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Chelsea footballers unite behind A-League bid Aspendale Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au A GROUP of ex-Chelsea footballers have come together to lend support to the bid for an ALeague side based in south-east Victoria. Tony Selak is leading a band of half a dozen former players who have invested in the ‘Team 11’ bid to help their cause for admittance into Australia’s top soccer league, the A-League. “I played my junior soccer at Chelsea through until under-16s. When I found out about Team 11 we were asked if we’d like to be involved,” Mr Selak said. “We are so excited by the concept. Having grown up in the area, having young families, we
really saw it as an exciting opportunity for the area and a way to give back to the community. Sometimes you get swept up in the excitement, but it never dissipated. There’s a bit of excitement and we think it will be great for the whole region. “We want to create a football factory. We want to create a club that is conducive to bringing through young local talent. We want something that has really strong community involvement, is financially viable, and which has the community’s interests at heart. These are important concepts and principles by which the club will be run. Chelsea’s soccer club went on to merge with Dandenong City in 2008. 52 clubs from the south-east region have
flagged their support for the bid, including the Mt Eliza, Mornington, Mount Martha, Western Port, Langwarrin, Seaford, Skye, Aspendale, and Chelsea soccer clubs. Peninsula Strikers and Southern Stars have also given the bid their tick of approval. The fate of the prospective A-League side, which would play its home games out of a proposed stadium in Dandenong, was set to be decided by October 31. A board shakeup at Football Federation Australia saw that decision delayed. The new board has outlined that they wish to make a decision by Christmas. Team 11 is one of eight bids competing for two spots in the league.
doctor hangs up the stethoscope ASPENDALE doctor Rodney Hain will celebrate his retirement with a picnic at Bicentennial Park in Chelsea. Dr Hain began working at Aspendale Clinic in 1972 after graduating Melbourne Uni in 1966. Since then he has spent 46 years in general practice helping out Aspendale locals. Dr Hain spent three decades across various local hospitals helping to deliver babies. The picnic will be on 2 December, and will kick off at 12.30pm. It will be BYO and all are welcome to attend.
Job done: Dr Rod Hain is retiring after nearly half a century of helping out Aspendale patients. Picture: Supplied
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A PACK of peninsula electorates within close proximity are two of only a very small handful of state districts in which no women nominated as candidates. Across Victoria’s 88 electorates in the lower house, just six feature no female representation among the nominees this years. Two of those are Mornington and Nepean. Nine male candidates put their hand up for election in those two districts. Mornington and Nepean are safe Liberal seats, held by David Morris MP and Martin Dixon MP respectively. 4 women across Mornington and Nepean nominated during the previous election. Murray Plains, Mount Waverly, Clarunda, and Forest Hill are the other state electorates in which no females will be on the ballot to vote for. Neighbouring electorate Carrum will feature two women leading the ticket for each of the major parties, Labor MP Sonya Kilkenny and Liberal candidate Donna Bauer. Brodie Cowburn
21 November 2018
THOSE on the electoral roll can cast their vote on Saturday 24 November. Chelsea Primary School, Aspendale Primary, and St Augustine’s Church Hall are among the voting centres. For a full list visit maps.vec.vic.gov.au. Early voting has been a popular option for voters this year. Early votes can be cast at 14 Bond Street, Mordialloc and 450 Nepean Highway, Chelsea. Those centres will be open 9am-6pm Monday to Friday and from 9am-8pm on Thursday.