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Geelong Cats star Tom Stewart with junior footballers from South Barwon at Wednesdayâs clinic. (Ivan Kemp) 401838_10
Geelong Cats backman Tom Stewart returned to his old club this week for a free junior footy clinic at Belmontâs McDonald Reserve. Stewart played his junior footy at South Barwon and for the Geelong Falcons, but went undrafted and went back to play in South Barwonâs 2013 senior premiership. The Cats came knocking in the 2016 draft and took Stewart with the 40th pick where he has gone on to notch 148 senior games including the 2020 premiership. On Wednesday April 17, he returned to South Barwon as part of the Born and Bred Junior Football Clinic by Red Energy. Eager youngsters were keen to engage in some training drills with the five-time All Australian and two-time Carji Greeves Medallist along with an autograph session and a Q&A. âWe are delighted to be part of Born & Bred where we are able to bring footy legends like Tom Stewart back to his home club of South Barwon, which creates a lot of excitement for the junior players but also for their families too,â Red Energy general manager business development David Holman said. Red Energy contributed $1000 to South Barwon to support its junior player development program.
Blaze guts businesses By Jena Carr Three shop owners affected by a restaurant fire in Torquay have spoken out about the âdevastatingâ incident that burnt their businesses to the ground. The Country Fire Authority (CFA) was called to a fire on Gilbert Street at 11.22pm on Sunday, April 14, which destroyed six shops, including McCartney Real Estate, Looop, and Romy Photography studio. Romy Photographyâs Romy Roache said she could recover some of her stock but did not have insurance to cover the damage due to a lack of demand for photos and cost of living
pressures. âI had no words to say. I just looked at my husband Phil and I wrapped my arms around him, said âOKâ and jumped in the car,â she said. âOne minute you have your business, and the next minute you donât...I donât think anyone thinks that theyâll wake up the next morning and wonât have a shop front. âWe came down and saw everybody gathered and everything fenced off. I could see how bad it was without actually seeing my shop, but the front ones looked so horrific.â Looop co-owner Fiona McPherson said she was âdevastatedâ when she heard of the fireâs destruction and that she and co-owner Sue
Ingpen had lost everything. âWe lost our whole livelihoods as all of Sueâs stock and my stock were in the shop, so it has been completely incinerated,â she said. âAs a single parent with two kids, I have another job...which is good, but I know Sue has to repurchase wool to be able to keep her business going as thatâs her only income.â McCartney Real Estate director Tim Carson said the only damage caused by the fire was to the property, and everyone was safe. âThe Torquay community and emergency services have been amazing, and we canât fault them,â he said. âThe staff and team have been absolutely
fantastic...and everyone will work from home for the time being.â Italoâs Wood Fired Pizza, Silver and Sea jewellery store, and Imeldaâs Boutique were also damaged in the fire. A GoFundMe has been set up for Romy Photography, and people can donate by visiting gofundme.com/f/romy-photographerdevastated-shop-lossed-to-fire Keep up to date with Looopâs progress and upcoming events, such as store pop-ups through Instagram at @we_are_looop Anyone who witnessed the incident or has information should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or visit crimestopersvic.com.au
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