NEWS DESK
Surfers challenge the chop PENINSULA Surfriders Club started its 2017 season with a contest at Rye in small, choppy surf. Despite the conditions on Saturday 11 February, secretary Jane Featherston said “impressive performances” and “great ocean management skills and wave knowledge” were shown by surfers in the female and under-13 divisions. Charli Wookey won the girls’ event and Taj Barber the under-13s. Winners in the four older age divisions were Calum Nicolson (over 28), Andrew Hyde (over 35), Darren Bird (over 45) and Gavin Duffy (over 55). In the Cadet final (under-16s) Max Burton defeated his older rivals, adding 2000 points towards his season aggregate. Will Antonie won the under-18s and Brett Ryder the Open B. The Premier Open A division saw Adam Morris triumph in a field of 42 surfers. It was his first win after 10 years in the division. The club’s junior development program - PSC Supergroms - was held in windy conditions the following day (Sunday 12 February) at Crunchy Point, Point Leo. The next Supergroms (under-9 to under-15) event will be on 26 March and the next club aggregate event on 18 March. Details: psc.org.au.
Police patrol Grab and run A COUPLE of alleged shoplifters ran from police and security guards at Southland but were later apprehended in Tennyson St, Cheltenham, Wednesday 8 February. A staffer told police he saw the man and woman in the David Jones cosmetics section, 5.30pm. He said the man selected a bottle of aftershave and handed it to his accomplice, who then wrapped the bottle in cloth and placed it in his backpack. Aware of being watched the pair moved up to the store’s second level but then crossed over into Big W, where police allege the woman stole a handbag and sunglasses. Challenged by security at the store’s entrance the woman walked away and the man refused to open his backpack. She then returned and they both walked quickly out into the carpark. When police arrived their saw the pair running across Tennyson St with security in hot pursuit. After they split up, police nabbed the woman while the man, cornered, allegedly struck a security guard with his bag with a heavy object inside, cutting the male security guard’s head. Police said the woman, 33, was wanted on five outstanding arrest warrants. She was remanded in custody to appear at Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court at a date to be fixed. The man, 23, was charged with unlawful assault and bailed to appear at the same court at a date to be fixed.
when it was stolen from his Patterson Lakes home, early Thursday 9 February. The ute, with one number plate missing, was valued at $9900 when it was stolen from the Palm Island Ct address. Call Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000 with any information.
Robbers hit servos A MAN wearing a hoodie and armed with a kitchen knife robbed the United service station in Tyabb Rd, Mornington, at 10.15pm on Wednesday 8 February. The man, who covered his face and was described as Caucasian, pointed the knife at the attendant and demanded cash. He grabbed the till and ran off. Within the hour, the BP service station in Mt Eliza was robbed of cash, possibly by the same man. At about 2am, Thursday 9 February, the Caltex service station and also the 7-Eleven in McMahons Rd, Frankston, were robbed when a man threatened staff with a large knife and grabbed a quantity of cash. The man ran off through the car park on Cranbourne-Frankston Rd. It is not known if he had a car waiting.
Tools, ute stolen
Looking for the lip: Adam Morris, above, heads for his first win in a decade in the Open A division of Peninsula Surfriders Club and below, Charlie Lucas.
POWER tools valued at about $6900 were on board a tradie’s Ford ute
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