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‘Open minds’ on quarantine hub

Here it is: Rob Mitchell at the new quarantine site in Mickleham. Picture: Cathy Jackson

BY HELEN GRIMAUX

“This is a very significantinvestment and willmean hundreds ofconstruction jobs andabout 100 ongoing jobswhen fully operational.”

— Rob Mitchell, MP

PUBLIC submissions on plans to re-locate all Australia’s post-entry quar-antine facilities to a new $293 millionpurpose-built centre at Mickleham aredue next week.

Finding locals directly affected bythe proposed complex, which sits rightin the centre of Craigieburn’s futureurban growth area, is proving achallenge.

‘‘No one has called me personally,’’Hume councillor Drew Jessop told theWeekly. ‘‘If there was greatcommunity outrage, we would’veheard.’’

City sustainability director KelvinWalsh said the federal government hadbriefed its local counterpart.

‘‘The council has been consulted bythe Commonwealth on its intention tobuild a new quarantine complex inMickleham,’’ Mr Walsh said.

‘‘Hume is supportive of the pro-posed development as it will meaninvestment, a state-of-the-art facilityand creation of jobs.’’

He said the council was still in theprocess of reviewing the terms of refer-ence provided by the parliamentarystanding committee on public worksand was still considering making asubmission. As of last week, the onlysubmission on the special website set

up to explain the project and the sub-mission process was that of theDepartment of Agriculture, Forestryand Fishing, which is proposing thenew centre.

The inquiry by the public workscommittee was announced early lastmonth, although the project wasmooted in July last year when thefederal government bought the144-hectare site at 135 DonnybrookRoad, Mickleham.

McEwen federal MP Rob Mitchellsaid it represented an upfront invest-

ment worth more than $400 million.“This is a very significant invest-

ment in our community and will meanhundreds of construction jobs andabout 100 ongoing jobs when fullyoperational,” he said.

The post-entry quarantine centres atfive sites around Australia, includingWerribee, are more than 25 years oldand nearing the end of their use-bydate.

Kirsten Livermore, chairwoman ofthe public works committee, said itwould inspect the Mickleham site this

month and hold a public hearing todeal with submissions and any out-standing matters it identified. “Theproposed complex will facilitate bio-security measures that manage thequarantine risks associated with theimport of live animals and plants.’’

Details on the committee’s website:aph.gov.au/pwc. The public hearingon submissions is at the CraigieburnGlobal Learning Centre from 1-2pmon March 27. Construction is expec-ted to start this year and conclude bylate 2015.

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Police put brakes on hoonA Honda Integra driven by a 20-year-old P-Plate driver

was clocked travelling at 147km/h in a 80km/h zone on

Sydney Road, Campbellfield, last Thursday night. The

vehicle was intercepted and impounded by Fawkner

highway patrol members under the hoon legislation.

The driver from Brunswick West was due to be charged

on summons with various traffic-related offences.

Circuit breaker on Ring RoadThe M80 Ring Road will be closed for night works on

Friday between Sunshine Avenue and Ballarat Road

from 8.30pm-5.30am. Drivers need to plan their journey

and allow extra travel time when heading to Melbourne

or Avalon airports. The works are part of the

$2.25 billion M80 Ring Road upgrade. More details:

vicroads.vic.gov.au/m80upgrade

Bunny goes to marketThe Highlands Farmers’ and Community Market will

have an Easter theme on Saturday. The Easter Bunny

will make a special appearance and there will be an

Easter egg hunt for children. The market is at Highlands

Lake from 9am-2pm. See: stockland.com.au/highlands

Consider the passage of lifeResidents are being invited to a forum called The

Passage of Life — ‘Birth’ on March 20. It is run by the

Hume Interfaith Network and Hume Council. Residents

can learn about the meanings, celebrations and rituals

of birth in different faiths, including Aboriginal lore,

Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islamic and Sikh. It’s at the

Hume Global Learning Centre, Broadmeadows, from

9.30am-noon. Details: hume.vic.gov.au

New air service to ChinaSichuan Airlines has become the fourth China airline to

start services to Melbourne Airport. Flights between

Melbourne and Chengdu will provide an extra 850

seats on three services a week.

Have your say on a future HumeWhat’s on your horizon as someone who lives in Hume?

Let the council know at the first of a series of

community workshops this month aimed at engaging

and inspiring locals to suggest plans for the city’s

future. The Hume Horizons 2040 workshops start next

Tuesday at Greenvale Recreation Centre. Sessions will

also be held at Roxburgh Park, Sunbury, Craigieburn,

Broadmeadows and Gladstone Park. All workshops

run from 6.30-8.30pm. Details: hume.vic.gov.au

A higher realm in HumeBY HELEN GRIMAUX

Time to remember: Parmjit Singh Grewal (second from left), with priests DaljeetSingh (left), Gurbachan Singh and Harminder Singh at the Craigieburn Sikhtemple. Picture: Helen Grimaux

REALISATION of truth is higherthan all else. Higher still is truthfulliving.

These words guide daily life formore than 30 million Sikhs livingin Hume and the rest of the world.

Sikh teaching emphasises theprinciple of equality of all humansand rejects discrimination on thebasis of caste, creed and gender. Itsscriptures are informed by saints.

‘‘Sat Sri Akal’’ are the words ofwelcome offered at temples andcultural centres from India’s farnorthern realms of the Punjab tothe antipodean outposts of thesouthern hemisphere, as epitom-ised by the open-house hospitalityof the Craigieburn Sikh temple,Gurudwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha.

Here, the kitchen is open 24/7.People take turns to serve and beserved, everyone sitting on thefloor together in recognition thateveryone has the same import-ance. The kitchen larder is stockedwith offerings from communitymembers and anyone else whocares to donate.

‘‘No matter if you were a king orthe prime minister, you would sitlike this,’’ cultural centre presidentParmjit Singh Grewal told theWeekly last week.

Sikhs believe that no matter

what race, sex or religion one is,all are equal in God’s eyes. Menand women are equal and sharethe same rights, and women canlead in prayers.

Gurudwara is the commonname for a Sikh temple. The termguru means teacher, guide ormentor.

Sikhs acknowledge the philo-sophies of 10 specific gurus, thefirst born in 1469 and the last in1708, by which time the BritishEmpire had most of India undercolonial control. Their writingsare also informed by the works ofnumerous holy men, or saints,who are collectively referred to asBhagats, or devotees, rather thanpriests. These saints come fromdifferent social and religious back-grounds, including Hindus andMuslims, even those deemed “un-touchables” under India’s ongoingsystem of social division.

And while there are no festivalsper se, most gurudwaras celebrateVaisakhi Day on April 13 as thefoundation day of their religion.This day is also a thanksgiving forthe year’s harvest, and it will be noexception next month at theCraigieburn gurudwara, where thecommunity is preparing for athree-day celebration startingfrom April 12.

More details: sgss.org.au

Man charged over temple incidentCHARGES of criminal damage by fire, as wellas assault-related charges, have been laidagainst a 26-year-old Broadmeadows manfollowing an incident at the Craigieburn Sikhcultural centre and temple last Tuesday night.

Police arrested Christian Panton-Cuschieriat the Craigieburn station about 3.30am onWednesday and interviewed him at Broad-meadows police station.

A hearing at Broadmeadows Magistrates’

Court on Wednesday referred the case toMelbourne Magistrates Court last Thursdaymorning. The Weekly believes Mr Panton-Cuschieri was remanded in custody pending afurther hearing.

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New zones await 60,000 housing lotsBY DAN MOSS and TARA MURRAY

HUME Council doesn’t expect new residentialplanning zones to affect how it handles planningpermits.

New residential zones were revealed to thenation’s developers by Planning MinisterMatthew Guy at an annual conference of theUrban Development Institute of Australia inMelbourne last week.

In Victoria, from July 1, three new zones willreplace residential one, two and three. They willbe neighbourhood residential, residentialgrowth, and general residential zones.

Local governments will nominate land forthese zones within 12 months before land is auto-matically switched over to the new zones.

The neighbourhood zone limits buildingheights to eight metres and is intended to protectneighbourhood character.

The general residential zone has a nine-metrediscretionary height limit and planning docu-ments show it encourages development thatkeeps neighbourhood character.

The residential growth zone has a defaultvariable height limit of 13 metres. Mr Guy saidthis was “unashamedly one that will seek built-form change” with greater density.

Other zones such as commercial and bulkygoods zones will also be changed.

He announced a new land supply target of60,000 housing lots within the urban growthboundary over the next two years.

Hume city sustainability director Kelvin Walshsaid: ‘‘Council was only provided details of thenew zones yesterday (last Wednesday) and iscurrently reviewing them to understand theimplications for the city in detail.

‘‘If implemented, the proposed zones willsimply determine which developments wouldrequire a permit.

‘‘The application of the neighbourhood resid-

ential zone would most likely result in fewerplanning permit applications in those areas andthe residential growth zone could be expected togenerate additional permit applications.’’ MrWalsh said the new planning zones were unlikelyto affect decisions in the Sunbury town centre, asit was predominantly within a business zone.

Municipal Association of Victoria presidentBill McArthur said councils had discussed thenew zones with Mr Guy prior to last October’slocal government elections, saying they providedcertainty. “It will be up to the councils todesignate the no-go zones, the go-go zones andanything in between,” he said.

Out of the shadows,into the limelight

Courage and care: Addison Barbera has beennamed a local hero. Picture: Martina Gemmola

ADDISON Barbera never suspectedsharing his experience of telling peoplehe was gay would earn him a localhero award.

The 17-year-old Craigieburn resid-ent (pictured) was recognised lastweek for his efforts mentoring andinspiring his peers who are dealingwith sexual identity issues.

The award was from Courage toCare, which organises a travellingexhibition and educational programabout respect and acceptance.

The organisation visits schools andbusinesses to share stories of peoplewho survived the Holocaust andempowers people to stand up againstprejudice and bullying.

Addison was recognised as the localhero as part of the program’s launch inCraigieburn.

He’s a member of Craigieburn’sSame-Sex Attracted Friendly Environ-ment (SSAFE) group, which helpsyoung people needing support. He

openly shares his stories with his peersabout dealing with depression, accept-ing himself as gay and dealing withhomophobia and bullying.

‘‘I feel so honoured to get thisaward,’’ he said.

‘‘I kind of feel inadequate to be get-ting it, but it’s a great opportunity.

‘‘I don’t think I’m a role model; Ithink I’m more of a mentor. I feel likeI’m there to help and guide them alongthe way. As I’ve said to my friendthroughout this whole time, if I canhelp with one person’s life then I’mhappy.

‘‘We have had a lot more peoplecoming to SSAFE lately; we’ve had alot more people turning up.’’

Addison was nominated for theaward by SSAFE co-ordinatorBenjamin Falcone-Mayo.

■ The Courage to Care exhibition isat the Hume Global Learning Centreat Craigieburn until March 22.

— Stephanie Zevenbergen

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Jarring reminderon bikie gang warBY HELEN GRIMAUX

WARNINGS that Melbourne’s escalatingbikie gang wars may pose a threat to publicsafety came close to home last week.

Victoria Police Operation Resound movedto crack down on known crime figuresinvolved in both the Hell’s Angels andBandidos bikie gangs after the shooting ofBandidos enforcer Toby Mitchell andanother man at Melton on March 1.

Victoria Police confirmed the armed crimetaskforce was investigating a ‘‘firearm incid-ent’’ and that several cars had been damagedby the hail of bullets.

According to sources, police also seizeddrugs and cash at the crime scene, then instig-ated a number of raids over several days lastweek.

Last Wednesday, seven men were arrestedwhen police executed 15 warrants at loca-tions across Victoria, including HighviewPlace at Craigieburn and two premises in theindustrial area at Norton Drive, Melton, the

scene of the recent shooting. A 30-year-oldman from Greenvale was subsequently bailedon an outstanding warrant.

Items seized from properties during theraids included cash, drugs, a suspected incen-diary device, imitation firearm, ammunition,stolen motor vehicles, an earth-movingmachine, a caravan and jetskis.

Hydroponic drug set-ups were also foundat several properties.

Operation Resound is drawing on thepowers given to police by the state govern-ment to apply to the Supreme Court to bancriminal bikie gangs and their activities.

A police spokeswoman said links betweenthe Melton shooting and outlaw motorcyclegangs were being examined, but she wouldnot say why the shootings were not beinghandled by the Echo taskforce formed in2011 to target bikie gangs and organisedcrime.

Anyone with any information is beingurged to call Crime Stoppers on1800 333 000 or visit crimestoppers.com.au

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Name upin lightsBY HELEN GRIMAUX

Whiz kid: From computer-inspired toys to go-karts, Westmeadows youngster Tristen Sanfordrevels in the creative process.

PINBALL wizard Tristen Sanford is only juststarting his final year at Gladstone ParkSecondary College and already his creative-ness has landed him a gig at MelbourneMuseum.

Tristen has been selected as one of Victor-ia’s best young designers for a pinballmachine he built as part of his systems engin-eering studies last year. It is on show as partof the museum’s Top Designs 2013 exhibi-tion.

‘‘It was inspired by a computer game calledPortal,’’ Tristen said. ‘‘I liked the story so Ibought and made some robots and made ascroll portal for the scoreboard.’’

Tristen is now immersed in other projects,including a go-kart he built using an adaptedwater pump as the engine. He is also enrolledas a VCAL student, going one day a week toTAFE to study engineering, working one daywith a truck trailer-building company, andspending the other three days at school.

Now in its 13th year, Top Designs show-cases the works of 108 of Victoria’s best

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A dress made of old bottle caps, a windturbine built from recycled material, aconcept artwork for a video game, androbots and jewellery are some of the works inthe exhibition, which opens on Saturday andcontinues until June 30.

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For aged care, a bigslice of funding pieNEWS of a pay increase foraged-care workers andnurses made for a good-news week for them and forfederal MP Rob Mitchell.

The McEwen electorate,which covers parts ofHume, has an estimated2500 aged-care workers.

As part of its LivingLonger Living Better aged-care reforms, the Gillardgovernment last weekannounced up to $1.2 bil-lion would be provided toaddress workforce pres-sures. The cash would meanhigher wages, better condi-tions and more rewardingcareers for the nation’saged-care workers.

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Shooters stickto their guns

Olympic shooter Russell Mark. Picture: Mark Smith

Australian sporting shooters, led vocally by Olympian Russell Mark, arequick to distance themselves from the furore surrounding shootingtragedies in the United States, writes NICK TOSCANO.

His finger starts to tighten around thetrigger.Wearing sunglasses and earmuffs, his

face is partially obscured and his age is not obvi-ous. But the look of concentration is unmistak-able. He’s poised to shoot, peering through thescope at the target that flickers in the mirage halfa kilometre away. He looks experienced, steadyof purpose, at one with the piece.

Less than a month after turning 12, Rian Smithis lying flat on his stomach, clutching a full-borerifle as he takes aim.

It’s a windy day at the rifle range that’s perchedabove a ridge of green and yellow and brown,but Rian is quickly learning how to read thewind. Like golf or archery, precision is the nameof the game for the 60-odd dedicated competitorsin the prize shoot this sunny Saturday morning.

Here, outside the city’s western limits, wheresealed roads fade into dirt tracks, shooting clubssuch as the Bacchus Marsh Rifle Club are open-ing their doors to a growing number of newmembers.

But the start of 2013 has been a turbulent onefor the shooting community. As a global gun con-trol debate rages in the wake of the Sandy Hookschool massacre in the US, where children asyoung as six were gunned down, the tremor hasbeen felt here at home.

Politicians were quick to raise alarm, a chargeled by the Greens’ calls for a nationwide blanketban on semiautomatic pistols.

Melbourne MHR Adam Bandt said Australi-ans would be shocked to know there were hun-dreds of thousands of semi-automatic handgunsin circulation in Australia.

“They are not recreational toys — they are kil-ling machines,” he said.

Caught up in the panic was a school excursionof 50 students, some as young as Rian, as theirbus purred along the Western Highway to a claytarget-shooting range near Ballarat in December.They were taught to wield shotguns andreportedly fired up to 20 cartridges each.

Gun Control Australia called it ‘‘idiotic’’ and“insensitive”, given it was just two days after theSandy Hook school massacre.

Victoria’s Education Minister Martin Dixonalso weighed in, calling the excursion inappro-priate and the timing wrong.

Bad timing or a long bow to draw?The furore fanned a fiery response from Olym-

pic shooting gold-medallist Russell Mark, whotook to Twitter to write that he was embarrassedto be a Victorian when the education minister“criticises kids for going clay target-shooting”,adding that Dixon should “get a real job”.

“It was part of their PE course and people weresaying, ‘How dare they go into a shooting

range?” he says. “It’s opportunistic politics and Ifind it offensive.”

Part of the reason that Mark, the star double-trap shooter finds it so offensive is that growingpublic and political distaste has long been tar-nishing the legitimate shooting community, andsporting shooters are getting “further and furtherostracised by idiots and maniacs”.

“Unfortunately,’’ says Mark, ‘‘if you’re in theUS and trying to legislate to cater for some guywho’s willing to kill their mother and then goeson to commit atrocities at a school, you can’tcater for that ... there are always going to be peo-ple who will abuse any law, and firearms and theblack market for them are the same.”

He says Australia already has among thetoughest gun control laws in the world, and witha semi-automatic pistol ban a looming possibil-ity, shooters are asking, ‘How much harder can

you make it?’“We’re law-abiding citizens and shooting

clubs like these are not a problem,” Mark claimswith conviction. “We should be reducing thenumber of firearms in the hands of criminals.Every shooter at a club agrees — for anyone whobreaches firearms laws, make the penaltiesgreater.

“Thirty years ago it was a very easy process toget a firearm because you didn’t have to go andregister your gun or even argue why you needed afirearm. Laws are different now, and even thoughsome say they’re draconian, they’re workable.But I think we’ve reached the stage where thelaws can’t get any tighter.”

The change Mark speaks of is the changes toour national gun legislation following the worstmass murder in Australian history. On April 28,1996, Martin Bryant opened fire on tourists andworkers in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 peo-ple and wounding 23 more.

In response, the federal governmentannounced a bi-partisan deal for gun controlmeasures. A massive buyback program yieldedmore than 600,000 semi-automatic shotguns andrifles, roughly one-fifth of the firearms in Austra-lia.

The laws also outlawed private sales, requiredthat guns be individually registered to their own-ers and mandated that buyers present a “genuinereason” for buying them.

Pest control for farmers counts as a genuinereason. But for city-dwellers, the easiest way is tojoin a shooting club, and membership rates haverisen in response — the Sporting Shooters Associ-ation of Australia’s (SSAA) numbers have spikedfrom 45,000 in ’96 to now almost 150,000.

Handguns, shotguns, rifles . . . a January studyfrom the University of Sydney shows Australiansown as many firearms now as they did in 1996 —

about 3.2 million — despite so many being des-troyed.

At the Werribee International Shooting Com-plex in Quandong, where Mark is vice-presidentof the clay target club, he says numbers have“increased significantly”, now nearing 500,while membership stretches into the thousands atclubs such as Frankston Australian Clay TargetClub in Carrum Downs.

Ask Colin Wood, of the SSAA’s Victorianbranch, why shooting club ranks have swelledover the past decade and he’ll tell you it’s due to arenewed interest among youth.

“Perhaps it’s because this is one of the few out-doorsy, adventurous sports that appeal to young-sters . . . they’re very short on modern adventure-type sports that are simple and give them thiskind of exposure.”

But also, he chuckles, “it’s something thatteachers tell them they shouldn’t get involved in,but legally they can do”.

Under the 1996 regulations, semi-automaticlongarms were banned and hunters lost the effi-ciency of self-loading rifles.

For sport shooters, their pastime became morephysically demanding due to the powerful recoilfrom the guns they were forced to use.

But Wood says the restrictions have been large-ly accepted and the public should be comfortedby the volume of red tape involved in obtaining a

firearm: an appointment with the local police’sfirearms officer, passing a safety course, criminalhistory checks, outlining a genuine reason, and a30-day cooling-off period so guns can’t beacquired on a whim. At shooting clubs, Woodsays, strict safety measures and responsible useare the first things drilled home.

“I suppose you told them you beat me,” saysRoy Ryder back at the Bacchus Marsh rifle rangeas he walks over to his grandson. After his firstcompetition shoot, Rian has finished with animpressive scorecard of bull-eyes and centre-bulls.

A junior needs to be 12 to use a firearm underadult supervision. For Rian, the thrill of firing arifle in a competition is still fresh.

“In golf, you’re trying to get a hole in one andhere you’re trying to get centre-bulls,” he says.Bacchus Marsh Rifle Club captain Noel Urensays the discipline takes a certain type of person.“Doctors, lawyers, a large ethnic community –we’ve got them all, and we’re all dedicated toconcentration,” he says.

Rian agrees with the sentiment of many sportshooters who are tired of being portrayed as gun-toting rednecks.“We had a day at school whenwe dressed up in the sport we did. Most peoplehad netball skirts or footy tops.

‘‘I came to school in my rifle club shirt,” hesays, beaming proudly. “I’m a shooter.”

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HUME women looking to get fit will get abig break with a program aimed at gettingthem on their bikes.

Aptly named Wheel Women, the programwill teach them how to ride a bike with con-fidence and other skills such as correct brak-ing and changing tyres.

The program is for stay-at-home mothers,retirees and students who work part-timeand have their own bike and helmet.

Wheel Women instructor Robyn Maguiresays the aim is to instil confidence amongwomen and increase exercise.

‘‘It’s for the women who aren’t confidenton their bikes but would like to get out andstart exercising,’’ she said.

‘‘The best part of cycling is that it’s lowimpact, so if you’re overweight it’s low-impact training.’’

Wheel Women is a Kensington-basedorganisation. All its instructors areAustCycle-accredited coaches.

Ms Maguire said she would like to seemore female cyclists on the roads and morebike paths across Melbourne.

‘‘Often women won’t join a bike club

because they think men are stronger and theydon’t want to hold the group up when theygo on rides.

‘‘This is about women working together.It’s not about how fast you can go or howgood you look; it’s about bike handling andcompanionship.’’

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Cannons unsure of major draft picksBY TEO PELLIZZERI

NO certainties. That’s the message from CalderCannons region manager Ian Kyte as last year’sAFL draft’s dominant TAC Cup outfit preparesthe class of 2013.

The team may have bowed out in the first weekof finals but Calder’s national draft featuredthree top-10 picks and seven overall in a bumpercrop of youngsters from the club.

This year the performances and developmentof players will shape the AFL destiny of a numberof hopefuls.

Calder finalised its list last week as it countsdown to the season opener against the NorthernKnights on Sunday, March 24.

Last year the club started the season with JoeDaniher already committed as a father-son toEssendon, while Lachie Plowman and JonoO’Rourke lived up to their billing as topprospects by ultimately going second and thirdpick, both to GWS Giants.

This year no such hype has been attached toanyone draft-eligible on the list.

Kyte said players 20 to 60 from the triallistshad been an even spread.

‘‘This time last year I would have said we’vegot six definite draft picks and another six orseven more who are a chance.

‘‘This year I would say there’s no certaintiesbut there’s 12 or 13 who will come under consid-

eration if the staff can build on a few of them.‘‘If they get hungry and decide they really want

to bust their ass at the end of the year to go some-where . . . conceivably we could have none draf-ted, we could have four or five.

‘‘It is a list that may have surprised people butit’s for different reasons . . . there’s some listed wewant to make sure they play TAC Cup in 2014.’’

Calder is retaining four 19-year-olds this

season with two, Daniel Thompson and JoelMadden, father-son prospects.

‘‘We looked at a lot of factors . . . players whocould do with another year in the system, close tobeing drafted, November born, late developers,father-son prospects,’’ Kyte said.

‘‘I would hope Madden (son of Justin) playssome games at Northern Blues to come underconsideration and Thompson (son of Mark) atEssendon (VFL), and James Ferry (Gisborne) andJake Owen (Woodend) with Coburg whenopportunities are available.’’

Cannons Coach Andrew Jago said pre-trial sit-downs with a number of players had sparkedsome desired progress.

‘‘There’s a few who were told their work ethichad to improve and it certainly did, and they’vebeen rewarded for it,’’ Jago said.

‘‘Some needed an adjustment in attitude. Thework ethic is there in the team and I think they’llgive themselves every opportunity.

‘‘They want to learn and are coachable.’’

INBRIEF

VTCAGreenvale hit back hard on a bowler-friendly home

deck after being knocked over for 131 in the

Senior Division semi-final on Saturday. Reeling at

7-41, Greenvale was saved by Michael Jones (66)

and Jon Kent (23). Jeremy Brown captured 3-24 to

have Yarraville 5-74 in reply at the close. Action

continued after the Weekly went to print. Go to

humeweekly.com.au for a wrap of cricket finals.

BowlsGlenroy’s thirds were the last team standing from

the Hume region on Saturday night as

Craigieburn’s divisional quarter-finalist bowed out.

Glenroy (3) beat Keysborough (2) 96-75, while

Glenroy (2) lost 68-70 against Clayton (3).

Craigieburn (3) lost 70-88 in division 5 against

Hawthorn.

BasketballHume City Broncos head to Belgrave Heights for a

double-bill away at Sherbrooke Suns to start the

Big V men’s and women’s championship seasons

on Saturday. The Lady Broncos tip off at 6pm at

Belgrave Heights Christian High School with the

men following at 8pm. Hume City backs up on

Sunday with the women hosting Bulleen Boomers

from 1pm at Broadmeadows Basketball Stadium.

Craigieburn’s reigning premier men start life in

division 1 at home against Warrnambool

Seahawks from 8.15pm at Craigieburn Leisure

Centre on Saturday, with the women tipping off at

6.15pm against Warrandyte Venom.

AFLCraigieburn will get a taste of AFL action as the

final round of pre-season pits Hawthorn against

North Melbourne in a practice match at Highgate

Reserve this Saturday. The match starts at 2pm,

with all club and AFL members admitted free with

their membership card; general admission is $5

and juniors under 15 free.

Mateship of the bush new coach’s mantra

Wolf pack: Wolves coach Brendan Sing (front) and teammates Heath Bassett, Lewis Straughn, Kent Fraser,Brandon Tauaa, Gillespie Fai and Clayton Carey. Picture: Darren Howe

BY TEO PELLIZZERI

NEW North West Wolves coach Brendan Singwants to bring a ‘‘bush footy feel’’ to the club as itembarks on its third season in the VictorianRugby League.

The club’s lofty ambitions of competing in theNSW-based Ron Massey Cup (formerly Bunda-berg Red Cup) stay on the agenda as a mid-termgoal, but short term the aim is for the first-gradeside to make amends for last year’s preliminaryfinal exit.

Sing will be a playing coach this season, suc-ceeding former Storm player Tristan Brady-Smith. The 25-year-old from Temora, NSW, is inhis first senior coaching job. He’s previously rep-resented the Temora Dragons and WestsIllawarra Devils.

Sing said his coaching philosophy would bebased on strength in club unity, drawing on hisupbringing in the Riverina, where League is thedominant sport.

‘‘Family and best mates come first, we’ve got tomake this club as tight as we can. Last year therewere groups that didn’t get along. This year weneed mates working for each other.

‘‘It’s going to be a tough and a long year andwe need one big group in it together.’’

Sing said he thought being a playing coachwould be an advantage. ‘‘One hundred per centlead by example. I don’t expect any of my playersto do something unless I’m doing it.

‘‘I’ve been pretty lucky, always playing in suc-cessful teams, finishing in the top four of differ-ent leagues. This year is going to be a fantasticone for us I think.’’

The Wolves are building their relationshipswith the Ron Massey Cup teams and will beheading to NSW to take on Cabramatta in a pre-season match on March 23.

The club is holding a family day on Saturdaywhere dominant South Sydney Junior RugbyLeague team the Matraville Tigers will be touringwith an under-13 team.

An array of club recruits will take on last year’sFirst Grade team in a trial for selection for theCabramatta tour.

Former Bradford Bulls under-20s player LewisStraughn, Clayton Carey (Macquarie Scorpions)and Heath Bassett (Port Stephens Sharks) areamong the recruits signed to the club this year.

CALDER CANNONS TAC CUP LIST

Victor Carboni, Jayden Foster, Sam Good, JoelMadden, Matthew Merlo, Anthony Prestia, DanielThompson, Charly Williams (all Aberfeldie), Charles VanDer Byl (East Keilor), Mitchell Jensen (Essendon DouttaStars), Jacob McCormack (Fitzroy), Jack Baker, JamesFerry, Matt Goodyear, Jack James (all Gisborne), TannerNilsson, Lachlan Ronaldson, Billy Morrison (all Glenroy),Jarryd Bonello, Mark Kovacevic, Artur Petryshyn, RickySchraven, Jayden Walker (all Greenvale), Paul Ahern,James Barnes, Damien Cavka, James Latham (allKeilor), Xavier Dimasi (Kilmore), Ben McDonald, Touk

Miller, Guy Walker (all Maribyrnong Park), Reilly O’Brien,Peter Wright (both Moonee Valley), Errol McConnell(Oak Park), Ben Allan, Josh Cauchi (both Pascoe Vale),Harrison Taylor (Riddell), Nathan Blair, Jake Lever (bothRomsey), Liam Berry, Tom Donoghue (bothRupertswood), William Considine, Marcus De Leur, TomMadden (all St Bernards), Lachlan Cavanagh, JesseCorigliano, Joshua Rule (all Strathmore), Roarke Smith(Sunbury Kangaroos), Aaron Christensen, Jason Cooke(both Sunbury Lions), Jake Owen (Woodend).

Jed Clothier (no club listed).

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North West Wolves Family Day — Saturday

AJ Davis Reserve, Fullarton Road, Niddrie

1.30pm — Drills for juniors and player sign-up

3pm — Under-18s v ‘‘Reserves’’

4pm — Wolves mixed under-14s/15s vs MatravilleTigers

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passenger car-like comfort and standard safety features including ESP and ABS and a 3 year unlimited

kilometre warranty. Race towards a Caddy Runner, Transporter Runner, Crafter Runner or Amarok

Runner – all hardworking superstars committed to getting you and your tools wherever you need to go.

Stock is limited, so visit www.runneroffer.com.au today.

While stocks last.

Caddy® Van Runner

$19,990 Driveaway*

Amarok Runner

$26,990 Driveaway~

Crafter Runner

$39,990 Driveaway^Transporter Runner

$29,990 Driveaway# Crafter Runn

$39,990 Driveawater Ru0 Driveaway#

Amarok Runner~

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*Driveaway price of $19,990 is for new Volkswagen Caddy® Van Special Edition ‘Runner’ TSI160 manual, white (no added options) only. #Driveaway price of $29,990 is for new Volkswagen Transporter Special Edition ‘Runner’ TDI250 manual, white (no added options) only. ^Driveaway price of $39,990 is for new Volkswagen Crafter Van Special Edition ‘Runner’ TDI300, manual, white (no added options) only. ~Driveaway price of $26,990 is for new Volkswagen Amarok Special Edition ‘Runner’ TSI300, manual, white, (no added options) only. *#^~Offer applies to stock vehicles only. While stocks last. Government, fleet and rental buyers are excluded from the Caddy® Van Runner, Transporter Runner and Crafter Runner driveaway offers but are not excluded from the Amarok Runner driveaway offer. Not available in conjunction with any other offer. Volkswagen Group Australia reserves the right to change, modify or extend this offer.