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Keeping up with news and viewsWhat a busy fortnight!

The official opening of the Daylesford Police Station, a new tanker for Daylesford Fire Station, the opening of the bowls season, catching up with the newish manager of the Bendigo Bank and checking out a very sustainable house at Spring Hill.

And that was just over a few days.I am sure you will find plenty of news,

views and events to keep you reading this edition of The Local.

And don’t forget to check out the adverts. There are some great offers available, whether you are ready for a spring clean on your property, looking to stock up for the silly season, or just keen to find a great place to unwind.

Maybe it’s time to book your next holiday, find something to keep the kids occupied

during the last week of the holidays, or head to the hills with the Spa Railway crew.

Oh, I’ve had a lot of people asking where they can get their copy of the latest The Local.

So here goes. Drop off points are Daylesford’s Bendigo Bank, Hepburn and Daylesford post offices, Tonna’s, Glenlyon and Hepburn general stores, Daylesford Library, Daylesford Neighbourhood House, The Farmers Arms Hotel and the Radio Springs Hotel.

But why not go to www.dhslocal.com.au and like us on Facebook. Then you’ll automatically get your electronic version.

However you find us, I hope you enjoy this edition of The Local.

Cheers - Donna Kelly (editor)0418 576 513/dhslocal@gmail.com

Again, special thanks to:

Graphic design - Glen Heyne and Kate Buckland

Contributors - Louise Oldfield, Rosie Kelly, Maurice Montgomery

Sub-editing - Nick Bunning and Lindsay Smith

Photography - Louise Oldfield, Paul Laurence, Lisa Gervasoni

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Walk to SchoolHepburn Shire Council will work

with primary schools to promote the 2013 Walk to School, encouraging primary school students to walk to and from school every day during November.

Walk to School raises awareness of the need for children to make walking part of their daily routine to improve fitness, friendships, the environment and their confidence.

Children can keep track of their walks, with the help of a parent or teacher, using the Walk to School website and app.

Women’s Honour Roll Nominations for the 2014 Hepburn

Shire Women’s Honour Roll are open. The Hepburn Shire Women’s

Honour Roll was launched in 2005 on International Women’s Day and is open to women of any age and from any field of endeavour. Nominations close on October 25. Details: mcollett@hepburn.vic.gov.au or 5348 2306.

Library use on the riseMemberships are on the rise at

Hepburn Shire Council libraries, which now have 5154 active members – 36 per cent of the shire’s population.

During the 2012/2013 financial year the libraries saw increases in loans – 15.3 per cent, visits – 26.7 per cent, collection size – 11 per cent and memberships – 4.6 per cent. Stock has also increased by 14 per cent.

Win for OurSayOurSay and Hepburn Shire Council

have been awarded the 2013 IAP2 Australasian Core Values Awards, Victorian Project of the Year category, for “What’s the Big Idea?”.

The council partnered online with OurSay to create more community participation during the development of the Council Plan 2013-17. A total of 264 ideas were received from 687 participants.

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DAGS welcome MAGSPASSIONATE Saints supporter Sandy Breen has been an “Angel” for 25 years.

The Melbourne Angels Group is the fundraising arm of the St Kilda Football Club and formed in late 1980s raising money through a membership base of more than 150 in Melbourne along with working a roster system to provide healthy meals for the Saints players at training sessions.

Sandy said since moving to Daylesford about four years ago she had met so many dyed-in-the-wool St Kilda fanatics like herself that she decided to set up the Daylesford Angels Group, known as the DAGS , this year.

Last week the DAGS welcomed 41 MAGS to their Daylesford homeground, with a lunch at the Daylesford Hotel. To join the DAGS contact Sandy on 0419 880 220.

From left, Emma Cole, Melbourne Angels Group president Barbara Datson, Sandy Breen, Mari Gruer, Carol Glorfeld and Debbie Moses.

Wombat Forestcare calls for fire reviewWOMBAT Forestcare has asked for an urgent review of planned burns under the draft Midlands Fire Operations Plan 2013 – 2016.

In its submission, the group has said that it calculates that in about six years more than 10 per cent annually of the Wombat State Forest and the Hepburn Regional Park “will or has been burnt in the Planned Burn Program”.

“Wombat Forestcare acknowledges the importance of planned burns in the Wombat Forest, however the scale of the burns in the draft Fire Operations Plan urgently needs to be reconsidered.

“The Wombat Forest supports a range of endangered flora, fauna and vegetation classes as well as a number of regionally significant species. All these are put at risk by excessive fuel reduction burns.”

A Department of Environment and Primary Industry spokesperson said the department took stakeholder and community feedback and concerns into account when developing the plan.

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Jason Waterhouse and The Stockroom. This article first appeared in ArtsAtlas - www.artsatlas.com.au

Lucky enough to fall into his passionJASON Waterhouse says he was the “typical arty kid at school” but had no idea where his life would lead.

After finishing high school he says he was “lucky enough” to fall into a course that was his passion.

The first was a Bachelor of Fine Art (Sculpture) at Monash University – followed by a Bachelor of Fine Art (Sculpture-Honours) at the Victorian College of the Arts – and he’s never looked back.

His accolades include the prestigious Moreland Sculpture Prize and the Sculpture by the Sea Young Sculptor’s Prize along with being a finalist in the Helen Lempriere Sculpture Prize, the Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture and the McClelland Sculpture Prize.

And along with his own work, he and partner Magali Gentric, have opened The Stockroom in Kyneton’s iconic Piper Street, 1000 square metres of retail and exhibition space, to help profile other artists with regular exhibitions and events

“We showcase about 150 artists here, the impetus being that we really wanted to create a vibrant and contemporary platform for

artists and makers to show off their stuff,” he said.

Sculpting for 18 years, Jason is reluctant to name a favourite piece of work. That choice, he says, belongs to the public.

“It’s a really tricky question,” he said.“The most exciting thing for me is

coming up with the concept and the idea - that’s what really gets me fired up.

“So when I am asked what’s my favourite piece I am going to leave that to the public.

“(But) certainly, the pieces that have been responded to the best are a series I did at Federation Square, the Federation Square Skateboard Series, and the Glory Days Kingswood.”

Jason said once a piece was finished it

was important to allow it out into the public domain where it could “breathe”.

“When I show a work, obviously at that point the work is received into the public sphere and it’s no longer mine,” he said.

“People can read into the work as they please, it’s really important I allow the work to breathe and allow people to come to their own conclusions about what they love about the work.

“For me it’s just really important it resonates with the general public, so not necessarily the initiated artist, not necessarily the person who has the art degree.

“What really gets me fired me up is when someone, who doesn’t necessarily go into art spaces on a regular basis, really loves the work and that’s what’s really important.

“That’s what I hope people get from it, an unexpected response more than a very deep philosophical idea.

“So if someone sees a work and goes ‘man that’s really cool’ and they have never even walked into a contemporary art space but happen to see it in a public show that I’m in, then, that for me, is the best response.

“To get that interaction.”

“That’s what I hope people get from it, an unexpected response

more than a very deep philosophical idea.”

News 5

U3A Hepburn ShireAnnual General Meeting 2013

Thursday 3 October10am for 10.30am

Senior Citizens’ Centre, rear of Town Hall,Daylesford

Well-known actor and Ambassador for Ageing, Noeline Brown, will be the guest speaker and an election will be held for

office bearers for the following 12 months.A light lunch will be served. Everyone is welcome.

Further information contact Di Bretherton 5348 1232 or dibretherton@bigpond.com

New police station officially openedTHE Daylesford Police Station was officially opened last Thursday by Police and Emergency Services Minister Kim Wells.

Mr Wells said the $2 million station, in Vincent Street, would support an increased demand for police services with Daylesford experiencing a steady rise in population and tourism numbers.

Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Tim Cartwright gave a brief talk about the history of policing in Daylesford saying the first police barracks were built in Camp Street in 1854.

A “proper” station was built on the same site in 1858, with mounted police carrying out visits to mine sites, followed by a lock-up and courthouse in 1860.

The Vincent Street station is staffed by a sergeant and seven senior constables with the capacity to house up to 14 police members, Deputy Commissioner Cartwright said.

Meanwhile, Mr Wells also called into the Daylesford Fire Station last Wednesday for a sneak peek at its new $335,000 tanker.

He said while Daylesford was a popular destination the region also had significant fire risks “due to the rough terrain and forests”.

“This tanker will significantly increase the brigade’s ability to protect both visitors and locals,” he said.

The tanker is a Hino truck modified for Australian fire fighting conditions. Its water capacity is 2350 litres with 650 litres set aside for crew protection.

The tanker has a deluge system which, in an emergency, sprays water through mounted spray heads over the entire truck. The cab windows all have roll down reflective screens and a heavy woollen blanket is provided for each crew member.

Daylesford Sergeant Andrew Guiney accepts the Australian flag from Ballarat MP Catherine King

Police and Emergency Services Minister Kim Wells with Daylesford Fire Brigade captain David Walker

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News 7

INCOMING Hepburn Football Netball Club president Jason Dooley, and indeed the whole committee, always knew the senior football team could win this year’s premiership.

“It just took three-quarters of the year to come together,” he said last week.

And when the siren finally sounded on September 14, with Hepburn just nine points ahead of Buninyong, 16.10-106 to 14.13-97, Mr Dooley agrees it took a little while to believe it.

“It was nailbiting but we knew that whichever way it went, the boys had done us proud,” he said.

Mr Dooley said it was about Round 15 when the team took a “flogging” from Buninyong on Hepburn’s home ground.

“I think that was what spurred them into action. It was probably the flogging we needed to have.”

From there, Hepburn took the lead with some gutsy wins and was also lucky enough to find themselves in the fourth spot for the finals – giving them a “double chance” at a preliminary final.

They were up against Buninyong again, who had gone the year undefeated but were facing their own mental demons, and Hepburn had “nothing to lose”.

“We played a fantastic game that day and really beat them through just keeping the pressure on,” Mr Dooley said.

“And winning that game gave us the week off and put us straight into the preliminary final.

“That meant that the two top teams would play off, Buninyong and Waubra, and it was then up to Hepburn, Bungaree and Daylesford.

As history shows, Bungaree won against Daylesford, and then lost to Hepburn – “and it was into the grand final”.

“We went into the grand final with confidence and the attitude that if we gave it our best, and that was not good enough, then it was not meant to be. But we were confident that the ground suited us and over the last quarter we were just younger and fitter.

Great year for Hepburn Football Netball

“But when the siren went I still thought there were a couple of minutes to go at least.”

Mr Dooley said the win meant everything to the club, along with the Hepburn C Grade netballers, above, also taking out their grand final.

“It’s great for the younger ones coming up to see the senior side do that stuff – we had some kids just up from the juniors in the side, Tom Conroy and Finn Anscombe and 10 players under 21 in the team. “Once the side started to play to coach’s instructions and believe in themselves and each other, we knew they would be hard to beat.”

Hepburn C Grade Netball team - back row - Jess Volf, Bianca Ford, Fiona Torrance, Tracy Howard, Kristi Pedretti, Courtney Wetzel and Gary Cooke (coach), front row - Tania Grant (captain), Ebony Torrance, Krissy Liversidge and Laiken Yanner

Hepburn C Grade Netball win “a really special moment”

The Grand Final win, on September 14, was a first for the Hepburn C Grade netballers.

Coach Gary Cooke said some of the women had been playing together since they were just eight years old.

“In the dying minutes, when they realised they had won, some of them were crying while they were out there playing,” he said.

Mr Cooke said the team totally deserved the win.

“They were completely committed and dedicated. They all trained every week for 21 weeks towards that one game.

“And for the C Grade team, training is optional but they showed up every week.

“It’s an example of what a committed bunch of people can do.”

Mr Cooke said at third quarter time it was anyone’s game.

“They were only two goals up then and I just reminded them that it was in their hands, nobody else could help them, and this was what we had been working towards.

“And they pulled it together. They just did it for themselves.

“It was a really special moment.”

BLOODY telecommunication companies.Well, OK, I guess there must be some that are good. Maybe.Anyway, a neighbour popped over last night. An elderly

neighbour. Pensioner, 77, doing no harm to anyone.He was holding a Telstra bill. And it was odd. Loads of local

calls, just 20 cents each, but they added up to $20. Not much perhaps, but to someone who has to watch their income, $20 can mean a bit.

My neighbour, who had naturally already been into town to pay the bill, wondered if I had any idea what was going on.

“I just don’t call that many people,” he said.“And I don’t even know most of the numbers.”So I said I would call Telstra. “No,” he said. “I don’t want to

cause any problems for you.”“No problem,” I said. “She likes a stoush,” my husband added.

Mmm. Maybe.So I got through to a very nice man, who

sounded a little Asian, and he said he was just retrieving my details.

“That won’t help,” I said. “I’m calling on behalf of an elderly neighbour, a gentleman.”

So I told the nice man my neighbour’s phone number and then handed over the phone so the neighbour could confirm he was happy for me to talk on his behalf.

So I did. And the nice man carefully explained to me that the calls were all legitimately billed. And I carefully explained that Telstra might think that, but I didn’t.

And the nice man asked if my neighbour lived alone and then explained that even though, yes, he did, perhaps someone else was making calls from his home.

And I explained that I lived over the road and could see if anyone was in the house, and they weren’t, only my neighbour.

And the nice man said he couldn’t help. And I explained that was fine and I would help my neighbour find a more helpful telecommunications company, and I would take the bill to the media.

And then the nice man asked what my neighbour felt was fair treatment. And we decided that $20 off the next bill would make everyone feel a bit better about life.

So the nice man said he would do that. And then he said “just understand that this is the first and last time that we will make an adjustment”.

And then I found a really high horse and jumped on.“I understand this was the first time but do not ever tell me this

is the last time. Because I will be damned if I sit back and let my elderly neighbour cop an unfair bill,” I said, not so nicely.

“So be warned that in three months if this happens again, I will call again, and I just hope that it’s not you that picks up that time.”

“I do too,” the nice man said.And then he asked if he could help with anything else and

thanked me for calling him. And we all felt a bit better.

AT LAST spring has sprung and the sunshine is starting to stimulate the pituitary gland.

The gland is a cluster of nerves, the size of a pea, in the skull, just behind the bridge of the nose. But I have gone off on a medical tangent. What I am trying to get to is Seasonal Affective Disorder, AKA SAD, a type of depression, which is a debilitating problem that interferes with the quality of life of thousands of people, especially during the late autumn, winter and early spring.

This phenomena makes folks crave for carbs, sleep excessively and hanker for warmer climes. And my point is that, as seen in the last edition of The Local, at least two of our community escaped this year to the old USA’s summer season while the rest of us shivered it out.

The term “fair weather friends” comes to mind but that’s just sour grapes. Good on you Doug and Lyn Strates - it sounds like a great adventure and I am glad you’re back safe and ready for the barbecue, beer and tennis season.

Doug and Lyn’s inspiring adventure has had a lot of talk around the town with many thinking about a 2014 winter escape.

And there are many people who intend to take a good portion of next year’s winter parked under a shady palm reading The Local’s on-line editions. Who will look after the tourists?

But if anyone knows someone up north who wants to enjoy the region’s winter, and needs a house for a month or so, please let me know. The USA might be a little beyond the budget but I would be very happy to do a swap. I’ll even throw in the firewood.

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10 Community eventsSmeaton’s 175th Anniversary Celebrations - Saturday, October 5 and Sunday, October 6. Details: cosgravefamily@bigpond.com or http://facebook: Friends of Smeaton. Held at Smeaton.

Bangladeshi Cooking Class - Saturday, October 5 – 2pm-4pm - How to prepare a Bangladeshi feast. Details: Rizwana on 5423 9272 or 0438 177 583. Held at Glenlyon Shire Hall.

Bangladeshi Feast - Saturday, October 5 – 6.30pm – A fundraising dinner to help 70 children in the Rahela Salahuddin Welfare Centre in Bangladesh. Bookings: Joy on 5348 7542. Held at Glenlyon Shire Hall.

Seniors’ Lunch - Friday, October 11 – noon to 2pm – Trentham Neighbourhood Centre is hosting the annual Seniors’ Lunch. Details: Victoria Wells on 5424 1354 or manager@trenthamnc.org.au

Daylesford Folk Blues Festival 2013 - Saturday, October 12 – 11am-11pm. Details: Vanessa Craven on 0408 994 393 or http://daylesfordfolkbluesfest.com

Swiss Italian Festa - Wednesday, October 30 – Sunday, November 3. Details: http://swissitalianfesta.com Held throughout Hepburn Shire.

“Born in Creswick - made their name elsewhere” - September 21 to January 19 – 11am-3.30pm. Details: creswickmuseum.org.au

Daylesford Art Show photography judging – October 31. Details: Sharon Nicholson on 5348 7561.

Support Small Business Day - Saturday, October 19. Details: www.supportsmallbusinessday.com.au

Got a community event happening? Email us at dhslocal@gmail.

DAYLESFORD Bowling Club opened its greens for the season last weekend.

Men’s club champion Rod Callahan rolled the first bowl followed by ladies’ runner-up Dot Bull, filling in for Lois Voterakis, and rolling the kitty. Then 39 players took to the greens for the afternoon.

Pennant starts on October 5 and midweek bowls starts on October 7. Secretary Joan Field said the club was always looking for new players with an age range from 15 to 95 years.

Vice president Maureen Tate, president Christine Mellis and secretary Joan Field get ready for a roll.

New season for bowls

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Spending time wandering the weekendsTHERE’S always something to do on the weekends in this fabulous region.

Whether that’s taking time out to visit the Daylesford Farmers’ Market, on again this Saturday, October 5, or the Glenlyon and District Restorers and Collectors Society swap meet, held at Glenlyon Reserve last Saturday. If you missed out there’s another two-day rally planned for November 23 and 24.

Clockwise from bottom left: Chrysler enthusiaist Ted Francome checks out a Valiant at Glenlyon; Daylesford Rotarians Danny Moynihan with Karen and Warren Maloney at the market; and Debbie O’Toole offers up honey, also at the market.

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Community bank just a natural fitSTEVEN McKinley absolutely loves Daylesford.

Which is a good thing, seeing he is the newish manager of the Bendigo Bank branch.

Mr McKinley left Darwin in January, where he was working for the bank’s Northern Territory’s corporate office, to take up the role at Daylesford.

He said he remembered visiting Daylesford years earlier and thought of it then as “a magical place”.

“Years ago I had heard rumours that it was a dying town but I saw that the community had rallied together and created such an amazing revitalisation,” he said.

Mr McKinley said the idea of a working for a community bank “just seemed a natural fit”.

“It was actually a pretty brave move to go from a corporate environment to a community bank but it seemed right,” he said.

“And it’s a long term plan. Almost a wind-down. I could see myself doing this into my 70s, it just gives me complete satisfaction.”

Mr McKinley said he felt the bank had been embraced by the community, but while it already had a very strong presence in the town, he wanted to provide an even bigger community service.

“But to do that we need to be a community bank as well. We need the support because we are a business. And businesses and people are slowly getting on board.

“Also I want the focus of my bank to be a viable alternative to the other banks – and a first choice bank.

“We are more personal and I think we get it. In terms of service we offer bigger and better. We are much more grass roots style.”

Mr McKinley said the branch, which opened on April 17 last year, had so far given $28,000 to community groups with a community consultation day to be held on December 5.

Daylesford Bendigo Bank branch manager Steven McKinley

Poodle playThere was plenty of school holiday fun at the Daylesford Library last week.

And six-year-old Anouk found herself caught up in the act, holding a colourful poodle, when she volunteered at Circus Dogs.

Wet, wonderful walk: Daylesford Bushwalking Group was off to a flying start into Cobblers Gully, where 20 walkers took to the challenge of mud, soggy ground and slippery hills. On to Bryces Flat, where the river was in fine form, and then we continued on to Tipperary Springs. Walks leave from the Daylesford Neighbourhood Centre at 9am each Friday.

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Sustainability tour around Trentham

THERE are vegies growing in the backyard of the mud brick house, free range chooks wandering happily, solar panels on the roofs, a mini windmill on the garden shed and the start of an aquaponics system by the fence.

So there’s no doubt that Spring Hill’s Di and Alvin Clausen, pictured in their backyard above, are into sustainability.

The couple’s home is one of four sharing their secrets to reducing their carbon footprint as part of the Trentham Sustainability Group’s Sustainable House Tour on Saturday, October 12.

The Clausens moved to their six and a half acres in Spring Hill in late 2009. They had lived through the Marysville fires but lost everything. And decided they couldn’t rebuild.

The mud brick house was already there, just one year old, when they arrived but there have been many additions.

Solar panels – which have generated 7000 kilowatt-hours in two years - cover the front roof, windows have been double glazed, others open to provide cross ventilation, and a heat transfer system above the Ned Kelly uses a fan and ducts to send warmth from the lounge to the bedrooms.

There are even French chandeliers with Australian energy saving bulbs.

Outside, the rich soil – topped with alpaca manure - grows pretty much anything, there are three dams including one spring-

fed, a garden shed has a solar panel and windmill which will top up batteries inside and can keep the house running for 12 hours in case of a blackout, and then there’s the almost completed aquaponics system which will be a handy hothouse for plants like tomatoes.

A solar hot water system is the “last step” for the couple’s sustainability ambitions.

Mr Clausen, who has a background in electronics, said he and Di first became involved in sustainability while living in the Clare Valley.

Living on 80 acres they converted their family home into a bed and breakfast after their three children moved away.

It was awarded the first Green Building Council of Australia 5 Star Green Star rating for a property of its type in 2002. Along with the first 5 Star for the Clare Valley.

Ms Clausen, a former home economics teacher for 35 years, said getting involved in the bus tour was their way of helping people understand it was possible to retrofit a sustainable home.

“A lot of people are building sustainably but not many people retrofit,” she said.

“People need to know what they can do.“And if we had built a sustainable home it wouldn’t be much

different to what we have now.”

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The Gig Guide!Rory Ellis puts the “alt” back into alternative country music.

Rory Ellis has six internationally acclaimed albums and performs songs that are honed in hard miles, often upbeat, heartfelt, humorous, and always with a great story behind them.

Having worked in various Melbourne acts since 1989, Rory started his solo acoustic journey in 1998, working the bars and festivals around Australia.

Rory will be playing at The Old Hepburn Hotel on Sunday, October 6 from 4pm. Cost: $10.

Radio Springs Hotel, Lyonville

Sunday, October 6 - Miss Gillian Eastoe & Mr Terry Murray - lunch

Saturday, October 5 - Mr Scott on piano - lunch

Lucky Strike, Clunes

Saturday, October 12 - Broderick Smith - Dinner Show

Friday, October 18 - Paris Payne & Jack Pantazis – Jazz - 7pm

The Old Hepburn Hotel, Hepburn

Sunday, October 6 - Rory Ellis - $10 door – 4pm

Sunday, October 13 - Liz Stringer $15 door - 4pm.

Savoia Hotel, Hepburn

Saturday, October 5 - Gussy & the Barn Cats - 9pm ‘til late.

Saturday, October 12 - Whiskey - 9pm ‘til late.

Glenlyon General Store, Glenlyon

Friday, October 4 - Sarah Wilkinson - 6-8pm

Friday, October 11 - Gussy & the Barn Cats - 6-8pm.

Chaplin’s of Trentham

Sunday, October 6 - Paris Payne and Jack Pantazis- 12.30pm

Cosmopolitan Hotel, Trentham

Sunday, October 6 - Rex Watts & Mick Ahearne - 1pm

Sunday, October 13 - Jarrod Shaw - 1pm

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Bel Gold proving lucky for pub syndicate20 Sport

Miranda, Ava, Claire Levine, Sally Nance, Toby Towell and Neil Dyer with Bel Gold.

A syndicate from The Farmers Arms Hotel has bought shares in race horse, Bel Gold.

And the four-year-old is already proving lucky, with a recent win at Benalla over 1400 metres.

The group includes pub owners Claire Levine and Suzanne Devine along with Toby Towell, Jeff Thornycroft, Trish Power, Siobhan McHale, Kieran Prendergast, Rodney Peacock, Francois Armstrong and Guillermo Orselli.

Bel Gold is being stabled at Neil Dyer Racing in Kyneton.

Ms Levine said the syndicate formed in May although they had been “talking about it for ages”.

Sally Nance, Mr Towell’s partner, said the idea was to have fun and enjoy some country race days.

Mr Dyer, who is also a part-owner, said Bel Gold had won a total of three races from 16 starts clocking up just over $40,000.

“He’s always been a bit fragile but we have finally got there and he is now trouble free. The next step is probably to move up to 1600 metres,” he said.

Tinetti off to India for Lawyers Cricket World Cup

Adrian Tinetti, who started playing cricket with Hepburn Cricket Club at the age of just 12, is off to India to play for Australia in the 2013 Lawyers Cricket World Cup.

His team will compete against others from Commonwealth countries including England, the West Indies, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Mr Tinetti, who practices law in Ballarat at the University of Ballarat and with the Central Highlands Community Legal Centre, played two years ago for Australia at the last World Cup in Barbados. Back home he plays for Ballarat East with the Ballarat Cricket Association.

The first game in India is on October 14 with the final played on October 22.

Daylesford Junior Football Club

Daylesford Junior Football Club will hold its annual meeting at the Daylesford Bowling Club on Monday, November 18 from 7pm.