Waves unite worlds
April 1-14 2015
OCEAN GROVE’S NUMBER ONE NEWSPAPER
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STAGE IS SET With the official opening of the Grove Pavilion only three weeks away, curiosity about what’s inside and how it will work is reaching fever pitch. This week the Voice was given an exclusive peek in the new centre that local schools are already booking dates for concerts.
Helen Butteriss, Chris Humphrey, Luke Andrews, Anthony Fisher (owner of Marketplace Baker's Delight) and Shane Hilton.
Dough counting delight OUT FROM behind the desk, the spreadsheets, the computer, the air
conditioned office and into the heat of the kitchen, local number crunchers donned
aprons to do some baking last week. Continued page 4.
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With an 80 seat meeting space, kitchen, alfresco deck and orchestra size stage, the Grove Pavilion will be the cultural heart of Ocean Grove in the park, a space that is currently lacking in the town. To celebrate, the Park Committee is inviting
locals to experience the atmosphere and facilities for themselves a week before the official opening on Saturday 11 April from 10am to 2pm. On the day Bellarine Secondary College musicians will entertain, and there’s an art display from the Karin Gallery. “The Ocean Grove Park is the perfect place for every local to participate in activities or be entertained by others and you are encouraged to come and see the Pavilion and consider it for community activities, functions, meetings and concerts.” Continued page 3.
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A young gun on the stylist radar U P- A N D - C O M I N G styling star Ross McCallum will have his work featured in this month’s GQ Magazine, after winning its “GQ Generation” competition. “I was super excited,” he said. “It’s somewhere I’d love to work.” Ross (pictured on the right in GQ Magazine) won the styling category of the competition and was flown
to Sydney with the other four winners. While there he received mentoring from the magazine’s fashion editor and put together a seven page spread with the winners for the April edition. “To be featured in such a high caliber magazine was very exciting,” he said. Ross grew up in Ocean Grove, and attended
Our Lady Star of Sea and Kardinia College. He studied hair and make up after a gap year, but decided to pursue styling instead. Ross completed a three-year degree of styling and creative direction at the Whitehouse Institute of Design. At 23 he is already the fashion editor for the Jetstar inflight magazine and does some freelance styling on the side.
Saddle up call
Rotary Ocean Grove’s John Paton is urging local cyclists to “Ride the Bellarine” this month, to raise money to fight polio. “What better way to enjoy the coastal views of the Bellarine Peninsula, and help eradicate polio, than on a bike with other cyclists,” said Mr Paton. The first ever Ride the Bellarine will take place on April 19. Two rides, 65km and 105km, will start and finish in Eastern Gardens, and pass through Ocean Grove. They will also go through Barwon Heads and along 13th Beach Road, which Mr Paton said is “one of Cadel Evans’ favourite rides”. Vaccination programs supported by Rotary International have reduced the number of
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Rotary Ocean Grove is hoping cyclists will Ride the Bellarine for polio. new cases of polio from 350,000 worldwide in 1988, to less than 400 in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria, in 2014. “Most young Australians know very
little about polio and its effects despite it being one of the worst childhood diseases less than 25 years ago,” said Mr Paton. Each dollar Rotary International raises for
polio is matched by two from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, tripling the money raised by the ride. For details visit ridethebellarine.com.
Thongs in the trees
Joyce Ryan and Joy Manley in front of their thong tree.
JOY MANLEY has an unusual tree at the front of her Wyatt St home. The three is covered in more than 100 pairs of thongs collected over the last few years. The tree is the work Joy and her friends, Joyce Ryan and Joy Batterham, who collected the thongs during their walks around town. “They call us the ‘Three Js’,” said Mrs Ryan.
The trio, all part of the Ocean Grove Walking Club, built up a large collection of thongs in Mrs Manley’s shed from their strolls. “My husband used to think I was mad and would tell me to throw them out,” said Mrs Manley. Mrs Manley said passers by donate their flip flops to add to its colour.
OCEAN Grove Bowling Club will be hosting a Good Friday fundraiser this week. Enjoy a great fish'n'chip dinner with the family and make a bid on one of the great auction items. Auction proceeds will be donated to the Good Friday Appeal. The event starts at 5 pm this Friday April 3. The auction starts at 7pm. Ocean Grove CFA will also be doing street collections during the day and Collendina Carvan Park will be hosting its annual Nearest the Pin golf fundraiser. Each year the Good Friday Appeal brings together people from all parts of the community to raise much needed funds for equipment, research and education to support the work of The Royal Children's Hospital.
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Cherished care for loved pets DOROTHY Hollow and her canine companion, Moe, are making the most of a new charity which is “the first of its kind” in Ocean Grove. Cherished Pets Foundation (CPF) supports pet ownership for the elderly and people with a disability, and is the brainchild of Wallington veterinarian, Dr Alicia Kennedy. “Cherished Pets means I know I’ve got somebody that will take care of Moe if something happens to me,” said Dorothy. Two volunteers from the CPF, Anne Dylan and Kathy Reeve, help Dorothy take care of Moe. Between them they walk
Anne Dylan, Dorothy Hollow and Kathy Reeve with Moe. Moe five times a week, and look after him if which Dorothy, 85, is Dorothy is unwell. Anne recently looked unable to do safely. “He gets so excited about his after Moe for a week while walks,” said Kathy. “We’re Dorothy was in hospital. “I have an aged care and running for the first 15 disability background,” minutes.” They also take Moe to the said Anne. “A lot of elderly vet, administer medication people won’t get medical
treatment because they are afraid of what could happen to their dog.” Anne and Kathy are semi-retired, and know each other from the Ocean Grove View Club. They decided to volunteer for CPF when they heard Dr Kennedy speaking at club meeting. “We love dogs; we have our own and we enjoy them thoroughly,” said Kathy. Dr Kennedy will officially launch CPF at 7pm at the Dunes Cafe in Ocean Grove on April 14, and will embark on a pilot community pet-care project. For information call Dr Kennedy on 0439-094 379.
Soccer fan Steve and the man with the golden boot GROVE soccer fan Steven Stephanides has been recalling meeting his hero Pele in Melbourne last month. "It was an absolute pleasure and a life long dream to meet the greatest footballer of all time, a polite generous man who shakes your hand like he's known you for years," he said. Now 74 years old he still travels the world meeting his adoring fans. "His football story is unequaled, listening to it you can’t but admire the man, the footballer and the person that is Pele," said Steven.
Family tradition continues
Linda Nash and Allen Lomas are continuing a family tradition.
BROTHER and sister Linda Nash and Allen Lomas are continuing a family tradition at Lomas Farm, growing varieties of produce unique to the Bellarine. The Lomas’s have owned the 20 hectare farm for three generations, or almost 80 years. “It’s been in the family since 1938,” said Linda. It was owned by their father Len Lomas, who died three years ago, and his father before him. Linda and Allen both live on the farm, with their
respective families. “We are all in walking distance,” said Linda. “Our kids often help out.” Lomas Farm has several varieties of heritage apples, many of which the owners say can no longer be bought in supermarkets. One of the tastiest, the snow apple, is in season and will only remain so for two weeks, according to Allen. “You’ve get them straight off the tree,” he said. As well as apples the family grows figs, tomatoes, capsicums and quinces, all for sale in their fruit shed.
Premiership guest speaker
GROVE BOUND: David Parkin FOUR- time football premiership coach David Parkin will be guest speaker at the WorkSafe Game of the Month between Ocean Grove and Barwon Heads on April 19. Parkin, who coached Carlton and Hawthorn to premierships, is a WorkSafe ambassador and will speak at a special lunch before the senior match and later mingle with fans. WorkSafe has also announced that fans at the game in Ocean Grove who come to the game will be able to create their own unique supporter badges and fridge magnets with Ocean Grove or Barwon Heads colours.
One hundred market stalls ROTARY’S market will be on Easter Monday and there are more than 100 stallholders booked in for Kingston Park. The market opens at 9am and remains open till 1pm. It includes plenty of entertainment for kids: including a jumping castle, train and camel rides. For the grown-ups there are fresh produce, preserves, craft items, plants.
Stage set: continued Continued from page 1. Neil Wallace (vale) developed the performance space concept plans and finally, now that its built it is a wonderful legacy to his vision and that of the Ocean Grove Park Association Committee. The Park Committee has established the Grove Pavilion Management Committee. The official launch will take place on the following Saturday April 18 with free live entertainment from Tiny Giants, Tides of Welcome, Ocean Grove Callisthenics Group and others from 4pm with an orchestral concert from 7.15 including international soprano Sally Wilson and later, Peter Byrne’s Hot August Night Show with the thirty piece Grove Pavilion Orchestra. More details in the next Voice.
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Number crunchers feel the knead
Continued from front page. Accountants Helen Butteriss, Luke Andrews, Chris Humphrey and Financial Advisor Shane Hilton from Crowe Horwath joined the team at Bakers Delight Marketplace to work with the other kind of dough when they helped bake hot cross buns and bread for a day. Challenged by their client to join them for an Easter promotion, the accountants firstly had a giggle, then said “Why not!” “Baking hot cross buns is not a skill I thought I would ever learn during
my accounting career” said Luke Andrews “. Luke said “It’s great to get out of the office when we can, to visit our clients – you learn so much more about them, the issues they face, their operational issues, their size, their competition etc so that we can give them better business advice. For us as advisors it’s all about helping clients to survive, develop, grow and prosper. And let’s face it, successful businesses employ more people and help the economy – and we are all affected by that.” The accountants were all assisted by branch owner and baker Anthony Fisher.
A group of local accountants got busy making hot-cross buns for a day.
Local businesses banding together
Petalynne Smith, Kerrie Smith and Warren Granger at the Chapter launch.
LOCAL business professionals from across the Bellarine have banded together to form their own chapter of BNI, the world’s largest referral marketing network, in order to refer business to each other and boost the local economy. The BNI Bellarine Business Network Chapter launched at The Mex in Ocean Grove with more than 50 in attendance. The Chapter is comprised of 30 business professionals from the Bellarine community including Chapter President Warren Granger of Local Media
Marketing, Chapter Vice President Petalynne Smith of Aspiron Real Estate and Chapter Secretary/ Treasurer Kerrie Smith of Ocean Grove Bowen Therapy. Members of the BNI Bellarine Business Network Chapter formed the group with the sole purpose of consistently generating referral-based business for one another, ultimately serving to strengthen the overall local economy. Using BNI’s strategic approach to networking and maintaining an emphasis on the development of
trusted relationships, this group of upstanding community members embraces BNI’s founding philosophy of Givers Gain®, a concept grounded in altruism, generosity, and goodwill toward others. “Put simply,” says, BNI Executive Director Melbourne West & Geelong Braith Bamkin “Givers Gain is the idea that the more you give to others, the more others will give to you.” The Chapter meets at 7.30am every Monday at The Mex. For more, contact Warren Granger on 0413-396 427.
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Get the word on staying fit in autumn
WALKING FIT: Jack Williams, Jacinta Crawley and Kate Whitford.
The team at Bellarine Allied Health Group wants as many people as possible to join them to be Active and Well in Autumn campaign. Inspired by the Premier’s Active April – a government campaign to promote healthy and active lifestyles and get Victorians to join in the fun of increased physical activity – BAHG practitioners have committed to doing 30 minutes of exercise a day during April. And to help inspire you
– BAHG is running a series of free, informative and interactive evenings throughout autumn. “We’re always looking for ways to tell more people about who we are and what we offer” says Jacinta Crawley, Osteopath and Director of Bellarine Allied Health Group. The one hour sessions will run weekly commencing on April 14. For more information call 5256 3642 or email contact@bahg. com.au.
Gardening award winner VAN LOON’S Nursery gained some gardening glory at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show (MIFGS) last month, winning a gold medal for its display. “It is a wonderful reward for all the hard work put in by the entire team,” said nursery owner Heidi Martin. Heidi and Philip Martin, along with several staff members, worked closely with the design and construction team over the last nine months. Their garden 'Resonate' was one of three to win the coveted gold medal. “The garden highlights
easy-to-use plants for year round colour and interest,” said Heidi. It’s the second win in a row for Van Loon’s, which created the display with the help of Vivid Design, Semken Landscapes and localnurseries.com.au. The garden was on display at MIFGS until last weekend. “It’s great to be part of a vibrant industry that celebrates gardening and the seasons,” said Heidi. RIGHT: Van Loon's Nursery's Sarah Walton, Sharon Gellie, Heidi Martin, Paul Brunt and Bree Smith.
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ANZAC relatives sought OCEAN GROVE RSL is searching for relatives of the town’s original ANZACs to participate in this year’s Centenary of Anzac Day. “It’s our opportunity to recognise and honour the service of those that lived and worked in Ocean Grove,” said RSL public relations officer, John Dickinson.
Mr Dickinson spent almost half a year trawling through church honour roles, the National Archives and War Memorial records to find World War One veterans. “It’s been an enormous project to try and track them down,” he said. He found 18 original Ocean Grove ANZACs, who all have something
remarkable in common. “The funny part about it is they all came home from the war,” said Mr Dickinson. “Isn’t that amazing?” “Mind you they were a bit battered when they did.” The RSL finished making white crosses commemorating the World War One ANZACs
last week, to place around the Ocean Grove War Memorial. Mr Dickinson encouraged anybody related to an Ocean Grove World War One veteran to contact the RSL. “If they can show us they’re related we’ll include them in the ceremony, in recognition of the first ANZACs,” he
said. For more information contact Ocean Grove RSL sub branch secretary, David Gilroy, on 52551277. Anzac Day ceremony times and locations will be in the next edition of the Ocean Grove Voice.
Tale of a Vietnam Veteran In commemoration of the Centenary of Anzac Day, Vietnam Veteran and Ocean Grove RSL vice-president Kelvin Arnott shared his wartime story with Voice reporter LUKE VOOGT. KELVIN ARNOTT joined the army in 1970, after missing out in the ballot for conscription, and joined the Royal Australian Engineers (RAE) after recruit training. He joined the army mainly to gain new skills. “I’d given up my apprenticeship and I wasn’t happy with my new job,” he said. “At the time the death toll for the whole war was lower than the Victorian road toll that year.” After recruit training, Mr Arnott trained in Sydney and near R o c k h a m p t o n , Queensland, for six months, learning to set and disable mines, build bridges and use earth moving equipment. “I wasn’t overly rapt about the mine part,” he said. Mr Arnott expected a posting in Queensland, after being told he would not be deployed to Vietnam. Yet only two months after marrying his wife Su he found out he would be going to war after all. “There was a big sign saying we were going to Vietnam,” he said. Mr Arnott was surprised to f ind the
Kelvin Arnott with his wife Su. base camp in Nui Dat more comfortable than he expected, with bunks and mosquito nets set up. “They used to say ‘two cans, per man, per night…perhaps’,” he joked, when talking about the alcohol ration. After two weeks acclimatising to the local
culture and heat, he was sent into the f ield to clear jungle with a bulldozer. “It was so (the Viet Cong) couldn’t sneak through the forest,” he said. He was only occasionally sent out with infantry to search for mines and trip wires.
“I was more than a bit nervous about that,” he said. “It wasn’t my cup of tea at all.” Luckily Mr Arnott didn’t get caught up in any heavy f ighting. Mortar rounds would land near the base camp and the Viet Cong would make probing attacks
on forward positions, while Australians would return f ire. “You got used to it,” he said. Ironically, the time he felt most scared was when he was told he was coming home. “I thought ‘something will happen now just before I go home’,” he said. Mr Arnott remembers returning to Adelaide in October 1971, and being instructed to change into “civvies”, due to the public sentiment against the war. He left the army soon after. “If I wasn’t married I would have stayed – I loved the life and the travelling,” he said. Mr Arnott is looking forward to the Centenary of Anzac Day commemorations and is expecting a large crowd to mark the momentous occasion. “We normally get 2000 in Ocean Grove,” he said. “We think this year we’ll get 5000.” Like many soldiers before and after him, the mateship was best thing about his service. “You meet another Vietnam Veteran and it’s instant camaraderie,” he said.
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Barwon Bill's happy au revoir at Dunes
Bob Jordan (second left) with former Barwon Coast chairpersons Mark Edmonds and Marg Pocock and current chairman Tony Overman.
CURRENT and former colleagues of Bill Jordan toasted his retirement at the Dunes last week. After 15 years the popular general manager of Barwon Coast has retired to “have a rest” as well as travelling Australia and France – and more cycling. In the time Bob has
been at the helm the organisation has grown and improved a range of environmental and infrastructure projects, including rebuilding the main beach seawall, the all access beach ramp and the new toilet block and ongoing revegetation and dune works.
THE Ocean Grove Bridge Club celebrated a dual milestone last week, with players Barbara Parsons and Raine Vivian reaching their 94th and 90th birthdays respectively. They’ve played the game for more than half a century each and say it’s kept them sharp in their later years. “It’s good for your brain,” said Barbara. The ladies are founding members of the club and have been playing bridge there for more than ten years. They also had a longstanding friendship before
joining the club. “We were both physios and we’ve known each other 40 years,” said Barbara. Barbara and Raine love their weekly cards, and said the best part is the company. “The people are great,” said Raine. “It’s a really happy club.” As well as bridge, Raine looks after her mind and body with cryptic crosswords and regular games of croquet. “I’m not as good at that,” said Barbara, who retired from tennis six years ago at the spritely age of 88.
Dual milestones up for bridge club ladies
Barbara Parsons and Raine Vivian cut their birthday cake and play bridge (right).
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Huge thanks with Vanuatu appeal
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GREAT EFFORT: Pt Lonsdale students with their donations.
ORGANISERS of a local appeal to help Vanuatu people affected by the devastation of Cyclone Pam have been overwhelmed by the response. The Voice’s Michele Mitten said she was "blown away" by the public’s response to the appeal put out on Facebook just over a week ago. Individuals dropped off goods, Barwon Heads Op Shops dropped
off clothes, Point Lonsdale Primary donated tinned food, Christian College three car loads of goods and Ocean Grove Primary and Geelong College donated items and Wallington Rural donated spades, hoes and pitchforks. The donations will be delivered to a container in Melbourne next week. "Thank you to everyone who has helped,” said Michele.
Students from Ocean Grove Primary and Christian College have been collecting goods.
Protect our precious coastline WHILE one man’s trash may be seen as another man’s treasure, this is not the case on a recent find along Ocean Grove beaches, writes Maddie Glynn of Barwon Coast. Ocean Grove Coastcare, scout clubs and school groups all volunteer their time to improve the health and appearance of our local natural environment that we enjoy – this is our treasure. It is a shame that a few do not value this precious environment that contributes to our own personal health. The dumping of any form of rubbish, from emptying your ashtray, garden waste or larger items such
as bedding and office equipment into coastal car parks or adjoining reserves is illegal – this is your trash. Again this week saw a significant amount of types of trash deliberately transferred to the Ocean Grove coastal reserve near 11W access way. Some of this litter is believed to have been taken from household roadside collection for charity and deliberately strewn around our coastal reserve. When illegal dumping takes place, the aesthetic value of the local community is diminished, volunteer hours are perceived as not being appreciated, impacts on the stability of the dunes, can
Rubbish was found strewn Grove recently. leach contaminants into the soil, compromises the health of our native flora and fauna, attracts rodents, insects and other vermin to the site, and poses human
along the beach in Ocean health risks all leading to added expenses to society. Both Barwon Coast and Bellarine Police are seeking the support of the community who value
our coastline to be vigilant and call 000 should they see any such activity being carried out. Senior Sergeant Angelo Ferrara, of the Bellarine Police Station said: “Our patrol members will deploy as soon as they can to any reports of illegal dumping. To help investigations take note of registration numbers of vehicles, full descriptions of persons involved and locations, and pass onto the 000 operator immediately”. Alternatively any information you may have, may be submitted to Barwon Coast by phoning: 5254 1118 during normal business hours or the Bellarine Police on 5256 2698.
Ocean Grove Community Association
April Newsletter
THIS is our first newsletter for 2015 and we provide the following updates. 1. Following our Traffic Forum held 17 September 2014 the OGCA had a meeting with VicRoads and Council on 4 February 2015 to discuss the outcomes of the Forum, with a view to implementing traffic solutions. The outcomes being; • Tuckfield St / Marlin Drive Intersection - VicRoads has commenced designing for the signalisation of this intersection. Anticipating work to commence 2015/16. • Wallington Road (south of Thacker St) – Speed
limit has been reduced from 80km/h to 60km/h. • Presidents Ave (south of Madeley St) – Council reviewing 3 different speed limit zones to have a maximum of two. • Grubb Road - OGCA working with VicRoads to develop a design proposal to beautify Grubb Road along the existing industrial estate. • Geelong Ring Road – VicRoads has announced a Feasibility Study into extending the Geelong Ring Road around to the Bellarine Hwy and Portarlington Road. 2. It has recently been
brought to our attention that the proposed fourth primary school for Ocean Grove to be located in the new Oakdene/Kingston Estates was removed by the previous State Government. We believe that such a school is a must if Ocean Grove is to provide approximate education facilities for our younger population. The alternative is to have children between the ages of five and 12 being bussed to other towns on the Bellarine Peninsula. So we request that the new State Government reinstate the fourth primary school site for Ocean Grove.
3. We welcome people/ families/organisations to become members of the OGCA for only a one off $20 membership fee. People are also encouraged to join our Committee which meets on the first Wednesday of every month. You can email us at bhageel@bhaust.com.au if you require any further information. 4. We are looking for ideas for our Community Forums in 2015. Currently we are considering the following Forums; •Meet the Mayor; •Meet the successful Bellarine District
Candidate; •Urban Design Framework Prioritisation Forum; and •Ocean Grove Structure Plan Review So let us know if you would like any other topics covered in 2015. Finally, our AGM for 2015 will be held 7.30pm Wednesday 3 June 2015 and we will provide more details closer to the date.
Michael Harbour A/Chairperson OGCA. c/o bhageel@bhaust. com.au
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Grove Netballers help kit up Malawi team
Students learn about life a world away
Poniso Banda and Dave Robertson at Ocean Grove Main Beach. OCEAN Grove Junior netballers had a fantastic opportunity, on behalf of the Club, to present Poniso and Isabel from the Mphatso Children's Foundation with bodysuits to take back to Malawi, Africa when they return next month. The football netball club’s junior girls are preparing for the start of the 2015 season and will be decked out in brand new Aline dresses in line with the senior teams. With our bodysuits now obsolete it provided opportunity for us to be generous and donate enough uniforms to support four teams in Malawi and maintain a connection to Ocean Grove.
Two pals meet up in the Grove, 15 years on TWO friends who last met in a Malawi village close to 15 years ago have been given the chance to catch up in the Grove recently. Local musician and teacher David Robertson had been in Malawi helping build a bible college with the Wave church when he first met Poniso Banda, at the time a teenager. The reunion opportunity came about when Poniso who works with the Mphatso Children’s Foundation was on an extended to trip to the area. Poniso, now 30, is from Chifira, in the middle of the desparately poor south east African country.
While in Ocean Grove Poniso visited schools, met local netballers and sang at a rehearsal of the Tides of Welcome choir. He also had his first try at surfing, standing up pretty quickly with the guidance of Dave. Poniso said his village and local people were truly grateful for the work of the Mphatso Foundation which was set up by local Wave member Robyn Casey and continues to be supported by locals at the church and in the wider community. It now runs 13 nursery schools in the country and among the initiatives the
foundation helps with is providing milk to babies and porridge to about toddlers a day. Apart from giving the school children sustanance for themselves, that also means there is also more for the children at home who may not go to school. Poniso who has a wife and two children and helps look after his sister’s three children, has now headed back to Malawi. Mphatso Children’s Foundation is a small grass roots NGO that works alongside the local people in the Nkhata Bay District of Malawi. To find out more see: www.mphatso.org
ROBYN, Poniso, Isabelle and David from the Mphatso Children’s Foundation visited Surfside Primary recently and discussed life in Kande Village Malawi. Here are some of the youngsters comments. "In Malawi, the mosquitoes carry a disease called malaria. Malaria can kill kids. People in Malawi are very poor." Miles M10 "Malawi is a place in Africa and it is the third poorest country in the world and probably the happiest. This is good because they stick to the positives." Josh M10 "In Malawi there is practically no money. I feel like we should give them more money as in we, I mean Australia. Oscar G M10 I learnt that 5c can make a big difference. I can’t believe that 1 teacher has to teach 120 kids! Kira M8
Club members reunite after decades
John Flower, Dick Tribe and Gordon Cornwell.
Perry Leach, Bruce McGeorge and Keith Norris.
OCEAN GROVE Surf Life Saving Club (OGSLSC) welcomed back 70 members last Wednesday, who were part of the club during the 1950s and 1960s. “There are some people coming out of the woodwork, which is great,” said OGSLSC president Chris Paterson. “There are a couple of guys here today who were around from the start.” Chris spoke to the assembled members about how club membership had grown from “single figures” to more than 950 members, including 350 juniors. Many past members travelled interstate to make the reunion, such as Perry Leach and his mate Bruce McGeorge, who live in
Perth. Perry was at the club from 1959 to 1965 and remembers when the “clubroom was just a little box”. “With the help of my old man and the fellas that were here, we built a bigger box, with a dance floor,” he said. The clubhouse has been renovated several times since and plans for the latest multimillion dollar renovation were on display during the reunion. Perry said he met some “phenomenal people” at the club and thoroughly enjoyed his time there. “We used to go every weekend from one end of the coast to the other,” he said. The reunion also featured long-time locals, such as
Dick Tribe, who joined the club in 1954. “It dominated my whole life,” he said. For Dick the most important part of the club was his mates. “And they’re all here today!” he said. Dick made the Australian Board Riding Championships three times and just missed out on winning. Noel Emselle joined the club in 1953 and was stoked to catch up with his old mates. “People went off and had careers after they left,” he said. “It’s great to come back and find out what they have done in that time.”
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Maryanne Brewer, Cathy Staehr and Ruth Van Eekelen.
Local firms show wares LOCAL firms took the chance to showcase their wares when at a recent network meeting. The event, organised by Ocean Grove Business Association, encouraged members to present a stand with banners, samples and then deliver a short introduction to their business and what they do. The event was hosted by Ocean Grove Hotel.
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Kate Whitford, Jacinta Crawley and Shelley Gross.
Ian Brewer, Jenny Illingworth and Greg Illingworth.
David Thomas, Jon Lorbeer and Andy McDonough.
David Thomas of Bells Plastering.
Local businesses got the chance to showcase their wares.
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Cobras win community bowls
Voice sports reporter Mark Heenan (second from right) presented the Collendina Cobras with the Ocean Grove Voice Perpetual Trophy.
Runners-up Ocean Grove Football Club.
COLLENDINA Cricket Club won the sixteenth annual Community Bowls Competition at the Ocean Grove Bowling Club on Monday March 23. The Cobras won the Ocean Grove Voice Perpetual Trophy. The team, capably led by Leigh Norquay, f inished undefeated in the four-week competition. They defeated Ocean Grove Football Club’s No 2 side in an exciting f inal night. Other teams in the f inal playoffs were Stan’s Crackerjacks and the Barwon Heads Tennis Club both of whom entered the f inal night as undefeated teams. The competition was enjoyed by 38 teams and Angove Wines, Frank O’Brien’s Vietnam Tours and Ocean Grove Bowling Club are thanked for donating prizes throughout the competition. Business Partner Ocean Grove All Makes is also thanked for their continual support.
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Awards keep coming LUKE VOOGT
SALON SOJOURN hairdresser Hayley Parker has added yet another award to her long list of achievements, winning the Apprentice of Year at Gordon TAFE. “I’m so excited,” she said. “It’s something I’ve wanted since I started working as a hairdresser.” Hayley won the hairdressing category earlier in the year and was one of three finalists interviewed by a panel for the institute’s top award. She travels to Sao Paulo this August to compete against the best in the world in the WorldSkills Competition. The young hairdresser will take on her competitors in tests of styling skill, using dollies with a mixture of yak and human hair. Before then she will sharpen her skills in a training competition
in China, against three Chinese hairdressers, followed by the WorldSkills Oceania in New Zealand. “It’s just to make sure we are the best of the best to represent our country,” said Hayley. Hayley is busy raising money for her training and to go to Brazil. “It’s getting there, we still need a fair bit more,” she said. “I’ve got a few companies helping me out with the costs.” Hayley said her mum and grandmother would be coming to Brazil to watch her and have a holiday afterwards. “They’re pretty ecstatic,” she said. Hayley said she was looking forward to seeing the world and meeting new people. “I can’t wait to show people what I can do,” she said.
Hayley Parker receives her award from Lucy O'Reilly from Gforce Employment Solutions.
Grove apprentices win honours TWO apprentices represented Ocean Grove well in their industry last month, by winning at the Geelong Master Builders Association Awards. Carpenter Zak Porter, who lives in Barwon Heads but works in Ocean Grove, won the coveted Apprentice of Year. “It felt really good to win but it was def initely a surprise,” Zak said. Zak f irst got into carpentry helping his grandfather and uncle, Peter and Aaron Martin, with projects at the age of f ive. “I helped them as much as a kid that age could,” he said. Zak works with Le Maistre builders and enjoys working on “high-end houses in Ocean Grove”. “We knew we had a good one early with Zak,” said his employer Mark Le Maistre. Zak starts his fourth
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Lachlan Humphries and employer Chris Allen. year next month and credits much of his success to his workmates. “They taught me everything I know,” he said. Ocean Grove carpenter Lachlan Humphries was rapt to take out the Chairman’s Award during the ceremony. “I was pretty surprised actually,” he said. “It’s quite an honour being picked out of a selection of everyone in Geelong.”
Lachlan just started his fourth year of his carpentry apprenticeship with Torquay builder Chris Allen. “He’s been unreal and has taught me a hell of a lot,” he said. Lachlan said he had no idea what he wanted to do after he left high school, so he decided to give carpentry a trial run. “I loved it and I have never looked back,” he said.
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Kitchens - Cabinets No job too big or too small 40 years experience Bellarine Hwy, Pt Lonsdale 5258 2817 0410 525 820 Zak Porter won a carpenter's award.
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Graney train hits Grove
SINGER, songwriter, showman and former ARIA award-winner Dave Graney is performing in Ocean Grove next month. Dave Graney grew up in Mt Gambier, South Australia, and earned his first dollars out of school working in one of the mills, sorting different lengths of wood into lots of five. His musical career began with Melbourne group The Moodists.
Dave then formed a series of bands with his wife, drummer Clare Moore; bands like Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes, Dave Graney and the White Buffaloes and Dave Graney and the Lurid Yellow Mist. Dave’s memoir about his thirty years in the business is called 1001 Australian Nights, published by Affirm Press, and the new album is Rock and Roll is Where I Hide.
According to his blog "play mistLY for me" is a collection of live recordings from shows over the last few years. 14 tracks. Shows in Adelaide, Newcastle, Katoomba and Melbourne. Featuring different instrumentation and approaches to songs. Recorded on a hard disc recorder sitting in the rooms where we played. No direct feeds from a desk or mics on any
instruments, just a stereo track from somewhere in the ROOM. No overdubs attempted. It’s all here just as it happened.” Dave is appearing at the Piping Hot Chicken and Burger Grill on May 9. Meanwhile, the Junglebeat, featured in the last edition of the Voice, will be playing at the Chicken Shop this Easter Saturday (April 4).
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A little bit of everything at popular local bar/restaurant LOCATED upstairs at 62 The Terrace, B3 Restaurant and Bar is open for lunch from noon and dinner from 6pm. With a fresh modern-Australian inspired menu including a variety of seafood, steaks, a children’s menu and daily specials, B3 also has vegetarian and gluten-free meals, and also caters for any other dietary requirements upon request. B3’s menu offers something for everyone. It offers a variety of beers, spirits and an extended wine list consisting of local, Australian and international wines, with a cocktail list coming soon B3 has a new takeaway menu consisting of pizza, pasta, risotto, salads, chips, dips, drinks etc. Phone orders are welcome or come and sit in the relaxing lounge area while you wait for your order. Available for private functions including weddings, birthdays, christening, business meetings etc. The head chef and front of house manager will sit down with you and work out a food and drink menu that works for you and your guests. Enjoy the quality fresh food and wine in the newly renovated dining room, bar area or on the deck surrounded by our breathtaking views. Whether you are looking for somewhere for a family outing, a romantic meal or dinner with friends, B3 Restaurant and bar is the place to go. New and exciting 'Grill night' coming soon.
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music/live events
• Piping Hot Chicken Shop - Jungle Beat, Easter Saturday • Barwon Heads Hotel - Pierce Brothers, Friday April 3 - 360, Saturday April 5 - Guttermouth, Sunday April 5 - Wednesdays Master of Dartness & Poker from 7pm - Thursdays Trivia Night 7.30pm - Friday Happy Hour 5-7pm raffle live music • Springdale Community Centre Hall - Making waves music/ poetry arvo every third Sun of every month 2pm - 5.30pm • Ocean Grove Bowling Club - Trivia Night, March 18 6.45pm, $10
markets & fairs
• Rotary Club of Ocean Grove Market - Morning Melodies with Chrissy, Thursday April
what’s ON 9. 10am-noon, $12. • Bellarine Community Farmers Market - 3rd Saturday of month, 9am-1pm at Ocean Grove Park • Buy Bellarine Produce Barn - Tuckerberry Farm Saturdays and Sundays 9am-3pm
food/wine
• Leura Park Estate Sundays 12.30pm – 4.30pm Live music, sensational food and wines available Ph: 5253 3180 • McGlashan’s Wallington Estate Swan Bay Road Wallington - Open weekends and public holidays 11am 5pm new release wines, gourmet platters and classic car displays Ph: 5250 5760
get active
• Ocean Grove Callisthenics, Ocean Grove Recreation Hall, Ocean Grove Calisthenics classes incorporating dance,
song, ballet and gymnastics with strength and creativity. 123 The Avenue, Ocean Grove Recreation Hall, ph: 0438-055 679 - Tinies 3-7yr Sat 9am - Subbies 8-10yr Monday 4pm - Juniors 11-13yr Saturday 11.15am - Inters 14-16yr Thursday 6pm - Seniors >16yr Tuesday 6.30pm • Senior Citizens Hall Ocean Grove - Monday 9.15am gentle exercises to music for 55-plus, 10.15am gentle exercises to music for 65-plus contact Marg on 52 551 335 - Thursday 1pm Craft Group • Uniting Church Hall Ocean Grove - Wednesdays 9am Volleyball, 9.30am exercises to music for all ages contact Marg on 5255 1335 • Queenscliff RSL Hall - Mondays 1.30pm exercises using chairs for all ages contact Marg
on 5255 1335 • Leopold Hall, Bellarine Highway - Tuesdays 7.45pm – 10pm Scottish Country Dance (formerly Ocean Grove) Ph: 5251 3393 • Barwon Heads Community Hall Yoga and dance with Tara Lynch classes for all ages and abilities Ph: 0435 481 920 • Scout Hall, The Avenue Ocean Grove - Wednesday 7pm 1st/2nd Ocean Grove Scout Group Clubs Meet Enquiries Ph: 0422 700951 • Yoga classes in Ocean Grove and Barwon Heads: Beginners, Hatha, Vinyas and Svaroopa Yoga Ph: 0413 955 331 or email Kerryn@bluewateryoga. org.au
reading & writing
• Ocean Grove Library, corner Presidents Avenue and The Avenue. - Wednesdays 10.30am – Toddlertime
- Thursdays 11.30am Babytime - Nursery Verses - Fridays 10.30am Preschool Storytime. - First Wednesday of the month 4pm-5pm Chatterbooks junior book club for kids aged 8-12 - Third Tuesday of each month 2.30pm-3.30pm Book chat for adults. All welcome.www. geelonglibraries.vic.gov. au
family fun
• Koombahla Equestrian Park - Tuesday to Friday After school riding programs special school holiday courses available Ph: 52 562 742. • Bellarine Church of Christ Hall 17 Tareeda Way Ocean Grove - Saturdays 10-11am Tuesdays 7.30- 8.30pm Ocean Grove Toy Library Borrow a range of toys for children aged six months to six years, open to all families on the Bellarine www.
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oceangrovetoylibrary. org.au • Uniting Church Ocean Grove - Friday 10am-noon Ocean Grove Play Group Any children 5yrs and under welcome to join a friendly play group large indoor and outdoor area, lots of toys, great craft activities, music and story time contact Chelsea Cole at oceangroveplaygroup@ gmail.com classes & exhibtions • Ocean Grove Neighbourhood Centre Program with a range of courses, classes and fun activities Ph: 5255 4294
health & wellbeing
• The Zebra Bar Ocean Grove 1/85 The Terrace Last Friday of every month 1pm-3pm Breast Cancer Support Group (lunch and nibbles). Details Julie Rodger 0435 362 573 or julesrodg@gmail.com. What’s On phone: 5255 3233 or email: journo@ oceangrovevoice. com
classes & exhibtions
• Ocean Grove Neighbourhood Centre Check our program with a range of courses, classes and fun activities Ph: 5255 4294
Clubs meet Mondays Ocean Grove Bridge Club, 1pm, Marcus Hill Hall, Bellarine Highway end of Banks Road. Also Wednesdays and Fridays 1pm. Phone Marg 5256 2550. Bellarine Table Tennis Club, 7-9pm. (juniors/seniors) at the Memorial Hall, 123 The Avenue, Ocean Grove. Phone 5255 1641. Ocean Grove & District Men’s Shed - Mon, Tue and Fri: 9am to 3pm, and Wed 9am to 12pm, 17 Smithton Grove. Phone Ted Price 5255 2595. Jujitsu, 6.30pm – juniors; 7.30pm – adults, Surfside Centre, Phone Steve 0438 019 991. First Monday of every month Bellarine Fly Fishing Association, 7.30pm, Shannon Park, Shannon Avenue, Newtown. Phone Pat on 0414 959248 or Bruce on 0407 361319 or email bffa@hotmail.com. Legacy Laurel Group of Ocean Grove and Barwon Heads, 1.30pm at St Peter’s Church Hall, Draper St. Details 5251 2268 or 51542873. Third Monday of every month Ocean Grove RSL, 2.30pm, Club Grove. Committee meets at 1.30pm,
The Terrace. Ocean Grove Garden Club, 1.30pm, Uniting Church Hall, Eggleston Street. Phone Margaret 5255 2848. Bellarine Fly Fishing Association, 7.30pm, Shannon Park, Shannon Avenue, Newtown. Phone Pat on 0414 959248 or Bruce on 0407 361319 or email bffa@hotmail.com. Fourth Monday of every month Combined Probus Club of Ocean Grove, 10am, Ocean Grove Golf Club. Friendship is our theme. Phone Marianne Rogan on 5256 1619. Tuesdays Bellarine Table Tennis Club, 10am to noon (adults only) at the Memorial Hall, 123 The Avenue, Ocean Grove. Phone John 5256 2489 or Chris 5256 1996. Bellarine T.O.W.N., 5.30pm, Uniting Church Hall, Eggleston Street. Phone Doreen on 5255 2856. Ocean Grove Senior Citizens Club, The Terrace Tuesday 1pm. Also Thursday and Friday 1.30pm. Phone Dianne on 5255 2996 Rotary Club of Ocean Grove, 6pm,
Club Grove. Phone 0457 315 900. Barwon Heads Chorale 7.30pm at the Anglican Church Barwon Heads. All abilities welcome to come along for a sing and a laugh. Phone Jo 5254 2670. First Tuesday of every month Ocean Grove Men’s Probus, 10am to noon, Ocean Grove Hotel, Collendina. Guest speakers, make friends. Visitors welcome. Phone Terry 5255 5587. First and Third Tuesday of every month Ocean Grove Barwon Heads Lions Club, 7pm, Moorfield Park, Grubb Road. New Lions most welcome. Phone 0418 524 873. Wednesdays Ocean Grove & District Men’s Shed, 9am to 1pm, 17 Smithton Grove. Phone Ernie 0421 703 368. Jujitsu, 6.30pm – juniors; 7.30pm – adults, Surfside Centre, Phone Steve 0438 019 991. First Wednesday of every month Bellarine Business Women. From 7pm, Suma Park Winery, Bellarine Highway. For details contact info@ bellarinebusinesswomen.com.au or 0412 199 467
Second Wednesday of every month Parkinson’s Self Help Support Group, 1.30pm, Grove Centre (next to library), Presidents Avenue. Phone Pam 5255 5152 Third Wednesday of every month Ocean Grove on Barwon Probus Club, 9.45am, St Peter’s Church Hall. Fourth Wednesday of every month Ocean Grove Angling Club, 7.30pm, Minerva Close sporting oval club house. Phone Peter 0419 782629 Last Wednesday of every month Cancer Support Group, 10am, call Jean 5255 3442 or Graeme 5255 3435 Fourth Wednesday of every month Ocean Grove Stamp Club, 10am, Senior Citizens Hall, 101 The Terrace. Phone Dianne 5255 1372. Thursdays Bellarine Table Tennis Club, 10am to noon at the Memorial Hall, 123 The Avenue, Ocean Grove. Phone John 5256 2489 or Chris 5256 1996.
First Thursday of every month Ocean Grove Nightlights CWA, 8pm, Ocean Grove Bowling Club. Visitors welcome. Phone Faye 5255 4430. Second Thursday of every month Prostate Support Group-Bellarine meets at Ocean Grove Community Health Centre at 1.30pm. Contact John Lee on 5221 8862 for details. Saturdays Bellarine Table Tennis Club, 3-5pm, Memorial Hall, 123 The Avenue, Phone John 5256 2489 or Chris 5256 1996. Coasters Social group. Social events for people of working age. Dining out, movies, trivia, bands/ trivia nights. www.groupspaces. com/coasters-social-group or phone 0411 952 598.
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Locks gone in seconds
Ella's walk for cystic fibrosis
Clippers come out for Riley
Rebecca O'Haire shaves off Riley Hynson's hair.
Riley sports the finished product.
STAR OF THE SEA student Riley Hynson joined people around Ocean Grove shaving their hair for the Leukaemia Foundation this month. The 10-year-old grade four student raised almost $700 before shaving his head, easily passing his $350 target. Riley sat nervously as family friend and hairdresser Rebecca O'Haire took to his hair and his classmates applauded rapturously
once the cut was complete. “I want to help people with cancer,” he said, as the breeze passed through his newly cropped hair. He said his dad probably won’t recognise him when he got home. “It was all his decision,” said his mother Narelle Hynson. “I’m very proud of him and that he wants to help others.”
Ella Baxter with mother Rebekah and sister Caitlin.
OCEAN GROVE’S Ella Baxter will walk in the Breathe Life for Cystic Fibrosis for the first time this month. The event has a special significance to 10-year-old Ella, who was diagnosed with the condition when she was five weeks old. Yet she takes it in her stride and still enjoys activities such as dancing, despite her decreased lung capacity. “It’s a little hard, because I have to do physio each night,” she said. Ella and her family will be participating in the 3.5km walk on April 19, to raise money for Cystic Fibrosis Geelong. Ella’s mother Rebekah said CF Geelong provides
invaluable financial support for treatment and accommodation for families while their children are in hospital. It also provides a network for families. “The emotional support is great for parents,” said Rebekah. Cystic Fibrosis (CF) can be a very isolating condition, as it can stop children from meeting face-to-face with other sufferers. It isn’t contagious to children without CF but, as Rebekah put it, “certain bugs in their lungs can be contagious for children with CF”. “I find it weird,” said Ella. “It’s not contagious to other kids unless they have CF.”
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2015 Ocean Grove Footba ROUND 1
OCEAN GROVE VS GEELONG AMATEUR
SATURDAY 4TH APRIL 2:10PM OCEAN GROVE MEMORIAL RECREATION RESERVE
ROUND 2
DRYSDALE VS OCEAN GROVE SATURDAY 11TH APRIL 2:10PM DRYSDALE RECREATION RESERVE
helloworld The Terrace
ROUND 3
OCEAN GROVE VS BARWON HEADS
SATURDAY 18TH APRIL 2:10PM OCEAN GROVE MEMORIAL RECREATION RESERVE
ROUND 4
TORQUAY VS OCEAN GROVE SATURDAY 2ND MAY 2:10PM SPRING CREEK RESERVE
ROUND 5
OCEAN GROVE VS QUEENSCLIFF
SATURDAY 9TH MAY 2:10PM OCEAN GROVE MEMORIAL RECREATION RESERVE
ROUND 6
OCEAN GROVE VS NEWCOMB POWER
SATURDAY 16TH MAY 2:10PM OCEAN GROVE MEMORIAL RECREATION RESERVE
ROUND 7
ANGLESEA VS OCEAN GROVE SATURDAY 30TH MAY 2:10PM ALCOA OVAL
ROUND 8
OCEAN GROVE VS PORTARLINGTON SATURDAY 6TH JUNE 2:10PM OCEAN GROVE RECREATION RESERVE
ROUND 9
MODEWARRE VS OCEAN GROVE SATURDAY 13TH JUNE 2:10PM COMMUNITY BANK OVAL
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SUPPORTING OCEAN GROVE
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UBBERS
all & Netball Club Fixture ROUND 10
FISH & CHIPS
GEELONG AMATEUR VS OCEAN GROVE SATURDAY 20TH JUNE 2:10PM QUEENS PARK
ROUND 11
OCEAN GROVE VS TORQUAY
SATURDAY 27TH JUNE 2:10PM OCEAN GROVE MEMORIAL RECREATION RESERVE
ROUND 12
helloworld Ocean Grove
OCEAN GROVE VS DRYSDALE
SATURDAY 4TH JULY 2:10PM OCEAN GROVE MEMORIAL RECREATION RESERVE
ROUND 13
BARWON HEADS VS OCEAN GROVE SATURDAY 18TH JULY 2:10PM HOWARD HARMER OVAL
ROUND 14
OCEAN GROVE VS ANGLESEA
Ocean Grove ESTATE
SATURDAY 25TH JULY 2:10PM OCEAN GROVE MEMORIAL RECREATION RESERVE
ROUND 15
NEWCOMB POWER VS OCEAN GROVE SATURDAY 1ST AUGUST 2:10PM GRINTER RESERVE
ROUND 16
PORTARLINGTON VS OCEAN GROVE
Ocean Grove Remedial Massage Centre
SATURDAY 8TH AUGUST 2:10PM PORTARLINGTON RECREATION RESERVE
ROUND 17
OCEAN GROVE VS MODEWARRE
SATURDAY 15TH AUGUST 2:10PM OCEAN GROVE RECREATION RESERVE
ROUND 18
OCEAN GROVE
QUEENSCLIFF VS OCEAN GROVE SATURDAY 22ND AUGUST 2:10PM QUEENSCLIFF RECREATION RESERVE
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ACCOMMODATION
Barwon Grove Holiday Rentals Bellarine Getaways Portarlington Beach Motel
CONVEYANCING 0412 102 145 5255 3130 5259 3801
ACCOUNTING SERVICES Ocean Grove Accounting Roche Accounting
5256 2815 5256 2764
Sargeants Conveyancing City to Surf Conveyancing Vines Conveyancing
DANCE CLASSES
Bellarine Academy of Dance
5221 7411 5255 5556 5255 4480 0418 404 543
DELICATESSEN The Olive Pit
AGED CARE Seaviews Manor
5256 2866
ANTENNAS
Able Antenna Service
5253 1680 0404 019 781
Kendall Antennas & Communications
Point Lonsdale Television
0411 490 430
ARCHITECTS de Atelier Architects
5255 3378
DENTAL
Advanced Denture Clinic Coastal Dentures Dr Alastair McCallum - dentist Geelong Wheelchairs Scoot Mobility Scooters
DRESSMAKING
art’s Kool - kids & teens art classes 0437 582 772
Alterations and Repairs
AUDIO EQUIPMENT, HIRE, REPAIRS
EARTHWORKS
Bellarine Audio
John Ryan Earthworks
ELECTRICIANS
AUTOMOTIVE
Andersons Auto Care Bellarine Auto Services Drysdale Smash Repairs Ocean Grove Automotive (RACV) Parts 4 Automotive Sheen Panel Service
BABY AND CHILD Sandi’s Spot
5255 3884 5253 1644 5251 2322 5255 1050 5256 3210 5256 3183 5255 2943
BANKS
Bendigo Bank NAB Westpac
5255 4866 5255 0700 5255 0377
5255 4533 5255 4700 5255 2584
DISABILITY EQUIPMENT
ART CLASSES & GALLERIES
5256 3732
5255 1511
Brendon Brice Electrical
5244 0844 0427 313 771 5256 1633
Grove Beauty Room 0439 306 157 Mermaids Unisex Beauty Salon 5255 5844 The Smooth Spot 0431 196 007
0416 165 855
Craig Stevens Electrical Contractor 0412 518 400
Dave Purdie Electrical Contracting 5256 1988 Geelong Rewires 0417 392 677 Millington Electrics 0412 103 980 Modern Spark 0419 888 277 Oaten Electrical 0402 637 781
ENGINEERING
Laker Engineering Ocean Grove Engineering
5258 1777 5255 5922
ENGRAVING
Ian Pattison Jewellers
5255 2019
BIN HIRE Easy Waste
0490 127 849
Haze Music Entertainment Agents www.hazemusic.com.au
FENCING
Bellarine Timber & Fencing Just Paling Fences Know A Fence
0413 580 990 0407 694 422 0409 222 112
BRIDAL WEAR DESIGNER
Coastal Business Services Core Financial Planning Crowe Horwath Lighthouse Business Services
BUILDING DESIGNERS
FLOOR SANDING & POLISHING
Glenn Skipper Bricklaying
0438 442 519
Isabella Design
5255 2034
Binder.Peart Design Pty Ltd 0437 463 125 Michael Higgins Building Design 5255 3355
BUILDERS & NEW HOMES Beechmore Building Solutions Geelong Homes Homes by Chapman Hotondo Homes Le Maistre
5250 4638 5222 5522 0414 752 159 5255 3556 5255 1309
Benno’s Meating Place
5254 1828
CARPENTRY/MAINTENANCE Dream Maker Constructions Gavin Tyrell Carpentry Mark Pattison Carpentry Moore Carpentry & Bld Maint
CARPET CLEANING Carpet Cleaners Geelong
Bellarine Flooring Drysdale Carpet Court Tile Boutique
5255 2044 5253 1855 5255 2212
Beachside Blooms
5255 3030
Kim Brasier’s Carpet Services
Ocean Grove Fresh Fruit
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
0418 376 820
CELEBRANTS
GARAGES
Greater Geelong Garages Grove Rollerdoors
CHIMNEY SWEEPS
0407 410 393
T1 Property Maintenance Tim's Handyman Service
0426 897 479
GLAZIERS
CLEANING SERVICES
0418 429 438 0499 222 042
COMMUNITY GROUPS
5256 2050
COMPUTER SALES & REPAIRS
0411 416 384 0413 967 051
Bellarine Windows, Doors and Glazing
Frenchy’s Coastal Glazing
GOLF CLUBS
13th Beach Public Driving range Lonsdale Golf Club Ocean Grove Golf Club Portarlington Golf Club Smith Attrill Golf Academy
Bellarine Allied Health Group Bellarine Podiatry
5256 3642 5256 2019
Bellarine Remedial & Sports Massage 0417 331694
Epic Health Medical Clinic OG Chinese Medicine OG Remedial Massage Centre Ocean View Massage Seaside Serenity Massage
5256 2500 0432 961 910 5255 3358 0414 893 719 0403 956 900
Bellarine Hire
5255 1344
Stitchery Blue
HOME LOANS
Smartline Mortgage Brokers
5255 1177 0418 384 104
Pip's Interiors (5254 2105)
JEWELLERS
Cleo Fine Jewellery Ian Pattison Jewellers
0425 710 784
0414 525 392 0420 205 572 13 15 46 0419 583 154 0433 652 640 0499 222 042 0438 861 271 0418 519 078
0448 541 221 5254 2622 5258 1955 5256 2795 5259 2492 5254 2622
RETAIL
Bellarine Furniture and Bedding Kairos in Grove Knock Knock Homewares Montanas Fashion & Accessories The Last Piece The Vintage Cupboard
ROOFING
Coastal Roofing Dabcon
Outdoor Vision Landscaping Tim’s Pruning & Landscaping
LAWYERS
Coulter Roache Lawyers Vines Lawyers Whyte, Just & Moor Lawyers
0418 329 765 0438 861 271
LEADLIGHTS & REPAIRS MORTGAGES
Smartline Mortgage Brokers
NURSERIES McOuats Nursery
OFFICE SUPPLIES Press Here
OPTOMETRISTS
Greg Sly Optometrist Ocean Eyes Optometrists
5258 3193
0418 384 104 0418 526 200 5255 2663 5256 1295 5255 5655
Steven Flynn Painting Services 0411 126 291 Wallington Painting Services 0438 019 991 Surfcoast Dog Grooming Barefoot Media Photography
5255 1336 0400 721 185
GB Plantation Shutters
PLASTERERS Beaton Bros Bells Interior Lining
PLUMBING
Annandale Plumbing Ocean Grove Plumbing W H Plumbing and Gas
PRINTERS Paxton Press Press Here
REAL ESTATE
All Coast Property Building Inspections - Jason Campbell Potts Hayden Real Estate Kerleys Coastal Real Estate
0400 595 738 5255 1236 5256 3260 0408 037 686 0430 443 700 0430 112 102 5255 1548 5255 2663
Posilock Locksmiths Sectrol Security Sylont Watching Service
0418 587 275 0409 943 671 0419 529 623
SHOE SHOPS
5255 1257
SHOWER SCREENS SOLAR POWER
Future Friendly - Solar Power
5222 1332 0422 393 725
LJ Hooker Ocean Grove - all hours 0418 551 435
Permanent & holiday letting RT Edgar
5255 3233 leigh@oceangrovevoice.com
Tennis Fanatics Coaching
0418 145028
SURFSHOPS SURVEYORS
Smith Land Surveyors Tom Freeman
TAKEAWAY
0487 673 232 5255 4099
5255 5525 5222 1234 0428 379 378
Marketplace Fish & Chips Ocean Grove Pizza & Pasta Ocean Grove Sushi & Noodle Bar Subway Tradies Take-Away Trident Fishbar Clifton Springs Trident Fishbar Queenscliff Woodies Pizza
TOWING
Drysdale & Dist Accident Towing Ocean Grove & District Accident Towing
5256 2099 5255 4874 5255 3759 5255 3077 5255 5099 5253 1821 5258 2334 5255 4307 5251 2322 5256 3666
TRAVEL AGENTS
helloworld Marketplace Ocean Grove 5256 1888 helloworld - Ocean Grove The Terrace 5255 5252
Ocean Grove Travel Pty Ltd
TREE SERVICES Tree Cycling
TYRES
Surfside Tyre Centre
WEBSITES
Wonderful Websites
5255 4422 0458 641 127 5255 5611 0447 353 033
WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS Barefoot Media Photography
0400 721 185
WINDOW CLEANERS
Excel Window Cleaning 0431 939 814 Peter Macmillan 5258 4248 or 0415 493 302 Sparkle Pete's Domestic & Commercial Window Cleaning Services 0439 995 624 T1 Property Maintenance 0499 222 042
WINDOW TINTING Complete Window Films Tintmaster
WINERIES 5255 3130 0407 499 123 5258 1579 5255 1000 5256 2255
5255 2288 5255 3688 5255 3370 5259 1422 5221 5991 5255 3030
SECURITY & LOCKSMITHS
Murfs Longboards Surf Shop 5254 1877 5255 4411 5222 2077
5254 3376 5250 6056 5255 1540 5255 2772 5255 1122 5255 3040 5255 1566 5256 1944 5256 3094 5255 1959
5255 2732 0466 613 038
Fast@Geelong 5256 3990 5255 2019
PLANTATION SHUTTERS 0414 607 453 0438 231 799
Beachhouse Elkhorn Roadhouse Leleans Restaurant & Functions Michel’s Patisserie Ocean Grove Hotel and Bistro Ocean Grove Pizza and Pasta Piping Hot Chicken Shop The Dunes The Groove The Kingston
LANDSCAPE DESIGN & CONST’N SPORTS Nathan Hovey Landscaping & Maintenance 0411 571482
5255 5500 5221 4788
RESTAURANTS/CAFES
Mudge’s Shoes
INTERIOR DESIGNERS
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Steve's HandyMan & Carpentry Service 0497 331 788
Leslie Ridgeway Wedding & Funeral Celebrant
A Touch of Class Remedial Massage 5255 5137
PETS
Budjet Mowing & Garden Cleanups 0404 530 008
Creecy’s Excavating Hey Mr Mower Man Jim’s Mowing Ruby’s Mowing Ocean Grove SD Turf and Garden
0438 019 991 0416 266 607 5255 2572
HEALTH & WELLBEING
5255 3599
GARDEN & HOME MAINTENANCE
Tuckers Funeral & Bereavement Service
Jikishin Ju-jitsu Ocean Grove Jumpt Personal Training Ocean View Health Club
PAINTERS
FLORISTS
0414 408 528
CARPET CLEANING/REPAIRS
BITS IT Services SeeCureIT.com
FLOORING
Bellarine Memories
Stanley Steamer Carpet Cleaners 0428 520 525
Vinnies
0409 359667
0409 700 229 0497 532 159 0410 454 822 0411 061 556
Graham Coates Carpet Cleaning Service 0408 526 997
Mazza’s Way-to-Clean T1 Property Maintenance
5255 3392 5255 9555 5255 5077 5221 6507
FRUIT & VEG
BUTCHERS
A1 Chimney Sweep
Sand-It Floor Sanding & Polishing
HEALTH & FITNESS CLUBS
Carl Davies Leadlights & Repairs
FINANCIAL SERVICES
BRICKLAYING
Ivy Hair Creations Hair on Harbour 5258 4764 Melish Hair 5255 2639 Salon Utopia 5256 2282 Snip Curl Hairdressing 0457 788 074
HOBBIES & CRAFTS
ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC
BEAUTY SALONS
HAIR DRESSERS
HIRE 0409 553 022
5255 3233 ads@oceangrovevoice.com
Jack Rabbit Vineyard Leura Park Estate
0438 648 761 5221 8877 5251 2223 5253 3180
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Petition to end duck shooting IT'S a habit for me to drive past and check out Lake Connewarre on my way to work, and I've done that a few times over the past week only to remember that duck shooting is in full swing. Oh dear what a cruel world it is. If you are interested in helping to put a stop to the cruel 'sport' of duck shooting, you can go to the RSPCA website at www.rspcavic.org/issuestake-action/duck-shooting/ On a brighter note, I did get up at 5am on my day off last Sunday and drive to Western Treatment Plant (WTP), in the hope that I may see an owl at sunrise. My effort was rewarded with a glimpse of a barn owl, which is always a beautiful sight. Migratory waders will be making their way to the northern hemisphere very soon, so at WTP it was lovely to see a few curlew sandpipers and red-necked stints changing to breeding plumage, before they fly off into the wild blue yonder. I've been reading the Birds of Prey of Australia guidebook, written by Stephen Debus, and it must be one of my favourite books in terms of information and illustrations. I've particularly been reading about brown falcons, as
A brown falcon at Lake Connewarre.
Two adult tawny frogmouths at Woodlands. I saw a very pale brown falcon near Minya Winery last week. Brown falcons have many variations in plumage depending on the sex and the age of the bird. As with other raptors,
female brown falcons are bigger than the males. All brown falcons have two cheek 'tear' marks that extend down from the eye, tail feathers that are barred, and a yellow to grey cere
and eye ring. Their legs are pale grey. Paler birds are usually associated with inland areas, but all the colour varieties can be seen throughout Australia. I would like to thank Anne and Kevin Teasdale for sending me a great photo of a little pied cormorant at Blue Waters Lake in Ocean Grove. If you have any comments or you see anything exciting around the Bellarine, you can contact me on jencarr@y7mail.com. I also want to thank Brendan and Bernie Hallard and Graham Tribe for providing me with the results of their bird and frog count at Begola Wetlands. They plan to conduct three further counts this year, which will be interesting. They heard spotted marsh frogs and southern brown tree frogs calling, and also saw a copperhead snake, as well as a swamp harrier and black-shouldered kite. If you would like to be involved in the activities organised by the Friends of the Ocean Grove Nature Reserve, you can access the OGNR Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ groups/34794023030/. The Bellarine Birdlife group has some great activities organised for the year, and the Calendar of Events can be accessed via www.birdlife.org.
au/locations/birdlife bellarine-peninsula. I've been keeping an eye on the tawny frogmouth family at Woodlands in Ocean Grove. The adult birds are now on their own, and there is no sign of the triplet offspring. The tawny frogmouth pair at the Geelong Botanical Gardens are back in their 'autumn tree'. I look for them at the start of autumn and they are always in their particular tree, which is reassuring and lovely. Speaking of the Botanical Gardens I spent way too many hours during the week trying to take a photo of a most beautiful rufous fantail. These birds are migratory and move northwards in winter, and they virtually disappear from Victoria and NSW at this time. The rufous fantail is so active and moves around the high and thick branches of trees, so I must have looked ridiculous trying to get a decent image. The three hooded plover chicks at Point Impossible are still going strong. Congratulations to all of the volunteers who have helped to look after these birds, and hopefully in another few weeks there will be three more hoodie fledglings. Jen Carr
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Disappointing A grade season for Grove IT was a mixed season for Ocean Grove Cricket Club in 2014/15, writes MARK HEENAN. The highlight was the club’s two premierships in B and C grades, which demonstrates the Grubbers' huge depth in the middle grades. The lowlight was the A grade’s unsatisfactory end to the season after bottom-placed Wallington walloped the Grubbers by 128 runs in round 11. The Wallabies bowled out the Grubbers for a paltry 37. Ocean Grove A grade f inished in eighth position with three wins and seven losses. The D grade f inished in fourth position and lost in the semi-f inals. WHAT WORKED
WELL The middle grades. The Grubbers went on to win two of the four premierships in 2014/15. The B grade defended 110 in the grand f inal by bowling out Drysdale for 58, while the C grade won by eight wickets against Jan Juc. Ocean Grove’s bowling depth is remarkable, even the A grade bowlers challenged the top teams including Drysdale and Collendina. The exciting one-run win over cross town rivals Collendina in round eight (thanks to a six-wicket haul from Dan Roddis) was further proof of their dominance with the ball. The Ocean Grove
PRE-SEASON training is well underway for Wallington’s Bellarine Bears as the club prepares for the Geelong Baseball Association 2015 winter season. For the A grade side this means putting being the 2014 grand final runnersup behind them as they strive to go one better in 2015. The theme for head coach Wayne Visser this year is “unfinished business”. Star pitcher Simon Murry returns to head up the Bears defence in 2015. 2013 young gun Tyson O’Keefe returns to the Bears in 2015 after a year off and will provide greater pitching depth. In the off season the Bears have recruited 3rd baseman Troy Snarey to add to the strong Bears hitting lineup from 2014. The dangerous bats of Murry, Visser, Chris Bramwell, Jonathan Lowe and Chris Barker are ready to fire in season 2015. Bellarine Bears Reserves
side has been revamped in the off season as coaches Daniel Harvey and David Morrisey make their returns to Wallington Reserve. In 2015, as the Geelong Baseball Association seeks to establish more even competitions across the board, the Bellarine Bears will field a side in C grade. This side will give some promising juniors coming through the club experience with senior baseball, along with giving adults new to baseball a chance to learn the game. An increase in numbers at junior level sees the Bellarine Bears running a Sunday morning Tee Ball competition for fourto nine-year-old boys and girls. The Bears will also be fielding under 13 and under 15 sides in the Geelong Baseball Association Saturday morning competition. With the junior season starting late April there is still time to join up.
Thomas Kent was a shining 21 wickets. A grade bowlers continued their consistent efforts with the ball in 2014/15.
light for Ocean Grove with Dan Roddis was the leading wicket-taker with 23 wickets, while spinner Thomas Kent
picked up 21 wickets. Gun bowler Lucas Cameron, when available, was a key with his 16 wickets at 17.19 from seven matches. Former Barwon Heads player Chris McSween took 40 wickets for the Grubbers in A, B, and D grades combined including f inals. McSween had a brilliant end to the season and claimed a f ive-wicket haul in the B grade grand f inal against Drysdale. WHAT DID NOT WORK WELL The A grade batting. The Grubbers failed to post a score of 200 or more in 2014/15. The Grubbers’ top score was 199 against Barrabool in round f ive and they still lost by 32 runs.
The Grubbers lowest total score of 37 against Wallington in the f inal round was indicative of their poor performance with the bat. The Grubbers A grade leaders had diff iculties. The transition of Lucas Cameron from a coach in 2013/14 to a stand alone player. Former coach Cameron stood down as captain and was replaced by Dan Roddis mid-season. The Grubbers had a lot of mixed voices during the season particularly at A grade level – a nonplaying coach and two captains. The club has made no secret it wants to attract a quality leader and an established batsman to captain Ocean Grove Cricket Club A grade.
OCEAN GROVE C R I C K E T P R E S I D E N T COLIN BATE ON CAPTAINCY AND RECRUITING NEXT SEASON “It did not happen the way we wanted it to happen with Lucas Cameron standing down as captain. Cameron’s body can’t get keep up with the rigors of A grade and he had an operation during the season. We have already had interviews with players next season. Yes we need to attract some players in the off-season. We are trying to develop within, but you need to reach out and get other people.”
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Clean sweep for SOUL AFTER a great start to the year SOUL backed up the following week on Saturday February 21 for the Interstate Challenge against Malajusted from South Australia at Ocean Grove. After a few words to welcome the 28 South Aussies, it was time to put the teams and heats on the board and let the fun begin. It was clear early on that SOUL was dominating but it was the age divisions where it was expected South Australia would peg them back, but that was not to be as SOUL went on to win every heat and for the first time win the Interstate Challenge. The SOUL team comprised Brian Tucker, Chris Meier, Simon Thorne, Larry Hayes, Craig Robertson, Dave Cassells, Mark Westworth, Danny Malone, Abby Firns, Shannen Firns, Steve Messina, Liam, Morgan
and Adrian Griggs Kennelly, Mick Dwyer, Jamie Wall, Robbie Emslie, Matty Wright, Mel Renton Wright, Russell Synnott, Fletch, Ben Considine, Nev Foster, John Mercer, Chris Wiltshire, Dunne, Lou McSween and Mitch. The committee thanked Sarah Synnott from Burn Lime for her donation of finely crafted candles which were given to the SA crew, and also Linda Emslie from Dabble Things made from This and That for the glass jars with sand and copper.
SOUL longboarders sharing some time with the South Australian team Malajusted.
Aggregate comp day a success THE first aggregate comp for SOUL was held at Ocean Grove in February. It's not often we get waves this early in the year due to the summer conditions and easterly winds but on a hot day with fun two- to threefoot waves, the club welcomed all new and existing members who came along and enjoyed a great day. There were 44
competitors who competed in various divisions. Wally kept the barbecue running all day which made the crew happy. It was great to see a few new faces come in to have a go at judging. While the crowds at main beach were a bit frustrating the surfing was a pleasure to watch. Mel once again did a superb job with the
Grommies and one or two may have advanced to the juniors for the next comp. There was some change in divisions this year which worked well for most. The results were: Junior Boys: 1st Billy Whitton, 2nd Zeph Lamperd. Junior Girls: 1st Abby Firns, 2nd: Morgan Griggs Kennelly. Open A: 1st Robbie Emslie, 2nd
Jack Malone, 3rd Chris McSween, 4th Matty Wright, 5th Jamie Wall. Open B: 1st Trav Reid, 2nd Mel Renton Wright, 3rd Jack, 4th Daniel Cassells, 5th James Cassells. Women: 1st Morgan Griggs Kennelly, 2nd Lou McSween, 3rd Abby Firns, 4th Kylie De Costa, 5th Shannon Firns, Logger: 1st Ben Considine, 2nd Billy Whitton, 3rd Fletch,
4th Mitch, 5th Chris Wiltshire. Over 40s: 1st Brent Womersley, 2nd Dave Cassells, 3rd Tama, 4th Russ Synnott, Over 50s: 1st Chris Meier, 2nd John Mercer, 3rd Mick Dwyer, 4th Brian Tucker. Second surf: 1st Dunne, 2nd Adrian Griggs Kennelly, 3rd Trav Reid, 4th Nev Foster, 5th Robbo, 6th Simon Thorne.
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Waves name leaders Tennis all wrapped up SURFSIDE Waves have announced their coach and captain combination in Men's Division One for the upcoming 2015 season. Luis McClelland will again be at the helm as head coach for the third consecutive season, and is hoping to build on a successful 2014 campaign after taking out the title. "We have managed to keep a core group of players together for the past couple of seasons which has really helped us play a more consistent brand of football," McClelland said. The Waves have made a number of key signings over the preseason, and McClelland has made new recruit Adrian Bond his captain. "Bondy is certainly a great addition to the squad and I'm delighted to have him as my captain," added McClelland. "He has already made a big impact on the playing group in terms of his leadership and willingness to help develop our younger player, and he leads by example on and off the pitch. It's a real coup." The season starts on April 19 and the Waves are still looking for players to fill their division 3 teams. Co-coaching for the women's team for the
Luis McClelland and Adrian Bond. 2015 season are Christine Cuff and Andy Sattler. Christine has a wealth of coaching experience with Barwon Heads while president of the club, coaching miniroos, junior girls and senior women; and she has always mentored players when she was a player with Surfside, Barwon Heads and Drysdale. Co-captains are Gina Murphy and Cath Sattler. Gina, a highly skilled defensive midfielder has great experience playing in State League 1 in Melbourne. Cath Sattler will turn 48 this season
but still has much to offer. Assistant coach to Greater Geelong Galaxy in what spare time she has left in her week illustrates Cath's passion for guiding young women who have the same passion for soccer as she does. "These two are ideal role models for the younger players to look up to, both work hard, play hard are good sports and are calm influences on and off the field" said Christine. The Waves women's season begins Friday April 17 under lights.
TENNIS is all wrapped up for the summer season with some successful results for Ocean Grove Tennis Club. In total there were six junior and three senior teams that made grand finals. After some fierce competition there were five winners. These success stories are due to a very committed group of players and, the incredible support for the juniors from the executive and junior committee. This year Junior Secretary Donna James put forward a recommendation that the club offer a sponsored coaching program. This was endorsed and implemented with a new Friday night session for beginners and sponsorship for the pre existing Junior Development Squad and Advanced Squad. The beginner program was organised and run each Friday by Advanced Junior Mentors, Emily Kehagias and Sebastian Bouma, with help from fellow Advanced Juniors Rhiley James, Ethan Franks and Zane Beazley. The squads that followed were subsidised to allow more of the juniors to attend. A great idea that has shown extremely positive results. This initiative and other ideas from Donna, including the introduction of a team app for communication and
Improvement for Collendina COLLENDINA made a return to A grade finals under new co-coaches Ben Ricardo and Corey Walter this season. Along with Anglesea and Portarlington, the third-placed Cobras were the biggest improvers after missing out on finals in 2013/14. The recruitment of Charlie Lamb from GCA club St Peters was a masterstroke after the 42-year-old won the association's bowling award. The Cobras lost to eventual runners-up Anglesea in the semifinal by 31 runs on Sunday March 8. The B grade team finished with five wins and five losses which resulted in a seventh-placed finish. In C grade Collendina finished in eighth position with three wins and eight losses. Both Cobra teams missed out on finals
Charlie Lamb took 36 wickets this season. in D grade, though Collendina 1 claimed 11 wins to finish in sixth position. WHAT WORKED WELL Collendina’s A grade bowlers headed by Charlie Lamb. He took 36 wickets at 7.22 including a five-wicket haul against Anglesea in the semi-final. Lamb won the
club’s prestigious Leigh Norquay Medal last month with 20 votes. Fellow fast bowlers Andy Higgins, who claimed 17 wickets at 17.41, and Jye Hearps, who took 14 wickets at 17.64, had good seasons with the ball. The club’s allrounders did well including co-coach Corey Walter with his
11 wickets at 14.18. Walter’s younger brother, Nathan was a valuable contributor with the ball. Jacob Gasior won the club’s D grade Leigh Norquay Medal. Dwayne Johnston took a combined tally of 25 wickets in A and B grades. The appointment of likeable young coaches Ben Ricardo and Corey Walter was a positive move for the club. Ricardo and Walter replaced Eddie Ellwood and Richie Peters at the top after their long stint as cocoaches. Ricardo thrived under the extra responsibilities as cocoach with his tally of 376 runs at 47. Ricardo notched up four half centuries, including a matchwinning 95 against Anglesea in round 10.
information, has made this Junior Division one of the best run in the region. Results for Saturday March 21: Section 4 Boys played arch rivals Barwon Heads in their grand final and won 5,30-1,21. It began as a close match but in the end Ocean Grove powered through in the doubles for a good win. The team members are Joel McMahon, Sabastian Bouma, Nicky McMahon, Zane Beazley and Ethan Franks. Section 6 Girls played an undefeated Grovedale team and won 2,19-4,21. This team has played well together all season, and proved what a powerhouse they can be against such a strong team. They are Brooke Vigilante, Emily Kehagias, Jade Murphy, Claudia Britt, Saira Shah and Lizzie Lowe. Section 13 Boys saw the Ocean Grove Red team play the Ocean Grove White team. It was a brilliant match with Red winning by two games 3,27-3,29. The Red team members were Robert Campbell, Sunny Levinson, George Wheeldon, Harry Copperwaite, Scott Campbell and the White team was Harry Mullen, Josh Miller, Tomas Grindell and Jack James. Section 20 Boys were undefeated all season and
went into the grand final against Highton White, winning 5,33-1,19. Sam Hines had not dropped a set all season, the only junior member to do so, which no doubt helped this team to victory. Drew Honey, Perry Kottek, Connor Asquith, Lochie Dwyer and Sam made up this championship team. Section 21 Girls White played against Grovedale and lost by just one game 3,29-3,28. Well done to Alyssa Dickeson, MelanieRose McClusky, Keeley McCaffrey, Ruby-Rose Fry and Elli Campbell. The Sportsmanship Award is presented each year to one junior player who best exemplifies the spirit of the game by their attitude and demeanor; treatment of fellow competitors, teammates, coaches, parents and umpires and; acceptance of victory or defeat graciously. The deserving winner this year was Josh Arumets. Junior Committee Encouragement Award is given for commitment, enthusiasm and improvement and this year it was awarded to Thomas Pukepuke. Highest Aggregate Team was awarded to 13 Boys White with a total of 92 points. Harry Mullen, Josh Miller, Tomas Grindell and Jack James.
Club championships were held and winners in each section were: Girls A Grade: Brooke Vigilante. Boys A Grade: Joel McMahon. Boys B Grade: Josh Miller. Girls C Grade: Abbey Stanic.Boys C Grade: Sam Hines. In the seniors competition there were three teams competing in grand finals. Section 2 Mens, undefeated all season, played Hamlyn Park, winning by two games 3,34-3,32. This team has remained together and been undefeated for two seasons after winning the grand final again this year. Brad Edwards, James Kerr, Jarryd Proctor, Luke Kosmetschke and David Franks make up this team Section 7 Mens played Grovedale and lost 2,234,25. Michael Bollard, Dale Murphy, John Hines and Phil Grinter made up this team. Section 10 Mixed played Western Heights Uniting and lost by one game 5,40-4,39. A rewarding and successful season though, for Fiona Scott, Troy Gargan, Helen Brotherington, Zane Beazley, Rhonda Brown and David Cini. Highest Aggregate Team was awarded to Section 2 Mens: Brad Edwards, James Kerr, Jarryd Proctor, Luke Kosmetschke and David Franks.
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The Voice takes a look at Ocean Grove's 2015 netball prospects A grade B grade
Action from Ocean Grove's A grade practice match against Berwick. All pictures: LINDSAY KELLEY Coach Candice Parker Captain Kelsey Ollis Vice-captain Bec Friend A grade team Bec Friend, Alex Lee, Sheree Oates, Kelsey Ollis, Lauren Ollis, Candice Parker, Clementine Praud, Bridget Taylor, Kate Titheridge Key players Kelsey Ollis and Bec Friend Rising star Clementine Praud Team statement and ambitions for 2015 The young Ocean Grove side is setting out to improve on the 2014 season by having players that can consistently play four quarters of competitive netball and also developing last year’s junior players into consistent senior players.
Coach Candice Parker Captain Tahlia Sinnott Vice-captain Vanessa Rischitelli B grade team Erin Mercer, Tina Birch, Alyse O’Keefe, Tahlia Sinnott, Lucy Hood, Sarah Greenwood, Meg Badrock, Vanessa Rischitelli Key player Tahlia Sinnott, will provide wonderful support to the young team. Rising star Meg Badrock, a young defender stepping up from under 17s last season. Meg has great awareness on court with the ability to take great intercepts.
B grade vs Berwick Team statement and ambitions for 2015 This season we are going to step up and take confidence into our game. A well planned preseason will set us up and give us the fitness
to compete with the top teams. Agility, ball work, structure and unity are key to us having success this year and being a part of the finals.
A GRADE: Ocean Grove played practice matches against Berwick on March 21.
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C grade vs Berwick Coach Sarah Roberts Captain Paula Birch Vice-captain Brit Gavin C grade team Katie Geerings, Kim Carroll, Eden Bolton, Rowena de Kretser, Katherine Peillon, Amber Binns, Brit Long, Kylie Collett, Bree Fankhauser, Sarah Roberts, Paula Birch Key player Paula Birch – Paula's wealth of knowledge, experience and leadership will no doubt be a strong and positive influence this season. Rising star Rowena de Kretser is new to the club this season. Rowena's agility and accuracy in goals will add another positive dynamic to C grade's attacking end. Team statement and ambitions for 2015 C Grade are looking at bringing together a solid four quarter game, continuing to build and improve on our game overall, and our consistency. With some new shooting and defensive combinations, as well as a great pre season, we are excited to play some enjoyable competitive netball in 2015. With a strong list of players, continuing hard work and court time together will see us in a good position come finals time.
D grade Coach Kim Carroll Manager Sarah Dunne Captain Famie Needham Vice-captain Tamara Splatt D grade team Famie Needham, Tamara Splatt, Brianna Doolan, Sarah Tolley, Nikita Maslen, Brooke Walter, Kim Collins, Kristi Page. Key players: Famie Needham and Nikita Maslen. As long standing OGNC players Famie and Nikita will be able to provide strong guidance and positive encouragement to the new team. Rising star Adele Smith, is a newly
D grade vs Berwick returned player to the game. Adele has shown commitment to her fitness and is a focused team player. Team statement and ambitions for 2015 Fun and Fitness is the D grade team motto for this season.
While improving last year’s standing is also on the agenda, the D grade team are focused on building strong netball skills, a positive team spirit and a strong reputation as a community orientated club.
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OCEAN Grove Football Club will be hoping to go one better in 2015 after playing off in the Bellarine Football League grand final last season. Former playing coach Shane Jack joined GFL club St Joseph’s in a nonplaying assistant coaching role in the off season, while highly touted country football coach Wayne Walsh took the reins. The task of staying near the top of the BFL ladder won’t be easy for the Grubbers as last year’s premiers Geelong Amateur remain favourites to go back-to-back. FIXTURE The Grubbers face a tough initiation to their 2015 campaign. A grand final re-match against Geelong Amateur across the Easter weekend at home confronts Ocean Grove in round one. The Grubbers face the top six sides from last season in the first five rounds with match-ups against Drysdale (away) in round two, Barwon Heads (home) in round three, Torquay (away) in round four and Queenscliff (home) in round five. NEW RECRUITS Former AFL Western Bulldog 200-plus gamer Ryan Hargrave was one of
Coming and going ARRIVALS Wayne Walsh (nonplaying coach, Geelong Grammar coach) Ryan Hargrave (Deer Park) Casey Nance (Darley) Nick Buller Andrew Jarvis (South Barwon) Adam Boswell (Lancefield) Ben Garrard (Diamond Creek) Jai Pumphrey (Souths) (Alice Springs) Jahd Anderson (GWSP) Zac Smith (St Albans) Aaron Baxter (Newtown) Shaun Fankhauser (St Albans, returns to the club) Kane Reardon (St Albans, returns to the club) Tom Roberts (Apollo Bay, returns to the club) Josh Milnes (GWSP, returns to the club) DEPARTURES Alex Bottomley (Banyule) Shane Jack (retired) Max Rooke (retired) the BFL’s biggest signings in the off-season. The 33-year-old is expected to play a prominent role up forward for the Grubbers in 2015. Since he retired from the AFL in 2012, Hargrave played in premierships with Hillside in 2013 and Deer Park last season. The Grubbers have added depth to their big man stocks with Andrew Jarvis (South Barwon),
while Tom Roberts returns to the club after a stint with Apollo Bay. Jarvis who played a critical role in South Barwon’s GFL reserves premiership in 2014, looms as a key to the club’s ruck fortunes. SENIOR COACH WAYNE WALSH ON RECRUITS “We have recruited depth. We want to be able to compete more in the
Former Western Bulldog Ryan Hargrave is a key addition to Ocean Grove's list this season. middle of the ground. through the middle. Last We think we have got a year Ocean Grove had to ruckman in Andrew Jarvis defend out of the middle all and it just puts us more the time because Brandon on a level playing field Poulter was undersized as a where we can attack a bit ruckman.”
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Izzy Greer in action.
THE state’s elite surf lifesavers descended on Ocean Grove main beach at the weekend for the Senior Victorian Lifesaving Championships. Up to 34 surf life saving clubs across Victoria competed in the two-day carnival on March 28 and March 29. More than 800 competitors took part on both days of competition at Ocean Grove. It is the second time in the last two years that Ocean Grove had hosted the Senior State Championships. Ocean Grove Surf Life Saving Club had around 65 competitors who took part on Saturday and Sunday and participated in events on the beach and the water. Ocean Grove SLSC Competition Manager Bruce Sampson said while the surf was not overly big, the calm conditions were a blessing for organisers. “That worked out well definitely, it would have been a nightmare if we had it the week before,” Sampson told the Voice. Sampson conceded the young Ocean Grove
Ashlee Bogan and Alice Crawford emerge from the surf. Ocean Grove SLSC competitors who competed at the Junior Victorian Lifesaving Championships at Warrnambool last month, took part in Senior Championships. The main highlight from March 28 was Nathan Peatling Ocean Grove SLSC’s win competitors had regularly in under 15 board relay. trained in bigger surf at Sampson praised the nearby Thirteenth Beach work of Ocean Grove and the open confines at SLSC volunteers who Fairhaven Beach. organised the event and “Our kids paddle out set up prior to the twoin big surf quite a lot,” he day carnival. said. “Ocean Grove Surf Life “In many ways we Saving Club is a great club would prefer bigger surf as far as that goes and you than the smaller surf always get that support,” because there are so Sampson said. many Bayside clubs (in “The work set up started Melbourne) who come to on Friday morning and State Championships and they worked through don’t train in big surf. to 5am on the Saturday “We do train in big surf.” morning before the Nine of the 65 carnival commenced.”
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WELL DONE: Ocean Grove scored first and second in the Men's Iron Man event during the Victorian Surf Lifesaving Championships at the weekend. It was a sweet win for determined Guy Kinsey and the first to congratulate him was Grove's multiple gold medalist Mark Graham, who was close behind in second. Full story and more pictures page 39.
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OCEAN Grove coach Wayne Walsh has confirmed changes will be made for its BFL season opener against Geelong Amateur after the Grubbers lost their final warm-up match. Ocean Grove lost to Berwick by five points in a practice game at home on March 21. The Grubbers head in as rank outsiders against last season’s BFL premiers Amateur in what looms to be a bumper-sized crowd at Ocean Grove on Saturday. Outside Ocean Grove’s battle of the bridge home clash against Barwon Heads, the April 4 Easter weekend BFL grand final re-match is the club’s single biggest home fixture in 2015. Geelong Amateur thrashed Ocean Grove in last season’s decider by 91 points at Torquay. Walsh, who was appointed Ocean Grove’s new coach last October, is expected to announce a starting line-up for the Amateur clash on Thursday evening. “There will be some changes, we have just got to look at a few (players) still,” Walsh told the Voice. Up to five current Grubbers who took part in the 2014 BFL grand final did not feature in the match against Berwick including star players Rowan O’Callaghan, Daniel Maloney and Corey Walter.