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Gerald Liew laps up victory

GERALD Liew is the inaugural winner of a crash-marred Compton Green Handicap, a five-lap, 76-kilometre circuit of the You Yangs with a testing uphill...

Gerald Liew laps up victory

GERALD Liew is the inaugural winner of a crash-marred Compton Green Handicap, a five-lap, 76-kilometre circuit of the You Yangs with a testing uphill...

Olympics: No holds barred for our one-man team

FREESTYLE wrestler Farzad Tarash and his family arrived in Australia from Iran in 1998, carving out a peaceful life in the multicultural western suburbs.Well,...

VFL: Seagulls glad to kiss June goodbye

YOU could hear a collective sigh of relief among the faithful at Williamstown.Nothing came easy for the Seagulls in the Victorian Football League during...

VFL: Seagulls glad to kiss June goodbye

YOU could hear a collective sigh of relief among the faithful at Williamstown.Nothing came easy for the Seagulls in the Victorian Football League during...

The Amplified Elephants trumpet new gig

MUSIC lovers are being invited on a journey into the unknown this weekend as Footscray-based The Amplified Elephants perform an 'intergalactic odyssey'.The 'Elephants'...

Plaudits for educators

FIFTEEN early childhood educators have been recognised at a playgroup training graduation ceremony at Braybrook Community Centre.The 'supported playgroup facilitators' have been building...

Guiding hands behind the wheel

SIX young residents have earned their probationary driver's licences after completing Maribyrnong Council's Wheels in the West program.Over the past year, the program has...

Water bucket ‘handicap’ for runner

A FOOTSCRAY engineer will run 10 kilometres with a bucket of water to raise money for Engineers Without Borders Australia as part...

Yarraville man charged with shrine offences

POLICE have charged a Yarraville man with putting out the Shrine of Remembrance eternal flame in May.The 36-year-old was charged with theft, criminal damage,...

WRFL: Parkside aiming to reverse the horror of humiliating loss

PARKSIDE is one of the least hyped 10-1 win-ratio sides going around in local football at the minute.The Magpies have played second fiddle to...

TAC Cup: ‘Clear off’ order from coach wins for Jets

A BOLD late move, initially an unpopular one, led to the Western Jets heart-stopping two-point win over Murray Bushrangers in the TAC Cup at...

Magic bites the dust as Gators’ winning streak continues

ALTONA Gators extended their winning streak to five, edging out Hawthorn Magic 78-74 in a Victorian Basketball League Big V women's division 1 nail-biter...

VNL: Rivals vie for grand final face-off

THE west will have two teams to support in the Victorian Netball League championship division finals series, starting on Wednesday night.VU-Western Lightning has joined...

VRU: Footscray aggression not enough

FOOTSCRAY was never allowed to play on its own terms in an 18-8 loss to Melbourne in the Victorian Rugby Union Premier 1 Dewar...

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Volunteers needed Join the Hobsons Bay Community Fund (HBCF) as a committee member to support and strengthen your local community. It is seeking to fill...