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\ 18 SCOTSBURN GROVE
Look beyond the modest exterior of this renovated weatherboard in central Werribee and you’ll discover a versatile family house with universal appeal.
Behind a wire fence and the formal garden featuring a lavender hedge, roses and daphne, the double-fronted weatherboard (circa 1956) retains its terrazzo-tiled front verandah and ironwork after its refurbishment about eight years ago. The secure double-door entry opens to the central hall with polished oorboards.
To the left is the lounge room with patterned oorboards, older-style Fujitsu air-conditioner and Rinnai EnergySaver gas heater.
It adjoins the kitchen, which incorporates stainless-steel appliances (underbench Blanco oven and four-burner gas cooktop), tiled splashback, double fridge cavity, and Fisher & Paykel dishwasher.
A doorway leads on one side to the rear laundry with broom cupboard and the separate toilet and on the other, to the covered entertainment area. Complete with in-deck
lighting, the year-round, 6-metre x 8-metre space is highlighted by a corner replace with copper ue, ceiling fan, external speakers, UV blinds and basic kitchen to the side.
It’s complemented by a rear bungalow that could be used as a guest bedroom, of ce (for a home business) or playroom.
A shed, vegetable patch and single garage behind the side gate complete the external features on the 528-square-metre block.
Back inside and across the hall from the lounge is the main bedroom, which includes
built-in wardrobes, ornate ceiling fan and a garden view through its large windows. It is close to the updated bathroom with corner shower, compact bath, IXL Mirage heat lamp, large mirror and vanity. One of the two nearby bedrooms has a built-in wardrobe. Extras include evaporative cooling, Foxtel connection and a 2500-litre water tank. The position is also hard to beat: a short walk from the station, bus, schools, river parkland and Watton Street shopping. \ ROSS MCGRAVIE
The new owners of this property will nd all the necessities here, with a few luxuries thrown in.
The spacious house has four bedrooms, including the main with walk-in wardrobe and large en suite with spa and twin-basin vanity. The other bedrooms have built-in wardrobes.
There’s plenty of living space for parents and kids to have their own havens, including an open-plan family-meals zone, carpeted lounge room, rumpus/home theatre and a study nook.
The kitchen is impressive too, with jarrah cupboards, black stone benchtops, a built-in wine rack, dishwasher and stainless-steel appliances.
A sliding door from the meals zone leads to an enclosed entertainment area with built-in cabinets and bench space.
Features include ducted heating and cooling and split-systems, polished oorboards, skylights and feature walls, a remote-controlled double garage with internal access and two sheds.
Childcare, The Grange P-12 College and Good News Lutheran College are nearby, as are Hogans Corner, Tarneit Gardens and Wyndham Village shopping centres. \
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justice precinct needed urgently, says law institute
WYNDHAM
A new report reveals that residents seeking legal help in Wyndham face significant barriers, with ageing and overstretched facilities failing to keep up with population growth.
Wyndham Legal Service senior policy lawyer Shorna Moore said Outer Sight, Out of Justice was further proof of the need for a dedicated justice precinct in the municipality. e report, released late last week by the Law Institute of Victoria, identified family law, domestic violence, driving infringements, consumer law, debts, mortgage stress and neighbourhood issues as key problems in
This is how new migraNTS FEEL
ere was a time when Point Cook resident Terry could hardly get out of bed in the morning.
Terry, who did not want his last name printed, was suffering from debilitating vertigo, nausea, exhaustion and failing eyesight when he was called to the Melbourne Magistrates Court to resolve historic tollway infringements.
Terry said the fines had spiralled out of control when he became ill.
“I was so unwell that I wasn’t thinking straight,’’ he said. ‘‘Before I knew it I was being summonsed to court.’’
Terry’s health made it difficult for him to board a bus and train twice a week to get to the Melbourne court.
Late last year, Terry saw an advertisement for an outreach program run by the Wyndham Legal Service.
It was there he met with senior policy lawyer Shorna Moore and began to work through the legal issues that had been plaguing his day-to-day life.
‘‘It was frightening for me because I wanted to get to the magistrates court in Melbourne, but I was unable to drive due to my health
Wyndham. It revealed an urgent need for a criminal, civil and administrative justice centre in the community.
As reported by the Weekly, key groups including Victoria Police and the Wyndham Legal Service, have stepped up a campaign for a major court, police and justice precinct in the city.
e planned precinct, earmarked by the Metropolitan Planning Authority for a four-hectare site near the existing Werribee police station, would include a new court house, police station and legal aid centre, acting as a “one-stop shop” for numerous services.
Wyndham currently has one community
legal centre that has limited capacity for outreach.
Ms Moore said population growth meant Werribee Magistrates Court was unable to hear many matters, with cases frequently moved to the Melbourne Magistrates Court.
“Considering the demographics of those living in outer-metropolitan areas, there is even more of a need to make sure access to justice is obtainable,” she said.
e report urges the state government to provide access to specialist courts and services in Wyndham. It recommends the creation of a local Victoria Legal Aid office to help disadvantaged residents, and a community justice centre to provide pre- and post-court
support for issues including mental health, drug and alcohol abuse, welfare and housing and problem gambling.
e report was welcomed by Chris Potaris, chief executive of the Committee for Wyndham, which is leading the charge for the justice precinct.
Mr Potaris, who said Wyndham’s justice system was at ‘‘breaking point’’, called for urgent discussions between community groups and the state and federal governments to ensure the report’s recommendations were adhered to. \
MELISSA CUNNINGHAM
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problems.’’ Terry was eventually diagnosed with glaucoma and a thyroid condition. He is now medicated and able to live an active life.
He said if his case could have been heard locally, he would not have experienced the stress and anxiety caused by travelling alone on public transport.
Terry said he feared that vulnerable people in the community, including newly arrived residents, could face even more dire
situations. “Particularly migrants who are new to Australia and struggle with language barriers. Couple that with not being familiar with the legal system and living in a new area and struggling to find their way around … the whole process would be a nightmare.
‘‘ ere needs to be more accessible services locally that are able to help people who have legal issues and those who have special circumstances.” \ MC
Less stress: Terry says local law services are vital. (WAYNE HAWKINS)
WYNDHAM VALE \ 18 LANCEWOOD ROAD
With a double garage and side access to the backyard with ample room for big boys’ toys, this property is ideal for buyers looking for extra space for their larger possessions. The house also has plenty of room. There are three bedrooms, including the main with walk-in wardrobe and en suite; the remaining bedrooms have built-in wardrobes. There’s an open-plan family-meals zone and separate lounge room and a kitchen with plenty of storage and bench space and stainless-steel appliances. Ducted heating, evaporative cooling, polished oorboards, security shutters, an alarm and low-maintenance gardens are included. This 619-square-metre property is in an ideal spot to reap the bene ts of a proposed shopping centre and train station, while childcare and several primary and secondary schools are a short drive away. \
This Wyndham Vale property ticks two important boxes: it’s modern and low-maintenance. The three-year-old house has plenty of room for a family with four bedrooms with built-in wardrobes, including the main with en suite. There’s also a bathroom, separate toilet and a laundry. A large open-plan family-meals area is at the back, along with the kitchen which has stainless-steel appliances, glass splashbacks and an island bench. A sliding door from the living hub leads to a large no-maintenance backyard covered in crushed rock. Features are ducted heating, roller blinds. Colorbond fences, a double lock-up garage with internal access and off-street parking. The property is near Manor Lakes shopping centre, childcare, primary schools and Manor Lakes P-12 College. \
MY TOWN
You don’t o en get service like this any more.
Recently, I had both kids home from school with sore throats, pathetically requesting that I make them scrambled eggs on toast.
With barely a crumb in the house, I set off to the Little River petrol station to fill the pantry.
Gathering bread, milk and a sneaky bit of chocolate for later, I asked for a dozen eggs, usually super fresh a er being delivered by a local man who has a harem of hens.
However, I’d missed the delivery and no eggs were available.
‘‘ at’s a shame,’’ said I, ‘‘the sick kids will have to have honey and jam instead.’’
‘‘Wait a moment,’’ said Karen the shopkeeper, ‘‘we can’t have the sick kids going without their eggs. Come with me, I know where we can get some.’’
Into my car she jumped and we drove down the road to her house, where she disappeared into the backyard.
A few moments later I heard the squawking of chooks and saw Karen legging it back to the car, triumphantly clutching a handful of eggs.
As she filled the egg box and handed it over, a lone chook strutted indignantly along the back fence, telling us off for interrupting her productivity, her language not understood but her tone and meaning clear enough.
As the hen continued in her indignation, I dropped Karen back at her post and headed home to the waiting frying pan and expectant children.
My son cracked the fresh eggs, yolks glowing buttercup yellow, while I toasted so bread and spread it with salty butter.
As we ate, we reflected on the simple pleasures of living in this little country town, so close to the city, where goodwill and good service still mean something. \
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tax ‘could close clubs’
WYNDHAM
Community clubs say services will suffer if the state government increases poker machine taxes.
Proposed legislation will increase statewide pokies tax revenue by an extra $278 million by the end of 2016-17.
But Hoppers Club general manager Michael Lewis said the hike would force more than $171,000 in cuts to the club’s annual wages budget.
Mr Lewis said the club may have to freeze all community sponsorships and donations and reduce members’ services, including cutting courtesy bus services from two to one. e cost of a membership would also double from $5 to $10.
“I am saddened that our club, with a proud 40-year history of servicing its community, now finds itself in such an unenviable position that it has to cut jobs and reduce services to members,” he said.
Mr Lewis said the club was involved in talks to sell surplus land in a bid to reduce implications of the tax increase.
Tarneit Labor MP Tim Pallas said the changes would threaten jobs. He said other
Wyndham not-for-profit clubs estimated they could lose more than $264,000 and the increased tax costs would threaten important community programs.
“ e last thing we need is another tax grab that’s putting more jobs at risk,” he said.
Mr Pallas’s concerns were echoed by lobby group Clubs Australia, which estimates the tax will cost clubs $75 million over four years.
Executive director Anthony Ball said he feared some clubs would have to close.
“When community clubs close, people lose their jobs and the charities, sporting teams and community groups that rely on the club’s support suffer also,” he said.
Late last month, the state government secured the support of independent MP Geoff Shaw, who had previously opposed the changes. Mr Shaw offered his support a er the government agreed to postpone the April 1 commencement of the tax and secure an extension for clubs to pay their entitlement fees.
e government has maintained the tax is needed to correct a system where venues were ‘‘under-taxed’’. Treasurer Michael O’Brien did not respond before deadline. \
MELISSA CUNNINGHAM
point cook extension plan gets tick for next stage
PLANNING
Plans to extend Point Cook are a step closer, with Wyndham council writing to the Metropolitan Planning Authority (MPA) to give support for studies needed to develop new precinct structure plans (PSPs).
e plans do not involve green wedge land, as previously reported.
Councillors agreed last month to write to the MPA about a site bordering Hacketts, Aviation and Point Cook roads.
e 443-hectare site was brought inside the urban growth boundary by Planning Minister Matthew Guy in 2012, paving the way for future residential development, on the
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recommendation of the council. e studies will focus on biodiversity, drainage, wetland retention, and effects on traffic and other infrastructure in existing communities.
e move to write to the MPA was triggered by recent state government announcements about improving Point Cook’s roads and public transport.
e area is likely to be developed into two PSPs, including a small one for the Lincoln Heath South area and a larger one in Point Cook’s south.
the council. Cr Glenn Goodfellow said the council’s support of the proposal had been “subject to part of it being used to create a buffer between residential and agricultural land”.
council moves on precinct structure plans
e PSPs will be prepared by the MPA following discussions between a ‘logical inclusions working party’, landowners and
“Planning for this area is included as a low priority in our growth management strategy based on congestion and lack of transport infrastructure,’’ he said. ‘‘What we have demonstrated in this case is that our strategy for managing residential growth is flexible when circumstances change.” \ MC
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school neglect ‘an absolute disgrace’
TARNEIT
Students in their final years of schooling are being severely disadvantaged by inadequate learning spaces, according to the principal of one of Wyndham’s newest senior campuses.
Tarneit Senior College principal Michael Fawcett said the campus was in desperate need of a more than $11 million funding in next month’s state budget in order to complete stage two of its master plan.
Mr Fawcett said the senior campus, which opened in 2012, was still without a library, indoor canteen, gymnasium and performing arts auditorium.
A classroom has been converted into a makeshi library and is crammed with books and resources. Physical education classes are held outdoors or in a small weight-training
room. Many students undertaking vocational education subjects, such as hospitality, have to travel away from the school as there are no food technology facilities.
A 35-year-old portable building is being used as an administration block. Enrolment at the senior campus has nearly tripled, to almost 300, since the campus opened in 2012.
Tarneit Senior and P-9 colleges were le out of last year’s budget, with the government instead announcing new schools for Wyndham Vale South and Truganina.
alarm over conditions in outer west
Mr Fawcett said both campuses were forced to use decaying portables for classrooms.
“It is an absolute disgrace how neglected government schools in Melbourne’s outer west are,” he said.
“Running schools out of portable classrooms is not appropriate.’’ Student engagement and well-being teacher Suzie Gerada said the situation was getting out of hand. “ ese conditions are making learning increasingly difficult for students across all year levels and all subjects,’’ she said.
A government spokeswoman said more than $51.5 million had been invested in public schools since 2010. She said any funding allocation would be subject to normal budget processes. e spokeswoman said more than $14 million had been spent on fixing the former Galvin Park Secondary College in Werribee.
e budget will be announced on May 6. \ MELISSA CUNNINGHAM
job loss report
Wyndham council will prepare a report investigating the impact that manufacturing job losses are having on the municipality. The council said recent announcements by Ford, Holden, Toyota and Alcoa required an assessment of the long and short-term effects of changing economic conditions on residents. The report is expected to be presented to council on April 28. \
car immobilisation trial
Wyndham police will crack down on hoon drivers as part of a pilot program that started last Friday. Highway patrol officers who detect speeding, repeat drink driving or disqualified driving offences will determine whether a driver can have their vehicle immobilised at a private address, as opposed to having the car taken to an impound facility, in a bid to reduce high storage costs. The pilot program ends on September 30. \
info sought on vandals
Police are searching for a group of youths who allegedly tagged the entrance of Werribee railway station on March 5. Police said a group of about 11 teens were seen outside the Station Place entrance about 10.50am, using black markers to graffiti an entrance ramp wall. One of the teens was wearing a fluorescent yellow and black top with a dark headband. Another youth had dark hair and was wearing a red Chicago Bulls singlet. Details to Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 \
man charged over car ramming A magistrate has remanded a man after he allegedly rammed into a police vehicle in Hoppers Crossing earlier this year. The Werribee man, 27, was arrested on April 4 and charged with conduct endangering life, evading police and other traffic offences. He was also charged with unrelated offences including armed robbery, burglary, theft of a motor vehicle and theft from a motor vehicle. He appeared before Melbourne Magistrates Court on April 7 and was remanded in custody to reappear on April 29. \
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RACE TO CITY
(Weekly, April 9)
Ԃ Congratulations to all involved in the Race to the City, especially Wyndham council for making it happen.
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As for the lame comments from some in State Parliament, trying to discount the impact and results of the event, you disgust me!
Stop toeing the party line and stand up for the needs of Wyndham.
We are sick of being treated as second-class citizens because we are not a marginal seat.
MICHAEL
YOUNG \ VIA WEB
Ԃ The rate of population increase is being increased by all the house approvals.
There’s no balance with jobs, infrastructure, costs of living, or the state deficit. There needs to be a cost-benefit analysis of the whole housing industry.
The benefits go to property developers, but the costs are distributed onto the community.
‘‘Planning’’ has become an
oxymoron, and standards can only decline to the detriment of the profession.
It’s all about destruction of planning principles and open slather housing construction.
MATILDA BANDIC \ VIA WEB
Ԃ Incredibly, a planning expert is admitting that our population is growing too fast.
Our immigration-driven population growth is being deliberately set at full-throttle rates for the housing industry, due to the decline of mining and resources.
However, it’s foolish to think that housing and property can replace these exportable commodities.
It’s said that each person costs $200,000 in infrastructure, but this doesn’t become evident initially.
The cost of loss of amenities, environmental assets and quality of life can’t be measured.
We are facing climate change, a new era of scarcities and threats to food production. Surely, it’s obvious that while we benefited from growth and high rates of immigration in
the past, these times are over. We need to optimise the infrastructure we have, and improve our quality of lives, not depend on housing for revenues.
TONY B \ VIA WEB
STOLEN DOGS THROWN FROM VEHICLE (Weekly, April 9)
Ԃ These “people” are the real animals! Find them, follow them to the fights and lock them all away in a cage for a very long time.
MICHAEL \ VIA WEB
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My shout
It’s time the major political parties stopped automatically taking opposing positions on big-ticket infrastructure items such as east-west link, metro rail and the new port of Melbourne. How will we have any certainty and progress if such projects are constantly threatened by a change of government? Further confusion comes from Canberra where state projects end up being fodder for ill-conceived federal election promises.
It’s time for an independent infrastructure advisory board to be set up that decides where, when and how key state projects are to be built based on economic, environmental, social and practical considerations. In the case of the new port, there are merits for each option but what we need is a decision that will be most beneficial to the entire state, not just a few local MPs. These projects are too big to get wrong. \
DAVID BONNICI \ EDITOR
sensory garden makes sense
Residents at Uniting AgeWell centre in Manor Lakes have a new space to enjoy, thanks to lifestyle co-ordinator Angela Taylor (pictured). Ms Taylor has designed a twilight sensory garden, providing residents with an area for social gatherings, recreation and reflection. Centre quality officer Ann Laity says the garden incorporates solar lights, wood and water to create a functional space “with a sense of whimsy”. It also has vertical gardens and a sun station equipped with wide-brimmed hats and sun screen. \ LL
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couch surfing’s sad wave
WERRIBEE
Between three and five young people in Wyndham become homeless every week, according to support service Whitelion.
Outreach worker Roger Antochi said that in the past year there had been an increase in Wyndham young people between the ages of 15-25 with nowhere to live.
Many more young people in Wyndham without permanent homes were ‘‘couch surfing’’ and relying on the generosity of friends.
Mr Antochi said he had met a young man who had been couch surfing for a year but did not consider himself to be homeless.
Wyndham’s homeless young people are usually put up in a Footscray motel for a night before being transferred to suitable accommodation in Frankston or Melbourne’s CBD.
“It means that young people are being taken out of the area and away from the people who may have been supporting them,’’ Mr Antochi said.
“young people are being taken out of the area”
He said that many young people who came to Whitelion’s Wyndham youth resource centre were victims of child abuse or domestic violence.
“When I first started, there were about two young people coming in each week,” he said. “Now, I’m seeing up to five.”
Mr Antochi said that while Whitelion was able to help young people get back on their feet, the lack of crisis accommodation in Wyndham made things more challenging.
He hopes that Whitelion’s major fund-raiser, the annual Bail Out, will raise enough money to help more Wyndham young people. e May 30 event gives people a first-hand look at what it’s like to be imprisoned.
“Inmates” are stripped of possessions, fingerprinted and photographed before being taken to court, where they are sentenced to cell time. ey and their supporters must raise at least $1000 before they can be “bailed”.
“ e Bail Out is a unique opportunity to support us in the work we do,” Mr Antochi said.
“You can help make a significant difference to a young person’s life.” \ LAURA LITTLE
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WERRIBEE
A new road safety program is equipping Wyndham migrants with the knowledge to deal with car crashes.
e ‘‘Had a Crash’’ campaign – a joint project of Werribee police, the Wyndham Humanitarian Network, Wyndham Legal Service and Tarneit MP Tim Pallas – was created in response to the many migrant drivers frequenting Wyndham’s roads.
Migrants are given educational stickers outlining, in their native tongue, the steps to take if they are involved in a smash. e information also includes their legal obligations in the a ermath.
step-by-step what to do.” Karen migrant Say Htoo Eh Moero moved to Australia 14 years ago and works as a settlement officer helping newly arrived residents, many of whom are learning to drive. “It can be very challenging for people to learn all the road rules and remember everything when they start driving,” she said. “When I first arrived I had to learn to drive, too, and I wish there had been stickers like these to help me remember.”
“the stickers will alleviate a lot of worry”
Wyndham Humanitarian Network chairwoman Jennie Barrera said stickers were available in English, Karen, Burmese and Arabic. She said migrant drivers were o en extremely distressed following road smashes, in part because Australian road laws differ greatly from those in their homeland. “ e sticker is a tool that will assist them to be independent and help themselves,” Ms Barrera said. “We have brought together the perspective of the police, our settlement workers and the Wyndham Legal Service to create the best sticker that tells them
Werribee police multicultural liaison officer Leading Senior Constable Richard Dove said many migrant drivers involved in crashes got into further trouble because they didn’t understand correct procedures. “It can be devastating when a newly arrived migrant discovers they’ve not only had a crash but are now subject to charges which could see them heavily fined or facing a magistrate,” he said. “ e stickers will alleviate a lot of unnecessary worry and hardship on an already disadvantaged group of people.”
e stickers are available from a clinic held every Monday from 10am to midday at Wyndham Legal Service, 10/2-14 Station Place, Werribee. \
MELISSA CUNNINGHAM
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give back to a hospital that gives so much
CHARITY
A Point Cook mother who credits staff at the Royal Children’s Hospital with saving her daughter’s life is urging people to support this week’s Good Friday Appeal.
Storm Spinks was only five weeks old when she started to cough uncontrollably.
Her mother Ashley took Storm to two different general practitioners, who both said it was a viral infection and would pass with rest.
But the coughing fits worsened. When Storm stopped breathing on March 15, Ms Spinks’s tiny daughter was rushed to the Royal Children’s.
Ms Spinks said she felt at ease as soon as she walked through the doors of the hospital.
“All the nurses were fantastic, they kept checking on Storm all the time. I was so worn out that I could rest there and get some sleep too.”
Storm is now at home and nearing perfect health. e little girl is one of the thousands of children treated at the hospital every day.
the hospital appeal began in 1931
is Friday marks the hospital’s 83rd Good Friday appeal. More than $258 million has been raised since it began in 1931.
Storm spent 10 days in a ward a er being diagnosed with whooping cough, a highly contagious bacterial disease that causes severe coughing fits and can be fatal for infants.
“It was terrifying. Despite hearing the opinions of the two doctors, my mother’s instinct told me something was really wrong,” Ms Spinks said.
“We had been keeping a close eye on her and the cough just seemed to be getting worse.”
Point Cook CFA volunteers will doorknock homes in the Point Cook, Seabrook, Sanctuary Lakes and Werribee South areas on Friday as part of the appeal.
Shuttle buses will ferry collectors to and from locations between 9am and 3pm. \
MELISSA CUNNINGHAM
» To volunteer: 0431 584 660 or email goodfridayappeal@pointcookcfa.org.au
» To donate: 9292 1166 or goodfridayappeal.com.au/donate
WEEK 1: Mon 7 – Sun 13 April
Back home: Ashley Spinks with Skye, 7, Storm and Summer, 4. (WAYNE HAWKINS)
Archie ompson nds sanctuary from soccer’s stresses in Wyndham. By LAURA LITTLE
If you head to Point Cook’s Tom Roberts Reserve, don’t be surprised if you spot Socceroos and Melbourne Victory star Archie ompson among the parents lining the side of the soccer pitch, cheering on their children.
When he’s not playing the game, ompson loves to spend his time being a dad – and for him, that means taking his kids to all their weekend sporting commitments. With son Axel, 8, taking to the eld for the newly formed West Point Soccer Club, the Sanctuary Lakes-based striker is set to become a regular visitor to the reserve.
For nine years, ompson and his family have called Point Cook home.
One of Australian soccer’s biggest names, the Melbourne Victory marquee player says he enjoys the serenity and friendliness of the suburb.
He and wife Emmy made a snap decision to move to Wyndham a er ompson signed on with Melbourne Victory for the inaugural A-League season in 2005.
ey spent the previous four years living in Belgium.
“We made the rush decision to come back. I had a quick phone call with [former Victory coach] Ernie Merrick and decided to move back,” he says.
“My wife got my mother-in-law to have a look at houses for us and she came out this way. We liked the area so we got a place in Point Cook and then built in Sanctuary Lakes.”
One of the initial drawcards to the area was the Sanctuary Lakes golf course.
Playing golf with a friend or just spending time on the driving range quickly became ompson’s way of letting go of the stresses of the weekend’s game. ese days, he o en takes to the green with his Victory teammates to relax.
In the past eight years, golf has been one of his biggest passions outside football.
“I’ve made a lot of great friends through golf,” ompson says.
“It’s great because the people I’ve met out here on the course knew nothing about what I do so they just treated me like one of the lads, which was really good. I wasn’t treated like a soccer player … they were honest with me.”
“It’s just great that our code is growing”
As the A-League and Melbourne Victory’s popularity has grown over the past nine years, ompson’s public pro le has risen, making him a household name.
And while there are times he cops abuse from rival –and occasionally Victory – supporters, he wouldn’t have it any other way.
“Here in Melbourne, the sport has grown and obviously being part of that, I am recognisable. But most people are friendly towards me.
“It’s just great that our code is growing. When I came back here nine years ago, I would never have been stopped and asked for an autograph.”
ompson remembers kicking his rst ball at a really young age, inheriting his love of the game from his dad.
He recalls Sundays spent in parks with his parents, three brothers and two sisters playing soccer, with a professional contract and playing overseas mere dreams.
“I love what the game has given me and my family. I’ve enjoyed travelling places.
“I love that rush of running out on to the pitch in a full stadium and scoring a winner or just winning a match. ere’s nothing like that.”
With the World Cup only two months away, ompson is hoping to keep scoring goals and secure a place in the Socceroos squad that will head to Brazil.
He says pulling on the green and gold shirt for Australia one last time is one of his biggest goals.
“I would probably hang up the boots internationally if I got to play. I would love to go. I know that if I play well and I just keep doing what I am doing I have a chance of being selected.
“Playing for Australia is the pinnacle of my career. I don’t think there is any better feeling than knowing the whole country is behind you.”
ompson’s other big goal is to see out his playing days with Melbourne Victory. A er nine years with the club he’s in no hurry to leave AAMI Park.
“I’ve always played my best football here. I’ve never wanted to leave. I have such a good relationship with the club and supporters.
“In our sport, being a one-club man doesn’t happen very o en so it would be special to stay.”
But the striker is also realistic that his time at the Victory might be drawing to a close.
“I’m getting on now and I know [the club] will probably be looking for younger players to come
through. But I’m hoping to end my career here,” ompson says. “I hope I’ve got another couple of seasons in me … I want to play at this level as long as I can.”
So what does life post-Victory hold? Maybe coaching, ompson says. Or perhaps a stint playing for a local club, as did former Socceroos Danny Tiatto and Craig Moore.
No matter what he ends up doing, ompson hopes he can encourage others, especially kids, to have fun while playing soccer.
“My philosophy is to smile because I’m playing my best when I’m not yelling at guys,” he says. “I want kids to have fun when they’re playing.” \ llittle@mmpgroup.com.au
(SCOTT M C NAUGHTON) ARCHIE THOMPSON TAKES TIME OUT
inner west puts out the welcome mat for refugees
asylum seekers
As thousands of people rallied around Australia on Sunday demanding better treatment of asylum seekers, inner-west residents are doing their bit to make refugees feel welcome.
e Care to Share Project is a series of events, including dinners, cooking classes and art installation, that will run during Refugee Week in June.
Project organisers Bree Anastasi, Danielle Entwistle and Kerry Sanders say they want to show the inner-west is a caring and sharing community.
Connections series. Participants will learn how to cook traditional dishes from the host’s country of origin and will meet members of the local refugee community.
e project is rounded out by I Hear You, an art installation comprising letters, pictures and story telling by members of the local refugee community.
‘care to share’ will run during refugee week
Ms Sanders said the idea grew out of frustration about the treatment of asylum seekers and refugees.
“We wanted it to be a big welcoming party, but it has evolved into this project,” she said. Hosts are being sought for e Welcome Table, a series of dinners in which families open their homes to a refugee family for an evening. e dinners will be captured by local photographers and the photos will feature at an art exhibition to be held during Refugee Week.
Members of the refugee community will hold cooking classes as part of the Cooking
Ms Sanders said the project stemmed from conversations started on Facebook via the Inner West Buy Swap Sell page as well as the West Welcome Wagon page.
e West Welcome Wagon, founded by Yarraville’s Mia McGregor, is a way people can donate furniture, clothing and food to the local asylum seeker community.
e project kicks off as the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, opening in Footscray next month, celebrates the success of a crowd-funding campaign for a new Food Justice truck.
e campaign for the mobile food truck, helping asylum seekers access affordable fresh and healthy food, raised more than $153,000 through the support of 970 donors. \
BENJAMIN MILLAR
» caretoshareproject.org
Join in: Kerry Sanders, Bree Anastasi and Danielle Entwistle encourage residents to host dinners to welcome refugees. (MICHAEL COPP)
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broken station lifts a ‘discrimination’
LAVERTON
ree of the four li s at the $93million Laverton railway station are broken, leaving wheelchair passengers and people with prams stranded on the platform.
Laverton resident Lesley Ould said it was impossible for anyone with a pram or wheelchair to use the steep steps.
“My daughter’s got a pram and four little kids. We were going to the city and had to get someone to help us li the pram down.
“My husband’s got a wheelchair and he couldn’t come.
“We need a permanent fix and I believe that would be through building of ramps which never break down.” A er the Weekly’s inquiries, Metro spokeswoman Pauline O’Connor said on Monday that a li maintenance crew visited Laverton station the same day to repair one of the li s. “ ere are two other li s at the station that have also experienced faults, and we are waiting for parts to arrive from overseas and will carry out these repairs as soon as possible,” she said.
“we need a permanent fix”
ey used to say you can walk down to Aircra [station], but how can you if you’re old? ere’s no way you could because it’s too far.”
Metro this week directed people with special needs to travel to Aircra station, about a kilometre away.
Western suburbs Greens MP Colleen Hartland said Laverton station, unlike most with elevated entrances, had no ramps. “Passengers with a disability and the elderly are being denied freedom of movement; it’s discrimination,” she said.
“ e li s have been breaking down since the day this station opened.
“We are advising customers with special needs – such as those in wheelchairs, using mobility aids and with prams – to speak with station staff, who will assist them in travelling to nearby Aircra station. We apologise for the inconvenience this has caused to our customers who use the li s.” Ramps will be installed at Footscray station, which has also experienced numerous li breakdowns. \
GOYA DMYTRYSHCHAK
Uphill battle: Flynn, 6, Willow, 3, Zander, 1, Landyn, 4, with mum Vikki Parker and grandmother Lesley Ould wait for help at Laverton station. (WAYNE HAWKINS)
Baywater Estate, Curlewis, is the only residential estate on the beautiful Bellarine Peninsula with lots fronting Port Phillip Bay.
Bayfront residential land doesn’t come on the market very often, especially on the Bellarine.
e Baywater Estate really does overlook the bay.
e couple enjoying panoramic views across the water to the You Yangs are pictured on the balcony of the superb two-storey waterfront home which is currently our Land Sales Office.
e couple strolling along the water’s edge are pictured on the beach immediately below the estate, accessed directly via a new boardwalk down the cliff face.
march in tribute to brave battlers
WERRIBEE
Almost 1000 people attended Werribee’s annual Anzac Day march on Sunday.
e march from the Wyndham Cultural Centre to the Werribee RSL was led by the Rats of Tobruk pipe band (pictured).
Werribee RSL manager John Kott said many Wyndham residents and veterans gathered to pay their respects.
“It is extremely important … for the wider
community to show their appreciation in commemoration of all wars that have been fought, the lives that have been lost and sacrifices that have been made.”
A dawn service will be held at the Werribee cenotaph at 6.30am on Anzac Day.
A free breakfast will be provided. Contact Werribee RSL for catering. \
MELISSA CUNNINGHAM
» 9741 5525
2015 ENROLMENTS
Suzanne Cory High School is a government selective entry school that caters to academically gifted students from years 912 and is the only one of its kind in Melbourne’s western region.
Tuesday April 29th School Tours 6:30pm
There’s a new star in the West!
Star Weekly, your new local paper, will be launched in early May – and it’s bigger, brighter and better.
The publishers of the Weekly titles, Metro Media Publishing (MMP), has merged with Star News Group to produce what will be the Number One source for news and advertising across Melbourne’s western and northern suburbs.
Your new local paper will combine the best the Weekly and Star have to offer – the best local news and sport, retail advertising, real estate and classifieds.
The Star Weekly will have a combined circulation of more than 300,000, giving advertisers unprecedented opportunities across Melbourne’s western and northern suburbs.Your Star Weekly will come in an easy-to-read tabloid format.
With a strong focus on local news coverage, the new Star Weekly titles will be:
Brimbank & Northwest Star Weekly
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Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly
& Macedon Ranges Star Weekly
Star Weekly
We are genuinely excited about our new venture and to making the StarWeekly newspapers the destination for information about your community.
So, keep an eye out for the birth of a new Star in the West.
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WALK AGAINST CRUELTY
The 20th RSPCA Million Paws Walk is on Sunday, May 18 at 16 sites across Victoria including Presidents Park in Wyndham Vale. Registrations for the event are now open. ■ rspcavic.org \
cooking classes at Iramoo Community Centre. Eight-week course starts Thursday, May 1.
■ 8742 3688
ANGER MANAGEMENT
Laverton Community Centre & Neighbourhood House is running a six-week “Anger Management for Men” course starting Thursday, May 15. Learn why people get angry, when anger becomes a problem and ways to practise anger management skills. From 6.30-8.30pm. Cost: $100.
■ 8368 0177
EASTER HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES
EQUESTRIAN EVENT
Keep the kids entertained during the school holidays by heading to Iramoo Community Centre. Activities include a mini-Picasso art program, children’s cooking classes and an Easter egg hunt.
SPICE IT UP
Amateur chefs can join Indian and Pakistani
The Equestrian Victoria Masters Games will be held at Werribee Park National Equestrian Centre from April 25-27. The competition, for riders aged 30 years and over, includes categories such as dressage, jumping and carriage driving. The event includes entertainment, live music and a car display. ■ 9013 0707
■ 8742 3688 \
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Venturing to Africa to immerse herself in village life while helping children and animals has always been a dream for Werribee’s Samantha Preuss.
Next year, Preuss, 19, will make her dream a reality when she volunteers in four South African towns as part of a month-long community development program with Volunteer Eco Students Abroad.
Preuss says her role caring for animals at a Hoppers Crossing pet store inspired her to volunteer.
e former Galvin Park Secondary College student, who nished VCE last year, has deferred tertiary studies to raise money for the African trip.
“ is way I get to go see a place I have always dreamed of, but I’m also doing something worthwhile and rewarding during my stay,” she says.
‘‘I also believe by volunteering you are able to become really involved in the day-to-day living of the communities and learn more about how they live.”
In Africa, Preuss will spend more than 40 hours in schools, teaching children English and helping remote communities improve infrastructure.
“I will be able to work with the children at the schools as well as help them build much-needed classrooms and facilities,” she says. “We will also be helping to re-paint and restore school buildings that are in need of work.”
Preuss, who will depart on January 4, will also work in wildlife parks, feeding and caring for cheetahs and crocodiles.
She hopes to raise $6000 for the program. is will cover her ights; hiring local tradesmen to help with building projects; building materials; and donations to schools and organisations in need in the communities she visits. \
One of the hardest industries to break into as a new brand is luxury watches. From the outset you’re up against companies with multi-generational watchmaking expertise, unimpeachable luxury status and, in many cases, histories longer than colonial Australia.
But try new brands will, and succeed a small number do. Some for their “counter-culture” approach that o ers a slightly rebellious alternative to the conservative, slow-moving nature of the biggest players.
e disruption can be as simple as introducing a new design, such as making a traditionally round case square, as does Bell & Ross’ signature design. Another approach is for a player to build their cachet around a heroic modern story. Others just come in cheaper. We look at an example of each below. \ amcutchen@theweeklyreview.com.au
BELL & ROSS
ESTABLISHED \ 1992 PRICE POINT \ $5K+
Story \ e rst decade of Bell & Ross’ life was essentially re-issuing co-branded pieces by German watchmaker Sinn. In 2002, the designer and businessman behind the brand began to develop the iconic style it’s known for now.
Model \ e BR 03 launched at Baselworld in late March is vintage Bell & Ross, if there can be such a thing for such a young brand, with its brash orange canvas NATO strap and boxy case design, which references an in- ight instrument.
Wearer \ Bold colourings on the dial, hands and markers complete a piece for people making their own way on their own terms and who are not needing traditional status symbols to prove it. RRP \ $7500
BREMONT
ESTABLISHED \ 2002 PRICE POINT \ $4K+
Story \ It’s a tearjerker. e English brothers lost their father in a plane crash in 1995. eir tribute to him would be a watch brand, developed in England and pitched squarely at the aeronautical space with a focus on extreme hardiness for extreme piloting situations. Model \ Like most Bremont pieces, the MBIII is relatively unadorned compared with most brands, but the quality is still apparent where it counts, with gleaming sapphire crystal glass and knurled pushers.
Wearer \ It’s for no-fuss men of action who draw comfort from knowing their watch has been tested to survive ejector-seat activation and other non-suburban extremes. RRP \ $6760
SEVENFRIDAY
ESTABLISHED \ 2012 PRICE POINT \ $1.2K+
Story \ A social-media success story, SevenFriday watches were placed on in uential tastemakers on Instagram, in particular, and the brand blew up. Everyone wanted one before they were even available. Model \ e P1 and P2 models are also eye-catchingly square and oversized, but feature a busier, partly open-worked dial design that gives viewers a glimpse of its mechanical movement at its heart.
Wearer \ e hybrid of industrial and avant-garde styling is ingenious and will appeal to people with strong, unique aesthetic sensibilities. Models come in a range of bright colours as well as the core metal pieces, so the fashion-forward can go to town. RRP \ $1200
FASHION
\ JANE ROCCA TAPS INTO DESIGNER KARA LIU’S NEW YORK STATE OF
There’s something about New York that’s got Kara Liu hooked. e Shanghai-born designer spent three months in Manhattan last year for an internship with Alexander Wang before returning to Australia to launch her own label.
Drawn to the Big Apple’s energy and charisma, and inspired by the re ned elegance of the fashion set, Liu translated the city’s best features for her commercial debut collection.
“I grew up in Shanghai and I love big cities,” Liu says. “But New York has always been special because I feel connected to the people.”
Liu speaks highly of New York’s buzzing streets of fashion lovers. “New Yorkers are many things – they are elegant, re ned but also bold and daring,” she says.
“ ey are quite romantic, but also very realistic, hardworking and e cient. ey get things done. ey always wear the classics but wear them creatively. e clothes always complement the wearer, never overtaking him or her, and these things align perfectly with my own design philosophy.”
Week 2013, where her collection was selected as part of the National Graduate Showcase Runway.
“It was an incredible experience to assist the designers and work alongside the best pattern-makers in New York,” she says. “I had the opportunity to see how the company operates, as well as get rst-hand knowledge of the New York garment industry. Assisting backstage at a major show was an experience like no other,” she says of helping on the ready-to-wear fall and resort collections.
For her own collection, Liu keenly follows simple design aesthetics. She plots this season’s message on reminders of New York; from the grey winter skies to concrete skyscrapers and ashing neon lights.
She’s big on box pleats, organza and geometrical shapes, pinning her fashion forecast on all that is a tad unusual.
“new york has always been special”
Liu’s choice of fabrics re ects this wintry New York in uence. ere’s plenty of luxurious wool and alpaca textures in her collection, but she calls on heavy structured silks to so en the silhouette. e RMIT fashion graduate works from a city studio and splits her time between Melbourne and Shanghai.
Liu says she would have become a surgeon if she had followed the footsteps of her parents. “I went on a school trip to Melbourne in grade 6 from Newcastle and absolutely loved it,” says the designer whose mother was then doing her PhD in Newcastle.
“My mum then made the decision for us to move to Melbourne when I was 14. We love the lifestyle and mum felt that Australia was an environment that suited me better than Shanghai.”
Working as an intern at Alexander Wang in New York was a fashion highlight for Liu, although her time there was cut short so she could return to Melbourne for L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion
A capsule collection by Liu is also available in Glue stores nationally – this sub range is a result of her winning the 1% Glue fashion design competition last year.
“Titled [SLEEP. WORK. PLAY.], it is an exploration into the simple joys of domestic life, inspired by the familiar and the sensation of comfort of home,” Liu says.
“ e collection combines my edited, minimal design aesthetics with Glue’s relaxed, fun-loving lifestyle. It has been such a fun collaboration and a great experience for me to be immersed in the commercial end of the industry.”
e driven designer has also collaborated with Australian footwear label Belmore Bootmakers to complement her capsule collection.
“We share modern, re ned, minimal aesthetics, which is re ected in the collaboration range,” Liu says.
“It is a very beautifully edited range that promotes design and longevity. All the shoes are made by skilled cra smen in Belmore’s NSW factory and available in their stores now.” \
jrocca@theweeklyreview.com.au
» karaliu.com
KARA LIU
The look
Elegant, refined and to the point, Melbourne designer Kara Liu leans on New York’s towering presence to inspire her debut commercial collection this winter. e RMIT fashion graduate is one to watch this year.
TREND
Australian jewellery label Singular takes the concept of the cuff to an impressive artisan’s corner. We love the Kiya Cuff from the New Kingdom collection, particularly the porcelain ceramic finish and chic ambience. www.singularjewel.com.au
MUST HAVE is opulent rose dress from Jigsaw gives the term floral a new edge. Its capped sleeves, concealed zip and V-neck can work for day or night. jigsawclothing. com.au
DESIGNER
Stepping Stones owner Sarah Stone runs this Elwood shop that feels more gallery than retail store. Inside you’ll find designer jewellery and art from around the globe. Check out the PeaceBOMB jewellery created by Article 22 in collaboration with Laos spoon makers –designed to raise awareness about bombs that have plagued the region. www.steppingstonescollections.com.au
KIYA CUFF \ $129
JIGSAW \ $299
To celebrate the opening Werribee Plaza is also giving away a $3000 Werribee Plaza gift card to a lucky person/group who performs the best dance to the tune of “Do the bus stop” in its media booth located in the Centre, which then gets filmed and uploaded onto the Werribee Plaza Facebook page. Competition ends on Thursday 17 April. See website werribeeplaza.com for further details. Are you ready? We’re ready to do the bus stop!
On Monday 14 April, Werribee Plaza launched the first stage of the redevelopment – a new 10 bus terminal interchange. Buses are now in one location with improved convenience for the community! Special guest, Mayor Bob Fairclough and Werribee Plaza Centre Management, celebrated the opening with a morning tea and Easter egg giveaway to customers, at the new bus terminal. The celebrations followed on into the Centre’s food court where heads turned and feet began to move when a flash mob performed to the tune “Do the bus stop” in bright coloured ‘bus stop’ themed t-shirts.
TV Wake In Fright \ ABC2, Friday April 18, 9.30pm » abc.net.au/abc2
This weekend serves up a three-course meal of Australian horror lms. On Sunday, The Reef sees four backpackers stalked by a shark on the Great Barrier Reef (this 2010 lm hailing from a time when Australia still had sharks and a Great Barrier Reef), whereas Saturday’s Black Water swaps Great Whites for killer crocs. The rst course is the best, however. Recently rediscovered and restored, “lost” Aussie classic Wake In Fright sees a holidaying school teacher trapped in an outback town, slowly driven mad by beer, boredom and brutality. It’s not a pretty portrait of our nation, laying bare a violent heart, in a stark landscape that has never looked more alien. \
WAKE IN FRIGHT
UNDER THE RADAR
FESTIVAL
Next Wave Festival \ various venues, April 16-May 11, 2014 » nextwave.org.au
This biennial festival, running across the next 28 days, aims to celebrate the work of new and emerging artists. Work from every art form imaginable will be hosted in venues that range from the traditional to the surprising – galleries, theatres, private homes and, uh, bathrooms. Every work is a world premiere, having been crafted especially for this festival. Highlights include a gruelling 12-hour performance of the infamous Rachmaninoff Concerto No.3, in which the score is played on sight by a group of failed pianists; seven new art projects by indigenous artists under the umbrella title Blak Wave; Article 14.1 by Phuong Ngo, and a political tour of the Yarra River, setting sail from Fairfield Park Boathouse. \
There’s a curious trend at the moment for record sleeves starring naked ladies. Alongside recent albums by Nick Cave, Harry Hookey and Sky Ferreira, we can now add the “second” debut from Melbourne’s Twin Beasts (previously known as The Toot Toot Toots). The leaping-gazelle nude on the cover might feel less sleazy if this wasn’t so definitely a bloke’s album. Even when singer Dan Hawkins is beating himself up, as on I’m No Good, it’s about some girl he “f--ked” and made cry. Still, there’s a lot to enjoy here. Tracks such as Sweet Marie and Together Lonely have a spaghetti-western vibe recalling the best work of Crooked Fingers. Throughout, there are echoes of the moody, grubby romance of Nick Cave and Tom Waits, welded to sturdy alt rock. Twin Beasts seem to specialise in poppy choruses that lift their gritty brand of indie out of the gutter and, if not quite towards the stars, then as far as the nearest decent bar. \
MYKE’S SPACE TO READ MORE REVIEWS www.theweeklyreview.com.au/ under-the-radar
WATCHING \ Orphan Black. (SBS2, Tuesday) Fast-tracked from the US, this American-British thriller promises more gripping, clone-based conspiracy drama.
fault its ambition.
ATTENDING \ The Dark Crystal. Returning to the Astor Theatre after 25 years, this Muppety kids’ classic is looking a bit creaky, but you can’t fault its ambition. LISTENING \ S. Carey’s Range of Light. Beautiful, panoramic soundscapes from Bon Iver’s bandmate.
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“Accsss to our doctors is of ths utmost importancstousandwstrytoprovidspatisnts with ths bsst accsss to thsir prsfsrrsd doctor.”
Whsn Dr Michasl Hii of Mslbourns Gastro-Ossophagsal Surgsry was growing up, hs always snvisagsd a carssr whsrs hs could intsract with psopls and hslp to maks a positivs changs in thsir livss.
“Bsing a surgson is ths bsst job. Ths opportunity to coms to work and intsract with patisnts and hslp thsm, oftsn in a tims of grsat nssd, is gratifying and rswarding,” Dr Hii says.
Dr Hii is an ossophago-gastric and obssity surgson who carss for patisnts by providing uppsr gastro-intsstinal sndoscopiss; surgsry for obssity; trsatmsnt of ossphagsal and gastric cancsr; hiatus hsrnia surgsry; and abdominal wall hsrnias and rsflux dissass.
Thisincludsspatisntssuffsringfromabdominal pain, rsflux symptoms, rsgurgitation, naussa and vomiting, difficulty swallowing and uncontrollsd obssity.
“Ws’rs dstsrminsd to dslivsr ths highsst quality holistic cars and bsst outcomss for our patisnts,” Dr Hii says.
Opsrating throughout Mslbourns for two ysars, ths surgsry is a spscialissd practics with two surgsons, a distitian and two support staff for ths Wsrribss arsa. As ths practics’s lsading distitian, Julis Hsnnsssy has sxtsnsivs sxpsrisncs, having worksd in major tsrtiary rsfsrral csntrss in ths UK and Nsw Zsaland.
Derrimut Road Health Clinic
412 Derrimut Road, Tarneit, 8742 2088 or derrimuitroadhealthclinic. com.au and Tarneit Road Health Clinic, Shop 10/167-179 Shaws Rd, Werribee, 8742 3002 or tarneitroadhealthclinic.com.au
Whsn choosing a doctor it’s important to fssl comfortabls. Whsthsr you’rs mals, fsmals or taking a child to ths doctors, you want to snsurs that you ars sssing a doctor who can provids a ssnss of sass.
Dr Krista Craig, who practicss at both Dsrrimut Road andTarnsit Road Hsalth Clinics, says shs can provids that ssnss of sass for hsr patisnts. With spscial intsrsst in diabstss, chronic obstructivs lung dissass, hsart dissass and psdiatrics, Dr Craig covsrs all basss.
Dr Craig attsndsd msdical school at ths Stats Univsrsity of Nsw York and had 15 ysars’ sxpsrisncs in rural msdicins in NswYork and Virginia bsfors rslocating to Australia with hsr Australian husband in 2011.
“I bscams a doctor in 1995 and havs always bssn intsrsstsd in how a psrson can maintain good hsalth, in ths mind and body,” Dr Craig says.
“I provids a profsssional approach to msdicins and aim to provids top-notch cars for svsry patisnt, whsthsr a first-tims mum, an agsd psrson facing challsngss, or a young psrson dsaling with diabstss.”
And in ths thrss ysars Dr Craig has bssn in ths country, shs has taksn on Mslbourns culturs as an avid AFL supportsr, and is a kssn runnsr and triathlsts.
Melbourne IVF Werribee
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Growing up in a msdical family in which hsr fathsr, oldsr brothsr and uncls wsrs doctors lsd Dr Chandrika Parmsr of Mslbourns IVF Wsrribss to follow ths sams path.
“My lats fathsr was my rols modsl bscauss hs lovsd his work and cams homs happy and contsnt svsry day,” Dr Parmsr says.
“I was sxpossd to msdicins and hospitals from a young ags. And my clinical ysars at msdical school taught ms about gynscology and rsproductivs msdicins which I rsally snjoysd and lsd ms to whsrs I am today - hslping couplss concsivs.”
Dr Parmsr is a fsrtility spscialist. Shs says ths most important thing about hsr work is hslping couplss undsrstand why thsy ars not concsiving as quickly as thsy had hopsd and hopsfully assisting thsm to fulfill thsir drsam of having a family.
Ths fsrtility clinic, which opsnsd last ysar, providss fsrtility spscialist consultations including monitoring and scans; nursing, counssling and administration appointmsnts; and fsrtility trsatmsnt procsdurss for IVF, including sgg collsction and smbryo transfsr.
Ths Mslbourns IVF Wsrribss tsam of fsrtility spscialists includss doctors with a wsalth of knowlsdgs in arsas such as infsrtility and IVF; sndomstriosis; mals infsrtility; organ donation; and fsrtility prsssrvation.
Modern Medical
510 Ballan Road, Wyndham Vale.
Inquiries: 9216 7999 or modernmedical.com.au
Coming from a family of doctors, it’s no surpriss Dr Afzal Khan dscidsd to bscoms ons too.
“I havs cousins who ars doctors - and my wifs. I dscidsd to bs a doctor so I, too, could hslp othsrs,” Dr Khan says.
“I graduatsd in Pakistan, thsn did my four-ysar fsllowship training in Australia at GP clinics in Manor Lakss, Gippsland and Edsnhops, and in psdiatrics and smsrgsncy at La Trobs Rsgional Hospital inTraralgon.”
Dr Khan is now part of ths tsam at Modsrn Msdical which opsnsd last month.
“I spscialiss in chronic dissass managsmsnt, childrsn’s hsalth and skin conditions.”
Ths nsw clinic providss family-frisndly msdical ssrvicss in a modsrn sstting.Ths tsam pridss itsslf on giving comprshsnsivs cars to womsn and childrsn throughout all stagss of thsir livss, and spscialisss in msn’s hsalth and chronic dissass managsmsnt.
Modsrn Msdical providss bulk-billing, has an ECG on sits and will bs opsning thsir pathology collsction csntrs nsxt month. And for psopls on ths go, ths convsnisncs of booking appointmsnts onlins is a bonus.
Ths clinic opsns Mondays-Fridays from 9am-5.30pm and will opsn Saturdays and Sundays latsr in ths ysar.
The Point Dental
105/22-30 Wallace Avenue, Point Cook. Inquiries: 8360 9998 or www.thepointdental.com.au
Evsryons sssms to think that all a dsntist doss is drill and fill tssth.
Point Cook dsntist, Dr Wilfrsd Koon, thinks othsrwiss. Hs says hs’s not just in ths job of fixing tssth, but to improvs psopls’s quality of lifs.
“A smils has a profound sffsct on a psrson’s lifs,” sxplains Dr Koon. “Many studiss havs shown that smils attractivsnsss has a dssp psychological and social impact. It affscts how a psrson judgss thsmsslvss and how thsy ars judgsd.
“Frommysxpsrisncs,whatmostpatisntswant is to achisvs a smils that allows thsm to bs thsmsslvss, so that thsy don’t fssl sslfconscious about thsir tssth – and to fssl confidsnt again in thsir svsryday social and profsssional livss.
“Ifyoufindyoursslfconstantlyhiding your smils, or smbarrasssd about your smils, don’t undsrsstimats what good cosmstic dsntistry could do in your lifs. It might just hslp your trus charactsr shins.”
Dr Koon is also passionats about hslping othsrs shsd thsir dsntal fsar.
“Many Australians dslay sssking dsntal cars dus to fsar and anxisty, psrhaps from a prsvious bad sxpsrisncs, until biggsr issuss such as pain or infsction dsvslop.”
Dr Koon runs a practics that providss all facsts of dsntistry: implant, cosmstic, family and childrsn’s dsntistry.
Hs bslisvss in prsvsntion, and on doing things right ths first tims, rathsr than patching up tssth whsn thsy start brsaking, which in many instancss, is too lats. “I prsfsrs to stssr away from ‘patch-up’ dsntistry, instsad focusing on avoidancs of biggsr dsntal issuss that may dsvslop in ths futurs.”
Hs sxplains that dslaying dsntal trsatmsnt can havs a vsry nsgativs impact on a psrson’s quality of lifs. Untrsatsd dsntal dissasss can lsad to ssvsrs toothachs, inability to sat or slssp, loss of tooth, and tims off work or school.
Dslaying dsntal trsatmsnt also affscts thsir family, says Dr Koon. “Whils unknown to many, it’s wsll-documsntsd that dscay-causing bactsria can sprsad from parsnts to thsir childrsn through kissing and sharing of cups or utsnsils, causing dscay in thsir childrsn’s tssth. This is why it is vsry important to maintain good oral hsalth for ths saks of your childrsn!”
I want to avoid the ‘production factory’mentality and atmosphere. I practice ‘care’ dentistry
TECH TALK \ ROD EASDOWN SIZES
guy I know is a production assistant at a magazine and, while he may be on the bottom rung of the business, at least he’s on the ladder. Recently he leaned too far over the toilet and, plop, in went his phone. To someone on his wages, an iPhone is a pretty big deal. While they can be pretty miraculous, so far none of them have learned to swim.
Engaging the sort of chutzpah that will take him far in the magazine business, he barrelled into the Apple shop, told them he was an electrician and did lots of very sweaty work in hot ceilings and gee his phone didn’t work any more. ey didn’t believe him for an instant but o ered him a deal on a reconditioned phone anyway.
I’ve never drowned a phone but my wife has. Le it in her jeans pocket. It was washed, spun, rinsed and spun dry; she realised something was amiss only when the dryer started banging. She explained all this to the guy at the shop, hoping to get the same deal. He inspected it and told her she used too much soap in her laundry.
Lots of phone cases o er shock protection (with varying levels of success) and there are some that are moisture-resistant and even moisture-proof. Now some North
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Queenslanders have developed several they claim are waterproof and weatherproof, and they’re promoting them as ideal for sportspeople and those who spend lots of time outdoors.
To me this is dumb marketing. ere are far more clumsy iPhone dummies than there are adventurers. ey should be saying that if your phone is encased in one of these and drops into the toilet bowl, it’ll be just ne
(provided you can ever bring yourself to hold it against your face again). Or that it stands half a chance in a washing machine.
Mark and Terry Geddes are photographers in Cairns and no strangers to extreme environments, and they’ve been working on their phone cases for three years. ey reckon they’re the toughest on the market; testing including drops at every angle from a height of two metres and immersion in two metres of water for 30 minutes. All good.
But what I liked is that the cases come with an optional extra that will resonate with anyone who’s lost a phone to water. It’s a lanyard with a oat. Drop it over the side and hey, there it is. $29.95. Other extras include a bottle opener and a mount for bicycles. e cases are made with glass- lled polycarbonate and thermal polymer elastomer with anodised alloy clips and silicone seals, all of which means they’re tougher than whatever you’ve got now. ey’re called InDepth and they’re $99.95 for the 5 and 5S, $89.95 for the 4 and 4S. You have your choice of orange, grey, pink and black. \
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MOTORING \ ROD
EASDOWN GOES ON AN ODYSSEY
There was a time when mums bought station wagons. en they went to people movers and now it’s SUVs; large, o en 4WD vehicles with three rows of seats. ey’re big, high o the ground and kind of menacing. ey make mums feel safe.
Honda’s new Odyssey may just get mums back into people movers again. It’s just so good at moving people.
ere are no compromises. e Odyssey is a people mover front to back. It doesn’t pretend to be something dad can use for shing trips or the family can take around Australia. It’s designed to move people smoothly and e ciently, along with their cricket/netball/footy/hockey infrastructure.
Consider: People in the front can walk (OK, hobble) through to the rear without getting out of the vehicle. ere’s accommodation for eight and whatever those eight can put on their laps, with maybe room for the dog and an esky or two up the back. Or ve people and lots of luggage.
ere are rear sliding doors on both sides, meaning easier access to child seats in crowded car parks. And the one on the pavement side is power operated and can be opened by the driver either with a dash button or with the ignition key.
e driving position is just as elevated as many SUVs and it’s easier to park because you know where the ends of the vehicle are. A reversing camera helps, too.
Kids will think the Odyssey is cool. It has
an HDMI input and a couple of USBs and is set up for iPhones that, with the app, translate seamlessly to the generous centre-dash screen. ere’s your navigation, your music and whatever else you like about your phone. is is a car where the radio is controlled entirely from the steering wheel – if you look for dash controls you’d assume it doesn’t have a radio.
Finally, it’s not like driving a great big
jelly bean. e Odyssey is so car-like and rides so nicely that you tend to forget all the real estate behind you unless you get particularly ambitious, when it leans over and suggests you sell the kids and get an MX-5.
Treat it nicely, then, and you and your Odyssey will get on just ne. You’ll have many happy journeys together. If you can just shut the kids up. \ reasdown@theweeklyreview.com.au
HONDA ODYSSEY VTI
WHAT IS IT?
Happy to be a people mover.
WHAT’S IN IT?
A 129-kilowatt 2.4-litre with a continuously variable auto.
IS IT THIRSTY?
I used 12 litres per 100 kilometres in the city, eight in the country. The of cial combined gure is 7.6.
$42,692
THUMBS UP
Practicality and convenience, and it’s easy to drive.
THUMBS DOWN
The navigation software is unintuitive and the space-saver spare is so cunningly hidden you’ll never nd it.
THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT MOTORING …
The rst people mover to win the Wheels Car of the Year Award was the Mitsubishi Nimbus, in 1984.
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DECANTER \
The white grapes of the Rhône Valley are the cause of much tension in my home. I love them, my wife rates them alongside sauvignon blanc (a wine she refuses to drink), and I keep sneaking them into our glasses at the dinner table.
I like to pour wines that are best suited to what we’re eating and these fuller-bodied grapes – marsanne, roussanne and viognier –tend to have the guts to stand up to richer foods.
A er a summer of salads and delicate wines, I’ve lately been in the mood for gutsier whites and more robust dishes. ese grapes work brilliantly when blended – as they regularly are in the Rhône – or le to their own devices as single-varietal wines, as they usually are in Australia. e story starts at the north of France’s Rhône Valley around the towns of Vienne and Condrieu, where viognier is planted.
Scarcely planted, viognier was, in fact, almost extinct 50 years ago.
south, marsanne and roussanne start appearing in vineyards, in particular around the Hermitage region south of Lyon.
Blended with marsanne in France and o en with a dash of viognier in Australia, roussanne is thought to be named a er the russet colour of its grapes (roux in French) when they’re ripe. Australian winemakers are having a good crack at roussanne as a single-varietal wine, which is characterised by high-acid, full-bodied pear and honey avours, and a perfume similar to herbal tea made with dried owers.
A few producers in Australia co-ferment it with shiraz in a similar way to how viognier is used, and roussanne’s high acid means it has the ability to age well.
“I’m in the mood for gutsier whites”
Now it’s found all over the world, including Australia, where Yalumba is leading the way. Yalumba considers its Virgilius viognier as the company’s most prestigious white wine.
I bought a cookbook recently, featuring recipes from the year I was born, by restaurateur Françoise Point from his Restaurant La Pyramide in Vienne, south of Lyon.
Half a dozen pages are dedicated to its wine cellar and one winery in particular, Château-Grillet, which has its own appellation and exclusively makes viognier from the right bank of the northern Rhône.
It’s a similar story in nearby Condrieu, too.
DNA pro ling has shown that viognier is a sibling, or possibly a grandparent, of shiraz, which comes as little surprise a er tasting the plush, full-bodied wines it produces. As the Rhône ows
e rst record of marsanne was in 1781 in Hermitage, where examples from the sun-drenched slopes of the Hermitage Hill, above the Rhône river at Tain l’Hermitage, command hundreds of euros a bottle.
Today, Tahbilk near the central Victorian town of Nagambie has the largest single area of marsanne vines in the world. Tahbilk has been growing the variety for 150 years, and the oldest vines it has growing were planted in the 1920s.
Marsanne has large bunches with small berries and is characterised by lemon, peach and honeysuckle characters. It ages well, too; I’ve tasted vintages of Tahbilk and M.Chapoutier that date back decades and, when the corks were kind, the wines were superb.
Further south again, around Orange and Avignon in the Côtes-du-Rhône appellation, the white grape varieties broaden and the region’s white blends will include grenache blanc, ugni blanc, clairette, bourboulenc, and picpoul. \
Hoppers Crossing’s winning start to the season continued with a convincing win against Melton Phoenix in the FFV state league 4 west competition on Saturday. Both teams entered the game undefeated, but the Reds were too strong at home, winning 4-0.
“We expected Melton to play well as it’s one of the strongest competitors in the competition,” said club president Steve Lambrakakis. “We’re expecting to win every game and in this one we got a convincing win.”
He said the most pleasing aspect was keeping the Phoenix scoreless.
“We kept a clean sheet first time this year. In the opening game we conceded two goals and one in our second game.”
Lambrakakis said he was pleased with how the team reacted to the injury to Laurent Honore in the game’s opening 15 minutes.
“I’m unsure what he has done. He’s our centre half back so to lose him affects our defensive end.
“We had to drop one of our midfielders back and brought a midfielder off the bench. But everyone played their role.’’
Alister Smart and Khalil Assaad each scored two goals.
Lambrakakis said Shane Di Gioacchino was the best on ground in what, he said, was his best game for the club.
SCOREBOARD
FOOTBALL
AFL – RD 4
WBULLDOGS 1.1 5.5 10.6 17.8 (110)
GWS 5.3 8.7 11.8 12.11 (83)
Goals: Western Bulldogs: S Crameri 4 L Jones
3 J Tutt 2 D Giansiracusa L Hunter L Picken M Boyd R Griffen R Murphy S Higgins T Young. Greater Western Sydney: J Cameron 3 A Kennedy
A Tomlinson C Hampton J Giles J Kelly J Patton L Sumner N Haynes T Greene.
Best: Western Bulldogs: M Boyd L Jones S Crameri J Macrae J Tutt. Greater Western Sydney: J Cameron N Haynes H Shaw J Giles J Patton. Injuries: Western Bulldogs: D Morris (leg). Greater Western Sydney: J Hunt (knee) W Hoskin-Elliott (leg) S Mumford (general soreness) replaced in selected side by A Tomlinson.
Umpires: Stuart Wenn, Jason Armstrong, Matthew Leppard.
OfficialCrowd: 7,863 at Manuka Oval.
VFL – RD 2
BENDIGO
Goals: Werribee: Wood 4 Warren 4 Bolton 3 Sherlock
In the pink: Hoppers Crossing’s Khalil Assaad leads in the race to the ball. (WAYNE HAWKINS)
“He caused havoc down the right hand side of the pitch and was involved in three of the four goals.”
e win puts the Reds on top of the ladder heading into the Easter break, which had been far from Lambrakakis’s thinking.
WRFL – RD 2 DIVISION1
DEERPARK 5.3 12.7 17.9 24.16 (160)
WERRIBEEDIST 3.6 5.8 8.11 10.11 (71)
Goals: Deer Park: J Condos 10 B Thornton 4 K McHarg 3 J Wong 2 S Harrison 2 B Foley J Ewer J Purton-Smith. Werribee Districts: A Panayi 3 A Eade
2 C Molivas 2 D Briscoe M Porter T Dean. Best: Deer Park: J Condos K McHarg B Thornton S Harrison D Cooper B Booth. Werribee Districts: T Crennan M Dean B Kolang A Eade M Porter C Molivas.
HCROSSING 4.5 8.10 10.15 12.17 (89)
SUNSHINE 4.1 7.2 8.2 10.8 (68)
Goals: Hoppers Crossing: D Brierty 2 T Rutherford 2
A Poland 2 M Appleby A Brown M Ryan W Skipper
R Kitchen B Sheean. Sunshine: R Douglas 2 D
Haby 2 P Wiggins B Christodoulou T Millar J Allan J McInneny M Goring. Best: Hoppers Crossing: H Wales J Taylor M Ryan M Young B Coles. Sunshine: H Moloney L Allan J Allan
M Ellis M Goring J McInneny.
SPOTSWOOD 4.4 8.10 16.14 21.17 (143)
ALTONA 3.3 4.4 8.7 9.8 (62)
Goals: Spotswood: H Walshe 4 M Lewis 4 D Iaccarino
3 J Cloke 3 C Elliott 2 S Wood W Krithararis J Orchard
T Langlands D Callard. Altona: J Robbins 3 R Green
M Turnbull B Shiels B Norton L Spiteri J Rafferty
Best: Spotswood: D Iaccarino S Myors C Elliott T Langlands J Cloke M Lewis. Altona: B Shiels L Spiteri
A Camenzuli R Green N Leslie J Marlais.
PMCOLTS 7.1 10.5 12.8 16.13 (109)
YARRAVILLESE 1.5 2.8 6.11 8.12 (60)
Goals: Port Melbourne Colts: C D’Altera 4 J Snow 4
D Jacobs 3 T Plant 2 J Elliott J Dalton C Heffernan.
Yarraville Seddon Eagles: J Crofton 2 D Falzon G
Guest J Compton S Miller C Ross D Burton.
Best: Port Melbourne Colts: T Hanly J Elliott J Dalton
M Hill T Plant L Cox. Yarraville Seddon Eagles: D Burton C Ross G Newtown J Compton N Avery J Crofton.
LADDER Team
“We hadn’t thought about the break until a er the game. We have had issues with our pitch so I was worried about making sure it was up for this week’s game.” \ TARA MURRAY tmurray@mmpgroup.com.au
Goals: Glenorden: Details unavailable. Albanvale: S Farrugia M Spatolisano D Azzopardi D Borg. Best: Glenorden: Details unavailable. Albanvale: J Brook N Cuthbertson D Borg J Formosa D Formosa A Boyd.
Goals: Wyndhamvale: P
C Graham 3 J Cowlishaw 3 J Davies 2 N Fonua 2 N Reschke 2 L Klein-Breteler J Damjanovski T Nyawela D Ellis J Wood C Jones. Laverton Magpies: R Schultz. Best: Wyndhamvale: D Ellis C Jones P O’Shea J Cowlishaw R Hutton B Parker. Laverton Magpies: S Bell J Wiese S McCann S Mizzi D Mitchell S Hogan.
NFOOTSCRAY
BRAYBROOK
(80)
Goals: North Footscray: S Kater 4 C Aspiotis 3 K Smith 3 R Cavka 2 K Murphy 2 R Andreatta 2 M Clarke B Chugg D Carlton.
(104)
SANCTLAKES
Goals: Parkside: B Kelly 3 L Buttigieg 3 B Ashman
P Clemente 2 N Grigg G Barbuto B Collins C Muratore M Khartabil. Sanctuary Lakes: B MacArtney M Davis T Hutcheson T Davey. Best: Parkside: P Clemente G Barbuto B Kelly L Buttigieg B Ashman M Licciardo. Sanctuary Lakes: J Duckworth M Davis C Neville S Krpan J Conway D Sutherland. WFOOTSCRAY
one strike and the bees are out
wNPL
ere were no last-minute heroics from Werribee City this week as they went down to the undefeated Bentleigh Greens in the National Premier League at Galvin Park on Sunday.
A Brent McGrath goal just before half time was enough for the Greens to get the 1-0 win.
e Greens were the first of the two teams to get the feel of the game, but were unable to capitalise on the scoreboard.
An attempt from the Bees’ Simon Symeoy in the 36th minute was denied by a great save from Greens keeper Stuart Webster.
e Greens hit the front when McGrath put one into the back of the net in the 43rd minute.
In the second half, both defences dominated, providing little opportunity in front of goal.
e Bees’ only real chance came in the 53rd minute through Josh Groenewald, but his strike was again kept out by Webster.
e loss leaves the Bees sitting seventh on the ladder with two wins and two losses.
On Saturday, Werribee City takes on the Goulburn Valley Suns in Shepparton. \ TM
Magnabosco. Caroline Springs: S Buttigieg-Clarke 7 L Harris 3 D Cavanagh D Backus. Best: West Footscray: M Kennedy P Trowsdale M Speakman K Lewicki D Yze R Wotherspoon. Caroline Springs: S Buttigieg-Clarke M Pisani G Jansz L Tudor D Cavanagh J Brook. LADDER Team PWLD ForAgst %Pts
GDFL
Seniors: Werribee Centrals 22.9 bt Anakie 8.9, Bannockburn 12.10 bt Thomson 12.8, North Geelong 17.9 bt Winchelsea 10.6, Bell Post Hill 22.29 bt Corio 5.0, Geelong West 15.22 bt Belmont Lions 13.6.
Reserves: Werribee Centrals 10.12 bt Anakie 6.5, Bannockburn 12.16 bt Thomson 4.4, North Geelong 10.9 bt Winchelsea 6.3, Corio 13.7 bt Bell Post Hill 7.11, Belmont Lions 9.16 bt Geelong West 9.6.
VAFA
DIV4:Rd2: West Brunswick 19.28 bt Point Cook 5.7, Hawthorn 25.17 bt Dragons 5.6, Canterbury 24.8 bt Box Hill North 18.17, Westbourne Grammarians 16.12 bt Manningham Cobras 7.10, North Brunswick 19.12 bt Chadstone 11.8.
DIV4RESERVE:Rd2: West Brunswick 30.14 bt Point Cook 0.0, Hawthorn 28.17 bt Dragons 0.0, Box Hill North 15.9 bt Canterbury 11.10, Westbourne Grammarians 12.5 bt Manningham Cobras 5.6, North Brunswick 24.9 bt Chadstone 10.5.
SOCCER
FFV
STATELEAGUE4
West:Rd3
titanS wilt in the face of a perfect storm
WRFL division 2
A er a coach’s rev-up during the week, Manor Lakes came out firing in the first term against Tarneit with 21 scoring shots in its Western Region Football League division 2 clash.
e pain continued for Titans a er the first-quarter onslaught, with Storm grabbing a 231-point, 34.29 (233) to 0.2 (2) win.
Storm coach Heath Hunter said he was pleased with how his side bounced back a er a loss to Parkside in the opening round.
“A er the result of last week, where Tarneit [in its first game in the league] defeated North Sunshine, we knew they could play football,” Hunter said.
“ e boys were full-on from the start of the game … we went back to basics and got our hands on the ball first.”
Despite his side having 63 scoring shots for the game, Hunter said work was needed.
everywhere, including from the boundary,” he said.
“the boys were full-on from the start”
“In the second and third terms, we wasted the ball and were taking shots from
Nathan Montague and Justin Palmer were best on ground, while Nathan Smithwick booted six goals.
For the Titans, Michael Waddell and Codey Guy were the best.
In other division 2 matches, Glenorden defeated Albanvale 20.16 (136) to 4.3 (27), Wyndhamvale downed Laverton 27.19 (181) to 1.1 (7), and Sanctuary Lakes lost to Parkside 15.14 (104) to 4.9 (33). \ TM
tigers’ tale of two halves
WRFL division 1
Werribee Districts players need to learn how to play four-quarter football if they are to match it with the best in Western Region Football League’s division 1.
A er winning their first game in the league, the Tigers faced tougher opposition in the form of defending premier Deer Park, losing 24.16 (160) to 10.11 (71) at John McLeod Oval on Saturday.
Coach Wade Chapman said the experience of the opposition showed against his young side.
“We played well for a half, but when you don’t hit targets the better teams are going to make you pay,” he said.
“ ere was a little bit of a breeze which we kicked with in the first and third terms, when we played our best football.
‘‘If we kicked straight, we could have been in front at quarter time.
“You need to be consistently good for four quarters and we need to be cleaner with the ball.”
Chapman said five forced changes from the round one side didn’t help.
Tate McCutcheon, Matthew Turner and Ben Morton were among those who missed this game.
“We had three blokes injured and another two were unavailable,” Chapman said.
“Hopefully, they will be available for our next match on Anzac Day.”
Andrew Panayi kicked three goals for the Tigers.
Alex Eade and Christopher Molivas chipped in with two each.
In other division 1 matches, Hoppers Crossing got its first win for the season, defeating Sunshine by 21 points.
e Warriors led at every quarter for their 12.17 (89) to 10.8 (68) victory.
Adam Poland, David Brierty and Trent Rutherford kicked two goals each for the winners, with Hugh Wales and Jordan Taylor the best for the Warriors.
Hoppers Crossing will take on St Albans at Hogans Reserve on Good Friday. \
BRIEFS
BOXING
Inbalance Boxing Werribee’s Chris Samy and Parek Wol won titles at the state Golden Gloves tournament earlier this month. Samy, the current state novice super-heavyweight champion, won the Victorian Golden Gloves final for that division, while Wol won the open men’s middleweight final. Kole Karavias lost in the novice heavyweight division semi-finals. Two other Inbalance boxers, Taylah Gentzen and Donny Concha, are competing at the national championships and Commonwealth Games trials in Perth. \
GDFL
The Werribee Centrals’ strong start to the season continued with an 84-point win over Anakie in the Geelong and District Football League on Saturday. Everything went right early for the Centrals, who were quickly out of the blocks. Anakie hit back late in the first term and had evened up the scores by the first break. Centrals kicked away in the second term, making the most of the breeze. They maintained that momentum in the second half for a 22.9 (141) to 8.9 (57) victory. Matt Taylor was adjudged best afield for the Centrals after kicking five goals. There will be no games during the Easter weekend break. \
VAFA
Westbourne Grammarians have recorded an easy 56-point win against Manningham Cobras in Victorian Amateur Football Association’s division 4. The Grammarians started the game by grabbing nine scoring shots to two in the first quarter, going on to extend their lead in the second term. The Cobras hit back at the start of the third term to reduce the lead, but the final term was all Grammarians, who won 16.12 (108) to 7.10 (52). Jesse Humphreys and Justin Ray kicked three goals each. Point Cook was hammered 19.28 (142) to 5.7 (37) by West Brunswick. Brett Hunter kicked two of the Bulldogs’ goals, with Mason Cook the best for the losers. There will be no games during the Easter weekend break. \
Basketball
Werribee Devils were unable to overcome a slow start in their encounter with Whittlesea in Big V men’s state championship basketball, losing 77-66. The Pacers started the match on fire, shooting at a remarkable 70 per cent from the field in the first quarter to open up a 19-point lead. The second and third terms were even on the scoreboard, with the Devils unable to make significant inroads into the deficit. They won the final term 19-10, but that wasn’t enough to set up a chance to claim the victory. Aaron McCuin top scored for Werribee with 23 points. The Devils’ division 1 women’ defeated Mildura 81-67, with Elisha Burnette scoring 30 points. \
TARA MURRAY Free to continue: Tiger Alex Eade escapes the clutches of his Deer Park opponent. (WAYNE HAWKINS)
Ask the coach 3
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What are your non- negotiables?
Be honest in your communication, let people know the situation or why you behaved in a particular manner, that includes no “silent protests”, if you are unhappy about something communicate it to the relevant person.
Let people know your situation, communicate it and give people the opportunity to understand, that is players, coaches and administrators.
In terms of a football club, honest and pro-active communication is a real cornerstone if you want to have a successful environment.
People were probably looking for an answer like “hard at the ball” or “go when it’s your turn”. We have all seen even the hardest and best players compromise these sort of game-day situations which means you are obviously in a situation of negotiation- as a coach, I believe there is a level of negotiation on nearly everything, everything is open for negotiation and discussion
What are your thoughts on juniors not scoring or playing for points?
I believe the detractors of this concept miss the point. I think this is more about the coaches and adults in the game and the reduction of ugly parent syndrome, not about the development of young players.
As an example for the coaches and his support staff, in the middle of last year, I was asked by a coach for some strategies around kick-ins and forward line stoppages. I asked what age group was he coaching- the answer Under 10’s. Sorry? Did you say Under 10’s? Please, just teach them how to pick the ball up off the ground, mark the ball in their hands and on their chest and kick\handball on both sides.
Sadly this Level 1 coach has been blinded about what his true role is by the pressure that comes from the expectation of winning. This pressure comes from other adults, and parents in particular.
Recently on SEN there was talkback, people ringing in saying Football Administrators were being “soft” and that life was all about winning and losing and the quicker kids were taught those concepts the better. Sorry, football teaches many life lessons from Under 14’s or 12’s or whatever age group we decide, let’s concentrate on other life lessons, like taking responsibility, resilience and perseverance, being part of a team etc.. We don’t need scoreboards and the pressure to win to teach that.
Umpires get abused because the decisions they make adjudicating the game potentially affect the result,as a sport, we don’t need that starting at our most impressionable age groups
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jets’ pressure, defence a winning combo
TAC CUP
A dominant four-quarter performance from the Western Jets has handed them their first TAC Cup win for the season.
e Jets were out of the blocks quickly at Highgate Reserve, having 11 scoring shots to the Northern Territory’s two in the first quarter. ey continued that ascendancy to win by 122 points: 23.12 (150) to 3.10 (28). Jets coach Torin Baker said his side’s pressure and defence were there from the start of the game.
“From a team’s point of view, we have been getting closer each week and playing better
each week,” he said. “ e opposition was experimenting a bit [ahead of the national championships] but are inexperienced at this level.
“We knew we were a slower team and they had a lot more leg speed.
“We wanted to really bring great pressure and defence to our game, which we did.
“We won the midfield battle and the clearances and were able to get it into the forward line where we had the height advantage.”
in previous weeks were keys to his side’s improvement.
“we have been getting closer every week”
Baker said the spread of goal-kickers and a more even contribution across the field than
Tylar Vujanic kicked five goals for the Jets, with Mitchell Morton and Brenton Payne bagging three each. Corey Ellis continued his great start to the season in a best-on-ground performance. Baker said Ellis, Payne, Jayden Laverde, Billy Myers, Connor Menadue and Dylan Viojo-Rainbow would play in the Vic Metro trial game this weekend, while the rest of the side had the week off for Easter. \ TM
tigers score a breezy win
VFL
Werribee Tigers handled the windy conditions better than Bendigo Gold to record their first win of the season in the VFL on Sunday.
With the game being moved from Avalon Airport Oval to Highgate Reserve in Craigieburn, both teams had to adapt to the different conditions but the Tigers did it so much better, winning 24.13 (157) to 11.8 (74).
Tigers coach John Lamont said his players were focused on the game and weren’t concerned about the change of locations. He said the wind played a role in his side’s ability to gain control.
“ ere was a reasonable breeze straight down the ground,” he said.
“We made better use of the breeze than Bendigo Gold.
“ e first term they had the wind … what was pleasing was that we could still play into it and score.
“We got on top in the second quarter and used the ball better with the wind. When we had the wind in the final term, we were able to kick 10 goals.”
Lamont said the spread of goal-kickers was a pleasing aspect.
Mason Wood and Ben Warren both kicked four goals for the Tigers.
“It was a fairly even contribution,” Lamont said. “We had 10 blokes kick goals … that makes it harder to defend. If you rely on one player you’re easier to shut down.
“Our ball movement was really good. With a new coach and new playing group, it means every game is an opportunity to understand each other better.”
Jye Bolton, Sam Wright and Tim McGenniss were among the best players. is week, the Tigers travel to Port Melbourne.
“We’re going to have a good week on the training track and give ourselves every chance to give a good account of ourselves,” Lamont said. \
TARA MURRAY
Attacking outlook: Kayne Turner looks to take off down the ground. (SHAWN SMITS)
