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Cover: Joseph Tassone is ready for

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Shisha lounge plan snuffed outBY STEPHANIE ZEVENBERGEN

A HUME Council decision to allow a Coolaroo‘shisha lounge’ to extend its trading hours andincrease patron numbers has been knocked back bythe state planning authority.

In May last year, the Layali Al Samar lounge got aplanning permit to increase patronage from 35 to 145people after 10pm and extend operating hours to 3ameach day.

Fearing excessive noise and traffic, MeadowHeights residents appealed to the Victorian Civil andAdministrative Tribunal against the council decision.

The lounge, in the Roxburgh Plaza and Home-maker Centre, now operates on Friday-Saturday from9pm-12.30am and Sunday-Thursday from 6pm-12.30am.

A shisha lounge allows patrons to smoke fruit-

flavoured tobacco from a communal hookah waterpipe — a custom for many people with a MiddleEastern background.

At the hearing, VCAT member Geoffrey Code saidthe council failed to assess the noise impact fromadditional hours and patrons.

‘‘The emission of live and recorded music andpatron noise when the balcony doors are open orwhen the balcony is in use was not properly addressedin submissions,’’ he stated.

‘‘Pascoe Vale Road carries high volumes of traffic,but in the absence of evidence, I have doubts thattraffic volumes after midnight are anything but light.

‘‘The premises operates until 1am and in warmweather patrons could make good use of the west-facing balcony.’’

Mr Code stated nearby residents had ‘‘made sub-

missions about complaints to the police about patronbehaviour at the premises and police officers’ attend-ance on a number of recent occasions’’.

Council city sustainability director Kelvin Walshsaid the council accepted and understood the VCATdecision. ‘‘Additional information was put to VCATthat was not available to the council during its earlierconsideration of the application,’’ he said.

Mr Walsh said the council was unaware whetherthe lounge owners had plans to submit amendedplans to the council.

At the council meeting last year, one objectorvoiced concerns, but the plan was endorsed in a 6-3vote among councillors.

Last month, the state government announced itsplans to change legislation for shisha cafes so that,under the Tobacco Act, they cannot operate.

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Venerable Joseph Tassone (pictured) is getting ready

for a weekend-long celebration in Yuroke to mark the

Tibetan New Year. The Buddhist Society will open its

doors to the public to join in the festivities. Activities will

include a New Year blessing ceremony, garden and

temple tours, and guided meditation sessions. Society

director Michael Joseph says the annual event helps

people learn how to generate and sustain positive

states of mind. More than 1000 people are expected to

attend the celebration at 1425 Mickleham Road,

Yuroke, from 9.30am-5pm on March 2 and 3.

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Change in the wind: state to ban smoking in public placesSMOKING will be banned at Hume play-grounds, children’s sports events, skate parks andswimming pools under new legislation plannedby the state government.

Further curbs have also been flagged under anamendment to the Tobacco Act due in Parliamentthis year.

Last week Health Minister David Davisannounced that his amendments would beapplicable across the state and be made inconsultation with local governments.

The bans will be enforced across the state.Hume Council spokesman Michael Sinclair

last week said the council was investigating thefeasibility and appropriateness of further smok-

ing bans in public places across Hume. Manycouncils have enacted their own smoking bans,but the Municipal Association of Victoria hasurged its members to wait for the governmentlegislation.

“We will draw on the results of those trials . . .of those bans that are currently in place,”Mr Davis said. Breaching the law will attract afine, suggested at about $140.

He said the laws would not add enforcementcosts as they tended to be self-enforcing. “Peoplegenerally see the signs and largely comply”.

Mr Davis said an announcement over smokingat outdoor dining areas would be made soon.

Greens upper house MP Colleen Hartland set

in motion a bill that would ban smoking at play-grounds, sports grounds and outdoor diningareas. The upper house will continue debatingthe bill. “We are really doing the work of govern-ment,” she said.

Last year, the government banned smoking onbeaches.

She said the government’s actions were “piece-meal” and it was avoiding upsetting the “bigplayers” in the hospitality industry.

A technical issues paper on the reforms will beout at the end of of this month for local govern-ments and sports groups to respond to. Consulta-tions will be open for six weeks.

Dianella Community Health Broadmeadows

clinical director Ralph Audehm said Humeresidents would benefit greatly from the bans.

‘‘I see so much ill health associated with smok-ing that any sort of intervention to decrease thepopulation’s use of cigarettes would be fantas-tic,’’ he said. ‘‘In places like Hume we have ahigher rate of low socio-economic people, whichoften means we have higher rates of smoking so itwill be important for the government to imple-ment this in Hume.

‘‘Passive smoking is as much an issue forpeople who don’t smoke as it is for people whodo smoke, so decreasing that in the communitywill also be of benefit.’’

— Dan Moss, State Parliament Editor

New face, open mindat the helm in Hume

Taking charge: Timothy Hansen, in his new office, isready to be out and about. Picture: Michael Copp

BY STEPHANIE ZEVENBERGEN

ALTHOUGH he is new to the area, the newHume police chief is eager to step out to meet andgreet.

Inspector Timothy Hansen took up his rolelast week, transferring to Hume after two yearsin Moorabin.

The top two items on his to-do list are having amore visible police presence on the road and anopen dialogue with the community. Emergencymanagement, including safety at MelbourneAirport, will also be a key focus.

Last week he said he was looking forward togetting to know the ins and outs of thecommunity.

‘‘I’ve never worked up in this area before. Itwill be a steep learning curve, especially under-standing the diversity,’’ he said.

‘‘I’m keen to get around and meet people andunderstand from their perspective what theissues are and where we are meeting, or not meet-

ing, expectations. I want to make sure that ourpolice resources are in place and that we’re fullystaffed and meet the demands of the community.

‘‘We need to have a visible police presence outon the road and work with various agenciesacross the city to meet their needs.’’

Inspector Hansen’s schedule over the comingweeks includes visits to community groupsaround the municipality to get to know thembetter.

He has replaced Inspector Paul Allinson, whoworked in Hume from March to December lastyear. Inspector Hansen hopes to provide someconsistency to the area.

‘‘One of the problems the public expresses isthe constant rotation.’’

Inspector Hansen said emergency manage-ment, including safety at Melbourne Airport,would also be a key focus.

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Half-measures keep homeless on outerBY STEPHANIE ZEVENBERGEN

THERE is no end in sight for Hume’s homelesspopulation following a damning Auditor-General report that says measures to addresseshomelessness across the state have not beeneffective.

The report, Addressing Homelessness: Part-nerships and Plans, was released last week. Itexamines the effectiveness of a ‘national partner-ship agreement on homelessness-Victorianimplementation plan’ (NPAH-VIP) in achieving‘‘sustainable housing and social inclusion’’ forpeople who are homeless or at risk of it.

Acting Auditor-General Peter Frost found that

only two of the 24 NPAH-VIP initiatives hadeffectively contributed to reducing homelessness.

Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statis-tics and the 2011 census, released last year, showthat 803 people in Tullamarine and Broad-meadows and 67 in Sunbury were homeless.

Across the state, there were 22,789 homelesspeople on census night, a 21 per cent increasefrom 2006.

Sunbury resident Vicky Vacondios, 38, knowsall too well what it’s like to be homeless.

Four years ago, she and her three childrenfound themselves in that state followingdomestic violence.

For three months, Ms Vacondios lived out of

her car, staying overnight at shelters inMelbourne’s north. She was finally put in a‘transitional house’ in Sunbury by the stategovernment and she still lives there.

Ms Vacondios said a crucial element to endinghomelessness was the need for more public hous-ing. ‘‘I really think more houses need to be built.That should be the No.1 priority in our country.

‘‘If we have houses at least we can then workon other issues such as finding employment. It’seasier to work on those when you have somestability.’’

Ms Vacondios has been told she may have towait for up to 10 years for a permanentresidence.

Council to Homeless Persons chief executiveJenny Smith said welfare services needed to beproperly measured to know if they were effective.

‘‘We know homelessness services in Victoria dogreat work helping people to get a roof over theirheads and their lives back on track, but if wecan’t measure it and show it, then funding forthese vital services is put at risk,’’ she said.

‘‘The Auditor-General has found that the twoprograms properly evaluated — A Place to CallHome and Street to Home — have both showngreat success. They demonstrate that whenpeople get permanent affordable housing and thesupport they need to help them keep it, homeless-ness can be solved.’’

Caring folk whodo give a toss

Flip it: Lentara UnitingCare chiefexecutive Joy Nunn gets into thespirit of Pancake Day.

Picture: Michael Copp

MORE than 200 people willflip pancakes at a Broadmead-ows Pancake Day fund-raisertoday.

The annual event, whichcoincides with Shrove Tuesday,is run by Lentara UnitingCare.

The organisation aims toraise $500 for disadvantagedpeople, including those whohave been abused, homeless orhave a disability.

Lentara spokeswomanKirstie McLaren says theorganisation has been involvedin Pancake Day for 25 years.

‘‘The money will be puttowards our emergency reliefprogram that provides assist-ance in the form of food andmaterial aid for low-incomefamilies to deal with immediateissues of financial hardship andcrisis,’’ she said.

The money is also used toprovide food, meat andvegetable vouchers.

‘‘We’ve invited over 200people, including volunteers,staff, board members and localchurch congregations,’’ MsMcLaren said. ‘‘It is a gold-coindonation event, so we arehoping to raise around $500.’’

Last year, $72,775 wasraised in Victoria andTasmania, up from $50,675 theprevious year.

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Ready to help out: Funda Uluer with Westmeadows Primary School students. Picture: Michael Copp


DISADVANTAGED pupils at three Humeprimary schools will now get extra one-on-onesupport with the introduction of primary welfareofficers.

The officers took up their roles last week undera $124 million state government commitment tohelp stamp out bullying and provide moresupport to students and families.

Ninety primary schools across the statereceived an officer for the first time this year.

Aitken Creek, Mount Ridley and Westmead-ows primary schools are among those which nowhave welfare officers.

Their role is to help the school provide supportto students at risk of disengagement or to thosenot achieving their full potential, while alsoinstilling life skills.

Westmeadows principal Anton Mahony saidthe school was ‘‘over the moon’’ to receive theextra support.

He said the new officer, Funda Uluer, wouldfocus on meeting students and following up the

school’s high rate of absenteeism. ‘‘She’ll get intothe classrooms, meet the kids and tell them whather role is.

‘‘The beauty of the role is that she is going tofollow up with all the children who are regularlate-comers to school.

‘‘She will liaise with families to lower absencesand thus provide children with more learningopportunities.’’

Mr Mahony said the number of disadvantagedstudents and parents at the school had risen overthe past few years. ‘‘Lots of primary schools havegot these counsellors. It’s based on the studentfamily occupation index. That is based on theoccupation of parents, the number of educationmaintenance allowance recipients in the school,the number of unemployed parents and the num-ber of students who have languages other thanEnglish. We now meet the government criteria.’’

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Fire safety starts with us: residentsBY STEPHANIE ZEVENBERGEN

THE Craigieburn Residents Association plans totackle fire safety among households this year.

The decision was made by the association’s 18members at their annual meeting last week.

A Craigieburn resident for 33 years, DenisMoore, has taken over as president. He replacesErik Dober, who becomes vice-president.

Mr Moore said: ‘‘We’re planning to meet with

the CFA to work on fire prevention in the homebecause a few people were saying neighbours hadnoticed other neighbours whose backyard hadgrass a meter high.

‘‘I think the hardest thing is there’s so manyhomes around Craigieburn that are public hous-ing and the people who rent them just don’t care;there’s no maintenance upkeep.

‘‘That’s what we’ve got to work on. We’ll bespeaking to the CFA and speaking to Housing

Minister Wendy Lovell; they better start doingsomething about it.’’

Hume Council wants residents to clean uparound their homes, businesses and vacant lots toreduce the risk of fire this summer. Those whodon’t comply face a fine of $1410, imposed bythe state government.

Mr Moore said the group would also advocatefor completion of the Craigieburn Town Centreand getting traffic lights installed at the inter-

section of Hanson and Craigieburn roads. Plansfor the multimillion-dollar centre were approvedby Hume Council in 2010. It is scheduled to openlater this year.

Mr Moore said residents were invited to thenext meeting on March 6, where Ben Collier,Liberal candidate for the federal seat of McEwen,will be guest speaker. ‘‘If people have issues theywant us to get stuck into they can come andthrow questions at him,’’ Mr Moore said.

Mark’s a human ‘bridge’ to a better place

Helping others: Mark Lazaric has dedicated 11 yearsto helping people out of bad situations.

MARK Lazaric has spent countless hours on thephone helping Broadmeadows’ most disadvant-aged people, and now he’s been recognised forhis work.

Mr Lazaric is a case co-ordinator at theBroadmeadows Service Centre.

Last week he was one of 20 case co-ordinationteam members who received a nationalDepartment of Human Service award for theirservices.

Mr Lazaric helps disadvantaged people whostruggle to pay bills, who are dealing withsubstance abuse, have health issues, difficulty

finding employment or need somewhere to live.Since September 2011, the team has helped

more than 2100 people and on more than 4000occasions it has linked people to local servicesand support organisations.

Mr Lazaric says his work gives him a sense ofpurpose.

‘‘One memorable case was an older gentlemanwho was referred to us for help in paying hiselectricity bill,’’ he says.

‘‘During our discussion he revealed he wasliving in substandard housing without basicaccess to essential services while he was undergo-

ing treatment for cancer. I was able to immedi-ately connect him with housing outreach servicesto investigate his living conditions and contacthis hospital and other community supportorganisations to address his health andwell-being.

‘‘Within six weeks he and his wife had movedto new accommodation, resolved their bills andwere connected with four new service providers.’’

Mr Lazaric says that was one case that showeda simple interaction can lead to happieroutcomes.

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Lots to show: Craigieburn Art Group president Rex Amos and Betty Maher are ready to showcase members’ talent. Picture: Michael Copp


THE canvases will come off the easelsand onto the walls for people toadmire.

A vibrant montage of artistic talentfrom the Craigieburn Art Group goeson show next weekend.

The group will show 190 artworksat the Craigieburn Community Festi-val, run by Hume Council.

The group will also hold a ‘specialeffort’ fund-raiser for the local SES.

Group secretary Betty Maher says ithopes to raise $800.

‘‘We do the ‘special effort’ everyyear — one of our artists donatesa painting and the sales from raffletickets are given to the CragieburnSES.

‘‘We try to raise as much money aswe can. Sometimes we’ve got up to$800, sometimes $600. We just tryand get as many raffle tickets sold aswe can.’’

Ms Maher, who will exhibit some ofher own paintings, says the paintingswill include oils, pastels and water-

colours. ‘‘We’ll have demonstratingartists on Saturday. I’ll be doing somepainting.

‘‘I like to paint a bit of everything,but mainly animals. I’m known for myhorses and floral work.’’

Ms Maher says the group has comea long way, and its artwork will bemore impressive than in previousyears.

‘‘You can chat with the artists abouttheir work and maybe buy that specialpainting you have been looking for.

‘‘It’s a wonderful opportunity toobtain an original work for yourhome, office or that special gift you’vebeen seeking.’’

The group has 15 members and MsMaher says it is always looking fornew members.

The exhibition is at the CraigieburnLeisure Centre function room from10am-5pm on February 23-24.

The Craigieburn Community Festi-val is a free event that has been heldfor more than 20 years.

Attractions include live music,carnival rides, stalls and food.


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Relief for KanganKangan Institute in Broadmeadows, which

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It is launching a new course — certificate III in

engineering (composites trade). It starts next

month and 30 students have expressed

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Not wanted? Try recyclingHume residents looking at getting rid of old

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can drop off a maximum of 15 items, including

furniture, mattresses, whitegoods, TV sets and

DVD players. It is at the Sunbury

Neighbourhood House at Elizabeth Drive,

between 9am-4pm.

More details: hume.vic.gov.au

Public consulted on licensingHume Council is seeking feedback from

residents on its draft liquor licensing referral

policy, which is on exhibition until March 12.

The policy aims to provide direction for the

council in assessing responses to liquor

licence applications. It includes research

undertaken by the council such as surveys of

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Spoilt for choice at marketResidents are being invited to a Valentine’s

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Community market on Saturday. As well as

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and jewellery items. It’s a free entry event at

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Be prepared for the retiring lifeResidents thinking about retirement are being

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Community open day on February 23. There

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A guide along life’s pathGetting his own life on track led Charles Vella to help others improve theirs, writes Rebecca Miller

Under his father’s influence,Essendon’s Charles Vella becamea mechanical and electrical

engineer. Later, though, his career tooka turn, one towards helping others.

Charles says his role as a life coachand clinical hypnotherapist is reward-ing and satisfying beyond words.‘‘Engineering is a satisfying career andcan be rewarding, but to help a personachieve something they didn’t thinkthey could or help them becomeunstuck is even more so’’.

A self-help course led him to his newcareer. ‘‘I attended self-help courses toget my life on track. After a few, Iachieved amazing results in my life —then I wanted to facilitate change forothers,’’ says Charles.

‘‘After graduating from a neuro-linguistic life coaching program in

2006, I went on to study clinicalhypnotherapy.’’

He enjoys the personal satisfactionof helping people become unstuck.

‘‘My career allows me to help aperson break free from whatever isholding them back.’’

He aims to improve an individualsquality of life, showing them how toachieve personal and business goals,get over unwanted behaviours andhabits, let go of past traumatic events,relieve anxiety and quit addictions.

‘‘People generally seek help from mewhen mainstream medicine orpsychology hasn’t worked and theyrealise their issue is within theirunconscious control,’’ Charles says.

He studied with Landmark Educa-tion, a course which started him on hisjourney of self-help and discovery.

‘‘Beyond Landmark, there is oneman — hypnotherapist Steve Kormas— who taught me the craft ofapplication, to apply neuro-linguisticprogram and hypnosis beyond theclassroom, ’’says Charles.

‘‘My life is now a constant lessonlearnt by helping one individual at atime.’’

Being happy and healthy in life isnot just something Charles teaches; hepractises it too.

‘‘I’m happy being me: a husband,father, therapist and someone’s friend.I visit the gym regularly, cycle withfriends and enjoy spending time withmy family and renovating my home.’’

Charles has advice for anyoneinterested in a career as a life coach:‘‘Work from your heart, train with acraftsman and love what you do.’’

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Clubs glance over shoulderBY LANCE JENKINSON

WHILE Australia’s professional sports reel in thewake of last week’s Australian Crime Commi-ssion report on performance-enhancing drugs insport, the flow-on effect to suburban level is stillto be measured.

Eradicating, or even detecting, the use of illicitor performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) at agrassroots level of sport is no mean feat, accord-ing to Victorian Rugby League general managerBrent Silva.

The VRL was alarmed at ACC findings lastweek of widespread use of PEDs in Australianprofessional sport, but Silva was confident theiruse not an issue in community rugby league inVictoria.

‘‘In terms of performance-enhancing products,you’re more likely to get it at the higher level,where players are on the fringe and trying tomake a living out of the game,’’ he said.

‘‘At the higher level, when you’re trying to earna contract, where it could be the differencebetween $50,000 a year contract and a $200,000a year contract, there is an incentive.’’

When a player or an official joins a local rugbyleague club, they sign a document stating theywill abide by the VRL’s rules and regulations.

‘‘Even at our level, we come under the WADA[World Anti-Doping Agency] code, but ASADAgenerally don’t test at the community level,’’ Silvasaid. ‘‘So, you’re not tested for that sort of thing.’’

AFL Victoria responded last week by reiterat-ing that any competition managed under theLaws of Australian Football is bound by the anti-doping code.

AFL Victoria and ASADA have agreed about atesting program for the VFL. However suburbanand country leagues do not have the same level ofresourcing.

‘‘If a player has any doubt whatsoever thenthey should not consume a medication or supple-ment without first seeking medical or profes-sional advice on whether it contains a bannedperformance-enhancing substance,’’ AFL Vic-toria said in its statement.

‘‘Community football players can also be test-ed by ASADA as the competitions in which theyplay are operated and managed under the Lawsof Australian Football.

‘‘More broadly, an education resource is cur-rently being developed for community leagues topass on to clubs and their players.’’

Further questions were put to the EssendonDistrict Football League on Friday but had notbeen answered when the Weekly went to print onSunday.

The Victorian Rugby Union, governing bodyof community rugby in this state, wants to ensurethe use of PEDs does not filter down to the clublevel or its representative teams.

VRU community rugby manager CharlieBamford plans to meet club officials in the lead-up to the new season to discuss clubs puttingtheir medical staff on register that is easily access-ible for the VRU.

‘‘Given the recent reports that have beentabled, this will be a topic of discussion and wewill be placing an emphasis on the clubs toensure they are exercising their duty of care inthese areas,’’ Bamford said.

‘‘We will be asking them to, with the issueswe’ve faced in the last week, register all theirmedical people so that we are across that.’’

— with Teo Pellizzeri

INBRIEF

VSDCARoxburgh Park-Broadmeadows negotiated 42

overs to reach stumps and avoid outright defeat

against Kingston Saints in South West First XI at

the weekend. Kingston (6-206) led by 40 runs on

the first innings before RPB reached stumps with

6-99 in its second dig. Rhys Ashen (3-73) was best

of the RPB bowlers. The Falcons sit 13th of 14

teams on the ladder with 21 points.

NWMCASydenham-Hillside wrapped up first innings points

within a day after bowling out Roxburgh Park-

Broadmeadows for 99 in Luscombe Shield.

Jordan Ashby (4-21) hit back for RPB but

Sydenham-Hillside reached 6-129 at stumps, a

lead of 30.

VTCAGreenvale shared the wickets to bowl out Keilor

for 183 on day one of their Senior Division clash

before reaching 0-2 at stumps in reply. Jeremy

Brown (3-71), Chinthaka Jayasinghe (2-30), Tarek

Moughanie (2-11) and Chathura Darshana (2-54)

were Greenvale’s wicket-takers. In North Division,

Westmeadows rolled Royal Park-Brunswick for 77

but was all out for 179 in reply. Tullamarine is 1-32

in reply to Footscray United’s 164.

Riding the bump: Aberfeldie’s Jayden Foster is tackled by Glenroy’s Tanner Nilsson.Pictures: Darren Howe

Cannons size up what’s on offerBY TEO PELLIZZERI

High fliers: Greenvale’sArthur Petershyn gets ahand to the ball underpressure from clubmate Ricky Schraven.

A FRIDAY evening in Februarydoesn’t have the same ring as One Dayin September, but for a number ofaspiring Calder Cannons players thestakes were just as high last week.

The Cannons held their first organ-ised game of pre-season training withan intra-club at Craigieburn’s Highg-ate Reserve, mainly consisting ofbottom-age players.

Few at the Cannons were expectinga 12-goal difference between the teamsof trialling players.

But the margin was not as relevantas the performances for players striv-ing to break into this year’s TAC Cupteam.

The Cannons will now play double-header trials against Bendigo, North-ern Knights and Western Jets beforenaming their final TAC Cup list earlynext month.

About 20 top-age Cannons acted asboundary umpires as they ran laps ofthe ground, sizing up the candidates.

Cannons coach Andrew Jago spentthe match patrolling the field, occa-sionally stopping the game to issue aninstruction, but largely addressingplayers behind the play.

‘‘Most of our top-agers were delib-erately rested, it’s really to try and gainsome information on kids that are bot-tom age or new to the under-18 pro-gram,’’ Jago said.

‘‘They’ve been selected becausethey’re standouts at local level, givethem the chance to compete againstplayers at the same level.

‘‘Being at ground level, what I wasseeing out there is something that’s dif-ferent to what the video will show me.

‘‘At the moment I have impressionsof who was communicating, who wassetting up, the ball movement, but tohave a look from an overall perspect-ive will give me a bit of balance.’’

Jago said the players on the fringesof TAC Cup selection were well aware

of the stakes heading into the practice-match series.

‘‘This will be part of our criteria tomake decisions . . . we have a sportspsych out here full time who spoke tothem about their preparation.

‘‘It’s not purely instinctive yet, play-ers are thinking things through. But atthis stage of the season that’s under-standable.

‘‘The players’ job now is to makeour life exceptionally difficult, and afew of them did tonight. We’re a longway from finalising our list yet.’’

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