Sport

Of all the challenges in local sport to take on, returning Gormandale Football-Netball Club senior coach Daniel Earl might just have the biggest one.

Sunday marked the first paddle for Sale's newest sporting club, the Gippsland Water Dragons.

Catch The Thief will contest the group one Topgun on Saturday night.

Sale-Maffra defeated Bairnsdale in the first round of the GCL women's competition.

Wellington Gippsland Tennis Association will play its 2020-2021 championships this Sunday.

Lopside results featured in Sale-Maffra cricket at the weekend, as no match was decided by less than 95 runs or seven wickets.

Some matches in Wellington Gippsland Tennis Association pennant were played on the Friday public holiday, avoiding the rain that later fell, affecting Saturday's contests.

Boisdale-Briagolong footballers will have an exalted figure calling the shots next season, with Darren Renooy taking on the top job.

Stratford boxing legend Dennis Booth has never forgotten the people who helped him in his career - so much so that he is still proud to call Stratford home.

Fingers and toes will be crossed in the Sale-Maffra Cricket Association on Saturday, as players and officials try to get the 2020-21 season underway after the first two weeks were washed out.

While the Sale-Maffra Cricket Association season is still yet to get a start in the senior grades after a second consecutive washout, there was better news for the southernmost cricket team in Wellington Shire - with the newly-formed Yarram and District Cricket Club playing its first game for premiership points.

Outsider Financial Tarra won the stayers' feature during the Sale greyhounds meeting on Sunday.