Local Gippstar winners
Three local sportspeople have won monthly Gippstar awards.
Emily Wagstaff won the junior award for July following an outstanding year in equestrian.
The 15-year-old from Briagalong...
Opening serve of the season
Local tennis courts will again come alive with rallies as competitive tennis returns for another season.
The 2026-27 Wellington Gippsland Tennis Association senior season begins...
Can Redbacks be de-throned?
The warmer weather in recent weeks has given us an early taste of summer. This Saturday will provide another – the start of the...
Big bowls season ahead
There will be some changes when the Gippsland Bowls Region pennant competitions get underway this week.
Among them will be at West Sale Bowls Club,...
Sale-Maffra cricket’s proud history
The Sale-Maffra Cricket Association (SMCA) came into existence in 1950 with the merger of the Sale and Maffra associations.
For many decades prior to this,...
Lions claim hat-trick with late surge
Josh Dunkley is now a four-time AFL premiership winner.
After growing up in Yarram and winning a Gippsland League senior grand final with Sale as...
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Lange to lead Bairnsdale
Shannen Lange will return to the Gippsland League next season, but will do so wearing the blue and red of Bairnsdale.
Having...
Power claim first premiership in 20 years
Gippsland Power won its first AFL Talent League premiership since 2005 on Saturday.
At Whitten Oval, Melbourne, the Power trailed the Dandenong Stingrays by seven...
Happy Hawks
Drouin shocked the local netball world after winning the Gippsland League A grade premiership.
The Hawks won a grand final epic over Moe, getting up...
Lions roaring into history
The eventual fairy tale finish to Moe’s Gippsland League football season will hopefully not detract from the grand final itself.
If the second semi-final between...
Traralgon unstoppable
Traralgon claimed the title of Gippsland League fourths football premier and champion on Saturday.
The Maroons defeated Maffra by 43 points – 12.7 (79) to...
Cup queens
Sale United won a fifth consecutive Browne-Huizer Cup, after overcoming Falcons 4-1 in the final at Burrage Reserve, Newborough, denying the newly-crowned Football Victoria...
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Fortnightly red bins to stay, review after 12 months
General waste will continue to be collected fortnightly across Wellington Shire. After considering a petition calling for weekly general waste collection to return at...
