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Spud pie is tops
Nathan and Kristy Willams celebrate yet another Rolling Pin Pies & Cakes trophy.
Rolling Pin Pies & Cakes picked up seven gold medals, four silver and one bronze at the 32nd Official Great Aussie Pie competition in Sydney. The team also took out the inaugural Best Potato Topped Pie in Australia, making it 20 national titles for the Ocean Grove institution. Rolling Pin’s major winner was its lamb, minted pea and potato pie. “Our country lamb and rosemary pie, which is the base filling for our winning potato-topped pie, had already won the title of Australia’s Best Gourmet pie and we are always looking for ways to take even our best pies to another level,” manager Nathan Williams said. “Think Sunday roast or Chrissy dinner. Adding peas, mint jelly and spud seemed like a no-brainer. “The locals and tourists are loving it, but not everyone will give it a go,” he said. “Who knew there were people out there that hate peas?”
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‘Weird day’ at the crease By Justin Flynn Ocean Grove and Inverleigh were forced to split the points in their Bellarine Peninsula Cricket Association A1 Grade round three match after a bizarre scoring blunder that resulted in days of speculation about the final result. Ocean Grove thought it had won the game by one run with three deliveries remaining and three wickets in hand. The final three balls of the innings were bowled anyway, with Jake Taylor not scoring. Even so, the Grubbers thought they had won the game, but the scorebook revealed a tie and the iPad being used for live scores had Ocean Grove in front by one run.
The scorebook and iPad was investigated by the BPCA and it couldn’t be determined whether there was a clear winner, so both sides were told they would share the six points. “We undertook an analysis ball by ball, comparing both the iPad to the scorebook and there was more than one over where there was a discrepancy,” BPCA president Ian Caldwell said. “Trying to determine which was correct was almost impossible. “If there is a discrepancy between live scoring on an iPad to a scorebook, the precedent is that the bowling figures in the scorebook will take precedence.” Ocean Grove captain Paddy McKenna said he was disappointed at the decision.
“I understand why they have come to that conclusion,” he said. “But I just feel like the last three balls were played under the pretence that we had won.” McKenna said he felt the iPad was the more accurate of the two options used to score on the day. “It’s probably more accurate than a scorebook,” he said. “I know there might be an element of underlying bias, but that would be common sense. “The last three balls were played under the pretence of the fact we had won.” McKenna said the whole game was “a calamity of errors” after the designated umpire arrived at Winchelsea an hour late,
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having initially thought he was umpiring at Collendina. It meant Inverleigh, which batted first, had to umpire their own teammates. However, McKenna said the game was generally played in good spirits, with Inverleigh captain Lockie Platt agreeing to abide by a code of ethics without a designated umpire for the first hour. “The start was a bit of a shemozzle,” McKenna said. “I feel a bit sorry for the umpire. He made an honest mistake. It was just a weird day.” Caldwell said the situation could be a learning experience for all teams, not just Ocean Grove. “Don’t take it for granted that the scorebook will be correct – just get those few extra runs,” he said.