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Mornington News
5 December 2023
Picture: Gary Sissons
Compass points the way A NEW sculpture has been installed at the Peninsula Link’s Cranbourne Road, Frankston ramp. Compass 2023 by artist Natasha Johns-Messenger was installed last week. The steel pole sculpture stands 14 metres high, and lights up after dark. Johns-Messenger said the sculpture “responds to site - its scale, topography, light, spatial orientation, materiality and context. Engaging perceptual shifts inside simple geometric framing, my artworks aim to question our expectations of space and three-dimensional form”. “The forms of Compass 2023 are based on the navigation pillars of north, south, east and west, the smallest semi-circle pointing due north. The sculpture’s semi-circular forms also reference a drawing compass and echo the circular freeway of some freeway off-ramps. At night, the north, south, east and west semi-circles will be lit with narrow beams missing the vertical supports to give the
feeling that the arcs float above,” she said. “Utilising spatial and material conundrums, my work creates a chasm between what we think we know and what we perceive, heightening awareness. The fundamental implication here is that we all play a role in authoring our world.” The sculpture forms part of the Southern Way McClelland Commission, a program of new sculptures alternating between sites at Skye Road and Cranbourne Road along the Peninsula Link freeway every two years. The $300,000 commission for the sculpture was awarded last year. There will be 14 commissions through the program to 2037. Money for the sculptures is donated by Southern Way. Two previous sculptures paid through the program, Love Flower and Reflective Lullaby, have now returned to McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin.
Weekly footy skills clinics FREE pre-season football clinics being run at Mornington Park is designed to give young boys and girls the chance to learn new skills, stay active and have fun. The Demon Squad clinic has been running every Tuesday since 14 November, with the last session on 7 December. It is part of the Beleura Junior Football Club’s summer skills program run by parents from 5.30pm to 6.30pm at Mornington Park. The clinic is open to players of all age groups. New players are welcome to join, and players are free to come and go as they please. The program is led by Andy Luwor, who previously coached at Beleura for six seasons, and also has coaching experience at St Kilda Next Generation Academy and at senior level with Pines Football Netball Club. He is being assisted by other current Beleura coaches and ex-Beleura players and committee members.
Albatross at Dunes MAX Christie and the albatross have made history together at the Dunes Golf Links, Rye. While playing in the Dunes Medal Tournament Christie scored an albatross on the seventh hole on the 28 November. While particular shots have their place in golf, such as birdie (one under par) and eagle (two under par), the albatross, or a double eagle, is rare. In golf, an albatross is when a player scores three strokes under par on a single hole. Christie, of Geelong Golf Club, started his record making score by hitting off from 222 meters with a five iron. Hitting an albatross has been calculated to be a more than six million to one chance. Christie’s performance was made in a game that saw golfers face heavy rain and wind gusts of up to 50 kilometers an hour. He said making such a shot on the seventh hole was “truly special”.
