Sports back in full swing CRICKETERS have been given the all clear to return to the crease for the 2020/2021 season. COVID-19 brought an end to local cricket earlier this year. The onset of the pandemic saw the Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association call off the season the week before the scheduled Grand Finals. Last week the MPCA board voted to proceed with next season, with the first ball set to be bowled on 14 November. This season will only feature one day matches. The first seven rounds will be played with a red ball, and the rest will be played with a white ball. Fixtures have been posted online at the MyCricket website. Brodie Cowburn
Rooming houses a focus for COVID safety PENINSULA Health has teamed up with council to implement more infection control measures in Frankston’s rooming houses. Nurses have attended local rooming houses to offer COVID-19 swabs to residents. Residents have also been given disposable masks, highgrade disinfectant, hand sanitiser, disposable gloves, paper towel, and bin liners. Peninsula Health community health operations director Iain Edwards said “we’re pleased to be partnering with Frankston City Council in creating COVID safe environments.” “Peninsula Health and Frankston City Council are continuing to work together to minimise the spread of infection and protect rooming house residents,” he said.
JOHN Shore and Amy Campion (front), Elizabeth Myers, Luke Shore and Stephen Myers (back) and Tamara Newing, who supplied the food, (centre). Picture: Yanni
Radio turns to TV to ‘rescue’ gala ball RADIO station RPP FM turned to television to hold a virtual gala ball that raised $75,000 for the Children First Foundation. Realising restrictions caused by COVID-19 would destroy its major 2020 event, foundation executive officer Elizabeth Lodge approached RPP breakfast host John Shore who arranged a TV broadcast of
the big night. “We dared to dream, took a risk, and the outcome was awesome,” she said. Observing strict COVID protocols, the RPP crew of MC John Shore, co-host Amy Campion and technical producer Steve Meyers, used RPP’s TV broadcasting ability to stream the event live to a
national audience. The at-home attendees enjoyed gourmet hampers of premium Mornington Peninsula produce while being entertained, listening to speakers, and bidding at auctions on the night. “We shared the kids’ and the foundation's stories,” Mr Shore said. “We passed our target by
more than $15,000, brought joy into homes across the country, and had loads of fun along the way.” The Children First Foundation has been arranging life-changing, sometimes life-saving, surgery in Australia for disadvantaged children from developing countries since 1999.
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Frankston Times
3 November 2020
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