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Pets ‘targeted’ in thefts

Be ready for council’s axe, say residents

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Thefts scare for dog owners

Keeping them safe: Ferntree Gully resident Jess Allan, pictured with her dog Molly, started a Facebookpage about dog thefts in Knox. Picture: Gary Sissons

BY TARA McGRATH

DOG owners in Knox have banded togetheron Facebook to highlight concerns the area isbeing targeted by dog thieves.

Ferntree Gully resident Jess Allan started theFacebook page ‘Knox Dog Watch’ to raiseawareness about dog thefts after the disap-pearance of her dog, Molly, a Staffordshire-Labrador cross.

‘‘I thought our backyard was quite safe, con-sidering the back gate was padlocked shut andwas further reinforced by a large 25-kilogramstone boulder at the base of the gate to stop thedog from digging out,’’ she said. ‘‘But when wearrived home, the boulder and padlock werediscarded and our dog was missing.’’

The dog was eventually found but Mrs Allanwas certain it was stolen. ‘‘I think it wasdumped because they realised it isn’t a pureStaffie and is also half-Lab,’’ she said.

The concerns of Mrs Allan and others on theFacebook page followed reports in March thata number of dogs had been stolen in the west-ern suburbs to be used as bait in illegal dogfights or for breeding on puppy farms.

Mrs Allan said she was told by two veterin-ary clinics they had noticed an increase in dogthefts across Knox, particularly of Stafford-shire terriers.

Feedback from the Facebook page foundthat residents had witnessed peculiar beha-viour in the lead-up to the thefts, including carsor van parking in streets and the occupantswatching properties.

‘‘Others have reported noises in their yardslate at night and early in the morning. I’m notsure if it’s a case of these events leading peopleto become paranoid, or if it is genuinely thievesputting in a bit of ‘ground work’, so to speak,’’she said.

Mrs Allan wants dog owners across Knox toremain vigilant and keep their eyes open forany strange behaviour outside homes.

Knox Council’s city development directorAngelo Kourambas said he was aware of peo-ple reporting dog thefts occasionally but policewere responsible for investigating thefts.

Senior Sergeant John Hess of Knox policesaid no reports had been received of a series ofdog thefts recently.

‘‘But people should report it if they thinktheir dog has been stolen. A theft is a theft, ifproperty is taken — and a dog is someone’sproperty — it is a theft,’’ he said.

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Last gum standing: Residents Anne Fairbanks, StuartParry, Natalie Lawrence and Andrea Tabet with the one

spotted gum that survived the initial cull in LakesideBoulevard, saved temporarily by a resident’s habit ofparking directly alongside. Picture: Rob Carew

BY TARA McGRATH

A CONTROVERSIAL tree removal program isover for another year but protesters have urgednext year’s affected residents to continue thefight against Knox Council.

Spotted gums trees along Lakeside Boulevardin Rowville were the final lot to be felled lastweek as part of this year’s bulk street treereplacement program.

However, one tree remained on the nowbarren streetscape because the owner of a red carcontinually parked directly adjacent to the tree,making it impossible for contractors tomanoeuvre around the vehicle.

That tree was expected to be felled this week.Tree activist Natalie Lawrence — who was

involved in the campaign to cease the programearlier this year — said watching the trees beingchopped down was painful.

‘‘I have been devastated, it’s awful — the streetis so barren. I have watched several trees godown and I don’t know how anyone can say it’snot environmental vandalism,’’ she said.

The council’s engineering and infrastructuredirector Ian Bell said the program was now at thereplacement planting stage for this financial year.

‘‘Replacement planting will begin in two

weeks time and will take approximately eightweeks to complete,’’ Dr Bell said.

Rowville resident Stuart Parry conceded thatprotesters were able to find a ‘‘little silver liningamid the overwhelming loss’’ this year.

He said the council’s decision to retain treesthat were not next to residential properties savedup to 90 trees in parkland off LakesideBoulevard.

‘‘We managed to do something. If we hadn’t,the council would have just cut them down.’’

However, he said that demonstrated that theprogram was a ‘‘whole knee-jerk reaction forinsurance’’.

Mr Parry urged residents in earmarked streetsnext year to speak up about their concerns.

‘‘Don’t believe the signs saying bulk treereplacement, it’s all felling. Just straight up, let’skill some trees.’’

Hawks still battleto use Eildon ovalROWVILLE Hawks Junior Football Club isrefusing to take its ousting from the Eildon Parkoval lying down.

Club president Darren Humphries last weekpleaded his case to Knox’s mayor and chiefexecutive that the juniors’ reassignment to Car-rington Park, where another junior club isalready based, would place too much strain onthe ground.

Rowville Hawks juniors were moved fromEildon Park after its affiliation with RowvilleFootball Club dissolved last year.

Humphries said Carrington Park was ill-equipped to cope with the extra traffic his clubwould bring, and the club’s second option,Benedict Reserve, was already fully utilised.

‘‘We don’t want to impose ourselves on the(Carrington Park-based) Scoresby Juniors.There are limited facilities and Benedict Reserveis maxed out. We’ve asked for an alternate facil-ity to use, one is Eildon Park.’’

Humphries has been involved in a bitter dis-pute with the administration of Rowville Foot-ball Club, which is fielding its own junior teamthis year, at Eildon Park.

He said he was still hopeful of accessing Eil-don Park following the meeting. A decision wasadjourned for four weeks. — Tara McGrath

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RSL and veterans: there’s aBY TARA McGRATH

Making amends: On Anzac Day,war veterans NoelMcLean and Michael McMillan will remember theunder-recognised sacrifices of merchant seamen

and Korean War servicemen.Picture: Rob Carew

AS the sun rises this Anzac Day, the fate ofmerchant sailors and Korean War veteranswill be at the forefront of Michael McMillan’smind.

To the Croydon South resident, they con-tinue to be the forgotten victims of Australia’slong war history, and the veterans that theRSL ignored for decades.

A veteran of the Vietnam War who wasconscripted to the army at the age of 20, MrMcMillan also struggled to be accepted byolder veterans upon his return.

When he returned to Melbourne in 1970,the former 7th Battalion soldier found theRingwood RSL an unwelcoming place.

‘‘I probably didn’t go into the RSL for fouryears because each time they would say, ‘whosigned you in?’, and then I would come in thenext day and they would ask again.

‘‘I would say, ‘I told you yesterday, I am areturned serviceman’,’’ he said.

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‘You go to an RSL these days and meet an Afghan or Iraqveteran and everyone goes up and speaks to them, justmakes them really welcome.’ — Michael McMillan

But now, as a Bayswater RSL member, MrMcMillan and fellow serviceman NoelMcLean — a navy veteran who served on theconverted aircraft carrier and troop transportHMAS Sydney and HMAS Yarra — say theyare determined not to make the samemistakes as their predecessors.

‘‘Apparently, the World War Two veterans

had the same reception from World War Onevets, so it’s carried on through the decades. Itwas their club and it was very popular inthose days and they didn’t want a lot of youngpeople around the place,’’ Mr McLean, ofBayswater, said.

Young veterans are not yet commonly seenaround RSLs — because many still work asservicemen — but they are more welcometoday.

‘‘You go to an RSL these days and meet anAfghan or Iraq veteran and everyone goes upand speaks to them, just makes them reallywelcome,’’ Mr McMillan said.

Both men have witnessed the resurgence inthe numbers of people attending servicesmarking Anzac Day.

Bayswater RSL has about 200 members —63 are ex-servicemen — and draws about 400people to its Anzac Day dawn ceremony.

‘‘I think it’s because a lot of young peopleare backpacking through Gallipoli now and

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Mr McMillan said being a member of anRSL created friendships ‘‘that you could neverbuy — attitudes have changed now, otherveterans will not suffer the same fate’’.

Bayswater RSL will host an Anzac Dayservice from 5.45am on Thursday followedby breakfast at 626 Mountain Highway,Bayswater. Details: Noel, 9729 2701 or0415 343 516.

■ A Vietnam veteran reflects: see page 14.


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On the prowl to helpkeep Knox cleaner

Careful watch: Knox local laws officer Stephen Martonyi, Constable Matt Fleming, Neal Leb and Knoxcommunity safety officer Di Ovens keep an eye on the streets of Boronia. Picture: Rob Carew.

BY TARA McGRATH

POLICE patrolled Boronia streets last week in aneffort to rid the area of rubbish and nuisancebehaviour.

Operation Clean-Up was a two-day operationrun in conjunction with Knox Council’s locallaws officers targeting litterers, public drinkersand unruly behaviour in Boronia’s public places.

Boronia police used newly-installed CCTVcameras to nab several people for drinking in apublic place, Acting Sergeant Neal Leb said.

The operation also focused on talking to shopowners about their responsibilities to ensure thepavement at the front of their shops was kepttidy.

‘‘Especially around cafes, shops with seatingareas and fast food shops, we talked about main-taining the amenity. They can’t just let clients sitthere and not tidy up,’’ Acting Sergeant Leb said.

Shops selling spray paint and knives were alsoreminded that selling those items to a minor wasan offence.

A Mandarin and Vietnamese interpreter

accompanied the officers during the operation.‘‘It made some of the shop owners feel more com-fortable and we were able to tell them how toreport thefts because many were unaware,’’ Act-ing Sergeant Lebb said.

The CCTV cameras at Boronia railwaystation, Dorset Square, Dorset Road and BoroniaJunction were heavily utilised throughout theoperation. The cameras were installed in Decem-ber last year and Acting Sergeant Leb said theyhad assisted in solving several crimes across thesuburb.

Police were recently able to act on reports ofsuspicious behaviour in a McDonald’s car parkbecause the cameras showed the offenderssiphoning petrol from cars.

‘‘It ensures a timely response. It is in the watch-house, so we’re able to watch it and relay inform-ation to units attending incidents,’’ ActingSergeant Lebb said. ‘‘If an incident has beencalled in and the offender moves, we can let theunit know, rather than them having to search.’’

It was the first operation Boronia police hadconducted with the council’s local laws officers.


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One of many: Ecotech worker Nicholas Dal Sasso meets Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten and RupertEvans in Knoxfield last week. Picture: Wayne Hawkins

BY TARA McGRATH

WITH less than five months until the federalelection, Knox residents should brace themselvesfor a flurry of big-name politicians flooding thearea.

Knox takes in two of the country’s most mar-ginal seats, La Trobe and Aston, and both majorpolitical parties will be fighting hard to retaintheir hold on the area.

Despite predicting a landslide victory for thecoalition in September, Monash University’ssenior politics lecturer Nick Economou saidpolitical campaigns from both sides of politicswould be fierce.

‘‘Marginal seats are where they go to cam-paign, predominantly,’’ he said.

‘‘As a result of compulsory voting, they won’tgo to safe seats and waste time or money ontraditional supporters. They’ll focus on tradi-tionally marginal seats.’’

Dr Economou warned the result may be inevit-able in marginal seats.

‘‘If Labor holds a marginal seat, they will be

swept away no matter what they do,’’ he said.‘‘But an MP in a marginal Labor seat couldn’t

be blamed if they lost their seat this year,because people identify with the party and theleader.’’

Several Labor ministers visited suburbs inKnox last week before a community cabinetsession in Ringwood.

Meanwhile shadow communications ministerMalcolm Turnbull visited Rowville yesterday todiscuss broadband technology.

Endorsed Labor candidate Rupert Evans willtake on Aston Liberal MP Alan Tudge andformer La Trobe MP Jason Wood will try to winback his seat from Labor’s Laura Smyth.

Mr Tudge holds Aston by just 0.7 per centafter redistribution and Ms Smyth has a 1.7 percent hold on La Trobe.

‘‘If a seat is held by 5 per cent or less, voters canexpect lots of pamphlets, candidates to be regu-larly at public places like railway stations.

‘‘You won’t be safe on weekends either becausepolitical parties will visit shopping centres, oftenwith party leaders,’’ Dr Economou said.

Mr Tudge said he had been ‘‘out and about’’ inthe electorate every week since being elected in2010 and this would continue until polling day

Ms Smyth said she regularly visited com-munity organisations, communities and variousstreets in the electorate.

‘‘La Trobe is a seat that Labor had not held for20 years.

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The Knox Grand Prix is only daysaway , with the mayor KarinOrpen saying the free event will

be a spectacular show full of determin-ation, ingenuity and — most of all —fun.

To be held this weekend in the rearcar park of Westfield Knox, as well asthe rear council car park, the grandprix is an event the people of Knoxwon’t want to miss.

“More than 100 hybrid or human-powered vehicles will be raced atspeeds in excess of 60km/h bycompetitors of all age,” Cr Orpensaid.

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“It will be a race to the finish, butalso a great chance for students andadults to test vehicles they have builtor modified themselves.”

Cr Orpen said the two-day eventwould comprise vehicle and safetychecks on the Saturday, with the bigrace on Sunday open to the public.

Participants will compete in agecategories for some great prizes.

“The Knox Grand Prix will be agreat competition for participants —particularly local students who haveput so much effort into getting thesecars ready — but it’s also sure to be ahit with the whole community,”CrOrpen said.

“I know I’m personally lookingforward to the big race.”


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Peter Godfrey was proud to serve Australia, to stop the spread of Communism. ‘‘We were brainwashed,’’ hesays. Picture: Daryl Gordon

Nightmare on civvy streetSoldiers are trained to kill . . . then expected to settle back into ordinary life as though nothing has changed. CATHERINE WATSON talks to a

veteran who spent 25 years trying to forget the past, before it all came back.

‘Us men, we’re brave andstrong, we don’t cry. We geton with the job, but whenwe come home we’re stillwired to kill.’ — Peter Godfrey

PETER Godfrey sat at home one day with abottle of whisky and a knife, weighing uplife and death. He wasn’t crazy. He wasn’t

even depressed. He just felt desperately tired ofbeing alive.

He chose to carry on, but many of his armymates chose differently. In 40 years, he knows ofat least eight who killed themselves. It startednine months after they returned from Vietnam.Many more followed in the 1980s and 90s.

Now he’s thinking of the boys coming backfrom Iraq and Afghanistan. ‘‘Us men, we’re braveand strong, we don’t cry,’’ he says, although hiseyes are glistening as he talks about them. ‘‘Weget on with the job, but when we come homewe’re still wired to kill.’’

There will be breakdowns and suicides, he pre-dicts, and heartbreak for partners and familiesand communities. Returned soldiers are a tickingtime bomb.

He should know. Twenty-five years after hereturned from Vietnam, he ended up in a psychi-atric ward in the Repatriation Hospital. His wifeDiane picked up the pieces. ‘‘She had to lookafter the house, the family and her own hus-band,’’ he says. ‘‘I don’t know how she stuck it.’’

It took the doctors, nurses and psychiatristsyears to put him back together again. Two yearsof intensive psychotherapy, 15 years of coun-selling. It’s 18 months since he’s had to see hispsychiatrist but it’s still difficult. Every morninghe says to himself, ‘‘Come on, Peter. Be happy.Smile.’’

He is sceptical now of old men who sendyoung men to war, for whatever reason.

“Weapons of mass destruction – what a loadof hogwash. There’s companies making billionsout of war. Bring our troops home.’’

He was 21 when he was called up for NationalService. Back then he believed all the propa-ganda. He was proud to serve Australia, to stopthe Communists.

He and Diane got engaged before he left forVietnam. He was 21, she was 17. They’d met atthe Dandenong Town Hall, where she was help-ing out in the men’s cloakroom. He was asharpie, she recalls. Happy-go-lucky, laidback,one of the lads. ‘‘Nothing like he is now.’’

They married when he came back, but he wasdifferent. Noises made him jumpy. He had trou-ble sleeping. He avoided Asian people. Even nowif a helicopter goes overhead, he crouches down.You had to be careful of what you said. It waslike walking on eggshells. When she saw him get-ting wound up she’d suggest he went for a walk.He had a full-time job, worked in a servicestation at the weekend and had a lawnmowinground. That was the only way he could cope. Go,go, go.

He didn’t explain what was wrong and so shegot on with things, pouring her time into theirtwo children and the new house.

‘‘I did wonder if our marriage was going tolast. It was really tough, for the kids as well.Unbeknown to me he started drinking while I

was at work.’’It wasn’t until he had his breakdown that she

learnt a bit about what was going on. In theRepat, he was heavily sedated for a long time,just a shell of a man. At one point she doubted hecould ever come back, but now she realises hisdoctors knew what they were doing.

As for what happened in Vietnam, ‘‘I still don’tknow exactly what happened. And I guess I don’twant to know.’’

What happened, Peter says, is that he and theother 20-year-olds were programmed to kill.“The Viet Cong weren’t human. That’s how wewere brainwashed. If someone walked up thattrack – even a young child – I would have toshoot them.

‘‘We hear about the things the Americans sol-

diers to to Afghans – urinating on bodies – andpeople say that couldn’t happen, but soldiers dostrange things in war. As far as I know, Austra-lian soldiers are no different.’’

He was an infantryman in Vietnam. Theroutine was four weeks in the jungle then 10 daysback at base. The army supplied liquor at 1 cent acan so they’d come back and drink themselvessilly. Sometimes they went to Vung Tau, a townassigned for ‘‘rest and recreation’’ where womenand drugs were laid on for the soldiers. Thenthey’d head back into the jungle.

‘‘It was all about survival. You’re tired. You’reon duty 24 hours. We did ambushes. You seeshadows, you see branches moving.’’

His first kill was a young Viet Cong soldierwearing a Ho Chi Minh shirt and shorts. The

interpreter found a diary in the dead soldier’spocket and read it. ‘‘I miss my mum and dad backhome and I miss my fiance . . .’’ That sounds likeme, Peter thought.

‘‘I can remember trying to get the blood off myhands. The earth is red in Vietnam. And nothing Idid would get rid of this blood. I couldn’t sleepfor two and a half days.’’

In the Repatriation Hospital, he told a psychi-atric nurse some of what he had done. ‘‘Peter,’’she said. ‘‘It wasn’t your fault.’’

He’d never thought of that possibility. It waslike opening the door to a prison. It didn’t fixeverything but it started him on the way back. Hestill finds it hard to relate to civilians. Civiliansdon’t know — and he doesn’t want them toknow.

The crunch had come when he hit his boss. Hecouldn’t remember it afterwards. He’d neverbeen a violent man. Then it all started comingout. At 2.30 one morning he stood at the back ofhis house and watched enemy soldiers climbingover his fence, coming to murder Diane and thekids.

Finally one day he told Diane, ‘‘There’s some-thing wrong’’. It probably saved his life. Eventu-ally, through the Department of Veterans Affairs,he got to see a doctor, who said, ‘‘Peter, you’vegot post traumatic stress disorder’’.

Hogwash, he said. But he knew he’d lost con-trol. He did two stints at the Repat. There he metmen from many wars, as well as peacekeepersfrom other conflicts.

In 1999, placed on a full disability pension hewondered how he would fill in the rest of his life.He became a volunteer pensions officer with theCranbourne RSL, helping broken men like him-self. ‘‘I can remember one WWII veteran pouringout his story. His wife was there and she said tome, ‘I didn’t know any of this’.’’

As for himself, he’s making progress. A fewyears ago, a man in Clayton who had found hismobile phone called. The man’s name was Viet-namese. As he drove there, Peter did some deepbreathing.

‘‘He gave me the phone. I shook his hand. Iclasped his hand. He didn’t know what wasgoing on but for me it was building a bridge. Ittook me 35 years to shake hands with a Vietnam-ese person. He wasn’t the enemy. He was nor-mal.’’

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History lesson: Orana Neighbourhood House in

Wantirna South has organised a family history

short course on Tuesdays from May 14-28 at

10.30am. Cost: $50. Details: 9801 1895.

Market day: Rowville’s Salvation Army bimonthly

market is on this Saturday at 16-18 Kingsley

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available . Details: 9753 2795.

Grand event: The Knox Grand Prix is on this

weekend at Westfield Knox’s rear car park when

there will be more than 100 hybrid or human-

powered vehicles taking part. The event is open

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knox.vic.gov.au.

On display: Local artist Jodie Cooper will open her

home gallery Studio 19 at 19 Ridgeview Terrace,

Lysterfield, this Sunday between 11am-3pm with

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Tech whiz: Arrabri Community House,

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computer classes this term, including tablet

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Jazz time: A fund-raiser for Wantirna’s Victorian

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Hard man: John Wood plays a powerfulhitter behind the scenes of a football club.

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Actor John Wood plays a leadingfigure in a football club’s board-room bloodshed in a reprise of

Australian playwright David William-son’s classic The Club.

Wood, best known as a straight-laced cop in Blue Heelers, takes aMachiavellian turn as a disgruntledex-president — who was also an ex-coach and ex-player — who hauntsthe club, backstabbing its coach andadministrators.

One of Wood’s former directorsdubbed the character ‘Emperor Jack’.

‘‘His career is over. He’s far too oldto be still a coach or player, but he’sgot a big ego — as do most of thecharacters,’’ Wood says.

‘‘He thinks of himself as the rightfulpresident, the rightful owner of the

club. He just white-ants people allover the place.’’

There were plenty of potential AFLand VFL role models for the character.Wood settled initially for ex-Richmond great Jack Dyer.

‘‘He was a jovial hard man, a verytough guy. He’s someone who goesthrough the pack like a LeighMatthews. He barrels in on theground and through life.’’

The brutal politics may be set in the1970s, but they still resonate. Just askfollowers of Melbourne FootballClub.

It’s the fourth time Wood has playedthe role, dating back to a MelbourneTheatre Company production in1998. He says each production hascoincided with a real-world footballassassination.

‘‘The play’s always been relevant.

David [Williamson] was quite presci-ent. He had such a feeling for the wayfootball was going to go. The moneybeing bandied around and footballersbecoming professionals. It’s extra-ordinary how funny it is, just from thereading of it.’’ Still in rehearsals aheadof the tour’s premiere in Dandenong,

Wood says this adaption has a newfeel: set in a claustrophobic wood-panelled office with no windows, andreverting to the nameless club’s gaudypurple and gold jumper. ‘‘Everyoneassociated the club with Collingwood,but that wasn’t the case in the originalscript.’’

The Club is at Drum Theatre,corner Lonsdale and Walkerstreets, Dandenong on April 26,8pm. Bookings: 9771 6666 ordrumtheatre.com.au.


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Prodigal Pulsar returns to the foldEwan Kennedy road tests Nissan’s popular sedan

Paying dividends: Attractive styling is a feature of the revived Nissan Pulsar.

The name ‘Pulsar’ is back in the Nissan fold,replacing the much-unloved ‘Tiida’ tag tothe delight of just about everyone in any

way connected with Nissan in Australia — bethey owners, buyers or sellers.

The subject of this road test is a top-of-the-line1.8-litre Pulsar Ti sedan. Four doors are the onlybody type on offer at this time. Pulsar hatch,including the sporty SSS powered by a 1.6-litreturbocharged direct injection engine, is dueDown Under in mid-year.

The five new Pulsar sedans range from just$19,990 to the $28,990 Ti we drove, and there isplenty to choose from both in features and price.

The Pulsar has Nissan’s new style trapezoidalradiator grille and large wraparound headlights.Riding on 17-inch alloy wheels, the Pulsar Ti’slow stance and belt line add to its appearance oflength.

The new Pulsar comes in three specificationlevels: ST, ST-L and Ti. They can be ordered witheither a six-speed manual gearbox or Nissan’snew Xtronic CVT (continuously variable trans-

mission) offering smoother acceleration andbroader gear ratios than a conventional auto-matic.

Interior space is impressive. New Pulsar has alonger cabin than its main rivals, making forextensive rear-seat legroom.

Soft-touch segments — dashboard and driver’sdoor armrest — plus leather seat accents imbuethe cabin with a feeling of quality.

Pulsar’s 1.8-litre four-cylinder engine developspeak power of 96kW and maximum torque of174Nm. It’s mated with a CVT, resulting in aquiet, continuous delivery of power.

During extended open road cruising ‘our’ Nis-san Pulsar Ti used five to six litres per 100 kilo-metres. In town it recorded nine to 10 litres perhundred.

It’s still early days, but it’s already looking asthough dumping the Tiida and reintroducing thePulsar is paying big dividends in sales. It’s not justthe name change that’s doing the work, our weekin the Pulsar has impressed us with its compet-ence in many fields.


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Top player follows in dad’s stepsBY ROY WARD

Doubling up: Mark and Jackson Freeman.

THE phrase like father, like son had aspecial meaning to Ringwood Ramssupporters following the Cricket Vic-toria awards night.

Rams all-rounder Jackson Freemanwon the second XI player of the year,20 years to the day from when hisfather, Mark Freeman, won the sameaward while playing with Ringwood.

Jackson Freeman, a Wantirna resid-ent, said he was surprised to even beconsidered for the award, let alonewin it.

‘‘It was pretty surprising and to makematters worse [club president] dadstitched me up by telling me theyinvited the top-five vote-getters for the

award. It turns out they only invite thewinner,’’ he said. ‘‘I really didn’t ratemyself as a chance considering theother nominated guys had lots of firstXI experience but the umpires musthave thought I had done all right.’’

Cricket Victoria officials knew aboutthe connection between the two Free-mans and the award, announcing it tothe audience.

‘‘He has the award up in the study athome and I’d never actually read whatit was for,’’ Freeman joked.

The 20 year old began the season as achange bowler and lower order bats-man but put himself forward to openthe batting when the Rams second XIwas short of an opening batsman.

‘‘I used to open in juniors and a little

bit for the fourth XI,’’ Freeman said.‘‘When we needed an opener I said

I’ll just go up the order so we don’twaste one of the other batsmen. ‘‘I putmy hand up and it worked out.’’

Freeman also described his bowlingstrategy as ‘‘trying to bore the batsmenout’’.

Freeman made 436 runs at 33 andtook 21 wickets at 26.

He also got to be 12th man for theRams’ finals campaign which ended ina grand final loss to Melbourne.

Freeman’s goal for next season is tomove into the senior side, although itwill be difficult given the strength of theRams senior team.

‘‘The ones were dominating this sea-son so it was fair enough I didn’t get agame,’’ he said.

‘‘I was really happy in the twosbecause I was playing with some closematches. To get a look in at first gradein the future would be great.’’

INBRIEF

Neighbour play-offLocal rivals Knox City and

Rowville Eagles will face each

other in the FFV State League

4 south competition at Egan

Lee Reserve, Knoxfield, this

Saturday. The Eagles and City

were put into the same

competition following a

change in the Football

Federation Victoria

competition structure during

the offseason. The two clubs

are coming into the match in

different sorts of form with City

gaining a 2-1 win over

Ashburton on Saturday with

Judd Flores scoring both goals

while the Eagles had a 0-0

draw against Monash

University. The Eagles and City

clash at 3pm this Saturday.

FFV Men’s State League 4ladder: Riversdale 9 points, +7

goal difference; Mooroolbark

9, +5; Knox City 7, +2; Old

Melburnians 4, +4; Monbulk

Rangers 4, +3; Croydon City 4,

+1; Ashburton United 4, 0; Old

Camberwell Grammarians 3,

-3; Waverley Wanderers 3, -5;

Rowville Eagles 2, -1; Monash

University 1, -4; Brandon Park

0, -9.

Ranges winEastern Ranges stormed back

into form with a 46-point win

over Northern Knights in the

TAC Cup competition at Box

Hill City Oval on Saturday. The

Ranges led at every change

and played with the ‘‘team

first’’ attitude coach Darren

Bewick has demanded with

winners on every line. Joseph

Fisher, Ben Cavarra, Andreas

Roth and Nick Evans were

named best players while Roth

kicked five goals. The Ranges,

who have a 2-2 win-loss

record now face a difficult road

trip to Murray Bushrangers at

Norm Minns Oval, Wangaratta

this Saturday at 1pm.

Ariels loseYarra Valley Ariels couldn’t

keep with a sweet-shooting

Boroondara Genisis side in

Devine Victorian Netball

League championship division

clash last Wednesday night.

The Ariels lost 50-40 with the

Genisis shooting a combined

50 goals out of 64 shots while

the Ariels could only make

40-61 shots in response. The

loss takes the Ariels season

record to 2-4 [win-loss]. In

division 1 Genisis beat Ariels

41-33 and in the under-19s

Genisis won a thriller 39-38.

Raiders storm backbut Sabres hang on

Consistency please: Knox Raiders coach Matt Shanahan wants his side to play its bestbasketball consistently. Picture: Wayne Hawkins

KNOX Raiders men’s coach Matt Sha-nahan has demanded more consistencyfrom his players after SandringhamSabres broke the club’s three-gamewinning streak on Sunday.

The Raiders lost 91-84 but had comeback from a 13-point deficit with lessthan three minutes left to go to 86-84with 50 seconds remaining in thematch.

But the Sabres found a quick basket,then made some late free throws toextend their victory margin.

Shanahan said he had emphasised theneed for consistency within the Raidersgroup all season.

“We have struggled for consistencythroughout the whole year,’’ he said.

‘‘We need to find that consistencyover four quarters. We haven’t man-aged to do that yet, so when we can itwill make a big difference.”

Despite a disappointing loss, Shana-han managed to find a positive, thatbeing the performance by importLester Strong, who finished with

22 points and 12 rebounds. “It was Le-ster’s best game for the season,’’ he said.

‘‘He is starting to get back to his bestafter his pre-season was restricted withhis knee surgery.

‘‘Hopefully, he can lcontinue toprogress after two good performancesin a row.”

C J Massingale finished with 17points, and John Philip had 15 pointsand 11 rebounds.

The Raiders’ record now moves to3-4.

The import duo of John Pichon (24points) and Patrick Richard (26 points)were too strong for Knox, with Richardshooting 9-13 from the field in hissecond game with Sandringham.

It was a slow start by Knox, with Ali-ster McDonald scoring a quick-fireseven points to open the game, catchingthe Raiders off guard as they went intoquarter-time trailing 31-20.

Knox made a push in the secondquarter, but the Sabres responded withNathan Crosswell’s free throws on the

half-time siren extending the marginout to 10 points once again.

In the third quarter, Knox struggledto cut into the deficit and still trailed bydouble figures going into the last.

Trailing by 13 with 21⁄2 minutes left,the Raiders put in a last-ditch effort,going 11-0 in the next minute and a

half, dragging the score to 86-84 with50 seconds to play.

The Raiders men will again havetheir consistency tested by highlytouted Nunawading Spectres whenthe two sides play at the State Bas-ketball Centre this Saturday at 8pm.

Jump beats the buzzer as Knox scrapes inKNOX Raiders women needed a buzzer-beater fromstar guard Kelly Wilson to get past a much-improvedSandringham Sabres at the State Basketball Centre onSunday.

The Raiders won 67-65 but were set to enter over-time when Sabres guard Georgia Stott scored with 21⁄2seconds remaining to tie the scores.

The Raiders called time out to advance the ball tohalf court and set out a play for Wilson who came offa Shanae Greaves’ screen caught the ball five metres

from the basket and made a contested jump shot as theclock expired. It topped off a great performance byWilson, who finished with a game-high 24 points,while Richards had 15 points and 15 rebounds.

Sandringham, featuring WNBL championship win-ners Alison Downie, Sam Woosnam and HopeTerdich, controlled the game for three quarters, withthe Raiders coming out of three-quarter-time firingwith a 14-0 run to take a five-point lead with fiveminutes left. With all the momentum, the Raiders

looked as if they would run away with it, untilMicaela Cocks levelled things up with five quickpoints of her own setting up the exciting finale.

Cocks had 21 points for the Sabres while Woosnamexcelled with 20 points, eight rebounds, six assists andthree steals.

— Jordan Canovan

The Raiders women (5-0) face Nunawading (2-2) atthe State Basketball Centre on Saturday at 6pm.


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Falcons look to winning streakBY ROY WARD

Hot mark: Scoresby’s Ben Bronsgeest marks against South Croydon’s Angus Stone on Saturday.Picture: Wayne Hawkins

KNOX Falcons want to extend their winningstart to the Eastern Football League division 1season for as long as they can.

The Falcons won their second-straight matchwith a 21-point win over East Burwood on Sat-urday and with a visit to Lilydale and local derbyagainst Scoresby in the next two weeks, theyhave set themselves up to win the first fourmatches.

But coach Jon Knight won’t let his side losefocus and take either match easily.

‘‘We set ourselves to win three of those firstfour matches so to have two wins already is great— now we want to win as many of them as wecan before looking any further,’’ he said.

‘‘But we know every side is going to be toughand Lilydale is in form and is hard to beat athome.’’

Knight said the Falcons’ defence and especiallytheir ball movement out of defence had set thestage for both wins.

‘‘Our backline were once again sensational andour inside-50s looked very dangerous.

‘‘Across the ground I was pleased with thewhole team, everyone contributed and we playeda couple of 17 year olds again, which is a goodsign.’’

Knight said the Falcons’ round 1 win overBlackburn now looked more impressive after theBurners beat highly rated Noble Park on Sat-urday.

Among the side’s leading players has been mid-fielder Scott Davis, who missed the majority oflast season through injury but has come backwith purpose this season.

‘‘We’ve known all along Davis could seriouslyplay,’’ Knight said.

‘‘It was a shame to have him for the bareminimum of time last year. Now he is firing on allcylinders and I think he is underestimated withinour line-up.’’

Luke Williams, Sam Jeffrey, Davis, James

Morris, Troy McGown and Ben Healy werenamed best players in the win over East Bur-wood, with Morris kicking four goals.

Scoresby lost its clash against South Croydonby 10 points, continuing its rough start to theseason.

The Magpies’ best were Rhys Van Rheenen,David Marcius and David Del Papa and BrendanBronsgeest kicked five goals.

Lilydale showed Rowville Hawks the closenessof division 1 football, overpowering the Hawks

in the final term by kicking nine goals to one torecord a 58-point win.

The Hawks best were Alex Frawley, JakeRyall, James Powell and Matthew Jackson whileCody Morris kicked three goals.

In division 2, Montrose recorded a big winover Mooroolbark and Bayswater fell to Don-vale by three points. Mooroolbark will host aspecial Anzac game on Thursday at 5pm with theMustangs to face Waverley Blues at HeightsReserve.

FINALSCORES

TAC Cup: Eastern Ranges 17.15 (117) d NorthernKnights 10.11 (71).

Eastern Football League:Division 1: Knox 10.10 (70) d East Burwood 7.7(49); Blackburn 16.10 (106) d Noble Park 14.17(101); Norwood 17.10 (112) d East Ringwood12.17 (89); Lilydale 13.18 (96) d Rowville 5.8 (38);South Croydon 10.9 (69) d Scoresby 7.17 (59);Balwyn 17.7 (109) d Vermont 13.14 (92).

Division 2: Doncaster East 19.15 (129) d UpperFerntree Gully 13.9 (87); Donvale 14.10 (94) dBayswater 14.7 (91); Montrose 20.18 (138) dMooroolbark 8.7 (55); North Ringwood 17.15 (117)d Mulgrave 9.9 (63); Croydon 14.18 (102) dWaverley Blues 7.6 (48).

Division 3: Wantirna South 16.16 (112) d Boronia9.14 (68); Templestowe 13.10 (88) d ChirnsidePark 9.9 (63); The Basin 20.8 (128) d Warrandyte14.9 (93); Doncaster 19.16 (130) d Glen WaverleyHawks 5.5 (35); Heathmont 12.9 (81) d Ringwood9.15 (69); Mitcham 18.17 (125) WhitehorsePioneers 13.10 (88).

Division 4: Forest Hill 20.10 (130) d Canterbury5.5 (35); Kilsyth 18.17 (125) d Nunawading 11.11(77); Ferntree Gully 12.8 (80) d Coldstream 5.15(45); South Belgrave 16.15 (111) d Silvan 4.11 (35);Park Orchards 9.14 (68) d Eastern Lions 9.5 (59);Surrey Park, bye.

Yarra Valley Mountain District FL:Division 1: Belgrave 12.15 (87) d Monbulk 12.14(86); Upwey Tecoma 31.13 (199) d Emerald 9.5(59); Wandin 15.16 (106) d Warburton Millgrove14.13 (97); Gembrook Cockatoo 18.18 (126) dMount Evelyn 14.10 (94); Woori Yallock 14.9 (93) dOlinda Ferny Creek 12.8 (80).

Division 2: Yarra Junction 26.10 (166) d Kinglake13.8 (86); Powelltown 21.11 (137) d Alexandra16.15 (111); Seville 18.12 (120) d Yarra Glen 14.12(96); Healesville 29.14 (188) d Yea 6.6 (42).

For full results go to knoxweekly.com.au/sport

THIS WEEKTAC Cup: Murray Bushrangers v Eastern Ranges,Norm Minns Oval, 1.30pm.

Eastern Football League:Division 1: Blackburn v East Burwood, MortonPark, Thursday 2.10pm; Balwyn v Lilydale, BalwynPark, Balwyn 2.10pm; East Ringwood v NoblePark, East Ringwood Reserve 2.10pm; Knox vScoresby, Knox Gardens 2.10pm; Rowville vSouth Croydon, Scoresby Recreation Reserve2.10pm; Vermont v Norwood, Vermont RecreationReserve 2.10pm.

Division 2: Doncaster East v Donvale, ZerbesReserve, Thursday 2.10pm; Mooroolbark vWaverley Blues, Heights Reserve, Thursday 5pm;Bayswater v Croydon, Bayswater Oval 2.10pm;Upper Ferntree Gully v North Ringwood, KingsPark 2.10pm; Mulgrave v Montrose, MulgraveReserve 2.10pm.

Division 3: Glen Waverley Hawks v Mitcham,Central Reserve Thursday 2.10pm; The Basin vRingwood, Batterham Reserve, 2.10pm;Heathmont v Chirnside Park, HE Parker Reserve2.10pm; Whitehorse Pioneers v Boronia,Springfield Park 2.10pm; Templestowe v WantirnaSouth, Templestowe Reserve 2.10pm;Warrandyte v Doncaster, Warrandyte Reserve2.10pm.

Division 4: Canterbury v South Belgrave,Canterbury Sports Ground 2.10pm; Ferntree Gullyv Park Orchards, Ferntree Gully Reserve 2.10pm;Forest Hill v Silvan, Forest Hill Reserve 2.10pm;Nunawading v Eastern Lions, Koonung Reserve2.10pm; Surrey Park v Coldstream, Surrey ParkReserve 2.10pm; Kilsyth, bye.

Yarra Valley Mountain District FL:Division 1: Monbulk v Upwey Tecoma, MonbulkThursday 2.10pm; Belgrave v Olinda Ferny Creek,Belgrave 2.10pm; Emerald v Wandin, Emerald2.10pm; Warburton Millgrove v GembrookCockatoo, Warburton 2.10pm; Mount Evelyn vWoori Yallock, Mt Evelyn 2.10pm.

Division 2: Powelltown v Seville, Powelltown2.10pm; Yarra Glen v Healesville, Yarra Glen2.10pm; Yarra Junction v Yea, Yarra Junction2.10pm; Kinglake v Alexandra, Kinglake 2.10pm.

All games on Saturday unless otherwise stated.

Devils praised for last-quarter effortALL signs point to a resurgent season for Wan-tirna South after a win over Boronia in the East-ern Football League division 3 competition onSaturday.

The Devils held a lead at each change to recorda 44-point win and what impressed coach MattClark the most was his players’ ability to win thelast quarter despite showing signs of fatigue atthree-quarter time.

‘‘We challenged them to win the quarter andnot just play to save the game,’’ Clark said.

‘‘Both sides were tired and struggling becauseit was a physical, high-standard game with a lotof pressure on both teams. The focus was forthem to win the quarter and they did.’’

Key forward Chris Phillips hit the packs hard,took some impressive marks and kicked fivegoals while Daniel Beddome added three.

Veteran recruit Brad Hutchinson also showedhis qualities, as did midfielder Brent Walker with

Clark praising Walker for his ‘‘best performancein a year or more’’.

‘‘Hutchinson is someone who doesn’t get in thepaper much but his leadership was exceptional,’’Clark said.

‘‘Boronia kicked three unanswered goals in thethird quarter but guys like Hutchinson were talk-ing to the players and getting them back into thegame.

‘‘We went on to kick the next two goals andwin back the momentum.’’

Luke Allison and Jess Moore were named bestplayers for the Hawks.

Clark said his players were driving their ownsuccess with hard work at training and a commit-ment to improving themselves each week.

But he has also pushed his players to continuetheir good form and consolidate on a good startto the new season.

‘‘I’m making sure they stay pretty grounded

but also enjoy the wins,’’ he said. ‘‘After the gameI told the boys I’m proud of the way they areapproaching games and training.

‘‘We know we dropped some close games atthe start of last year — this time we have wonthem. We are playing and training well and it’sthe players doing it on their own.’’

But Clark has also urged his charges to keep uptheir contributions to the team as the division 3competition promises to stay close across theseason.

‘‘We didn’t have a passenger on Saturday andthat is going to be the key to our success,’’ Clarksaid.

‘‘Our major focus is getting a good perform-ance out of our whole list.

‘‘There are some guys in our reserves who arestiff to not be in the seniors at the moment, whichis good to see.’’

— Roy Ward


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