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5974 9000 or email: team@baysidenews.com.au www.baysidenews.com.au SES superstar: Chelsea SES stalwart Ron Fitch has been recognised for 26 years of hard work.

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Chelsea SES star honoured Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au CHELSEA SES controller Ron Fitch has been recognised for over a quarter of a century of outstanding work by receiving a Victorian Premier’s Volunteer Champions award.

The 2018 awards were presented on 9 September to 60 individuals across the state for their service to the com-

munity.

Mr Fitch, 63, said that he was “very humbled and honoured” to receive the recognition for his hard work.

“It was my 26 plus years in the SES at Chelsea that resulted in my name being nominated for that award,” he said.

“There was an event at Government House, and it was great to receive that award.”

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Mr Fitch has been based at Chelsea for the entirety of his time with the SES, and has been a resident of the area for over 30 years.

Although he was happy to receive the honour, Mr Fitch said the best part of the presentation was getting to share it with his 93 year old mother.

“It was very memorable because my Mum accompanied me to the event, and she got to meet the Governor of Victoria. She had a very enjoyable

time,” he said.

Mr Fitch has previously been recognised for his hard work by being made a Paul Harris Fellow by Chelsea Rotary and by winning the 2018 Kingston Outstanding Citizen Award.

He was nominated for the volunteer’s award by Mordialloc MP Tim Richardson.

Chelsey Reindel of the Bonbeach Lifesaving Club was another local to receive the award.

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Parkdale pledge: Premier Daniel Andrews and Mordialloc MP Tim Richardson visited students at Parkdale Secondary School to promise them funds if elected. Picture: Supplied

Promise for Parkdale school PARKDALE Secondary College could be set to receive a $9.6 million dollar funding boost if the Andrews Labor Government is reelected in November.

The state government has promised the funds to the Mordialloc school to upgrade the main classroom wing, the woodwork and drama building, and the home economics and science block.

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the M and N wings at the school, the funding will also convert the portable rooms in the E wing into permanent structures.

Mordialloc MP Tim Richardson said that “Parkdale Secondary College has grown a lot in recent years and I’m proud to be providing them the resources they need to keep delivering for the local community.”

“Our local kids deserve the very best start in life, and only Labor

will deliver it with this important investment in Parkdale Secondary College” Mr Richardson was joined at the school by Premier Daniel Andrews to make the announcement.

“No matter where you live in Victoria, every student deserves to have a great school. A re-elected Andrews Labor Government will make sure they do,” Mr Andrews said.

Rowing club claims a defib Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au CARRUM Rowing Club and Chelsea District Basketball Association are among the latest sporting clubs to receive a defibrillator and training package from the state government as part of the Defibrillators for Sporting Clubs and Facilities Program.

300 successful applicants were chosen across the state, with Frankston BMX Club also among the institutions picked.

Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny today announced that sporting clubs in her electorate were chosen to receive the packages.

“We here in Carrum electorate are proud of our local sports clubs and their efforts to make their sports more safe and enjoyable for all,” Ms Kilkenny said “In a life threatening sudden cardiac arrest every second counts, and bystanders play a vital role because the chance of surviving a cardiac arrest decreases by 10 percent every minute that passes without defibrillation.

“This program funded by the Andrews Government helps local clubs implement a sports medical plan, so they are prepared to act fast in an emergency.”

The Heart Foundation estimates that 25,000 people suffer a cardiac arrest outside of hospital in Australia every year, with just a 10 percent survival rate.

In addition to the defibrillator and training, six years of essential maintenance are also included in the program.

Hotly contested: Both Labor and Liberal state parties have been piling on election promises in the marginal seat of Frankston. Picture: Gary Sissons

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BMX boost: Young BMX riders are among those who will benefit from the Defibrillators for Sporting Clubs and Facilities Program Picture: Yanni

THE Victorian coalition have made an election promise to expand the Protective Services Officers program to provide additional PSOs to Frankston and Mordialloc train stations between 10am and 6pm.

Up to 20 stations identified as “daytime crime hotspots” will receive 100 additional transit PSOs on a new dayshift roster if the Liberal Nationals win the November state election.

“A Liberal Nationals Government will make Victoria safer. We are going to put more police on the beat and more PSOs at train stations. If we

are going to encourage more people to use more public transport then we need to make sure users are safe and feel safe,” Leader of the opposition Matthew Guy MP said.

Frankston Liberal candidate Michael Lamb, a Police Senior Sergeant, said that he has “dedicated my entire career to keeping people safe and locking away criminals and I am passionate about our community, which is why I’m fighting hard to get more local funding for frontline police and PSOs.” Frankston has been a political battleground recently, with a number of election promises made in the last week aiming to swing voters in the marginal seat. The Premier, leader of the opposition, and Prime Minister have visited the region in the last two weeks.

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Bold recycling vision: Kelly, Adam, and Jeff of Mentone Optical Service are ready to recycle used materials. Picture: Supplied

Scouts on the move: The state government will contribute $250,000 to the construction of Carrum Downs Scouts’ new home. Picture: Supplied

Recycling opportunity seen clearly New home scouted out MENTONE Optical Service is making an effort to divert their contact lenses, blister packs, and cases from landfill as part of a national recycling program.

The optometrist is collecting all brands of used contacts, blister packs, and cases to ship them off to be shredded, cleaned, and melted down into raw materials.

The raw material can be used for many different purposes, including to create playgrounds, garden beds, and park benches.

The program is run in partnership with Terracycle, a recycling company that aims to make use of hard to recycle materials.

Mentone Optical Service spokesman Adam Fortune said the business joined the recycling program to keep more “non-recyclable” waste out of landfill.

“We signed up to the Terracycle recycling programme to be able to recycle more at work and at home,” he said.

“Collecting used contact lens

waste in-store helps us contribute to the war on waste in our community.”

Terracycle Australia general manager Jean Bailliard said that he is “really driven by the commitment of Australian businesses to recycling with our programs, and by their hard work in raising awareness about waste and sustainability.”

Used items to be recycled can be collected at Mentone Optical Service, 18 Como Parade West, Mentone.

Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au THE Carrum Downs Scouts Group will soon move into a permanent new home, after the state government pledged $250,000 to finish a new facility.

The new facility will include a mezzanine for meeting rooms, timber flooring, heating and cooling. It will also have a kitchen area, and an indoor adventure playground.

The scouts currently operate out

of a pavilion at the Carrum Downs Recreation Reserve, however they have to relocate as part of the extensive redevelopment. They will move to Warehouse 1 Clifton Grove, Carrum Downs.

The Carrum Downs Scout Group currently has 95 members.

Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny said “Carrum Downs Scouts give so much to our community, especially our young people. I am so glad we can now help them with their new home.”

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Parking pledge at station Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au THE Victorian Liberals have pledged to spend over $30 million to build a multi-storey car park at Frankston train station if they win the November state election.

Leader of the opposition Matthew Guy MP and Michael Lamb visited Frankston station to announce the election promise, which could provide 450 new carparks to commuters using the station.

“I have a plan for a new car park at Frankston Station and to electrify the train line to Baxter, while Daniel Andrews is talking about a $70 billion tunnel to Broadmeadows sometime after 2050,” Mr Guy said.

“The choice is clear, under the Liberals you’ll get a multi storey car park at Frankston station.”

Last week the Liberal government reaffirmed their commitment to electrify and duplicate the Frankston train line to Baxter.

The new car park is planned to be free for commuters to use.

A 22 January 2015 media release from the Premier’s office outlined the development of a “fast-tracked master plan” for Frankston station, which would include planning for “a new retail and café strip and multilevel car park”.

Investment from the state government has not yet been used for a multi-level car park project.

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Kingston Seniors getting social THE Kingston Seniors Festival is almost set to begin, with events taking place throughout October.

The official Seniors Festival launch, featuring an exhibition of the Intergenerational Project ‘The Power is the Word’, will kick things off on Wednesday 3 October.

Booklets containing details of all events will be available from September and can be collected from the following handy locations: • Kingston’s Customer Care Centres in Cheltenham and Chelsea • Kingston libraries • Chelsea Activity Hub • Mentone Coles • Dingley Village Woolworths If you require further information regarding Kingston’s Seniors Festival, please contact Kingston’s Positive Ageing officer by phone on 9581 4797 or email lydia. sorensen@kingston.vic.gov.au

Councillor behind Pompei’s heritage push

Storey telling: Matthew Guy MP and Frankston Liberal candidate discussing their plans to build a multi storey car park at Frankston Station. Picture: Supplied

Andrews to “recommit to the position of a multi-level car park at Frankston railway station” was voted down at the 13 August Frankston council meeting.

“A Matthew Guy led government will get things done in Frankston,” said Liberal Frankston candidate Michael Lamb.

“As I knock on doors and speak to residents in Frankston, time and time again the lack of parking at the station is brought up. We’re going to fix that.”

KINGSTON councillor Georgina Oxley has reaffirmed her support for assessing heritage options for land at Pompei’s Landing in Mordialloc.

Cr Oxley has clarified that she voted in favour of the motion to “engage an independent consultant” to determine whether “a State heritage registration or local Heritage Overlay” for Pompei Boatshed would likely be successful at the 27 August Kingston council meeting.

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Vandals target Seaford school

Decade of service: Acting operations manager Andrew Turner, Mark Bainbridge, Marcus Grinblat, Sheena Grinblat, Peter Swan, Jean Brake, Bryan Phelan, and the CFA’s Matthew Pond. Picture: Supplied

Volunteers celebrate 10 years of service WHILE it’s more common to see CFA volunteers fighting fires in the bush, their Coast Guard counterparts are also around to keep boaties safe when there’s smoke on the water.

This year, the Coast Guard volunteers are celebrating 10 years of protecting bays and waterways on the water, and by supporting their CFA land-based firefighting counterparts.

The Coast Guard in Victoria began in 1961, with volunteers having the choice of training in marine firefighting for the past decade. Most flotillas are now also CFA brigades, with volunteers trained and prepared to battle all water-based incidents.

Volunteers complete a marine firefighting course run by the CFA, primarily based on structural firefighting training

but adapted to fit the marine environment.

Coast Guard Frankston Brigade members recently recognised inaugural members with 10-year badges. They are Squadron Commodore Mark Bainbridge, Marcus Grinblat, Sheena Grinblat, Peter Swan, Jean Brake and Bryan Phelan. John Hall and Jim Teika also received 10-year awards but were not at the ceremony.

Volunteers from several flotillas also received emergency service medals for the efforts during the Black Saturday fires.

Coast Guard Frankston Brigade Captain Les Ingram said volunteers were called to a “surprisingly diverse range of incidents – and it’s getting busier every year”.

As with their land-based

CFA colleagues, Coast Guard volunteers become busier as the weather gets warmer.

The fully-volunteer brigade covers all aspects of marine safety, including search and rescue, breakdowns, sinking boats, boat fires, missing swimmers and people knocked overboard.

The brigades carry fire pumps and ancillary equipment on their boats, which are about to be upgraded under a new government funding program.

Traditionally, Coast Guard brigades have been predominantly male, but at Frankston a recent recruitment campaign led to six new female volunteers among 15 recruits.

The season will officially kick off with the blessing of the brigade’s fleet on 28 October.

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A CROWDFUNDING campaign is underway to help raise funds to replace a teepee destroyed by vandals at Nepean School for students with disabilities.

The teepee was burnt down at the Seaford school earlier this month, and was valued at $12,000.

Fire crews and police were called to the fire at the Nepean School in Klauer Street at 10pm, Monday 3 September.

They were told youths had entered the school grounds and set fire to the large teepee in the playground area.

Dunkley MP Chris Crewther spoke in parliament about the fire.

“Devastatingly very recently a group of vandals entered the school at set fire to a teepee located in the playground, causing $12,000 worth of damage. The teepee is used as a central gathering place for students, and was completely destroyed by the fire. The kids, the school community, and the wider community are absolutely devastated by what occurred,” Mr Crewther said.

“It saddens me that a school like Nepean School which does so much to support children with a disability in Dunkley would be targeted in this way. That’s why in partnership with Frankston Community Noticeboard, I’ve set up a gofundme page to raise funds to replace their teepee.”

Frankston CIU is keen to speak to anyone who may have seen any suspicious activity in the area that night. They have released CCTV images of youths who may be able to assist with their inquiries.

Leading Senior Constable Melissa Seach urges anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential crime report at crimestoppersvic.com.au The crowdfunding page can be found at gofundme.com/teepee4nepean

Vandal hunt: Frankston CIU have released CCTV images of youths that may be able to help with police inquiries.

Picture: Frankston CIU

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Mornington Running Festival back again EVENT People is excited to announce that the fourth running of the Mornington Running Festival will be held on the 22nd and 23rd September 2018. This event has become a huge success for event organisers and the local community, and it is back bigger and better than ever. The course is truly unique, allowing competitors a chance to run exclusively along The Esplanade of The Mornington Peninsula. Distances include the Popular Half Marathon, The 10km and 5km races as well as the Awesome 1km Kid’s Dash.

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A WOMAN on the run after she and her male friend crashed a stolen car on the Frankston Freeway last week ran across eight lanes of traffic to escape police causing two cars to collide.

Detective Senior Constable Ryan Collins, of Frankston CIU, said the couple was driving a stolen Nissan Pulsar towards Carrum Downs when they left the road and ran into a fence. Both jumped out and ran off towards the Eastlink turnoff, with other motorists reporting the incident to triple zero.

Police set up a cordon to corral them but the woman, 31, allegedly ran off and it was only “dumb luck” which saved her from being run down on the freeway, Detective Collins said.

When police arrested the Doveton woman, and the 21-year-old man, of no fixed address, they allegedly found stolen property in the car.

The pair was charged with multiple counts of theft, including theft of alcohol from a BWS store. The man was charged with petrol drive offs and the woman with conduct endangering life.

The stolen Nissan was extensively damaged and the two cars which collided on the freeway while attempting to avoid her were said to be moderately damaged.

The pair faced Frankston Magistrates’ Court last week and was further remanded to appear on 24 September.

Surfer rescues girl at Pt Leo AN experienced Pt Leo surfer paddled out to rescue a teenage girl stranded in choppy and gusty conditions last week.

Hastings police Sergeant John Cannon said the girl, 18, got into trouble on her board at popular break “Suicides” just north of the Pt Leo Lifesaving Club, 12.45pm, Tuesday 11 September.

She had been surfing with a friend when they got into difficulties in the strong north wind and current and was exhausted. With conditions deteriorating, her companion managed to paddle ashore and alert authorities. The girl was unable to follow him.

First Constable Daniel Crisp, of Hastings police, said the police helicopter arrived and did a fly over before reconfiguring for a winch rescue. As it hovered over the girl, and with up to 10 paramedics and ambulance crews waiting on the shore, the local surfer, 41, took the initiative.

“He offered to help,” Constable Crisp said. “He made an active decision to go and get the girl and bring her in. He did what he could to help.”

The hero didn’t wait around for pats on the back. “When he brought her in he walked off without giving his name, but I’m sure he was a local man,” Constable Crisp said.

The girl was taken by ambulance to Frankston Hospital suffering hypothermia.

Fire takes hold

THREE suspects were seen trying to stamp out flames near a children’s playground at the Escarpment reserve, Frankston, 7.20pm, Wednesday 5 September. CFA crews which arrived to fight the small blaze found a soft drink bottle containing accelerant at the scene.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential crime report at crimestoppersvic.com.au

Assault on trail

A MAN assaulted on the Peninsula Link Trail last week was later taken to The Alfred Hospital with head injuries. The assault occurred at 3.30am, Monday 10 September near Skye Road, Langwarrin. The 33-year-old Frankston man was said to be in a stable condition, Wednesday.

Telephone scam targets southern suburbs A TELEPHONE scam targeting the southern suburbs has prompted police to warn residents to be wary.

People have contacted police to say they have received a phone call from a man claiming to be from the Australian Tax Office saying they have an outstanding tax debt.

The caller says an arrest warrant is due over the unpaid tax debt and if they don’t pay they will be arrested. He then directs the victim to attend a specific ATM and deposit

cash in a nominated bank account.

For information on the latest scams police suggest you visit scamwatch.com.au To check if a call, email or SMS is from the ATO call 1800 008 540 to confirm.

Details of ATO scams currently circulating are published at: https:// www.ato.gov.au/scamalerts Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential crime report at crimestoppersvic.com.au

Patrol takes delivery of BMW 530D SOMERVILLE Highway Patrol police took delivery of their first BMW 530D last week. It is delivered with a factory fitted “police pack” which excludes the luxury features found in other BMWs. The model has a three-litre six cylinder turbo-diesel engine with a claimed fuel consumption of 4.7 litres per 100 kilometres. It generates 195kw of power with 620Nm of torque to the rear wheels via an eight-speed automatic transmission. It can go from 0-100kph in 5.7 seconds.

THE City of Kingston has finalised it holiday program for kids to enjoy when they finish up with school for the term.

Kingston acting mayor Georgina Oxley said that Kingston has “school holidays sorted with arts workshops, swimming, fun at the library and an action-packed vacation care program.”

“Register now to join in on a range of fun, active, interesting holiday events suited for kids of all ages. We’ve got great ideas for these school holidays, from Orienteering to Aqua Discos,” she said.

The program is run at Chelsea Primary and Southmoor Primary Schools. Primary school aged students can join in on a number of exciting excursions, including a trip to Luna Park. Other activities include Bollywood dance lessons, a silent disco, and a Japanese drumming workshop.

See the full program of activities at kingston.vic.gov.au/vacationcare Drumming up interest: Kingston school holiday activities have been revealed. Picture: Supplied

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Consolidating crime stats hides real story In an effort to reduce Victoria’s overall crime rate numbers the state government, instead of addressing the issue of law and order, has instead decided to play games with how crime numbers are reported.

In the past, when multiple offences occurred, they were reported as such. My understanding of the current revised process is that when multiple offences occur, they are now reported as one incident.

To give an idea of how that can skew the statistics, I’ll use the recent incident which occurred in Rosebud where a man went on a rampage, stabbed a female ambulance worker, smashed a nearby car, stole another car, smashed that car, and in the process, attacked and threatened local shopkeepers. Five major crimes were committed, but on the Crime Statistics Agency Victoria website they will most likely be reported as one incident.

So while the stats show that our overall criminal incidents are down 10.9 per cent, this number is highly questionable.

With a population nearing 6.3 million, and with 5876 total incidents reported per 100,000 of population - even with the dodgy figures, that’s a staggering 370,188 “incidents” in the past year alone.

I can only imagine what the number would be had the figures not been consolidated from multiple offences to one incident reporting.

Instead of playing with numbers in an effort to lull us into a false sense of security, the government should throw its efforts into arresting, charging and jailing offenders, especially repeat offenders.

Chris Spillane, Blairgowrie

The ‘yes’ minister It was enlightening to read of MP Luke Donnellan’s enthusiastic support for AGL’s floating gas factory at Crib Point: “The proposal will go through a full environment effects statement process, and that will be done properly and appropriately” (“Govt support for gas plan” The News 21/8/18).

It’s revealing because it is the first statement that it will definitely be subject to a full EES and is extraordinary that it has come from the ports minister rather than the decision maker, Planning Minister Richard Wynne or even Environment, Energy and Climate Change Minister Lily D’Ambrosio.

Last August, it was the Premier [Daniel Andrews] and Ms D’Ambrosio who announced this “game changing” proposal, that it would put “downward pressure on prices” and be a jobs boost for Crib Point.

AGL cannot guarantee that the cost of gas will go down because the LNG is imported subject to purchase at international market prices. Worse still, the imported LNG is primarily destined for SA power stations and NSW. The remainder available to other users: residential, commercial and other power plants.

As for the jobs promise - a total of 40 permanent technical and specialised jobs on the float-

ing terminal. How many people in Crib Point have the necessary skills?

AGL has previously stated that if the gas market changed, the floating terminal would be redundant. Australia’s Energy Market Operator reported in June that a shortage is no longer forecast. Yet AGL perseveres.

The only “game changing” aspects about this scheme are the negative social impact on residents near Crib Point jetty, the noise and light pollution, the environmental risk and the disruption to the sensitive local ecology and marine mammals.

Oh, but I forget, the true primary purpose of this ill-advised major gas infrastructure – even more profit for AGL. Louise Page, Crib Point

Hard questions avoided Kelly Parkinson’s attempt to placate peninsula concerns about the dangerous and environmentally destructive proposal to import liquid gas through Crib Point, could almost be classed as fiction (“Gas an important part of the energy mix - AGL” The News 27/8/18).

Firstly, the state government clearly stated there is no gas shortage in Victoria. Secondly, gas as a fuel for energy is still producing large quantities of CO2, admittedly less than coal, but it is not environmentally friendly as he seems to suggest. Thirdly, AGL’s record of environmental and community care is very questionable, as the many fines and reprimands around Australia by responsible authorities seem to suggest.

And when it comes to the community consultations and reports on its website, many of the hard questions can very often not be answered or are brushed aside. Documents on its website are ever changing and some previously stated facts seem to magically disappear.

The many authorities quoted by Mr Parkinson who will have oversight of this venture show how much AGL really cares about our environment, because nowhere is a mention of environmental authorities or the EPA or the UNESCO Ramsar organisation.

I just hope the state government wakes up and takes notice of the local community’s concerns and puts a stop to this madness.

Rupert Steiner, Balnarring Beach

Reopen Hazelwood A recent noteworthy news item is the sudden resignation of the chief of AGL, the electricity and gas company which is arrogantly proceeding with the Crib Point infrastructure for a floating gas terminal before any government approvals, permits, or permissions are granted.

What is going on in the upper echelons of AGL (or indeed the state government) is a mystery, but it lends hope that the project may be abandoned.

AGL has a stated policy of closing down all of its coal-fired electricity generators and using only wind or solar; never mind what the government policy is. It is unbelievable that a private company can dictate to a government.

A French company closed down an essential service, the Hazelwood power station.

It is becoming clear that, if you remove all subsidies, hyperbole, misinformation and brainwashed beliefs; solar and wind structures are the least efficient, most costly, most unreliable, least engineering elegant, source of power for a State electricity power grid.

Hazelwood power station should have been completely re-built using modern technology, 300 billion tonnes of our own in-ground brown coal and be owned, operated and profiteered by the state. It still can be.

If we have power blackouts because it was closed down, there will be hell to pay. The recent self-destruction of the Liberal party will be dwarfed in comparison.

Brian A Mitchelson, Mornington

Inappropriate planning I use buses almost every day and want to praise the drivers of the 781, 784 and 785. They have to work under particularly difficult circumstances, due to the planning errors made in the redevelopment at the Frankston station precinct. Many thousands of taxpayer dollars were spent on the recent makeover, but the road was designed to be too narrow resulting in a problem when one bus cannot pull out easily from behind another.

I was advised that the planners measured the width of two buses, but they didn’t take the turning distance into account.

On some occasions passengers are dropped a long distance from the station due to the aforementioned reasons, which never happened before this upgrade.

The bus shelters are far too small, seating four people, and for a major transport hub this is a joke.

The large area for seating is too far from the bus stops to be any use at all and has no shelter.

The people responsible for this poor planning should be held to account. I expect if they had been spending their own cash they would have taken more care.

Maureen Piper, Mt Eliza

Liberal ‘lunacy’ Revenge politics is ghastly. To find that those that created the havoc in the Liberal Party have been rewarded is lunacy.

The big loser other than the outgoing popular prime minister is surely Julie Bishop. While I don’t subscribe to her political views, she has done an amazing job as foreign minister, according to most commentators.

She must be totally devastated at her bid to lead the Liberal Party. To only received 11 votes in the ballot for the leadership tells a story in itself.

Unable to get votes from her Western Australia colleagues must have hurt.

Is misogyny alive and well in the Liberal Party? One has to ask the question.

Only 11 women are in the new cabinet, ministry and outer ministry. Shame.

It seems it is mostly a recycled bunch of right wing troglodytes that won. I’m so so glad [Home Affairs Minister Peter] Dutton didn’t succeed.

[Labor leader] Bill Shorten would have had a hard time campaigning against a popular Julie Bishop if she had attained the top job.

The question of a female prime minister from the Liberal Party is now even further away.

Denise Hassett, Mt Martha

Swinging times An incredible 29 per cent swing against the Liberal party occurred in the Wagga by-election recently and the super-Saturday by-election in Longman was a debacle for the Liberal Party.

Voters are punishing politicians for poor performance, and it’s about time.

The Mornington Peninsula should not be immune to this response by voters. A week is a long time in politics and we write off catastrophic failures regularly, recall “Direct Action”, [Flinders MP] Greg Hunt’s energy and climate policy sold to us as a saviour where in reality it only served to fuel the party’s interests, a total failure.

Now this Muppet show in Canberra with the axing of a sitting prime minister. Where was our representative Greg Hunt? He was in the middle of this saga, resigning, backing the Peter Dutton coup, failing and then scrambling back for his [cabinet] seat under the new leader.

Is this how we expect our politicians to behave?

The majors do not deserve our trust.

Elections are coming up on the peninsula and voters have had enough.

It’s time for change and new representation on the peninsula.

Kelvin Stingel, convener, Mornington Peninsula Greens

Sensible policies As a fellow grandparent I am appalled at the vile and misleading nonsense written by Patricia Rayner regarding Australia’s present border protection policies (“Fascist actions” Letters 28/8/18). People are not kept on Nauru against their will. Anybody can return from whence they came, along with their children, at Australian taxpayers’ expense.

What they are not permitted to do is sneak into this country through the back door, by paying people smugglers in some place like Indonesia, which seems to be what Patricia Rayner is espousing.

Such foolhardiness would lead to loss of control of our borders and result in the chaotic and disastrous situation in which much of Europe now finds itself. That is not the sort of Australia of the future I want for my grandchildren.

Michael Long, Frankston

Bring refugees As a country we have cheered when the boys in Thailand were rescued from the cave, and we have rejoiced when a small child was found alive in the earthquake rubble in Lombok. And rightly so.

But for the past five years Australia has been responsible for many refugee children on Nauru gradually dying of loss of hope and the detrimental effects of detention on their lives and on their families lives. There has been very little publicity, reporters are not welcomed on Nauru.

There are currently 110 children on Nauru.

More reports again show the deplorable situation these children experience every day.

It is time that our government and opposition put aside political games and gave leadership.

We demand that the people-men women and children in offshore detention be brought to Australia. They have suffered enough. No more inappropriate or unreasonable or unrealistic excuses to maintain them in a limbo situation off shore. It is time to bring them here as soon as possible.

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Mr A. Downward ‘indisposed’ after death of daughter Compiled by Brodie Cowburn MR. A. Downward,. M. L. A., is seriously indisposed at his residence, Mornington, and his medical adviser has enjoined complete rest.

Last week Mr. Downard suffered a painful shock owing to the sudden death of his second daughter, Ethel, from heart trouble. *** A PUBLIC meeting of the residents of Seaford will be held this (Saturday) evening to consider the matter of selecting a school site. *** THE sale of Mr Stanley’s property at Bittern, advertised in last issue to take place on September 21st, will now be held on October 5th.

Particulars will appear next issue. *** MISS Lillie M Tulloch has been appointed first assistant in the Frankston School, in place of Mis D. Keane, who has been appointed to a similar position at Clayton. *** THE usual monthly meeting of all the members of the Frankston Progress Association will be held at the Mechanics at 5pm on Friday, 27th Sep. *** SGT. W McMahon, who has been on the recruiting staff at Dandenong for some time, has resigned his position, and has leased the Flinders hotel at Flinders, which he takes over immediately. *** THE children of the Frankston School succeeded so well in their effort to help the Caulfield Hospital that they dispatched six boxes of miscellaneous

goods, including 61 dozen eggs.

The Head Master, wishes to thank the parents for their generous cooperation. *** AN old resident in the person of Mrs Samuel Sherlock, passed peacefully away at the residence of her daughter, Mrs G. W. Baxter, on Monday last at the ripe old age of 85 years.

Deceased, was the relict of, the late Samuel Sherlock, of Mornington, and was the mother of Mr. Andrew Sherlock, Capt Samuel Sherlock, Mrs G. W. Baxter, Mrs Hugh Cameron, and the late Mrs W. R. Frame.

The funeral took place on Wednesday, the mortal remains being laid to rest in the Frankston cemetery.

The mortuary arrangements were carried out by Mr H. Gamble. *** CR MURRAY received word on Saturday that his son, Fred, had been awarded the Military Medal.

Fred received shrapnel wounds in the cheek some little time ago.

This was the fourth time he had been wounded. *** KEEN interest is being shown in the Queen Competition started in connection with the Japanese Fair.

The closing date has been fixed for October 9th, when the crowning will take place in the Somerville Hall.

Close competition between the two leading queens is in evidence, and there is a rumour that a dark horse may yet win.

The final figures are awaited with great curiosity. ***

THE news of the sudden death of Mr Charles W. Murray on Friday evening, September 13th, came as a shock to his many friends, as although he had been suffering for some time from the effects of a paralytic stroke, his health seemed to be improving and no one imagined the end was so near.

Deceased, who was a baker by trade, bad been in business at Langwarrin, Lilydale, Maldon and West Australia, and it was at the latter place that he had the stroke that so vitally undermined his constitution.

From this he recovered sufficiently to be enabled to undertake the journey back here, and since arriving a few months ago had seemed to improve.

During his residence here the deceased had filled many honorary public positions, such as superintendent of the Methodist Sunday School, President and Hon. Sec. Langwarrin Progress Association, and Correspondent of the State School Committee.

The funeral took place on Sunday afternoon and was largely attended, part of the burial service bing held at the Methodist church.

Deceased who was 53 years of age, leaves a widow, one son and two daughters to mourn their great loss. *** THE anniversary concert of the Methodist Sunday School, held at the church on Monday evening, September 16th, attracted a very large attendance.

The weather was all that could he desired, and this, with the pleasure that is associated with children performers made the event a decideIy

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A lengthy programme was carried through, followed by a coffee supper. *** The Great Ocean Road.

The Trust which is controlling this movement, have now made an actual start by employing a survey party on the section which it is proposed to take in hand first, viz. Cape Patten to Lorne (a distance of 18 miles.)

The whole road when completed is to connect up Warrnambool and Barwon Heads (14 miles from Geelong) by means of a road running as near to the ocean as the surveyors consider practicable.

Some portions of road which already exist here and there will be availed of, and other portions have been taken over by the Country Roads Board, but there still remain about 100 miles to be constucted, the estimated cost of which is £150,000 It is proposed to raise this money by voluntary subscriptions.

The road is to be a permanent and lasting memorial to all Victorian soldiers with memorial bridges over the various streams so that everyone who drives along this road will be reminded of the brave men who defended our shores.

Every position in connection with the construction of the road is to be first offered o the physically fit and suitable returned soldiers through the Repatriation Department and it is anticipated that when the war is over a large number of suitable men will be returning.

The five men who are now at work in connection with the survey are all

returned soldiers, and were engaged through the Repatriation Department.

On arrival at Apollo Bay (the nearest town at present to their work) a public welcome was accorded to them in the public hall by 300 of the residents, who filed the building to the doors.

Warrant Officer Hassent, a capable and experienced surveyor who is in charge of the party, thanked the residents for their very cordial and enthusiastic welcome and said they were out to prove that returned soldiers were not afraid of work, and that they did not wish to “sponge “on the Country.

A resident of Cape Patten (Mr Ramsden) has lent the party a house, rent free, and altogether the men are delighted with their work and with their congenial surroundings so close to the ocean.

The Great Ocean Road Trust propose to have a Cinema picture 2000 feet long taken at Xmas time, and featuring at the principal beauty spots on the ocean route between Barwon Heads and Warrnambool including waterfalls and fern gullies at Lorne, the Loch Ard Gorge and the Blow Hole at Port Campbell, the Bay of Islands at Petersborough, surf bathing at Torquay, motor boating at Barwon Heads, fishing at Anglesea and Airey’s Inlet. etc.

The cost of the picture is estimated at £150 is afterwards proposed to show it all over Australia. *** From the pages of the Mornington Standard, 21 September 1918

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On Sunday 23 and Tuesday 25 September see the Captain Jack Pirate Show – departing Queenscliff at midday and 2pm, departing Sorrento at1pm and 3pm. Meet Captain Jack and his motley crew, practise sword fighting, walk the plank and learn the latest in pirate lingo.

Tommy Terrific will join in the day’s entertainment with balloon pirate swords, pirate hats and entertainment for the whole family departing Sorrento at midday and 2pm, departing Queenscliff at 1pm and 3pm.

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Pines premiership delight DIVISION ONE

By Brodie Cowburn PINES have scored with a kick after the siren to claim a thrilling encounter with Sorrento and take out the 2018 MPNFL Division One Premiership in one of the greatest games in local football history.

There was plenty of pregame drama before a ball was even bounced, as Chris Dawes was surprisingly named in the side despite an injury last week and Beau Hendry was named after narrowly escaping suspension during the week.

James Hallahan kicked the first goal of the afternoon for the Sharks, which was badly needed to settle nerves. Both teams had showed nerves by hitting the post from easy positions before the captain’s opening goal.

Daniel Grant was then handed a lucky 50m penalty to kick Sorrento’s second and extend their lead.

Nick Corp kicked Sorrento’s third unanswered goal from out of nowhere, rushing a snap from a pack situation to inflict more misery on the Pythons. The quick starting Sharks were surprising to watch given their lackluster starts to matches in the latter half of the season.

Leigh Poholke soon added another to put the Sharks 27 points ahead late in the first term.

The second quarter also started poorly for Pines, as Leigh Poholke notched another goal for the Sharks less than 30 seconds into the term.

Aaron Edwards finally broke the Pines’ goal drought when he converted his set shot at goal, but the Pythons still trailed by four goals. Edwards quickly added another and the Pines were starting to work their way back into contention after their shaky start.

A strong run and another Aaron Edwards goal took the Pines within a point before Perry Lewis Smith put them in front.

Sorrento struck first blood in the second half and took back the lead, with the Hallahan brothers starting to influence the game in a major way. Just as Sorrento were starting to take

control, Pines stunned their opponents with a brilliant run of momentum. Tom McDermott came alive, kicking three straight goals to hand his side the lead on the stroke of three-quarter time and send the Pines fans into a frenzy.

Brendan Barfoot booted an early goal in the final term to stretch the Pythons’ lead to 11.

Leigh Poholke struck back to put Sorrento within 5 points, before Marcus Gardner put Sorrento in front with ten minutes to play.

Just as Sorrento got their noses in front, the lead changed hands again when Shaun White was handed a downfield free kick and converted his shot.

Controversy struck when Guy Hendry appeared to take a mark at centre half back, but was called play on. The resulting turnover saw the ball sent towards a waiting Leigh Poholke in the goalsquare, who put the Sharks up by a point with a little over five minutes to play.

A behind soon saw the scores levelled, before Marcus Gardner turned hero again to dribble home a major with time ticking away.

For every goal Sorrento scored though, Pines had an answer, as Nick Boswell thumped home a stunning goal from distance to square things up once again.

With scores level, Aaron Ludewig took a mark inside fifty as the siren sounded. With a deafening crowd behind him, Ludewig slotted the most important behind in MPNFL history.

His minor score clinched the game and the premiership for the Pythons.

The game had a controversial build up after Pines ruckman Beau Hendry was sent to the tribunal during the week.

Hendry was referred to the tribunal after he allegedly stomped on the head of Sorrento’s Luke Tapscott in the first final these sides played. The incident occurred following a fiery fracas in a game full of spotfire incidents.

Hendry was found guilty and suspended for two weeks, ruling him out of the Grand Final.

Pines made the decision to appeal, and Hendry was found not guilty on a technicality.

Fine Pines: Pines beat Sorrento to break a two decade long premiership drought. Picture: Andrew Hurst

Mornington women triumph SOCCER

By Craig MacKenzie MORNINGTON’S senior women’s team enjoyed a landmark season by clinching the State 4 South championship on goal difference from Old Mentonians.

It was their inaugural season in the competition and they now are preparing for the challenge of State 3 South in 2019.

What makes their achievement remarkable is that the average age of the squad is just 17 with the youngest player only 15 years old.

There also is a strong club connection with 10 of the 15 players having played with Mornington’s juniors.

Coach Robin Smith was thrilled with his side’s triumph and highlighted the squad’s unity as a key factor.

“I’m delighted for this group of young women,” Smith said.

“They’ve worked hard all season and there is an outstanding team spirit which has been the biggest factor in their well-deserved success.”

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Local heroes: Mornington’s title-winning women’s team, back row, left to right: Tiffany Pearce, Hanna Falk, Bella DiNicolantonio, Sarah Liston, Emily Douglas. Middle: Jennifer Quinlan, Tenisha Van Dam, Monique Steenbergen (captain), Lilly Ridgway, Ruby Stewartson, Robin Smith (coach). Front: Kim Anderson, Mik Wharton, Jaia Pate, Anna Munro, Amanda Chhouk.

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Mitchell ready for world champ, Whateley scores pro win BLAIRGOWRIE boxer Jayde Mitchell is one step closer to his world championship title after a tough victory over former Australian champion Kerry Foley on Friday 7 September.

Just as he’s overcome various injuries, Mitchell managed to pick himself up after suffering several blows from Foley in the sixth round, to take out the 10-round match-up at the Melbourne Pavilion.

Mitchell, who sat just inside the top 10 world rankings prior to the fight, believes he will now jump into the top five following the victory.

Mitchell said Foley would have to be one of the biggest hitters he has faced in his career.

“If anyone had questioned my durability before, I certainly showed that I can pick myself up and take it to some of the best,” he said.

“He got me with his trademark left hook in the sixth round, and I was gone, but I wasn’t going to let him take away all that hard work and everything we had gained up to this point.

“It was a really tough fight and a really tough round, but I made the necessary adjustments and showed why I am one of the best super middleweight fighters.”

Mitchell believes the fight against Foley will benefit him greatly in the long run.

“Until you’re put into that situation you don’t if you’ve got the toughness and mental toughness to lift yourself out of it, and I think I proved to everyone and myself that I definitely have the mental smarts and physical capabilities to do so,” he said.

“We are so close now [to reaching the goal of a world title], all the sacrifice will be all worth it in the end, and I believe I have the tools and style now to become the new world champion.”

Mitchell is planning on having one more fight on December 14, before hopefully making a charge at the WBA World super-middleweight Champion, Rocky Fielding in early 2019.

Also on the Friday night card, Peninsula Boxing’s Jason Whateley made his professional debut after an exceptional amateur career.

Whateley faced New Zealand boxer, Navosa Ioata, in a six-round

Here to take over: Peninsula boxer Jayde Mitchell is setting his sights on the world title. Picture: Marty Camaleri

match-up and kicked off his professional career in terrific fashion, comfortably claiming his debut fight.

Peninsula Boxing head coach Marcos Amado said that while the fight wasn’t for a title, it was still a massive fight which meant a lot going forward. “[Whateley] had 96 amateur fights, but it was like starting all over again,” Amado said.

“He had all the pressure and expectation coming into it, so he had to carry that as well.

“He had to get used to the different crowd and the different atmos-

phere, so it was good to see that he could actually follow instructions as well as he did and put into practise what we had been training.

“It’s easy to do certain things on the pads, and the bags, and with sparring partners but when you’re under the lights and in front of the crowd, to be able to execute the game plan, is a whole different skill in itself.”

Amado has always believed that Whateley would be better suited to the extra rounds of a professional fight, and his debut only reinforced that belief.

“There’s a big difference as far as

the way things are scored and the way things are looked at but for us Jason is an endurance athlete,” he said. “He’s built for longer rounds, so the more rounds we can fight the better he’s going to look.”

“He’s quieter rounds were the first and second rounds and then he stormed home in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth, and considering he’s never fought six rounds before, he made it look easy.

“He could have done with the 12 rounds straight off the bat.”

This week, Whateley will also be sparring with and preparing Australian cruiserweight boxer

Mark Flanagan as he builds up for his world title bout against Denis Lebedev. Flanagan is expected to be down sparring with Jason from Tuesday 18 September to Friday 21 September.

Peninsula Boxing also had four other amateur boxers take to the ring on the Saturday.

April Franks picked up a late call-up fight and went up a weight division, but still managed to score a convincing victory.

“She took the fight on two days’ notice and comfortably beat a heavier and more experience girl,” Amado said.

“The advantage we had was that this weekend she has a fight down in Tasmania, so we were ready three quarters of the way.

“Although it was a weight division higher and she had a little bit more experience I knew April was up to the task and I said straight away that ‘she’ll take the fight’.”

“The girl was significantly bigger than her, a lot taller than her, probably had a foot higher reach on her but it meant that we didn’t have to cut weight either, so we didn’t have to worry about the weight aspect of it.”

Scott McDonald also took up a fight on the Saturday, and while he was dominant at the start, he was forced to stop as he copped a thumb to the eye.

“He was winning the bout and had just landed some cracking shots,” Amado said. “The guy just slipped his glove out and just caught him in the eye with his thumb and actually pushed his eye back into the socket.

It wasn’t too good.

“He lost vision in that eye for a little while. He’s getting better now but it’s still severely bruised and still closed up.”

Amado said that “these unfortunate things happen” and a rematch between the two boxers has been organised in a couple of weeks.

Glen Richardson also returned to the ring after two years away and managed to give an eight count, being finishing off strongly to score an impressive comeback victory.

Maurice Girolami closed out the day with an impressive second round stoppage.

“It was a successful weekend all up,” Amado concluded.

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Tyabb motocross junior racing through the ranks HE’S only 12-years-old, but Tyabb Motocross rider, Ty Godfrey, is quickly climbing the riding ranks and has claimed the Victorian Junior State Motocross Title on Saturday 1 September.

The humble athlete has lived and breathed the sport since he could speak, making motor bike noises and riding his first quad bike by the age of twoyears-old.

While he wasn’t specifically aiming to take out the state title, Ty still managed to rack up victories in three of the four rounds at various tracks across Victoria. Ty’s only unplaced round came after dislocating his finger in the second lap, yet he still managed to finish the race off in fourth.

The victory was his second major titles win this year having also won the Shipwreck Coast Open in January.

Ty’s father, Matt Godfrey, said that while the wins are a massive testament to his ability, he’s actually more proud of the way he has developed over the years.

“I’m more proud of how he’s matured, developed and learnt how to cope with the pressure,” Matt said.

“Obviously I’m with him every time he rides, but the way he continues to progress is amazing. I just love the way he is humble and doesn’t want to be a superstar. He has a real cult following from the younger kids, they all want to dress and be like him. I’m just really proud of him.”

Ty scored the state title victory over a group of 35 quality riders from across not only Victoria, but also interstate competitors.

Matt said the volunteer-run motorcycle track in Hastings, which is based on Blue Scope land, has been a massive benefit for Ty to get to this level.

“We’ve got to give a big thanks to everyone around the corner at the motorcycle track,” Matt said.

“It’s the best facility for someone like Ty to grow up with. It’s forever changing and caters for all rider types.

“That’s where he got a lot of his skill and he’s been going there since he started when he was two.”

While Ty is having great success in the motocross discipline, he is also looking at taking up freestyle riding and competing in events once he turns

16-years-old.

Matt said he has been heavily influenced by Nitro Circus star, Cam Sinclair, who Ty has become “great friends” with.

“He loves jumping off freestyle ramps, and doing flips and jumps into the foam pits,” Matt said.

“He just loves riding a motor bike to be honest. Every night he comes home and drops the bag and goes off on the mini bike, and as he gets bigger the jumps just get bigger.

“It’s pretty amazing to watch. He gives the big boys a bit of a run for their money that’s for sure.”

Ty is now eyeing off yet another major competition, the Western Regional Championships, which he’s currently leading by 50 points with one round to go.

Ty won the last round of the championships with a broken fork on Saturday 8 September, and still managed to post the fastest time for the day.

The final round of the Western Series will be run in Colac on Saturday 27 October.

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Eat my dust: 12 year old Ty Godfrey is making a big impact in the Motocross world.

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History awaits young Southern stars SOCCER

By Craig MacKenzie SOUTHERN United will lay claim to having the best under-14 squad in Victoria if it wins next weekend’s grand final and records an historic second successive double.

Last year the side coached by former Matilda and FFV Hall of Famer Deb Nichols and former Langwarrin, South Melbourne and Casey Comets keeper Emma Bracken won the under-13 NPLW championship and Grand Final.

That cemented their status as the premier outfit in Victoria’s elite underage competition.

This season the squad clinched the under-14 title in August and on Saturday defeated Victorian powerhouse South Melbourne 3-2 at Monterey Reserve in the under-14 semis to reach the 2018 grand final.

Southern’s date with destiny arrives at 10am next Saturday at ABD Stadium in Broadmeadows against Calder United who defeated Bulleen 4-3 in last weekend’s other semi.

For Calder it’s a shot at redemption having gone down 2-0 to Southern in last year’s grand final with goals from Taylah Hennekam and Candy Kilderry, who remain important cogs in Southern’s machine.

Not only do the Southern girls have a chance to write themselves into the record books but they also are tasked with maintaining the club’s record of winning a Grand Final in every year of its existence having won the under-15 premiership in 2016 in the inaugural year of the NPLW competition.

But Southern had to use a get-outof-jail card last Saturday after facing a setback in the 5th minute when Ivana Demaria broke quickly and was brought down inside the area.

Demaria converted from the resultant penalty to make it 1-0.

Southern equalised in the 20th minute from a long-range Alex Jones free kick which sailed over the head of South Melbourne keeper Anastacia Samaras and it was 1-1 at the interval.

South Melbourne hit the front in the 46th minute through an Alessandra Davis own goal but Rhys McKenna capitalised on poor defending three minutes later to make it 2-2 from close range.

Hennekam’s long-range strike six minutes from time settled the issue but what a battle this was.

Nichols is acutely aware that Southern will need to perform at a

Midfield dynamo: Southern United star Alessandra Davis in action against South Melbourne last weekend. Picture: Darryl Kennedy

much higher level if it is to win next weekend.

“Calder’s beaten us twice this season and we won the other game so it’s got to be a very up week for us if we’re going to go back-to-back,” said Nichols.

“We’ve spoken about how they will probably watch a replay of last year’s grand final to drive home the point that they don’t want to feel that way again.

“We’ll only train twice this week but we’ll work on being tighter at the back because we’re going to have to be.”

Meanwhile Southern technical director Harry Chalkitis is conducting a review of the club’s onfield structure and plans to submit his findings and recommendations to the committee next week.

A number of coaching positions need to be filled for next season with John Meads stepping down from his highly successful stint as under-12s coach to become more involved in the club’s Skill Acquisition Program.

Former Skye United senior women’s reserve coach Ernie Cerda has

been linked with Southern as has Washington Castillo who coached Skye’s under-16 boys this season.

In NPL2 news Langwarrin expects to select a senior assistant to Scott Miller this week.

Expressions of interest closed last Friday and it’s believed that five candidates applied.

Miller and technical director Stephen Fisher will vet the applicants and the successful candidate will become involved in selecting an under20s coach, a process expected to be finalised next week.

The under-20s job was vacated by Kevin “Squizzy” Taylor a few weeks back and has attracted seven applicants for a post Miller views as a second assistant’s role.

It’s believed that Langwarrin has spoken to former Melbourne Victory midfielder Callum Goulding.

He walked out on Langy partway through last season and joined NPL rival Box Hill United but there’s a strong rumour that the club is considering recruiting him for a second time in less than a year.

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the year and its annual presentation nights last weekend.

Senior players’ player of the year was goalkeeper Robbie Acs and Johnny Kuol was runner-up while Alex Whyte won the under-20s equivalent with Keegan Guy runnerup.

Andy McLean’s outstanding season was recognised when he won the club’s best and fairest award with Kuol runner-up.

The under-20s best and fairest was Cedric Benza with Whyte and Travis Ernsdoerfer joint runners-up.

Sean Skelly won the club person of the year award.

The big news in State 1 South-East is Mornington’s capture of striker Amir Osmancevic from NPL outfit Northcote.

Ironically the 23-year-old will line up next season against recently promoted Doveton, the club which gave him his senior debut before he spent a year in the Balkans with Sloga Kraljevo and NK Zagreb then returned to Australia and joined Peninsula Strikers in 2015.

He switched to Dandenong Thun-

der for the 2016 season and has since played for Dandenong City, Moreland Zebras and Pascoe Vale.

He joined Northcote midway through the 2018 season.

In State 3 South-East news Skye’s United’s players’ player of the year was Daniel Walsh with Daniel Attard runner-up.

Frank Dimu was player’s player of the year in the reserves and Marcus Anastasiou runner-up.

In State 4 South news Mitchell Ball will apply for the vacant senior coaching role at Baxter.

Roy Kilner quit the post at season’s end and will not be returning.

“I’m quite happy to throw my hat in the ring but if a more experienced candidate came along then I’m quite prepared to work alongside him and learn,” Ball said.

He might get his wish as former Peninsula Strikers and Brandon Park head coach George Hughes is understood to be on Baxter’s radar.

Former Langy assistant Ronnie Whitton had been linked with the Baxter job but he is expected to join an NPL club this week after also being in the frame for coaching jobs at Berwick City and Hampton Park United.

A handful of experienced Baxter players are believed to be considering a move to Somerville which finished fourth in State 5 South after its promotion push stalled in the last match of the season.

Somerville announced last week that during October and November assistant coach Stan Packer will be in charge of a nine-week summer academy squad to prepare young players for senior and reserve soccer.

Those selected from the current squads are: Ash Scholes, Jar McMinimee, Jordan Lunt, Sam Beadle, Latham Horvath, Kadison English, Kevin McCormick, Liam Morgan, Dom Dawe, Cameron Dingley, Caleb Anderson, Alex Colville, Jack McKenna, Tom Brewster, Devlin Lee, Eddie Hume, Callum Love, Lachie Flannigan, Sam Clark-Ash, Alex Clark-Ash, Zac Kearney, Josh Mulder, Joshua Davies.

The club also invites players aged 15–21 interested in joining the Eagles for 2019 to contact director of football Zach Peddersen via the club’s facebook page or email zach@elevationsports.com.au Next weekend’s game: SATURDAY 10am: Southern Utd v Calder Utd (U14 grand final, ABD Stadium).

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Dylan is far from Dunn and dusted FORMER champion apprentice jockey, Dylan Dunn, is set to return to the saddle this week after being forced to prematurely hang up the boots 18 months ago due to illness and weight concerns.

The 23-year-old has taken some time away to allow his body to recover and was given the all-clear on Wednesday 12 September to resume race-riding by as early as Saturday 15 September.

Dunn will be sticking to riding at 58kg in the “country” and 57kg in “town” which he believes will not only benefit his body but also his ability to ride at his best.

“When I first retired, obviously it wasn’t exactly something that I wanted to do but I felt that I had to do it because of the way my weight was,” Dunn said.

“I just found trying to lose a kilo or two over the course of a week is fine but when you’re constantly going to lose three kilos the day before a race meeting it just isn’t good for your health, your mental state and also your ability to ride.

“I’ve taken some time off to really let my body relax and sort of finish growing too, now that I’m 23.

“I’m going into it this time with a much better frame of mind because I’m actually able to eat, I’m not having to sweat and hopefully I’m going to be able to ride even better because of it. “ Prior to taking a step back from the sport, Dunn had ridden more than 130 winners including the Group Three Easter Cup on Leebaz and the Group Three Breeders Stakes on Tris.

He is now set to return as a fullyfledged senior rider, having completed more than four years of full-time riding, including trackwork and on

race day.

“It probably works out to have ridden 4,000 horses every year or more, so you know it better than the back of your hand,” he said.

“As soon as I got on that first horse and was able to have a gallop I felt like I was back home and even doing the trials yesterday I feel as though nothings ever changed.

“I honestly feel like I haven’t even stopped, so I’m pretty confident that when I get back it should be all smooth sailing.”

Dunn has also spent the past month riding full-time work for James Cummings’ Godolphin stables which he “snapped up” as soon as the offer presented itself.

There has also been plenty of support from trainers across Victoria who have offered a lending hand as Dunn starts to make his way back onto the scene.

“There’s been plenty of trainers that said they’ll look after me when I come back and try and support me the best they can, but realistically the thing I’m most impressed about is all the people from day-to-day life that have been fans or friends of family that have shown so much support,” he said.

“That’s probably one of the reasons why I am coming back because I feel that I didn’t get to leave on terms that I wanted to, and I had so many supporters back then that I now want to be able to help get great success with.”

“Just to be able to reach so many people and have so many great responses back to me just really proves that I’m doing the right thing in returning to racing.”

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The prodigal Dunn returns: Dylan Dunn (left) is set to return to the saddle and join the senior jockey ranks alongside his father, Dwayne Dunn. Picture: Supplied

Mounties soar in junior footy finals MPJFL

By Ben Triandafillou THE Mt Martha Junior Football Club had a massive hand in the Mornington Peninsula Junior Football League grand finals which were held over the weekend of Saturday 8 September in Pearcedale.

The Mounties relished the “perfect grand final atmosphere” over the two days, with five of their nine teams taking out their respective age-group grand finals.

There were three sides from the Frankston District Junior Football League (Mt Eliza, Frankston Rovers and Seaford) that also added to the occasion, with Mt Eliza also managing to claim the grand final victory in the under-18s Girls grand final over Mt Martha.

Mt Martha Junior Football Club president James Barrett said it couldn’t have been a better weekend for the 18 grand finals to take place.

“It was brilliant football weather; the atmosphere was great, and it was a massive crowd with grand parents, friends and family all turning up to support and cheer on the juniors,” Barrett said.

“The games were reasonably close and it was the first time for a lot of the girls to play in the grand finals.”

Of the six Girls’ grand finals, Mt Martha had four sides competing, with two of them scoring victories.

Barrett believes the under-11s Girls’ side would have easily won the “best-dressed” award for the finals.

“They were super excited to get out there, and every one of them had their hair done up in black and red hairbands to support the club.

It was fantastic.”

Barrett said to have four sides make it through to the Girls’ grand finals was a credit to the system that they have in place at Mt Martha.

“It comes down to the programs we’ve got for training as well as off-field behaviour,” he said.

“Overall the overarching key to the Girl’s program is to focus on their development and retention. We have about 120 girls in total so it would be great to see them back here again for next season.”

As for having the three FDJFL sides in the league, Barrett said it was great to have the added competition to contend with.

“Mt Eliza is a fairly strong club and was a good adversary to have in the [under-18s Girls] league throughout the year,” he said.

“More competition is always better.”

Over the two days, the MPJFL grand final winners were: Under-11s Girls – Tyabb, Boys Navy – Red Hill and Boys White - Dromana ; Under-12s Boys Navy – Mt Martha and Boys White Moorooduc; Under-13s Girls – Mt Martha, Boys White – Somerville and Boys Navy – Mt Martha; Under-14s Boys White – Rosebud and Boys Navy - Rye; Under-15s Girls White – Pearcedale/Baxter, Girls Navy – Mt Martha and Boys - Beleura; Under-16s Boys Navy – Mt Martha and Boys White - Dromana; Under- 17s Boys – Pearcedale/Baxter; Under18s Girls Navy – Mt Eliza and Girls White – Seaford.

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