’s power forward Schuback and the running brigade had the ball on a string.

Seven points separated the sides in a tight opening term, with both registering their first poins before scoring completely dried up.

It then became one way traffic after the Dogs packed numbers around the stoppages, with their rovers reading the taps better than the Wildcats and pumping the ball into a wide open forward line.

The match began with a touch of the fumbles, with both sides failing to make effective use of the footy before City drew on the experience of a number of their seasoned campaigners to dominate passages of play.

Jake Milham, Brad McKay and Brandon Rathdowne were the main playmakers and amassed contested possessions.

Josh Griffin opened the scoring for the Wildcats following a free kick, Woodside’s first of two on the run with Adrian Fazioli roving the pack to snap true.

The arm wrestle continued in the second term, before the Dogs slowly gained the ascendency.

Schuback got things happening in the opening minutes of the second term, before a running major to Byron Shingles made it a 20 point ball game.

Woodside responded to reel back a major, however missed shots to Griffin and Tom Love, the latter goal being touched over the line, halted the Wildcats in their tracks.

Running on confidence the Dogs did not have any such troubles at the opposite end of the ground as Rathdowne registered a goal on the rebound.

Wildcats best on ground Shane Kilgower chopped off defender Tim Dimarco’s errant kick to steady his side and keep them in touch on the scoreboard, 17 points the margin.

It was followed by the side’s third for the term after coach Chris Pettitt’s tackle on the half-back flank set up Matt Sholz, who combined with Luke Anedda and Griffin who drilled the ball into Ben Johnson to goal.

But, as they had done at will in the opening half, the Dogs capitalised on the turnover; Milham combined with Mitch Bennett to score ahead of half-time to make it, 8.5 (53) to 5.7 (37).

The third term belonged to City’s Nick Grainger.

Grainger was everywhere, and such was his dominance Pettitt rotated three different opponents on the playmaker.

However Grainger could not be contained, nor teammate Josh Barbetti who hunted the ball around the pack and hurt the Wildcats for their errors.

Schuback added to his tally in the third along with Bennett, while at the other end of the ground Griffin registered his second with the margin seven goals at the final change.

Two quick goals to kick off the final term had Woodside up and about; Kilgower and Kerr were working hard to reel the margin in however inaccuracy in front of goal proved costly.

Schuback added his seventh from 11 scoring shots, before swinging around on his deadly accurate left foot to set up Mitch Evans from 15 metres out.

Evans had a second before the ball had returned to the centre square, and an infringement by a Wildcats defender saw the ball again in Evans hands, this time from 20 metres out directly in front.

From that point the match was dusted.

Late majors to the Wildcats chipped away at the deficit however the damage had already been done.

Rathdowne found plenty of the ball, Shay Ferguson was instrumental down back and made an impact when pushing forward, while Brad Flealy was dogged in and around the contests.

Woodside’s Kilgower never gave up and was well supported by Ryan Foat, Ben Johnson and Sholz.

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Amy Thornberry (goal-keeper) was outstanding for United, keeping Souths scoreless in the one-on-one shootout last Saturday.Photo: Renee Powell 0814Whock_8411Parkes United are one step away from a grand final berth after defeating Bathurst Souths in thrilling circumstances at Stephen Davies Field last Saturday.

In a match that went down to the wire including 70 minutes of regular hockey, 15 minutes of sudden death golden goal and a penalty shoot out required to determine the winner, Parkes held their nerve the better to earn a meeting with Lithgow Panthers this weekend.

Amy Thornberry starred for United again, saving a number of shots, a penalty stroke and keeping Souths scoreless in the shootout.

Parkes took the field well-prepared with an excellent warm-up and were raring to go when the whistle blew.

Play was exceptionally intense with both sides playing their best matches of the season.

In an extremely physical encounter, which both sides played in very good spirits, United created the first chance when a Louise Hawken shot flew just wide of the goal.

Parkes’ defence against the threatening Souths attack was exceptional, led by the determined tackling of Codie Wakefield.

Excellent attacking play by Parkes mid-way through the half saw Cass Hodges get a great shot away which the Bathurst keeper just got a glove to which saw it deflect over the top of the goal mouth.

Thornberry was also called upon to make a number of quality saves to keep her team at nil-all as they headed to the half time break.

The tension began to rise as neither side could break through to score.

Parkes worked hard to gain a couple of penalty corners late in the second half, but were unable to capitalise on their chances.

At the end of regular time with the score at nil-all, the match immediately headed to 15 minutes of sudden death golden goal play.

Both sides were desperate to score and it looked likely that Bathurst would take the match when Jess Watterson created an open goal opportunity.

Watterson tomahawked her shot which looked certain to end the match before Sarah Melhuish went diving into the goal mouth to deflect the ball over the backline.

Inspired by Melhuish’s efforts, Parkes dug deep and held Souths out to see the match move on to a one-on-one penalty shootout.

Players have eight seconds to run from the 25 yard line in a one-on-one play with the keeper.

Thornberry proved why she is considered the best keeper in the Premier League by keeping a clean sheet.

She denied both Sarah and Jess Watterson their shots and then saved a penalty stroke after a stick-check on Kate Dooley in her shot on goal.

With Thornberry brilliant in goals, Parkes only needed three of their shooters to score which Wendy Rix, Louise Hawken and Niamh Dixon did with great poise and skill.

Thornberry proved a popular choice as Players’ Player after a brilliant match.

Coach Aaron Huppatz was ecstatic with the victory.

“It was our best game of hockey for the year,” he said.

“It was our best overall team performance.

“I was very happy with our structure, we controlled the ball a lot better this week and didn’t turn it over while our trapping was excellent.

“This win was a great confidence builder and has united the girls.

“We didn’t have a bad player.

“Amy Thornberry showed true class today and amazing composure under pressure.

“It was one of our best defensive performances. as our defenders worked overtime and tackled well all game,” he said.

Huppatz identified his Best and Fairest players as Wendy Rix who was very strong and consistent and dominated the left side.

Bec Cowling put in another consistent performance and was able to inject herself into attack well.

Codie Wakefield was the stand-out defensive performance while Sarah Melhuish did a mile of yards in the middle of the field.

While these players received special recognition, everyone did their job and worked hard for their team-mates.

Parkes will travel to Lithgow this Saturday to take on Lithgow Panthers after their shock 2-0 loss to Bathurst City.

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GUNDAGAI winger Luke Ebneter’s most successful day for the Tigers turned sour yesterday when he suffered a suspected neck injury at Tumbarumba Showground.

Ebneter, who joined Gundagai from Queensland this year, scored three slashing tries before he was hurt in the 54th minute of the game.

Amid serious concern, Ebneter was transferred to hospital by ambulance for tests and treatment.

Gundagai captain-coach Cameron Woo last night was waiting for an update on Ebneter’s condition.

“I understand he was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure,” Wood said.

“Obviously risks can’t be taken with a next injury.”

For Ebneter, the worrying neck problem came after he scored three tries as Gundagai thrashed Tumbarumba 48-18 yesterday.

Ebneter scored tries in the 10th and 32nd minutes as the Tigers swept to a 24-10 lead at half-time.

Again the winger struck for a try in the 43rd minute, only for his fortune’s to be soured minutes later.

Play was halted for 40 minutes as Ebneter was kept comfortable on the field and later transferred by ambulance to hospital.

“The game finished at five o’clock,” Woo said.

For Woo, yesterday’s dramatic success was not the perfect precursor to a massive showdown with Young at Anzac Park on Sunday.

The duel between the Tigers and Cherrypickers in the hills will decide which of the teams finishes third on the table – and secures a second chance in the finals.

Significantly, a loss for Young could have a savage impact, possibly sending the team crashing to fifth and into a Wagga elimination final clash with Kangaroos.

Woo, however, is not getting carried away with the Tigers last-season burst of form.

“They (Young) beat us pretty convincingly early in the season,” Woo said.

As the Tigers wait for news on Ebneter’s injury, Woo said centre Mat Rose and props Brett Eccleston and Trent Skeers would be available for the upcoming dice with Young.

“It’ll certainly be good to have some depth in the front row,” he said.

“This will be a tough game.”

Ebneter’s three-try haul made him an obvious choice as one of Gundagai’s best yesterday, but fullback Dane O’Hehir and hooker James Luff also won acclaim.

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Hamish Orr was jubilant after scoring Parkes United’s opening goal against Souths at Stephen Davies Field last Saturday. Photo: Renee Powell 0814Mhock_8462

A dominant second half has seen Parkes United men triumph over Bathurst Souths at Stephen Davies Field last Saturday.

While unable to convert all their chances in the first half, United came out firing in the second to run out convincing winners 4-1.

Jack Elliott’s second half hat-trick will now see Parkes travel to Lithgow to take on the Panthers who lost 2-1 to St Pat’s in Bathurst.

After enjoying the run of play from the outset, United opened the scoring with a good individual effort from Hamish Orr.

Parkes continued to threaten with Elliott hitting the post twice.

As the half progressed, Souths began to come to terms with the pace of the United attack which had become too direct and a bit narrow in their eagerness to add to the earlier goal.

Souths levelled the scores against the run of play after capitalising on an error at the back by United.

The ensuing arm wrestle saw neither side able to add to their tally before the break.

Despite the first half finishing with honours shared, United played a more expansive structure to dominate the second stanza and will carry that momentum forward into this Saturday’s clash.

Elliott cleaned up the scraps to put United ahead, slotting the ball into the net after a rebound of the keeper’s pads.

His second goal came after some excellent work down the left before Elliott ran the ball along the backline and slipped it past the keeper for 3-1.

A drag flick from a penalty corner was the icing on the cake for Elliott’s hat-trick and for United to end Souths’ season.

Captain Kieren Deland was happy with his side’s second half.

“We were clinical in the second half and it showed on the scoreboard,” Deland said.

“We probably got a bit narrow in the first half and made it easier for Souths to defend.

“We made an effort to play wider after the break and we really hurt them that way.

“We had chances in the first half and could easily have gone to the break up three or four nil.

“As it was, one slip up and they were in and instead of being in total control of the match, we were in a real dogfight.

“The second half showed what we are capable of and we will need more of that next week.

“We knew whoever we play (St Pat’s or Panthers) it is going to be tough.

“We will travel to Lithgow next week knowing we will have to give it our all if we want to make it through to the grand final the week after.

“It’s going to be tough but we are up for it,” he said.

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The Traralgon Swimming Club won the state short course championships.SWIMMING

By samuel darroch

FOUR in every five Traralgon Swimming Club members posted personal best times at the Victorian Country Short Course Championships to help secure a seventh consecutive title in Shepparton recently.

After being pushed by Geelong last year, Traralgon almost doubled the rival club’s score in a landslide points victory, 2080 to 990 with Warrnambool in third on 709.

Traralgon’s 59 strong team secured 32 gold, 18 silver and 16 bronze medals at the meet, with 13 year-old Lauren Akers leading the way with a personal haul of seven gold.

“Last year we took a team which was challenged for the whole meet by Geelong and we came away with a strong but narrow victory,” senior head coach Brian Ford said.

“This year the team included a large contingent of our junior swimming talent and together with the experienced swimmers came away with a dominant performance having over 80 per cent of swims being best times.

“It was an outstanding team performance.”

Caydence Bezzina and Thomas Hamilton broke out of Gippsland records, along with Molly Cargill who set two new marks and eclipsed a 20 year-old Courtney Ford record by more than three seconds in the girls eight and under butterfly.

Mikaela Cornelissen (6), Locke DeGaris (5), Emily Beecroft (4), Caiden Gill (3), Melina DeCort (3) and Harliai Curthoys-Davies (2) were the other multiple gold medallists.

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Out and About in Bathurst | August 25 GUIDES AND SCOUTS TENPIN CHALLENGE: Joey Scouts Johnny Telcher, Kyan Schmidt, Seth Jermyn and Lachlan McGuire.

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RICHIE FARRAR’S 50TH: Di Fulthorpe, Jeanette Holden, Nick Farrar and Peter Holden. 081814richie5

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VARIETY BASH: John Beckingham (left) and Brad Jackson from Mackay, Queensland in their number 72 Ned Bushrangers car. Brad had special reason to be happy about being able to visit Bathurst as he was able to catch up with his sister Sharon Shelton. bash1

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Two men, who had their faces concealed and armed with a pistol, held up a service stationon Windsor Road on Sunday, August 24.

Police said after threatening the attendant with the gun, they were handed cash and then fled the store at about 5.30am.

An investigation is underway in an attempt to identify and locate the two men involved.

The first man has been described as being aged in his mid 20s, approximately 180 cm to 185 cmtall, with a solid build.

He was last seen wearing a fluoro yellow and dark-coloured hooded jacket, dark-coloured trousers, and black shoes with white soles.

The second man has been described as being aged in his mid 20s, approximately 170cm to 175cm tall, with a thin build.

He was last seen wearing a black cap, a black or dark blue jacket, a dark-coloured hooded jumper underneath, tan-coloured trousers, and white shoes.

Police are urging anyone with information about this incident to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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SURROUNDED: Southcity strongman Will Merritt is swarmed upon by Albury defenders at Greenfield Park on Sunday. Merritt scored the last-minutye try that gave the Bulls a 40-38 victory. Picture: The Border MailSOUTHCITY captain-coach Daniel Fitzhenry yesterday ended his Greenfield Oval drought in the most spectacular way possible.

After four straight losses to the Thunder on the border, Fitzhenry was finally able to celebrate as the Bulls nailed the dual-Group Nine premier 40-38 in a last-minute thriller.

Down 38-34 with time almost up, the Bulls unleashed one last raid – and barnstorming centre Will Merritt did the rest.

Seizing the moment, Merritt sizzled over for a try to square the score sheet, setting up Nathan Rose to boot the conversion for a dramatic victory.

Amid the jubilation later, Fitzhenry admitted the stunning success was one of the sweetest of his four years at Southcity.

“It was very good, and I’m very happy,” Fitzhenry said later.

“I can’t wipe the smile of my face.”

Coming after a four-year wait for a success at Greenfield Park, Fitzhenry’s delight was easy to understand.

And the fact that yesterday’s heart-stopping win has also certainly secured the Bulls the minor premiership – and a major semi-final at Harris Park in three weeks – only made matters even better.

Heading into the last round, Southcity has edged to the top of the Group Nine, displacing Albury as the number one team in the premiership.

For the Bulls, the guarantee of playing a home semi-final now rests entirely on whipping lowly Tumbarumba on Saturday, something Fitzhenry is not about to take for granted.

“This has given us a lot of confidence, but we still have to beat Tumba at home,” Fitzhenry said.

“That’s one of those dangerous sort of games, and we can’t start getting ahead of ourselves.”

On a day of stunning success, Fitzhenry was refusing to get completely swept up in the hype of the result.

Taking stock, Fitzhenry said the Bulls could ill afford to get carried away with the significance of toppling the Thunder at their citadel.

“Don’t forget we beat Albury at this time last year and they thrashed us 34-0 in the semis,” he said.

“This could work in our favour, but it’s such an open competition you can’t take anything for granted.”

Despite a remarkable flow of points in yesterday’s duel between the first and second teams on the ladder, the Bulls coach declared there was no lack of spirit involved.

“Yes, there were a lot of points scored, but it was a physical game,” he said.

“It was a tough … just like you’d expect.”

Rather than rest on their laurels, the Bulls needed to work even harder in the coming weeks, Fitzhenry stressed.

“You only need to have a bad day and the other team play out of their skins and you’re in trouble,” he said

Albury and Southcity were definitely teams in dynamic touch yesterday, with barely a scoring chance missed by either of them.

In a frenetic first half, they traded tries before Merritt crossed in the dying minutes to give the Bulls a 24-18 lead at half-time.

Earlier, the Thunder had broken out to a 18-6 after Jon Huggett smashed his way over in the 29th minute, but the Bulls responded.

The second half unfolded in exactly the same way, with tries coming fast and furious.

However, when Ben Jeffery scored a chip and re-gather try in the 65th minute the Thunder were out to 38-30 lead – only to have Ned Mortimer score for the Bulls to cut the deficit to 38-34 in the 70th minute.

Two close calls went again the Thunder, including Hayden Sweeney being denied a try in the 77th minute, before Merritt snatched the clincher on the siren.

For the Bulls, Merritt (three tries), winger Jack Lyons (two tries), second rower Nick Skinner and prop Jordan Shepherd were outstanding.

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Police are hopeful of making more arrests in relation to Wednesday’s arrest of two men for attempting to smuggle drugs and mobile phones into the Wellington Correctional centre.

It’s understood detectives are continuing their investigation.

Attorney General and Minister for Justice Brad Hazzard congratulated Corrective Services NSW for successfully completing a lengthy covert mission to foil a contraband smuggling plot.

“I would like to commend the hard work of Corrective Services officers which this week resulted in the arrest of two men over a foiled plot to bring contraband mobile phones and drugs into a prison,” Mr Hazzard said.

“This successful seizure is the latest win in the ongoing crackdown on contraband in our prisons – which is essential for the safety and security of both the prison and the community.”

Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) Commissioner Peter Severin, praised the work of officers from CSNSW’ Security Operations Group and Wellington Correctional Centre in preventing a significant amount of contraband being thrown over a perimeter fence.

“The operation was well-planned and involved intensive surveillance over a period of weeks,” Mr Severin said.

“Our officers must be praised for using a combination of intelligence, investigation and surveillance and cooperation with the NSW Police Force to enable these arrests and ensure this contraband didn’t get into the prison, where it would have represented a threat to safety and security.”

Mr Severin said the seizure had prevented a number of mobile phones, mobile phone accessories, and a small but varied mix of illicit and prescription drugs entering the centre and getting into the hands of inmates.

“While contraband is an issue for any correctional system in the world, we are making significant headway as we step up the number of physical searches for contraband combined with intelligence gathering and successful operations such as these,” Mr Severin said.

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Anadvocate for change has called on Narracan electorate residents to voice their opinions before it is too late.

Passionate community member Michael Fozard said he was disappointed with the poor turnout to a forum he organised last Thursday for residents to share their concerns and wish-lists ahead of the November state election.

“We got about six or seven people. I was hoping to get more,” Mr Fozard said.

“Those who did turn up were passionate, but the lack of numbers really disappointed me.”

Mr Fozard said despite the setback, he would continue to campaign for better community representation on important issues.

He said concerns raised at the meeting included the current education system, not adequately preparing job-seekers for the workforce, the need for a new West Gippsland hospital, and the condition of roads, particularly the Princes Highway.

However, he wanted to hear from more members of the community, and encouraged anyone to phone him or post on a newly formed Facebook group page: Community Power.

“We’re only as strong as the people want us to be. We rely on their support and contribution to make us something of a force… and hopefully an impact,” Mr Fozard said. To voice your opinions, phone Michael Fozard on 0418 513 092.

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