3207 Port Melbourne Insert AUGUST 2012

COULD WE BE BACK-TO-BACK PREMIERS? PMFC COACH GARY AYRES PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE AT THE BOROUGH

PORT OF MELBOURNE GROWTH REAFFIRMS EXPANSION PLANS

FAMILY LIFE MEET MARTIN FOLEY MP

FATHER’S DAY GIFT GUIDE & GIVEAWAYS AUGUST 2012

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Costa Rolfe recently spoke with Port Melbourne Football Club Coach, Gary Ayres and you’ll find a fabulous article following on the reigning Premiers, the Club’s history and view to the future, which might just include another imminent premiership win.

Gary Ayres – Coach of Port Melbourne Football Club

IN THIS ISSUE: Port Melbourne Football Club This is a Maquette Show A win for Gasworks Farmers Market Port growth reaffirms expansion plans Meet Martin Foley MP 3207 Father’s Day Gift Guide

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Father’s Day is around the corner and 3207 has selected some varied but interesting Father’s Day gift ideas all available locally to make choosing something special for that someone special a little easier. Please see pages 6 and 7 for our Father’s Day Gift Guide.

We also had a chat with Local Member for Albert Park and surrounds, Martin Foley MP who shared his thoughts on what being a father means to him as well as a typical Father’s Day in the Foley home for a bit of fun and insight into this prominent and dedicated community man.

Enjoy this issue of issue of 3207Port Melbourne and enjoy the last month of winter!

Lisa & the MagMedia Team editor@magmedia.com.au

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SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW:

THE BOROUGH RED & BLUE

By Costa Rolfe When Gary Ayres coached Port Melbourne to the unprecedented glory of an undefeated season in 2011, it wasn’t the first time man and club had joined forces to achieve premiership success. Back in 1988, and with a waterlogged Glenferrie Oval threatening to derail Hawthorn’s finals tilt, the opportunity arose for the star defender and his Hawk teammates to springboard their premiership campaign with weekly sessions on the superior Port Melbourne training surface.

Ayres, who would that September claim a second Norm Smith Medal as best afield in Hawthorn’s recordbreaking demolition of a hapless Demons outfit, fondly recalls his eventual return to the Borough’s spiritual home some twenty years later, having been appointed Port Melbourne senior coach at the end of 2007. “Driving into the ground again after all those years, nothing much about the place had changed. And to be honest nothing much has changed since.”

Port Melbourne, after all, is a proud club built on the unyielding foundations of premiership culture.

Indeed, whilst Ayres is keenly aware of the need to embrace innovation in a rapidly evolving modern game, he is also ever mindful of the Borough’s fierce footballing traditions: “The history of this footy club really just draws you in.”

That history was initiated in 1874, when the famous red and blue stripes – albeit in slightly altered form – first graced the field. Gaining admittance to the Victorian Football Association (now the VFL) in 1886, Port Melbourne

(from left) 1897 Team / 1889 Team / 2011 Grand Final Team

took their time to snare that first elusive flag, eventually downing then-VFA club North Melbourne in 1897. The Borough quickly built up a passionate following, with over 36,000 watching them defeat Coburg for back-to-back flags in 1941, and later approximately 40,000 witnessing a 10-goal drubbing of Yarraville in the 1953 Grand Final. The flags continued to pile up throughout the 60’s and 70’s, culminating in a famous hat-trick of wins from 1980-1982, the first of which was wrenched from the grasp of Coburg in a final quarter blitz that saw Port Melbourne overcome a four goal deficit with just ten minutes to play. The premiership well dried up after that, however, with Borough fans suffering through five Grand Final defeats in 1987, 1993, 2002, 2004 and 2008 until the watershed of 2011.

with whom Port Melbourne had combined for the 2003-2005 seasons – would, in his opinion, be in Port Melbourne’s best interests.

It is not just the sixteen premierships, but the many champion players too, that have contributed so richly to Port Melbourne’s aura of success.

Chief among them resides Fred Cook, the ill-disciplined goal-kicking phenomenon who retired with six VFA premierships and a VFA-record 1364 goals to his name, 1238 of them sailing through in aid of the Borough’s cause. Cook’s influence on not only the history of Port Melbourne, but the VFA/ VFL generally, is reflected in the fact that during the VFL Grand Final held at Etihad Stadium, the Coventry End is renamed the ‘Cook End’ out of tribute.

“General opinion dictated that you could not be successful as a standalone VFL club. I disagreed with that, because at the end of the day an affiliation is essentially about the development of the AFL-listed players.

Every player just wants a chance, an opportunity, and for blokes to perform well but still lose their spot in the team to a potentially undeserving AFL player probably doesn’t create the healthiest environment.”

Gary Ayres and the board that appointed him have also played a significant role in preserving the identity of this VFL powerhouse. Upon gaining the senior coaching role, Ayres was asked to advise the board whether or not a return to an affiliation with AFL club The Kangaroos –

“I felt that if this club wanted to maintain its development, success would have to come without relying on that AFL alignment situation. The team that I inherited had come last in 2006, but made the finals in 2007, so there was a clear progression evident there, and a return to the arms of the Kangaroos would have represented a significant step back.”

Though the vast majority of VFL clubs were inevitably seeking sanctuary with ‘big brother’ AFL clubs (Frankston is today the only other ‘stand alone’ entity), Ayres was determined to impart his coaching philosophy unencumbered by AFL influence.

Ayres’ position on the AFL affiliation issue very much reflected that of the board, and with a united front and its autonomy assured, The Borough went about the business of breaking a premiership drought that had endured since 1982. That it would come via a famous 56-point dismantling of archrival Williamstown (complete with their 15 AFL-listed players) made it a win for the ages. When sharpshooter Chris Cain slid one through from deep on the

forward-flank in the last quarter, Ayres knew the Borough would be Premiers for the first time in 29 long years.

“The euphoria, the satisfaction, the happiness, it was all there. I’ll never forget talking to a guy by the name of Charlie Reed – who is in his 90s – and he came up to me after the game and told me that he’d seen 12 of the last 13 premierships. You could see what it meant to him – you could see what it meant to all our wonderful supporters. They had obviously seen the last one back in 1982, and just to see how happy they were, it was terribly satisfying.”

Ayres is effusive in his praise of the senior players that played such an uncompromising part in an undefeated 2011, making particular mention of captain John Baird. “We’re led by some of the finest leaders I would definitely say that the Port Melbourne football club has ever had in its existence. They are just unbelievably great young men. John Baird leads by example with his strong actions: when the heat’s on, you generally find him going to another level.”

As for the very real prospect of backto-back premierships for the top-ofthe-table Borough, Ayres is cautious but optimistic. “You’ve got to have luck in this game. But I’m a firm believer in the harder you work the luckier you get, and this group has worked undeniably harder than any other team I’ve seen in a long long time.”

PORT MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB P: 9646 2094 E: pmfc@bigpond.net.au W: www.pmfc.com.au

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Gasworks’ Operations and HR Manager Michele Domonkos said the team at Gasworks were delighted the Farmers Market had received the prestigious accolade. “Everyone at Gasworks is very excited to have our Farmers Market acknowledged at the 2012 delicious. Produce Awards,” she said.

PORT GROWTH REAFFIRMS COALITION GOVERNMENT’S

PORT EXPANSION PLANS Premier Ted Baillieu and Minister for Ports Denis Napthine announced on July 17th that trade figures at the Port of Melbourne had surged in the 2011-12 financial year with a 9.1 per cent overall increase at Australasia’s busiest container and general cargo port.

Mr Baillieu said in the 2011-12 financial year total port trade grew to 87 million revenue tonnes up from 79.7 million revenue tonnes in the previous year.

“This includes a 7.8 per cent increase in total container throughput with the Port of Melbourne handling 2.58 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) last year, smashing the previous year’s record of 2.39 million TEUs,” Mr Baillieu said.

“It is particularly pleasing to note that in the face of a high Australian Dollar and floods in the northern part of the state, our local producers made a strong contribution to this growth with full container exports increasing by 9.8 per cent.

Container imports also increased by 7.1 per cent on the previous year,” Mr Baillieu said.

“Our Farmers Market has been running since 2006 and we are very proud of all the stall holders and Gasworks staff who work so hard to make the market run smoothly each month,” Ms Domonkos added.

GASWORKS FARMERS MARKET WINS ‘MOST OUTSTANDING’ AWARD Gasworks Farmers Market was recently awarded the Outstanding Farmers Market Award at the 2012 delicious. Produce Awards at a ceremony at the Stokehouse in Brisbane and hosted by culinary critic Matt Preston.

Established in 2005, the awards highlight small and artisan producers and a growing interest in sustainability, with nominations doubling this year to 2000.

Victorian state judge Paul Wilson also praised the Gasworks Farmers Market for its contribution to Victoria’s thriving food and produce industry. “At Gasworks you see restaurateurs, chefs, bloggers and home cooks all mingling together. This Melbourne market gives exposure to Victoria’s best suppliers all in one arena,” he said.

The Gasworks Farmers Market is held at Gasworks Arts Park from 8:30am – 1pm on the third Saturday of each month. The remaining Farmers Market dates for 2012: Saturday 18 August Saturday 15 September Saturday 20 October Saturday 17 November Saturday 15 December

The summary of trade figures at the Port of Melbourne includes: • Total trade up 9.1 per cent to 87 million revenue tonnes; • Total container throughput up 7.8 per cent to 2.58 million TEU; • Full container exports up 9.8 per cent; • Full container imports up 7.1 per cent; • Dry bulk up 20.9 per cent to 4.2 million revenue tonnes; • Liquid bulk up 21.5 per cent to 6.4 million revenue tonnes; • Total motor vehicles up 4.5 per cent; • New automotive imports/exports to 356,000 units; and 3,379 total ship visits Mr Baillieu said the figures supported the Victorian Coalition Government’s decision to approve a $1.6 billion major expansion of the port including the development of a third container terminal and a purpose built automotive facility at Webb Dock.

Dr Napthine said the Port Expansion Project would ensure the Port of Melbourne continued to be a key economic asset for the state for many decades to come.

“The Port of Melbourne is an absolutely critical component of the Victorian economy, directly supporting about 14,000 jobs and many more indirect jobs throughout the state. Every business and household in Victoria relies upon an efficient and competitive port to export or import their products and supplies,” Dr Napthine said.

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‘Courage’

‘Greer Taylor’ – Vortex Maquette

‘THIS IS A MAQUETTE SHOW’ PORT MELBOURNE’S MARS GALLERY SCULPTURE IS THE ART OF INTELLIGENCE - PABLO PICASSO To be officially launched by Rae Rothfield at Port Melbourne’s fabulous MARS Gallery on Wednesday 8 August, is an unusual group show of over 40 Maquettes from over 30 Australian Sculptors. There has never been a show quite like this and the entire ground floor of the gallery will be full of works on plinths, on the floor, on the walls and even on the front window.

MARS Gallery sent out an invitation to sculptors on their database earlier this year and was rapidly inundated with hundreds of replies from sculptors all over the country, wanting to be part of the show.

This one of a kind show includes works from a well rounded list of emerging, mid-career and established artists which

includes Matthew Harding, Jane Valentine, Jud Wimhurst, Melissa Cussell, Zoe Amor, Anna Griffiths, Julie Collins and Derek John, Bill Sampson, Greer Taylor, Joanna O’Toole, Deidre Walsh, Graeme Base, Mike Nicholls, Joanne Mott, Nicholas Jones, William Eicholtz, Geoff Ricardo, Robert Hague, Anthony Vanderzweep, Genevieve McLean, Brendan Taylor, Evan Demas, Christabel Wigley, Mimi Dennett, Tsvia Aran-Shapir, Liz Walker, Frank Malerba, Jackie Ralph, Helen Braun, Forest Keegel, Carmel Wallace, Adrian Spurr, Joanna O’Toole, Anton Hasell, William Kelly, Matt Chaumont, Noah Grosz and Loretta Quinn.

WHEN: ‘This is a Maquette Show’ Wed 8th August 6-8pm.

PANEL DISCUSSION: ‘How will this time in Australian sculpture be remembered’ - Saturday 18th Aug 4-5pm.

WHERE: [MARS] Gallery, 418 Bay St Port Melbourne WEB: www.marsgallery.com.au

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3207 FATHER’S DAY FEATURE & GIFT GUIDE FATHER’S DAY AT THE FOLEY’S

By Lisa Quittner Martin Foley has been the Labor member for the electoral district of Albert Park since 2007, which includes Port Melbourne, Fishermens Bend, South Melbourne, Albert Park, Middle Park, Southbank, South Wharf, St Kilda Road, Elwood

and St Kilda. Martin is currently Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Ministers for Environment and Planning.

Loyalty, family, hard work and the value of education and making the most of life’s many opportunities …and a love of cricket.

When not serving his electorate, Martin’s greatest role is as a father to his 12 year old twins with wife Sharon, as well as his dogs, Fred and Ginger. 3207spoke to Martin about what it means to be a Dad and how Father’s Day is celebrated in the Foley home.

What are the life lessons you wish to teach your children?

How do you traditionally spend Father’s Day in the Foley home?

The same as my Dad’s lessons to me, plus making sure you make your community fairer and more sustainable for those with fewer opportunities.

What does being a father mean to you?

What was the most inventive or surprising gift your children have presented you with?

It makes you put your efforts for a better role for government into a longer time frame- it’s not just about now, it’s about the kind of life and community we are going to hand over to the next generation, so we better get it right. We better build a fairer, more just and equitable world - because it’s the only one we can hand on.

An orange pencil thin tie - very Elvis c.1955!

Martin Foley MP - 46 Rouse Street, Port Melbourne

What are the life lessons you learnt from your father?

P: 96467173 E: martin.foley@parliament.vic.gov.au

It’s a day to put on hold the ferrying kids to sporting events or attending community meetings and to spend some time connecting with the most important people in our lives - our families.

BARASSI - THE STAGE SHOW BARASSI is the story of iconic Australian footballer, coach, motivator and father of modern football, Ron Barassi depicted in an epic fashion, from child to elder statesman.

It is a story of determination, passion and courage, of success and failure.

We follow the development of young Ron under the care and mentorship of legendary coach Norm Smith as he develops into “the father of modern football”. Ever driven to challenge himself, and live up to the impossible memory of his father, Barassi makes the transition from champion player to revolutionary coach achieving the status of legend on the way. His football success shows no bounds while his marriage, business and old club Melbourne crumble.

From tragedy to legendary, Tee O’Neill’s stage show will uplift and inspire you… with plenty of laughs along the way.

Opens: 20 September, 2012 Where: Athenaeum Theatre Tickets: ticketek.com.au or 1300 795 012 Web: barassi.net.au

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Guinot, purveyors of quality skin care products offers the ideal gift pack for Dad. Baume Hydratant, comprises a moisturising and soothing after shave balm that promotes healing and reinforces the skins natural defences, which have been damaged by shaving. This product will also rehydrate the skin and includes key ingredients.

FOR THE ALPHA DAD Wenger Swiss Watch Maker and makers of the genuine Swiss Army knife has created a limited edition, Squadron Rescue Chronograph which comes with a numbered Ranger Rescue Knife, a leather band and a neoprene briefcase.

The Squadron Rescue features as a 12 hour chronograph that measures elapsed hours, minutes and seconds, luminous hands, sapphire crystal glass and is water resistant up to 100m.

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Teroforma’s Whisky Stones are made in Vermont from natural soapstone, by craftsmen of some of the oldest soapstone workshops in the United States. The stones are non-porous, and will impart neither flavour nor odour. Gentler than ice, Whisky Stones can be used to cool down your favourite spirits just enough to take the edge off without ‘closing down’ the flavours. May also be used warm by placing in hot water. Set of 9 rocks.

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The specifically designed modern wooden frame comes with a white finish with a pop-in adage of either ‘Made with Love’ or your own personalised message and is attractively packaged in keeping with Belly Art’s distinctive brand and style.

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