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New junior mayor takes the reins

A NEW junior mayor has been elected.

Cheltenham East Primary School grade six student Amelia Holko is Kingston Council’s junior mayor. She was chosen by her peers after a stirring speech in front of students and teachers from 28 local primary schools.

The mayor Steve Staikos said “this year students were asked to present on the topic: If you could create anything to help others, what would it be and why? Amelia and her team members Milana, Alex and Daniel did an outstanding job discussing the importance of community safety and invented the necklace safe to increase people’s personal safety.”

The junior mayor receives junior mayoral robes, chains, $500 for their school, and is invited to assist the mayor at some events.

The 2021-22 Kingston junior council is made up of Finn Parry, Nemo Thot, Allegra Kirk, Arthur Toovey, Lucy Kitchen, Lola Cowden, Zerelda Rai, Charlotte Conway, Scarlett Quin, Amelia Holko, and Grace O’Brien.

JUNIOR mayor Amelia Holko with mayor Steve Staikos.

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Date set for station demolitions Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au THE demolitions of Edithvale, Chelsea, and Bonbeach stations have been scheduled for next month.

To allow for the safe demolition of the stations, a section of the Frankston train line will close from 9pm on Sun-

day 25 July until the first service on Monday 2 August.

While the line is closed, bus replacements will run between Mordialloc and Frankston.

Five level crossing removals on the Frankston line are currently underway - Edithvale Road, Swanpool Avenue, Chelsea Road, Argyle Avenue, and Bondi Road. The line is being lowered

into trenches.

A statement from the Level Crossing Removal Project read “currently, the boom gates are down at the five level crossings for up to 40 per cent of the morning peak, causing delays for local commuters. The level crossings are also dangerous, and in the case of Edithvale Road, there has been at least one crash and seven near misses

since 2005. In total, the government is removing 18 level crossings and building 12 new stations along the Frankston line.

“The existing stations will be replaced with modern facilities that have been designed to reflect the community’s wishes for a coastal look and feel. The three new local landmarks will each include six access points to

reduce congestion for commuters, better lighting and security, Parkiteer bike cages and parking hoops, plus in the case of Chelsea, dedicated bus bays on Station Street.”

LXRP crews are currently carrying out early works to prepare for the closure.

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Longer rail shutdown expected Continued page 1 Earlier this year, the state government announced that the Frankston line would shut for two months from September to allow for more works.

The rail line will again shut down between Mordialloc and Frankston, with bus replacements to be scheduled.

During the shutdown, crews will

work to build rail trenches and roads, lay new tracks, and extend Thames Promenade to the Nepean Highway.

The state government said that work should be finished by the end of the year. The three new stations at Edithvale, Chelsea, and Bonbeach are expected to open in stages throughout 2021 (“Bus replacements scheduled again”, The News, 3/3/21).

To read more about the project and planned interruptions visit levelcrossings.vic.gov.au and bigbuild. vic.gov.au WORK being undertaken to remove a level crossing in Bonbeach earlier this year.

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Big support for cancer patient A FUNDRAISER for a beloved Mentone man suffering from cancer has raised more than $4000.

Brendan Stroud is a captain of Collingwood’s wheelchair football team. He became a paraplegic after a car crash in his 20s.

After a terminal cancer diagnosis, Mr Stroud’s friends and supporters worked to make sure he was receiving the support he needed. A gofundme for his family has now raised over $4000.

The money will go to Mr Stroud and his partner Natalie, an ICU nurse who left her job to care for her part-

ner full-time.

Friend Sharon Witt said “this incredible man has known his fair share of struggles-in his early twenties, after a car accident, Brendan became an incomplete quadriplegic.”

“There’s no sugar coating this. After meeting his soulmate at the beginning of 2020, just 8 weeks later Brendan was diagnosed with cancer.

It is a horrific disease and he has fought this battle with such strength and courage, that I am often left in awe of his determination.”

To donate visit gofundme.com/f/ support-for-brendan-and-nat

BRENDAN Stroud with partner Natalie. Picture: Supplied

‘Record’ interest in council election VOTER turnout in the 2020 Kingston Council election was at a record high.

The 2020 local elections were hotly contested, with 73 candidates throwing their hat in the ring. Turnout was high, with nearly 85 per cent of enrolled voters casting a vote.

The turnout in the Kingston municipality was higher than the state-

wide average of 81 per cent, and a big improvement on the 2016 local turnout rate of 76 per cent.

Kingston mayor Steve Staikos said “the record participation shows just how much our community cares about making Kingston the best place to live, work and play, and in ensuring they have a say in electing a council that will represent them

and their interests. This is a real win for democracy but also shows the trust our community has in us as their elected councillors to deliver the services and invest in community facilities that are important to them.”

Eleven councillors were chosen to sit on the expanded council.

Lockdown continues but some students return Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au VICTORIA’S lockdown has continued into this week.

The “circuit breaker” lockdown was due to end at 11.59pm on 3 June, but was extended by a week.

There remain five reasons to leave home, shopping for food and supplies, authorised work and study, care and caregiving, exercise, and getting vaccinated. However, some restrictions have been eased heading

into this week.

The 5 kilometer travel radius has been expanded to 10 kilometers, VCE students have returned to schools, and some outdoor workers have been authorised to return to their jobs.

Acting Premier James Merlino said ”stopping the spread – and getting our whole state back to normal – means knowing the restrictions that apply to you, and sticking to them.”

“We’ve seen examples of people who left Melbourne, broke the rules and took the virus with them. We do not want that to happen again,” he

said.

“No one wants to be here. And I know this news is tough for every Victorian, every family and every business in this state. But the Chief Health Officer has no choice but to give this advice. And the government has no choice but to follow it.

If we don’t, this thing will get away from us and people will die.”

As of 7 June there are 94 active cases of COVID-19 in Victoria.

There are three active COVID-19 cases in the Kingston municipality.

Two are from residents in the postcode 3196, and one in the postcode

3190.

An update from the Department of Health on vaccination read “yesterday [6 June] in Victoria 17,719 COVID-19 vaccine doses [were] administered by state-commissioned services. This brings the total number of vaccine doses administered at state-commissioned services to 650,878.”

“Forty per cent of all COVID-19 vaccinations in Australia in the past week were administered in Victoria.

“Victoria’s five-day vaccination blitz of aged care and disability care workers has been extended until to-

day to ensure as many of these workers as possible get priority access the COVID-19 vaccine. From Wednesday, a vaccination blitz will start for Ambulance Victoria staff, with paramedics, non-emergency patient transport workers and staff offered priority walk-up access. It will run for five days until Sunday 13 June.

“Anyone with COVID-19 symptoms, or who is a primary close contact, must not attend a vaccination centre. Go to a testing centre, get a test, and go home until you receive your result.”

Smile Squad is on its way The Victorian Government is making it easier for our kids to get the dental care they need.

Find out more at smilesquad.vic.gov.au

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NEWS DESK Police patrol

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Man wanted over car damage A MAN is wanted by police in relation to multiple counts of property damage in Cheltenham.

Police say that on 12 March this year, there were multiple vehicles damaged outside of a venue in Cheltenham.

To assist with their investigation,

police have released an image of a man they wish to speak to. They say they are “seeking the identity of the pictured male in the hope that he could offer further information in relation to the incident”.

Anyone who recognises the man pictured below can contact Crime

Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or make a report online at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au and quote the incident number 210087627.

A MAN wanted in relation to vehicle damage. Picture: Supplied

Fuel me once THREE people have been arrested in connection to $130,000 worth of fraudulent fuel purchases.

On 31 May, police executed warrants in Dandenong South, Springvale South, and Keysborough. They say this was the result of a nine month investigation into an alleged scam where “fuel cards were obtained in a victim’s name and used to purchase fuel at petrol stations in the southeastern suburbs.’

“The fuel was then transported to an address in Keysborough and used to fill vehicles,” a Victoria Police statement read. “The victim’s were unaware of the existence of the cards until contacted by debt collection agencies.”

On 31 May police arrested and charged a 50-year-old man from Springvale South, a 33-year-old man from Dandenong South, and a 36-yearold woman from Dandenong South in relation to the alleged offending. The trio were charged with obtain property by deception and handle stolen goods, and were bailed to appear at Dandenong Magistrates’ Court on 16 July.

Blaze contained AN off-duty PSO acted quickly to help control a fire which threatened homes in Langwarrin last week.

A fire started in a bin on North Road at around 2am on 1 June. From there it spread onto a fence and continued to grow.

Protective services officer Christine

Burns noticed the fire as she drove home from work, and stopped to help.

She worked to evacuate nearby homes before helping to contain the blaze with a hose while firefighters arrived.

In the end nobody was hurt, and major property damage was avoided.

PSO Burns said “having been a CFA volunteer for some time I understood the importance of acting quickly. I’m just glad no one was injured, and the damage was kept to a minimum.”

Weapon charges A MAN and woman have been charged after police in Seaford allegedly found drugs, knives and a gel blaster with a laser pointer in their car.

At around 11.40am on 3 June, police on Hadley Street searched the car of a man and woman. After allegedly discovering the drugs and weapons, they then executed a search warrant at an address in Allawah Avenue.

Police allege that they found and seized drugs from the property.

Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives charged a 34-yearold Frankston man with drive whilst suspended, prohibited person possess imitation firearm, possess imitation firearm, and other weapons offences.

He was remanded overnight to appear at Frankston Magistrates’ Court on 4 June.

A 29-year-old Frankston woman was also charged with possess ecstasy, possess proceeds of crime, possess cannabis, possess GHB, and possess prescription medication. She was bailed to appear at Frankston Magistrates’ Court on 22 October.

Cinema thief caught on film A MAN is wanted for stealing alcohol from a Frankston cinema last month.

Just before 6am on 22 May, the man stole four bottles of booze from the candy bar at Hoyts Cinema.

Police say the man they are looking for is “Caucasian, approximately mid to late 30’s, medium build, wearing a camouflage hoodie, long pants and dark coloured shoes.” An image of a

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man police wish to speak to has been released.

Anyone who recognises the man can contact Detective Senior Constable Brendan Fontana at Frankston CIU on 97845535 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

A MAN wanted over a theft at a cinema.

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Get jabs at Frankston Hospital VACCINATIONS against COVID-19 are available at Frankston Hospital.

Peninsula Health is offering jabs to people who meet the eligibility criteria as part of the federal government’s vaccination program.

Peninsula Health Chief Medical Officer, Dr Shyaman Menon, said “a further location in Frankston is also set to open soon. The details and locations of the clinics and how to book in is available on Peninsula Health’s website.”

People over the age of 50 can access COVID-19 vaccinations from Frankston Hospital’s walk-in clinic in its John Madder Hall, 2 Hastings Road, Frankston. Opening hours for walk ups are from 7.30am-3pm.

Frankston’s Bruce Park Hall on Bondi Avenue is offering walk up COVID-19 jabs to aged care and disability workers.

The state government’s vaccination program has now opened to people aged 40 and over. Call the coronavirus hotline on 1800 675 398 to book a vaccine.

To check your eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine visit covid-vaccine.healthdirect.gov.au/eligibility For more information on Frankston Hospital’s vaccination services visit peninsulahealth.org.au/services/services-a-e/covid-19-vaccination/

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Proposed law targets hoon spectators THE state government will be lobbied to introduce laws which would punish spectators at hooning meetups.

At a recent meeting of the Municipal Association of Victoria, a coalition of the state’s council’s, Frankston Council advocated for a motion to introduce new hooning laws. It wanted to see the introduction of legislation to create an offence for spectators or other people to attend a hoon event.

The motion was passed by the MAV, which will now advocate the cause to the state government.

The mayor Kris Bolam said ”local laws are relevant to individual council areas” and that “while police are authorised to enforce them, it remains a local effort.”

“Transient offenders often move to neighbouring areas to avoid penalties or punishment. This motion seeks to ensure a consistent enforcement approach is taken to control hoon activity across the state,” he said.

AGED care worker Yaser Yousry is vaccinated against COVID-19.

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100 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK...

New arrivals experience terrible misfortune He emphatically stated that he would not give £100 for the whole turn out, and none of his colleagues seemed anxious to outbid him in the matter of personal speculation.

The Council, quite obviously, is not acting on its own judgment. It is being influenced largely by the views of the Electricity Commissioners.

Unfortunately the Commissioners do not have to find the money – the ratepayers of the Shire have to foot the bill.

Frankston ratepayers, from bitter experience, have formed a very accurate idea of the value of the electricity turn-out.

The Commissioners have also arrived at an estimate of the value of the plant with a long name.

We are inclined to back the opinion of the ratepayers against that of the visiting expert. The expert tells us that the plant he saw is capable of effectively lighting Frankston and Seaford.

Frankston people know that the Company has been trying to provide an effective lighting system for years and has never given satisfaction.

Is it expected that change of ownership or management will work a miracle, and that the noisy back-firing engines will be docile and effective in the hands of the Council when they refused to work satisfactorily under the company’s management.

It is a foregone conclusion that the expenditure in sight will be doubled before the Council succeeds in giving an effective light service.

Talking of light, it would be illuminating to know where the Council gets its authority to enter on this new venture, involving a large financial outlay,

Compiled by Cameron McCullough MR and Mrs James Liddle, who with their family, arrived in this district about ten days ago, from Hopetoun, have had an unusually sad experience.

Two members of the family, a boy and a girl, aged six and three years respectively, were suffering from severe colds on arrival here, unfortunately these developed into bronchial asthma, and despite all that could be done

by Dr Griffiths to save them the girl passed away on Sunday and the boy on Wednesday.

It is stated by Dr Griffiths that the sudden climatic change from the Mallee district to the prevailing cold temperature here is chiefly responsible for the sad event.

Both have been interred in the Frankston cemetery.

Much sympathy is felt for the family in their bereavement. *** YESTERDAY the Council of the Shire of Frankston and Hastings decided to acquire the celebrated electric light outfit at Frankston.

When the contract is signed, which will probably be some time next week, a deposit of £500 will be paid, and later on other payments, totalling something like £4000, will have to be met.

This bold step has been taken as the result of a conference between the Electricity Commissioners, the Frankston Gas and Electric Light Company and the Council.

It can be reasonably assumed that the Council is not looking forward with any degree of pleasure to the handling of its new possession.

Cr Wells does not like the idea at all.

without first seeking the sanction of the ratepayers.

If the ratepayers are not concerned about the matter, and are indifferent as to how thousands of pounds are expended on any old proposal that comes along well and good.

The ratepayers must find the money.

If they are not particular as to the manner of its expenditure the Council cannot be blamed for splashing it about.

The Local Government Act contains provisions protecting the ratepayers in matters of large expenditure.

It would be strange if it proved nonprotective in this case. *** THE scheme suggested for the improvement of Kananook Creek has been condemned by the Government.

The matter was before the Council yesterday, as will be seen from the report appearing in another column, and on Saturday (tomorrow) night a special meeting of the Seaford Progress Association will be held to consider the position.

Nearly 12 months ago the Minister for Public Works assured a large deputation from this district that the creek would receive attention.

All he asked was that the officers of his department be allowed a week or two in which to verify the figures submitted by the shire engineer, Mr A. K. T. Sambell.

This promise received tardy fulfillment and it was only after much letter writing and agitating on the part of the Seaford Progress Association that the Department finally sent an engineer to inspect the creek.

It is to be hoped that the Depart-

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ment, having condemned the scheme proposed, will come forward with some practicable suggestion to meet the difficulty.

The Minister has admitted that a certain amount of responsibility rested with the Government in improving the existing condition of the creek.. *** DR V. J. E. Zichy Woinarski died suddenly on Friday last, at his home in Mornington, as a result of a heart seizure which overcame him while he was returning from a sick call.

Dr Woinarski, who was a brother to Judge Woinarski, gained his medical degree at Melbourne University after receiving his education at Melbourne Grammar School, and prior to the war he practiced for several years at North Melbourne.

He was 56 years of age, and he has left a widow, two sons and a daughter. *** THE dry spell has broken, and the nice, steady rains will keep the grass going and enable the ground to be worked.

Nurserymen should be particularly thankful, for, although insufficient to penetrate deeply into the soil, it will facilitate the lifting of trees.

Orders for young trees are coming steadily, but, as the nurseries are carrying lighter stocks, many kinds are unobtainable.

The areas planted during the past three years have been more restricted than in pre-war seasons. *** FRANKSTON Police Court Before Mr Knight, P.M. Allan Tivendale was charged with having converted to his own use

money belonging to the Commonwealth Savings Bank.

He was not represented by counsel.

Mrs Sherar, of Langwarrin, and Mrs Ruby Eileen Atkinson, of Cranbourne Road, Frankston, gave evidence to the effect that on March 7th they deposited £7 each in the Commonwealth Savings Bank at the Frankston Post Office.

Reginald George Lewis, postal assistant, stationed at Frankston, stated that the accused gave him £13 and the two deposit slips on the night of Friday, March 11th, and he put the money through on the 12th in the usual way.

John Dixon Kinvig, postmaster, Frankston, gave corroborative evidence.

Detective Holland, of the Postal Department, gave evidence regarding an interview he had with Tivendale at Mordialloc.

Tivendale had told him he had lost money at the races and owed money locally, and made a sworn statement.

There was no money missing and Tivendale was not short in his money advances.

“He bears a good name,” said the detective, “and is a good lad.”

Accused pleaded guilty, and was committed to stand his trial at Melbourne on July 15th.

On hearing the verdict, Mrs Tivendale, the accused’s mother, collapsed in a dead faint and fell heavily amongst the chairs.

Bail was allowed, in his mother’s surety. *** FROM the pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 3 June 1921

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Letters - 300 words maximum and including full name, address and contact number - can be sent to The News, PO Box 588, Hastings 3915 or emailed to: team@mpnews.com.au

Councillors line up to condemn annual ‘decimation’ of crabs We, the councillors from the Mornington Peninsula Shire, are appalled by the comments from Dallas D’Silva of the Victorian Fisheries Authority (“Spider crabs stay on the menu” The News 2/6/21).

Our community has been advocating for a notake season since 2019, due to the decimation of the giant spider crabs during their annual moult.

The aggregation is used by the crabs to protect themselves from natural predators. This annual marine phenomenon is something to be celebrated, yet here the VFA is advocating for the crabs to be plundered and pillaged at their most vulnerable.

On 18 May our council unanimously passed a motion for the Victorian government to institute either a seasonal ban, or an exclusion zone, during the aggregation.

Members of the Mornington Peninsula community have been very strident in their support for the giant spider crabs, and we will stand with them and advocate until these animals are protected during this period.

Mayor Despi O’Connor, deputy mayor Sarah Race and Crs Susan Bissinger, Antonella Celi, Lisa Dixon, David Gill, Steve Holland, Kerri McCafferty, Debra Mar, Anthony Marsh and Paul Mercurio.

In August, Mr Morrison said: “I think, yes, we have to live alongside the virus … The real strength of our ability to live alongside COVID is testing, tracing and outbreak containment.”

This is a very risky and foolhardy strategy, as we have seen around the world, and completely ignores the fact that adequate quarantine is our first major defence against this virus.

Hotels were a short term, stop gap measure when nothing else was ready but now, more than a year has passed with 21 breaches of quarantine from hotels around Australia while Howard Springs [in the Northern Territory] has not had one breach.

Hotels have shared airspace, so it is common sense that they are not adequate for this deadly contagious virus.

I was speaking to a friend who did hotel quarantine in Sydney who said she could smell cigarette smoke through the air conditioning, so of course the virus can move the same way.

Mr Morrison and Mr Hunt twiddled their thumbs for more than a year and should have done the math earlier - it is cheaper to build adequate facilities than to lose billions of dollars in lockdown after lockdown due to the federal failure on quarantine.

Vicki Sullivan, Rye

Quarantine time waste

Food waste fear

I am feeling completely disappointed and very upset that our prime minister [Scott Morrison] and Flinders MP Health Minister Greg Hunt have taken so long to admit their constitutional duty to provide adequate quarantine facilities for Australia and finally agreed to building a facility in Victoria.

From the beginning of this [coronavirus] pandemic, expert epidemiologists have been calling for purpose-built quarantine facilities, but have been ignored by a prime minister who just doesn’t seem to get it. In our constitution, quarantine is a federal responsibility.

Mornington Peninsula Shire Council has announced it knows “many have waited patiently for this exciting new chapter and it’s finally here. We will start collecting your food scraps from Monday 19 July. You’ll be able to add all your food waste into the green waste bin, including bread, dairy and meats” (“Food waste pick-ups to cut rubbish load” The News 3/5/21).

Many councils, including the Surf Coast and Boroondara, have a similar service which is known as FOGO. These councils provide ratepayers with a separate FOGO bin which is collected weekly.

SPIDER crabs caught in a net during their June 2020 moult at Rye. Picture: Jane Headley Many peninsula ratepayers are not permanent residents and their green waste bins may not be put out for collection for many weeks, indeed months.

In order to avoid any health risks from such things as meat and dairy remaining in green waste bins for protracted periods, I suggest that ratepayers should not follow the advice of the shire and that they do not place foodstuffs in their green bins, the health risk is too great. Imagine if bins with meat and dairy products in them for extended periods are tipped over after being put out for collection? The consequences do not bear thinking about.

Bill Holmes, Sorrento

Roadside helpers I am always reading a lot of bad things about people and what they do, but it is great to see that there are many people in this world who do a lot of good work and do not get recognised for their effort, as I found out last week.

As a regular cyclist I was riding with another rider from our bike club when I collapsed off my bike.

Upon being moved to the nature strip my co-rider was helping me when a lady pulled up who, by the way, was going for a dental appointment, to render assistance as she was a nurse, she then attended to me until the ambulance arrived.

Meanwhile, a tradesman, who was on his way for a flu shot, also pulled up to further help and offered to take care of my bike and returned it to me after I was back from hospital.

These two strangers I did not know, and my co-rider all stayed with me until I was taken to hospital by ambulance, even though they had ap-

pointments.

Thanks to you all for your care and assistance.

Graham Bailes, Mornington

No handouts If capitalism is so great, why do capitalists ask socialism to bail it out or pay for its unquenchable thirst over and over again?

So, this “private” group of businesspeople - the Committee for Mornington Peninsula - wants Mornington Peninsula Shire to fund its agenda (“Questions over shire’s ‘promised’ $50,000” The News 25/5/21).

I suggest they go to the ideologically motivated, neo-liberal, pseudo-Christian extremist federal government for the money. It could make a “ministerial decision” and hand it out from the 1more than $10 billion corporate welfare to the fossil fuel industry which pays little or no taxes.

The ideologically motivated, neo-liberal, pseudoChristian extremist federal government loves to give money to the entitled class, good ol’ boys private schools (at the expense of the public system) and corporate mafia agendas.

The Committee for Mornington Peninsula might actually have some self-serving good ideas, but lest we forget, they are a business group with a minimum membership fee of $1000 and do not represent the general community.

They need to pay their own way to get what they want and stop asking for handouts.

They do not even represent the greater business community as most [businesses] could not afford the membership fee.

Joe Lenzo, Safety Beach

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Meet the man behind the camera SOCCER

By Craig MacKenzie LOCAL soccer is blessed with some excellent sports photographers covering the exploits of clubs throughout the broad peninsula area.

They include Darryl Kennedy, Gemma Sliz, Paul Seeley and John Punshon and their photographs have appeared in these pages supporting our coverage of the local game.

Kennedy is a former player, coach, team manager and administrator who turns 60 this year and has been involved in the sport since he was 12 years old.

Most of his playing career was with Seaford United (including stints with Seaford North and Belvedere, the forerunners of the current club at North Seaford Reserve) but he also played for Frankston City colts, Peninsula, Carrum and Baxter.

“I started as a teenager through playing with mates at school and at first I was a right back until I got moved into the centre-half position,” Kennedy said.

“I never won anything. No personal stuff, nothing.

“Even had a few coaches that refused to play me because they were afraid of me giving away penalties.

“Just let’s say brutality rather than finesse was an apt description.

“There aren’t any playing highlights to be honest and I was one of those guys that was just happy to play in the reserves.”

His connection with Seaford spans over 40 years as a player (over 10 years), thirds’ coach (11 years), junior coach (over 10 years), senior team manager (two years), committee member (four years), junior co-ordinator (one year), club president (two years) and supporter.

“One year at Seaford stands out when I was president, team manager, coach of the thirds, coach of my son’s junior team and Bayside Football Association president,” he said.

“That was a very long year. I don’t think I could go through anything like that again.”

Kennedy also had two years as the team manager at Frankston Pines (2004, 2005) after being surprised by an approach from then Pines coach Stan Webster.

“I was in the pub one day with (wife) Louise and (son) Liam and I think from memory the Webster family had some function when Stan came over and asked me if I’d be interested in becoming his team manager.

“I have no idea why he approached me and I went down there with some reservations at first but I ended up having a very enjoyable time – apart from chasing Tommy (Mitchell) about the place trying to get equipment off him but that was part of the fun down there.”

Kennedy’s interest in sports photography had been sparked during his time at Seaford by Steve Gray, now one of the premier football videographers whose website Football Chaos and its facebook counterpart have become synonymous with grassroots Victorian soccer.

“I first met Steve at a Seaford game against Rosanna and I think he was living up that way at the time.

“He was taking photographs and you rarely saw someone doing that

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Football in focus: Sports photographer Darryl Kennedy at the London Stadium in 2019. Picture: supplied

and doing it well.”

But it was during Kennedy’s stint as Pines team manager that his interest took hold and his skills and knowledge of photography grew.

“A few years later I think Steve had moved to Cranbourne and rather than taking photos had started videoing games.

“I thought to myself I don’t see many people taking photos and I’d like to do that so I went out and bought myself a camera.

“As Pines’ team manager I had access to all these areas so I started taking photographs and when my time at Pines ended I discovered that I could get accreditation through the FV or FFV at the time so I did and started going to games, mainly Premier League, and taking photos.

“That’s how it all started.”

And Kennedy’s journey as a sports photographer has many highlights.

They include his connection with the Gaelic Athletic Association of Victoria and rugby union (Wallabies

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and Melbourne Rebels).

For years he freelanced for ex-pat publication the Irish Echo, and even went to Ireland to cover the GAA World Games in 2019.

“Some of the best moments of that trip were walking on the hallowed turf of Croke Park and going over to England to watch West Ham play at London Stadium,” the Hammers’ tragic said.

He’s had many cherished football moments among them covering Glasgow Celtic and LA Galaxy tour games and many Melbourne Victory A-League matches and while being photographed with David Beckham and meeting then Irish international striker Robbie Keane might be seen by some as highlights there’s one match at the MCG in 2013 that stands out.

“Being there while thousands and thousands of Liverpool fans sang ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ was something you never forget.”

But Kennedy’s attraction to sports

photography is much more than working at iconic stadia or being at big games.

“People used to ask me what it’s like being a photographer and I’d say it’s like going to see a play and sitting in the audience then someone comes up to you and asks you if you’d like to operate the curtain.

“Others might think that that’s not much of a job but they’re wrong.

“You’re now up on stage getting to meet the stars, to see them perform, to see how it all works.

“That’s the enjoyable part – meeting all these people I never thought I’d meet in my lifetime.

“I’ve not just been up close to world-class footballers I’ve also met state premiers, the president of Ireland and plenty of politicians among many others and that’s a part of what makes photography so interesting and so great.

“That’s the attraction.”

Meanwhile in Football Victoria news the state body emailed clubs

last week with Saturday 20 June pencilled in as the season reboot pending restrictions.

All clubs were encouraged to prepare for a number of possible impacts of the current season pause including: n playing matches already scheduled for catch-up rounds during midweek n an extended season and playing postponed matches/rounds during the proposed finals series n fixtures that cannot be rescheduled and have no impact on promotion or relegation to be deemed as a no result n any club not wishing to participate in a postponed fixture being deemed the forfeiting team n the sequence of playing opposition teams and home and away patterns being amended.

The remaining local club in the FFA Cup, Langwarrin, is now likely to play its away tie away against Moreland Zebras in the week after the proposed league resumption.

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Kingston calls time on training HORSE RACING

By Ben Triandafillou MORNINGTON-based trainer Robert Kingston has saddled up his last runner after a decade of competing in the Victorian ranks.

Kingston, who claimed his first winner with On Tour in 2011, sent out his two-year-old filly Class Action as his final runner at Wangaratta on Thursday 3 June.

Class Action finished at the rear of the field but Kingston can go out on a high after his perennial bridesmaid Art Major broke through for a well-deserved maiden victory at Cranbourne on the Friday night prior.

“He’s missed a few times so when he won it really made my mind up,” Kingston said. “I’ve thought about it for a while and I think it’s a nice time to go out.”

Kingston saddled up over 800 runners and claimed 73 victories over his 10-year training period. He said it was becoming “noticeably harder” in the competitive Victorian environment and believed it was time to embrace a better work-life balance, with his young family at the forefront of his mind.

“I’ve loved every minute of it, and I still loved it [Thursday] morning,” he said.

“It’s tough hours as everyone knows you’re either in it 110 per cent and work long hours or you’re not. I’ve put 110 per cent in myself

and my staff have been good to me for the last 10 years but at the end of the day I’ve got a young family.

I’ve probably put them on the back burner a little bit so maybe it’s time to re-address the balance.”

Born in Ireland, Kingston has had many roles in the racing industry with his training career just one of the many hats he’s donned in the last 20-odd years.

Kingston initially came to Australia with shuttle stallion Bahamian Bounty in 1999. The renowned gentleman of the Mornington training complex settled in Australia in 2008 where he has worked as a racing manager for trainers Robbie Griffiths and Mornington-based Jason Warren. Kingston also spent time working for RISA prior to taking out his own trainer’s licence.

“Although everyone probably knows me for training, I don’t think I’m just a one-trick pony,” he said.

Kingston’s next endeavour is likely to be a jockey manager for Mornington-based apprentice jockey Celine Gaudray.

“If I’m successful in my application for a jockey manager’s licence I’ll take over the management of Celine Gaudray who is a very good up-and-coming apprentice to Pat Carey. He’s guided her through the initial stages very well and she looks to have massive potential. I’m really excited about that,” he said.

Skater’s successful campaign A CAMPAIGN by a young skater to have his local skatepark upgraded has been successful.

Langwarrin Skatepark at Lloyd Park will soon be improved. 13-year-old Caiden led a campaign to have the park refurbished, which eventually caught the attention of council and local MPs. A federal government grant of $20,000 was announced for the project last week, which adds to a funding commitment already made by Frankston Council.

Caiden said “expanding the skate park would be good for everyone. Not only does it support positive mental health, it also gives kids something safe to do.”

Over 350 people signed Caiden’s petition.

Dunkley MP Peta Murphy said “the facilities at the Langwarrin Skatepark

are outdated and, in some places, unsafe.

The Langwarrin community deserves a skatepark that’s safe and that caters for different levels of experience.”

“I look forward to continuing to work with Frankston City Council, who also provided funding, on immediate improvements and consultation and design on bigger works,” she said.

DUNKLEY MP Peta Murphy with Caiden and other skaters at Langwarrin Skatepark.

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