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Conditions test drivers

The Maffra and District Car Club hosted its second hillclimb event of the year on April 12, with competitors facing challenging conditions. Light rain and...

Sale umps celebrated

The AFL and broader football community came together to celebrate Community Umpiring Week during round six of the AFL season. The initiative shined a light...

Winning start of Bombers, Dusties youth girls

Two Female Football Gippsland teams - Boisdale-Briagolong and Warragul Industrials - got their 2026 campaigns underway in style, both moving to the top of...

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Win for Gippy Stars The Gippsland Stars's championship division team has claimed its first win for the Victorian Netball League season. On Sunday at Donvale, the...

Season ends on a high, Bairnsdale Speedway

A TERRIFIC afternoon and evening on Easter Sunday warmed motorsport fans who arrived to watch the final Bairnsdale Speedway Association event of the season,...

OpenRoad Rally in Licola a success

Last month’s OpenRoads Rally in Licola was a weekend full of laughs, campfire stories, and of course, off-roading. It was held from March 27...

Local 11‑year‑old shines in Gippsland tennis grand final

A YOUNG tennis player has claimed a hard-earned grand final win in the Wellington Gippsland Tennis Association, finishing the season on a high after...

Ayres’ aura hard to deny

Gary Ayres went back to where it all started at the weekend. Carrying the stature of a grandmaster and an undeniable aura befitting a dual...

Eagles eclipse Pies

A RUTHLESS second quarter set-up Maffra’s 72-point defeat of rival Sale, as the Eagles began their Gippsland League football season on a high. Leading by...

Tigers come close to breaking drought

NOTHING could be predicted in round one of the North Gippsland football, where despite mostly sunny conditions across all games, other weather conditions made...

Footy Shorts

Victory for determination SIX months ago, Jaxsyn Whitehill was told he may not walk again for a year. But on Saturday, he was running out...

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Hockey hitting off The 2026 East Gippsland Hockey Association season begins this Friday. This season will see the addition of an open team from Latrobe Valley,...

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East Gippsland police happy with Operation Nexus results

POLICE in the Wellington and East Gippsland shires were happy with the overall behaviour of local road users during the state-wide, five-day Operation Nexus,...