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Maffra Fire Brigade is once again taking part in the Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal and is inviting the community to volunteer.

Stratford won a thriller at College playing fields on Saturday courtesy of three byes on the penultimate ball.

Josh FarrellMaffra secured important wins in both the men's and women's Country Basketball League on the weekend with the women just falling short of a finals berth and the men's side setting themselves up for a big finals series.The men's side got a comfortable win on Saturday over Lakes Entrance defeating the Pelicans 101-58.The Eagles put up an impressive 33 points in the first period, but Lakes Entrance were competitive putting on 25 themselves.Maffra skipped away in the second term however, outscoring the Pelicans by 17 points to begin building its lead.After the half time break it was simple for the Eagles to just keep themselves ahead and get some minutes into its bench players.At the third quarter break Maffra had a lead of 29 points after the Pelicans competed well but the Eagles got away to the final margin of 43.It was a good spread of scoring from Maffra and solid performances from a number of players.Byron Sandeman (18), Andrew Quirk (13), Coby Burgiel (13) and Tom Stephenson (11) were all in the points for the Eagles.It was a similar tale in the women's fixture with Maffra walking away with a 33 point win to help them stay in finals contention.It was tight first period and the Pelicans went into the first break with a one point lead.The Eagles were immense in the second term outscoring Lakes Entrance by 22 points only allowing seven points from the Pelicans.After that the Eagles kept the scoring down once again keeping the Pelicans to seven points in the third period and 11 in the final period.Maffra finished the match with a scoreline of 77-44 to start its weekend well.Emerson Connolly had an insane match scoring over half of Maffra's score putting up 39 of the Eagle's 77 points and only fouling the opposition once.Jaime Gallatly and Tayla Gallatly assisted Connolly well with 13 and 11 points respectively.The Eagles men's side got an important win on Sunday afternoon in what was a seesawing affair.Maffra looked comfortable for most of the match but left the door slightly ajar and Moe took the lead in the third period before the Eagles put the foot down and came away with the win 103-90.Andrew Quirk started the match well getting busy in the paint drawing fouls to have seven points halfway through the first period.While the match may have been a dead rubber as both teams had already made finals, neither was going to go down easy.The score at the break had Maffra up by three points and the match was poised to be a close one.In the second term Maffra was able to pick holes in Moe's defence and improved its lead to 15 points.The Eagles were disciplined at both ends of the court and drew a lot of contact in the paint to head to the line regularly.Moe was growing frustrated and tensions threatened to boil over before the half time break.Coming out after the break Moe switched into gear and Maffra struggled on offence and the deficit was quickly reduced and Moe even jumped into the lead.The Eagles were turning the ball over regularly and were ice cold from all parts of the court.The Eagles managed to stem the flow - recapturing the intensity that had served them well in the first half and got its offence going to lead by three points going into the final period.In the fourth term Sam Whelan got to work hitting multiple threes to break the back of Moe's comeback and surge Maffra to the lead.He was then controversially fouled out and Moe may have sniffed an opportunity to get back into the match.Coby Burgiel was not in his regular form, but got busy in the final term to ensure Maffra remained ahead.The scoring was well spread for Maffra with Sam Whelan walking away with 20 points, Andrew Quirk 19, Thomas Stephenson 17, Marcus Cope 12 and Coby Burgiel 12.The Eagles women's side got an important win over top of the ladder Traralgon who were missing a few players but were still not going to be easy to overcome.Maffra defeated the T-Birds 73-37 with a good spread of scoring from a number of players.The Eagles got away to an

Maffra Cricket Club's Brett Lanigan played his 250th A Grade match on Saturday.

As predicted in Friday's Gippsland Times, the Sale-Maffra Cricket Association first grade match between Maffra and Stratford delivered an incredibly close finish with the Redbacks getting over the line by one wicket.

After wet weather and COVID attempted to cancel Round 2 of the Sale-Maffra Cricket Association season, it was finally played out on the weekend.

Similar to most sports, the CBL was affected by positive COVID cases over the weekend which saw Maffra's match with Warragul postponed to January 15.

The Country Basketball League will get back underway this weekend with Maffra's men's team featuring in a double-header.

Josh Farrell EACH week the Gippsland Times covers the Sale-Maffra Cricket Association A Grade competition, ensuring all of the top performances are celebrated for fans to see.With the Christmas break underway, now is an opportunity to celebrate some of the impressive performances in the seconds and hard wicket competitions so far this season.In the seconds, Heyfield remains unbeaten with five wins from as many games, closely followed by Bundalaguah and Stratford who have each only dropped the one match. Somewhat surprisingly, there is yet to be a centurion in the second grade competition, with Heyfield's Kayne Amiet the closest with a knock of 97 against Sale. Only one player has taken a five wicket haul - Bundalaguah's Kanishka Bannak Ralalage - who took 5-24 against Longford. The ladder for third grade sees Stratford leading on 30 points, followed by Bundalaguah (24 points), Wurruk (18), Sale (12), Maffra (12), Rosedale-Kilmany (12) and Collegians (12).When looking at the most impressive scores for third grade so far, it is impossible to go past Nicholas Anderson's 165 in round four against Wurruk.The College opener punished the Toads bowling attack, whacking 15 sixes and eight fours in his astonishing innings to see College to a huge total of 333 from 40 overs.This game saw some other terrific batting performances on both sides overshadowed by Anderson.Anderson's teammate Sam Morelli made 78 while Wurruk's Angus Tilley scored 61 and Lenny Van der Velden hit 57.Nathan Thomas has been a consistent performer for Stratford in third grade this season, skippering the side to the top of the ladder.Thomas started the season strongly, scoring 73 against Collegians in the first round, hitting eight fours and one six.His strongest performance however came in round seven with both bat and ball against Maffra.The captain took the ball for the middle overs and proved a challenge to get away for the Eagles' batters.Thomas took 6-22 from his eight overs in an impressive display that helped his team bowl out Maffra for 120.Thomas took the scalps of batters three through six ensuring the Eagles' players could not come back into the match.After his dominant display with the ball Thomas then delivered at the top of the order to ensure victory for his team.Chasing a low score of 120, Maffra was looking for quick wickets, but Thomas had other ideas.Thomas took the match away from the Eagles, making 72 from 78 deliveries which included nine fours, the next highest score was 27 from Tom Boyd who supported his skipper well.Impressive team bowling performances came from both Rosedale-Kilmany and Stratford in their round five matchup.The Redbacks were bowled out for 97 after they were put in to bat by the Warriors.The wickets were spread between the Rosedale-Kilmany bowlers. Harry McCann took three wickets and Brandan Hill, Mick Edgar and Jye Goodwin took two each.The Stratford bowlers were in need of quick wickets and their bowlers delivered.Jonathan Boyd and Thomas took four wickets each to instantly put the Warriors on the back foot and saw them eventually bowled out for 55. Other impressive performances this season came from the round five clash between Sale and Maffra.The Swans batted first and struggled to get going, but the highlight of the innings was Kevin Arbuthnot who made 68 at the top of the order hitting nine fours in his innings to help his team to 122 from their 40 overs.The Eagles chased down the Swans score in 29 overs thanks to Ben Lanigan who made 66 hitting five fours and one six in his innings.Fourth grade cricket sees the ladder at the Christmas break showing Bundalaguah Yaks on top with 30 points. Maffra is equal second on 30, and then Nambrok (24), Stratford (18), Rosedale-Kilmany (18), Bundalaguah Bulls (18), Heyfield (18), Longford (12), Sale (6), Collegians (0), Boisdale-Briagolong (0) and Wurruk (0) follow.In the fourth grade competition players must retire at 50. Readers may recognise one name on the list of players to m

IN an impressive coup for the region, Maffra Golf Club will host its first ever Pro-Am on Tuesday, January 25. 

As the first part of the Sale-Maffra Cricket Association season, comes to an end, it is an opportunity to take stock of the season.

THE final round of the 2021 part of the Sale-Maffra Cricket Association was played on Saturday.