As East Gippsland continues to feel the impact of COVID restrictions on community sport, the Advertiser has cast its collective minds back to the years between 2010 and 2019, putting together an Omeo District football team of the decade. Using various resources including league best and fairest votes, individual awards, advice from coaches from the era and our own local sporting expertise, the...

While the AFL will soon relish the opportunity to play another grand final, country footballers will again wonder what could have been. With the abandonment of community sport overshadowing the 2021 season, clubs were able to get on the park at times during the year, showing friend and foe alike where they are placed heading into 2022. With that in mind the Advertiser has used the full range of...

East Gippsland Football Netball League officials have bitten the bullet and abandoned the 2021 season. Uncertainty regarding the ongoing COVID restrictions meant the league was left with no other choice. “Due to the ongoing uncertainty of restrictions the 2021 season has been abandoned for both the East Gippsland Football Netball League and the East Gippsland Junior Football Association. No...

After a meeting of the Omeo District League executive and club delegates, clubs have confirmed that the Omeo District finals series is to be abandoned.Due to the recent extension of government-imposed restrictions to community sport it has been decided by the leagues participating clubs it is not viable to continue with the 2021 finals series.Teams that have finished on the top of their...

Angeline Blackburn will join the list of East Gippsland Olympians tonight. Angeline grew up in the small town of Cann River, where her love of running was sparked. She will compete in the women's 4x400m relay. Now residing in Canberra, the indigenous runner, 31, said her path to the Games was paved by the legacy of indigenous athletes who have come before her, such as Cathy Freeman and Nova...