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Craigieburn's Arthur Dempster 63 , Arthur  has been shortlisted for volunteer of the year at the Victorian Disability Sport and Recreation Awards. His an amputee and is wheelchair bound at the moment. He is the scorer for all the Camrea Cricket Club home games. He said without cricket his recovery from having his right leg amputated two and a half years ago due to diabetes wouldnÕt have gone as smoothly. He has volunteered for almost two decades at the club helping with canteen duties, preparing the ground, training and most recently being the score keeper for its menÕs, womenÕs and veteranÕs home games.  Picture:Rob Leeson.

Bowled over with nomination

NEITHER cancer nor a leg amputation can keep Arthur Dempster away from volunteering at a cricket club that got through the worst of it.

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Boxer Caitlin Beckett at Pure Boxing on Saturday, July 7, 2018, in Ringwood, Victoria, Australia. Picture: Hamish Blair

Seconds out, big things ahead

Though going in a little short of where she would have liked preparation-wise, 17-year-old Ringwood boxer Caitlin Beckett recently returned from Apia in Samoa with a Youth Oceania Championship title in her kit bag.

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