WHILE Merbein's footballers and netballers were chasing their dreams of premiership trophies at Kenny Park on Saturday, club supporters were having a gander at the most famous Australian cup of all.
The 2022 Melbourne Cup is on a national tour staged by event sponsor Lexus and it came to Merbein a year later than was originally planned because of the pandemic that stopped a nation.
Hosted by the Merbein Arts Group, which collected gold-coin donations from people who had their pictures taken with the famous horse racing trophy, the cup was put on show in a mini replica of th