Longboarders’ two decades on the waves SURFERS who have been part of the 20-year history of the Maladiction Longboarders are getting ready for a reunion in October. The club started with members riding longboards, or malibu boards, when most of their surfing colleagues’ feet were firmly planted on something shorter than the minimum nine foot and a bit. (Surfers are among the last identifiable socio group to more frequently use imperial measure - feet and inches - rather than metric). Most Maladiction contests are held on reef breaks at The Pines, Shoreham, although small swells will see them relocated to beach breaks at Gunnamatta or Rye. They have also rallied to raise money for the Disabled Surfers Association Mornington Peninsula branch. Club president Greg Lloyd said the “gala evening” at Mornington Golf Club would commemorate the 20th anniversary of the club. “Maladiction was formed in 1997 by a group of local surfers in response to the growing popularity and re-emergence of longboarding in Australia and around the world,” Lloyd said. “They started the club to cater for Longboarding on the peninsula by establishing competitions and a social scene for surfers of all ages, gender and abilities. With the re-emergence of retro boards, we've now extended membership to retro boards. “We are not a locals only club and many of our members travel from around the state for our events, with
everyone keeping in touch via the website and our Facebook group. “We are all about going surfing, making new friends, having fun, being part of a club and encouraging young surfers whenever possible.” Lloyd said there was an “open invitation” for past and current Maladiction members, their families and sponsors to attend the dinner. For details email greg@surfstoked.com.au
Market auction cleans up A POP-UP auction during last week’s Wednesday market at Mornington raised $1300 for Clean as Casper mobile showers, a charity which provides a mobile shower service for homeless people. Auctioneer Andy Reid believes it was “the world’s first” pop-up charity auction. It took Mr Reid, of freelance auctioneers SoldBy Auctions, just 20 minutes to auction framed packs of action cards featuring Richmond’s Dustin Martin, Geelong’s Patrick Dangerfield and former Collingwood champion Dane Swan. Clean as Casper was started in 2015 by Steve and Adele Winterton after Steve had been a volunteer with Orange Sky Laundry, a mobile laundry for the homeless. Mr Reid his charity auction “concept” was aimed at helping charities “raise some money without having to put huge amounts of effort in”.
Back at work: Nathan Edwards is ready to serve. Picture: Gary Sissons
Hotel answers job seeker’s call FINDING a job can be difficult at the best of times, but can be even harder for anyone with a long term disability. Nathan Edwards, an experienced kitchen hand who enjoys the busy atmosphere of a commercial kitchen, is now working part-time work at Kings Creek Hotel, Hastings. His new job came about after the hotel began working with Marillac, a government-funded disability
employment service run by St John of God Health care. The service assists job seekers with a disability to find and keep paid work. It uses a reverse marketing approach to identify, contact and encourage employers to consider giving job seekers a chance to prove themselves as good workers. “We felt it was important to support Marillac and hope that other local
business can give back and provide candidates with paid governmentassisted employment,” the hotel’s human resources manager Melanie Poletti said. “The latest recruit holds a wealth of experience and was so keen and excited to join the team here. We are glad to have him.” Stephen Taylor
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