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Wandering to Europe Two young Gisborne hockey stars have been selected to represent Australia at an international tour. Brothers Quinn, 16 and Fletcher Mills, 14, have been selected to join the Wanderers Junior Hockey Tour and the boys jet off to Europe to compete on an international scale. The prestigious tour brings young talented athletes from across the country to compete internationally, travelling to England, The Netherlands, Belgium and France in January, 2026. But, with the high costs of sending both their sons on the prestigious program, mum Shelley Fallowfield has started a GoFundMe to help alleviate some of the financial stress. Quinn and Fletcher play for the Bayside Powerhouse Hockey Club, Quinn is a goalkeeper in senior men’s teams, and Fletcher as a field player in both junior and senior men’s teams. “It feels amazing I mean, it’s an international cup really so it feels amazing to be selected and to have your hard work be paid off,” Quinn said. Details: gofundme.com/f/talentedteens-off-to-europe-to-play-hockey Fletcher and Quinn Mills are hoping to take Europe by storm for an international hockey tour. (Damjan Janevski) 478578_01
Racket over glare By Georgia Tacey One user group of Sunbury’s Eric Boardman Stadium feels it has been left out of the conversation amid a pledge for funding to upgrade the stadium. The Sunbury Ladies Badminton Club has been playing at the stadium for over 20 years, and club secretary Cathie Briggs said glare on the courts has remained a continuous issue during that time. “It’s been a never-ending frustration,” she said. Ms Briggs said the club has been engaging with Hume council for a number of years to come to a solution. The club
is asking for curtains or dividers to be installed that can be dropped down when they’re playing, to help reduce the glare on the courts. “[Council has] come through with promises, and then they put something in that doesn’t work, like they installed clear skylights on top of clear skylights which makes absolutely no difference,” she said. “We’re playing with a little white, feathered shuttle, so when it goes up, you’re either blinded by a light or you’re blinded by the excessive glare from the sunlight coming through the skylight. “I think I would be a millionaire if I could have a dollar for every time somebody said
‘I just couldn’t see the shuttle’.” Hawke MP Sam Rae promised Labor would put $2.5 million towards an upgrade of the stadium prior to the May 3 federal election, but Ms Briggs feels the badminton club has been left out of the conversation. “It’s disappointing that you’re not heard, not communicated with, not involved in discussions and ignored,” she said. Badminton Australia and Badminton Victoria have been working with the club over the past few years to help advocate on its behalf, with Badminton Australia chief executive Tjitte Weistra saying it’s “crazy” to see that its an ongoing issue. “They’ve played at the same venue for so
long and they’ve asked for this for so many years,” he said. “The solution is very simple; it’s just whether the council is prepared to do it and that is to install dividers.” A council spokesperson said they have been in talks with the club since the issue was raised in November 2022. “In collaboration with the club and Badminton Victoria, Council have exhausted all options in terms of curtain divider installation and electronic shutters for the new skylights,” they said. “Should there be alternate solutions to the issue, Council encourages further consultation with all parties.”
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