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IN THE HOT SEATPollies’ campaign forDeakin under way

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5 Rating gameCouncils under fireover rate changes

16 Feature storyWhat does the futurehold for local footy?

17 Time outSharing stories ofWorld War I nurses

COVER: Volunteers from EV’s youthteam Elysia, Irene and Ashley, at theYouth Week pool party at CroydonAquatic Centre. Story on the festivities,page 12. Picture: Rob Carew

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Battle lines drawn in DeakinBY DAVID SCHOUT

VOTERS in the seat of Deakin can expect aflock of federal politicians to land in theirmidst in the next few months. First amongthem, next Wednesday, will be Prime MinisterJulia Gillard.

She will visit Norwood Secondary College aspart of the campaign for the September 14election.

With campaigning well under way aroundthe nation, both sides of politics will place astrong focus on the Deakin electorate, one ofthe most marginal seats.

Deakin, which includes all of Ringwood andCroydon as well as Bayswater North andHeathmont, is held by the ALP’s Mike Symonby a mere 1.4 per cent.

Mr Symon, a strong Gillard supporter, willface Liberal candidate Michael Sukkar in whatis classed an ‘‘ultra-marginal’’ seat.

Well aware of the ALP’s tenuous hold on theseat, the Liberals have sent 21 ministers to theelectorate in the past nine months.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has visitedthree times in a bid to raise the party’s profile.

The ALP has also had a strong presence inthe area.

Monash University senior politics lecturerNick Economou said flooding the electoratewas a long-established political tactic, espe-cially in a ‘‘wafer-thin’’ seat like Deakin.

‘‘Marginal seats are where they go tocampaign, predominantly.

‘‘As a result of compulsory voting, theywon’t go to safe seats and waste time or moneyon traditional supporters. They’ll focus ontraditionally marginal seats.

‘‘If a seat is held by 5 per cent or less, voterscan expect lots of pamphlets, candidates to beregularly at public places like railway stations. . . and you won’t be safe on weekends eitherbecause political parties will visit shoppingcentres, often with party leaders.’’

Dr Economou said he expected a ‘‘landslide’’victory for the Coalition and that Deakinwould fall from Labor hands — something MrSymon couldn’t be blamed for.

‘‘MPs in marginal seats can’t be blamed forlosing their seats because there are two majoridentifiers in a federal election — the party andthe leader.’’

He said the election was ‘‘more exciting’’ inseats like Deakin compared with ‘‘safe’’ seats.

Mr Symon himself has conceded the seatcould go either way. ‘‘It’s a tough seat; it was in2010 and it will be that way now,’’ he said.

‘‘When things are at a fine balance it doesn’ttake much to swing the other way. I’m notgoing to say I’m confident. I’d rate myself a50-50 chance.’’

Mr Sukkar, 31, said the prime local concernswere health, education and infrastructure.

He said people were concerned about risingday-to-day expenses. ‘‘The cost of living is amassive issue. People are worried about theirgas and electricity bills.’’

The Weekly asked community leaders inDeakin to nominate their top federal policyissues. Turn to page 6 to read theirresponses.

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The Highland Games begin at 9am and run

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craft stalls and an array of events

showcasing Scottish culture. The Grand

March of the clans and societies is at

1.30pm. Admission prices are $15 for

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$30 for a family of four. From 10am-4.45pm,

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Re: School sites may be cash cowsWhen the Croydon South Primary School closed in2008, Maroondah Council should have activelyconsidered and formed a view on the best future useof the buildings and the adjacent sporting oval –and then lobbied the state government hard toachieve what it believes would be the best outcomefor the community.

But, as far as I can assess, it has taken absolutelyno interest in the question nor action at all on thematter, which resulted in the buildings beingvandalised and then subsequently demolished, andthe now vacant land becoming overgrown.

As your article (March 26) suggests, this maywell lead to the land being sold for development.

What a shameful disgrace!But it may not be too late, so hopefully the

council will now initiate action to avoid any possib-ility of another piece of open space being lost orbeing used for completely inappropriate develop-ment.

Brian Robinson, Ringwood East

Walking the walkThe state government is preparing its new planningstrategy for Melbourne. The social, physical and

economic health of Melbourne and its residents isdependent on a walkable Melbourne. We need anew vision for our suburbs and communities thatwill enable this to occur.

Our suburbs need to be places where the vastmajority of us can walk, live, work and play. Weneed planning that allows most people to livewithin a 20-minute walk of local destinationsrelevant to everyday life. These include healthyfood options, a primary school, cafes, medicalservices and high-quality open space.

We need greener, better quality streets and publicspaces, with calmer traffic. We need all areasconnected by convenient, high frequency and directpublic transport. We need to create environmentsthat encourage walking to school.

Walking as part of everyday life is our bestchance of combating the obesity epidemicestimated to cost Victoria at least $14 billion eachyear.

Happily, walkable areas are also more liveableand have higher property values.

Let’s make this a priority of the new planningstrategy.

Dr Ben Rossiter,

executive officer, Victoria Walks

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Shire urged to rethink rate rise

Rate-watcher: Cr Andy Witlox.

BY DAVID SCHOUT Some people say, ‘Oh, it’sonly a dollar or two dollars aweek’, but it adds up.’’

— Andy Witlox

YARRA Ranges residents cannot afford tokeep copping rate rises, especially as the shire’spopulation growth plateaus, one councillorsays.

Cr Andy Witlox said recent rate rises hadbeen ‘‘ridiculous’’ and there was a growingmentality of complacency around increases.

Rates in the shire are due to rise by anaverage of 5.6 per cent each year over the nextthree years.

‘‘It hurts. Some people say, ‘Oh, it’s only adollar or two dollars a week’, but it adds up.Generation X or people like me who areputting their kids through school . . . havearound $300,000 mortgages.

‘‘I know of a family who — and this mightsound silly — but when they sit around thedinner table they have a block of Kit Kat thatthey split up for everyone, and that’s dessert.There are people out there struggling.’’

Cr Witlox, elected to Chirnside ward in lastyear’s election after basing his campaign onrates, recently told a council meeting that heneeded to ‘‘put ratepayers’ money where hismouth is’’.

He has a keen interest in the economy —

especially within the Yarra Ranges — and sayssimple economics suggest the council can’tkeep operating as it is now.

‘‘We’re not growing; we have a populationgrowth of zero,’’ he said.

‘‘Right now we have an exponential

[upwards] curve in terms of how much moneythe council is spending. And that’s usually finewith an expanding population.

‘‘But if you keep spending and the popula-tion isn’t rising, that’s when it becomes taxingon the existing population.’’

Between 2009 and 2011, the population ofYarra Ranges rose by just 746 people, from148,008 to 148,754.

Cr Len Cox recently told the Weekly thatrate rises were ‘‘just a fact of life’’.

‘‘There always will be rate rises, every year.The council could reduce rates by as much asratepayers want to, as long as ratepayers wantto reduce services.

‘‘Finding which service to scrap is exceed-ingly difficult and we don’t know how to do itwithout significantly inconveniencing peoplein the community.’’

The council is preparing its draft 2013-14budget.

Differential ratesmay be threatenedMAROONDAH Council may no longer be able tocharge owners of vacant land higher rates as a way toencourage development.

The state government has released draft guidelineswhich will give Local Government Minister JeanettePowell the power to veto any council decision to setdifferential rates.

Maroondah currently has two differential rates. Thefirst is for residential, commercial and industrial prop-erties, where owners pay 25 cents on the dollar. Thesecond is for vacant properties, where owners pay 37cents on the dollar.

This higher rate is a council move to encourage land-owners to build and prevent their land becoming along-term eyesore.

Maroondah Council has written to the state govern-ment highlighting its disappointment in the move.

The council’s submission notes that the govern-ment’s paper ‘‘misses the fundamental aspect of [its]own source revenue consideration’’.

Municipal Association of Victoria president BillMcArthur also expressed his frustration with themove, and said while they understood the govern-ment’s efforts to provide a more supportive role withcouncils, this wasn’t the way to go about it.

‘‘The guidelines may be inoperable, and we hold ser-ious concerns that they will undermine the achieve-ment of equity,’’ he said.

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Traffic blitz nets255 speedstersBY DAVID SCHOUT ‘The operation was successful.

We’ll continue to hold itthroughout the school and uniholidays but, no, there were noincidents or assaults, which waspleasing.’ — Andrew Willgoose

POLICE nabbed 255 speeding driversin Maroondah over the Easterholidays.

Under Operation Crossroads,police throughout the state crackeddown on speeding and drink-driversover a five-day period.

A total of 1527 preliminary breathtests were conducted in Maroondah,with two drivers exceeding the .05blood-alcohol limit.

Acting Sergeant Andrew Willgoosesaid police were relatively pleasedwith the result, especially as therewere no fatalities.

He said police also conducted analcohol-related operation to clampdown on people drinking in publicoutside licensed venues, with whichthey were also satisfied.

‘‘Easter’s traditionally a quiet timearound Ringwood and Maroondah.

It’s like New Year’s Eve; people goaway on holidays,’’ he said.

‘‘The operation was successful.We’ll continue to hold it throughoutthe school and uni holidays but, no,there were no incidents or assaults,which was pleasing.’’■ Last Tuesday night a drunk driverfrom Croydon was clocked at124km/h in a 60km/h zone alongMount Dandenong Road in CroydonSouth.

He blew a positive reading to apreliminary breath test but refused toaccompany police back to the stationfor a further test.

OPINION

The Weekly asked residents of Deakin — a seat on a 1.4 per cent margin — what theybelieved were the key issues facing local voters in September’s federal election.

Residents list key issues facing Deakin

Terry Bennett, principal MelbaCollege:‘‘As a principal, I’m very keen tosee the Gonski reformsimplemented. Education needsto be seen as an investment, notan expense. The data is sayingwe need to invest more heavily ineducation to be a competitivemarket so, to me, that’s the mostimportant thing they need toaddress.’’

Nora Lamont, Maroondahmayor:‘‘For us at Maroondah Council,the number one priority is to getfederal funding for Aquanation,our new aquatic centre inRingwood. That’s reallyimportant for us.’’[Note: Maroondah Council isrelying on a $15 million federalfunding grant to ensure plans forthe pool stay on track. InFebruary, the council was short-listed for the grant. It won’t findout until July if it was successful]

Peter Feeney, Maroondahcitizen of the year:‘‘Most of the local issues arethings for the state government,like the Ringwood stationupgrade. Infrastructure is alsovery important. We’ve also gotsome real problems in terms ofpublic transport access issues forseniors. Other national issueslike the National DisabilityInsurance Scheme[DisabilityCare] are important,especially what it’ll mean forpeople at the local level.’’

Mark Dixon, UnitingCareHarrison:‘‘People are experiencing rentingstress and when they get inarrears they’re coming to us forsupport. Without it, they canbecome homeless and fromthere it’s a long road back. Themean rental price over the last11 years has risen by 91.4 percent. Our concern is that thoseon a fixed income or Centrelinkpayments haven’t seen a parallelrise in their income.’’


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Honour roll for labour of love

Advocate: Tricia Malowney taking a well-earnedbreak at home. Picture: Wayne Hawkins

BY DAVID SCHOUT

A RINGWOOD woman has joined the likes ofCathy Freeman and Dame Elisabeth Murdoch onthe Victorian Honour Roll of Women for helpingwomen with disabilities.

Tricia Malowney, who contracted polio at theage of four months, has been a strong advocatefor women like herself, including pushing for thenow-impending National Disability InsuranceScheme.

Last month she was among 20 Victorianwomen to be added to the exclusive list.

‘‘When I found out it was sort of like, wow, I’vegot this just for doing what I love to do,’’ she said.

Ms Malowney, the second of 10 children, wasforced to wear calipers at a young age.

Growing up in Yarraville, she was told shewould never be able to take on much activity as aresult of her disability.

But with the help of her parents, who shedescribes as ‘‘heroes’’, she eventually threw awaythe calipers when she was 16.

At age 36, she developed post-polio syndromeand eventually became an advocate for women ofall disabilities.

She says the NDIS needs to change the waypeople with a disability in Australia are treated.

‘‘This is the biggest social revolution Australiahas seen since Medicare,’’ she said. ‘‘It’s a massivestep forward, but one of the most disappointingthings is that people don’t recognise theeconomic benefits it will bring.’’

Ms Malowney, 59, points to a 2011 study by

PricewaterhouseCoopers — one of the key NDISresearch papers — as an example of why we needchange.

The study showed Australia ranked 21 out of29 OECD developed countries in employmentparticipation rates for those with a disability, andabout 45 per cent of those with a disability inAustralia were living near or below the povertyline.

‘‘At the moment if you need to buy calipersthey cost around $6500 and are only funded$2500 by the government.

‘‘So straight away you’re $4000 out of pocketand you’re still required to pay taxes like every-one else.

‘‘And electric wheelchairs, they’re not afashion accessory and are desperately needed byeveryone who uses them; they cost $18,000.’’

She is anticipating that the government willprovide better funding for examples like thisunder the NDIS.

Ms Malowney added that she was not happywith the recent renaming of the scheme toDisabilityCare.

‘‘Nobody in the sector likes the name. Itassumes we need care. We don’t; we needsupport.’’

The full scheme is set to be rolled out in 2018.

Hearing set forcampus closureTHE first Federal Court hearing between theNational Tertiary Education Union andSwinburne University will take place onMay 5.

Last month, the NTEU announced it hadbegun proceedings against Swinburne overits handling of the Lilydale campus closure.

NTEU Victorian secretary Colin Longconfirmed to the Weekly last week that thecase had been adjourned until May.

The NTEU has been angered by Swin-burne’s decision last year to close the Lilydalecampus, which will happen in July this year.

The union claims the university’s manage-ment failed to consult with it and universitystaff before the decision.

Some Lilydale students have been forced tomove to Swinburne’s Hawthorn campus as aresult of the restructure, which for some hasresulted in significantly longer travel times.

The Swinburne student union has stressedthat the closure of the campus may deterpotential tertiary students in the outer eastfrom attending university altogether.

Swinburne has maintained it hasadequately consulted with staff and theNTEU over the decision.

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New plan for petsMaroondah Council is working on a new domestic

animal management plan, to be released in the

next few months. The current plan expired in 2011,

and includes a restriction of two cats and two dogs

per household. The draft document will be placed

on public exhibition to give the community a

chance to provide feedback.

Women warned on heart diseaseWomen’s Health East chief executive Kristine

Olaris has urged women to regularly get their

blood pressure checked after World Health Day on

Sunday. Heart disease is the leading killer of

Australian women and 90 per cent of women have

at least one risk factor for heart disease. These can

include unusual fatigue, chest pain, shortness of

breath and weakness in the shoulders. ‘‘High

blood pressure and heart disease are still too often

thought of as diseases that mostly affect men. This

is just not true,’’ Ms Olaris said.

Sign up to meet mayorMaroondah residents wanting to meet with mayor

Nora Lamont to discuss their views and ideas can

now book a time for Friday, April 19. The ‘meet the

mayor’ initiative was started earlier this year and

invites anyone to meet with Cr Lamont on the third

Friday of each month between 10am and noon.

She is keen for the council to become more open

and visible.

Photo a shoo-in for expoBY YESSAR DAOU

Dancing shoes:Josephine Ball’sphotography will beon display at the2013 Top Artsexhibition at theNational Gallery ofVictoria.

SHE may only take photographs ‘‘for fun’’, butJosephine Ball is still thrilled to have her workshowcased as part of the National Gallery ofVictoria’s 2013 Top Arts exhibition.

‘‘To be chosen was amazing; it means I haveaccomplished something,’’ she says.

‘‘I put in a lot of hard work with VCE studioarts.’’

During years 11 and 12 at Monbulk College,the 18-year-old used photography as her mainmedium, which led to her images being chosenfor Top Arts.

‘‘Firstly, I submitted my work through school.We had to get an A+ on our portfolio to beconsidered.

‘‘I submitted my work, and they choose threeof five of my original photos to have.’’

Top Arts 2013, which opened last month,showcases 43 of Victoria’s most inspiring and up-and-coming artists. The annual exhibition hasbeen running for almost 20 years.

The teen’s photographs were simple yet quiteclearly effective. ‘‘My theme was ‘show time’; itwas all around dance,’’ she says.

‘‘The photo is of my shoe, I took it at my localdance studio on a timber floor.’’

Josephine says she took more than 100 photosbefore finding the right one.

‘‘There was a lot of experimenting,’’ says theBelgrave resident.

‘‘I took photos of shoes on white paper andused analogue photography, but I decided digitalphotography on timber was best.’’

Despite her accomplishments, she says herphotographic expertise is limited to familygatherings, with her future lying elsewhere.

‘‘I’m at Monash Berwick studying primaryschool teaching, but I want to incorporate artsinto my teaching.

‘‘Art is an important way of expressing your-self.’’

Top Arts 2013 is on display at NGV Studio,Flinders Street, Federation Square, until July7. The show is open daily, 10am-5pm, andadmission is free.


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Part of the family: Refugee Nu Thai Lian with her two daughters and English tutor CaroleHadley. Picture: Rob Carew

BY YESSAR DAOU

BURMESE tradition states that it isthe right of the paternal grandfatherto name his grandchild.

But the influence of Ringwoodwoman Carole Hadley on refugee NuThai Lian has been so significant thatthe honour was bestowed on herinstead.

‘‘When we talked about names forthe baby [Nu Thai Lian] decided itshould be in English,’’ says MsHadley.

‘‘I was a bit hesitant because wespoke about how the father-in-lawpicks the name of the baby in Burma,but there was no issue there.’’

Nu Thai Lian (her first name) toldMs Hadley that she and her husbandwanted her daughter’s name to havespecial significance.

‘‘They wanted meaning to thename, so I chose Ellie,’’ Ms Hadleysays. ‘‘It means light.’’

The pair first met when partneredthrough the Adult Migrant EducationService, which has an office in Ring-

wood. The service engages volunteersto help migrants learn English, adaptto Australian culture and find work.

Ms Hadley has been visiting NuThai Lian once a week since shearrived from Burma in August withher husband and two-year-olddaughter Monica.

‘‘When we started, her basic needwas that she wanted to cook and havea basic knowledge of English,’’ shesays.

One method Ms Hadley uses to helpNu Thai Lian learn English is throughcooking, by making her identify theingredients for each meal and encour-aging her to do her own shopping.

‘‘I’ve given her cookbooks to read ashomework as well,’’ she says with asmile.

‘‘She’s cooking and learning Englishat the same time.’’

Ms Hadley retired from her nursingcareer in 2011 and grabbed the chanceto work with AMES through anothergroup called Eastern Volunteers.

‘‘I was a little daunted at the start,but the reality was that I could make

a difference to someone’s life.’’A difficult aspect for Ms Hadley

was ensuring she didn’t make Nu ThaiLian feel inadequate.

‘‘In Burma she had finished schooland done one year of university, ’’ shesays.

‘‘I didn’t want to speak down to herbecause she had good comprehension.

‘‘Seeing what level she was at wasmost difficult . . . just building up thattrust.’’

The duo’s relationship has strength-ened with every lesson they spend witheach other at Nu Thai Lian’s Croydonhome, but Ms Hadley understands hermain role is to teach.

‘‘She gets a bit homesick; she’s atwin so she tells me about missing herfamily,’’ she says. ‘‘But that isn’t ourthing. I’m here to help facilitate herlearning English.’’

To become a volunteer with AMESRingwood, visit its website onames.net.au or phone co-ordinator Gitta Clayton on9847 0405.


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Hey, Mr DJ: a fun spin on the disco floor

Celebrate: Sarah Jones loves spinning and dancing with her friends at the disco. Picture: Teagan Glenane

BY TARA McGRATH

THE brick hall could be anynightclub in Melbourne on aFriday night.

The women have indulged intheir favourite outfit and the menhave sprayed on their finest after-shave.

At the door, they pay the usualentry fee and get ready to danceto anything from KISS to LadyGaga.

But it’s not in Melbourne’sclub precinct and many of thepatrons are in wheelchairs orhave a mental disability. They arehere for the monthly over-18, all-abilities disco at the Bayswateryouth hall.

Since 2007, the all-abilitiesdisco has attracted people withdisabilities from across the east-ern suburbs. They might havemental health problems, a phys-ical disability and be wheelchair-bound, or have a condition suchas autism or Down syndrome.

Kathy Rooke co-ordinated thefirst disco and is still in charge,along with Gordon Jones,known to the disco crowd asDJ Flash.

Both have extensive experi-ence in the disability sector andwanted to create a space whereadults with a disability couldhave the freedom to be them-selves, Ms Rooke said.

About 55 people attend thedisco on the second Friday ofeach month and many areregulars.

Boronia resident MargaritaThomaidis, 34, has volunteeredon the door of the disco for fiveyears.

She sells tickets and glow-sticks and then hits the dancefloor with several of the friendsshe’s made.

One of her best mates isWayne, also known as DJWayno, who will play songrequests from Margarita. Thereare three girls she now sees

outside of the disco. ‘‘We like totalk and eat junk food together,’’she says.

Ms Rooke says the discosallowed the patrons to be ‘‘unin-hibited’’. ‘‘We’ve even had a loveaffair come out of it, a couplewho would meet every Fridaynight and rarely miss a disco.

At first everyone was shy, MsRooke said, but it didn’t takethem long to begin socialising.

‘‘We want them to be inde-pendent. For example, say theodd rude word, just be them-selves.’’

The disco provides an easilyaccessible venue for people whostruggle to be accepted at otherclubs or bars.

The next all-abilities disco isthis Friday, April 12, from6.30pm at the Bayswateryouth hall on the corner ofStation and Pine Streets,Bayswater. Details: KathyRooke, 0413 812 988


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Pool closes for winterCroydon Memorial Pool will close for winter on

Sunday after an extended summer period. The

2012-13 summer season has been one of the

pool’s busiest, which led to delaying closure for

three weeks. The pool will reopen in November.

Croydon Leisure and Aquatic Centre is open year

round.

Time to slow downMaroondah drivers are reminded that 40km/h

speed limits return when term 2 begins next

Monday. Some roads near schools have a 40km/h

reduced speed limit during specified time periods

before and after school, but there are roads which

are permanent 40km/h zones. Details:

roadsafety.vic.gov.au.

Skate park muralYarra Ranges Council will unveil a giant mural at

Mt Evelyn skate park on Thursday during Youth

Week celebrations. The mural is part of stage 2 of

the Mt Evelyn Youth Activity Node, which includes

playground improvements, a basketball half-court,

bike traffic training area and park improvements.

The mural is a collaboration of Mt Evelyn Youth

Shed, Morrisons and a local artist.

New Warburton Trail linkYarra Ranges Council has announced plans for a

new concrete footpath linking Anderson Street to

the Warburton Trail, continuing down to Nelson

Road. The new link will allow people to enjoy easy

access to some of Lilydale’s most popular areas.

The $196,000 project is expected to be completed

by May and will assist frequent users of the area.

The path will also connect Warburton Trail to Main

Street Lilydale.

Photo competition openEntries have opened for the 2013 Maroondah

photo competition, and close May 31. There are

three age categories with first, second and third

prizes available over an open category (18 and

over), intermediate (13-17), and juniors (12 and

under). All winners will be given gift vouchers from

Croydon Camera House, with prizes such as

swimming passes at the Croydon Aquatic Centre.

For more information or to view past winners, visit

maroondah.vic.gov.au

EV’s programs returnMaroondah’s popular EV’s Lounge and EV’s Shack

drop-in programs are back for term 2. Held at the

EV’s Youth Centre, they provide a safe and fun

environment for the youth of Maroondah. A new

‘travelling lounge’ will open every Friday of the

school term. EV’s Shack reopens next Wednesday

for ages 18-25 and EV’s Lounge starts up on

Thursday, catering for people aged 12-18. EV’s

Youth Centre is at 212 Mount Dandenong Road,

Croydon. Contact 9294 5709.

Youth Week opens with a splashParty time: Irene, Elysia and Shane at last week’s pool party. Picture: Rob Carew

NATIONAL Youth Week kicked off lastThursday in Maroondah with a pool party atCroydon Leisure and Aquatic Centre.

The Maroondah After Dark (M.A.D.)festival was the week’s highlight, with liveperformances from local bands.

The annual Maroondah youth awardwinners were also announced with more than30 youngsters taking out categories ranging

from innovation to community leadership.Festivities in Maroondah will conclude withanother pool party this Thursday from 1 to4pm.

Yarra Ranges also launched Youth Weekcelebrations last Friday at the MooroolbarkCommunity Centre. A host of other activitiesare on this week. More details: maroonda-hyouthservices.com or yrys.com

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Novel idea: Gwenyth Cadwallader with her book.Picture: Wayne Hawkins

A NEW program is finding ‘novel’ waysto help the city’s older residents preservetheir memories for generations to come.

The Biographers Program was given$10,000 by the State Trustees Founda-tion to connect volunteer biographerswith residents of Mercy HealthMontrose and Park Lane Aged Care inCroydon to publish their life stories.

Participant Gwenyth Cadwalladersaid it was a joy to take part.

For eight weeks, the 90 year oldshared stories with a volunteerbiographer, resulting in a 30-pagebook.

‘‘Being guided to think back over thetime, one thing led to another and I keptremembering all these moments I’dforgotten had ever happened,’’ says MsCadwallader.

She was given one electronic and twohard copies of the book, which has aphoto of herself as an 18 year old on thecover.

‘‘I was so happy with the chance toshare my story, and to give my kids agift. They all wanted copies.’’

— Yessar Daou

At the top oftheir craft

It’s an honour: Brad Spritzer.

TWO Maroondah studentstook home accolades at BoxHill Institute’s student of theyear awards last month.

Ringwood’s Emily Klopfer,who’s studying for a certificateIII in hairdressing, won the‘trainee of the year’ gong,while Brad Spritzer of Croy-don Hills was named as‘second year apprentice of theyear’. ‘‘I‘m pretty humbled byit all, I was pretty surprised,’’says Mr Spritzer.

The 29 year old, who iscompleting a certificate III inelectrotechnology, says hisfocus is to complete his course.

Mr Spritzer recentlyreturned to study after work-ing in Canada, and balanceshis studies while working atWestwood Electrical &Property Services.

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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.’’


Unsung no more

Show time: Actress and scriptwriter Carolyn Bock is delighted to have The Girls in Grey playing at theMooroolbark Community Centre.

BY YESSAR DAOU

Almost every Australian World War I historylesson will include an insight into howdifficult life was as a soldier. Just as likely is

that there will be no mention of Australiannurses, who, according to actress Carolyn Bock,were as inspiring as the men on the front line.

‘‘We don’t learn about the 2300 women whoserved overseas during the war and the appallingconditions they served in,’’ she says.

Ms Bock, along with friend and fellow actressHelen Hopkins, utilised her theatrical prowess toco-write The Girls in Grey, a play highlightingthe difficulties Australian nurses went throughduring the war.

‘‘It’s based on real events; only a few of thenurses’ conversations were made up.’’

Bock, who plays one of the production’s threenurses, grew up in Mooroolbark and attendedBillanook College. She’s excited to be showcasingthe play to an audience at the MooroolbarkCommunity Centre this Friday.

She also believes there are many lessons to belearned by the audience. ‘‘If they know nothingabout the nurses’ story they’ll come out of theplay with a greater sense of what was achieved.

‘‘You can’t get away from the story’s sadness,and people will feel a great sense of ourcommunities’ history. The tragedy of war iswoven deep into our fabric.’’

The idea of the play came from a letter thatBock read.

‘‘For Anzac Day, Helen Hopkins’ sister wrote aspeech for a local member of parliament thatdiscussed nurses who served on the Greek islandof Lemnos.

‘‘We looked at the speech around the start of2010 and decided we wanted to make it into aplay. Most of that year was spent researching anddrafting.’’

That research included visiting the AustralianWar Memorial and reading historical letters andbooks from and about the nurses.

‘‘The information we gathered was in thearchives; it’s great to treat it in a theatricalmanner,’’ she says.

‘‘Reading amazing personal stories of thenurses . . . it really inspired us.’’

Bock might not be one of Australia’s A-list cel-ebrities, but she boasts an impressive CV includ-ing appearances on Neighbours, Blue Heelers,Winners and Losers and City Homicide.

In 2009, she and Ms Hopkins formed their

own production company, Shift Theatre, andThe Girls in Grey is their first major show.

‘‘To act and write it means a lot,’’ Bock says.‘‘When you’re performing you forget it’s your

own play.‘‘People interpret the words; they can find new

angles in the words we’ve written.’’

The Girls in Grey will be staged this Friday,April 12. To book, call the MooroolbarkCommunity Centre on 9726 5488 or visityarraranges.com.au/mcc

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Melbourne Road, Chirnside Park, May 5 and 19, at

12.30pm and 3.30pm. Families welcome. Details:

9725 5473

Hear this: Free hearing checks at Chirnside Terry

White Chemists this Friday, 9.30am-3.30pm.

Scottish dancing: Beginner and experienced

dancers welcome for classes at St Margaret’s

Uniting Church, Hull Road, Mooroolbark, 8pm,

Mondays. Minimal charges. Details: 9876 9206

Kids’ stuff: Chirnside Park shopping centre has

craft workshops inspired by the film Hotel

Transylvania. Learn to make your favourite

characters until this Friday, 11am-2pm.

Open day: Arrabri Community House in

Bayswater North has a free open day with support

from Gavin Coaching this Friday, 10am-noon.

Activities, giveaways, cardio tennis demonstration

and tennis games for all ages. Details: 9294 7530

or arrabri.org

Understanding Asia: University of the Third Age

has a 16-week course in all aspects of Asia’s

history, politics and cultures from April 17. Classes

on first and third Wednesday each month, 10am-

noon, at Norwood Park, 125A Warrandyte Road,

Ringwood. Cost: $40; also covers entry to any

other U3A course. Details: 9879 2677

Ladies’ meeting: Women of all ages are invited to

fellowship at Aglow International Australia. Next

meeting is Friday, 10am, at Keystone Hall,

Croydon, behind Arndale shopping centre. Cost:

$10; includes lunch. Details: Irene, 9879 9950

Gumnut Guides: Croydon West Gumnut Guides

has meetings for girls aged 5-7 at Ainslie Park

Guide Hall, 4.30pm, Thursday. New members

welcome. Details: 0419 571 318

Weighty matters: Maroondah TOWN Club (Take

Off Weight Naturally) meets 6.30pm each

Thursday at St Margaret’s Uniting Church,

Mooroolbark. Details: Jodi, 0425 739 576

Parenting course: Parents of newborns to six-

year-olds can join a ‘toolbox parenting’ course at

Mooroolbark Baptist Church, 153 Hull Road,

6-7.30pm, Sunday, from May 19. No babysitting

available. Cost: $50 each; $90 a couple. Details:

Robyn Bartlett, 0417 132 062, by May 12

Send details by noon the Wednesday beforepublication: [email protected] See & Do, PO Box 318, Dandenong 3175.

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Laugha minute

Popular comedian Akmal is

bringing his talents to the

Karralyka Theatre on April 27. He

has appeared in films, on

television and radio, but it’s his

stand-up show Akmal Live! that

has made him a household name

Australia-wide. The show may

contain course language and

sexual references and is not

recommended for people under

the age of 15. Tickets for the show

must be pre-booked a week in

advance and are $39.90 for adults

and $36.90 concession. Details,

bookings: 9879 2933 or visit

karralyka.com.au

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The premiership is up for grabs in the Eastern Football League’s division 1 competition this season with improved sides across the league. Weeklysports journalist ROY WARD runs the rule over the competition which begins this Saturday.

Top flight shapes up as dogfight

Chasing glory: With a new coach and strong list, Norwood will challenge for the EFL division 1 premiership this season. Picture: Rob Carew

BALWYNCoach: Daniel DonatiIns: Jared Goldsack (Scoresby), JaydenHoegel (Scoresby), Chris Hoegel(Scoresby), Taylor Gilchrist (VFL).Outs: Ed McCutchan (Port Mel-bourne), Nick Smith (VAFA).One to watch: Goldsack is a majorsigning with his leadership, versatilityand premiership experience making aperfect fit with the Tigers.Chances: The reigning premiers will besquarely in the cross-hairs this seasonbut with good signings and the confid-ence from a memorable grand finalwin, the Tigers start as the team tobeat.

BLACKBURNCoach: Peter BanfieldIns: Ben Fraser (WAAFL), Jye Sandi-ford (Bendigo FL), Leif Stuart (AFLSydney).Outs: Brendan Rinaldi (Montrose).One to watch: The win column will bethe key statistic for the Burners thisseason as they are desperate to be inthe finals race.Chances: The Burners should beimproved this season although thequestion of whether they can matchthe best in the league will only be ans-wered on the field.EAST BURWOODCoach: Fabian CarielliIns: Joel Coombes (Myrtleford).Outs: Kristen Height (Myrtleford),Brad Murray (Myrtleford), MarcusCarroll, Stephen Henshaw, RobertCampbell.One to watch: Joel Coombes was asuperstar in the strong Ovens andMurray Football League. He is projec-ted to be just as damaging in the EFL.Chances: The Burs always prove achallenging side to beat but with theinflux of quality at other clubs look astep off the pace in 2013.

EAST RINGWOODCoach: Bernie DinneenIns: Andrew McGuinness, Scott Dimi-triou (Mooroolbark), Jesse Field(YVMDFL).Outs: Luke Vogels (Geelong FL),David Bell (Montrose), Gary Conyers(Rye), Troy Wright (Rye), Aaron Fiora(Doncaster).One to watch: Andrew McGuinnessgot big wraps from Dinneen last sea-son until injury hit. Now back to 100per cent, his leadership and smarts willmake the Roos much stronger.Chances: The Roos had a horror yearin 2012 but with a younger, lower-

profile side they may well surprise afew teams but the key for the Roos willbe consistency and application, twothings they have lacked in past sea-sons.

KNOXCoach: Jon KnightIns: Liam Kidd (South Belgrave), CraigHiggins (Nunawading).Outs: Ryan Jeffrey (Sorrento), JarrodClark (Croydon).One to watch: Scott Davis was a majorsigning before last season then his sea-son ended in round 1 due to injury. Agun midfielder with good smarts,Davis should make an impact this sea-son.Chances: Results have to meet expect-ations this season when it comes to theFalcons. Injuries and youth have costthem in the past two years but theyneed to again push for a finals berth,something which will prove difficult ina tough competition.

LILYDALECoach: Simon RourkeIns: Damien Volta, Josh Plunkett(YVMDFL), Ben Weightman (PortMelbourne VFL).Outs: Nathan O’Keefe, Steve Wright(both YVMDFL), Ryan Breese (box-ing).One to watch: Volta was impressive

when in the TAC Cup with the EasternRanges. His speed and possessionscould give the Falcons some more run.Chances: At their best the Falcons canmatch it with anyone but this yearwithout spearhead Nathan O’Keefethey will battle. Breese could returnmid-year. Don’t rule them out but afew bad performances could see thembattling to stay in the league.

NOBLE PARKCoach: Mick Fogarty.Ins:Brett Dore (Nar Nar Goon), LukeSmith (Seaford), Dan Keely (Port Mel-bourne VFL), Dean Cleven (VFL),Beau Cosson (Scoresby), Vergim Faik(Berwick).Outs:Ziggy Alwan (VFL), TysonMitchem (VFL), Daniel Rigg (VAFA),Steven Tolongs (VAFA).One to watch: Brett Dore comes to theBulls with big wraps as a centre halfforward which is just the position theBulls need help in, if Dore’s form meetshis reputation, look out.Chances: The Bulls were shattered tofall so short last season but in truththeir injury list was horrific. A healthyBulls side will push right to the last dayof the season.

NORWOODCoach: Denis KnightIns: David Trotter (AFL Canada), Kurt

Scown, Tony Armstrong (both AFLQueensland), Brad Kelleher, DanielMcConnell, Dale Bull, Rhett Jordan(all Croydon).Outs: David Blackie (VFL), Jon Wynn(break).One to watch: David Trotter is a for-mer AFL player with North Mel-bourne who joins the EFL after a yearin Canada. If his touch returns quicklyhe could prove an inspired signing.Chances: The Norsemen were theteam to beat last season but fell shortin the finals. They will go close again,question is whether they are strongenough to beat finals-hardened sides.

ROWVILLECoach: Paul MynottIns: Lucas Gibbons (Scoresby), RyanBaker (Wantirna South).Outs: Damian Garner (VFL), MarcHardy (Boronia), Luke Scanlan (GlenWaverley Hawks), Aaron Unsworth(Casey Cardinia FL).One to watch: Alex Frawley was oneof the Hawks’ leaders last season andwill be called upon again this term asthe Hawks look to establish them-selves in the top division.Chances: There is a big gap betweendivisions 1 and 2 but the Hawks havea good list and settled game plan sodon’t rule out a run at the finals.

SCORESBYCoach: Sean KavanaghIns: David Del Papa, Stephen Scott (upfrom under-19s).Outs: Beau Cosson (Noble Park),Scott Goldsworthy (Ellinbank FL),Jared Goldsack (Balwyn), JaydenHoegel (Balwyn), Paul Chadwick(Vermont), Chris Hoegel (Balwyn),Kirby McConnon (VFL), Cal McCon-non, Wade McConnon (AlbertonFNL), Nathan Wale-Buxton (YarraValley MDFL), Marc Williams (Boro-nia).One to watch: Rhys Van Rheenan, thebrother of Magpies ruckman LukeVan Rheenan, has trained the housedown according to Kavanagh andshould be a prominent member of hisside this season.Chances: With young players and anew coach, it could be a long year forthe Magpies but the beauty of a youngside is you never know how good theyare until they get on the field.

SOUTH CROYDONCoach:Damien FrankenIns: Daniel Coghlan (YVFMDL),Brandon Wood (VAFA).Outs: Shayne Kearney (Montrose),Zac Higgins (Croydon), Dylan Trout-man (VFL).One to watch: Grattan Stephensremains a key player for the Bulldogswith height and ability to win hit-outsand take marks. The Bulldogs willneed a good season from Stephens.Chances: After a couple of inconsist-ent years it’s hard to know if the Bull-dogs will finally break back into thefinals this season. It will be tough butthey could do it.

VERMONTCoach: Kris BarlowIns: Tom Schnieder (Box Hill Hawks),Paul Chadwick (Scoresby), Justin vanUnen (Rye), Kris Bardon (NFL), AshFroud (Silvan).Outs: Heath Black (VAFA), ToddDaniher (Peninsula FL).One to watch: Tom Schnieder’s trans-fer from Box Hill Hawks caughtplenty of attention. This gun on-balleris expected to quickly become one ofthe best players in the league.Chances: The Eagles went so close lastyear and have gone shopping landingsome major talents. Schnieder, Bardonand van Unen are all highly regarded.If they settle, Vermont will be hard tobeat. One way or the other, the prem-iership race will run through Vermontthis year.


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Hopes anddreamson the line

Moving up: North Ringwood and star midfielder Jack Whelan will look to establish themselves in the EFLdivision 2 competition this season. Picture: Ted Kloszynski

Division 2 of the Eastern Football League has been the closest divisionin the league and this year looks no different. Weekly sports journalistROY WARD goes through each team.

BAYSWATERCoach: Neil WintertonIns: Darren Murphy (Eastern Lions).Outs: Brent Jane (Ringwood), Dave Bur-

meister (Ringwood), Ben Bakker (Ringwood).One to watch: Darren Murphy has come back

to the Waters and his speed and class are expec-ted to make all the difference for his club.

Chances: It’s not enough for the Waters to justmake the finals this season, they need some post-season wins to keep faith after several finals cam-paigns. Despite the loss of talented players likeJane and Burmeister, they still are good enoughto get to the grand final.

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

Hayden Lovat (Ferntree Gully), Ryan Pierce(Ferntree Gully), Shane Thompson (DoncasterEast).

Outs: Brad Kelleher, Daniel McConnell, DaleBull, Rhett Jordan (all Norwood).

One to watch: Jarrod Clark was a key markingtarget for Knox and he could fill the same role forthe Blues.

Chances: While you wouldn’t rule out a quickpromotion for the Blues, Croydon may need aseason to adjust and reload before challengingfor the division 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 member of the

strong West-Preston Lakeside team in the NFLlast season and comes to his new club with wrapsas a goal kicker.

Chances: It’s tough to judge if Donny East isgood enough to match it with sides like Mon-trose and Mooroolbark, so expect them to bearound the middle of the ladder.

DONVALECoach: Graeme CuffIns: Jake Buckingham, Tyler Arrowsmith,

Richard Seeger (all Norwood).Outs: Alex Marcello (VAFA).One to watch: Jake Buckingham won the divi-

sion 1 reserves best and fairest last season andmay well thrive with more opportunities with theVales.

Chances: Cuff will bring enthusiasm and top-level experience to his new side but how far theygo will depend on how well their second andthird tier players perform.

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

(East Ringwood), Brendan Rinaldi (Blackburn),Daniel Dimitriou (Montrose), Shayne Kearney(South Croydon).

Outs: Leam Doughty (Coldstream), Seb Cola-kidis (Boronia), Josh Van Gulik (Kilsyth).

One to watch: Billy Schilling has shownpatches of brilliance for the Demons. A consist-ent year from the young forward would help hisside no end.

Chances: Maybe this can be the Demons’ year.After a couple of ‘‘so close, so far’’ seasons, theDemons will again 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 Valley MDFL), Scott

Dimitriou (East Ringwood), Daniel Dimitriou(Montrose), Evan Hocking (Yarra ValleyMDFL).

One to watch: Michael Smith went fromstrength to strength in the second half of last sea-son and entering his second year with the Mus-tangs, the midfielder could get even better.

Chances: The Mustangs have a chance thisyear, after finding themselves lacking againstRowville and Montrose in last year’s finals. Theyagain look strong and their hard-running mid-field should keep them in contention.

MULGRAVECoach: Ryan JamesIns: Ben Gilling (Norwood), Sebastian Hende-

rson (Port Melbourne), Darren Butler (UpperFerntree Gully), Lachie Ryan (Vermont).

Outs: Tim Knowles (VFL), Craig Skicko(VAFA).

One to watch: Sebastian Henderson has good

pedigree and will need to lead from the front forthe young Lions.

Chances: The Lions came good at the end oflast season and with a young side, who knowsjust how good they can be in 2013. If they can getnear the finals race don’t rule out a late run at thetop four but if they lose players or lose interestthey could again be battling relegation.

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

(AFL Queensland), John Cooper (Balwyn), TimJones, Nick Tsindos (VAFA).

Outs: Grant Aitken (retired).One to watch: Jack Whelan won plenty of sup-

porters with his hardened play in division 3 lastseason. He is strong enough to make the leap todivision 2 and will need a good season if theSaints are to challenge.

Chances: In a league like division 2, if theSaints can keep in mid-table they will do verywell and a few wins against top sides would dotheir confidence wonders.

UPPER FERNTREE GULLYCoach: Andy HaymanIns: Daniel Vandenbroek, Daniel Kirby (both

Eastern Lions), Mark Holmes (NFL), CameronClayton (AFL Queensland).

Outs: Darren Butler (Mulgrave), Jay Sherlock(Kilsyth), Matt Petracca (work), AnthonyLorusso (Ferntree Gully Eagles).

One to watch: Vandenbroek and Kirby havebeen tabbed as players to watch for the Uppersbut as always their best players will come fromtheir reserves and under-19s.

Chances: The Uppers have a had good juniorand reserve sides for the past few seasons. Nowit’s time for that depth to turn into senior teamvictories.

WAVERLEY BLUESCoach: Brett DavidsonIns: Nat Martin, Nathan McCulloch (both

Tasmania FL), Chris Payne (VAFA).Outs: Charlie Ampt (Alberton FNL), Tom

Harley (VAFA), Mitch Hayes (VFL).One to watch: Playing assistant coach Chris

McCarty was injured early last season and neversaw the field. He is fit again and reportedly readyfor a big season in the Blues midfield.

Chances: The Blues will be better under David-son. Injuries have plagued them for too long, anda healthy season would make all the difference tothe Blues, as would a few early season wins.


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Gritty Hawks lose thrillerAN injury-hit Ringwood Hawksalmost pulled off an impressivewin over Waverley Falcons onSaturday night in the Big V statechampionship men’s basketballcompetition but fell short, 100-97in overtime.

With injuries reducing their ros-ter to such a point that assistantcoach Damien Smith was requiredto play, the Hawks still managedto start well with Shaun Clarke(23 points and 14 rebounds)dominating the game.

Clarke gave the Hawks a greatinside target and allowed importBryan Dougher (20 points andseven rebounds) some perimeterspace to work in.

After leading early, the Hawkswatched their comfortable leadquickly become a 10-point deficitas they lost the aggression theystarted the contest with.

“We just lost focus and startedto do things as individuals insteadof thinking about our team-mates,” Hawks coach KenHarrington said.

“When you are more concernedabout yourself than the team, youare going to lose.”

But the Hawks bounced backwith a hobbled Luke Egan comingoff the bench to nail two shots.The Hawks still enjoyed a seven-point edge with only five minutesleft in the last quarter.

But the Hawks went ice coldwith their field shooting and fourgood scoring opportunities wentbegging while the Falcons went toscoring machine Ivan Platenik (22points), who delivered and sentthe game into overtime.

The challenge of winning inovertime became more difficult asthe Hawks started to lose playersas Matt Snowball, Clarke and ZacHaig all fouled out, leaving no fit

players on the Hawks’ bench.With an injured Egan on courtnow being joined by Smith, theunthinkable fairytale nearlybecame a reality as Smith nailed abig three-pointer to tie the gamewith a minute remaining.

The Falcons executed well anddespite all the trials and tribula-tions, the Hawks had the ball with15 seconds remaining and achance to hit a three to send thegame to yet another overtime.

The Hawks called a time outand diagrammed a play theyhoped would free Sam Belt for agame-tying basket.

Belt was well covered by theFalcons defenders and his shotwas never on target.

The Hawks host Werribee atMaroondah Indoor Stadium thisSaturday at 8.15pm.■ Kilsyth Cobras men split theirweekend double in the South EastAustralian Basketball League.

The Cobras were thumped byGeelong Supercats 88-52 inGeelong on Friday night butbounced back to beat reigningchampions Albury-Wodonga83-76 at Kilsyth on Saturdaynight with EJ Kusnyer shootingthe lights out with 31 points,including seven three-pointers.

The Cobras women won boththeir matches, beating Geelong68-61 on Friday night then takingcare of Albury-Wodonga 76-59 atKilsyth on Saturday night.

Carley Mijovic scored 18points and grabbed eightrebounds.

— Roy Ward

The Cobras women have a byethis weekend, while the Cobrasmen host Mt Gambier at KilsythSports Centre on Saturday at7pm.

Rays overrun the RangesBY ROY WARD

High mark:Eastern Ranges’Jordan Walkermarks againstDandenongStingrays onSaturday.

Picture: Gary Sissons

YOU only get one chance at a firstimpression and Eastern Ranges failed toimpress during their first game at Bays-water Oval in the TAC Cup on Saturday.

With a large crowd turning up to sup-port both teams, the Ranges had thechance to show how good they could bein 2013, but after a tight first term thehome side fell away, with DandenongStingrays going on to score a resoundingwin.

They won 20.14 (134) to 12.14 (86).The result and the effort levels of his

players left Ranges coach Darren Bewickdisappointed, with the Stingrays mid-fielders and defenders repeatedlypushing the ball into their forward lineand stopping the Ranges from rebound-ing out of defence.

Bewick laid the blame at the feet of hisplayers for not lifting for the occasion.

‘‘I felt we had a lot who just played forthemselves today,’’ he said.

‘‘In the first round we were terrific inour work for each other so to go fromthat to how we played today is veryconcerning.

‘‘Our players have to be madeaccountable for that and I’m reallydisappointed with a lot of our top ageboys, our perceived better players, whorefused to do that today.’’

Bewick added that some of his olderplayers may have started to look aheadto the Vic Metro trial matches thisweekend.

‘‘A few of them have a big few weekscoming up with Vic Metro and thingslike that,’’ he said.

‘‘But with performances like that theywon’t be getting pushed up from ourend.

‘‘It’s as disappointing as we have beenfor a long time.’’

Ranges captain Ben Cavarra was oneof the few good players for his side on the

day along with Michael Apeness (fivegoals), Adam Miles and Jordan Walker.

‘‘We had four or five good workers,but it’s pretty hard to win matches withonly five good players,’’ Bewick said.

‘‘It was in transition which hurt us. Ifelt like our minds weren’t working hardenough to put pressure on so the ballkept coming into our backline.’’

Despite the poor performance, Bewicksaid he knew his players had the ‘‘goodcharacter’’ to learn from their poorperformances.

‘‘I’ve said before we have a group ofgood characters and this is a chance forthem to show it,’’ Bewick said.

‘‘I think they have a lot of pride intheir performance and I’m hopingthey bounce back pretty quickly.’’

Ranges officials were also happy withthe number of people who came to thematch. They’re hoping for a similarcrowd for their second game at Bays-water Oval later in the season.

‘‘It was a fantastic turnout, but it’s alsowhy I’m so disappointed because we hada chance to showcase the program andfor the boys to play in front of friendsand family,’’ Bewick said.

‘‘Hopefully, when we do have anothergame here we can turn that around andshow them what our true values are.’’

The Ranges have a bye this weekendas the Vic Metro squad plays trialmatches. The Ranges’ next faceNorthern Knights at Box Hill City Ovalon April 20 at 1pm.


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