Swimming success at sprint titles

Five Academy swimmers competed with fine results at the Victorian Sprint Championships over the weekend.

They were Stephanie Morgan, Lily Collins, Kate Sommerfield, Elliot Shaw and Philip Blunt.

Lily won the 14-years breaststroke, swimming best times through the heats and finals. Kate was second in the same event for 16-years girls. Read more

Badminton success for Ryan

Ryan Venpin’s win in the mixed doubles was the highlight of last weekend’s Altona Junior Tournament. Ryan, in his first season with the Academy was surprised and delighted by the result.

Stephanie Treloar, with the Academy until last year, was runner up in the under-19 girls’ doubles. Read more

Researching Pegasus history

Pegasus Soccer Club is calling on all previous administrators, past/present players and supporters to search their records/draws or any where else for any old photos, pennants and any other memorabilia for the club to scan/copy then to archive — so that the history of the club, from the early days up to the present time won’t be lost forever.

The club can be contacted on the following: e-mail morwell.pegasus@hotmail.com or grahambye9@hotmail.com or phone 5134 5954 or 0438 345 954.

Morwell to host AFL challenge

Latrobe City has been advised that, subject to a final ground inspection, a NAB Regional Challenge match will be held at the Morwell Football Ground, most likely on Saturday 13 March 2010.

Latrobe City’s general manager recreational and cultural liveability, Grantley Switzer, said that Morwell was one of several regional areas in Victoria and around the nation earmarked for these high-level pre-season games. Read more

Ambassadors Cup tennis win

Gippsland’s domination of the recent Ambassadors Cup tournament is a compliment to the Academy for its positive influence on junior tennis within the region.

The Central Gippsland team defeated the East Gippsland team in the final. More significantly, they both relegated Barwon – regarded as Victoria’s premier junior region – back into third place. Read more

Falcons reappoint coaches

Falcons 2000 Soccer Club will be looking to build on the success of last season and will once again have Anthony Pardo (left) as Senior coach with Frank Gaudiano as Assistant Coach.

Winning the prestigious Charity Bowl last year was a fitting end to the 2009 season which also saw Pardo voted GSL Coach of the Year by his peers. Read more

Junior badminton success

Stephanie Treloar had extremely good results at the recent Altona Junior Tournament where she paired in an U17 girls’ doubles win and was also a semi-finalist in the singles.

At Bendigo, two weeks earlier, Stephanie played in a higher age group, U19, again with considerable success. She and her partners had comfortable wins in both the girls’ and mixed doubles events. Read more

Maffra wins WGLFL premiership

Maffra defeated Traralgon in a thriller to win the West Gippsland Latrobe Football League premiership.

Final score: Maffra 7.27.69 d Traralgon 9.12.66.

Infrastructure grants for racing clubs

Five Gippsland racing clubs will share in $62,000 of State Government funding for a range of projects to improve racing infrastructure and increase community access to racing facilities.

Deputy Premier and Minister for Racing Rob Hulls today announced the clubs in Warragul, Traralgon and Drouin would all receive funding through the Living Country Racing Program. Read more

Grand final results

Grand final results in Central and South Gippsland:

Alberton League: Stony Creek 14.10.94 d Wonthaggi 11.14.80
Mid Gippsland: Trafalgar 16.8.104 d Morwell East 7.5.47
North Gippsland: Heyfield 15.13.103 d Churchill 10.14.74

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