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Hooray for Hunt: Supporters of re-elected Flinders MP Greg Hunt, including his wife Paula, show their joy with his many happy returns to the seat of Flinders. Picture: Yanni

Hunt’s safe return in Flinders Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au LIBERAL Greg Hunt easily retained his seat of Flinders in Saturday’s federal election.

Mr Hunt’s seventh win in a row helped the Scott Morrison-led Liberal National Coalition regain government for a third term.

A senior cabinet minister in the

previous government, Mr Hunt is expected to retain his position as health minister.

In the nine-candidate contest for Flinders, Mr Hunt, by late Monday morning, had received more than 46 per cent of primary votes, well ahead of his nearest rival, Labor’s Josh Sinclair, who was sitting on 25 per cent.

Coming third in the vote was now independent former Liberal MP for Chisholm, Julia Banks, with 14.55 per

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cent, followed by the Greens’ Nathan Lesslie, 6.48 per cent; Christine McShane, United Australia Party, 2.36 per cent; James Persson, Animal Justice party, 2.23 per cent. Two former Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors, Reade Smith, Sustainable Australia, and Susie Beveridge, independent, and independent Harry Dreger all received less than one per cent of votes.

In neighbouring Dunkley, Labor’s Peta Murphy won the seat from Lib-

eral Chris Crewther. The seat had been subject to a redistribution which saw its boundary move north out of Mornington and into Carrum Downs, making it “notionally” Labor.

In a statement issued Monday morning, Mr Hunt said he was “proud and humbled” to be re-elected in Flinders.

"I want to congratulate my Labor opponent Josh Sinclair and all other candidates on a hard-fought campaign.

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During the early counting on Saturday night, with a “roomful of optimistic people” behind him, Mr Hunt told Channel 9 he was “very optimistic”, but shied away from claiming victory.

Within hours there were no doubts and his Labor opponent Josh Sinclair was congratulating him on his win.

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Recycling is back!

Mornington Peninsula’s kerbside recycling is being processed again, which is great news for residents and the environment alike! It also means it’s time to make sure you recycle right. We need everyone to do their bit in ensuring the correct items are placed in all kerbside and public recycling bins.

If you’re not sure what can go in your recycling bin, visit: mornpen.vic.gov.au/recycling

Contact us

Our recent annual waste forum, featuring special guest Craig Reucassel from the ABC’s War on Waste, showcased our community’s passion and will to see a more sustainable waste future for the Peninsula. Council will continue to advocate for industry change, and residents can share their thoughts on our future Waste Strategy at: mornpen.vic.gov.au/ourwastefuture

5950 1000 or 1300 850 600 custserv@mornpen.vic.gov.au mornpen.vic.gov.au mornpenshire

Be involved Have your say online or in person at any Shire office. mornpen.vic.gov.au/haveyoursay Best Bites local awards nominations open Does your business have the best bite? Best Bites is a local award program that recognises the most outstanding local food businesses in the areas of food safety, healthy eating, sustainability, reduction of tobacco/alcohol and access for all. Applications close Monday 22 July. Entry is free. mornpen.vic.gov.au/bestbites 2020 Kindergarten registrations open Registrations are now open and close Sunday 30 June 2019. Kindergarten improves children’s health and wellbeing, helps develop strong social skills and encourages a love of learning.

For more information or to register, visit mornpen.vic.gov.au/Kindergarten

Around the Peninsula Youth hub call-out

Seawinds: Crs Simon Brooks, Antonella Celi, Frank Martin

Earlier this year we announced that the Shire received funding for a new youth hub for the Southern Peninsula. Council wants to hear from our local young people on what locationbased features will help make it a place they will want to visit and feel welcome. We need people aged 10 to 25 years old to complete a survey online at mornpen.vic.gov.au/youthhubsurvey Closes 17 June.

Active Recreation Hub for Somerville – community consultation Council is inviting the local community to share their thoughts and ideas on the elements they would like to see at Somerville’s new Active Recreation Hub to be built at Fruit Growers Reserve.

Plans for the site could include BMX, scooter, bike and skate components as well as recreational features such as a multi-use court, parkour equipment and trampolines. Closes 5pm Monday 3 June. mornpen.vic.gov.au/haveyoursay Meet the Mayor and CEO Mayor David Gill and Shire CEO John Baker are inviting residents to meet with them and discuss issues and ideas that affect their local community.

Residents can apply to attend a 25-minute meeting and can request to bring guests. Alternatively, residents can attend a new Q&A session with the CEO and Mayor at Community Council meetings between 5-6pm. mornpen.vic.gov.au/meetthemayor

Local community scores Briars: Crs Rosie Clark, Bev Colomb, Sam Hearn

Mount Martha’s Citation Recreation Reserve is now home to a new, state-of-the-art sporting pavilion. Designed to meet the needs of local sporting and community groups, it includes a modern social room, multi-purpose change rooms and new toilet and shower facilities. Also, have your say on local issues at the Briars Ward meeting, Mornington Chambers, 5pm Thursday 18 July.

RSVP councillor.support@mornpen.vic.gov.au

Surf and sea

Calling nature lovers

Nepean: Crs Hugh Fraser, Bryan Payne

Watson: Cr Julie Morris

We were delighted over Easter to have the Premier open the new $7.4 million rebuild of the Portsea Surf Life Saving Club. Funding from the club and community together with the state government and $1m from the Shire will ensure many years of contribution by the club to the community. On other coastal matters - the state government’s pre-election commitment to take responsibility for boat ramps will provide for the transition of Shire assets and resources to the state.

Briars Ward

Watson Ward Cerberus Ward

The Oliver’s Creek Bushland Reserve is a beautiful natural treasure in Tyabb that I’d encourage all local residents to visit.

To show the reserve some extra love and attention we are forming a Friends Group to help look after it.

If you’re keen to help out or would like to learn more, please contact: hannah.brown@ mornpen.vic.gov.au 5950 1356

Koala Crisis

King Street upgrades

Red Hill: Cr David Gill

Cerberus: Cr Kate Roper

Do we want the Mornington Peninsula to be a koala sanctuary or desert?

Scientific evidence says that koalas may be gone by 2050 yet Victoria is the only state without a koala management plan.

We don’t even need permits to cut down their trees in backyards across the Peninsula. Governments are ignoring koalas so I am looking for community answers to our Koala Crisis.

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Works are due to start soon on a new Changing Places Cubicle and public toilets in King St. Hastings. The facility will include an all-accessible toilet to meet the needs of people with disabilities, plus two standard cubicles and four standard ambulant cubicles. Also, a reminder to support our local markets over winter at Crib Point the second Saturday of each month and Bittern every Sunday.

Community grant writing workshops Mornington Peninsula Shire’s community grant applications open early July. Community groups and not-for-profit organisations are invited to attend a hands-on Effective Grant Writing workshop.

Places are limited to 18 participants per workshop.

RSVP by Thursday 6 June: mornpen.vic.gov.au/grants wayne.lovie@mornpen.vic.gov.au The Shire is also holding three community information sessions offering information and guidance on how to apply. To RSVP: community.grants@mornpen.vic.gov.au 5950 1425 mornpen.vic.gov.au/grants TAC funding for road safety Council has successfully obtained $72,000 worth of funding through the Transport Accident Commission’s Community Road Safety Grants and Local Government Grant for Small Scale Infrastructure.

The funding will be used across projects for wildlife electronic signage, a new road safety strategy that will contribute towards Council’s goal of being a Towards Zero municipality, and shared path signage improvements. All helping make Peninsula’s roads safer for everyone.

Keep Victoria Beautiful Tidy Town awards open Council is encouraging the community to nominate a local project, group or activity that works to protect and enhance our local environment. Let’s share our sustainability stories about what makes the Peninsula such a great place to live and visit. Applications should be 500 words or less, closing Friday 14 June. kvb.org.au/tidy-towns

Events 23 May

Author Talk with Clinton Fernandes in conversation with lawyer Bernard Collaery Mornington Library, 6pm

24 May

Mornington’s Biggest Morning Tea, Empire Street Mall, Mornington

24-25 May

Melbourne Coastrek 2019, from Point Nepean National Park

27 May – 3 June National Reconciliation Week 1 June

Eco Living Display Centre Workshop, The Briars, Mount Martha

2 June

Reconciliation Walk, Pelican Park to Willum Warrain, Hastings

2 June

73rd Anniversary Italian Republic, Dromana Foreshore (end of Pier Street)

8 June

Winter Wine Fest, Red Hill Recreation Reserve

23 June

Victorian Interschool Cycling Series 2019, Dromana Secondary College

28-29 June

Peninsula Paper Craft Fair, Peninsula Community Theatre, Mornington

6 July

Eco Living Display Centre Workshop, The Briars, Mount Martha

For a full list of all Shire events including community markets and local music please see our website: mornpen.vic.gov.au/events Information is correct at time of printing.

FEDERAL ELECTION 2019

Hunt’s seventh poll victory in a row Continued from Page 1 In an email that arrived at 2.39am Sunday, Mr Sinclair said he had called to congratulate Mr Hunt “a few moments ago”.

Mr Sinclair said he had “gotten to know Greg and his staff and volunteers quite well recently and I wish them nothing but success for the next three years”.

“Everyone who works in government or politics puts their heart into bettering our community and his office is no exception,” he said.

Mr Sinclair said the four per cent swing to Labor in Flinders “is the closest outcome this seat has seen since 1983”.

Mr Hunt was dogged throughout the five-week election campaign by leftist activist group Get Up, which took out advertisements reminders voters of his involvement in the attempted leadership coup by Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton.

The failed leadership bid led to Scott Morrison being elected prime minister.

Both Mr Dutton and Mr Hunt retained their portfolios and senior cabinet positions.

A voters’ poll taken on behalf of GetUp by Lonergan accurately predicted Mr Hunt would retain Flinders, albeit with a reduced margin.

The same certainty of Mr Hunt’s retention of Flinders was held by Mornington Peninsula Shire mayor Cr David Gill who, as well as issuing a statement of congratulations on Sunday, said the

shire was hopeful that commitments and promises made during the election campaign would be kept.

“Commitments and promises will now be followed up by council in order to help gain the best practical outcomes for the Mornington Peninsula municipality’s community,” Cr Gill stated.

He said there had been “a welcome emphasis” on the peninsula’s needs during the election.

Expectations were “high” that noticeable improvements would be seen in traffic safety, public transport, patient care, youth services, schools, “drought proofing” the peninsula, bike paths, environmental causes and for “the various community groups promised funding”.

Mr Hunt told The News that there was “a wonderful list of projects and commitments to deliver for the peninsula … including a national centre for coasts and climate at Point Nepean, new cancer services at Rosebud and Mornington, improvements to local roads like Jetty Road, Rosebud and working with the community to oppose AGL in Crib Point.”

Election commitments made by Mr Hunt include money for the Rye basketball courts; RM Hooper Pavilion; Point Leo SLSC; Somerville Bike Track; Barber Reserve; Western Port Biosphere; Hinterland Environmental Water Scheme business case; pedestrian upgrades in Balnarring; and Mt Martha North Beach.

LABOR’S Josh Sinclair, centre, was joined by family and friends as the vote count continued on Saturday night. His loss to sitting MP Greg Hunt was the second time Mr Sinclair has failed to unseat the long time incumbent.

Picture: Yanni

How ABC TV viewers were shown that former Liberal MP Julia Banks had failed in her bid to win Flinders as an independent.

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Volunteers essential to local community

VOLUNTEERS have always played an important role in the delivery of services to our customers here at 39plus. Our varied range of social support and respite programs are designed to support the frail aged, people with a disability and carers across the “39” postcode and without our volunteer workforce our capacity to meet the demand for service would be greatly impacted.

Since our inception in 1982, our Medical Appointment Service has remained an essential resource for our local community. With the continued growth of the region and the demand for such services, 39plus has expanded its regional scope to include access to vital healthcare to destinations as far away as the inner-city suburbs of Melbourne. Without the dedication of our volunteer drivers who gladly offer their time and compassion to assist some of our communities most vulnerable members, the services personalised approach would cease to exist.

In addressing some of the health implications found to relate to social isolation, 39plus Social Support Groups serve as an important resource in combating community disengagement. “The Club” based at Eastbourne Rd in Rosebud is not only a place where our customers come together to enjoy a range of activities in the company of others but is home to some of our longest serving volunteers, some of whom have recently celebrated 20 years of continuous service to the organisation.

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as a whole, is immeasurable. The time and commitment given by volunteers is priceless and without these amazing people many services like ours we would be at a disadvantage.

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MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire will join in National Volunteer Week celebrations from 20 – 26 May, to say thank you to the many thousands of volunteers on the Peninsula.

The Shire engages volunteers to deliver community services, including 160 volunteers through its Meals on Wheels program who deliver around 75,000 meals a year to people requiring additional support and the provision of a nutritious daily meal.

Shire Mayor Councillor David Gill expressed his gratitude for the many dedicated volunteers working across the community both independently and in partnership with the Shire to help deliver essential services.

“I’d like to take this opportunity to recognise and thank the incredible 25,000 people who volunteer to help our Peninsula community.

“I’m extremely proud to represent a Shire with so many dedicated and generous people.

“This year’s National Volunteer Week theme is ‘making a world of difference’ and I am certain our volunteers achieve this every day through the services and support that they provide.

“Our volunteers perform so many vital roles including: welfare, emergency, education and cultural services; delivering community programs; contributing as committee of management members for our community houses and managing environmental, sporting, and recreational facilities.

“I encourage anyone interested in volunteering your time to contact our team at Volunteering Mornington Peninsula and get started”, concluded Cr Gill.

To support both volunteers and organisations, the Shire maintains Volunteering Mornington Peninsula – a hub for community organisations to list their current volunteering vacancies and for volunteers to search a database of volunteering opportunities for one that meets their skills, experience and interests.

To list a volunteer position or to find a volunteering opportunity near you, visit: volmornpen.com.au or phone 1300 850 600.

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Aero club baulks at flying hours cut Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au PENINSULA Aero Club has withdrawn a request for Mornington Peninsula Shire to remove “church hour” restrictions on flights at Tyabb airfield.

Instead, it will apply directly to the Victorian Civil Administrative Authority.

The club’s application was to be considered at the council’s planning services meeting last night (Monday 20 May) but the aero club withdrew it citing concerns over the officers’ inclusion of a recommendation to also ban take-offs and landings from sunset on Saturday to 9am on Sunday.

The withdrawal of the application has forced the shire to move its meeting from Hastings to Rosebud.

The council had received 131 objections from 118 objectors and 355 letters in support of the application.

The withdrawal by the aero club of its planning permit application comes one month after the councillors ordered “a full legal review” of planning permits applying to the airfield.

The review must be completed by 30 June and include “the opinion of a fully instructed and suitably qualified and experienced in planning matters Queens Counsel with junior”.

The motion by Cr Julie Morris adopted by council on 20 March calls for three-monthly briefings by its officers on progress being made on a master plan for the airfield and an aircraft noise management plan.

Before December, the officers

ALTHOUGH emergency aircraft can use Tyabb airfield at any time, the aero club’s latest permit application could have seen its own aircraft prevented from making flights from sunset on saturdays to 9am Sundays.

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must also report on all aspects of the airfield precinct plan and role of the Tyabb Airfield Community Reference Group.

Since 1965, flights from the club were banned 9.30-10.30am on Sundays to allow the All Saints Church in Tyabb to hold its Sunday

services undisturbed. The restriction has continued since then even though the church ended its Sunday services in the 1970s.

“Only a few midweek funerals, a couple of afternoon weddings and christenings were held up until the late 1970s with next-to-no activity in

the 1980s,” aero club president Jack Vevers said.

“The church was sold in 1991 and has become the Peacock cafe, which is a popular spot for the locals.”

Mr Vevers said the aero club had “not observed the church hour for more than 45 years in the full knowl-

edge of the shire and the Tyabb Ratepayers Group”. But he said that lately a “couple of newcomers as well as the old anti-airport protesters have begun demanding that the shire enforce this condition”.

Shire planner David McPherson said in his report that the Sunday restricted hour provided “limited protection for the amenity of the community on Sunday mornings”.

“Rather than deleting the [Sunday hour] condition, it should be varied to be more in line with current EPA noise guidelines to provide greater protection of amenity at the most sensitive time i.e. between sunset the night before and 9am Sunday,” he said.

“This is also consistent with current EPA noise standards for weekends.”

Mr Vevers said the club “could not legally or physically comply with the proposed condition.

He said the shire had “failed to consult with the aero club on the new condition in complete isolation [and] without understanding [our] operations – even though they are clearly outlined in the Tyabb Airfield Precinct Plan compiled by their own consultants – and without regard or understanding of the Air Navigation Regulations.”

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Encouraging health career studies A PROGRAM called Hands on Health being run at Peninsula Health, Frankston, this week aims to increase the exposure of year 9-12 students from historically underrepresented backgrounds – such as Aboriginal, refugee and financially disadvantaged – to health careers.

Organiser Cynthia Mehboob said the program usually received “overwhelming response and application from students in families that can provide them with support in realising their goals and aspirations”.

“However, [this year] I have received a very limited number of applications from students from our target backgrounds,” she said.

“We would like to raise awareness about the program so that more students who can really use our help will apply.”

Ms Mehboob, from the Gukwonderuk unit at the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, at Monash University, said the program had four streams: year 9 Health Discovery Incursions; year 10 Hands on Health Discovery work experience; year 11 Experience UniStudent Life Program; and year 12 Road to Medicine Program.

In the year 9 sessions students from low socio economic status schools sit in on hour-long sessions on school premises, and in the year 10 discovery work students experience a clinical setting.

Ms Mehboob described the year 11 UniStudent program as a “shadowing program” where year 11 students spend a day with medicine students on Monash's Clayton Campus, and the year 12 Road to Medicine Program as where students attend information sessions about the medicine entry test UCAT. The free program is being run on Thursday 23 and Friday 24 May.

Chorale performs MORNINGTON Peninsula Chorale will perform at the Peninsula Community Theatre, 91 Wilson Road, Mornington, 7.30pm, Saturday 25 May,

and 2.30pm, Sunday 2 June.

The chorale recently sang at Carnegie Hall, New York, and from there travelled to perform at Wellington, New Zealand. Last year they performed The Armed Man in Berlin with the UNESCO World Orchestra for Peace, along with choirs from 27 countries.

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Toilet input MEMBERS of the community are being invited to provide feedback on plans to replace the old public toilet block at Buckley’s Rest, Safety Beach.

The mayor Cr David Gill said the block had “reached the end of its useful life and will be upgraded to provide an improved, modern design to service our community for many years to come”.

Plans are available to view and provide feedback online until Friday 31 May at mornpen.vic. gov.au/haveyoursay Forms will be available in hard copy at the shire’s offices at Rosebud, Mornington, Hastings and Somerville.

Email submissions to: haveyoursay@mornpen. vic.gov.au with the subject line Safety Beach Public Amenity or post to: Attention: Michael Scully, Infrastructure Planner – Facilities, Safety Beach Public Amenity Have Your Say Mornington Peninsula Shire, Private Bag 1000.

Historian on TV HASTINGS Football Club’s historian Vic Jeremiah appeared in a recent edition of The Local Footy Show (Channel 31 or 44). Filmed in his his shed, Jeremiah showed his records and memorabilia relating to the club as well as his collection of press clippings, photographs and other memorabilia of John Coleman.

Safety check before warm-up A SAFETY warning has been issued for property owners to check and maintain their fireplaces, chimneys, fireboxes and flues.

The CFA says there has been a rise in the number of chimney fires from both fireplaces and wood heaters.

CFA’s manager community safety Jude Kennedy said over time there could be a build-up of creosote, a black tar-like residue, which is highly flammable and could clog up chimneys.

“Creosote is not only caused by general use, but it can also build up quicker if you are using incorrect fuels, such as green wood or treated timbers,” he said.

To reduce the risk of fire starting from a fireplace or wood heater: Use a torch to check for creosote build-up or obstructions; have chimnies professionally cleaned annually; only burn dry, clean wood; and, extinguish fires before going to bed or leaving the house.

Mr Kennedy said gas heaters shuold be inspected and serviced every two years to guard

against carbon monoxide poisoning or fire.

“Every household should consider their fire safety practices and examine the potential risks around their home,” he said.

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“Fireplaces can also be a fire hazard if fuels are allowed to fall out of the fireplace. A secure guard or fireproof screen should be used at all times.

“If drying clothes ensure they are positioned at least one metre away from the heat source and constantly monitored to reduce the chance of them igniting.”

“One of the nicest things about winter is curling up in front of a warm fire, and with these small tips we can ensure you do this safely,” Mr Kennedy said.

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Fine adds to boat ramp confusion Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au CONFUSION remains over parking and launching fees at boat ramps on the Mornington Peninsula.

A boat owner was fined $81 last week for supposedly not paying a launching fee at Rye, prompting the Futurefish Foundation to label the Mornington Peninsula Shire’s management of its boat ramps a “debacle”.

The Premier Daniel Andrews announced on Channel 31’s “Talking Fishing” show last November that, if re-elected, the state government would run boat ramps on the peninsula, abolish fees, and establish a Better Boating Fund for boat ramp upgrades.

Six months later the shire is still waiting to have its role clarified.

“The [state government] said they were going to take over [the] boat ramps and we want them to get on with it,” the mayor Cr David Gill said (“No one at helm to control boat ramp” The News 15/5/19).

Cr Gill said the shire was “doing the right thing” by checking on and maintaining boat ramps to make sure they are safe for the public.

The shire’s director place Niall McDonagh said: “Yes, the shire has stopped processing boat ramp fees, and we await confirmation from the state government before we decommission the paid parking systems.”

Futurefish Foundation director David Kramer last week said he had “never read so much nonsense in my life” and criticised the shire for fining the boatie “even when he had a launching ticket”.

Mr Kramer has provided The News a copy of

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the boatie’s launch fee receipt for $14.50 issued by the Parkmobile app as proof of payment and a copy of the $81 fine issued by a local laws officer later that day.

He said while there was no physical ticket, the “parking officer should have access to the parking system to check registration plates and identify if a fee has been paid”.

“The shire continues to give recreational fishers good reason why they are incompetent at managing boat ramps and why the Victorian Minister for Boating needs to abolish boat ramp fees as soon as possible and take control of boat ramps,” he said.

“The left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing when it comes to the shire charging boat ramp fees. “[It] is just unacceptable in this day and age of technology for shire officers [to be] handing out fines.

“The shire is not only continuing to charge ramp fees … [and] to fine law-abiding anglers.

“It is very clear to me that the mayor is at the helm charging fees and fining people incorrectly: he is steering this ship with his eyes closed.”

Mr Kramer said he was “seeking an urgent meeting with the new CEO of Better Boating Victoria to ask when boat ramp fees will be scrapped as he expected fees to be scrapped by 1 July this year”.

“The sooner this mess is cleaned up the better,” he said.

The shire’s ramps include Schnapper Point, Fishermans Beach, Safety Beach, Rye, Sorrento and Hastings. Two sand ramps at Mt Martha and Flinders can be used by tractors and four-wheeldrives only. Other ramps include Tootgarook (managed by the Capel Sound foreshore committee) and Flinders (run by Parks Victoria).

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STEPHANIE Ivanovic clears a jump during the Equestrian Victoria Champion School titles.

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Toorak riders regain state title RIDERS from Toorak College, Mt Eliza has regained the Equestrian Victoria Champion School title.

The school won state titles in 2017 but came in as reserve champions in 2018.

This year’s win came after a fiveday event at Werribee which saw more than 500 riders from 172 schools competing on 640 horses.

Toorak had 26 junior and senior riders competing, with Stephanie Ivanovic, Bella Warner, Emma Her-

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cules and Theodora Newman being among the school’s top four riders in dressage, show jumping, combined training, games and novelties events.

The four will be presented with the Equestrian Victorian trophy and horse rugs.

“We are so thrilled to be named equestrian state champions again.

Toorak College welcomes new riders and families to the team, as evident with a massive 56 riders on the team this year,” equestrian events co-ordi-

nator Julia Williams said.

“Across the disciplines, we ensure that our older team members play the role of mentor to our beginner riders while also being supported by staff.

We believe this is imperative for the growth of both riding and personal skills,” The top two riders from each level and discipline qualify to compete with the Victorian team at the Australian Interschool Championships in Sydney during the September holidays.

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Wetlands key to safety of long range avian aviators

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CANNON nets are used to catch and tag birds that live and visit internationallyrecognised wetlands in Western Port.

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Contraventions of the EPBC Act may attract a civil penalty of up to $5.5 million, or a criminal penalty of up to $46,200 or, in extreme cases, up to seven years' jail.

The state government is paying for the project headed by the biosphere to lift awareness of Western Port’s wetlands.

“We have birds that make an annual migration over thousands of kilometres to come to Western Port as this place is so special,” project officer Casey Lee said. “The project will engage with recreational watercraft users across the Ramsar site to raise awareness of the vitally important wetlands

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“The wetland consists of seagrass meadows, mudflats, mangroves and saltmarshes which fringe the bay. These start the food chains that sustain the fishery and provide for our international migratory shorebirds.

These birds rely on the wetland for food prior to their epic migrations to the Arctic Circle.

“Our local fish like the King George whiting grow to adults in the seagrass meadows of Western Port. Whiting from our bay then migrate along the Victorian coast to spawning sites far along the coast to the west.”

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The wetlands that line Western Port are a major food source and place of protection for the birds before they take off for the Northern Hemisphere.

However, their wetland feeding areas are also the hunting ground for people wanting to catch fish.

The wester Port Biosphere and the Port Phillip and Westernport Catchment Management Authority are raising awareness of the need to protect Western Port’s wetlands which are recognised under the international Ramsay convention.

Australia is home to 65 wetlands listed by the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance as waterfowl habitat because of their ecology, botany, zoology, limnology or hydrology.

Governments of countries containing Ramsar wetlands are obligated to afford these areas some protection.

In Australia, the federal government says that an action that will, or is likely to, have a significant impact on a Ramsar wetland will be “subject to a rigorous environmental assessment and approval regime under the EPBC Act” (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999).

BIRDS of a feather may flock together, but so do people who enjoy keeping and rearing caged birds.

Bird breeders, food producers and bird accessories will all be on show and on sale at the Mornington Peninsula Aviculture Society’s annual bird sale and expo.

Birds will be on show in an aviary along with services and products suitable for bird keeping.

Birds and advice will be available from more than breeders and exhibitors from all around Australia.

Those attending the expo can ask the society’s experienced bird breeders about bird keeping and breeding, as well as discuss the benefits of joining the society.

Birds at the show range from budgerigars and canaries, to parrots, finches, doves and quail “right through to some quite exotic species of cage birds”, member Colin Butler said.

“All sellers and purchasers will have to abide by a new strict code of practice in relation to the exhibition and purchase of birds at the expo.”

Mr Butler said the Victorian Zebra Finch Society will be holding its annual state championship show and exhibition at the expo with more than 20 different varieties and more than 150 exhibits of finches.

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ROSS MANNING: DISSONANT RHYTHMS 17 MAY – 21 JULY

Shining new lights on sport

AT MORNINGTON PENINSULA REGIONAL GALLERY

A travelling exhibition organised by Institute of Modern Art (IMA), toured by Museums & Galleries Queensland. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian Federal, State, and Territory Governments. Queensland venues are further supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. The IMA is a member of Contemporary Art Organisations Australia (CAOA). Ross Manning is represented by Milani Gallery, Brisbane.

Ross Manning, Spectra XIII 2017, fluorescent lights, fans, timber, acrylic paint, and steel cable, Installation view, Dissonant Rhythms, Institute of Modern Art, 2017, Photograph: Carl Warner

Flick the switch: Cr Bev Colomb, Nepean MP Chris Brayne, Local Government and Small Business minister Adem Somyurek, then-Labor candidate for Flinders Josh Sinclair, the shire’s director place Niall McDonagh and team leader sport and recreation Mark Stahel with members of the Mornington Athletics and Little Athletics Clubs.

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SPORTS ovals at Hastings and Red Hill as well as the Olympic Park soccer pitch and senior oval at Rosebud will light up in a staged program starting later this year.

The grounds are among 10 sporting reserves across the Mornington Peninsula to be earmarked as part of a $2.1 million lighting upgrade.

The cost will be split between the state government and the shire.

Other reserves to receive lighting upgrades in stage two (September 2020-February 2021) include Dromana Recreation Reserve, Dromana; Civic Reserve Athletics Track, Mornington; RM Hooper Reserve, Tuerong; Barber Reserve, Somerville; and AR and F Ditterich Reserve,

Main Ridge.

“We are constantly looking for ways to improve our sporting facilities and ensure they are meeting the needs of our community who will soon be able to enjoy playing on fields with state-of-the-art sports lighting,” the mayor Cr David Gill said.

“This project directly links to the council’s Sports Capacity Plan which aims to help guide strategic planning for the future provision of sports and sporting infrastructure throughout the peninsula.

“The sports growth lighting package will allow council to continue meeting the demands of these sports during both winter and summer months.”

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New ideas on the future of waste MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Citizen of the Year Josie Jones opened last week’s waste forum with presentations from community groups, waste industry representatives and shire officers sharing ideas on making their own beeswax wraps, joining a Beach Patrol Group, composting at home, and the upcoming electronic waste ban.

This second Waste Forum, held on Saturday 11 May, attracted more than 400 participants to Peninsula Community Theatre to hear what’s happening in the waste industry and how the council was working to address and improve current waste issues.

They heard how they could connect with local community groups and how they could make a difference and protect the environment.

This year’s theme: Our Waste Future, is being hailed a great success with calls for a bigger and better event next time.

ABC War on Waste presenter Craig Reucassel joined the mayor Cr David Gill and Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group CEO Rob Millard as guest panelists for the Q&A session, answering questions about the future of waste on the peninsula and the world.

The Dolphin Research Institute’s Mandy Robertson joined the panel for an in-depth discussion on the impacts of marine waste.

The forum coincided with the council’s development of its new waste strategy.

Recycling back RECYCLED items are once again being collected from Mornington Peninsula households after the shock shutdown of processing services.

But the shire says a continued service from contractor SKM will “rely on a combined effort, including policy change from all levels of government, and correct recycling habits from the community”.

The mayor Cr David Gill welcomed the resumption of services but said the council had been “strongly advocating for urgent policy change in the recycling industry”.

He urged residents to be careful what they placed in the kerbside bins.

“It’s great to have our recycling back on the right track but, as a community, we can’t become complacent,” he said.

“Everyone should do their bit to ensure the correct items are placed in the bins which go to a materials recycling centre for sorting.

“Items should not be placed in plastic bags.

“We’re working closely with SKM to avoid any future disruptions and advocating to all governments for urgent solutions as well as reviewing our own processes.”

Learn more or share your feedback on the Shire’s Waste review online at: mornpen.vic. gov.au/ourwastefuture

Cr Gill said the event was “positive, inspiring and a real demonstration of community passion”. “[It] was a fantastic showcase of the great work happening in our community and I’m thrilled with the overwhelming feedback calling for a bigger and grander event next time,” he said.

“We’re gathering a lot of strong community input on our waste strategy and improving public understanding of council’s role in the waste industry.

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Q&A session: ABC War on Waste presenter Craig Reucassel, Cr David Gill and Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group CEO Rob Millard were guest panelists in the forum.

To nominate, simply download a form from the Shire website or pick up a copy at your local Shire Customer Service centre. Nominations close Thursday 13 June, 2019.

“Council will continue its robust advocacy to all levels of government while empowering [residents of] the peninsula to take action in their own backyard and protect our precious environment.”

The council’s representative on the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group Cr Simon Brooks said the forum “demonstrated the strength and passion of council and community”.

Residents can share feedback and ideas on the new waste strategy at: mornpen.vic.gov.au/ ourwastefuture.

REDUCE packaging, give things a second life by upcycling or repairing, borrow or buy second hand, bring reusable bags – not singleuse plastics, and compost food scraps. (Join the shire’s Compost Challenge at: mornpen.vic.gov. au/composting).

While walking on the beach take “Three for the sea” by picking up three pieces of rubbish, take advantage of the free recycling weekends at transfer stations and join the conversation online at #rescueourrecycling on social media Volunteer to be a Recycling Champion at: mornpen.vic.gov.au/recyclingchampions

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Police probe into couple’s road death MAJOR Collision Investigation Unit detectives were last week investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths of an elderly Chinese couple when a car driven by their son collided with a truck at Bittern, Monday 13 May. Police said the car was travelling towards Hastings along Myers Road after a brief sightseeing tour of the peninsula when the collision occurred, 1.30pm.

The couple, in the back seat, died at the scene.

Their son, 52, of Carrum Downs, was taken to Frankston Hospital by air ambulance with unspecified injuries. The driver of the truck was not injured.

Detective Sergeant Colin Schmidt, of the Major Collision Investigation Unit, said he was looking at all factors, including driver error.

He said the son had not been spoken to and no charges – if any – had been laid as of Thursday.

Anyone with information or who may have witnessed the incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential report online at crimestoppersvic.com.au

A CCTV still image of a man police believe may be able to assist with their investigation into a violent robbery at Rosebud.

Woman punched

Detective Whitehead 5978 1400 or Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000 or crimestoppersvic.com.au

A woman loading groceries into her car at Rosebud on Mother’s Day was punched to the head by a man who stole her handbag.

The woman told police the man approached her on a bicycle in the McCoomb Street car park, 3.30pm, Sunday 12 May. The man asked for directions and then reached into the car and grabbed her bag containing $120 cash and credit cards.

During a short physical altercation the woman said the man punched her and she fell to the ground. The man rode off via the McCoomb Street exit.

Anyone with information is urged to contact

FRANKSTON Police are appealing for information after a fire was started at a “disused” property on Playne Street.

Police were called after fire was lit by unknown offenders at around 4pm, 12 May. Smoke from the fire entered the second storey of the building.

The fire brigade attended and extinguished the fire. Frankston Police Senior Sergeant Warren Francis-Pester said “although the building is in disrepair, the structure has historical meaning to many in the Frankston community.”

Thirsty thief: CCTV images of a man who may be able to assist police with their inquiries.

Bottle shop theft A MAN distracted a bottle shop attendant in Hastings before stealing a four-pack of mixed spirits, Monday 6 May. The man, wearing a grey hoodie, shorts and sunglasses, hid the bottles in his shorts before leaving the High Street store without paying.

He reportedly has a distinctive tattoo below his right knee.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Senior Constable David Kennedy 5970 7800 or Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000 or make a report online at crimestoppersvic.com.au

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Plants stolen A MAN and a woman have been filmed stealing plants at a Crib Point early learning centre, 8-9.30pm, Saturday 11 May. Police said CCTV showed the pair, above, digging up at least 10 native plants from the front garden area.

Anyone who can identify them is urged to call Hastings police 5970 7800.

Dog attacks swan A MAN whose dog attacked a swan at Sorrento beach, 10am, Sunday 19 May, is being sought by police.

Onlookers said the man encouraged his dog to attack the swan which was later taken to a vet for treatment. He is described Caucasian and wearing a white/grey jacket and dark shorts.

Anyone who shas information is urged to call Rosebud police 5986 0444.

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MORNINGTON heats up over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend with a full program of LIVE MUSIC in over 20 venues and three days of STREET ENTERTAINMENT! “There is a fantastic vibe surrounding this year’s event”, commented Festival Director, Bec Davis. “It’s great to see so many cafes, restaurants, bars and venues hosting live music. We are thrilled to have so many wonderful performers including local Singer/Songerwriter, Simon Imrei; Award winning Celtic band, Sugatree and Arandu, Melbourne Latin Jazz all joining us as part of the FREE STREET PROGRAM. Main Street will be full of festivities on Saturday with an artist, produce & food Market and free Balloon Twisters for the Kids. Visit the crew at the Nepean Music Centre stall where kids can learn more about musical instruments.”

If you haven’t seen the Pierce Brothers perform, well this is your chance. From busking on the streets of Melbourne, their unique brand of folk music and incredible multi-instrumental talent have taken them to venues across the world. Just back from their USA tour we are lucky to have them at The Grand on Sunday 9th June before they jet-set off to Europe. If its Jazz you’re after, local favourite Lizzy Gascoigne and her group Kissing Harriet will delight you in a classy, retro jazz evening you won’t forget hosted by the Mornington Yacht Club or book your table at Barmah Park for Melbourne Jazz Festival artist the Lillian Albazi Trio.

“Something that has never been seen before at Mornington,” said Bec, “is the screening of the classic Buster Keaton silent movie ‘Steamboat Bill Jr’ with the celebrated ‘Sounds of Silent; 5 -piece Melbourne jazz

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band performing live. Kids will delight in the cinematic and music experience as much as the adults will”. Reserve your tickets now directly with Ian at the classic Mornington Cinema. Later that Sunday afternoon, hosted by the Mornington & Mt Martha Interchurch network is one of Melbourne’s most dynamic and successful Catholic Choir ‘Excelsis’ who perform to sold-out audiences at both St Patrick’s and St Paul’s Cathedrals.

The Mornington Chamber of Commerce would like to thanks to the Mornington Peninsula Shire and our Major Sponsors Peninsula Eye Care and Nichols Crowder for supporting this event. Of course, it wouldn’t be possible without the support of all the venues, both large and small, for getting behind this annual winter festival and backing live music all weekend.

With events selling quickly, it’s not too late to get your tickets now. Visit our website for the full VENUE and STREET PROGRAMS. Friday 7th – Monday 10th June For the full program visit: www.morningtonmusicfestival.com.au

LIGHT AND SOUND ARTIST AND ACTIVISM THROUGH CRAFT FROM 17 May until 21 July Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery is presenting two unique exhibitions.

Ross Manning is a Brisbane-based artist and musician who uses everyday objects to create mesmerising light and sound experiences for audiences. His exhibition ‘Dissonant Rhythms’ transforms the space at MPRG and visitors can be amazed at kinetic forces at play.

Also on display at MPRG is ‘Craftivism.

Dissident Objects and Subversive Forms’.

This exhibition presents 17 contemporary

Australian artists who utilise craft based materialities with a political intent. ‘Craftivism’ addresses ‘the personal as political’ and explores gender representation and identity, Visit mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au to find out more about exhibitions and events and to listen to podcasts and videos with exhibiting artists.

MPRG. Civic Reserve, Dunns Road, Mornington. Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Sunday 10am–5pm. Exhibition admission fees: $4 adults / $2 concession. Phone: 5950 1580. mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au

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Hastings 11/300 High Street Quiet Living Situated in a quiet complex, this well presented unit features three bedrooms, master with WIR and ensuite, open plan living combined with kitchen which includes gas stove top, electric oven and

dishwasher. Separate bathroom and a laundry with plenty of cupboard space.

Outside entertainment area, Ducted heating, split system.

Double lockup garage with internal and external access.

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Immaculately Maintained fast bar, gas upright stove, rangehood and double sink.

3 bedrooms - 2 have ceiling fans and built in robes, separate bathroom, toilet and laundry.

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Hastings 23a Lyall Street

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Bittern 3/2444 Frankston-Flinders Road Neat as a Pin dishwasher. Outside there is great little courtyard and a single garage. Close to supermarket, chemist 3 and1 post office at Bittern Fields shopping centre, rail and bus transport.

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Hastings 2/10 Rankin Road

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Renovated Delight – 500m to Fisherman’s Beach Fully renovated, this beachside unit comprises two bedrooms with BIR’s, a luxurious loungeroom has split system air-con and the updated kitchen features stainless-steel appliances including Bosch dishwasher.

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FOR SALE

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PRICE REDUCED TO $375,000 (no GST)

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By Expressions of Interest, Closing Friday 31st May at 1pm 51 Mornington Tyabb Road, Mornington

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Impressive retail shop of 100m2*

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Jamie Stuart 0412 565 562 Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859 4/230 Main Street, Mornington VIC 3931

Two separate titles Total land area: 1496m2* (combined) Ideal mixed use development (STCA) 7 Beach Street: Building area 274m2*

Opportunity to buy one or both Commercial 1 zoning 5 Beach Street: Building area 172m2* Properties being sold with vacant possession *Approx.

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Celebrations as Hastings Club hits fifty

By Brian Stahl OAM JP THIS year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the Hastings Cricket and Football Social Club Inc. The Hastings Club, as it came to be known, was formed out of concerns in the early 1960’s by members of the Hastings Cricket and Football Clubs about the poor facilities they had available. The facilities at the time was simply a “Tin Shed” located in the corner of Hastings Park nearest the Hastings Primary School.

The era coincided with the formation of the Shire of Hastings in 1960 after its severance from the Shires of Frankston and Flinders. The overall population of the shire, stretching from Baxter to Point Leo, was only 5800 people and establishing new sporting facilities was beyond its means.

Not to be discouraged in their pursuit the Hastings Cricket and Football Co–Operative was formed on 3 March 1967 with 120 shareholders, all committing to a shareholding of $200, for the express purpose of erecting clubrooms in Hastings Park .

The original directors were President; Ted Lillywhite, Hon. Secretary; Richard Everist, Norm Francis, Fred Bayne and Bill Crosbie.

Little did they know that, not only would they erect clubrooms, but their initiative and selfless commitment to the project would also bring about a transformation of Hastings Park .

Having raised the necessary funds from members and other community supporters they engaged members Terry Unthank and Glyn Staggard to draw up the plans. The builder for the project was another member Ian Young.

The choice of location for the new building raised some eyebrows when it was decided, in anticipation of the possibility of a new oval being established in the future, that it would be placed on the northern side of Kings Creek.

It is hard to fathom today but the only oval which existed then was the small oval and Kings Creek ran around both sides of it.

When completed in 1969 the original building included a main hall with dressing rooms at both ends and the customary bar and kitchen servery areas. Also included were meeting facilities.

Gaining access to the small oval was by way of a plank of wood over the creek.

Soon after the completion of the building the Hastings Cricket and Football Social Club was founded on the 30 April 1969 with the primary object of obtaining a Full Liquor Licence. This proved to be the biggest challenge they had faced given the low respect cricket and football clubs enjoyed at the time in the eyes of the Liquor Control Commission – unlike RSL clubs, racing clubs and the like.

The original committee was President; Norm Francis, Vice–Presidents; Ted Lillywhite, Brian Stahl; Hon Secretary; Richard Everist, Hon Treasurer; Richard Francis, Noel Marshall, John Marshall, Fred Bayne, John Watson, Jack Allen, Joe Stockton, Don Clarke, Brian Cooper and Ben Mayne. Honorary Nominee; Jeff Unthank.

The choice of location for the new clubrooms brought about a transformation of Hastings Park. To overcome the restriction the creek caused in gaining free access to the small oval members of the club commenced the process of filling in and piping the creek to allow natural flow to still occur. Those members were led by Ted Lillywhite and Tom Carter who had the necessary equipment available which they supplied at their cost. Good fortune had

That was then: The Hastings Club in the early 1990s.

it that at the same time the new sewer outfall to Gunnamatta was being constructed through Baxter Hill and avenues to place the granitic spoil were being sought–this was used to stabilise and construct car parking areas. Other fill was sourced from local farms and construction sites nearby. Giving generously of their time and free use of their earth moving equipment it seemed to take no time before Ted and Tom supported by Neil Johnston, Alan Patching and other members had achieved their goal of piping the creek, together with shire support, albeit at first unwillingly, and we remain indebted to them for that transformation.

If you look closely behind the existing club building today the only noticeable indication is the large stormwater grate that exists.

Continuing the tale of the “bold initiative” the club gained its Full Liquor Licence on 14 June 1974 obtaining the first Full Liquor License granted to a junior sporting organisation in Victoria. After the years of persistent care to ensure the club was free from any “black mark” from its social activities that was indeed a great achievement and a compliment to the committee of the time. Many called the place “Fort Knox” due to the restrictions placed on activities while waiting over seven years for the granting of the Full Liquor Licence. Over the following years many clubs from Melbourne and across Victoria came seeking advice on how they achieved it. Indeed they were envy of many in sporting circles.

It is fair to say that there were times over that seven year period when members, in particular members of the sporting clubs, were getting restless at the time being taken to gain that Full Liquor Licence and the restrictions placed on their social activity. The limited Liquor Licence the club held during that time required all liquor stored and consumed on the premises to be clearly “labelled” with the name of the person who owned it. The liquor was stored in a large eight door commercial refrigerator donated by local solicitor Loel Caldwell. A significant moment in that endeavour to gain a Full Liquor Licence was an invitation to Liquor Licensing Inspector Bill Gooding to meet with the committee and it is fair to say that proved the turning point when, in his words, “he fully understood the sincerity and public standing of the people involved” and would support them.

During the early 1970’s, due to the poor drainage under and around the building, the committee was faced with constant repair to the wooden floor in the main hall. Members rallied together and in one of the most amazing working bees undertook to replace it one Sunday. Between the hours of 7am and 5pm, with over 70 members turning up, the entire wooden floor was removed, filling introduced and

compacted – bobcats working inside the building – a new concrete floor installed and the whole project “signed off” by Tom Holland the local building inspector.

At that time construction of Lysaghts, Esso and Cresco was taking place and Ready Mix had installed a concrete batching plant in Tyabb.

Members Neil McCarthy, Bill Napier and Len Cantwell were contractors for Ready Mix and along with Jeff Unthank, Kevin Dowey, the Wilson brothers and George Sparey, to name a few, they organised for the plant to operate that day and the necessary equipment to be available. It is worthy of mention that on every occasion throughout its history that the club has needed renovation or expansion it has been members of the club who have, many times voluntarily, “put up their hand” to be involved.

Over the ensuing years constant improvements and expansion of facilities took place.

In 1976, after providing the only dressing rooms available in Hastings Park 1969–76, the Shire of Hastings agreed to construct new dressing rooms in a separate location to the west of the social club. This also coincided with the regular use of the Thomas Barclay Oval as the main oval which has similar dimensions as the former VFL Park at Waverley – interestingly in another “bold move” the new oval included a turf cricket pitch eventually taken out due to poor drainage. Although as previously outlined the original building was financed by formation of a co–operative it is worthy of note that, in recognition of the club providing the only usable dressing rooms in the park, the Shire of Hastings agreed to meet the annual capital and interest costs incurred in servicing the loan for a ten year period.

Those payments ceased, short of the agreed ten year period, on the granting of the Full Liquor Licence in 1974.

In 1977–78 the club was able to embark on extension and refurbishment of the original building. The areas used as dressing rooms and meeting rooms on the original floor plan were demolished to provide a members bar at the eastern end and a dance area/ small function room at the western end. An 18 foot extension, the total length of the rear of the club building, was constructed to house a new kitchen, coolrooms and new toilet facilities. The original co–operative was revisited and the funds for the extensions and alterations were financed by members through that means. At the same time the three main rooms were named in honour of those people who were the driving force behind formation of the co–operative, financing the original building, and Hastings Cricket and Football Social Club, namely: Norm Francis, Ted Lillywhite and Richard Everist. Although not publicly

known at the time the furnishings for the members bar, known affectionately as the Red Room, were all donated

by Ted and Nance Lillywhite. Once again members of the club carried out the works with John Watson as project manager along with people like Peter Wilson, Bill Allen, Ron Trinham, Brian Lovett, Denis Northcote, Albert Wilson, Tony and John Rowe and Bob Wilson.

In 1992 the members voted to put the club “on the map” by making the decision to enter into a contract with Tattersall’s for the introduction of poker machines.

In 1993 the club was granted a Gaming Licence and renovations were made to the dance/small function area at the west end of club, to accommodate 25 poker machines and related facilities. The grand opening was held on 7 October 1993. For those who were party to the original “dream” in the 1960’s it was fair reward for their vision and persistence. It is worthy of note that it is one of only a few sporting clubs to gain a Gaming Licence when they were initially granted in Victoria and certainly the only cricket and football club on the peninsula at the time. To the credit of all those involved in the club’s management since 1993 it is held in high regard across the state and the many awards on display in the club are testimony to that.

Of interest and note is the fact that Jim McGrath was venue operator over a 24 year period until 2016 following on a business case study he carried out, with fellow business study students the year prior to his appointment, which was used in the original application for the grant of a Gaming Licence.

In 1996, following a successful trading period after installation of poker machines, the club again undertook major expansion to accommodate the increase to 50 machines on 30 May 1996. It must be said though that, given the expansion saw the loss of the original members bar/Red Room, quite a deal of unrest among members resulted. At the same time these alterations were being carried out an upgrade of the bistro area was also achieved. The project was again handled “in–house” with Norm Henley as project manager assisted by Jeff Unthank along with many of those members mentioned before on other projects.

In 1998 the club then undertook to improve the members/Sporting Club Bar to provide more appropriate facilities in that section of the club with the opening taking place on 24 July 1998.

An interesting aside is the fact that, again due to the willingness of members to assist or use their influence, at no times since gaining its Full Liquor Licence in 1974 has the club ever been without supply of beer. You may recall that there was a period in the 1980’s when brewery strikes were prevalent.

The club gained a reputation of always being able to source alternate supplies from interstate by virtue of the influence of Waterside Worker members bringing supply from NSW via a Lysaghts ship or as a backload when Owen Davies was returning from South Australia. Many other clubs benefited from that initiative as well.

September 1 2002 saw a big challenge come the way of the hospitality industry across Victoria with the introduction of smoking bans. Many clubs never fully recovered from that.

To the credit of our members and patrons we were able to continue to meet our commitments and, by the middle of the following year, were enjoying a return to steady figures equal to those before the bans.

Also around this time the standing of sporting clubs as tax exempt entities in the eyes of the Australian Taxation Office was coming under question.

Over the next couple of years the committee brought about appropriate changes to the constitution to address that issue and established a working party with representatives of all sporting clubs to restructure the administration. Following a special general meeting on 22 May 2005 it was agreed to proceed with the restructure to bring the Hastings Cricket and Hastings Football Clubs under the umbrella of the Hastings Cricket and Football Social Club Inc. as one legal entity. It should be acknowledged that Victor Hamit, solicitor for Licenced Clubs Victoria, along with Peter Wickenden our auditor were of great assistance during those negotiations.

During 2004/5 the club embarked on their “boldest” and largest extension and refurbishment resulting in the wonderful facilities enjoyed today.

This project was subject to a public tender process and attracted interest from four major building firms who lodged tenders. The successful tender was awarded to Cooper Morison Pty Ltd within the estimate of $1.7 million which had been given by architect John Parkinson who also handled the role of project manager. Throughout the project the club continued trading thanks to the good management of the site foreman albeit there were times when it was less than presentable or comfortable for staff and patrons. The project was completed in February 2006 within the budget and without doubt has provided our members and the community at large with premises which are the envy of many in the hospitality industry.

In 2012 the club ended its long term partnership with Tattersalls coinciding with a decision by state government to bring to an end the previous gaming duopoly which had existed since introduction of poker machines to Victoria.

The club then chose to enter into a new agreement with TGS (Tabcorp Gaming Systems).

In 2017 the committee decided to refurbish the Ted Lillywhite Sports Bar and its outdated toilets. New TAB and Keno facilities were installed and the bar area completely reconfigured.

Once again the work was carried out by members of the club namely Mick Barclay (MB Plastering), Aaron Vinson and Shaun Hewett (Easy-Flo Plumbing).

On 24th July 2018 Mornington Peninsula Shire, after a long protracted period of negotiation, granted a renewed 21–year lease with the first term of the lease being brought into line with the expiry date of the club’s Gaming Licence entitlements, 22 August 2022, and the option to renew for the balance of the 21–year term exercisable if the club’s Gaming Licence entitlements are renewed.

Sadly the rent now being charged has increased tenfold over the amount charged to the club previously along with some additional stringent conditions.

Without fear of contradiction the “bold vision” of the founders of the Hastings Cricket & Football Social Club back in 1969 and the achievements of all those who have been involved over the 50 years since is a story worth telling but equally one which should be “treasured with pride”.

To celebrate the milestone, an Anniversary Luncheon will be held on Friday 14 June. Bookings can be made at The Hastings Club or by calling the club on 59791740.

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100 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK...

Frankston to get its own grammar school Compiled by Cameron McCullough BY advertisement in another column, it will be seen that a Grammar School is to be established in Frankston.

The Principal is Mr J. Austin, who will be assisted by Mrs Dial as preparatory mistress.

The Headmaster will be at the school on Monday, 9th June.

An examination for entrance for scholarships will be held in the schoolroom on 31st May, at 9.30 a.m., and results will appear in the “Standard” on the 7th June.

The scholarships are open to boys and girls irrespective of age of locality. *** REPORTS of farewell functions to Major Conder have been held over till next issue. *** METHODIST Church – Rev. Horace Michell of Cheltenham who is exchanging pulpits, with the Rev. E. Tonkin on Sunday next will conduct both services at Frankston.

He will also preach at Langwarrin in the afternoon. *** MR George Young, Nurseryman of Somerville is issuing his catalogue of fruit trees for the season.

It is is usual an up-to-date production and arranged and printed in attractive style and should well serve as an effective medium to advertise the districts resources. *** THE next ordinary meeting of the local Shire Council will be held on Thursday, the 29th inst., which will be a week earlier than usual. ***

The teacher was giving a nature study lesson on a hen’s egg.

Having elicited the fact that an egg is oval, he naturally inquired the reason for its shape.

Much to his amusement a small child answered “Please, Sir, so that it will fit in an egg cup.” *** THE following letter has been received by the Editor: Through the columns of the “Standard” we wish to thank the parties who render valuable assistance to our pal who was stricken with influenza while on a holiday to Somerville during the Easter vacation.

Unlimited praise is due to Mrs Meldrum and family, well known residents who did everything possible to relieve him of his sufferings and Dr Griffith for his prompt and kind attention.

Also Mr Jack Webb for leaving his jinker and pony at our disposal.

Yours etc., F.R. Webb & F.H. Swain, Richmond. *** A GRATEFUL Ratepaper writes: Great credit is due to the Frankston and Hastings Shire for the water trough erected on Cranbourne Road.

When it is stated that recently the writer travelled 20 miles on one Main road without finding a trough to water his steed and eight miles in another direction, it can be readily seen what a boon to travellers is this work.

It is so well constructed that the authorities evidently mean it to last for several generations. *** IT is safe to assume that if the Frankston Brass Band is established

it will receive solid support from local citizens, for undoubtedly a good band is of great benefit to any town.

We are informed that one of the best Frankston barrackers and well wishers can put his hand on a score of pounds in donations if the Frankston Band comes here to stay. *** MRS J. H. Fielder who has successfully established a dancing class for children in Frankston, has consented to conduct an evening class for adults to commence on Tuesday 17th June, in the Mechanics. *** AT the special meeting of the Frankston Sub Branch R.S. & S.I.L.A. held on Monday’ night 19th. inst, the following office bearers were elected.—President, Mr A. Wilcox; Vice-Presidents — Messrs C. Bunney and W. Hanton; Treasurer — Mr A. Hill; Auditors — Messrs Carter and J. Smith; Committee — Messrs Hill, Stephens, McComb, Darcy, Walker and Johns; Secretary — O. Young. *** MRS Greene, of Frankston, has been notified that her second son Private E. R. Greene is returning from the front and is due to arrive in Melbourne on 30th May. *** PRIVATE Gus Goodwin who, is suffering from shell shock met with a painful accident on Saturday last.

While boarding an electric tram he slipped and fractured his right hand and was kept in the Base Hospital for treatment.

His brother, Gunner Bert. Goodwin is expected to arrive Friday, by the

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Cluny Castle.

*** HEARD in the Train.

That sickness is still very prevalent in Frankston.

That quite a large proportion of citizen are temporarily out of action.

That the task of carrying on the Anzac appeal festivities is being bravely shouldered by the undaunted band of “survivors”.

That the carnival and fair opened yesterday, and promises to be a huge success.

That the attraction to-night (Saturday) will be the palaise-de-danse.

Great fun is promised.

That the continuation of the festivities next week will witness the presence in Frankston of 250 sailors of the home-coming fleet.

They arrive on Wednesday and will be the guests of the Wattle Club.

That the naval and military ball which takes place the same night should be a brilliant success. *** INTERESTING items.

Last year the English Navy cost £209,877,217.

There are over 1,000,000 houses in London, and over 100,000 people own more than one.

A gun is being made in the United States, which will be capable of hurling a projectile 105 miles.

Building societies in England furnish an average of £9,000,000 a year to provide workers with their own homes.

According to the latest statistics, there are 4,500 cinemas in the British Isles, with an annual attendance of

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Mr. J. W. Dawson, a veteran postman, of Rotherham, during his 35 years’ service has covered in the course of his deliveries a. distance of 210,000 miles.

A North of England vicar holds a special service at 9.15am. on Sundays for allotment workers. Worshippers are specially invited to attend in their working clothes.

London gets. 4,000,000 boxes of matches weekly.

There are in Great Britain 16,850 blind males and 16,650 blind females.

Tickets on the Underground Railway consume two tons of wood pulp daily.

Over 3,000,000 ft. of lumber is cut

by Canadian forestry companies in France every day.

One-third of the world’s 713,000 miles of railways are owned or controlled by the Government of the countries in which they operate.

During salvage operations in the ruins of a house demolished in a recent London air raid a workman has found a box containing 700 sovereigns.

Private Ivey Cleveland, of the U.S. army, who takes size 15 in boots, has been granted an honourable discharge.

Otherwise a special boot maker would have had to accompany him to France.

In parts of Australia, where the average rainfall is not more than ten inches, a square mile of land will support only eight or nine sheep. In Buenos Ayres the same area, with thirty-four inches of rain, supports 2,550 sheep. *** FROM the pages of the Mornington Standard, 24 May 1919

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Australia could be leading producer of hydrogen fuel We would like to clarify some points made by Rupert Steiner (“Hiding from Hydrogen” Letters 30/4/19).

Global momentum for hydrogen is growing and Australia is well positioned to be a leading producer of this clean future fuel.

Japan is leading the world in its use of hydrogen for domestic use, including large-scale utility power generation, powering homes and cars with hydrogen fuel cells.

The Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) pilot project will demonstrate integration of various technologies including the production of hydrogen from Latrobe Valley brown coal for export to Japan.

There are several ways to produce clean hydrogen, including coal, natural gas and renewables. Coal gasification with carbon, capture and storage (CCS) is a cost-effective and safe method to produce clean hydrogen.

The “industrial waste” that Mr Steiner refers to is simply carbon dioxide (CO2) – a compound that plays an essential role in the Earth’s carbon cycle, but one that must be mitigated. If the HESC project proceeds to a commercial scale, the CO2 produced by the project will be injected deep underground in Bass Strait, similar to the way oil and gas has been stored for millions of years. It will not be pumped out to sea as Mr Steiner states.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recognises the need for CCS technology to help meet climate change action objectives, as does the UK Committee on Climate Change and EU Commission.

Shunsuke Sakuma, Hydrogen Engineering Australia

Interrupted dinners

Too high a cost

Hilarious; had to laugh. All those letters (14/5/19) complaining of the [Victorian Trades Hall Council’s advertisement “Who will Greg Hunt stab in the back next”] anti-Greg Hunt advertisement, some suggesting the word “advertisement” was too small. My cat knew it was an advertisement, as I did in the expected follow-up from Mr Hunt’s crowd and Julia Banks’ invisible lot.

A tryptic? Collingwood to beat St Kilda, a Labor mini landslide and a victory for handsome Greg in Flinders? Egg on my face come next week?

Not to worry. I’m not a betting man. I was wrong once before, 1996. John Howard.

Cliff Ellen, Rye

I ask Mornington Peninsula Shire mayor Cr David Gill why Rosebud boat shed owners will to be expected to pay a proposed increase in the flat annual rate of $445 yearly to $1200 for the use of their boat shed?

Yes, the wealthy can afford the increases but the “normal” residents will struggle.

Not only that, [the shire’s proposed budget incudes] a waste service charge of $285 yearly when we don’t even have a bin.

Total cost of $1485 is almost as much as for a house.

Judy Martin, McCrae

No sense quarry I am not against the Ross Trust, but I am against its proposed new massive quarry in Boundary Road, Dromana. The trust donates roughly $4 million a year to charity of which only about three per cent goes to the Mornington Peninsula.

The will of Roy Everard Ross, which set up the Ross Trust, stipulates the donations should go to the preservation of the environment and supporting foreign students. The Ross Trust has more than $50 million in assets, so could still maintain its charitable work, albeit at a reduced level.

It doesn’t have to clear up to 38 hectares (93 acres) of bushland to access granite when there are extensive reserves in other areas that don’t require habitat destruction.

The state government’s 2015-2050 demand and supply report does not consider this reserve of granite on the peninsula to be strategic to the needs of Victoria.

We all have products from quarries on our property. If not from Hillview, then from another quarry. There are other quarries that are not causing such environmental damage.

To reopen the old pioneer quarry would take 150,000 litres of water a day on average to empty. The new quarry will be 10 times the area and 70 metres deeper. The water is from an aquifer (water table) and will be pumped out via Sheepwash Creek to Port Phillip. When water is so precious, how could they think this is ok?

Surely destroying bushland and pumping out water to create money to then donate money for the preservation of the environment doesn’t make sense. Does the end ever justify the means?

Michelle de la Coeur, Red Hill

Last week I was inundated by stooges of [Flinders Liberal MP] Greg Hunt with pre-recorded messages about the incredible goodness of our, hopefully, former MP Greg Hunt. I found these intrusions into my evening meals a very unwelcome affair.

If I ever would have contemplated voting for the LNP, it certainly pushed me to never vote for him.

I really felt repulsed about the neediness of Mr Hunt.

Rupert Steiner, Balnarring Beach

Quick to complain I wonder if all those readers who accused The News of political bias [for running the Victorian Trades Hall Council’s advertisement “Who will Greg Hunt stab in the back next”] are enjoying the taste of crow?

To prove this paper’s unbiased position, we’ve [since] been presented with [paid for] election material from Labor, Liberal and from [independent] Julia Banks. Let’s hope we are not assailed with one from Clive [Palmer], although he doesn’t really need to advertise, seeing as he is riding on the coattails of the [Scott] Morrison coalition anyway.

These complainants have shown their own bias by prematurely jumping the gun and thereby shooting themselves in the foot.

I’m reminded by the old saying, “get the brain into gear before operating the mouth”. In this case, the fingers on the keyboard .

John Cain, McCrae

‘Hilarious’ reactions

Wasted water Victoria has ordered 125 gigalitres of desalinated water at a cost of $100 million or so, for household use and gardens, parks, industrial, everything.

Melbourne Water’s Eastern sewage treatment plant discharges about 127 gigalitres a year of purified, expensive, Class A recycled water into the ocean at Gunnamatta.

Houses in newer estates have dual-pipe water, the “purple pipe” supplying Class A recycled water, at about $2 a kilolitre which is eminently suitable for lawns, gardens and industry, but not for drinking or bathing.

A Moorooduc apple orchard was close to folding because of lack of water (“Water offer saves the day (for now” The News 30/4/19).

Tens of thousands of existing houses have to let the garden go in summer because we can’t afford to use any more drinking water at a cost of about $3 a kilolitre. If only all of these houses, and many businesses, could access this water at a reasonable price of $1 a kilolitre there would be no waste and significant benefits all round.

We would need less desalinated water.

There is a cost to piping purple water, and even possibly having to dam some of it during winter, but the cost is an investment with eternal dividends and rewards. Melbourne Water (and the state government) could earn $127 million a year. Do nothing and it is all wasted.

On 25 June2013, The News ran an article about much the same wasted water, advocating its sale and use.

Since then, something like $762 million, perhaps double that, has been flushed out to sea.

Brian A Mitchelson, Mornington

Thanks for track work I would like to thank the Mornington Peninsula Shire for understanding the need for safe steps and for providing a hand rail on the Coral Cove beach access track on the Mornington foreshore on the Esplanade between Coral and Johns roads, Mornington.

The Coral Cove beach has been a favourite of local residents for many years, but wear and tear of the steps leading down to this beach made the beach access difficult for all users and dangerous

Parking problems The Committee 4 Greater Frankston is very passionate about important changes for Frankston, but it is totally out of step with Frankston’s most pressing issues. It doesn’t regard climate change or the environment, violence against women or homelessness as major problems.

The charismatic CEO of this powerful lobby group is Ginevra Hosking - from the chain of Jewellery shops. She worked for 15 years with

for people with limited mobility.

The shire has recently replaced the existing path with a new structure providing even depth of steps and a hand rail for the full length of the access track. The new work is well appreciated by all who use this beach and makes the access now available for those with limited mobility.

The shire workers who rebuilt the steps have done a great job and were always courteous and helpful to the needs of residents during the project.

Neena Ackehurst, Mornington the ANZ Bank and other members are also well connected, rich and powerful business people.

This very wealthy Committee 4 Greater Frankston is advocating more parking spaces.

The end result will be choking Frankston CBD streets with more cars and poisonous carbon dioxide pollution.

Frankston residents must stand up and oppose more parking spaces. Complain to Frankston Council. Write letters to the newspapers. Protest on social media.

Vic Langsam, Frankston

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MPNFL take out interleague clash INTERLEAGUE

By Brodie Cowburn THE MPNFL interleague side scored a win on Saturday, mounting a good comeback against the side from the Ovens and Murray Football League.

Ovens and Murray looked the better side early on, and were up by three goals at half time.

The MPNFL side came out with more fire and intensity in the second half, and wrestled back the lead with a seven goals to two third term.

MPNFL’s run of momentum continued into the final quarter, and they ended up running away with the victory 10.11 (71) to 16.16 (112).

Shane McDonald booted six goals for the representative side, while Shannon Gladman booted three.

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Hillmen secure 200 point win DIVISION TWO

By Brodie Cowburn TWO games were played in the MPNFL this weekend as most of the league took time off to accommodate the interleague match.

The marquee match of the weekend was at Pearcedale Recreation Reserve, as Pearcedale played host to Chelsea.

Pearcedale were boosted by addition of former Essendon captain Brendon Goddard, who had signed to play in one match. Goddard was coming into the match on the back of a hand injury sustained in another league.

Pearcedale have struggled in 2019 and only registered a solitary win.

Unfortunately for them, even with the added boost of a former AFL star, they would not add to that win against the Seagulls.

Chelsea flew out of the block with a nine goals to two first term, setting the tone for what would be a completely one sided game of football.

Shellacking: Crib Point went down to an unstoppable Red Hill.

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Pearcedale never got close and were down by 80 points at half time. After the main break they were a little better, but still couldn’t stop the flow of goals.

When the final siren sounded, Pearcedale would have been glad that what was supposed to be a good day for the club had come to an end. The final score read Pearcedale 8.6 (54) to Chelsea 25.14 (164).

James Brain bootes six majors for the Seagulls, while Jack Francis kicked five. Brad Clark also put on an impressive display in his side’s big win.

It was a dark day for Crib Point as they travelled to take on the rampaging Red Hill.

Red Hill have dominated teams regularly this season, and given Crib Point’s struggles the match was not expected to be competitive. Few could have predicted the scale of the loss.

Red Hill were completely dominant, and went into half time up by 95 points.

The Hillmen didn’t let up after the main break, and continued to punish the miserable Magpies. Another 18 second half goals sealed Crib Point’s fate, as they succumbed to defeat by over 200 points.

The final score was red Hill 34.20 (224) to Crib Point 3.4 (22).

Kane Hawkins, Zach Vines, Jonathon Ross, and Harry Larwill kicked five goals each.

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Burgess grabs point for Langy SOCCER

By Craig MacKenzie LANGWARRIN defender Luke Burgess snatched a point for the local outfit with an injury-time equaliser against Moreland City at Campbell Reserve last Saturday.

Moreland took the lead in this NPL2 clash in the 5th minute after a quick break down the right and a cutback was met first time at the near post by striker Apai Ukono whose shot was turned in almost on the line by Burgess for an own goal.

Three minutes later Moreland fans were incensed when referee Perry Mur turned down penalty appeals after Alex Van Heerwarden poleaxed an opponent inside the penalty box.

It took until the 80th minute for Langy to level with a superbly taken strike on the right of the area from attacking midfielder Jordan Templin.

Moreland’s Jacob Colosimo thought he’d given the home side all three points when he evaded two opponents on the left in the 88th minute then sent in a low shot that beat Langy keeper Fraser Maclaren at the near post.

But Burgess had the last laugh when a deflected Callum Goulding shot fell to him inside the area and he thumped it into the back of the net.

In NPLW news the first significant move in the Melissa Maizels makeover of Southern United came late last week when the local club signed experienced utility player Erin Clout who made her debut in Saturday night’s 2-0 loss to Geelong Galaxy United in Norlane.

Canberra-born Clout, 26, has played with Canberra FC, Gungahlin United, APIA Leichhardt and Box Hill United and is a Player Relations and Engagements Executive with Professional Footballers Australia.

Southern may make other player announcements shortly and is understood to be in talks with a defender to fill one of its visa vacancies.

Maizels has only been at the coaching helm for a fortnight but already has seen major improvement.

“The result (against Galaxy) can almost speak for itself but the improvement I’ve seen in the past two weeks with these girls has been nothing short of incredible,” she said.

“They’ve been professional, dedicated and disciplined and I’m looking forward to seeing what we can achieve in the back half of the season.”

Southern’s under-19s drew 1-1 with Galaxy with Talia Palmer scoring for Southern.

The under-16s came back from 3-1 down to record a 4-3 win with all of Southern’s goals coming from ace striker Rhys McKenna.

The under-14s won 1-0 with Rhiannon Kelleher scoring.

In State 1 news Mornington turned in its best display of the season when it strolled past Beaumaris 4-2 at Beaumaris Secondary College on Sunday evening.

Former Salford City striker Josh Hine enjoyed a mixed night with two first-half goals only to be sent off for a second caution in the 53rd minute.

Sammy Orritt completed the win with a second-half double.

Mixed fortunes: Langwarrin’s Luke Burgess (left) scored a late equaliser while Seaford United’s Dion Brown was sent off in fiery clash with Sandown Lions.

Pictures: John Punshon and Darryl Kennedy

In State 2 news Peninsula Strikers and Brandon Park had to settle for a share of the spoils when they drew 2-2 at Centenary Park on Saturday.

Strikers were outplayed in the first half but fought back from 1-0 down at half-time with two second-half goals within six minutes from star striker John Prescott.

The English import scored in the 67th and 73rd minutes but a superb interpassing move by Brandon Park in the 80th minute was finished in style by Jarrah Clear.

In State 3 news Skye United had super sub Daniel Attard to thank for its fourth straight win when it downed South Yarra 3-1 at Skye Recreation Reserve on Saturday.

Skye started well and was rewarded in the 7th minute when Saj Sugrim’s endeavour saw him win back the ball then send in a deep cross that Mitch Blake headed home to make it 1-0.

Skye continued to dominate proceedings and only had itself to blame for not putting the game to bed early as South Yarra equalised minutes before half time.

Skye failed to clear from a corner and South Yarra’s Taylor Matthews finished off a square ball to drag the visitors back into the contest.

South Yarra was denied a stonewall penalty on the hour mark as the ball clearly struck the hand of Skye defender Daniel Walsh only for the referee to ignore a chorus of appeals.

In the 68th minute Skye gaffer Phil McGuinness threw on strikers Attard and Mikey Turner and the move paid dividends.

Attard put Skye ahead in the 83rd minute when he poked home a loose ball in the box following a Marcus Anastasiou strike.

The big man then sealed the points in injury time as he finished well following a Harrison Michaelis cut back.

Frankston Pines recorded its first home win of the season when it defeated nine-man Diamond Valley United 4-1 last weekend.

Pines went into the contest without midfielder Serge Yanez who had work commitments, central defender Daniel

Mota, whose wife was expecting their first child, and a trio of injured first teamers in Lewis Potter, Cedric Benza and Alex Bevacqua.

They all could be available this weekend but senior coach Kevin “Squizzy” Taylor may be an absentee after securing a ticket to next Monday’s Championship play-off final at Wembley between his beloved Derby County and Aston Villa while striker Jason Bradbury is off on his honeymoon and will miss the next three matches.

Diamond Valley keeper Peter Kourkoulis kept Pines at bay with two acrobatic saves in the opening exchanges but allowed the ball to escape his grasp in the 24th minute.

Bradbury pounced but his goalbound strike was handled by Diamond Valley’s Abdelhadi Deroune leaving the referee little choice but to send him off and point to the spot.

CJ Hodgson converted with aplomb sending Kourkoulis the wrong way.

But a minute into the second half Diamond Valley hit back with a stunning break down the left and an inchperfect cross that Will Dixon headed over Pines keeper Alfonso Cardinale to make it 1-1.

For the next 15 minutes Pines could have rewritten the manual on how to play against 10 men and look ordinary but Diamond Valley forward Marvin Masso had been booked in the first half and when he chose to throw himself on the ground when tackled he was booked for simulation and sent off.

Pines midfielder Nick Simmons sent Joe O’Connor clear down the left in the 72nd minute and his cutback gave Hodgson a tap-in and the killer blow for the visitors came in the 83rd minute when a long ball from Connor McAndrews was lobbed on the volley by O’Connor over the stranded Kourkoulis to make it 3-1.

Hodgson completed his hat-trick in the 91st minute with a low shot from the left of the area.

Finishing a match with just nine men seemed to be the order of the day at Monterey Reserve last weekend as Pines’ reserves had two players sent off yet managed to record a remarkable 4-3

success.

In a bizarre contest which featured goalkeeping heroics, player indiscipline and a Diamond Valley official who thought it okay to stroll onto the pitch during a second half flashpoint and argue with Pines players it took a late Leevy Gatteck goal to separate the sides and give the home team its maiden league win of 2019.

In State 4 news Harry McCartney reports that Seaford United lost 5-3 at home to Sandown Lions in a controversial clash last weekend that saw both sides finish with nine men.

Seaford took the lead in the 10th minute after Dylan Waugh was tripped as he prepared to score and player-coach Matt Morris-Thomas converted from the spot.

Three minutes later a botched clearance from Sandown keeper Norman Vellien fell to the feet of Matthias Schwellenger and his precise lob over Vellien gave the home side a surprising 2-0 lead.

Sandown hit back with a blistering drive from Yangdow Kong in the 30th minute.

In the 42nd minute a challenge on Gatwetch Kuichloch saw him collide with the fence which incensed the visiting supporters who threatened to encroach on the pitch.

A five-minute delay followed as the referee and local officials regained control.

Right on half-time Waugh was brought down on the edge of the box and Sandown defender Tristan Contreras was sent off.

Two minutes into the second half the 10 men equalised from a headed own goal by Dean Snoxwell.

In the 50th minute a slick interpassing move by Sandown ended when Wumjock Gatluak calmly side-footed the ball past Seaford keeper Liam Swift to make it 3-2.

But Seaford substitute Mitch Lander equalised three minutes later when he was credited with the final touch after Sandown failed to clear a MorrisThomas free-kick.

This seesawing contest again turned in Sandown’s favour in the 55th minute

when Seaford defender Dion Brown gave away a penalty which was converted by Masur Kuei to make it 4-3.

Seaford was reduced to 10 men when Morris-Thomas was given a second caution in the 65th minute and Sandown was reduced to nine men in the 71st minute when Yangdow Kong handled and received a second yellow card.

But Sandown went further ahead in the 81st minute when Seaford failed to clear and Wari Puoch scored with a leftfoot shot from just inside the area.

Brown was sent off in injury time and his departure sparked angry scenes as a group of Sandown supporters rushed towards him as he left the pitch forcing officials and players to step in and try and restore order.

Shortly after referee Aurel Ioana blew for full time in what was one of the more difficult matches he’s likely to oversee.

Meanwhile Baxter’s recent run of wins ended last Saturday when it lost 2-1 at home to Noble Park United.

Baxter’s Lewis Gibson was denied from the penalty spot in the first half by an excellent save from Noble Park keeper Branislav Karaga and a Bogdan Graovac goal in the 35th minute allowed the visitors to go into the break in front.

New signing Lawrence Komba from Dingley Stars equalised five minutes into the second half when he took advantage of Noble Park’s inability to deal with a cross and scored from inside the six-yard box.

The pivotal moment came in the 86th minute with a controversial penalty decision and Aleksandar Djukic scored the winner from the spot.

Baxter continues to build its first team squad and signed Komba and two other players late last week.

Utility Liam Stuckenschmidt and left-sided player Ehab Hilal have joined from Frankston Pines.

In State 5 news Aspendale Stingrays recorded their biggest win of the season when they hammered visiting Bunyip District 8-1 last weekend.

Aspendale had this wrapped up when it led 4-1 at half-time and the home side’s goals came from James Macnab (2), substitutes Luiz Dobre (2) and Ben Garside-Weinert, Ryan Mravljak, Sam Timuska-Carr and Adrian Pace.

This week’s games: WEDNESDAY, 7.30pm: South Melbourne v Langwarrin (Lakeside Stadium, FFA Cup round 7).

FRIDAY, 8.30pm: Springvale City v Seaford Utd (Ross Reserve pitch 1).

SATURDAY, 3pm: Mornington v St Kilda (Dallas Brooks Park), Mooroolbark v Peninsula Strikers (Esther Park), Skye Utd v Diamond Valley Utd (Skye Recreation Reserve), Elwood City v Frankston Pines (Elwood Park), Sandown Lions v Baxter (Ross Reserve pitch 2), Somerville Eagles v Hampton Park Utd (Tyabb Central Reserve), Old Mentonians v Rosebud (Mentone Grammar), Casey Panthers v Aspendale Stingrays (Prospect Hill Reserve).

SATURDAY, 3.15pm: Bayside Utd v Southern Utd (Kingston Heath Soccer Complex).

SATURDAY, 5.30pm: Geelong v Langwarrin (Stead Park).

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John Meagher joins racing’s Hall of Fame

By Ben Triandafillou MELBOURNE Cup winning trainer John Meagher has come a long way since landing his first winner at Balnarring in 1971.

So much so that the champion trainer was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall Of Fame on Friday 17 May. The trainer of more than 25 Group One victories including the 1985 Melbourne Cup with the Lloyd Williamsowned, What A Nuisance, and the 2000 Singapore Gold Cup with Kim’s Angel, Meagher joins nine other inductees to enter the Hall Of Fame this year.

Meagher, whose two sons Chris and Daniel now train in their own right respectively at Mornington and in Singapore, has taken a step down from training the past few years but has helped oversee proceedings at his son Chris Meagher’s set-up in Roberts Road, Mornington.

Meagher started out as an apprenticed jockey initially with trainer Bob Clarton in Mentone in the early-1960’s before moving to Bill Murrell and George McCormick to further his skills.

Meagher kicked off his own training career in 1971 before landing his first winner with a horse called Ritzali (ridden by Alan Pickles) at Balnarring the very same year. Top sprinter Maniple was an early prolific winner for the humble horseman as he patiently began to build his reputation in the training ranks.

Jack’s Doubt was another major winner for Meagher during the early

were near misses in big races with imported horses including Regimental March, Shantaroun and Nayrizi.

Masterful Meagher: Brothers Daniel (left) and Chris Meagher continue the success of their father and now Australian Racing Hall Of Fame inductee, John Meagher. Picture: Supplied

part of his career as he took out the Great Southern Steeplechase at Mornington in 1972.

Meagher’s first Group One training victory came with Ranger’s Son in the 1983 Marlboro Cup (Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes) at Caulfield before Lloyd Williams engaged Meagher as

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his private trainer. Meagher continued to train for other owners as well during this period.

What A Nuisance won the first sponsored, million-dollar Melbourne Cup in 1985 for the stable, with continuing success for the partnership following in the next seven

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years. Drought won the 1986 Peter Pan Stakes and was narrowly beaten

by Raveneux in the Victoria Derby, while Major Drive claimed the 1987 Sydney Cup for the team.

Meagher relocated his stables from Epsom to Chicquita Lodge at Flemington in 1989. Between successes

Meagher resumed training independently in 1991 and had an early surprise winner when Connorvila took out the Grand National Hurdle at Flemington the same year. The run of success continued as Star of the Realm won the 1991 Victoria Derby and Ready To Explode won the 1991 Caulfield Guineas. Other top Meagher horses in the decade included Golden Sword (1993 Epsom and Toorak Handicaps) and Daacha (1995 Sydney Cup) among others.

Meagher also memorably trained five winners on the final day of the 1993 Flemington Spring Carnival.

Making the move in 1999, Meagher trained for 11 years over in Singapore and produced nearly 600 winners including Kim’s Angel in the 2000 Singapore Gold Cup. He returned to Australia in 2011 and established a training partnership with his sons Chris and Dan and set-up stables in both Victoria and Queensland.

It can’t be understated the influence that Meagher also had in the jockey ranks as he mentored many champion jockeys with likes of Steven King, Brett Prebble and David Charles among others.

Nowadays, the true trainer keeps a keen interest in his son, Chris’, stable by providing sound advice that he has obtained during his decorated career in racing.

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