NEWS DESK
Challenge sets out to save young lives THIS year’s Arthurs Seat Challenge fun run launch at Arthurs Hotel on 19 May was an opportunity to highlight the fragility of young lives on the roads – among both drivers and passengers. Those aged 18-24 are the most at-risk group, with P-platers 30 times more likely to crash than more experienced drivers. The challenge raises the importance of road safety education for young people and supports the Fit2Drive road safety program. Funds raised go to local schools to supplement the cost of providing road safety education to Year 11 students. Guest Dr Nicola Martin spoke about the lasting impact that road trauma leaves on families and communities. Cr Antonella Celi said Mornington Peninsula Shire was the first to commit to the Towards Zero target which backed the TAC’s plan for a future free of death and serious injury on the roads. The Arthurs Seat Challenge will support the Towards Zero campaign. Community awareness and road safety education – as well as better roads and infrastructure – are crucial aspects of this vision. Young people are still overrepresented in road crashes but, since the inception of programs such as Fit2Drive, road deaths for young drivers on Victorian roads have more than halved. Fit2Drive participants from Woodleigh School, Mt Eliza Secondary College and Toorak College, confirmed that the workshops were an essential component of their education, providing them with skills they would carry throughout their lives. The fun run on Sunday 6 November will start at Rosebud pier and finish at Seawinds Gardens at the summit of Arthurs Seat. More than 2000 participants will tackle the 6.7km accent while supporting road safety education for young people and A Towards Zero future for the Mornington Peninsula. Register at arthursseatchallenge.com.au
Committed college: Mt Eliza SAecondary College participates in the Fit2Drive program and principal Angela Pollard students Taylor Walker and Ikeylia Cowan were at last month’s launch of this year’s Arthurs Seat Challenge which helps finance to road safety project. Picture: Yanni
Rosebud golfer takes charge in Oklahoma ROSEBUD Country Club’s Anthony Marchesani has made his final US collegiate tournament a memorable one. Playing in a tournament players’ championship event at Deere Run, Silvis, Illinois, he led his team Oklahoma City Stars into the national championship for the fourth time in the past six years. In the individual championships, Marchesani played solidly all week shooting rounds of 72, 72, 73 and 72 to be tied for fourth.
He was also again selected in the All American first team. Marchesani has also been named one of five finalists in the prestigious Jack Nicklaus award, which is presented to the best player in each college division. If he wins, he will go into a playoff against the other award winners for a place in the PGA Tour’s Barbasol Championship, 14-17 July, at the Robert Trent Jones Jnr Golf Trail at Grand National, Opelika, Alabama.
1099 Point Nepean Rd, Rosebud P: 5950 0300 www.rosebudhotel.com.au Southern Peninsula News 7 June 2016
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