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Monday 9 June 2014
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Travel help needed for Strikers star
Kicking goals: Chelsea Ford needs to raise money to compete in national soccer championships at Coffs Harbour. Picture: Gary Sissons
CRUNCH time is coming for young sports star Chelsea Ford. The 13-year-old from Frankston North is in the Victorian girls’ under-13 soccer team, has won five out of six boxing bouts and swims in a squad. While there is no doubting her capabilities in each of these sports, her mother Cathy Steele says Chelsea must soon decide which one to pursue. Before the deadline for that decision, Chelsea, who plays for the Peninsula Strikers, will represent Victoria in the under-13 girls’ national soccer championships at Coffs Harbour on the New South Wales north coast. “She needs to make up her mind soon which sport to specialise in,” Ms Steele said. A year 8 student at Monterey Secondary College, Chelsea’s week nights consist of four soccer training sessions, one or two for boxing as well as her swimming. Under the tutelage of Seaford-based boxing coach Sam Soliman, Chelsea has won five of her six amateur bouts. Continud Page 12
Shaw fighting on two fronts Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au LAST week was an eventful one for maverick independent MP Geoff Shaw, even by his now familiar high media profile standards. The controversial member for Frankston managed to anger Premier Denis Napthine, cause a political dilemma for Labor Opposition Leader
Daniel Andrews and still found time to launch a broadside at Frankston City Council. Mr Shaw’s week began with Premier Napthine declaring he would not “be held to ransom” by the MP’s demands and throwing out a challenge to Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews to decide “whether he wishes to deal with the rogue MP for Frankston”. The balance-of-power Frankston MP
had said he was prepared to support a no-confidence vote against Dr Napthine and the Coalition state government, but Mr Andrews decided not to trigger the downfall of the government, instead calling Mr Shaw “a rorter” who should be expelled from parliament. Both major parties are now pushing for Mr Shaw to be suspended from parliament after a parliamentary committee found he breached the
MP code of conduct by misusing his parliamentary car for personal business reasons. The committee recommended Mr Shaw should repay more than $6800. Amid the political drama being played out on the wider stage, the controversial MP issued a mid-week media release about plans to revamp Frankston train station which called for a “sensible approach to Frankston station precinct discussion”. The release criticised the
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