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Young couple takes home four awards in their first year as owners SWIMART Mornington won a total of four awards – the highest number presented to a single franchise partner – at the Swimart Awards Ceremony, which was held on July 27 at the Sheraton Grand Mirage Resort, Port Douglas. This year, a total of 73 awards were presented to XX franchise partners, including Mornington Swimart which took home Australasian Franchisee of the Year, Southern Region Franchisee of the Year, Southern Region Hot Shot of the Year, and Gold Franchisee. “We were surprised, grateful and proud of our effort. We knew we’d done well over the past year, but we didn’t realise how well!” says Swimart Mornington owner Jordan Bedson. “For us, the awards are a result of team effort and the support of our customers.” While Jordan has only been a franchise owner for a year, he has, at just 29 years of age,
10 years’ experience in the pool care industry, including two managing the Mornington franchise prior to purchasing it. “From a young age I set my goal to own my own store.” Winning four awards is confirmation for Jordan that his focus on providing outstanding customer service and maintaining a strong team is working. “We work as a team, so our win was a team effort,” explains Jordan, who runs the store with wife Hayley and 10 staff. “Building a good team is essential to a franchise’s success. If you employ the right people, your business will do well. For me, the right people are those who offer great service, resolves issues quickly and build strong relationships with customers.” Swimart Mornington is at Peninsula Lifestyle Centre, 1128-1132 Nepean Hwy, Mornington. www.swimart.com.au
Crash scene: A woman was injured when her car collided with a police car in Nepean Highway, Mornington, Wednesday last week. Pictures: Ben Triandafillou
Woman injured in crash with police car A POLICE car responding to an “urgent job” last week collided with another car injuring an elderly woman. Both cars sustained significant damage. The Mornington-based Ford Territory police vehicle was travelling along Nepean Highway at the Bungower Road intersection when it ran into the woman’s car as it turned onto Nepean Highway, noon, Wednesday 19 September. Acting Senior Sergeant Brett Cooke, of Mornington police, said the patrol car, with “lights flashing and siren sounding”, had slowed as it entered the intersection. “The middle and right-hand-lane traffic had stopped but the elderly driver, in her 80s, may
not have seen the police car as she turned with the green light and it has run into her,” he said. “She was taken to Frankston Hospital with what we were told were non-life-threatening injuries.” A Mornington Fire Brigade pumper rushed to the scene and the four-man crew “assisted with the clean-up and made the area safe”, station officer Geoff Barker said. Frankston SES deputy controller Shane Double said crews used the Jaws of Life to cut the woman free and assist ambulance officers. No charges were expected to be laid over the collision.
Swimart Australasian Franchisee of the Year award presentation to Swimart Mornington with left to right: Swimart Executive Officer Rick Graham, Australian former competitive swimmer Susie O’Neill, Swimart Mornington franchise partners Jordan and Hayley Bedson and Waterco General Manager and Country Head of Pool Systems Darryl Barber.
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Ready to ride: Rhys Buzza, Hayden Fenn, Gregory Pratt and Scott Lovegreen are aiming to raise $5000 for rod safety programs by cycling 1200 kilometres in Western Australia. Picture: Supplied
On the road for student safety FOUR Mornington Peninsula cyclists will ride 1200km in Western Australia next month to raise $5000 for road safety programs for peninsula school children. Hayden Fenn, 35, of Frankston South, Scott Lovegreen, 43, of Mt Martha, Rhys Buzza, 42, of Mt Martha and Gregory Pratt, 48, of Mornington, plan to take 90 hours to complete the Perth-Albany-Perth ride, 1-4 October, organised by Audax Australia Cycling Club. The men are using the ride to prepare for the world-famous Paris-Brest-Paris epic next year. Fifteen peninsula students from 13 schools met up with The White Bike Foundation founder
Chris Savage last week to wish them luck. The foundation honours Mt Martha teenager Joel Hawkins who died after being knocked off his bike on Nepean Highway, Dromana, in June 2015. Its members deliver bike education to students at Peninsula Grammar and are designing a similar program for Boneo Primary School. “As a daily commuter and a father of teenagers on the Mornington Peninsula I have a keen interest in promoting that cause,” Gregory Pratt said. Donations can be made at whitebikefoundation.org.au/fundraisers
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