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Pit bull in the picture: VCATBY DANIEL TRAN

Decision upheld: The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has upheldMonash Council’s declaration that Kerser is a pit bull terrier.

THE state’s peak civil tribunal hasupheld a declaration by MonashCouncil that a dog it seized inDecember last year is a pit bullterrier.

The dog’s owner, Jade Applebeeof Mount Waverley, is believed tobe considering her options and isawaiting legal advice. She hasuntil next month to appeal thedecision to the Supreme Court.

Following a two-day hearingand a physical inspection ofMs Applebee’s dog Kerser, theVictorian Civil and Administrat-ive Tribunal last week concludedthe dog matched the physicalcharacteristics of a pit bull.

In her decision handed downlast Wednesday, VCAT deputypresident Heather Lambrick rejec-ted testimony by Ms Applebee’sexpert witness, Lynne Harwood.

Ms Harwood, an internationaldog judge who gave her occupa-tion as a gift shop proprietor,argued that the council’s animalofficers had erred in their meas-urements of the dog.

But Ms Lambrick found thatKerser’s head, muzzle, skull, bodyand eyes matched the pit bullstandard as outlined under Vic-toria’s restricted breed laws.

‘‘The overall impression ofKerser is one of compliance. Hemay not be a perfect example of apit bull. However, such a dogprobably does not exist,’’ MsLambrick said. ‘‘Even in the areaswhere he does not meet the stand-ard to a substantial degree, hemeets the standard to some degreeand importantly in the areas ofmusculature and strength.’’

The news is a blow to Ms

Applebee, who maintains her dogis an American Staffordshire ter-rier cross. She is believed to beconsidering her options under leg-al advice but has previously saidshe was prepared to appeal.

Monash mayor MicaelaDrieberg said the council took nopleasure in the ruling.

‘‘We have some really heavyresponsibilities when it comes toidentifying pit bull dogs. We onlydeclare that a dog is of a restrictedbreed when we are sure of it.However, we do welcome theVCAT’s decision as it reinforcesthe good judgment our staff areusing,’’ she said.

‘‘I do feel for the dog’s ownerbut unfortunately the dog hasbeen found to be a pit bull by twoseparate authorities now.’’

Pit bull terriers, also known as

American pit bull terriers, are arestricted breed under theDomestic Animals Act. Since anamnesty ended in 2011, any pitbulls found to be unregisteredmust be destroyed.

Kathy Zini, who is part of anunofficial support network forowners who have their dogs seizedon the grounds they are restrictedbreeds, condemned the decision.

‘‘It’s our laws attempting to putanother innocent life to death andit’s wrong,’’ she said. ‘‘I think it’s areally, really flawed system.

‘‘It does not help public safetywhatsoever and it paints us as amorally bankrupt state. I don’tknow on what planet our govern-ment has decided that that’s OK.’’

Ms Applebee has until May 1 todecide whether to launch anappeal.

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HEAD‘‘I was satisfied that from

every angle the shape of

Kerser’s head was that of a

blunt wedge and compliant in

this respect with the

standard.’’

MUZZLE‘‘Although Ms Harwood gaveevidence that the muzzle wasnot broad and deep becausethe skull was too long for thisto be the case, I did not agreewith her observations.’’

EYES‘‘I found the eyes to be round.I did not agree with MsHarwood’s evidence that theeyes were of ‘‘orientalappearance’’.

NECK‘‘I disagreed with theobservations of Ms Harwoodthat Kerser has a thick shortneck. I found the neck to be ofmoderate length withsignificant strength.’’

BODY‘‘My observations of Kerserwere of a powerfully built dogwith a deep chest ofmoderate width. I disagreedwith the evidence given by MsHarwood that he was long inleg and slight in body.’’

CONCLUSION‘‘I am satisfied that Kerserreadily meets the descriptionof a pit bull in the standard ...He may not be a perfectexample of a pit bull. Howeversuch a dog probably does notexist.’’

— Deputy President HeatherLambrick, Victorian Civil and

Administrative Tribunal


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Re: Parking plan ‘not up our alley’I am no buddy to any councillor, including PaulKlisaris, but feel that comments made by somecouncillors are a bit impassive and have gone over-board. While I don’t support his proposal inentirety, I do think that Cr Klisaris’ good intentionshould be noted, whether it is for his gaining polit-ical mileage.

Although many people over 70 are still healthyand mobile, there are just as many who are slowand rely on wheeled walking aids. I’m a volunteerdealing with nursing home residents and takingthem out can be a job and a half. It’s not unreason-able to be a bit more sympathetic to this group ofseniors. Special consideration can be made to waivetheir fines if there’s a legitimate reason given foroverstaying at a parking space. That said, I don’tlike to give a blank endorsement of special treat-ment for all seniors and carers, because not all seni-ors having certain impairment or disability haveproblems in mobility.

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Celebrating youthNational Youth Week (April 4-14) is a time to cele-brate the achievements that our young people

make, their contributions to their communities anda time to give them the opportunities to share theirideas and talents with others.

At Youth Off The Streets, we take every chanceto appreciate the young people in our services, tothank them for the amazing things they do forthemselves and for others each day, and toacknowledge the things that they accomplish every-day despite all odds. I’m constantly inspired by ouryoung people who, despite facing challenges likehomelessness, abuse, neglect and having minimalsupport networks, find a way to overcome thesebarriers and turn their lives around.

During National Youth Week, I encourage youngpeople to get involved in local events and activities,and take the opportunity to speak up about issuesthat are of concern to you.

For information on Youth Off The StreetsNational Youth Week events, visityouthoffthestreets.com.au/programactivities.

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An ailing healthcare systemIt’s been three weeks since the Liberals decided tochange premiers, but unfortunately for residents in

the south-east very little has changed in terms of thegovernment’s inability to fix the extreme lack offunding now affecting patient care at MonashMedical Centre.

Cuts of $616 million to health are starting tohurt, and figures released at the end of last yearshow that Monash Medical Centre Moorabbin had2190 people waiting for surgery, up from 1727 inJune 2011. Only half of semi-urgent electivesurgery patients are receiving procedures within thetimeframe set by the government. The hospital hasfailed to meet its target for non-urgent patientsurgery delivered within a year of 75 per cent.

Besides this, Southern Health — the healthservice responsible for Monash Medical CentreMoorabbin and other hospitals in the south-east —now expects there will be over 10,000 people wait-ing for surgery at its facilities by June 30.

Responsibility for this increase of over 3500 onthe waiting list must be laid squarely at the feet ofthe Napthine government.

Health Minister David Davis’s refusal to takeaction shows that he simply isn’t interested in fixingthis major problem.

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MONASH Council has received $2.67 millionfrom Glen Waverley traders under the suburb’sprecinct parking plan, it has been revealed.

Mayor Micaela Drieberg confirmed that thecouncil raised the money through the plan, whichhas been operating since May 2008.

‘‘If traders would like more information, we’rehappy to meet with them and see if we can’tanswer their questions,’’ Cr Drieberg said.

Her comments follow a call by traders fortransparency over ‘‘cash in lieu of parking’’schemes.

Last week, Glen Waverley Traders Associationsaid it was unaware of how much money thescheme had collected.

But when asked why this had not been pro-tocol before, Cr Drieberg said: ‘‘I can’t commenton the past because I don’t know the details ofwhat occurred. However, I am happy to meetwith traders to discuss any suggestions they mayhave.’’

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spaces in Bogong Avenue. However, the council isproposing that the cash-in-lieu fee is raised to$20,000 under the new parking overlay. Thisfigure is expected to rise to as high as $30,000 incoming years.

End is nigh forgateway eyesoreONE of Monash’s biggest eyesores will soonbe transformed following the council’sapproval of a $5 million development inMount Waverley.

The vacant block on Highbury Road willbe replaced with a new childcare centre andmedical practice.

It comes eight years after the state’s peakplanning body, the Victorian Civil andAdministrative Tribunal, rejected an applica-tion for 42 apartments on the site, whichborders the City of Whitehorse.

The recently approved plan will allowdevelopers to build a double-storey buildingwith a medical practice on the ground floorand a childcare centre above. The centre willbe limited to caring for 123 children.

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Traders to put cityon the top shelfBY DANIEL TRAN

TRADERS and their associations will play akey part in burnishing Monash’s image forvisitors in the coming years.

The council’s recently released drafteconomic development strategy stresses therole of traders in promoting the city as aplace to visit and shop.

The council will work with trader associ-ations across the city to promote activitycentres such as Kingsway in Glen Waverleyand Eaton Mall in Oakleigh.

But the draft comes as Oakleigh councillorTheo Zographos warned that trader associ-ations such as Mount Waverley’s had ceasedto exist or were ailing.

‘‘I do know that there’s a lot of activity cen-tres in other areas of Monash that are in thesame boat,’’ Cr Zographos said.

‘‘There are some that are doing good work.We know that the Clayton traders are doinggood work and to some extent there has beena rejuvenation in Oakleigh. However,

there’s progress there to be made.’’Mount Waverley’s trader association was

disbanded last year after a lack of interestfrom local traders. Although 144 businesseswere members of the group, only about sixever attended the monthly meetings.

Cr Zographos said the success of traderassociations was linked to that of shoppingstrips.

‘‘When there is a united approach to thesematters and traders can come together we dosee better results. We see customer satisfac-tion rise, we see more people coming intothose areas and that’s a positive for every-body involved.

He warned that inactive and less popularshopping centres in Monash could sufferthrough the absence of an association.

‘‘We don’t want to see businesses closingdown. Because there may not be that unitedapproach . . . [businesses] may suffer, theymay not have customers coming in. By beingcomplacent and not having a plan in place,that can happen.’’

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New ball game: Rob Sharpe says a large volunteergroup is the answer for sports clubs.

New team: Carrum-Patterson Lakes Lions volunteers and committee members Adam Hamilton, Stephen Barnes,Ryan Parker, Len Riordan, Megan Dalton and Mark Bollen are set for a challenging workload. Picture: Daryl Gordon

One more for the team, sportLocal football is back butincreasingly needs grassrootshelp to prosper. ROY WARD findsadministrators are under pressureto meet the demands of a modernsociety.

It’s local football but not how you imagined it.For many years football club volunteers wouldset up the club finances, sort out the jumpers

and stock the canteen and the bar for a winter ofhome matches.

Along the way there were committee meetings,reports, problem solving and the time-honouredtasks of manning the gate, washing the jumpersand firing up the barbecue.

Yet football clubs in 2013 have that and much,much more to do and local football leagues arelooking at the best way to help club volunteersrun their teams without being so overrun theyleave the sport altogether.

This is where the south-east’s two leadingleagues — the Eastern Football League andSouthern Football League — have their work cutout to help club officials keep up with everythingrequired to keep their teams playing.

EFL chief executive Rob Sharpe believesleagues like his own have to offer clear guidanceon the trickier legal requirements for footballclubs. Most importantly, he believes clubs needas many volunteers as they can find so ‘‘manyhands make light work’’.

‘‘It’s obvious you need more and more peopleto run a sports club than ever before.

‘‘The expectations of sports clubs are going upevery year — it’s not just about managing every-thing on Saturday [game day].

‘‘You need to do more in a regulatory sense.For instance, those who work in the canteen havegreater food safety requirements, there are morestringent rules about serving alcohol in the barand then you have matters around the GST andcompliance with the Corporations Act.’’

To add to those demands, drug and alcoholabuse in recent years have caught more mediaattention, placing pressure on clubs to play abigger role in fostering responsible behaviour.

Awareness of sexism, racism and tolerance ofall kinds has also sneaked into this area as thebattle to change outdated attitudes continues.

AFL Victoria and bodies such as the AustralianDrug Foundation ask that clubs sign up tocharters like the Good Sports program. Sharpesays all people involved in football have a role toplay in the matter, but he is also wary about howmany demands such programs place on peoplewho simply want to run their local football club.

‘‘Social expectations are being put on footyclubs now.

‘‘They are expected to educate their playersand try to make our society a better place.

‘‘There are matters around illicit drugs, alcoholand respect for women and all those things areterrifically important and clubs are trying to domore. But all that added up together means morejobs that need to be done around a club.’’

Sharpe and his SFL counterpart, chief execut-

ive David Cannizzo, agree the over-burdening ofvolunteers is a major concern in a sport that hasrun on the back of volunteer labour.

But with regulations, legal and accountingpractices so much a part of running a club, itlooks more like a paid job than an after-hourspursuit. Sharpe believes dividing the tasksbetween a large group of volunteers is the bestcourse. Cannizzo thinks some clubs may soonhave to budget to pay part-time managers oradministrators.

‘‘There’s a great fear from potential volunteersthey will become overburdened, so the realchallenge is to get large numbers of people takingsmall jobs. Lots of people putting in a couple ofhours each week is better than having a person ina full-time or part-time job,’’ Sharpe says.

Cannizzo says a recent meeting between SFLofficials and clubs broached the topic of thedemands of compliance work.

‘‘It’s getting to the point where clubs may needa paid part-time person to manage these things,so they stop becoming too difficult and scaringaway the people involved.’’

Clubs across Melbourne’s south-east are tack-ling this issue in different ways. Clubs with pokiemachines or large social clubs have multimillion-dollar turnovers while others are run modestly bysmall groups of players and volunteers.

While every club volunteer has his or her ownstory, longtime football person Stephen Barnespresides over the SFL’s newest club in Carrum-Patterson Lakes, which will play its first game inthe league on April 13.

After spending a lifetime in football and thepast seven years as an SFL director, Barnes threwhimself back into ‘‘clubland’’ when he was asked

to join other volunteers like vice-president MarkBollen and secretary Len Riordan to help bringthe Lions’ senior side to life.

Barnes says the challenges for any office holderwere huge but the rewards were worth thestruggle.

Barnes speaks with the Weekly while answer-ing a text message about club business and typingup an email about a club event.

‘‘The demands are huge but you get out of itwhat you put into it.

‘‘As a president you are on call 24/7 and theperson everyone goes to.

‘‘In all competitions and at all clubs, there arealways a few people who blow you away withtheir level of commitment. There are people inthis league who’ve been president for 30-oddyears and been through some monumental strug-gles — you can only have respect for them.’’

While working with his executive membersand club volunteers to start the Lions, Barnessays he has found the demands of a ‘‘lot morepolitically correct world’’ add to the workload ofvolunteers but are important.

‘‘You have to do the things that make sure it’s afriendly environment for everybody.

‘‘We have got that with our newly formed net-ball side. It’s just a different world from whenfootball clubs were the old inner sanctum wherethe boys would get together after games.’’

He says urging players to get private healthinsurance and income protection are also a press-ing issue for clubs.

Asked about whether adding paid staff wouldreduce the roles of volunteers, Barnes disagrees,saying volunteers would put time into their clubsregardless. ‘‘It would be nice to put someone

there to run it. Sandown has that model in placeand I believe it’s the only club that does it.

‘‘They have Brett Phillips in that sort of roleand he’s an absolute ripper. If you could beassured of getting someone like him you wouldgo close to doing it.

‘‘But it wouldn’t matter because people in theexecutive would still put in the same amount oftime because they believe in what they do.’’

The issue of the ‘‘haves’’ and ‘‘have nots’’ dom-inates discussion at AFL level but Sharpe andCannizzo both see it as a strength of theircompetitions that suburban giants such as NoblePark, Vermont or St Kilda City provide a placefor the cream of club footballers while smallerclubs in lower divisions like Endeavour Hills orFerntree Gully Eagles offer players the chance toplay without the training demands of division 1football.

Sharpe points to the EFL’s promotion-relegation system, which sends the bottom teamdown and the premiership team up in each of itsfour divisions.

‘‘We can offer a game for players of any level.‘‘Look at a club like Norwood — it wasn’t too

long ago that it was in division 4 and now it’s onthe level of our best division 1 sides.’’

The EFL and SFL both begin there seasonshaving more players than ever. While adminis-trators worry all the facets of running a club,Cannizzo is also hoping those new clubs can gofrom strength to strength beyond their first cou-ple of seasons.

‘‘There is still a lot of work to do. We need tohave committees starting to rotate so you don’thave the same people doing everything or beingleft to do everything week to week.’’


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Locked in:another bigschool effortBY DANIEL TRAN

GIVING has become part of the culture at theWheelers Hill campus of Caulfield GrammarSchool.

At its recent World’s Greatest Shave event,about 40 students went under the razor to raisemoney for the Leukaemia Foundation.

The campus donated $20,000 to the cause lastyear. As a school, Caulfield Grammar raised thesecond-largest sum in Victoria and Tasmania.

This year the school’s combined donation totalis expected to reach more than $35,000.

This year’s initiative was spearheaded bystudents Bec Hall, Shayna Hingmann and JohnNankervis of the school’s fund-raising commit-tee.

‘‘Everything went really, really well,’’ Bec said.‘‘We had more people shaving than we’ve hadbefore.’’

The event was supported by Wheelers Hillsalon Fratelle Hairdressing, which, along with acash donation, provided two hairdressers to theschool for the eighth year in a row.

Head of senior school Gary Tyler said theevent was a way for the students to show theirsupport for the cause.

‘‘Everyone’s been touched by cancer in someway. A lot of the kids use it as a means of remem-bering someone.’’


Club up: Active retirees invited to join the

Waverley Gardens Probus Club, which meets

at the Vegas Club, Waverley Gardens

shopping centre, on the last Tuesday each

month. Details: 9801 4049 or 9560 6046.

Trash and treasure: Glen Waverley Red Cross

garage sale at 9am on Saturday, April 13, at

847 Springvale Road, Mulgrave.

Spinning the wheel: Adult pottery classes at

the Waverley Community Learning Centre on

Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from next

month. Learn hand-building and wheel work

techniques. Classes are at 7.30pm on

Tuesdays and Thursdays and 1pm on Fridays.

Cost: $150 for 10 weeks and $165 for 11

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Pilates fit: Pilates classes at the Waverley

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Mount Waverley, April 14-June 24 (Mondays,

2.30-3.30pm, 7-8pm). Other weekdays

available. Wear comfortable clothing and BYO

mat for floor exercises. Cost: $100. Bookings

essential on 9807 6011 or email

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Fleet feet: Enjoy fitness walking with other

locals at the Waverley Community Learning

Centre, 5 Fleet Street, Mount Waverley,

Monday and/or Wednesdays throughout the

year from April 15. The group leaves from local

parks for walks of about one hour. New people

can join at any time throughout the year. Cost:

$10. Bookings essential on 9807 6011 or

email [email protected].

Art of painting: Classes in watercolours,

pastels and other mediums with artist Anita

van Grootveld for beginners or students with

some experience at Waverley Community

Learning Centre, 5 Fleet Street, April 15-June

26. Experimentation with new techniques is

encouraged. Cost: $121-$130. Bookings

essential on 9807 6011 or email

[email protected].

Help needed: Monash Volunteer Resource

Centre needs volunteers for its Meals on

Wheels program. Volunteers help elderly and

disabled people by delivering their meals.

Locals wanting to help need to have three

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Open for all: The Amaroo Neighbourhood Centre’sEileen Mosden with some of the work that will be

displayed at this weekend’s annual art show.Picture: Wayne Hawkins

BY DANIEL TRAN

After 40 years of painting and teaching, PeterSmales’ critical eyes are some of the best inthe business.

The Mount Waverley resident, who is amember of the exclusive Twenty MelbournePainters Society, has spent decades studying paintand how it is applied to canvas.

His experience delivers him insight given tofew — the ability to determine an artist’sinfluences and experiences through an examina-tion of their work.

‘‘If you have an experienced eye as a painter,you can see the level that other people are up toand what they’ve absorbed, he says. ‘‘It’s a primalexpression.’’

Smales will rely on this expertise when hejudges the 22nd annual Amaroo NeighbourhoodHouse Art Show this weekend.

The exhibition will feature up to 200 paintingsfrom artists around Monash who will be vyingfor a first prize of $1000.

Co-ordinator Eileen Mosden says the show is aplatform for emerging artists who have notexhibited before.

‘‘It’s an easy way for them to get into doing it.It gives them confidence, I think, just seeing theirpaintings actually hanging on the wall and

catalogued,’’ Ms Mosden says.The show started with the intention of giving

the community around Chadstone an avenue toart.

‘‘We just thought it would be a good opportun-ity for local artists to display their work in a non-threatening, fairly easygoing environmentreally,’’ Ms Mosden says. ‘‘The neighbourhoodloves it, the residents love it, the artists love com-ing here too. We’re proud of it, it’s really a greatpart of what we do.’’

Smales encourages emerging artists to takepart in shows such as Amaroo’s.

‘‘You’ve got to have a go. To be an artist youhave to be sensitive obviously and also have thehide of a rhinoceros because if you’re worriedabout what everyone said about what you did,you’d never do it.’’

The Amaroo Neighbourhood Centre’sannual art show will be held this weekend at10am at 34 Amaroo Street, Chadstone. Cost:Free. Exhibitors welcome. Details:9807 2625.

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In a quiet court, this family or investor’s delight is within walkingdistance to the railway station, Chandler medical centre, schools

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2/27 Chelsea Avenue,MulgravePrice: $330,000-plusAgent: McDonald Real EstateMulgrave 9548 3011, SurajSamaranayake 0433 920 603

This modern, three-bedroom house, the rear of two, would makean excellent first home or investment. It has an open-plan

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Astra returns in chic Euro modeEwan Kennedy road tests the latest generation Opel

Going solo: Styling of the German Opel Astra is bang up to date.

The Astra has starred in Australia for almostthree decades, but in various formats. It wasfirst seen here in 1984 as a small car built in

Melbourne by Holden and shared with Nissan,which named its vehicles Pulsar.

Holden broke away from Nissan and began toimport Astras from Germany where they werebuilt by Opel. Holden Astra badges were fittedand the models were a success for many years,until Holden decided it could cut prices by bring-ing in cars from Daewoo in South Korea.

But now Astra is back and this time around istrue to its roots by carrying Opel badges andbeing made in Europe.

Astra models now coming to Australia featurethe latest in Euro chic shapes.

The entry point to the Opel Astra range is thefive-door hatch that is offered in manual andautomatic transmissions in both a 1.4-litreturbo-petrol engine and a 2.0-litre turbo-diesel.

Next up is the Opel Astra Select with a larger1.6 turbo-petrol engine or the 2.0 diesel. Toppingthe range is the Astra Sport, available in 1.6-litre

petrol with manual or automatic transmission.On the road we were impressed by the stable

handling and excellent road-holding of the newOpel Astra. Though Asian car makers areimproving, the Europeans are still in the lead.

Ride comfort is good even on dirt roads.The 1.6-litre petrol engine with an automatic

transmission that we tested typically used six toseven litres per hundred kilometres in countryand motorway driving. This increased to a stillreasonable eight to 10 litres around town.

Prices for the new Opel Astra begin at $23,990for the manual five-door with a 1.4-litre turbo-petrol engine and go all the way up to $35,990for a 2.0-litre turbo-diesel Tourer wagon. Thisplaces it several thousand dollars above typicalcompetitors. The importers are doing this delib-erately to try and lift Astra away from the crowdby giving it a more upmarket appeal.

Will Opel succeed with this ambitious plan?Only time will tell. Sales have been reasonable inthe early days, but are far from setting the worldon fire.

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Hopes anddreamson the line

Local pride:Mulgrave Lions andWaverley Blues willresume hostilities inthe EFL division 2competition thisseason.

Picture: Sam Stiglec

Division 2 of the Eastern Football League has been theclosest division in the league and this year looks nodifferent. Weekly sports journalist ROY WARD goesthrough each team.

BAYSWATERCoach: Neil WintertonIns: Darren Murphy (Eastern

Lions).Outs: Brent Jane (Ringwood), Dave

Burmeister (Ringwood), Ben Bakker(Ringwood).

One to watch: Darren Murphy hascome back to the Waters and his speedand class are expected to make all thedifference for his club.

Chances: It’s not enough for theWaters to just make the finals thisseason. They need some post-seasonwins to keep faith after several finalscampaigns. Despite the loss of talentedplayers like Jane and Burmeister, theystill are good enough to get to thegrand final.

CROYDONCoach: Paul NewlandsIns: Jarrod Clark, Josh Bolton (both

Knox), Hayden Lovat (FerntreeGully), Ryan Pierce (Ferntree Gully),Shane Thompson (Doncaster East).

Outs: Brad Kelleher, DanielMcConnell, Dale Bull, Rhett Jordan(all Norwood).

One to watch: Jarrod Clark was akey marking target for Knox and hecould fill the same role for the Blues.

Chances: While you wouldn’t ruleout a quick promotion for the Blues,Croydon may need a season to adjustand reload before challenging for thedivision 2 title.

DONCASTER EASTCoach: Paris HarvieIns: Bill Morrison, Brendan Ryan

(NFL), Luke Dore, Wayne Connolly(VAFA).

Outs: Shane Thompson (Croydon).One to watch:Morrison was a mem-

ber of the strong West-Preston La-keside team in the NFL last season andcomes to his new club with wraps as agoal-kicker.

Chances: It’s tough to judge ifDonny East is good enough to match itthe best sides , expect them to bearound the middle of the ladder.

DONVALECoach: Graeme CuffIns: Jake Buckingham, Tyler Arrow-

smith, Richard Seeger (all Norwood).Outs: Alex Marcello (VAFA).One to watch: Jake Buckingham

won the division 1 reserves best andfairest last season and may well thrivewith more opportunities.

Chances: Cuff will bring enthusiasmand top-level experience to his newside but how far they go will dependon how well their second and third tierplayers perform.

MONTROSECoach: Brett JohnsonIns: Rohan Hore (Coburg VFL),

David Bell (East Ringwood), BrendanRinaldi (Blackburn), Daniel Dimitriou(Montrose), Shayne Kearney (SouthCroydon).

Outs: Leam Doughty (Coldstream),Seb Colakidis (Boronia), Josh VanGulik (Kilsyth).

One to watch: Billy Schilling hasshown patches of brilliance for theDemons. A consistent year from theyoung forward would help no end.

Chances: Maybe this can be theDemons’ year. After a couple of ‘‘soclose, so far’’ seasons, the Demons willagain be good. Question is, can theyget over the line and win a flag?

MOOROOLBARKCoach: Brett FisherIns: Chris Murphy (Mt Evelyn),

Nathan Muratore (Gembrook-Millgrove).

Outs: Rick Dent (Yarra ValleyMDFL), Scott Dimitriou (East Ring-wood), Daniel Dimitriou (Montrose),Evan Hocking (Yarra Valley MDFL).

One to watch: Michael Smith wentfrom strength to strength in the secondhalf of last season and, entering hissecond year with the Mustangs, themidfielder could get even better.

Chances: The Mustangs have achance this year, after finding them-selves a little lacking against Rowvilleand Montrose in last year’s finals.

They again look strong and their hard-running midfield should keep them incontention.

MULGRAVECoach: Ryan JamesIns: Ben Gilling (Norwood),

Sebastian Henderson (Port Mel-bourne), Darren Butler (Upper Fern-tree Gully), Lachie Ryan (Vermont).

Outs: Tim Knowles (VFL), CraigSkicko (VAFA).

One to watch: Sebastian Hendersonhas good pedigree and will need tolead from the front for the youngLions.

Chances: The Lions came good atthe end of last season and with ayoung side, who knows just how goodthey can be in 2013.

If they can get near the finals racedon’t rule out a late run at the top four.But if they lose players or lose interestthey could again be battling relega-tion.

NORTH RINGWOODCoach: Brett MoyleIns: Tom Hill (Western Bulldogs),

Davan Dyer (AFL Queensland), JohnCooper (Balwyn), Tim Jones, NickTsindos (VAFA).

Outs: Grant Aitken (retired).One to watch: Jack Whelan won

plenty of supporters with his hardenedplay in division 3 last season. He isstrong enough to make the leap todivision 2 and will need a good seasonif the Saints are to challenge.

Chances: In a league like division 2,if the Saints can keep in mid-table theywill do very well and a few winsagainst top sides would do theirconfidence wonders.

UPPER FERNTREE GULLYCoach: Andy HaymanIns: Daniel Vandenbroek, Daniel

Kirby (both Eastern Lions), MarkHolmes (NFL), Cameron Clayton(AFL Queensland).

Outs: Darren Butler (Mulgrave), JaySherlock (Kilsyth), Matt Petracca(work), Anthony Lorusso (FerntreeGully Eagles).

One to watch: Vandenbroek andKirby have been tabbed as players towatch for the Uppers but as always

their best players will come up fromtheir reserves and under-19s.

Chances: The Uppers have a hadgood junior and reserve sides for thepast few seasons. Now it’s time forthat depth to turn into senior teamvictories.

WAVERLEY BLUESCoach: Brett DavidsonIns: Nat Martin, Nathan McCul-

loch (both Tasmania FL), Chris Payne(VAFA).

Outs: Charlie Ampt (AlbertonFNL), Thomas Harley (VAFA), MitchHayes (VFL).

One to watch: Playing assistantcoach Chris McCarty was injuredearly last season and never saw thefield. He is fit again and reportedlyready for a big season in the Blues mid-field.

Chances: The Blues will be betterunder Davidson. Injuries have plaguedthem for too long, and a healthy sea-son would make all the difference tothe Blues, as would a few early-seasonwins.

The Blues remain a danger side.


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INBRIEF

Tigers returnRichmond Cricket Club will

head into its third Premier

Cricket season at Central

Reserve with the same

captain and coach after

making two key reappoint-

ments. The Tigers have

reappointed Jarrad

Loughman as coach,

veteran bowler Allan Wise

as captain and Ian

Simpson as development

coach for the 2013-2014

season. The Tigers will

host their annual hall of

fame and presentation

night at Mulgrave Country

Club on April 20.

VPL season beginsOakleigh Cannons opened

their Victorian Premier

League season yesterday.

The Cannons, who finished

runners-up last season,

faced Northcote City at

John Cain Memorial

Reserve. The game

finished after the Weekly

went to print. Football

Federation Victorian

launched the VPL men’s

and women’s seasons at

Etihad Stadium on Friday

night before Melbourne

Victory’s extra-time win

over Perth Glory in the A

League elimination final.

Football Federation

Australia chief executive

David Gallop praised the

VPL and WVPL

competitions and said it

was clear that the “base” of

the footballing pyramid in

Australia was very strong.

Premier Dandenong

Thunder opened its

campaign with a surprise

0-0 draw against Southern

Stars at Kingston Heath on

Saturday night. Check

monashweekly.com.au to

find out how the Cannons

went.

Athletics CEOAthletics Victoria has

named Glenn Turnor its

new chief executive. Turnor

begins his new role today

and comes to AV with a

background in

management, law and

business. His previous

roles were with Telstra, V8

Supercars and Dick

Johnson Racing. Turnor

replaces Nick Honey, who

left AV to take on the role of

Basketball Victoria chief

executive.

It’s time: young Dingoes looking to up the anteNO matter who runs out for Dingley this Southern Foot-ball League division 1 season, one thing is certain.

The Dingoes are expected to be among the top teamsin the competition.

After a couple of promising seasons, the youngDingoes have bigger expectations on them in 2013 and,with some promising signings to boot, coach ShaneMorwood says he wants his side to improve on theirfive-point elimination final loss last season.

‘‘What we need is to get better and we need to be suc-cessful and beat those top teams.

‘‘We lost by very little in the finals last year, we got awin and a loss against St Paul’s, we beat Cheltenham andwere competitive against East Brighton and ChelseaHeights, so we are not far off and, with an influx of newplayers, the expectation is really a lot higher on us thisyear than in other years.

‘‘It’s time to act.’’

What remains uncertain for the Dingoes is how muchimpact recruits Luke Forrest (Alberton FNL) and TomDureau (Port Melbourne VFL) will have on the side.Both players got little game time during the preseason.

Their arrival offsets the losses of Daniel Turcarelli(EFL), Ben Arnold (Alberton FNL) and Shane Gotsch.Jack Clausen looks likely to spend part or all of the yearwith VFL club Frankston Dolphins.

Morwood said Clausen would play with the Dingoesif not selected for the Dolphins.

‘‘We’re still a little bit unsure because we lost a coupleof players from the previous season but picked up fouror maybe five players, but they haven’t played too muchjust yet.

‘‘Forrest is a 190-centimetre player who could play ateither end or in the ruck for us. Dureau did his hamstringabout three weeks ago right before our first practicematch, so we haven’t seen him play as yet, but we expect

him to be quite good. Things are going all right so farand we look to be in a good position with solid hit-outsagainst Korumburra and Forest Hill.

‘‘Our young kids look to have taken another step sincethe end of last season.’’

Clayton will also look to challenge for a finals placethis season despite losing league best-and-fairest AaronPurvis, who moved to VFL club Port Melbourne.

Clays coach Ben McGee expects his young side tomake improvement this season. The Clays could alsohave the services of Frankston VFL player Jake Calvertwhen he is not selected for the Dolphins.

— Roy Ward

The Dingoes open their season against East Malvernat Souter Oval this Saturday at 2pm. Clayton plays itsfirst match against Chelsea Heights at Meade Reserveat 2pm.

Centrals getthe jumpon Ballarat

Sharp shooter: Monash University’sSteph Tyrell shot accurately againstBallarat Pride. Picture: Rob Carew

BY ROY WARD

MONASH University Centralhit its shooting straps and ran upthe score with a massive winover UB Ballarat Pride at theState Netball and HockeyCentre in the Devine VictorianNetball League championshipdivision on Wednesday night.

Central thrashed the Pride70-38 with stand-in shootersSteph Tyrell (37 of 45 shots,83 per cent) and Shae Gee (33 of40 shots, 83 per cent) combiningfor the highest percentage by aMonash pair this season.

Regular goal shooter StaceyNorthey (away) and Sarah Main(knee injury) missed the match,with coach Leesa Maxfield giv-ing the younger pairing a chanceto perform in the senior side.Tyrell came off the bench in pastmatches and Gee came up fromthe division 1 team.

‘‘Steph has been in the sideand Shae came up from the divi-sion 1 side. She had played acouple of games last year andthe year before,’’ Maxfield said.

Main and Northey are bothexpected to be fit for Central’snext match, so there will beincreased competition for thegoal shooter and goal attackbibs heading into their clashagainst Peninsula Waves at

Patterson River on April 20.There are no VNL games this

coming Wednesday as the com-petition pauses for the 19-and-under and 17-and-undernational championships.

Central defender Maggie Tau-maoe has been selected in theVictorian 19-and-under sidewhile Central under-19 playerNat Billings is in the Victorianunder-17 side.

Maxfield hopes her side willtake something from its consist-ent performance against thestruggling Pride.

“We were able to cut downour errors and set goals for eachquarter with the aim of scoring70 points and keeping themunder 40.

“It was quite good to see us doboth. We have to keep up thatintensity in other games.”

VNL championship ladder:Peninsula Waves 20 points,

148.64 per cent; VU Western

Lightning 16, 123.16; City West

Falcons 16, 122.59; Monash

University Central 12, 113.48;

Swisse Southern Saints 12,

110.93; Boroondara Genesis 8,

102.52; Yarra Valley Grammar

Ariels 8, 95.70; DC North East

Blaze 4, 107.17; UB Ballarat

Pride 4, 59.93; Geelong

Cougars 0, 59.70.


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Clinging to slender lead, Chargers shut down PowerPERSISTENCE can prove an invaluable trait.

For Oakleigh Chargers, persistence got themover the line in a torrid TAC Cup grand finalrematch against Gippsland Power at Morwell onSaturday.

The Chargers held onto a five-point lead in thefinal six minutes to take a 14.12 (96) to 14.7 (91)victory.

Chargers coach Justin Wenke said his side haddone well to take back the lead and then hold offthe Power in the final minutes.

‘‘We had a really solid last quarter,’’ he said.‘‘It was neck and neck, goal for goal, they got

out to a 12-point lead in the third but we got thelead with six minutes to go in the match and thencreated a few stoppages, neither side could scoreso we held on.’’

First-gamer Billy Hogan kicked five goals forthe Chargers including three in the last termwhile full back Hugh Beasley and midfielderAiden Franetic were exceptional in the secondhalf.

‘‘Bill crossed over to us from another region,then did a preseason with us and made the list,’’Wenke said. ‘‘It was good for him to have a gamelike that on debut.

‘‘Hugh Beasley is in the Vic Metro trainingsquad and he was terrific for us withhis rebounds out of defence. He went ontoJoshua Scott after he got away from us in the firstterm and kept him quiet.’’

Wenke also praised his side’s fitness and forrunning out an almost 30-minute final term.

‘‘It was terrific for the boys and they should geta lot of confidence out of that.

‘‘We’ve been able to fight back from a disap-pointing loss in round 1 to get a win by sevenpoints and now five points.

‘‘It should help us turn our season around.’’

The TAC Cup has a week off this weekend asVic Metro and Vic Country squads play trialgames ahead of the first game of the AFL under-18 national championships.

Wenke said the Chargers had 10 players in theVic Metro training squad, something the clubwas proud of.

‘‘It’s a great representation for us and thelargest number of players we have had in thesquad for some time.’’ — Roy Ward

The Chargers play Western Jets at Box Hill CityOval at 10.30am on April 20.

Falcons snatchpoints in nail-biterWAVERLEY Falcons earned a vital away winagainst Big V state championship men’s premiersRingwood Hawks at Maroondah IndoorStadium on Saturday night.

The Falcons held off the fast-finishing Hawksin overtime to win 100-97 and did so despitelosing guard Chris Arkell (20 points in 15minutes in the first half) when he injured his kneejust before half-time.

Arkell didn’t return to the court and Falconscoach Andrew Sherwell said Arkell would havean MRI to find out the extent of the injury.

‘‘At first Chris thought it was a bad injury butour medical person was on site with us andchecked him out,’’ Sherwell said.

‘‘It looks like it isn’t a serious injury. Hopefullywe get him back in a few weeks.’’

The Falcons had to regroup without Arkelland, after a few scratchy minutes in the thirdterm, got back into the game and set up a close-fought final term that eventually finished withscores tied.

In the extra period the Falcons pulled ahead byfive points but the Hawks came back and gotwithin three points with just seconds left.

After a time out the Hawks managed to gettwo three-point shots away but both rimmed outto hand victory to the Falcons.

Brad Kelleher had 23 points for the Falconswhile Ivan Platenik scored 22 points and SedaleThreatt jnr 17 points and 14 rebounds.

Shaun Clarke led Ringwood with 23 pointsand 14 rebounds.

The win could prove especially valuable as allteams play each other home and away this seasonand tied play-off spots are decided by head-to-head record.

‘‘It was a one-shot game and one you want towin,’’ Sherwell said. ‘‘It’s a home and awayseason this year. Everyone plays twice so youhave got to get wins against teams you may playin finals. There’s no weak team this season.’’

The Falcons women lost 66-56 at MaroondahIndoor Stadium earlier on Saturday night andplayed Sherbrooke Suns at Belgrave yesterday.

— Roy Ward

The Falcons host a double-header at WaverleyStadium this Sunday with the Falcons’ womenhosting Eltham at 12.30pm and the men playingDiamond Valley at 2.30pm.

Hawks at home in bigger roostBY ROY WARD

Big stage: Glen Waverley Hawks, including Andrew Azzopardi, will play their first game at Central Reserve thisSaturday. Picture: Ted Kloszynski

GLEN Waverley Hawks want to become a lead-ing club in the Eastern Football League and thisSaturday they begin their tenure at a ground theybelieve will allow them to do it.

The Hawks will play their first game at CentralReserve in Glen Waverley, playing on the southground — the former home of Waverley inthe old Victorian Football Association competi-tion.

They will host Wantirna South at 2pm andHawks president Steve Potts is excited aboutseeing his club play on a big ground after playingon the undersized Capital Reserve in pastseasons.

Hawks officials and volunteers have put in lotsof hours in the past few weeks adding “homely”touches to the new ground before the newseason.

“It’s a fantastic venue. It’s miles above wherewe used to play,” Potts said.

“It looks like a real senior football groundwith a grandstand, big scoreboard . . . it’s justanother world compared with our old ground,which was on a suburban street with no fenceand limited parking.

“This feels like a little more professional.”Central Reserve also plays host to the Hawks’

first Anzac Day clash against Mitcham on April25. Potts is hoping the event will draw a bigcrowd to the new ground.

The two sides will play for a trophy suppliedby Waverley RSL and the reserves and under-19matches will be played on the Saturday, leavingthe senior match as a stand-alone event.

“We want it to be a big game and make use ofthis great ground,” Potts said.

“We’ve worked it in with the Waverley RSL sothe game comes off the back of their dawn serviceand Anzac Day events.”

The Hawks finished runners-up in the EFLdivision 3 competition last year but werethrashed by an in-form North Ringwood in thegrand final.

Rather than look to the past, the Hawks haveadded some impressive recruits in Luke Scanlan(Rowville), Martin De Luca, Anthony Willen-berg (both South Belgrave) and Jay Aguila (West-ern Region FL).

Potts said his club wanted to go one better this

year and move into division 2. “We aren’t men-tally scarred, we barely even think about itbecause it’s gone and past.

“The players are of the same opinion. It wasour dirtiest day in six years and now we move on.

“I don’t think it’s been spoken about since

before Christmas except for the fact we need toredeem ourselves.”

The EFL season begins on Saturday.

See page 21 for a full preview of the EFL divi-sion 2 season.

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