Outer East Sport

Pask to lead Balwyn

BACK-to-back Eastern Football League premiers Balwyn has confirmed AFL player manager Marty Pask as its new coach.

Singh confirmed as new Vermont coach

VERMONT has announced Collingwood academy coach Harmit Singh as its new leader for the next two years.

‘Gotta be in it to win it’

HEALESVILLE is a step closer to breaking a 28-year premiership drought after disposing of Wandin.

Cochrane steps down

VERMONT coach Steve Cochrane announced after Saturday’s grand final loss the game would be his last in charge of the Eagles.

Johnson shocked by Cochrane’s decision

VERMONT skipper Tim Johnson believes the club’s new coach will be “licking their lips” at the Eagles’ list after Steve Cochrane said he would step down.

Bergin’s legacy lives on

FIVE years on from the tragic passing of Balwyn footballer Shaun Bergin, his legacy is continuing to drive the Tigers to premiership success.

‘We’ll be mates for life’

GREAT mates John Milhuisen and Rod Crowe could not have scripted a better finish to end their stellar careers.

Brookers reach pinnacle

IT took blood, sweat and tears and a couple of years but Gembrook Cockatoo is returning to Division 1.

‘They’re as good as I have seen’

BALWYN sent coach Dan Donati out on the highest possible note with a fourth Eastern Football League premiership in five years.

Full effort for half-marathon

The annual Athletics Victoria Half Marathon is always eagerly awaited by competitors from Yarra Ranges Athletics.

Morrison signals the end

FERNTREE Gully forward Billy Morrison says he is likely to play one more year with the Eagles before returning to his native Tasmania.

Injury doesn’t dampen celebrations

UPPER Ferntree Gully grand final hero Tate Hickleton was determined not to let a bung shoulder ruin his premiership celebrations.

Patch, Polky in focus

THE preliminary final spotlight shines on Healesville’s heart and soul Casey Adams and popular Wandin midfielder Matt Polkinghorne.

Time for Dockers to deliver

TWO-time Edie Medal winner Matthew Mariani says his second Division 3 league best-and-fairest is a bitter pill to swallow.

‘I won’t catch those records’

BAYSWATER premiership captain Joel Galvin last night equalled his legendary father’s feat of being a two-time winner of the Wright Medal.

Manuel wins Chandler Medal

CAMERON Manuel’s stellar season was last night capped off by taking out the Eastern Football League’s highest individual honour.

Cumming goes back-to-back

KILSYTH star Steph Cumming has produced some career-best basketball amid the busiest year of her life.

Silvan appoints new leader

THE Eastern Football League coaching merry-go-round is in full swing, with Silvan announcing a new coach.

Johnson takes road less travelled

TIM Johnson will lead Vermont out in Saturday’s Division 1 Eastern Football League grand final, but he has done it the hard way.

Lakers look to go one better

KINGLAKE will contest a second straight Division 2 grand final following a hard-fought preliminary final victory over Yea.

Kings’ premiership perfection

UPPER Ferntree Gully became the second Kings side to go through a season undefeated after Sunday’s grand final win over Templestowe.

Cobras fall short

FOR a second consecutive year, Kilsyth fall to SEABL powerhouse Dandenong in the Championship Final.

Belting won’t scar the Devils

WANTIRNA South coach Matt Clark said Saturday’s 107-point grand final belting at the hands of Bayswater won’t scar the club.

Olinda grand final bound

OLINDA Ferny Creek will contest its first Division 1 grand final in 25 years following a workmanlike semi-final win over Healesville.

‘I was trying to hold back the tears’

THE Galvin family added another chapter to their storied history with the Bayswater Football Club on Saturday.

‘Sleeping giant’ awoken

BAYSWATER announced its return to the Eastern Football League’s Division 1 with a 107-belting over Wantirna South in Saturday’s Division 2 grand final.

Blood, Tiger in semi-final focus

THE spotlight is on a Blood and a Tiger on the eve of the Yarra Ranges Division 1 semi-finals.

Captain’s call

KILSYTH and Dandenong Rangers’ captains have their say on Saturday night’s SEABL Championship Final.

‘Keep your chin up fella, you’ll beat this’

A SUBURBAN football club has rallied behind one of its players after he was diagnosed with leukaemia just a day into a trip of a lifetime.

East Ringwood target key forward

EAST Ringwood will target a key forward this off-season to “challenge and improve” its options up front as it looks to build on the progress made in 2016.

More Outer East

The William Angliss Hospital where Daphne Pollock, 91, to wait 20 hours on a hospital trolley to be attended to.

Hundreds of parking fines issued around Angliss Hospital

A COUNCIL has dished out more than one fine a day in the past year around a hospital in Melbourne’s outer east with a chronic carparking problem.

Bill Buchanan was coward punched near his Ringwood East cafe Emjays on September 14

Cafe Emjays owner Bill Buchanan calls for CCTV solution after unprovoked attack

A CAFE owner in Melbourne’s outer east has called for more security cameras after he was bashed on a shopping strip at 11am, suffering horrific injuries.

Ringwood East home tops $1.2 million, ending a family’s two-year Tintern search

A FAMILY set on a spot in the sought-after Tintern precinct has waited two years and splashed $1.23 million to make their aspiration a reality.

Rowville home sold for an auspicious $888,000 after auction

A COUPLE have purchased their first family home with proportions and prosperity on their side, in a post-auction deal worth $888,000.

A blue tongue lizard was spotted by Bayswater resident.

Cat meets huge blue-tongue lizard in Bayswater

A HUGE blue-tongue lizard has been spotted in a backyard in Melbourne’s outer east, prompting a warning to watch out for reptiles as the weather warms up.

Knox Council election: Councillors Karin Orpen and Joe Cossari not running again

LONG-SERVING Knox councillor and former mayor Karin Orpen has hinted at unrest among the ranks after the news she will not run again at the upcoming election.

Knox Council launches the Knox Mental Health Help Card

A SMALL card is set to be a huge help to people with mental health issues in Knox.

Wantirna Caravan Park tenants say they may be forced out because of rent hike

PEOPLE living in a caravan park in Melbourne’s outer east say they may be forced to live out of their cars after new owners hiked up the rent.

Cars are crowding Railway Ave Upper Ferntree Gully.

People living near station in Upper Ferntree Gully raise safety fears as street is taken over by commuters

COMMUTERS are clogging a street in Melbourne’s outer east, leading to fears a fire engine or ambulance may be blocked from using it in an emergency.

Record number of candidates nominate for council elections

MORE than 2100 people have thrown their hats into the ring to run in next month’s local government elections.

Knox Leader campaign to fix deadly Wantirna pedestrian crossing

The Knox Leader is launching a campaign to fix Wantirna’s deadly pedestrian crossing.

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Community anger as Coach and Horses pub in Ringwood applies for more poker machines

A PUB in Melbourne’s outer east owned by Collingwood Football Club that gave back less than 1 per cent of what punters lost in the past year has outraged locals over a bid for more poker machines.

Murder charge after body found in preschool carpark in Upper Ferntree Gully

UPDATE: A MELBOURNE man charged with murder following the discovery of a body near a preschool in Melbourne’s outer east has stuck his tongue at people during a court appearance.

Knox Private Hospital surgeon Geoff Kohn performs peroral endoscopic myotomy

A NEW procedure at a hospital in Melbourne’s outer east aims to help people with long-term swallowing problems to enjoy eating solid foods again.

‘Julia’ from Croydon aims to offer hope through origami paper cranes of hope

A WOMAN is hoping to inspire people with paper cranes filled with inspirational messages she leaves in random places around Melbourne’s outer east.