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A WINNING design has been chosen for the multi-million dollar redevelopment of the Frankston train station precinct. Genton Architecture emerged top among 40 entries in a nationwide competition to design the new transport hub. See more pics Page 12.

‘Light and airy’ station hub Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au A MAJOR facelift for the gateway to Frankston has been unveiled by the state government after two years of community consultation and a nationwide design competition.

A new train station designed by Genton Architecture will be the centrepiece of a planned rejuvenation of the centre of Frankston including a revamp of

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Labor Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan and Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke congratulated the Melbournebased architectural firm for seeing its design for the train station chosen from 40 entries in a nationwide competition.

Construction work on the new train station, part of a $63 million revamp of the Frankston train station precinct, will begin later this year.

“Frankston has been fighting for this investment and we’re delivering it – a

new station, safer community and a better place to live,” Mr Edbrooke said.

“After years of hard work, it’s so exciting to see our new station. I can’t wait to see work start later this year.”

A panel of six judges — Victorian government architect Jill Garner, Mr Edbrooke, Frankston Council CEO Dennis Hovenden, architect Peter Elliott, urban designer Felicity Stewart and Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources director Geoff Oulton — made the final decision to go

with the Genton design for the train station.

The station will include a new bus interchange, wider footpaths, landscaping and road improvements.

“It was important to the jury to find a design solution that responded to the particular nature of Frankston as a city by the sea,” Ms Garner said. “The winning design suggests a light and airy place embedded in an abstract beach landscape - it knits into the Young Street works while extending delightful coastal

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Genton Architecture director Steven Toia said the firm is “excited” to be working with the state government to “contribute to a revitalised Frankston”.

“A renewed Frankston station will be a significant and uplifting arrival and departure experience for commuters as well as an icon for the city of Frankston.”

An expansion and partial rebuild of Chisholm TAFE in central Frankston is also underway as part of a plan to rejuvenate the centre of Frankston.

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The truth is out there about UFO IT wasn’t a bird. It wasn’t a plane.

People in Westall who saw an unidentified flying object hovering over the suburb in 1966 are still sure they saw something extraordinary and unexplained on 6 April that year.

A flying saucer-shaped object was seen by more than 200 witnesses in broad daylight including schoolchildren and teachers at Westall Primary School and Westall Secondary School.

‘The Westall Incident’ as it came to be known has long fascinated UFO watchers and some of the eyewitnesses on that April day five decades ago will gather to recall the strange events surrounding the mass UFO sighting.

Rosebud resident Marilyn Smith will join others who saw “a silver flying saucer” hover and fly overhead in 1966 to “recount their own personal experiences of the day and reflect on what it means to them today” at Screening of Westall ’66: A Suburban UFO Mystery in Parkdale.

Mrs Smith, who works at Frankston Hospital in pathology, has often thought about the day, at the age of 14, when she and her school friends saw the UFO. “It all began when a girl burst into our classroom and screamed a UFO had landed nearby,” she said.

“The teacher told us all to stay in class but then the bell rang so we all ran outside. We saw a silver flying saucer hover then take off at great speed.”

She said a Channel 9 TV news crew visited Westall Secondary and spoke to students in the aftermath of the incident but a news report never aired

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and footage has never been found amid theories of a cover-up by authorities.

Several people claim “military people” visited eyewitnesses and warned them to keep quiet about what they had seen over Westall.

The Victorian UFO Action group will host a screening of a documentary about the incident following by a question and answer session from a witness panel including Mrs Smith and several others who saw the flying saucer in 1966.

Documentary filmmakers Shane Ryan and Rosie Jones will also appear to discuss their research into the Westall sighting.

“Hundreds of people saw it and not only did they see the object in the sky — it came down to the ground and landed. It was on the ground for some time at The Grange,” Mr Ryan said in 2013.

As for Mrs Smith, she says no-one saw “little green men” so she keeps an open mind about the origin of the UFO. “It may have been from outer space, it may have been a secret military craft.

It definitely wasn’t a weather balloon which was the official version.” n Westall - The Witnesses Speak will be held at the Shirley Burke Theatre, Kingston Arts Centre, 64 Parkers Rd, Parkdale on Sunday 2 April, 125.30pm. See eventbrite.com.au and search for ‘Westall’ or call the Shirley Burke Theatre on 9580 4998 for ticket prices and more details.

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THE CFA is urging landowners in the cities of Frankston and Kingston and Mornington Peninsula Shire to register burn-offs and avoid unnecessary call-outs.

With the official end of the fire danger period on Monday (27 March), CFA operations manager Mark Kennedy said there would be a lot of private burn-offs over the next few weeks due to vegetation growth caused by heavy rainfalls at the start of the year.

He urged people to check conditions and register their burn-offs.

Mr Kennedy said every year firefighters had to respond to calls from the public concerned about smoke in the air from unregistered burn-offs.

He said this left firefighters and fire trucks unavailable for other emergencies, and took volunteer firefighters away from their workplaces and families.

Mr Kennedy said people should give information about location, date, expected start and finish times, estimated size, and what they intended to burn.

Other precautions include checking fire restrictions and weather conditions, warning neighbours, stayingnearby and having sufficient equipment and water to stop the fire spreading.

Landowners can register their burnoff with the Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority (ESTA) by calling 1800 668 511 or emailing burnoffs@esta.vic.gov.au

‘Cold case’ arrest Keep watching the skies: Marilyn Smith was one of many people who saw a silver flying saucer at Westall in 1966. Picture: Gary Sissons

DETECTIVES at Frankston CIU last week assisted in the arrest of a man later charged with the murder of a Sydney toddler 47 years ago.

It is the oldest cold case arrest in Australia.

The 63-year-old, who was 16 at the time of the incident, was seized on Wednesday by NSW detectives after a two-year investigation into the disappearance of Cheryl Grimmer from change rooms at Fairy Meadow beach, on the NSW south coast, in January 1970.

She is believed to have been murdered. Her body has never been found.

The man, who now lives under a different name in Frankston, is said to have mentioned the incident 18 months afterwards while a resident of a New South Wales boys’ home. He was interviewed at the time but no charges were laid.

He appeared before Frankston Magistrates’ Court briefly before being extradited to Sydney.

Church appeal goes to Supreme Court Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au A GROUP that saw a bid to build a place or worship on green wedge land in Carrum Downs dashed by VCAT on religious grounds is appealing to the Supreme Court of Victoria to press ahead with its plan.

The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal ruled in February that the Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB) is not a recognised religion for the purposes of being allowed to build a church on green wedge land (“Religion ruling ‘a win for the wedge’”, The Times 27/2/17).

A Supreme Court appeal against

the VCAT decision is listed to be heard on Friday 31 March.

Defenders of the South East Green Wedge spokesman Barry Ross is listed as a respondent despite not raising religious reasons for the RSSB not being granted the planning permit.

The group’s appeal to maintain the rural character of the area 26.3 hectares of green wedge land between EastLink and Frankston-Dandenong Rd and Boundary Rd near an existing Hindu temple was rejected by VCAT. VCAT panel member Michael Deidun instead ruled a proposal to build a place of worship for RSSB devotees “are not related to the practice or following of a religion”.

“I was informed during the course

of the hearing that members of RSSB Australia Pty Ltd maintain their existing religious beliefs, whether they be Christian, Jew, Muslim, Hindu or another religion,” he said in the ruling.

Mr Ross said he is seeking legal advice about the Supreme Court hearing.

Frankston Council has been listed as a second respondent despite councillors voting to approve the development at a public council meeting in July last year.

RSSB chairman Michael Cooke confirmed the organisation has sought leave to appeal against the VCAT decision.

The group is a self-proclaimed

“philosophical organisation based on the spiritual teachings of all religions and dedicated to a process of inner development under the guidance of a spiritual teacher”.

RSSB’s “spiritual leader” is Baba Gurinder Singh who lives in northern India.

RSSB has been granted non-profit religious institution status by the Australian Taxation Office.

Frankston Council has been contacted for comment about the Supreme Court hearing.

An attempt by RSSB to build the place of worship and dwellings to house devotees in Chirnside Park was rejected by Yarra Ranges Council in late 2014.

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Police patrol Arrest after ramming A FRANKSTON man has been charged with reckless conduct endangering persons and other driving offences after allegedly ramming a Carrum Downs police van, earlier this month.

Police say the man was in a Ford sedan at the Woolworths service station, corner Skye Rd and McClelland Dr, Frankston North, midnight, Thursday 16 March, when they stopped to check on false plates.

They say the car was then reversed into the van causing front end damage, before being driven west along Skye Rd and north along Peninsula Link.

The man, 23, was arrested in Ballarat on Saturday 19 March.

He has been remanded to appear at Frankston Magistrates’ Court at a later date.

Man’s arm fractured A FRANKSTON man received a compound fracture of the arm after a car was allegedly driven deliberately at him in his own front yard.

Police said the man heard a car in the driveway of his Burns St unit on the night of Wednesday 8 March and went to investigate.

He recognised the driver and, after words were exchanged, turned to walk back into his unit. The driver then allegedly drove at the man twice, knocking him into a garden bed and causing extensive injuries, before driving off.

The driver, 38, also of Frankston, was later arrested in Chapel St, Prahran, and charged with reckless conduct endangering life, recklessly

causing serious injury, and a weapons offence.

The driver is also facing property damage charges after allegedly breaking into the unit the day before and smashing a window before setting fire to blinds.

He has been remanded in custody to appear at Frankston Magistrates’ Court in April.

Chase ends in arrest A SEAFORD man has been charged with theft of a motor car after leading police on a wild chase, 1am, Wednesday 15 March. The Air Wing and Canine Units were involved in the pursuit of the car allegedly stolen from a service station on Frankston-Dandenong Rd. When the car stopped in Mahoney Cr, Seaford, the man, 29, allegedly jumped out and was chased over fences before being caught.

He was bailed to appear at Frankston Magistrates’ Court on a later date.

Stolen car torched A STOLEN car was torched at Ballam Park, Frankston, on Sunday 12 March. The 2003 Toyota Rav 4 was well alight when Frankston CFA attended. No one has been charged over the fire, near Belair Av. A 2010 Ford Ranger parked behind a wire fence on a new estate in Hafey Way, Langwarrin, was burnt out, 2am, Sunday 12 March.

The incident was 300 metres from Potts Rd. Anyone with information on these incidents is urged to call Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000.

Car, sunglasses taken A THIEF stole two sets of car keys from a house in Eel Race Rd, Seaford, and made off with a 2004 Commodore and a pair of sunglasses, but failed in his attempt to also steal a Mitsubishi, early Saturday 11 March.

Eight people were asleep in the house when the man entered, 2.50am, while an accomplice waited outside in a light coloured ute. A woman in the house raised the alarm when she saw the Commodore smash into a car parked outside and drive off. It was last seen near Carrum Downs railway station.

Anyone with information on these incidents is urged to call Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000.

Woman threatened

A MAN, possibly holding a gun, threatened a woman and ordered her to go away while he was trying to steal a motorbike on a trailer outside a house in Elster Dr, Carrum Downs, 8pm, Friday 10 March.

The man fled when people in the house were alerted.

‘Bomb’ investigated A SUSPICIOUS-looking package with wires and a switch attached was found in a laneway behind a Nepean Highway real estate office, 6.40pm, Friday 10 March.

The package, about 40cm long, was bound with tape. Police cordoned off the area while the Bomb Squad x-rayed the package and declared it safe.

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Stadium lease stoush in overtime Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au A STALEMATE over lease terms for the use of the Frankston Basketball Stadium that threatens a $12.7 million upgrade and expansion of the stadium is no closer to resolution two weeks after The Times first revealed a breakdown in negotiations between Frankston Council and the Frankston & District Basketball Association.

Meetings between council CEO Dennis Hovenden, the mayor Cr Brian Cunial, councillors and association representatives have failed to resolve a dispute over increased lease payments to council by the not-forprofit association.

The association says it has been trying to agree to a new lease since mid-2015.

Council has ordered developer Devco Project & Construction Management to stop preliminary works at the Seaford site since a new lease has not been signed.

Cr Cunial has said council “cannot be held to ransom” over the lease negotiations.

The FDBA is contributing $1 million to the expansion project and believes council is double dipping in “a cash grab” by increasing annual lease payments from about $30,000 annually to about $60,000 plus a 6 per cent take on future revenue above $1 million, bringing the total payable to about $160,000 each year.

The $160,000 payable each year would effectively repay $4 million of ratepayers’ money being committed

Bursting at seams: The Opals took on Japan in front of an overpacked crowd at Frankston Basketball Stadium in 2015. Picture: Gary Sissons

by council to the stadium upgrade, to include four more basketball courts, over a 25-year lease term reviewed every five years.

The state government is contributing $2.5 million to the project. Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke and Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny have called on council to get on with the muchneeded stadium upgrade.

Both MPs raised the matter in parliament late last week and have asked Local Government Minister Natalie Hutchins to visit Frankston to speak to council to find out “exactly what is going on”.

“My office has received around 50 calls and numerous emails on the serious issue of why the $12.7 million Frankston & District Basketball Association redevelopment, in which

the state government is a multimillion dollar stakeholder, has stalled following a closed council meeting,” Mr Edbrooke said.

“I would like the minister to visit the Frankston electorate and meet with a delegation of my constituents regarding the basketball association that services over 13,000 people per annum in the Frankston and surrounding electorates. Sadly, due to the amount of courts, people are having to play basketball at 11 o’clock at night, and that is why we have this project, which is funded by all levels of government and the basketball association.

“The project is worth $12.7 million.

But it has stalled because of a failed renegotiation of the lease with the local council. It is a great project

and a project that our community desperately needs. We know that sport is the glue that holds the fabric of our community together in Frankston.

Builders are on-site but they have been instructed to cease their operations.”

Ms Kilkenny said the stadium “is bursting at the seams”.

“The priority now must be the local community, not a cash grab by Frankston City Council,” the Carrum MP said.

“Frankston Council needs to lift its game and start the Frankston Basketball Stadium upgrade as soon as possible, and my local community deserves to know why Frankston City Council has suspended the project and what it plans to do with the project going forward. My community and I look forward to the Minister’s action.”

Basketball association general manager Nathan Jolly says council has agreed to defer the 6 per cent revenue take for 18 months but it “is still on the table”.

“The FDBA board of management will be meeting early next week to discuss revised terms from Frankston City with a formal response to be provided to council in due course,” Mr Jolly said.

“Along with the 6 per cent tax still being included in revised terms, council has still not advised a way forward for key items to be delivered as part of the wider expansion project that the FDBA have previously requested.

“The support the FDBA has received over the last few weeks since news broke of the lease negotiation impasse has been overwhelming and reinforces the FDBA board of management’s view that fighting for what is right is still one of life’s great endeavours which the FDBA, as a good community citizen is committed to until resolution to this impasse is achieved.”

Devco installed work sheds and containers on site before being ordered to stop work by Mr Hovenden until a new lease for the stadium, located on council-owned land, is signed.

A final contract was not been finalised and it is understood letters of understanding were signed between council and the builder but no penalty clauses apply now work has stopped.

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The legal service has helped thousands of low-income clients to access free legal advice and representation every year since opening 40 years ago, with the majority of clients seeking help with family law and domestic violencerelated matters.

The centre’s chief executive officer Jackie Galloway said domestic violence was a “scourge” on the Frankston community, and free legal help for those affected was essential to keep them safe, housed and out of spiralling debt.

“We are very heartened to know that there is so much support to try to convince the federal government from cutting funds, as community legal centres play a vital role in supporting victims of domestic violence and getting legal aid to people who otherwise couldn’t afford or access it,” she said.

Ms Galloway said the more support there was, the more the centres could convince the government of the need for the services to help people and stop the problems spreading into the community.

Ms Batty, the 2015 Australian of the Year for her work campaigning against domestic violence, has started an online petition to stop the government from slashing funding to community legal centres around the country by 30 percent in July.

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A FRANKSTON North man has been arrested over a series of alleged offences in Chelsea early on Monday 13 March.

The 22-year-old has been charged with intentionally causing injury, recklessly causing injury, unlawful assault, assault-in-company and breaching bail conditions.

The charges follow the alleged theft of cars and items from cars after houses were broken into at the Waterways estate. Several relate to the alleged assault and robbery of an Uber driver, 2.30am, Monday 13 March in Wells Rd. The driver, 27, had stopped by the side of the road when his car overheated after dropping off a passenger in Frankston.

Police allege two men in a stolen Ford Territory which stopped nearby demanded the driver hand over “everything he had”.

When the driver said he only had a phone the pair allegedly punched, kicked and choked him before stealing his phone and wallet containing various credit and security cards.

They then got back in the Ford Territory and did a U-turn before one of then threatened the victim by saying: “Don’t call the police or I will shoot you” and driving off.

The driver flagged down a taxi in Mentone and reported the incident to police.

The Ford Territory was earlier stolen from the driveway of a house in Naples St, Mentone, and allegedly used during a drive-off at a service station in Braeside.

The man, who was remanded in custody, will face Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 30 March.

Charges after postie bike used in getaway A FRANKSTON man who allegedly pushed a postie off his bike and used it as his getaway vehicle on Friday afternoon handed himself into police on Monday.

The incident occurred after police used road spikes to stop a man in a stolen Ford sedan in Leonard St, Frankston, after his erratic driving in

the Frankston CBD led to a lengthy pursuit.

An 18-year-old man had earlier been involved in a dispute at a house in Leonard St where he allegedly damaged property and stole the car before doing wheelies at a Beach St roundabout.

With the Ford’s tyres deflated, the man jumped out and allegedly knocked the nearby postie off his bike before riding off on it. It was later found dumped in Somerville.

Senior Sergeant Al Hanson, of Frankston CIU, said police decided not to chase the impromptu biker because they knew his identity and there was no need to risk further mayhem.

The postie, who was doing his afternoon round, received minor grazing in the incident. Australia Post said later there was no mail in the bike’s saddle bags.

A man who handed himself into police, Monday 20 March, was charged with robbery, three counts of reckless conduct endangering life, evade police, theft of motor car and criminal damage.

He was bailed to appear at Frankston Magistrates’ Court at a later date.

HOW BIG IS legal help centre YOUR FOOT? HARD TO FIND SHOES THAT FIT? Services strained: Peninsula Community Legal Centre CEO Jackie Galloway says funding cuts will see people desperate for legal help turned away. Picture: Gary Sissons

vided legal advice to 7966 cash-strapped or vulnerable clients since opening 40 years ago, but fears for its future and is pleading for the government to reverse its decision and restore the funding.

The government announced last year it would slash funding by millions from 1 July to make up for budget shortfalls. The cuts, expected to be sustained through to 2019–20, will see community legal centres receive $31 million from estimated total federal government spending of $511.61 billion.

Another online petition by the Law Council of Australia also calls for the government to maintain the funding so that community legal centres can provide essential legal advice and representation to Australia’s most vulnerable people.

President Fiona McLeod said the crisis in legal assistance funding had grown worse over two decades, but that the planned cuts to take effect would be particularly disastrous.

Ms Galloway said the Frankston service would be forced to turn people away if the cuts went ahead.

“The people that seek our help every week are most often suffering as a result of some sort of family dispute, and we see that domestic violence has ramifications that can affect housing, education, mental and physical health, and even debt levels.

“Our clients needs help with a range of issues and without being able to access free assistance, thousands of people would suffer.”

Federal Liberal Attorney General George Brandis has previously told The Times the proposed cuts were the fault of the former Labor government, which had allocated the funding and set the expiry date of 30 June 2017.

Senator Brandis said the government is negotiating an $18.5 million agreement for legal aid commissions in each state and territory to establish family advocacy and support services in family law court registries, under a “third action plan” to relieve pressure across the legal assistance sector and help people affected by domestic violence.

Fear funding change may hit homeless Stephen Taylor steve@baysidenews.com.au HOMELESSNESS could get a lot worse if Treasurer Scott Morrison “tampers” with any of the $1.3 billion of federal funding that keeps public and community housing afloat, according to Council to Homeless Persons CEO Jenny Smith.

Ms Smith made the prediction after Department of Human Services data revealed rental affordability in Frankston had hit historic lows.

“The National Affordability Agreement on Housing resources are very busy housing more than 80,000 of Victoria’s lowest income households in public and community housing,” she said.

“They also provide two-thirds of our homelessness support services which support more over 100,000 Victorians each year.

“Our concern is that this already very busy funding will be redirected to other programs, like home ownership subsidies.

“Redirecting this money would threaten the security of those public and community housing tenancies, creating the prospect of a tsunami of homelessness in Victoria.”

December quarter figures show private rental affordability is on a steady decline in Frankston as the housing affordability ‘crisis’ creeps to the outer suburbs.

“Housing affordability is finally getting the spotlight on the political stage, and now we need the federal government to step up and release a national plan outlining how it will tackle the housing affordability and homelessness crisis,” Ms Smith said.

“We want to see a range of measures that help people on low incomes to keep a roof over their head, but, critically, we want to see federal funding for public housing maintained and increased.”

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NEWS DESK This is an edited version of a talk KERRIE MCMILLAN gave to the Mornington forum on the mental health of teenagers. It deals with the suicide of her son Sam and her search for answers to prevent it happening to others.

Why is my son dead and we are alive?

I AM a victim of suicide. I know all of the horrible statistics, but the most important one to me is that, on average, eight people die from suicide each day.

On 12 May 2011, the most devastating statistic for me, our friends and family was that one of them was my beautiful son, Sam. It was nine days before his 21st birthday. A birthday he had been planning and looking forward to. A birthday he should have made.

I'd like to say I can give you answers, clues or signs to look for - but I can't. I don't have them. God knows I wish I did and maybe Sam would be alive.

After Sam died, I became obsessed with finding answers. I researched and studied: websites, books, you name it. Every piece of literature I found started with "Dealing with anxiety and depression”, but I couldn't find anything that helped me understand why.

I had no idea why I should have been dealing with it. We were a strong family, a family that talked and

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shared - in fact sometimes Sam and his wicked sense of humour meant that he shared things that I didn't need to know.

But we did talk; he wasn't isolated or alone; he was totally loved and supported. This wasn't meant to happen to us.

I'm one of the local kindergarten teachers, for heaven’s sake. We are blessed to live in a community where we have very few degrees of separation. Pretty much everyone in Mt Martha knew of me or my kids - we were living the dream - this definitely wasn't meant to happen to us.

But why not? God, I was so arrogant. You see this shitty “thing” isn't terribly selective - it will take anyone.

It doesn't discriminate. It sneaks into your life without you even realising it's there. It messes with your mind and makes you believe, with every fibre of your being, that the world, your world, is better off without you.

Sam, my Sam, my hilarious, loving, crude and rude, protective, no nonsense, caring and loyal, dedicated and completely adorable Sam, would

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KERRIE McMillan speaks about the love she shared with her son Sam and the questions that remain over his decision to take his own life.

never have done this to us. At his best, which was most days, he would have done anything to protect us from his death, anything to save me from being the one to find his body.

But my completely adorable Sam wasn't there on 12 May. A sad, lost, broken version had taken over, probably temporarily but, unfortunately, long enough for him to believe the lie that the world would be better off without him.

It's not.

Sam had been through some tough stuff in the year leading up to his death. He had broken up with the girl he believed was the love of his life. He had broken his leg and was frustratingly off work and incapacitated for a week. He had crashed his car and was looking at the financial implications of replacing it.

These are all fairly commonplace occurrences and many people dealt with one or more of them.

So, why is my son dead and we are alive?

I'm not for a second suggesting that Sam was weak and couldn't handle these setbacks. He was one of the strongest kids I know, both physically and, I believed, emotionally. But I

was wrong.

I found out after he died that he had been suffering for a while. Too long.

He had the incredible strength to keep it from his brother and I. He loved us so much and wanted to protect us from his battle. He was literally fighting for his life and yet his biggest fight was the one involving keeping it all from us. Hindsight is an amazing thing.

Sam left us a note.

If such a thing can be said, it was a beautiful note, but I remember telling some of Sam's friends that it existed and they could read it if they felt they needed to. To my horror, I soon realised that at least one of his good mates knew about it.

I was beyond angry: how could they know and not have told me? But what I've come to realise is that his friends were helping him protect me and thought they were helping. But they weren't equipped with the necessary skills to truly help.

When Sam felt "it" overwhelming him I would get a "hey mum, I'm staying at Bill’s tonight" call and they would take him out for a beer and tell him it would be all right.

Again, I've come to realise that we

possibly need to focus a little less on talking about suicide prevention and start talking about early recognition of depression and anxiety. That perhaps we also need to remember that it's great to ask your friends if they're OK but we need to teach our kids the necessary skills to get help.

We do first aid courses for our bodies. Maybe it's time we looked at mental health first aid. We need to put money into programs that help our kids talk about what helps them with the business of growing up; what helps before the big problems kick in, the ones that could kill you.

Maybe we need to teach lessons on recognising signs and getting help; that it's not disloyal to seek help for someone you're worried about.

We need to learn to focus on wellness and wellbeing, on how to deal with the influx of “stuff” that comes with growing up in an age of social media, on dealing with all the crap that may be your mind and body letting you down.

But this alone is never going to work unless the help we teach them to seek is available. We need to put more resources into ensuring that there isn't a three-week wait to see a counsellor; that any resources that aid mental wellbeing are easily, readily and financially available.

I feel I should be able to give bullet points on all of the clear signs that will guarantee you are able to keep your friends and family safe. But the simple truth is until we get the funding; until we make discussions about making mental health a priority; until these conversations are as commonplace around our dinner tables as those about sport; until we start taking this issue seriously; and until we find some answers, we will all be victims of suicide.

Mental issues: The room was filled to capacity for the Peninsula Voiceorganised forum on depression and mental health of teenagers at the Peninsula Community Theatre, Mornington, on 8 March, left. Speakers and organisers of the forum, above, from left, Peter Dawson and Shona Wills, of Headspace, Kerrie McMillan, psychologist Di McGreal, Peter Orton, Peninsula Voiuce chairperson and Patrick McGorry.

More talk may keep black dog at bay CONVERSATION and communication within families and the wider community is the most readily accessible way of detecting and tackling depression among teenagers.

This message was brought out by speakers and organisers at a forum in Mornington earlier this month designed to help young people “stay mentally healthy”.

The forum follows the findings of a report commissioned by the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council which found 25 per cent of peninsula teenagers suffered from depression, six per cent higher than the national average.

The shire has listed “youth and teen

mental health first aid training” as one of seven priority projects in its proposed $2.6 million in its proposed 2017/18 budget.

“This sobering statistic prompted us to run a large public forum to discuss how this might be turned around,” chair of community organisation Peninsula Voice Peter Orton said.

“The forum discussed basic strategies parents could use to help their children maintain good mental health.”

“Talk to your children around the dinner table and talk often about their anxieties and fears,” said Mt Martha resident Kerrie Mc Millan, who lost her 20 year-old-son Sam, to suicide in 2011.

Mr Orton said he supported Ms Mc Millan’s suggestion adding there was a need “for greater communication and connectedness across the community”.

“Not only is depression devastating for families, friends and local communities, but it works against the health and well-being of all residents of the peninsula,” he said.

Psychiatrist and former Australian of the Year Professor Patrick McGorry and psychologist Dr Di McGreal outlined to the 550 people at the forum basic strategies parents could use to help their children maintain good mental health.

A report on the forum was broadcast

the following day on the ABC’s The World Today program.

Professor McGorry said he the felt the federal health portfolio was in good hands under Flinders MP Greg Hunt.

“Literature, government intervention and day-to-day anecdotes indicate youth depression, even just on the peninsula is a huge issue, and complex solutions are usually beyond families left on their own. They require a whole of community response,” Mr Orton said.

He gave six “sharp insights” that could “guide action … and generate constructive conversation” on the peninsula: n Clearly name who is primarily responsible for action and support them.

n Align federal, state and local government plans, budgets and actions. n Coordinate specialty care to be delivered in the local community. n Support parents, and suffering young people, locally and communally. n Local politicians must help parents navigate political labyrinths. n Practitioners and local politicians must demonstrate practical solutions.

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Rental affordability ‘crisis’ hits home

Skills that count for jobs hunt LIKE so many young people, school just didn’t cut it for Frankston teenagers Jessica and Adam, but that’s not the end of the story thanks to a program that is helping them learn valuable employment skills.

Young people in the Frankston area who have been disengaged from school for 18 months or more are being given an opportunity to explore career options away from the confines of school thanks to a new pre-apprenticeship program funded by the Apprenticeship Employment Network (AEN), in partnership with the Brotherhood of St Laurence.

Skillinvest program developer Jarrod Flanigan said the program was designed to assist young people who had become disengaged from formal education and were unsure of where to go from there.

The program allows participants to try different jobs in the building and construction, automotive and business trades and combines theory and structured work placement.

Jessica and Adam are among ten participants between 15 and 22 enrolled in the program, which runs for 15 weeks.

Program manager Dale Gemmell said the program was designed to guide students to an area of work they are interested in so they can be assisted to continue their training and secure a fulltime apprenticeship.

Jessica, a mother-of-one, said the inflexible structure of school didn’t fit with her situation, and she felt her options were

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Pointer to future: Jessica and Adam, with program developer Jarrod Flanigan, have learned new skills that will help them find work. Picture: Gary Sissons

limited until she came across the preapprenticeship program.

She has had the chance to learn some practical building and construction skills and has completed a cubby that will be donated to the childcare centre her son attends. Now that she has finished the construction elements, Jessica moves on to automotive, which she feels will be her career path.

“I have learned things I never would have experienced before, and it’s given me practical skills and well as confidence.” she said.

Adam, 22, who had not been in formal

education for more than six years, said the program gave him a chance to start and finish an entire project, and re-engage with learning in a positive way.

“School just wasn’t for me, I was always getting into trouble and couldn’t focus, but this program is so different and it’s about learning interesting, practical things.”

Mr Flanigan said both students had shown a strong commitment to learning.

“These kids have been fantastic and it just shows what you can achieve when you get the support and you find the right path.”

Liz Bell

RENTAL affordability in Frankston has hit historic lows, according to new data from the Department of Human Services.

Reports for the December quarter show private rental affordability is on a steady decline in Frankston as the housing affordability ‘crisis’ creeps to the outer suburbs.

“People on very low incomes are being pushed out of the private rental market, and have very few accommodation options left because there’s insufficient public housing,” Council to Homeless Persons CEO Jenny Smith said.

“Consequently we’re seeing more ‘rough’ sleeping, as well as hidden forms of homelessness.”

Ms Smith said the data “painted a pretty dire picture for people on low incomes trying to get into private rental or public housing”.

It shows there were only two one-bedroom rentals affordable to a Newstart recipient last quarter in Frankston.

“And yet, when we look at public housing waiting lists in the Frankston region, it’s clear that there is not enough public housing for the most vulnerable people.”

Ms Smith said 1807 people were waiting for public housing in the Bayside/Peninsula (Frankston) region.

“In our state Budget submission, CHP has called for 10,000 more one-bedroom public housing dwellings over the next five years,” she said.

“With the current spate of announcements from the state government on initiatives that will boost housing affordability, we are now waiting on the federal government to reveal its plans to increase social housing for those on low incomes.”

The DHS Rent report, for December 2016, shows the number of one- and two-bedroom rental properties that would be affordable to a single person on a Centrelink pension in Frankston.

In 2011 the figure for a onebedroom property was none; in 2015 it was two and last year it was again two.

The figure for two bedroom properties was 43 in 2011; 35 in 2015 and 24 last year.

The figure for all rentals was steadily trending down, from 220 in 2011; 174 in 2015 and 111 last year.

Ms Smith said: “We must join the dots between housing affordability and homelessness, and rental affordability is key.”

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LETTERS Humanitarium crisis We are fortunate to have recourse to [community group] Peninsula Voice. Peninsula Voice professionally addresses our local society’s social issues and our collective social consciences.

It is commendable that Peninsula Voice is a voluntary organisation that has no agendas, nor does it charge.

On 8 March its forum addressed youth depression and suicide with the primary expert on the issue in Australia, perhaps the world, Professor Patrick McGorry, Headspace and a brave lady who lost her son that way.

I don’t have any vested interest in what Peninsula Voice does, except a great admiration, but I want to underscore that forum by submitting more facts about suicide that we all should know.

Prof McGorry said eight people suicide each day and 77 per cent are male. It should not be that way. Other statistics show suicide takes twice as many Australians lives as all other forms of violence combined, including road accidents and homicides. It is being expressed as a humanitarian crisis.

In September last year the premier [Daniel Andrews] promised $27 million for 10 years to address the matter, [which is] paltry beside the $500m he put into domestic violence and the ratio of deaths is one a week to 13 a week by suicide in Victoria.

Check my figures, they are right, and there is no evidence that any money has been spent by the government.

I have it on good authority that every train driver can expect two deaths by suicide under her or his train during a career. It helps to have a three month break, but is bad for post traumatic stress disorder.

Tony Nicholl, Mt Eliza

Train move travesty The recent announcement by the state government, in what is another example of unilateral decision-making without consultation, to relocate the existing train storage stables from Carrum (Kingston Council) to Kananook station (Frankston Council) is nothing short of a travesty.

I have to express my disappointment in Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke and Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny for not sticking up for the interests of Seaford residents in what is a truly sad announcement that delivers zero value to Frankston. In a media release the government talks of moving the “ugly train stabling” from Carrum (which will get a new village in its place) to Seaford. In what is one of the most inequitable decisions I have ever seen during my years in public life, in return Seaford gets absolutely nothing except an “ugly train stabling” facility.

What the state government forgot to say in its media release is that the relocation of these stables to Seaford will create noise population, impact on the amenity of the area and could cost hundreds of jobs in Seaford (due to the need to compulsorily acquire land and properties for the new stables).

The government also neglected to point out the anti-social behaviour that such stables attract, such as vandalism, graffiti damage and copper theft.

I am truly dismayed in this decision as it clearly takes the people of Seaford, and indeed greater Frankston, for granted. Although council’s hands are tied, it won’t stop us from trying to get this moronic decision overturned.

The state government must do a much better job in consulting with both the council, and more importantly, the Frankston community on such profound propositions.

This is yet another case where Frankston is being used as a dumping ground for government problems.

Kris Bolam, councillor North-West ward, Frankston

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MELBOURNE firm Genton Architecture’s designs for the redevelopment of the Frankston train station precinct has been chosen for the state government project.

Construction works on the $63 million revamp will begin later this year.

public transport to a relocated job, or are suddenly unemployed and looking for work, they will realise how they’ve been used by Daniel Andrews and Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan.

At Kananook, there is vacant railway land on the western side of the Frankston line that could be used to stable at least a couple of train sets.

There may be further railway land available between Carrum and Frankston.

The Liberal party calls on Ms Allan and Ms Kilkenny to explain to the community why these options adjacent in some cases to other light industrial or commercial areas have not been properly considered.

The Level Crossing Removal Authority has been stripped of 163 plus jobs and also failed to look at truly cooperating with the federal MP for Dunkley Chris Crewther who was instrumental in securing $2 million for a business plan to, among other items, get the ball rolling on electrification of the currently single track Frankston– Baxter section of the Stony Point line.

Frankston councillors are rightly aggrieved at the poor treatment council has received from Daniel Andrews and Ms Allan, but the biggest issue is how these Seaford area businesses may be forced to consider closing despite the possibility of Metro’s trains being stabled elsewhere other than the proposed Kananook mega site.

David Hodgett, Opposition public transport spokesman

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Demolition regret

In her defence of Labor’s unwanted, ugly, graffiti and anti-social behaviour attracting sky rail, at least Carrum Labor MP Sonya Kilkenny is right on one point: sky rail sure will “transform” up to 200 residents who currently enjoy the convenience of working in small and medium sized businesses near Kananook railway station (“Rail rises at river on train line” The Times 13/3/17).

Every morning when these unfortunate individuals wake up and have to drive or catch

Manyung Gallery management and staff join the many people who have expressed regret at the pending demolition of the old gallery site at 1408 Nepean Highway, Mt Eliza. Manyung gave notice in February 2016 of its intention not to renew its lease there (“Artists rally to save iconic site” The Times 20/3/17).

As publicised at the time, this was due to rising occupancy costs and the high level of maintenance required as well as some other factors.

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Manyung would have preferred to see the old building renovated with all asbestos removed, a new tenant with a viable business opportunity take on the lease and the old turret, drawbridge and roadside projection, remain unaltered.

Sadly, this will not be the case and we respect the property owners’ right to progress as they see fit and are authorised to do so.

The Manyung brand lives on in Mt Eliza at 60 Mt Eliza Way, at 6-10 Claremont Av, Malvern and at 113 and 119 Ocean Beach Rd, Sorrento.

David and Sharyn Wemyss-Smith, owners of Manyung Gallery Group

Refuge delayed, again So now the US will not arrive on Australia’s islands of detention to fingerprint the refugees until April. Will the refugees already screened ever leave?

I was awake last night - it was hot, but I had a cool fan and I heard this on the news.

The long days and interminable waiting. What will the future hold for the children born there, growing up in a despairing community. Take away hope from desperate people whose only crime was to escape from fear of violence.

Taking away hope and education from the young will see us having to face the outcome.

Injustice foments a desire for vengeance.

Surely a wealthy Australia could absorb 2000 without too much difficulty?

As a deterrent, holding refugees as hostages beggars belief. Especially as Border Force has succeeded in the task of taking boats back to their country of origin.

Let us resolve this problem by emulating Canada. We can do it: 9 April, Palm Sunday March from Melbourne Library.

Patricia Rayner, Somers

A lack of leaders Is it just me, or do others feel the same sense of foreboding when reflecting on the country we

are leaving to our children? This is not the Australia that my parents or I was brought up in.

Where is the leadership we so desperately need?

Federally, it seems that any leader who dares to try and do what is best for our future but bucks the party factions is summarily dismissed (Rudd, Gillard, Abbott).

The two major parties are so worried about their own jobs they have lost all desire to make good, but unpopular decisions.

One Nation: Linking vaccination to autism and praising [Russian president Vladimir} Putin.

Enough said.

Greens: Their leader not only proposes a 24-hour week to solve unemployment but now is encouraging people to break “bad laws”.

Enough said.

At state level [Victorian] premier [Daniel Andrews] is at the behest of militant unions while others are feathering their nests at the taxpayers’ expense. The Opposition is a joke. Did nothing in government and stand for nothing but negativity now.

Why is it so hard to find a leader who will actually lead? Where are the Menzies, Whitlams, Boltes, Grieners, Kennetts and Dunstans that had vision and the strength of character to make that vision a reality?

As we sink deeper into lawlessness and drown in political correctness I still hold out hope someone will step up before it is all too late.

Michael G Free, Mt Martha

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Abundant proportions ensure plenty of space for growing families with open plan living/dining/kitchen and comfortable bedrooms, master with ensuite and walk-in. With a 3-car garage, 2 mini vineyards, 4 paddocks and a colossal storage shed, you really have the opportunity to create the lifestyle you’ve dreamed of. Call us today because you won’t want to miss this fantastic opportunity.

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Mr Archibald secures six Rhode Island roosters Compiled by Cameron McCullough MR Archibald has secured from a breeder six fine Rhode Island roosters. They have been much admired and can be purchased for 6d each. If not sold before 5th April they will pass into city fanciers. *** OWING to our next issue falling on Easter Saturday, the “Standard” will be published on Thursday evening next. Advertisements and all matter intended for insertion must therefore be sent in on or before Thursday morning next. *** SIR Wm Irvine will address the electors at tho Frankston Mechanics’ Hall on Wednesday evening next. *** THE “Wattle” Club dance takes place in the hall this evening in aid of the returned sick and wounded soldiers. *** THE report of Senator Findley at Somerville, and Mr D. P. Russell, at Frankston, are unavoidably held over till our next issue. *** ALEX Scott and Co will hold their usual sale at the Tanti, Yards on Monday next, for which a good yarding of stock is advertised. *** IT was with deep regret that news was received of the death of councillor George Griffeth, of the “Two Bays Nurseries,” Somerville on Thursday last at private hospital Melbourne, at the age of 67 years.

Although being in failing health for some time, death was unexpected, and no particulars are to hand. *** OWING to the death of Mr George Griffiths of Two Bays Nurseries, the cricket match between Somerville and Frankston will be posponed indefinitely.

*** A GRAND concert will be held in the Frankston Mechanics’ Hall on Easter Saturday April 7th in aid of the local Red Cross Society.

The programme will be given by leading artists from Melbourne. *** REV E Tonkin will conduct both services at Frankston on Sunday next 11 a.m., and 7 p.m.

He will also preach at Somerville at 3 pm.

There will be communion after the afternoon and evening services. *** THE Australian Club will hold a plain and fancy dress dance in the Mechanics’ Hall on

Thursday next, in aid of returned sick and wounded soldiers. A good band has been engaged and at the interval a capital supper will be partaken of. Good prizes are offered for the best fancy dresses. *** THOSE interested are requested to a working bee this afternoon at Frankston Cemetery, and undertake work for the further improvement of the place. *** MESSRS T. R. B Morton and Son hold a clearing sale at Mornington Junction on 12th April, of farm and dairy implements, furniture, produce etc, on account of Messrs Barclay and J. J. Scott, who have sold their properties. The sale will start at 11 a.m. *** Y M.C A. WAR ZONE CONCERTS The latest English mail brings advice that the military authorities at the front have definitely recognised the essential value of the Y.M.C.A. near the front lines, more especially in view of the cheering results on the soldiers which accompany the presence of the Red Triangle workers.

In nearly all cases therefore the Y M.C.A, is waiting on the men in close proximity to the actual firing lines in France and Belgium. Here the entertainment element is kept well to the fore.

Warm drinks to men coming from the trenches, followed by other comforts and services, have a wonderfully “bucking-up” influence.

An officer writing to an Australian Y.M.C.A. secretary says:—” There is no need to back up the Y.M.C.A. It is ‘out on its own.’ The task you have undertaken in France is tremendous, but if nobody else does so in this war there is not the least doubt the Y.M.C.A. will “stick it”.

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direction, has written to the National Committee of the Association; saying :— “I have often found it an easy matter to get a few turns from the soldier audience to keep the concert going, which is very necessary when one is working alone.

Sometimes men of extraordinary talent have displayed their power and astonished the audience.

The men are splendid, and always greatly appreciative of the little one can do for them.

It would gladden the heart of any entertainer to have such bright and cheerful audiences.

One has been specially impressed by this when appearing before troops who have come directly from the trenches, but even more wonderful to me is the exteraordinary enthusiasm of the wounded: some brought to the ward in their beds, others I have seen on stretchers and no words of mine could express their gratefulness for what one is so willing to do for them.

To give one instance of this: The Colonel of a large clearing station told me the other week:— “If you only knew the effect the concert has on our boys; it has done more than anything else to brighten them up.” - D.G. MACDOUGHLL. *** Frankston Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, 26th March 1917. (Before Mr Cohen, P.M. and Messrs Oates, Grant, Williams and Burroughs. J’s P.).

W J. Field v Richard Bell, neglecting to have his name put on the Federal Electal Roll.

Defendant admitted the offence, and was fined 1s.

E. H. Ryan, assistant inspector of fisheries and game, v Alfred Lord.

Having underweight fish in his possession No appearance of defendant. Fined 40s. *** From the pages of the Mornington Standard, 31st March 1917.

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Final victory: Baxter saw off Mt Eliza's challenge to become final winners of the Provincial premiership cup in the last season of the competition before a new cricket league is formed next year. Pictures: Rab Siddhi

Baxter wins the final title PROVINCIAL

By IT Gully BAXTER was crowned the final MPCA Provincial premiers on Saturday.

With a new competition coming into play next season, the Provincial premiership cup handed over to the Baxter players will stay with them forever.

It took just a couple of hours on Saturday for Baxter to pick up the two wickets required to win the match.

In fact, it took until the first ball of the 14th over of the day to claim the title.

Justin Bridgeman took out the off stump of Tim Clarke to wrap up the

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match, Mt Eliza all out for 209.

At the beginning of the day, the Mounties had two wickets in hand, chasing 273 for victory. They resumed at 8/172.

Clarke was at the crease on 37 and Nick Baron resumed on five.

Baxter opening quick Dale Irving started proceedings from the Somerville end of Tyabb’s Bunguyan Reserve to get play underway on the third and final day.

Clarke’s intention was obvious and he played his shots from the opening delivery. Baron, however, had a clear game plan to stick around with Clarke.

Mt Eliza players patrolled the boundary line offering support. Club

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legend Lyle House was asked if he was nervous, only to reply, “we’ll only get nervous when we get closer to the target”.

The Mounties were looking comfortable though, adding 17 runs in six overs to be 8/189.

At the end of the sixth over, Chamika Sattambi was brought into the attack and straight away had a massive appeal for LBW turned down.

However, on the last ball of his first over, Clarke poked a ball to a man short cover, who charged in and hit the stumps with a diving direct hit – Baron was gone and Mt Eliza’s faint hopes were dashed. The score was 9/190.

Chris Brittain continued from the

Hastings end while Clarke, still visibly disappointed with himself, brought up his 50.

Justin Bridgeman was brought into the attack after Brittain’s fifth over and Sam Wolsgrove replaced Sattambi at the other end.

Wolsgrove kept things quiet while Bridgeman wrapped up the match.

The drama did continue when Mt Eliza sent Baxter back into bat in the hope that they could produce a miracle.

Firstly, Joe Rule, who was a hero of the first innings with a team-high 78, was retired hurt, which brought Chris Brittain to the crease.

On 998 runs for the season, ‘Britts’

needed just two runs to bring up the magical 1000. He was trapped in front

by Shaun Knott first ball.

The word spreading around Graydens Rd later was that Brittain had in fact scored 1000 runs for the season. It was said that a six he hit against Crib Point was given to Brittain’s batting partner at the time, Dale Irving, instead of Brittain after a fill-in scorer relieved the ‘official’ scorer for a couple of overs.

Regardless, Brittain as simply sensational in season 2016/17, as were the rest of his teammates.

Baxter was the best side in it and once again, ruled another season of Provincial cricket.

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Dart produces fine innings on big stage DISTRICT

By IT Gully RED Hill captain Simon Dart produced one of the finest innings ever witnessed in MPCA cricket on Saturday to play a major role in steering his side to the District premiership.

Dart played a masterful innings that saw him bat an additional 71 overs on the final day, on top of the overs he batted last Sunday, to finish unbeaten on 133.

With four overs left to play in the grand final, the Hillmen had worked their way into a commanding position and needed just 10 runs off the final 24 balls with four wickets in hand.

If the century wasn’t enough to help win the match, the way Dart orchestrated the victory was first class.

It took just three balls for Dart to send two balls crashing to the bound-

ary line to give the Hillmen the runs they required to taste the sweetest of all glories – a flag.

Social media lit up straight after the match from those from other clubs who had made the journey to Graydens Rd to watch the final day unfold.

Describing Dart’s innings, words such as “unbelievable, brilliant, firstclass, a class-above and sensational” were all used. It was fitting for such a memorable performance.

It was a superb effort from Red Hill, who resumed the final day at 3/70.

Dart and Brent Martin were new to the crease and there were another 238 runs to chase down to claim victory.

There were some words exchanged between Delacombe Park coach Ricky Ramsdale and Dart at the conclusion of play last Sunday. Suffice to say that Dart and his charges had plenty of ammunition to come out to play with on

Saturday.

Martin was the aggressor and Dart was happy to poke around for singles and twos when play resumed on the final day.

Both batsmen were faultless in the first session, however, as they approached tea, Delacombe Park legend Nick Christides was brought on to try and produce something special. With one of the worst half trackers you will see, Martin failed to get onto it and hit it straight down the throat of Andrew Christides. Martin was out for 66 after hitting eight fours in 155 balls.

For the first time for the day, the Parkers were up and about.

What came next was the defining moment of the match. On 80-odd, Dart tried to paddle-sweep a ball off Ricky Ramsdale, which popped up over the keeper’s head. The fieldsman was in a great position at first slip to take the

catch, however, put down a very simple chance.

The very next ball, Dart sent Ramsdale to the boundary with a cracking cover drive.

The Hillmen again settled and got to drinks to be 4/232 off 60 overs. Dart was on 90 and Robinson 15.

Dart brought up his 100 in the 62nd over, however, requiring another 70 runs for victory, Carl was out for 23 in 45 balls. The score was 5/240.

Red Hill wicket keeper Nick Esipoff then came to the crease and completely swung the momentum of the game.

Requiring about four and a half runs an over when Esipoff came to the crease, this had been reduced to three runs by the time he went out.

Esipoff hit 22 in 14 balls, including a towering six, before going out on the first ball of the 66th over trying to repeat the shot and was caught on the

rope.

This brought Lincoln Toy to the crease, whose highest score for the year was 14. At 6/274 with eight overs left, Toy just needed to be there at the end.

At the end of the 69th over, the score was 6/280.

With five overs to go, Delacombe Park took the new ball. Many around the ground believed it was the wrong move.

It proved to be with Dart smacking eight runs off the first over with the new pill. The equation was then 10 runs off 24 balls.

Dart picked up a couple after flicking one off his pads, then hit two sensational fours to bring up the winning runs.

It was a memorable match and fitting as the last District grand final ever.

Mornington too strong, Baxter ends Heart’s run SOCCER

By Craig MacKenzie MORNINGTON’S title threepeat attempt got off to a flyer last Friday night with an impressive 2-0 away win over Casey Comets.

Adam Jamieson’s men bossed their fancied opponent from the outset, particularly in midfield, where Scottish duo Craig Smart and Chris Reid were dominant.

The confronting thought for others with eyes on the championship is that Mornington can only get stronger as the club maintains an interest in English striker Josh Hine from Salford City while another forward, Simon Mur, is back after two years in the UK and looking sharp in training.

Young Josh Valadon did a fine job deputising for injured captain Simon Webster and linking with Steve Elliott at the heart of Mornington’s defence.

The greatest challenge facing Jamieson is managing an embarrassment of riches as he oversees a squad with more depth than he has ever had during his nine-year reign at Dallas Brooks Park.

Despite nursing a hernia, an injury he is prepared to carry throughout the season, livewire striker Wayne Gordon remains a thorn in any opposition’s side due to his workrate and the fact that he can finish as well as create.

Fellow striker Ryan Paczkowski was immense against Comets, giving teammates further afield an option time and again, turning opponents inside out, scoring a goal and tracking back regularly in a man-of-the-match display.

Smart opened the scoring in the 28th minute when he caught Comets keeper Faraz Zenoozi too far off his line and sent Paczkowski’s lay-off over the head of the diminutive custodian and into the top far corner.

Two minutes into the second half Paczkowski took a touch with his back to goal then spun and struck a low left-foot shot inside the near post from just inside the area to make it 2-0.

Mornington started getting into a yellow card minefield and ended up with six players cautioned.

Gordon enjoys playing on the edge and he was testing the resolve of the match officials so Jamieson wisely took him off in the 76th minute and replaced him with Gino Defeo.

In the 87th minute Junsoo Park was robbed by Mornington substitute

Mighty Matt: Frankston Pines captain Matty Davis. Picture: Darryl Kennedy

Scott Millar but the tall midfielder shot over from outside the area.

Comets’ Canadian import Allando Matheson had entered the fray not long after Paczkowski’s goal replacing Andy Stubley but the closest the powerfully built striker came to making his mark was in the 91st minute when he headed just wide.

It was the last goalmouth action of a contest that reaffirmed State 1 South-East’s status quo.

This weekend Mornington is at home to St Kilda who has set the local scene alight with five championships in a row.

Mornington captain Simon Webster is battling a glute injury but could be fit in time, Mur seems certain to make the matchday squad as does midfield

import Matty Wade who is expected to return from a wedding in England.

St Kilda’s gun recruit is former Leeds United and Bury midfielder Zac Thompson. The club has also signed midfielder Brodie Paterson from Geelong and striker Steve McRae from Caulfield United Cobras.

A four-goal blitz in a superb 22-minute spell in the first half powered title aspirant Langwarrin to a 5-2 away win over Mooroolbark on Saturday night.

A rare Andy McIntyre goal, a double from Nabil Mozaffaruddin and a penalty conversion from Caleb Nicholes seemingly put Langy out of sight but Mooroolbark hit back before the break with goals from Sam

Klepac to make it 4-2.

Connor Belger scored late in the second half and Langy cruised to the line.

Boris Ovcin returns from suspension for Saturday’s Lawton Park clash with Morwell Pegasus which has taken the scalps of Mornington (FFA Cup) and Malvern City in successive weeks.

Baxter celebrated its second derby success over arch rival Rosebud Heart at Baxter Park on Saturday running out a deserved 3-1 victor.

It was the first league game Heart had lost since 5 September 2015.

Baxter featured debutants Travis Ernsdoerfer, Liam Tinsley and Ben Meiklem while Owen Kilner was back in the starting line-up after a long lay-off due to a knee reconstruction.

Ernsdoerfer didn’t take long to make his mark and his cross from the right in the 5th minute was headed home by the unmarked Louis Griffiths at the far post to make it 1-0.

A long kick downfield from Baxter keeper Francis Beck in the 15th minute saw Griffith break clear only to send a firm low shot thudding into the near post.

In the 40th minute Heart goalscoring machine Dave Greening got into a rare one-on-one but Beck spread himself superbly to effect a close range smother.

Ernsdoerfer brought Baxter fans to their feet five minutes into the second half with a cracking drive from just outside the area that was turned wide

by Heart keeper Sean Skelly in acrobatic fashion.

Heart failed to clear the resultant corner and Baxter substitute Dan Disseldorp struck a low shot into the far corner to make it 2-0.

Ernsdoerfer got his name on the scoresheet in the 60th minute after another excellent solo run.

The teenager squared the ball for a teammate whose shot was blocked but Ernsdoerfer followed up to tuck away the rebound.

Cory Osorio caught Beck off his line in the 77th minute but by then the result wasn’t in doubt.

“We weren’t at the races today. We thought we only had to turn up to win and we got punished for that mentality,” said Heart head coach Scott Morrison.

Aaron Young resumed training last week and will come straight into Heart’s matchday squad for Saturday’s trip to Reema Reserve to take on Endeavour United.

Heart’s Italian import Marco Cannella was stretchered off in the reserves and the extent of his knee injury wasn’t known as we went to press.

The downside of Baxter’s win was Mark Pagliarulo inventing another way to get sent off, this time by being substituted and engaging in a slanging match with the Heart bench which earned him a second caution and a mandatory red card.

Baxter gaffer Roy Kilner is continuing his pursuit of teenage midfielder Sam Gallagher from Kingston City but is unlikely to sign the talented midfielder before Saturday’s home game against Noble Park.

Two second half goals by Daniel Fotopoulos were enough for Mazenod to see off visitor Frankston Pines last weekend.

Pines were without Christopher L’Enclume and Cedric Permal who remain in limbo due to a dispute with their Mauritian clubs over their international clearance.

Pines defender Graham Hill was sent off in the 85th minute after receiving a second yellow card and will miss Saturday’s home game against Eltham Redbacks who defeated Peninsula Strikers 5-2.

Goals from Strikers’ star Aziz Bayeh saw the sides locked at 2-2 at the interval but Strikers were poor at the back and in midfield in the second half and paid the penalty.

Strikers’ boss Craig Lewis is determined to strengthen his squad.

Seaford United probably wished it didn’t travel to Anderson Park on Saturday as it was on the wrong end of a thrashing going down 7-1 to Doncaster Rovers.

Alex Roberts scored for Seaford.

Somerville Eagles marked their FFV league debut with a 2-0 loss at home to Old Mentonians.

This weekend’s games: SATURDAY, 3pm: Mornington v St Kilda (Dallas Brooks Park), Langwarrin v Morwell Pegasus (Lawton Park), Peninsula Strikers v Berwick City (Centenary Park), Frankston Pines v Eltham Redbacks (Monterey Reserve), Dingley Stars v Skye Utd (Chadwick Reserve), Baxter v Noble Park (Baxter Park), Endeavour Utd v Rosebud Heart (Reema Reserve), Drouin Dragons v Somerville Eagles (Bellbird Park).

SATURDAY, 7pm: Heatherton Utd v Seaford Utd (Bosnia and Herzegovina Centre)

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Horse put down after leg break

By Ben Triandafillou THERE were mixed emotions at this year’s Mornington Cup as global powerhouse Godolphin racing stables faced the peaks and valleys of racing.

More than 7000 racegoers packed the Mornington racetrack on Saturday (25 March) for the main event which was shaping up to be a fascinating staying contest.

But celebrations around Godolphin’s victory with the John O’Shea-trained Tally in the Group 2 Mornington Cup were short-lived as tragedy struck 100 metres past the post.

Making a much-anticipated Australian debut, the Charlie Appleby-trained race favourite The Gold Trail stumbled shortly after finishing fourth, tossing jockey Craig Williams to the turf.

Williams was knocked unconscious for a short time before regaining awareness and being transported to the Frankston Hospital for observation.

Medical staff rushed to the horse’s aid but sadly nothing could be done to save the English stayer who had broken two sesamoids on his near front foreleg.

The Gold Trail was targeting victory at the Mornington Cup after two successful runs at Doncaster in the UK and Meydan in Dubai.

The Gold Trail’s body will be transported to the Werribee Animal Hospital for an autopsy.

Williams was cleared of serious long-term injury the day after the race, according to Racing Victoria.

Godolphin stayer Tally was victorious in the Mornington Cup in a sadly overshadowed win and was awarded exemption from the Caulfield Cup ballot.

Tally settled midfield before bursting through late to hold out Vengeur Masque who finished 0.1 lengths second.

Settler’s Stone closed late rattling off quick sectionals but wasn’t able to reach the Godolphin stayer and finished in third.

Tally is likely to be heading to the Caulfield Cup in the spring where he finished 12th in last year’s event.

Calm before storm: Mornington Cup race favourite The Gold Trail is led out before tragically dying after finishing fourth. Picture: Ben Triandafillou

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Tyla targets national boxing champs

By Ben Triandafillou PENINSULA boxer Tyla McDonald is set for another big year as she prepares for the 2017 Australian Boxing Championships in South Australia on 3 April.

McDonald is wanting to go one better this year after winning a silver medal at the 2016 National Championships in the under-15 ‘Schoolgirls division’.

McDonald was only 12 when participating in last year’s tournament against the older rivals and had only fought twice prior.

With added experience, McDonald will again face older opposition at this year’s championships and heads into the tournament as a leading contender.

Peninsula Boxing head coach Marcos Amado said McDonald is fighting and training very well and that he’s looking forward to seeing how she goes at the championships.

“She’s flying at the moment and doing a lot of work with older and heavier girls,” Amado said.

“She’s the sort of kid that you want to hold onto. She shows more drive and tenacity to keep improving than most.”

McDonald fought in an exhibition match at Margaret Court Arena in a function centre on Saturday 18 March and will have one more fight in preparation for the championships.

Looking to add to her record, McDonald currently holds three wins

from six fights.

Marcos Amado said that boxing has really opened up and created more opportunities for female boxers recently.

“Females are now able to compete in the Olympics such as Rio, so it’s great to have someone like Tyla coming through. You want to keep them interested and keep them going,” he said.

Peninsula Boxing had a highly successful team at last year’s Underage National Championships with Jack Gipp, Kayne Gipp and Lochie Higgins taking home three gold medals and Tyla McDonald earning silver.

This year, Peninsula Boxing will be represented at the National Championships by two boxers, Tyla McDonald and Jason Whateley who will be fighting in the Elite World Games box off.

Going for gold: Tyla McDonald is aiming high at this year’s Australian Boxing Championships.

BELEURA Junior Football Club representatives Matty Mayne and Khyal Jacobson have excelled in the 2017 AFLNZ Premiership held in New Zealand.

AFLNZ approached the boys at the start of the year to participate in New Zealand’s premier football league as part of a pilot program after their performance in the 2016 ANZAC Tour.

Since leaving on 2 March, the boys played three matches in the AFLNZ Premiership against some of the best senior players in the country.

They also worked as ambassadors for AFLNZ and have had continued support from the Mornington Peninsula Junior Football League.

Jacobson, 16, was a standout in his three matches where he consecutively made the Team of the Week side and was awarded the Best on Ground in his second match.

Mayne, who turned 17 on the trip, was also able to join the Team of the Week side in his second match after booting two goals for the Central Giants.

Khyal’s father, Jake Jacobson, said the boys were lucky to have the experience and they really enjoyed themselves.

“They loved it. AFLNZ did an amazing job and the boys were able to really get involved with the Maori and Samoan culture as well as being able to play football with some of New Zealand’s best,” he said.

The Mornington Peninsula junior footballers were provided with the opportunity after being selected last year by AFL South East and the Beleura Football Club to play in an ANZAC Day competition against New Zealand’s under-17’s side.

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