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It’s a long way to the top, if you want to drop the toll NICHOLAS Lynch (left) is already in training for this year’s Arthurs Seat Challenge. The Mornington real estate agent, joined here by son Brodie Lynch, and Abbey Brady, has run in six of the annual runs. They raise money for the Fit2Drive program working towards a future free of deaths and serious injuries on our roads by educating young drivers. Read more Page 9 Picture: Yanni
Burglars hit sporting clubs Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au A WAVE of night-time burglaries at small sporting and leisure clubs across the Mornington Peninsula has members on high alert. Detective Senior Sergeant Peter Drake, of Mornington Peninsula CIU, said more than a dozen robberies had occurred at club houses at Rosebud, Dromana, Balnarring,
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Mt Martha, Merricks, Crib Point, Mornington, Flinders, Red Hill and Hastings. “They may be connected but we are not certain at this stage,” he said. “They are a warning that club officers should check their security and make sure windows and doors are locked, and that CCTV is installed where possible.” Flinders Cricket Club was hit three times in September, with thieves forcing a window and accessing
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and pinch the TV – and they did!” He said the club had approached the shire to have an alarm installed, but had so far been unsuccessful. “If they helped us put in an alarm that could alert our mobile phones we wouldn’t need to do anything [in the event of a robbery] other than drive over and watch until police arrived. “Or even if the police drove around at night it would be a deterrent.” Flinders Golf Club reportedly was burgled around the same time but
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the bar area where they cut a small padlock and stole $200 from a till, as well as taking a coffee machine, TV set and boxes of cricket balls from a locked cabinet – a total haul of $1200. In one raid they attempted to jemmy a window causing extensive damage to the frame as well as a roller door at the Stokes St premises. Member David Hunt said that after the first robbery, a member quipped that thieves might come back again
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nothing was stolen. Thieves stole two saddles and a chainsaw valued at $3600 from Truemans Golf Driving Range, Fingal, overnight Monday 9 August. A man with a torch was seen at the property. He drove off in a small white sedan. A key-safe at Mt Martha Tennis Club was broken into and a small safe with $30 stolen, after clubroom cupboards were searched, Thursday 22 September. Continued Page 11
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