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A driver has been taken to hospital with minor injuries after a crash in Patterson Lakes.

The two car collision occurred at around 10.40am, 23 September on Thompson Road.

One of the vehicles involved struck a light pole and turned on its side.

Police, ambulance, and SES units attended the scene. Highway Patrol members are investigating.

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Coast is clear for free boating Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au FEES at the Governor Road boat ramp will be abolished after council voted to “advise Better Boating Victoria that it is prepared to execute an agreement” to make the ramp free to use.

Kingston councillors voted on 23 September to inform Better Boating Victoria that they would be ready to execute an agreement for the Mordialloc boat launching site “that provides for a direct reimbursement to the council of fees associated with parking machine fees (credit and cash payments), Governor Road permits, and infringement revenues for the

balance of the 19/20 financial year” and to “instruct the Chief Executive Officer to do all things necessary to commence the process to cede its committee of management status for part of George Woods Reserve.”

The mayor Georgina Oxley said that maintenance of the boat ramp had previously been paid for by the fees, and that “council did not think it was

fair that local ratepayers should be left to pay for ongoing maintenance at the site.”

“Council has agreed to remove fees at the Governor Road boat ramp and the Victorian Government will reimburse council for the remainder of this financial year’s fees to cover maintenance costs for the site,” she said.

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“Kingston Council will then seek to return management of the boat ramp to the Victorian Government for ongoing management and maintenance.”

A council officer’s report stated that approximately $7000 is spent annually on “civil maintenance and the maintenance of the water-based assets.

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THE release of two new transport infrastructure reports have highlighted the “many benefits” of extending the Frankston rail line, says the Committee for Greater Frankston.

C4GF, a lobby group, pointed out that two new reports from Rail Futures Institute and Prosper Australia–Chris Hale “strongly back” the proposed rail extension. They said that the institutes’ report “calls for the extension to be built by 2026” and that the PA-Hale report “says nine urgently needed rail projects including the Frankston to Baxter

extension can be fast-tracked by using more progressive funding models”.

G4GF Ginevra Hosking said “the rail extension with its many benefits is not guaranteed because extending the line requires both federal and state government support.”

“The federal government has allocated $225 million of funding in the commonwealth budget, about half the estimated cost of an extension to Langwarrin, but the Victorian Labor government has yet to commit to the project.

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back the project, it cannot go ahead,” she said.

“The extension’s benefits are well understood. It will transform public transport in our region, provide better access to jobs up the line, get cars off congested roads, free up crowded car parks in Frankston’s CBD, and create a metro station at Frankston Hospital and the nearby Monash University Peninsula campus.

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New sensory space at school A NEW indoor sensory room and outdoor playset have been officially opened at Bonbeach Primary School.

The two projects were completed earlier this month with the help of just over $180,000 in taxpayer funding.

The projects were funded through the state government’s inclusive schools fund. Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny said “up to $200,000 is provided for projects through the fund to help

government schools better support the social and education needs of young people with a disability.”

“Since it was established in 2015, the inclusive schools fund has supported more than 180 creative projects to build inclusive play spaces, outdoor learning areas, sensory gardens and calm space,” she said.

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Play day: Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny with parents Narelle Legg,Pam Patton, and Bonbeach Primary students at their new outdoor play set. Picture: Supplied

Pleas for free fees heard Continued from Page 1 The report on the matter read that “Better Boating Victoria is proposing to enter into an agreement with council to make a payment to contribute to the funding of maintenance of boat ramps and associated parking. The figure arrived at in the agreement is based on fees collected, but on the assumption that these fees are a source of funding associated with the cost of maintenance of boat ramps and associated parking.”

“The agreement prior to execution will require modifications following recent discussions held with Better Boating Victoria whereby it was reinforced that council intends to cede its commitment of management status over the land. The changes will reflect a position where council is reimbursed for its costs for the balance of this financial year during which time it is hoped that the process required to be followed to cede the land will occur,” the report read.

It was stated in the report that in the 2018/2019 financial year that just under $84,000 in fees had been collected from the Mordialloc boat ramp.

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Over $40,000 of that was from parking machine fees, while just over $20,000 was from infringement notices.

The agreement proposed by Better Boating Victoria was kept confidential.

The state government celebrated making boat ramp fees free in Frankston earlier this month, and called on Kingston Council to work with them. They said that Mordialloc was one of just two boat ramps statewide that still charged fees.

The state government promised to abolish the fees in the leadup to the state election in November last year.

Fishing and boating minister Jaala Pulford said she called on “the City of Kingston to work with government to remove fees as soon as possible”.

“Getting rid of parking and launching fees is a massive win for Victorian families, who can enjoy more affordable boating and fishing this season,” she said.

“We want the Borough of Queenscliffe and the City of Kingston to join the party because we know boaters and anglers want to launch into a fee free spring (“Call to remove boatie fees”, The News, 11/9/19).”

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Humpback ashore at St Andrews A DEAD humpback washed up onto the beach at St Andrews over the weekend had been a meal for sharks as it floated in to shore.

The 11-metre whale was gouged by large bite marks and covered in crustaceans.

Environmental advocate Josie Jones spotted the whale out in the water on Sunday night.

“We could see the sharks lunging and spray coming off them, their fins rising up out of the water – it was pretty full on to watch,” she said.

Cetacean scientist Sue Mason said the whale

must have died only recently as the carcase had not begun to decompose – and stink.

Scientists estimate that about 33,000 humpbacks migrate along the east coast to and from their feeding grounds in the Antarctic to the warmer waters of the Great Barrier Reef, where they breed. This population increases by about 10 per cent each year.

A separate population migrates along the West Australian coast.

This humpback may have been on its way south to the Antarctic to feed over the summer.

Humpbacks can grow to 16 metres, with their pectoral fins being roughly one third the length of their body.

The best places to see humpbacks along the Victorian coast are Wilsons Promontory and from high vantage points along the coast.

Sightings by citizen scientists are regularly posted on the Two Bays Whale Project Facebook page.

“As we know, it is important to keep our ocean clean to reduce our impact on these beautiful creatures,” Dr Mason said.

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Death prompts road concerns A PETITION requesting a safety audit of the pedestrian refuge on McCormicks Road, Skye has amassed over 552 signatures.

A safety audit of the crossing point “to improve pedestrian access and safety” has been labelled “urgent” after the death of an elderly woman earlier this year.

A woman believed to be in her 80s was struck and killed on 29 July. Emergency services attended the intersection of McCormicks Road and Ballarto Road at around 6pm, but the woman died at the scene.

The petition was presented to Frankston Council

by Cr Colin Hampton at a recent public meeting.

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Kids rally for climate action Stephen Taylor steve@baysidenews.com.au THE 500 students, parents and grandparents who rallied at Mornington Park on Friday to demand positive action on global warming got their message across in a constructive, wellbehaved manner, Mornington police said.

There’s was one of more than 100 school strikes for climate occurring around Australia, Friday 20 September.

The rallies were organised by the student-run School Strike 4 Climate website. They followed strikes in March at which 150,000 people marched in Australia and 1.5 million took part worldwide.

The rally follows Mornington Peninsula Shire’s declaration of a climate emergency last month. This was confirmed by Cr Simon Brooks who spoke at the rally. The shire is working on ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reduce the effects of climate change. Several students addressed the crowd, including a nineyear old primary school boy, a year 12 girl and a Deakin University student. They spoke of their concerns for our rising sea level and a warming climate, and the impact this has on birds, fish and animals – and people.

The students are advocating for no new coal, oil or gas projects in Australia; 100 per cent renewable energy generation and exports by 2030, and funding for a transition and job creation plan for all fossil fuel workers and communities.

After the rally a long column weaved its way up Main Street to the office of Mornington MP David Morris. No one was there so the marchers turned around and walked back along the footpath to Mornington Park and dispersed.

“By taking time off school and work together around the world, we’ll show our politicians that people everywhere want climate justice and we’re not going away until we get it,” says the School Strike 4 Climate event description.

“We’ll strike in solidarity for everyone who’s already being hurt by the climate crisis and eve-

ryone who will be impacted if we don’t act now: workers, first nations’ peoples, young people, mining communities and more.”

The demonstrations were held three days before the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York, which aims to bolster ambition and accelerate actions to implement the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.

Speaker Angus Boyd-Bell, 9, in grade 4 at Balnarring Primary School, said climate change was important because he had grown up spending time in the bush enjoying wildlife. “I have heard that over 200 species are gone each day because of climate change,” he said.

“Soon it could be zero and maybe that will become a reality if we don’t change what we are doing now.

“Many politicians say that they are going to make changes to prevent climate change but they are actually doing zero per cent of what they say they are going to do.

“We want change now and we are going to get it.”

Deakin University environmental science student Mariah Stellato, 22, said: “Today we are standing for what we are standing on.”

As part of her studies she had visited the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, which hosted talks by government ministers to showcase the detriments of climate change. “This island will become the first country to be impacted by climate change which will result in its people being the world’s first environmental refugees,” Ms Stellato said.

“The Australian Government’s solution was to give money to aid this island rather than change our fossil fuel consumption. Certain politicians state that ‘loud, mouthy activists’ are stopping the fossil fuel industry and mining projects, such as Adani, from going ahead.

“That’s why today is important. Let us be the ‘loud, mouthy activists’ taking action and treating climate change for what it is – a crisis.”

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Students lead the way in the eyes of OAMs THE 2019 Roy Ward Leadership Prizes for secondary students were presented at the Order of Australia Association, Mornington Peninsula Regional Groups annual luncheon held at the Safety Beach Yacht Club and Community Centre on Friday 23August.

The Roy Ward Leadership Prizes have been recognized by secondary schools and students in our region, since its inception in 2000, as prestigious, with the process providing “real life” post-secondary education experiences.

Twenty-one secondary schools within the zone were invited to forward submissions. Fifteen nominations were received, and these were evaluated by a selection panel of the Group’s members. Six submissions were short listed to interview to determine the winners.

The winner of the 2019 Roy Ward Leadership Prize for a student who has shown exceptional leadership and community service was Alice Bertram, an Edithvale CFA member from Woodleigh School.

Alice is a year 12 student involved in all aspects of school life. Alice is the recipient of Melbourne University Kwong Lee Dow Scholarship and has been awarded the Australian Defence Force Long Tan Leadership and Teamwork Award.

Alice is committed to environmental conservation making people aware of the plight of elephant poaching and involvement through the Melbourne Zoo’s eastern bandicoot program and their program “When Balloons Fly Birds Die”.

Examples of excellence: William Rear and Alice Bertram are proud recipients of the Roy Ward Leadership prize in 2019.

In year 10 Alice was one of ten students selected to travel to Indonesia as part of a scientific excursion to study rainforests and reefs.

Alice is a keen sportswoman and is involved in swimming as captain of the school swim team, cross country and athletics and was a founding member of the Woodleigh Ovella Park Sheep Stud.

She also is a member of the Woodleigh Focus Orchestra and the

flute ensemble. Alice is a qualified firefighter and is a member of the Edithvale CFA. The winner of the 2019 Roy Ward Leadership Prize for Courage and Fortitude is William Rear from Frankston High School.

This Prize was introduced in 2018 and is granted to a secondary student in years 10, 11 or 12 who has demonstrated in their school, outstanding qualities of leadership, character and

community service, while facing significant challenges in their own lives.

In 2011 following the onset of headaches that became increasingly more severe, William was diagnosed with brain cancer and was rushed to Monash Children’s Hospital where after a six-hour operation most of the tumour was removed.

However in 2017 the tumour regrew and William faced another major operation which thankfully has

cleared William of cancer but left him with many residual complications, including multiple hormone deficiency and short-term memory loss.

William is a key member of the Frankston High School Student Leadership Council, a volunteer and leader in an Acquired Brain Injury Clinic giving hope and encouragement based on experience especially in memory and speech techniques.

In 2014 William attended the Asian Pacific Children’s Convention in Japan and remains involved as part of the selection panel for ongoing attendees. Through his involvement in Tour de Cure and Baileys Day events he has been able to turn a passion into tangible assistance.

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Drug charge A 30-YEAR-old Carrum Downs man has been arrested and is expected to be charged with cultivating a commercial quantity of a drug of dependence.

Police executed two search warrants on 19 September as part of Operation Dexterous. Senior Constable Alistair Parsons said “investigators uncovered a large and sophisticated hydroponic cannabis crop of over 100 mature plants” at a home in Jennison Street, Chelsea Heights, around 6.30am.

A man was simultaneously arrested at a McCormicks Road, Carrum Downs property. Police also seized a “large amount of cash”.

Commodore sedan with false number plates.

Anyone with information or who may recognise the man is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential report online at www.crimestoppersvic.com. au

Cards taken POLICE are investigating the theft of credit cards that were later used in Clayton South, Keysborough, Dandenong, Doveton and Narre Warren.

Dandenong CIU detectives believe that an unknown person broke into cars on Hanleath Avenue, Springvale on 1 September.

Cards stolen from the vehicles were used later that day at service stations and a shopping complex.

Images of a man (right) who police believe can assist with their enquiries have been released. He is perceived to be Caucasian and about 25 to 35-years-old with a medium build and brown hair. He has a number of distinctive tattoos on his right elbow, right and left forearm, and neck.

The man was also seen with another unknown man in a silver Holden

Armed man attacks A MAN armed with a handgun struck another man and stole cigarettes from him in Frankston.

The victim was walking to his car at a Nepean Highway petrol station at around 9.40pm, 17 September, when he was approached by the unknown offender.

The offender was armed with a handgun, and demanded car keys from the victim. The offender then struck the victim in the head with the gun before fleeing with his cigarettes.

The offender fled in a waiting vehicle south on Nepean Highway. The car he fled in was a brown or maroon VT Commodore with no license plates.

The 48-year-old Frankston South victim sustained a minor injury but did not require treatment.

An image (below) of a man police believe can help with their inquiries have been released. The man was perceived as Caucasian, around 183cms tall, slim, and aged in his mid 20s. He wore a grey top, black bum bag, red underwear, and a maroon beanie with ear warmers.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.

Horse charges out of gates A MAN has been charged with the attempted theft of a statue from Parkdale.

It is alleged that the man attempted to steal the horse statue in July of this year.

A 29-year-old Mordialloc resident was hit with an attempted theft charge, along with a charge of criminal damage and possession of anabolic steroids.

The man was summoned to appear at the Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court on 19 September.

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An old Hastings identity dies Compiled by Cameron McCullough IT is with deep regret that we announce the death of an old and respected pioneer, in the person of Mr. Joseph Haddock of Forest Lodge, Hastings at the age of 75 years.

Deceased was a man of indomitable will, and always accomplished, however difficult, anything he undertook to carry out.

He was born at Mount Prospect, in New South Wales, in 1844.

Losing his parents during childhood, he had to battle for himself at an early age.

After working in parts of New South Wales for a few years, he finally settled in Victoria, coming to Hastings fortyeight years ago, where he started in the building trade, amongst his efforts being the first Hastings Public Hall and the Catholic Church.

He was for many years a quartermaster-sergeant in the old 40th P.R. Battery, and also in the No. 6 Battery, A.F.A.V., at Hastings, at the end of his service receiving the medal for long and efficient service.

During the past few years his health had not been of the best – suffering a good deal with his heart.

Taking a chill, he died on the 31st of August, after a short, painful illness.

He leaves a widow and grown up family of five respected children – one daughter and four sons.

The remains were interred in the Hastings Cemetery, the Revs M. Coates and H. W. Hughes officiating. *** A LENGTHY letter from Mr Ditchburn, manging director of the

Frankston Gas and Electric Supply Coy, came to hand this (publication) morning – too late for this issue. *** THE programme of the Cranbourne Turf Club’s spring meeting to be held on Thursday October 9th is advertised in another column.

Entries close on Sept 29th. *** MESSRS Brody and Mason announce that they will hold a clearing sale on Monday Sept 29th on the premises “Ashleigh Vale” Bungower Road, near Somerville, on account of Mr F. E. Timms.

Particulars are advertised.

On Oct 11th a special sale of household furnishings will be held at Frankston by the same firm. *** THE Volunteer Motor Corps have arranged to bring a party of invalided men from the various Military Hospitals to Frankston on Sunday next 28th inst.

The “Wattle” club are preparing to entertain the visitors at afternoon tea in the local hall.

The club officials extend a most cordial invitation to any and all returned local boys to be present and meet their comrades. *** AT the bazaar held recently at Langwarrin, in aid of the building fund of the Church of England, the following prizes were awarded: Miss Clark, 1st for Victoria sandwich; Mrs Raws, 1st prize for scones; Mr Jos. Bray – Frankston, 1st prize for hat trimming. ***

With only 1343 pigs penned at the sales on 16th inst,. in Sydney, prices soared to exceptionally high levels, and what is claimed to be an Australasian record for a pig for slaughter was obtained by Messrs. Badgery Bros, of Castlereagh Street, Sydney, for the, sale of a high class fat Berkshire sow.

This sow was bred and offered on account of Mr Chas Jones, of Wodonga, and realised £21 1s; 346 pigs sold by the firm average £4 14s 4d. *** THE preselection ballot of Labor aspirants willing to contest the Flinders electorate at the next Federal elections is to take place on Saturday, October 4, under the auspices of the Flinders Electorate Council.

Nomination for same close on October 3.

Capt S. M. Bruce, M.P. for Flinders, is billed to deliver an important address in the Dandenong Town hall, on Monday evening next, the 29th.

Capt. Bruce has just returned to Australia, after an extensive tour of England, parts of Europe, and America, and as he is a fluent speaker, he should give a very interesting address of his travels, and on matters now occupying the public funds. *** FOOTBALLERS Accident Fund – Mr W. L. Hartland, acknowledges subscriptions from the following gentlemen (to defray expense of motor accident to Frankston footballers) which has been handed over to the President: A. D. Box £1 1s; D. Kennedy £1 1s; W. H. O’Grady 10s; J. Cuthbert 5s; H. Anderson 2s 6d; W. L. Hartland 5s; G.

Bray 2s 6d; L. Hearps 2s; .Total £3 9s. *** A MEETING of the Frankston Show Committee will be held at the Mechanics’ Hall on Monday night, 29th: inst at 8 o’clock.

As the show schedule is to be reviewed and adopted with a view to early publications a full meeting is requested.

The secretary Mr J. C. Cuthbert reports that he is well satisfied with the promises of support received up to date. *** WEDDING BELLS. McCOMB – NORMAN A pretty wedding which excited much interest, was celebrated on Saturday afternoon, Sept 20th, at the Methodist Church, Frankston, when Miss Edith Florence McComb, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs H. McComb, of Nolan Street, Frankston, and Mr Robert Charles Norman (late 21st batt A.I.F.) of Merbein, second son of Mr and Mrs Chas Norman, of Moreland Road, Coburg, were united in the holy bonds of matrimony by Rev E. Tonkin.

The Church was tastefully decorated with a color scheme of pink and white azaleas and peach blossom, surmounting a bank of ferns.

The bride who was given away by her father, wore a bridal frock of ivory crepe de chine, draped with ivory ninon, and embroidered, with pearls.

The long court train was also embroidered with pearls and fringe.

Her hand-embroidered veil fell in graceful lines, encircled with a narrow wreath of orange blossom, and she

carried a beautiful shower bouquet of white azaleas, cyclamen, heather and maiden-hair fern, designed by Miss Bailey.

The bridesmaids were Miss Millie Marshall and Miss Florence Tonkin, and were daintily attired in chiffon viole inset with filet lace, and wore black tulle hats with cluster of pink grapes, finished with ribbon chin straps, and carried bouquets of pale pink sweet peas and carnations.

Mr R. Swift acted as best man, and Mr R. Turner as groomsman.

Miss Floss Archbold officiated at the organ, and Miss Norman rendered the solo “Because” while the register was being signed.

At the reception and wedding tea, held at “Clarendon House”, the bride’s mother received the guests.

She wore a soft black silk dress, relieved with oriental trimmings, and a hat of black crepe de chine with fawn roses and foilage.

The bridegrooms mother wore a black silk dress and furs, and hat of black silk relieved with white flowers.

The bride’s travelling costume was of mole grey and becoming hat of pearl grey and blue georgette, with blue grapes.

Miss Cahill, of Frankston, was responsible for the charming frock of the bride, which reflects great credit in her taste and skill.

The future home of Mr and Mrs. R. C. Norman will be “Redlands,” Merbein. *** FROM the pages of the Mornington Standard, 27 September 1919

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By Stuart McCullough I’LL admit to being surprised. It’s been positively yonks since I’ve been invited to attend a State dinner at the White House and – if I’m being honest – I had my doubts I’d ever be invited back. All I can say that, last time I was there, the final thing I remember is agreeing to do tequila shots with Madeleine Albright. Everything else is incredibly hazy except for the Secret Service report that was incredibly clear and vivid and placed a lot of stock on my unauthorized use of a golf buggy. Apparently crashing an electric vehicle head first into the marble staircase while yelling ‘liberty or death’ is frowned upon. You live and learn.

Who’d have thought Donald J Trump would be a fan of mine? Turns out, he never misses an edition of the Frankston Times; especially the real estate section. Ever since the deal for Greenland went sour, he likes to get our local paper on the off chance French Island might come up for sale. But, apparently, he’s an avid reader of my column and considers all the things I’ve written about him over the past few years to be incredibly fair, even going so far as to concede I have a point about him being a unhinged maniac who’s elevated human kind’s on-going existence from a statement to a question. Good on him for being willing to engage in a little self-reflection.

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Lady have never seen before and that they’ll remember forever.’ ScoMo looked concerned.

Clearly he had no idea what I was talking about. Tuxedo with a ruffled shirt? Greeting the President with a nipple cripple instead of the traditional handshake? Parachuting onto the lawn while on fire as ‘Ride of the Valkyries’ blasts away in the background? With both hands I gripped the Prime Minister’s shoulders and gave him a solid shake for at least three minutes, maybe four. Then I produced a box and held it high so that he could bask in its dazzling glory.

‘Cadbury Roses,’ I said. ‘Wait ‘til the President cops an eyeful of these little beauties.’

It worked a treat. When the PM, his wife and I trundled up to the front steps and gave the

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doorbell a tweak, you could tell the Trumpster was truly touched by our Antipodean gesture of goodwill. By the time he said ‘come on in’, he was elbow-deep in the box with trails of caramel deluxe dripping down his chin. He tried to shake my hand but I pretended I was looking the other way after spotting an entire peppermint crème crunch stuck to the Presidential palm, half way to melted.

Things had changed since I’d last been.

Gone are the libraries, works of art and antique furniture; replaced by a Foosball table, a mud-wrestling pit and a mini-golf course. The entire interior fell under the gaze of a thirty foot framed picture of ‘Dogs Playing Poker’ on loan from the Smithsonian. ‘I like what you’ve done

to the place,’ I said to the President as he moved from devouring the contents of the box to the box itself.

A short time later, my night started to go downhill. In retrospect, it was foolish of me to accept his invitation to play a round of Foosball. It was downright idiotic of me to win. I simply couldn’t help myself. After handing the President (in metaphorical terms) his backside on a platter, there was a distinct shift in tone.

Within seconds, I went from feted guest to sitting somewhere between China and kale in the Presidential pecking order. Even ScoMo looked embarrassed.

I knew I was in trouble when I found myself nearly two full miles from the head table and seated between Julian Assange and the bloke that used to advertise vacuum cleaners for Godfreys (apparently, the whole ‘vacuum holding a bowling ball’ thing went down a treat Stateside).

Neither of them would shut up. Little wonder I took solace in drink. Besides, it was my idea that each table should be stocked with the finest fruity lexia money can buy in a four litre cask, so I was quite literally enjoying the fruit lexia of my labour.

The second Julian Assange drew breath and stopped talking about himself I made my move.

Stumbling away from the table, I approached the Marine Corp Band, slipped them five bucks and asked them to perform a full military rendition of ‘Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again?’ Luckily they knew it, and were only too happy to oblige. As I stood on top of the speakers, red-faced and leading a full-throated sing-along, I was gang tackled to the ground by Mike Pompeo who, despite his obvious physical heft is surprisingly agile. Springing to my feet, I leapt aboard the Presidential golf buggy and careened over the front lawn yelling, ‘liberty or death!’ before running it into the duck pond.

What a night! I can’t wait to be invited back. stuart@stuartmccullough.com

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Unstoppable: Red Hill dominated in 2019, earning a promotion to Division One in 2020.

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Winners and losers in 2019 DIVISION TWO SEASON WRAP

By Brodie Cowburn Winners: Red Hill THE Hillmen had a game plan in 2019. They worked hard in defence all season long, and it paid off handsomely.

Although it may not be the most attractive brand of football, the Hillmen found success by keeping their opposition off the scoreboard. It worked wonders, as the finished top of the ladder with just two losses to their name and nearly half as many points conceded as their next best rivals.

Their toughest task was facing Karingal in the grand final. The Bulls’ fire-

power in their forward line might have been enough to nullify Red Hill’s defence on a good day, but the Hillmen proved up to the task. They were able to restrict the Bulls to just four goals for the day, and claim the premiership along with promotion to division one.

After Dromana’s success post-promotion last year, the Hillmen will head into the top division next year looking to make an impact.

Karingal THE Bulls may have fallen just short of a grand final win, but there was still plenty to be happy about in season 2019.

Karingal made one of the biggest moves of the off season by bringing in Cranbourne FC legend Marc Holt in a

bid to bolster their forward line.

The recruitment of the star full-forward paid off, as Holt booted big bags throughout the year. He made a huge impact in the finals, kicking 20 goals in two games to help the Bulls reach the big dance. He finished top of the league’s goal kicking leaderboard for the year with 85 majors.

The Bulls went out in straight sets in 2018 and looked much improved this year. In 2020 they will be among the premiership favourites.

field attention did not translate into on field results. Fevola struggled with injury and form throughout the year and could not make the impact some would have hoped for.

Their target man last year Luke Hewitt also struggled to have the same impact when sharing the forward line.

He booted 45 goals last year but only managed 25 this season.

Hastings finished with a decent record of 10 wins and eight losses, but still missed finals.

Losers: Hastings THE Blues made headlines in the off season by bringing in former Coleman medalist Brendan Fevola.

Unfortunately for Hastings the off

Pearcedale PEARCEDALE had a miserable 2019, only managing one win throughout the whole year.

They wrestled for bottom spot with Crib Point all year, but a late win by

the Magpies saw Pearcedale rooted to bottom place at the end of the season.

After claiming six wins last year, the season is a worrying regression.

Seaford AFTER their relegation from the top division last season, Seaford would have been hoping for a quick turnaround and return to the top flight.

The Tigers found themselves fighting in the middle of the ladder logjam towards the end of the year, and ended up falling just short of a finals position by percentage.

Aaron Walton was a bright spot. He scored 65 goals for the season, only finishing behind Marc Holt in the leading goalkickers list.

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Striking a blow for affordability SOCCER

By Craig MacKenzie PENINSULA Strikers announced the lowest junior fees in NPL Victoria history last week and threw down the gauntlet to local rivals Langwarrin and Mornington.

Strikers and Mornington recently were granted NPL junior licences and had to stump up $20,000 each for the privilege.

Most NPL clubs charge the maximum junior player fee of $2200 for a season.

That is the case with Langwarrin while Mornington has set its player fee at $1800.

But Strikers have outdone their rivals by charging junior players $1090 to play for the club in the under-13, under-14, under-15 and under-16 elite NPL competition next season.

“The whole idea when we went down this path was to tackle the cost to families and we have worked extremely hard to come up with a figure that not only trumps everybody else but makes costs feasible,” Strikers president Adrian Scialpi said.

“No club in Victoria can match us.

“We wanted to go low to attract young players who have never even considered NPL because it was completely out of reach of their family’s budget and believe me there are a lot of kids in that category.

“We wanted to offer some real value for money and we think we have four really good coaches and a TD (technical director) that is outstanding, in fact I don’t think you’ll find anyone more qualified in Victoria.”

That man is Jonathan Magee, 47, who played with Glenavon, Linfield, Bangor, Portadown and Lisburn Distillery in his native Northern Ireland before injury ended his career in 1998.

Magee holds a UEFA A licence and has worked with Preston North End’s youth program and is the former Player Recruitment Manager at West Bromwich Albion.

He arrived here in 2010 and became technical director of Strikers junior club in 2015.

This week Strikers also will unveil the club’s NPL junior coaching lineup.

The under-13s will be coached by John Meads who has worked in the NPLW with Southern United and has a C licence.

The under-14s will be under former Springvale White Eagles junior coach Sasa Djurovic who is a C licence holder.

Coaching guru: Jonathan Magee of Peninsula Strikers is one of the best credentialled technical directors in NPL Victoria ranks.

Former Doveton junior coach Darren Hili (C licence) will be in charge of the under-15s while Christian Castro (B licence) will take charge of the under-16s and is well known at the club due to his work with its community junior wing.

“We have coaching plans in place that we believe are the equal of any club in Victoria and we think we have created something that’s a little bit special,” Scialpi added.

“We’re not using NPL fees to help finance our senior club which a lot of other clubs do.

“The senior club will stand on its own two feet and we plan to tap into our junior talent pool to provide players for our senior program.

“We aim to deliver a whole package over the next few years that just might change junior football in our region.”

Strikers are also expected to announce that Givova is their NPL apparel supplier.

The Italian-owned company has been involved with the junior club for the past two seasons.

Scialpi and Strikers senior coach Danny Verdun are due to meet this week as the club moves to lock-in its senior appointments for next season.

It’s believed that reserves coach Paul Williams has been retained while Donn Delaney has been linked with the Centenary Park outfit.

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15s to this year’s NPL title and was expected to take over the under-16s but he surprised most observers by passing up that opportunity.

In NPL2 news Langwarrin gaffer Scott Miller has told the senior squad that they are all required for next season.

However the club is yet to negotiate deals for 2020 with most senior players.

It’s believed that teenage defender Lucas Portelli knocked back the chance to trial with Central Coast Mariners.

The former Melbourne City player trialled with A-league newcomer Western United who is understood to have made him an offer which he rejected.

Melbourne Knights goalkeeper of the century Peter Blasby has been retained as Langwarrin’s senior goalkeeping coach while Francis Beck has been retained as junior goalkeeping coach.

Fifteen-year-old Langwarrin keeper Nathan Lynders flew out of Melbourne last week to trial with English clubs Crystal Palace and Norwich City.

Lynders has previously trialled with Spanish giant Valencia.

He will miss Langy’s upcoming underage NPL trials but Mornington is believed to be keeping close tabs on its former junior whose younger brother Cael plays in goal for the Dal-

las Brooks Park outfit.

Eighteen-year-old Langy keeper Colby Jones will trial with Western United.

He was recently named under-20s best and fairest and also was the players’ player of the year winner.

His father Chris was a successful keeper with South Melbourne, Bentleigh Greens, Oakleigh and English club Brighton and Hove Albion and retired in 2010 after a long spell as the No 1 at Lawton Park.

Former Langy under-16s coach Doug Hodgson is expected to be named the new under-18s coach at Doveton.

Hodgson and a squad of Langy juniors flew out of Melbourne last week on a seven-match 14-day tour of England and will play West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield United, Kidderminster Harriers, Leicester City, Nottingham Forrest, Coventry City and the University of Warwick’s academy side.

In NPLW news Southern United finished the 2019 season with a 2-0 loss to Bulleen in Saturday’s under16s grand final at ABD Stadium in Broadmeadows.

In wet and windy conditions Southern’s inability to make inroads in the midfield battle and to create chances was to prove its undoing.

Bulleen keeper Pyper Prosen was rarely in the action whereas her counterpart at the other end of the pitch,

Alex Jones, was kept busy and was one of Southern’s better performers along with defender Emily Ryan.

Jones effected a superb smother in the 4th minute to deny Anna Berrell after Southern had given the ball away just inside its defensive third.

In the 7th minute Jones was forced to dive down and push a low shot from Rebecca Salvaggio out for a corner.

Bulleen was on top in midfield and Southern’s best chance of a breakthrough seemed likely to come from set piece situations but when the sides went into the half-time break at 0-0 Bulleen had the upper hand with the wind at its back in the second stanza.

That advantage was driven home in the 54th minute when a curling shot from Pria Savarirayan deceived Jones and crept inside the far post to open the scoring.

A looping shot from Rosie Rodger bounced off the bar three minutes later and when Belinda Stojcevksi punished Southern’s inability to clear following a corner by slamming the ball home from point-blank range in the 66th minute the contest was over.

This was Southern’s third successive Grand Final appearance after winning the under-13 event in 2017 and losing 2-1 to Calder United in last year’s under-14 final.

On a positive note if Southern coach and former Matilda Deb Nichols keeps this group together they can expect to mount serious title and finals campaigns next year as only two players, Sydney James and Indy Scarr, are ineligible to play at that level in 2020.

On Sunday Southern announced that Brian Roberts would become the club’s new technical director replacing Harry Chalkitis who has retired.

Chalkitis has an impressive list of credits amassed during a decadeslong involvement with the sport.

He is a two-time Victorian Coach of the Year, former men’s state team coach, head coach of a number of clubs including Bentleigh Greens, Port Melbourne and Frankston City, head coach of Victoria Vision in the women’s NSL and head of Victoria’s National Training Centre women’s program.

“I’m leaving Southern on very good terms and I’ll always be just a phonecall away,” Chalkitis said.

Roberts is the former senior coach at Box Hill United and has won the past two NPLW Coach of the Year awards.

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Vale Les Obriem – Craftsman HORSE RACING

By Ben Triandafillou ASTUTE Mornington trackwork clocker Les Obriem passed away on Sunday 15 September after spending more than four decades applying his trade.

The old-school clocker, who also wrote under the nom de plume Craftsman, passed away aged 74 due to health issues.

Throughout his time Obriem worked for various media outlets including the Sportsman, the Sporting Globe, The Herald, The Truth and the Winning Post as well as being heard on radio stations, 3UZ with Bert Bryant and 3DB with Bill Collins.

In recent years, Les had a passion for going to Sandown and then Werribee to clock and watch the numerous international gallopers as they prepared for the Melbourne Spring Carnival.

Obriem made a great contribution to Mornington Racecourse through his love of horse racing and the people that put on the show. He was also on the Emu Plains Committee at Balnarring Racecourse for 10 years.

Group One winning trainer Pat Carey said Les’ presence in the trainer’s tower at Mornington would light up the room.

“He had incredibly sharp wit

and a good sense of humour,” Carey said. “He was always prepared to talk about the ‘elephant’ in the room. He was immensely respected and had all the confidence by the trainers.”

“He was very sentimental about the local history of Mornington and Balnarring, and loved recalling the deeds of local trainers.

“When radio was the main medium for getting information to the punters, Les’ segment was a must listen to - everyone listened to it.”

Obriem basically grew up at the Mentone Racecourse (now closed) with his father Syd training out of the venue before getting the opportunity to clock horses at Mornington. His brother, Joe, had previously clocked horses at Mornington as well, before moving to the Epsom Racecourse (now also closed).

Somewhat of a jack-of-alltrades, Obriem even tried his hand at training and jockey management.

Obriem had one or two horses in training during the late 1960s and handled several jockey’s careers including Wayne Hokai, Kevin Forrester, Andrew Findlay, Rowan Waymouth and Anthony Darmanin.

Obriem made an impact across the Peninsula having also set up a fundraising drive for underprivileged kids in the

Westernport Area, rounding up support from local horse trainers.

“He Inspired trainers to support the local charity,” Carey said. “The trainers do it every year now and have continued the initiative with support from the Melbourne Racing Club Foundation.”

Some of the top horses that caught Obriem’s eye over the years included the mighty mare Makybe Diva and the Mornington-trained triple Group One winner, Hareeba.

“He regarded Makybe Diva’s gallop before she won her second Melbourne Cup as the best gallop he had seen at Mornington on the course proper,” Carey said.

“He had a high regard for the Ken Newman-trained Hareeba, one of Australia’s great sprinters, as well as Charlie Waymouth’s gallopers Rancher and Sequalo.”

Obriem’s other passions were fishing, watching his grandsons Brodie and Max play footy on a Sunday morning and caravanning every winter with his wife, Heather. Les was a loving father to Nicholas (dec), Hayley and Samuel.

The Melbourne Racing Club will now name a race after the great clocker on Grand Final day, Saturday 28 September – Vale Les Obriem Craftsman Plate.

Craftsman: Mornington trackwork clocker Les Obriem, also known as Craftsman, passed away aged 74.

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Payne’s win was like no other JOCKEY Michelle Payne weathered a few handicaps before winning the 2015 Melbourne Cup on Prince of Penzance.

The film Ride Like a Girl, which traces the 24 year old’s life before the track as well as her victories, is being screened at Sorrento on Friday (27 September) to raise money for Sorrento/Portsea/Rye unit of the Red Cross.

Former Australian of the Year, businessman and philanthropist Simon McKeon will open the screening which starts at 6pm with fish and chips and a glass of wine.

Ride Like a Girl - directed by Rachel Griffiths and starring Sam Neill (Paddy Payne), Teresa Palmer (Michelle Payne) and Sullivan Stapleton (Darren Weir) – traces Payne’s life from the tragedy of losing her mother Mary in a car accident when she was six months old to becoming the cel-

ebrated first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup. Payne was raised by her father as part of a family of 10 at Miners Rest, near Ballarat and from a young age set her sights on winning the race that stops a nation.

She started working in racing at 15, winning her first race on a horse trained by her father.

Her time on the track was limited after a fall in 2001, left her with a fractured skull and bruising on the brain. Racing authorities agreed to extend her apprenticeship time because of her injuries.

Mr McKeon, a friend of Richard Keddie, one of the producers of Ride Like a Girl, spent time on set during filming.

“It is a beautifully rounded film which deals with so many issues, including the determination and commitment required to excel at an elite

sport level, Me Too, single parenting a large household, returning from a life threatening injury, intellectual disability, the fascinating bond between Catholicism and horse racing, a young woman taking on a man’s world,” Mr McKeon said.

“And the best part is that it’s all true.”

Mr McKeon said it was “heartwarming” to see Michelle Payne’s brother, Stevie, play himself in the move. Michelle Payne dedicated her cup win to her brother, who has Down syndrome and works in in the racing industry as a strapper.

Keith Platt Ride like a Girl, 6pm Friday 27 September at the Athenaeum Cinema, Sorrento. Opening meal and movie $50.

Tickets available at the theatre or call 0419 101 397.

Players unite in a close one IN what is hoped to be the first of many games, years 8 and 9 boys from Mornington Secondary College hosted boys from the Clontarf Foundation at Alexandra Park last week.

The Clontarf team is made up of Indigenous boys from across Victoria in Mornington for a sports camp.

The foundation is set up to improve the education, discipline, self-esteem, life skills and employment prospects of young Indigenous men.

“The game was played in fantastic spirit as the two groups combined

together to create two very even and well-skilled teams,” the college’s sport and community engagement teacher Ben Hall said.

“It was a nail-biter as we headed into the final quarter, with the Mornington team – made up of boys from the college and the Clontarf Foundation – claiming victory by five points.

Later, the Indigenous boys hosted a football clinic at Mt Martha Primary School, showing off their skills and teaching the basics to the school’s budding players.

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