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Shire wants state money to rebuild sports centre Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au SPECIALIST sports consultants have been hired to source state government money to rebuild the Somerville Recreation Centre which burnt down in May last year. Mornington Peninsula Shire has set aside $750,000 in its 2017/18 budget to get the project up and running “while discussions with the insurers continue”. The likely completion of the tender documentation process for the Edward St centre is the end of September. The shire has Otium Planning Group to oversee the funding application to Sport and Recreation Victoria’s 2018-19 Better Indoor Stadiums Fund towards the $3.5 million four-court stadium. Otium’s website says it provides services in planning, facility development, management and funding for the sport, recreation and leisure industries throughout Australia, New Zealand and Asia Pacific. It has an office in Melbourne. Somerville Recreation Centre’s administration
manager Dale Jaensch said in a letter to the club’s 1500 members that Otium’s appointment was one of the “recent developments” in rebuilding the centre. He said a meeting to discuss the project in late May was told the shire “would like to address rumours that the venue was under-insured for such an event, which is incorrect”. Western Port Basketball Association president George Yerondais was at the meeting with shire’s chief operating officer Allison Leighton, chief financial officer Matt Green, facilities manager Mike Scully and Cr Julie Edge. Mr Jaensch said the council had identified a “lack of communication” with residents and club members as “an area for improvement” in the rebuild. He said the appointment of a project working group would “help circulate project progressand-milestone dates to the wider community”. “With the establishment of this working group, Western Port Basketball Association will have more information available to its members in the future,” Mr Jaensch said.
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AUCTIONEER Andy Reid will be wielding his hammer and hoping his voice will draw a crowd of football fans when he steps up at Mornington’s Wednesday market on 28 June. For 20 minutes from midday Mr Reid, of freelance auctioneers SoldBy Auctions will be calling for bids for framed packs of action cards featuring Richmond’s Dustin Martin, Geelong’s Patrick Dangerfield and former Collingwood champion Dane Swan. Money raised from the sale will go to Clean as Casper mobile showers, a charity which provides a mobile shower service for homeless people. Clean as Casper was started in 2015 by Steve and Adele Winterton after Steve had been a volunteer with Orange Sky Laundry, a mobile laundry for the homeless. “Most people have the luxury of starting their day with a nice warm shower, and in the evening, after a long hard day, we again have the opportunity to have a warm relaxing shower and wash our day away,” Mr Winterton says.
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