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Premiership for unbeaten Grubbers Ocean Grove’s all-conquering B Grade netball side capped off an amazing season by winning the premiership against a dogged Torquay on Saturday. The Grubbers didn’t lose a game all season. They tied with Geelong Amateur in the final home and away round, but won the 19 other games they played in and won the flag after a tightly fought finals series. They beat the Tigers 40 to 36 in an epic battle with young gun Claudia Britt best on court.
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Grand beer garden push By Justin Flynn Portarlington’s Grand Hotel has applied to the City of Greater Geelong to extend the hours of operation for its beer garden. Council granted a planning permit on July 5 to allow for an increase of the licensed area of the existing hotel on Newcombe Street. The permit stated that the “beer garden area shall not operate beyond 11pm on any day”. However, Metropol Planning Solutions,
acting on behalf of LG Marine Assets Pty Ltd, wants the beer garden to operate in line with the rest of the hotel’s operating hours, which are Sunday between 10am and 1am the following morning, Good Friday and Anzac Day between noon and 1am the following morning, and on any other day between 7am and 1am the following morning. “We note that the proposed area that the hours of operation are to be extended include the enclosed beer garden area and the front beer garden area but excludes the lawn area to the rear (south) of the enclosed beer
garden,” the planning document said. The venue will continue to operate in accordance with all remaining conditions listed on the existing permit including the following patron capacities and music noise control measures. Cogent Acoustics prepared an Acoustic Engineering Report to accompany the application. “The report demonstrates that subject to minor initiatives, to which our client is amenable, the proposed hours of operation are acceptable and will not result in any
unreasonable noise impacts on neighbouring properties,” the report said. “The proposal will allow the owners to fully and efficiently use the available space to run and grow their business while protecting the amenity of neighbouring properties. “We submit that the proposal will make a positive contribution to the area as a place for social activity for local residents, visitors and employees and will have no adverse effect on the amenity of surrounding properties.”
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