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Pitches set-up soccer club’s future By Ben Triandafillou THE Mt Eliza Soccer Club has seen continuous growth since starting out in 2008 and has begun to facilitate their uptake with a new set-up at Emil Madsen Reserve, Mt Eliza. Outgrowing their home at Howard Parker Reserve, the club has sought support from the shire over the past few years to establish a new set-up. The club now has two pitches currently up and running behind the Mt Eliza ‘Redlegs’ Football ovals which they started training and playing on early last month. President of the Mt Eliza Soccer Club Keith Doyle said the need for the new set-up has become more important especially over the last 15-18 months.
“We are quite a young club but we are gaining a lot of traction now,” Doyle said. “We had 34 teams playing this season, including two new girl’s teams. “We have gone to the next level and Emil Madsen Reserve has been an amazing addition.” Flood lights are set to be put in place over the Christmas period with plans for a third pitch to be developed. “We’ll be starting fresh next season and rearing to go with the new lights put in place,” he said. “The pitch’s drainage is spectacular. I’m sure the Mt Eliza Soccer Club will have one of the best facilities on the Mornington Peninsula.” A new pavilion with 4-5 sets of change rooms and a social area is also looking at being developed in the next few years.
Kicking goals: Mt Eliza Soccer Club’s Keith Doyle on one of the new soccer pitches.
Karting success: Cadel Ambrose at the seat of his kart surrounded by his parernts Suzie and Rohan. Tony Groves from sponsors, Mornington Mazda, is in the background. Picture: Yanni
Cadel driven by challenge By Ben Triandafillou GO KARTING talent Cadel Ambrose has concluded a thrilling season with a victory in the final round of the Australian kart championships on Sunday 3 September. The victory pushed nine-year-old Cadel into third place of the cadet-nine Australian kart championships overall standings. Taking to the track on Todd Road, Port Melbourne Cadel had to make up an 11 point difference in the fifth and final round to make it into the top three but the challenge just gave him more drive to succeed. “He was pretty excited heading into the final round,” Cadel’s mother Suzie Morrell said. “He was sitting in fourth place leading into it so he really had to perform well to make it into third place. “He keeps telling everyone now that “I’m the
third fastest in Australia”. He raced really well all weekend and he’s really happy with making into the top three.” Cadel, of Bittern, won round two at Geelong earlier this year and again stood at the top of the podium when awarded with a trophy for taking out the final event. The budding young driver was also awarded with the no. 3 go kart plate at the final presentation which was held at Etihad Stadium on the Sunday night. Cadel will now get to race a little faster next season as he moves into the cadet-12 category and the speed restrictor is removed from his go kart. “It gets a lot more competitive with much bigger fields in the older category,” Morrell said. “I’m a little nervous but he’s really looking forward to it and he’s just loving it at the moment.”
Rye runs “your choice” raffle
THE Rye Football Club is running a “your choice” major raffle worth $40 000 this year with 800 tickets up for grabs. The raffle is set to be drawn on Sunday 15 October at RJ Rowley Reserve, Rye with tickets selling for $100. The winning prize is worth $35 000 and is of your choice which could include a boat, a motor vehicle, airfares/accommodation and more.
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Netballers not thrown off by wet weather By Ben Triandafillou THE early showers couldn’t hold back the netball supporters from cheering on their teams at the Nepean Football Netball League grand finals on Saturday 9 September at Bunguyan Reserve, Tyabb. In the under-17s grand final Pearcedale overcame the wet conditions to break away late in the match to defeat Red Hill (33-27). In a rematch of last year’s grand final, Crib Point faced Tyabb in the A-grade grand final in much better conditions as the sky cleared up for the main event. Crib Point made the most of their opportunities and was able to seal the win in a fast paced game defeating Tyabb 43-29. Somerville got out to an early lead in the Bgrade grand final against Crib Point and never looked back to secure their victory 41-21.
It was a tight match in the C-grade grand final between Crib Point and Somerville and had to go into overtime to declare a winner. Crib Point emerged in overtime defeating Somerville by two goals (37-35). The D-grade grand final between Rye and Frankston was close throughout. It wasn’t until the fourth quarter when Rye stretched their lead to claim the victory (35-29). Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League operations manager, Haydn Parsons, said that there was a great crowd on the day despite the poor conditions in the morning. “The marquees provided some shelter early on for the supporters but as the day moved on the crowd just continued to build,” Parsons said. “There were plenty of Crib Point supporters on the day with their three teams playing in the grand finals.”
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