Jaidyn Kennedy
Tarneit’s Sarah Sherwood lit up the stage during her Deal or No Deal appearance last week.
The 21-year-old biomedicine student’s modest dream of bagging $5000 was smashed when she navigated each potentially perilous briefcase with flair on her way to netting nearly $16,000 in cash on Thursday, October 17.
While Ms Sherwood’s vivacious performance in pink captivated, she was certainly not the only star of the show.
Neighbour Pam Gusman, who is more like family, turned on her charm as the dynamic duo’s chemistry was on full display.
Ms Gusman, who Ms Sherwood said is “like a grandma to me”, was there the day she was born and a natural choice to accompany her on the big screen.
“She really is the best neighbour anyone could ask for,” the victor said about her cul-de-sac comrade.
A win for Ms Sherwood was always going to be a win for her street – which has been described as Tarneit’s version of Ramsay Street (even if it does technically fall within Hoppers Crossing).
The inner sanctum where Ms Sherwood has enjoyed endless games of cricket, basketball, water-fights and kicks of the footy has seen five of the six houses owned by the same families since she was born, with the sixth having been there for over 15 years.
The Good News Power Basketball Club’s vice president’s initial game plan was to win enough to throw a street party.
A bigger bounty means she has said “no deal” to that and upped the ante to a boat party.”
