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== Sport == [[File:2010 GL - Moe v Traralgon 3.JPG|thumb|Australian rules football GFL match in 2010 between Traralgon and Moe]] [[Australian rules football]] is popular. There are two senior clubs, the Traralgon Maroons (which briefly competed in the [[Victorian Football League]] between 1996β1997) currently competing in the [[Gippsland Football League]] and Traralgon-Tyers United competing in the [[North Gippsland Football League]]. There is also a junior league, Traralgon and District Junior Football League, with most games played from the West End Sporting Complex. [[Cricket]] is also popular, with a local league, the Traralgon and District Cricket Association (TDCA) operating. [[Soccer]] is represented by two clubs - [[Traralgon City SC|Traralgon City]] and [[Traralgon Olympians SC|Traralgon Olympians]] - who both play in the [[Victorian Regional Leagues#Latrobe Valley Soccer League|Latrobe Valley Soccer League]]. The home grounds are Harold Preston Reserve and Harold Preston Park respectively. There is a local [[basketball]] league, the Traralgon Basketball Association with a stadium at the Traralgon Sports Complex. The Traralgon Sports Stadium played host to preliminary round games of the [[Basketball at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Basketball competition]] during the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]] which were held in [[Melbourne]]. The local [[baseball]] team is the Traralgon Redsox. Traralgon has a [[Thoroughbred racing in Australia|horse racing club]], the Latrobe Valley Racing Club, which schedules two race meetings a year including the Cup meeting in December.<ref name = "RaceClub">{{Citation | last = Country Racing Victoria | title = Latrobe Valley Racing Club | url = http://www.countryracing.com.au/index.php?option=com_club_info&club=45&Itemid=80 | access-date = 2009-05-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080728163916/http://countryracing.com.au/index.php?option=com_club_info&club=45&Itemid=80 | archive-date = 28 July 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref> The Traralgon Greyhound Racing Club holds regular [[Greyhound racing in Australia|greyhound racing]] meetings at Glenview Park. The first meeting was held on 28 June 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://traralgon.grv.org.au/about-us/|title=About Us|date=24 November 2013 |publisher=Greyhound Racing Victoria Traralgon|access-date=15 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="dogs">{{Citation | last = Greyhound Racing Victoria | title = Traralgon | url = http://traralgon.grv.org.au/index.html | access-date = 2009-04-15 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090331093547/http://traralgon.grv.org.au/index.html | archive-date = 31 March 2009}}</ref> Golfers play at the course of the Traralgon Golf Club on the Princes Highway.<ref name = "golf">{{Citation | author= Golf Select | title = Traralgon | url = http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=329 | access-date = 2009-05-11 }}</ref> The Traralgon Harriers are a running club that runs 5 or 6 km races every Thursday night and also organise Victoria's oldest marathon, the [[Traralgon Marathon]], held every June.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://traralgonharriers.org.au/|title=Traralgon Harriers: Home - Running since 1967|website=traralgonharriers.org.au}}</ref> The Latrobe Valley Cycling club hold road and track racing events on most weeks throughout the year. Traralgon Pistol Club and Traralgon small bore rifle Club also located in the town. === Entertainment === The entertainment precinct which spans Kay, Grey and Franklin Streets attracts people from surrounding towns to several nightclubs, bars and restaurants located there.
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