Thursday, 20 September 2018

 Mr D O’BRIEN (Gippsland South) (09:54): Spring means footy finals time, and clubs in the Gippsland South electorate have been dominant over the past two weeks. I wish to congratulate Yarram Football Netball Club on its maiden North Gippsland Football Netball League senior premiership last weekend. The Demons have been strongly competitive since entering the league from the Alberton league in 2014 and, after losing last year’s grand final, made amends this year with a strong win over Churchill. Yarram also won the reserves, while Rosedale won the A-grade netball. Congratulations to all clubs.

In the Ellinbank league Nyora was the stand-out team all season but looked in trouble in the low-scoring grand final against Longwarry before steadying the ship to record a 4-point win. Well done to all at the Saints on a fantastic season.

This weekend is the culmination of the Gippsland League, and my team, Leongatha, will meet the member for Gippsland East’s Maffra in the big dance for the third successive year. The score is one-all, so good luck to the Parrots this weekend.