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New era dawns in the south THE impact of COVID-19 on both the community and sporting clubs last year reached far and wide. The clubs lost a season of playing football as well as their ability to remain financial. The pandemic hit South Mornington Football Club hard as it was to be its inaugural season in the Southern Football Netball League since transferring from the Victorian Amateur Football Association after 12 years. South Mornington, based at Mount Martha, was looking forward to 2020 with new clubrooms and a new senior
coach in Terry Brennan. However, its pre-season was brought to a sudden halt and then, after the initial lockdown was lifted, training resumed for a delayed start to the season on 25 July. But the season was abandoned, as it was for all other sporting codes. This year is looking brighter. South Mornington has resumed pre-season training at Citation Oval, Helena Street, at 6pm Mondays and Wednesdays. The club has, however, found that fielding two senior sides this season is going to be a problem given the low
numbers at training. With practice matches planned over three weeks in March, and the competition scheduled to start on 10 April, players are urgently needed. Past and potential players are invited to “pull the boots on” and enjoy playing football in the club’s inaugural season in the SFNL. Those interested should contact Terry Brennan 0413 889 938 or club president Colin O’Neill 0414 517 839. New sponsors can display their signs on the main oval. Details: Shane Pope 0400 335 589. Stephen Taylor
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TUESDAY 9 February was the first Mornington Peninsula Shire Council meeting open to the public since April, when COVID-19 forced them online. Just 50 members of the public were allowed to attend last week’s meeting at Mornington Community Theatre
Expressions of Interest RACV Emergency Roadside Assistance and Towing & Mechanical Service & Repair Centre (General Mechanical Repairers) RACV Accredited Auto Care Centre
Rosebud, Rye, Dromana, Balnarring and surrounding areas RACV is seeking “Expressions of Interest” from professional general mechanical repair businesses in the Peninsula area who are interested in providing Emergency Roadside Assistance and becoming an RACV Accredited Auto Care Centre. If your business has industry leading facilities and is well equipped to offer RACV members outstanding service, we would like to hear from you. For further information and an expression of interest document please email Julie_logan@racv.com.au by 5.00pm 28/2/2021 PAGE 10
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and strict safety measures applied: mandatory masks, QR codes, social distancing and “a symptom self-assessment" before leaving home. Councillors and staff were masked up, although the 1.5 metre distance seemed hard to achieve for some, es-
pecially when a rear shot showed the mayor Cr Despi O’Connor lean left and whisper in the ear of governance manager Amanda Sapolu. It is not known if all councillors wore masks during the confidential section of the meeting. Keith Platt
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