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Leading lights THE cream of Rosebud Secondary College’s 2014 crop is ready to lead the way, with new student leaders this week taking up their roles for the first time after being elected in a vote by teachers and peers. Grace Marks and Timothy Tilley were appointed VCE captains, and Kayla D’Angelo and Andrew Williams VCE vicecaptains, while Nick Prentzas and Amanda Thomas were appointed VCAL captains, and Sheldon Williams VCAL vice-captain. Before the vote, each of the 11 nominated students was required to outline their leadership ideas in a speech to staff and year 12 students. The college says it sets high academic standards and is the only school on the peninsula to offer the elite Select Entry Accelerated Learning program for gifted and high-potential students (see story Page 3). Pictured from left are: (back) Kayla D'Angelo and Grace Marks, (front) Andrew Williams, Tim Tilley and Nicholas Prentzs. Picture: Yanni
Chairlift plans go public By Mike Hast PLANS for the $14 million Arthurs Seat chairlift will be made public on Wednesday by Mornington Peninsula Shire. They will be on exhibition and open for public comment until 5 March although the shire will likely accept submissions until the matter goes before the council several weeks later. Arthurs Seat Skylift chief Simon
McKeon will present details of the proposal at a public meeting organised by Association for Building Community in Dromana (ABCD) on Monday night 3 March at Dromana Bay Life Saving Club. Skylift submitted its planning application to the shire on 23 November but was asked for more information. Late last year, Mr McKeon said Skylift was hoping to get planning ap-
proval by the end of the first quarter of 2014, start construction in spring this year and open the ride before the end of 2015. The ride 1000 metres up the western side of Arthurs Seat will have gondolas instead of the open chairs that carried up to 90,000 people a year between 1960 and 2006 when WorkSafe closed the chairlift after the last of three major incidents, including the January 2003
collapse of one of eight pylons that injured 12 people and stranded dozens more. Arthurs Seat Skylift was selected by the Brumby Labor government in October 2010 to build a new chairlift after the previous operator, Richard Hudson, was denied permission to operate the ride, despite spending more than $1 million rebuilding it in 2003-04, installing new, stronger pylons (built in
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Chairlift plans go public a large water tank for firefighting. A wider corridor up the mountain will need to be cleared to enable installation, and Skylift has identified private land next to Arthurs Seat State Park to be offered to Parks Victoria as a “vegetation offset” for clearing. Mr McKeon said the company had asked Parks Victoria to invest $1.5 million to improve the state park, mainly for extra parking at the top and bottom of the chairlift. Friends of Arthurs Seat will likely object to the plan as it is concerned about the top station taking parkland, the ride crossing Arthurs Seat Rd, clearing of a wider corridor, noise if the ride operated at night, and increased foot and vehicle traffic.
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Continued from Page 1 Mr McKeon – the 2011 Australian of the Year, Macquarie Group Melbourne office executive chairman and CSIRO chairman – is one of four shareholders in Skylift. Ray Barnard-Brown of ABCD said he had seen perspective drawings of the ride, and the association was looking forward to the gondola ride being built. Key issues likely to be discussed by the council include fire safety, the environment, and traffic and parking. Mr McKeon said Arthurs Seat was a recognised “hot spot” and the company had been consulting with the CFA. “We’ll be able to get everyone off the chairlift in seven minutes in the event of a fire,” he said. Skylift would install
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Pool site opposition growing By Mike Hast THE new year has brought new opposition to Mornington Peninsula Shire’s plan to build the multi-million dollar Southern Peninsula Aquatic Centre (SPA) on the foreshore at Rosebud. The matter was dormant for most of last year but was put back on the public agenda when a slim majority of councillors voted on 9 December for the foreshore location, which includes the carnival site and adjacent Rosebud Memorial Hall. The council rejected building SPA on the alternative site at Wannaeue Place, centred around Rosebud Central shopping centre, which it bought for $5.1 million in September 2012 along with a commercial property in Ninth Ave at the rear of the shopping
centre for $770,000. The shire later bought other Ninth Ave properties and has spent about $8 million all up. The shire is in the process of appraising expressions of interest from three companies that have been invited to become project manager of SPA. A newly formed committee comprising representatives of existing community groups as well as individuals has created a Facebook page called Save Rosebud Foreshore, which has hosted vigorous and lively debate. Administering the page is Safety Beach activist Joe Lenzo, involved in local politics since the mid-2000s but quiet since the 2012 election. Mr Lenzo stood at the 2008 council election in Dromana-based Kangerong Ward but received little support.
At the 2012 election, he ran in the new multi-councillor Seawinds Ward, which covers the old Kangerong, Rosebud and Truemans wards. He finished fourth after counting of preferences and was close to current mayor Cr Antonella Celi going into the final two rounds of preference allocation. Cr Celi was the third and final councillor elected after Graham Pittock and David Gibb. Mr Lenzo, who came to Australia from the United States in 2000, caused a stir at the declaration of the poll in a speech that criticised the shire over many issues including its “Clayton’s community consultation over SPA”. On Friday he told The News: “I have come out of retirement to administer the Facebook page.”
The Facebook page contains proand anti-foreshore posts as well as articles that have been published in The News and elsewhere. Pro-foreshore councillors David Gibb and Antonella Celi have made comments on the page. Mr Lenzo said it had been created to “counter propaganda put out by proforeshore people”. “It’s not just about SPA; it’s about any inappropriate development on our foreshore,” he said. He said the Save Rosebud Foreshore committee supported SPA in Rosebud “but not on the Port Phillip foreshore reserve”. “The Port Phillip foreshore is already under development pressure from coastal- and beach-dependent
facilities without this development, which does not need to be on the foreshore reserve,” the committee stated. “Despite the shire spending $8 million in 2012 for an alternative site in the ‘heart’ of central Rosebud, primarily for the aquatic centre, 6 of the 11 councillors still want to build it on the wet and sandy ground of the foreshore.” The Save Rosebud Foreshore group includes Nepean Ratepayers’ Association president Colin Watson, Mornington Peninsula Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association president Alan Nelsen, and members of several peninsula environment groups. n www.facebook.com/ saverosebudforeshore
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“A gallery owner recently told me he represented 150 artists but did not want them to create and control their own websites. “I told him there was no way he could successfully keep that many artists in work. ‘While you use them as the face of your business, they struggle to keep painting’.” Barber said he can teach an artist with basic computer skills to create and manage a website in two hours. One of the first artists he helped was Judy Ager (www.judyagerartist.com).
“I was astounded at how enjoyable, stress-free and empowering the process was,” she said. “I can make alterations and add to a website I built myself. It’s almost as much fun as painting.” Barber also makes videos for artists and art societies, and loads them on YouTube. “YouTube is effectively the largest and most-watched television station in the world and the only one where you can place an advertisement about your art and pay nothing.”
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Barber gives free talks to art societies, art clubs and community groups. “My wife says I need to keep my mind active as I get older,” he said with a grin. His topics include selling art on the internet, selling art with QR codes, converting paintings to cards and posters, and finding out if anyone has copied your art. n Details: www.morningtonpeninsula artists.com or email: northpaw@ bigpond.com Mike Hast
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ARTIST, designer, inventor, author and former rock ‘n’ roll guitarist Tony Barber is at it again in his studio at Dromana – inventing stuff to help fellow artists. Barber’s widely praised redesigning of the artist’s easel, which had basically remained unchanged for hundreds of years, attracted public attention in 2012. His ARTristic easel, which allows a canvas or board to revolve 360 degrees and be set on any angle, has revolutionised the way artists work and been sold around the world. Now he’s created a free website to help peninsula artists promote their work, and a system to teach them how to build and run websites. Barber, who migrating to Australia in 1963 at age 20 with $100 in his pocket and later co-founded the seminal Australian rock ‘n’ roll band Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, has written 35 books for children and adults, designed soft toys and paper sculptures, and been a children’s literacy and behavioural consultant. Barber and his wife Sue moved to the peninsula from Melbourne several years ago. He planned to finally concentrate on his painting and paper sculptures but increasingly was asked
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Authorities test for pollution By Mike Hast TWO government bodies and Mornington Peninsula Shire have joined forces to test water quality at Mornington beaches. The new project started last month and is a reaction to ongoing concerns about pollution affecting the town’s beaches. The project is a joint effort of the Environment Protection Authority, Melbourne Water and the shire. Samples are being taken at Mills Beach near Tanti Creek, Shire Hall Beach near a stormwater outlet, Mothers Beach, which is nearest to the pier but has no creek or stormwater outlet, and Fishermans Beach, which has a stormwater outlet and a boat launching ramp where fish entrails are dumped. Samples taken to a laboratory are being tested for E. coli and heavy metal traces. E. coli is bacteria that can indicate levels of sewage pollution. The testing was proposed at a meeting of Melbourne Water, the shire and Mornington Environment Association late last year. MEA president Jan Oliver said it was good to see the three agencies getting together but asked: “If pollution is found, do the agencies have the ability to deal with it?” Mothers Beach was closed twice last February due to two marine algal blooms. Mills Beach was also affected but not closed. The state government’s environment department issued a warning and signs were placed on the beach. The department said marine algal
blooms occurred most commonly during warmer months and were “a natural occurrence”. “Marine algal blooms in Port Phillip generally have no long-term health implications for humans who come into contact with it but the algae may cause skin and eye irritations,” it said. “We remind anyone who comes into contact with affected water to thoroughly wash their skin and clothing with clean water.” Last year the EPA stated algal blooms “can develop in the days or weeks after heavy rain, particularly during periods of warm, sunny and calm weather”. Port Phillip was also blighted by a large algal bloom that stretched from Daveys Bay in Mt Eliza to McCrae in late January and early February 2012. It was thought to have started off Frankston after raw sewage from a broken pipe four kilometres from Port Phillip entered a stormwater drain then Kananook Creek, which runs into Port Phillip. Frankston Council closed the beach for two days, 17-19 January, on the advice of the EPA. “Direct contact with algae-affected water can cause skin irritations and respiratory or hayfeverlike symptoms,” the Department of Sustainability and Environment warned. Water scientists have known was more than 15 years that sewage can create ideal conditions for some algal blooms. A federal government Department
Ugly bloom: Remains of dead algae at Mills Beach last summer. Authorities are testing for water pollution at four Mornington beaches.
of the Environment report in 2009 stated sewage treatment lagoons were susceptible to blue-green algae (BGA) blooms “as their high-nutrient environment provides ideal conditions for the development of these organisms”. Jan Oliver said no algal blooms had occurred off Mornington this summer. “This could be because
we’ve had little rain washing dead algae into Port Phillip or providing conditions that allow algae to occur.” Higher than usual tides and windy weather keeping the coastline clean might also be a factor, she said. Ms Oliver said she hoped water testing at Mornington would be a regular event.
Three beaches get state cash for litter THREE peninsula beaches will be the focus of a major rubbish clean-up operation under the state government’s $100,000 Litter Hotspots funding program. Mornington Peninsula Regional Waste Management Group has been awarded $7000 from the scheme to prevent litter at Mornington’s Mothers and Mills beach, and Mt Martha Beach South. Mornington MP David Morris said the project would help prevent rubbish and keep the areas beautiful. “With this funding, councils will receive a helping hand to help clean up the waterways in these favourite beaches and deliver positive outcomes for the environment,” Mr Morris said. The project will focus on street litter and cigarette butts washed on to the three beaches. Mr Morris said the project aimed to “build capacity within the community to reduce beach litter at the three litter hotspots”. Environment Minister Ryan Smith said $100,000 in state government funding would support 10 municipalities and community groups deliver projects that will prevent litter and clean up areas along the Yarra River and Port Phillip catchment. “The Cleaner Yarra River and Port Phillip Bay Litter Hotspots Project is one of several strategies in place as part of the state government’s A Plan of Action, which received more than $7 million in last year’s state budget. For more information about the project including a list of project partners, visit www. mwmg.vic.gov.au/local-government/litter/ litter-hotspots-project
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Three men saved from Gunna rip THE quick actions of a Rye police officer and two members of the public saved the lives of three swimmers caught in a rip at Gunnamatta Beach last week. Police noticed three men had been swept more than 200 metres out to sea by a strong current about 4.15pm on Thursday. Leading Senior Constable Anthony Coates and two members of the public braved the treacherous conditions and swam out to the stricken men. Together they were able to assist the men safely to shore where they were treated by waiting ambulance crews. Sergeant Daniel Lean of Rosebud police said he was proud of the efforts of Leading Senior Constable Coates and the two men. “This could have ended in tragedy if not for the brave actions taken by Anthony and the members of the public,” he said. “It also serves as a timely reminder that if you are going swimming, make sure you check conditions and swim in appropriate locations.” The incident followed the rescue of a 17-yearold girl from Frankston beach last Saturday week. A 15-year-old boy from Frankston South kept the girl afloat for more than an hour as she slipped in and out of consciousness about 250 metres off the beach after going to her rescue about 9.30pm. He was later helped in the rescue mission by a Frankston police officer who swam out about 10.30pm. On the way back to the beach, the constable noticed the girl had stopped breathing and administered mouth-to-mouth resuscitation while still in the water. The constable, whose brave efforts were also praised, was able to revive the girl before she again lost consciousness near the shore. Police continued to administer CPR on the beach until paramedics arrived. The girl began breathing again and was taken to Frankston Hospital for treatment. She was released the following day. Chris Brennan
Thanks for Chrissie: Mornington Community Christmas lunch volunteers at a thank you morning tea last week at Mornington Information Centre.
Christmas lunch crew earns high praise MORNINGTON Community Christmas Lunch volunteers enjoyed a morning tea last week that was held to thank them for making the festive season more cheerful for less fortunate Mornington Peninsula residents. For the past 14 years, volunteers have put on a Christmas lunch at Mornington Senior Citizens Club for people who would otherwise be alone on Christmas day.
The volunteers work tirelessly throughout the year to plan the event, with many giving up their time on Christmas Day to help serve lunch. The event is coordinated by Mornington Community Information and Support Centre and sponsored by Bendigo Community Bank Mt Martha and Mornington Peninsula Shire. The shire’s meal delivery unit supplied a traditional cooked lunch. Joining the group to thank them were Briars
Ward councillor Bev Colomb, Barry Kirkpatrick of Mt Martha Community Bank, and John Riddle of the support centre. Cr Colomb said she enjoyed meeting volunteers, sponsors and coordinators, and was pleased to thank them. Anyone wishing to volunteer for this year’s community Christmas lunch can contact Mornington Community Information and Support Centre on 5975 1644.
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Shire finance chief resigns after just 14 months MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire’s top finance executive has resigned after just over a year in the job. Marilyn Kearney, the Director of Sustainable Organisation, has been appointed to a similar role at inner-city Boroondara Council. Her departure means the shire has lost two senior executives in as many months with the recent retirement of Noel Buck, the governance and corporate manager, who last September announced he would leave in December after 38 years in local government including 18 with the shire. Ms Kearney replaced Kevin Clarke, who held the position for 13 years, joining the shire in 1999 – soon after CEO Michael Kennedy arrived from Boroondara – and leaving in August 2012. Mr Clarke became the senior finance officer of Mornington-based Frankston-Mornington Peninsula Medicare Local, a federal government-funded organisation that assists medical professionals keep people out of hospitals. Ms Kearney started at the shire in December 2012 and is responsible for the finance, IT, property and valuations, governance, and customer support departments. She came from Monash Council where she fulfilled similar finance and corporate planning roles for more than 11 years, and served as acting chief executive for a short time in 2010. Ms Kearney is a board member of Local Government Professionals, also known as LGPro, and
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a member of its finance committee. She is a member of the advisory board at Monash University’s Faculty of Business and Economics, a position she has held for more than five years. Ms Kearney is well known in local government circles and is a promoter of women in senior local government roles. The News understands shire staff were told Ms Kearney had resigned as her husband did not want to move to the peninsula but council watchers claim more sinister reasons including conflict over the preparation of the budget and the divisive issue of the Southern Peninsula Aquatic Centre (SPA). Ms Kearney presented a report from the shire executive on the two SPA site options at a council meeting on 9 December. It favoured the foreshore Crown land site over the Wannaeue Place location. It stated SPA would cost $28 million but in March the shire said it would be $33 million. It was odd Ms Kearney presented the report instead of Director of Sustainable Infrastructure Alex Atkins or recreation and leisure manager Peter Gore. Ms Kearney will leave in mid-April. Alison Leighton, an engineer and the shire’s manager of infrastructure strategy, will be Acting Director of Sustainable Organisation until a replacement for Ms Kearney is found. Mike Hast
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Don’t blame aquatic centre consultants OPINION By Stuart Allen THE consulting industry, of which I’ve been a part for the past 14 years, generally operates on a couple of simple principles: 1. Be available whenever the client demands. 2. Deliver exactly what the client has requested where you believe the outcome to be true or accurate. By adhering to these principles, repeat business is likely to flow. Clearly, the SGL Group follows these principles pretty closely, hence the “very good earn” that it has made from Mornington Peninsula Shire over the past 10 to 15 years. To safeguard a consultant firm’s professional reputation and/or limit its potential liability to a negligence or malpractice claim when it has been asked to doing something it doesn’t necessarily believe in, it is common practice to weave all types of disclaimers into a report or analysis. I would be intrigued to see the disclaimers the consultant made when recommending the following “industry success factors for aquatic centres”: High visibility with high levels of traffic. Accessibility to public transport. Attractive location. Size of site. It is clear these criteria were intended to achieve one thing – select the Rosebud foreshore as the preferred location for the proposed Southern Peninsula Aquatic Centre (SPA). None of the nine other potential locations considered had the slightest chance of success.
The only thing consultant didn’t nominate as part of evaluation criteria was “compliance with the Crown allotment number for the foreshore site”; this would have avoided any doubt. If you were to look closely at other aquatic centre developments – such as Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC) in Albert Park, Glen Eira’s GESAC in East Bentleigh, Banyule’s WaterMarc in Greensborough, Kingston Waves in Highett, and Monash’s Waverley Aquatic Centre – and applied the same assessment criteria, all would fail the test. Indeed, WaterMarc is built behind a strip shopping centre (not a dissimilar environment to Wannaeue Place) and if you didn’t see the directional signs, you wouldn’t know it was there. Waverley Aquatic Centre is poorly serviced by public transport, is not in a prominent location, and is (now) site constrained but manages to attract 1.4 million patrons a year. Not too bad for a location that would have failed the “industry success factors” Mornington Peninsula Shire adopted. With the exception of MSAC and GESAC, the other centres are just very large “four walls and a roof”. They are not “architectural masterpieces” capable of winning design awards, the type of outcome that you would fully expect from a design competition. Clearly, these other councils think it is more important to spend money on facilities inside the building rather than the “wrapping paper” that surrounds it. What a shame our shire councillors don’t concur with this approach. And why should public transport be a fundamental success criterion when the shire’s industry experts – assume
SGL – estimate more than 95 per cent of pool patrons will arrive by car? And how do they explain the advice provided that the Besgrove St location would suffer a 20 per cent diminution of patronage due to its location? But this advice served its purpose – it killed off Besgrove St from a cost benefit perspective when compared to the foreshore option. Was it not SGL that advised the shire on the patronage forecasts for Pelican Park aquatic centre in Hastings? Cr Hugh Fraser told us on 21 January that it was costing ratepayers $800,000 a year to keep Pelican Park’s doors open, but the original forecasts had the facility breaking even within 10 years. I am sure SGL provided the appropriate level of disclaimers to avoid any pecuniary or reputational repercussion resulting from those forecasts; clearly shire CEO Michael Kennedy lays no blame with SGL for the poor performance of Pelican Park as the firm keeps being re-engaged. Worse still, shire officers consider Pelican Park to be successful. They would not be thinking this if they had to invest their own money each year rather than ratepayer funds. The well-respected firm of SGS Economic and Planning was engaged to prepare a cost benefit analysis for SPA, the outcome of which indicated only the foreshore location would achieve a positive benefit. What a surprise. I am certain the SGS analysis contains myriad disclaimers that will basically say “we only did what our client wanted”. This type of analysis is intended to test the options against each other and on their respective merits, not create a preferred option as the ‘base case’ and
then work out how you can make sure the alternative sites do not stack up against the preferred option. If it was done robustly, each option would take account of the relevant peculiarities of each site – both cost and benefit – and score them appropriately. Therefore, it is completely improbable to have such a divergence of results from two locations that are less than 500 metres apart, when the value of the realisable benefits would be approximately equal. This would only occur if you wanted a particular outcome – for the foreshore to rank positively and the others negatively. The biased 9 December 2013 shire officers’ report was scant in the extreme on how the comparative analysis results came about – perhaps the officers didn’t understand it or want to understand it? – on what is a critical issue for the project, but the report give the reader enough of a hint to determine that it was a fundamentally flawed process that derived the positive 1.78 ratio for the foreshore location. On 21 January, Cr David Gibb informed us Wannaeue Place was purchased to “... progress the Rosebud town planning”. He also stated not all of the land at Wannaeue Place needed for SPA was owned by the shire. (But the shire doesn’t own the foreshore either; just mere detail I am sure.) On this basis, why did the cost benefit analysis include for the foreshore and Besgrove Street options a revenue item being a development profit – or more likely the actual revenue obtained from a sale of the land (given it would/should be greater than the profit) from the sale or development of Wannaeue Place?
As shire officers told us no formal construction cost estimates for each location had been undertaken, the cost benefit analysis would have to have been based on an estimate calculated on quantities, areas and materials by a quantity surveyor. Without any meaningful site-specific peculiarities costed in to the estimate, each of the three locations should have used the same construction cost base for the analysis. After running the model, I strongly suspect none of the three options produced a cost benefit ratio of equal to or greater than 1. In blunt terms, when you combine the construction costs, the net present value of the annual subsidy funding amounts and the underlying value of the land (irrespective of whether the land is owned by the shire or Crown land is used, a market value of land must be part of the real project cost), this amount will be greater than the resultant socio-economic value that the project creates. Indeed, the foreshore location should have a further cost burden applied to it, as compared to the other options considered, so it fairly reflects the real value of the loss of public open space to SPA. No doubt the shire would downplay this value to suit its preferred case, but there are other groups that value this loss highly, thereby making the foreshore location even more unattractive from a cost benefit perspective. More poignantly, the measurements the shire adopted to prove the project’s value have actually proven it to be a dud. Continued Page 14
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and workshops in qi gong (similar to tai chi), Pilates, yoga, relaxation and meditation, and Chinese medicine. Ms Robertson said the event would include exhibitors from around the peninsula showcasing healing, selfdevelopment, nutrition, meditation, massage, dance, counselling, ecofriendly products and more. “People can learn from top teachers in their field and be inspired by inspirational speakers and demonstrators,� she said. There will be free seminars, workshops and demonstrations for adults and children. “The hourly workshops will give attendees a small taste of what is available on the southern peninsula
and how looking after your mind, body and soul is more than just a catch phrase.â€? A stall or site costs $20 and money raised will go to the community house to support its low-cost classes and workshops. Admittance costs a gold coin. ď Ž Mind Body and Soul Expo, 10am3pm, Saturday 8 March (International Women’s Day), Dromana Community House, 15 Gibson St. Details: Dromana Community House, 5987 2631 or Michelle Robertson, 0466 332 316. Email: info@ dromanacommunityhouse.org.au Staying sharp: Participants practise qi gong at Dromana Community House on Friday. Picture: Yanni
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the handling of the case by the Department of Human Services announced by Victoria’s Children’s Commissioner Bernie Geary to see if the “system” had failed. Anderson, who had limited access to his son, was reported to have lived “rough” between a caravan at Patterson Lakes and his car. As Australia’s cricketers touring South Africa wore black armbands in Luke’s memory, his own club cancelled all of last weekend’s junior and senior games. Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association president Stephen Morone said grief counsellors
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Cultural get-together on national day
Fair cop?: Mornington Peninsula Shire parking officers made use of a nature strip as they booked cars in Victoria St.
New business a lift for shire THE popularity of a new business at Safety Beach is proving a money-spinner for its owners – and Mornington Peninsula Shire. Customers flocking to the grocery, cake and coffee store at the corner of Marine Drive and Victoria St are confronted by a shortage of parking spaces. Last Sunday week (9 February),
two parking officers booked eight motorists for parking offences in Marine Drive and Victoria St. One was fined $144 for using a disabled parking and another was hit with the same amount for being in a no stopping area. Six $87 tickets were issued to motorists parked next to a yellow-edged line and another was fined $72 for failing to pay a fee or
obey instructions. The officers who issued the tickets parked their shirebadged car half on the road and half on a nature strip between no parking signs in Victoria St. A ninth motorist was booked at Safety Beach boat ramp. Motorists who parked on a vacant block avoided being booked. Keith Platt
Don’t blame pool consultants Continued from Page 10 I am confident the Wannaeue Place sales revenue being included in the model, to effectively reduce the capital cost estimate of SPA at the foreshore location, was a last-ditch attempt to convince people that SPA on the foreshore was viable. Conversely, if the shire offices were sold and the proceeds applied to reduce Wannaeue Place construction cost, that option would have a favourable cost benefit well in excess of 1. However, the modelling inputs adopted just reinforce the extremes that some councillors, and probably a few officers, will go to mislead or, worse still, potentially deceive ratepayers into believing SPA is a good use of their money. If the shire believes the current cost benefit analysis will satisfy the condition placed by Environment Minister Ryan Smith on his approval of SPA on
coastal foreshore, then they will be in for a rude and probably very embarrassing shock. Having consulted to the minister’s department, and appreciated the skills of those officers, it will not take them long to reach the same conclusions I did. The entire exercise is nothing more than a sham. With many ratepayer dollars already spent on this exercise over the past 10 years, coupled with no real understanding of how much it is actually going to cost – irrespective of location – and it being questionable that the asset will be of benefit to the wider community and the expectation of spending a few million more in the coming months and years, it is time a formal public enquiry was initiated. It is incumbent on our local MP and Minister for Education, Martin Dixon, to take the lead and get something underway before we incur or waste fur-
ther precious ratepayer resources. As a senior minister of the Crown, Mr Dixon should know only too well the need to act judiciously in the spending of public money and the disciplines that must be adopted to obtain best value for money outcomes. The way that at least six councillors are acting – aided and abetted by selected members of the shire’s executive team – means the good name of Mornington Peninsula Shire will suffer if this matter is not suitably dealt with and soon. Mr Dixon should act now and decisively in the best interests of the Mornington Peninsula community. But along the way, don’t blame the consultants; they were only doing what they were instructed to do. The writer is a commercial consultant to state and local governments on major infrastructure projects.
HISTORY, different cultures and religions came together during a dinner to celebrate Australia Day held by the Langwarrin-based Ahmadiyya Muslim Association. MPs, councillors and senior police were among 150 community leaders and representatives at the dinner on Saturday 1 February, nearly a week after the association joined the Australia Day parade in Melbourne. The association’s Bait-ul-Salam (House of Peace) mosque is in the renovated former Leisureland Fair theme park, off North Rd, which closed in 1992 with much of its surrounding land being subdivided for homes. The dinner began with a recitation from the Quran and its translation in English followed by formal acknowledgement of the traditional owners of the land and the National Anthem. Rehmat Samiullah, the Australian Muslim Association’s Victorian secretary for external affairs, gave a brief history of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community and its humanitarian services. Guest speakers spoke about the association’s role, including interfaith dialogue, blood drives, Clean Up Australia Day and Red Cross door knock appeals. Frankston mayor Cr Darrel Taylor
told diners Frankston Council, Melbourne Water and the Muslim association were partners in building a “Harmony Creek” picnic and recreation area next to the Muslim centre. Member for South East Metropolitan Region Inga Peulich described Ahmadi Muslims as “really a beacon of the Islamic religion because it doesn’t only shine the very best course of Islamic faith but also, I think, the underpinning philosophy that integrating into the society or the nation in which you live is so important to your success”. Cranbourne MP Jude Perera said he admired the “conduct” of the association “and also how much they have integrated into the mainstream of Australia”. “This is a great news story that will allow the local community here to go jogging around the creek area, have picnics and the area would be enhanced and beautified for the community to use,” he said. “I think it’s just a great example of how the mateship and giving back comes into play. Frankston Council is proud that you have called Langwarrin home and we look forward to further partnerships in the future.” Keith Platt
Dine out: At the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Australia Day dinner were, from left, Holt MP Anthony Byrne, South East Metropolitan Region MP Inga Peulich, Frankston mayor Cr Darrel Taylor and Muslim association president Javed Safder Chaoudhary.
Blue Ribbon goes green for hospitals GOLFERS will be aiming for gold when they tee off at this year’s Blue Ribbon Foundation Golf Day to Remember. President of the foundation’s peninsula branch Darryl Nation said golfers could “win a pot of gold” if they hit a hole in one during the St Patrick’s Day tournament. The foundation perpetuates the memory of Victoria Police killed in the line of duty. Mr Nation said all the money raised would support Frankston and Rosebud hospitals’ emergency departments. “We’re aiming to raise $50,000 by the end of March to give to Rosebud Hospital’s emergency department and establish a memorial for a local police officer who lost his life in the line of duty,” he said. “It is sure to be a fantastic day of golfing with prizes and trophies for nearest the pin and longest drives.” Fields in the 18-hole stableford event tee off at 8am and 1pm with a shotgun start. The $80 entry includes lunch or dinner, refreshments and chance to win prizes and trophies. The Blue Ribbon Foundation Golf Day will be held at Rossdale Golf Course, Sixth Ave, Aspendale, on Monday 17 March. Details: Ron Nation, 9775 5978.
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Architect-designed beach house an icon CHANCELLOR and Patrick were two of the most celebrated architects of the mid-20th Century. Their contributions includes the halls of residence at both Monash University and La Trobe University, and institutional buildings such as St James Presbyterian Church in Wattle Park and St Johns in East Cheltenham. They were also known for several residential projects, including McCraith House, perhaps better known as the Butterfly House, and St Elmo’s, which is a brilliant modernist example from the two masters of Australian architecture. Literally metres from the famed Butterfly House, St Elmo’s takes in glorious 180-degree views of Port Phillip and enjoys a serene position high on the hill overlooking the beaches of Dromana. The home has been renovated but this has been sensitively, with a range of original features retained. Set on about 844 square metres of land, the property is defined by the powerful connection to the outdoors with vast picture windows and stacked sliding doors providing the perfect conduit to the magical outlook. Dramatic stonework and floor-to-ceiling Tasmanian oak doors lend texture to the timeless design. Spread over three levels, the top floor provides open-plan living and dining, while a full wall of windows afford views spanning the bay. A fabulous retro kitchen has been updated with contemporary stainless steel appliances including a freestanding Smeg oven and cook top and a dishwasher. From here, sliding doors lead out to a sheltered balcony. Also on this level are main and guest bedrooms with a renovated bathroom and powder room. A second bathroom on the first floor services two more bedrooms, and there is also a light-filled family room. Private seaside gardens complete this perfect location, while a cantilevered carport and return driveway provide parking for six cars.
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The epitome of luxury PICK your adjective: luxurious, stunning, modern. They all apply to this stunning fivebedroom home set on an elevated 848-square metre block that offers an enticing view of the bay. There is a fantastic sense of space throughout the home, with multiple living areas each offering their own sense of style and character. The home also boasts a superb kitchen fitted with European appliances and polished timber floors. The master bedroom has an ensuite with twin shower, and a walk-in wardrobe. From here you get your own private light show as the peninsula comes to life during the evening. The four remaining bedrooms share two more bathrooms. Suspended on a lower balcony is an amazing gas and solar-heated salt-chlorinated swimming pool, and from the nearby entertaining area, akin to a resort-style sky deck, you can also take in the panorama. At street level is a double garage while other external features include extensive pathways and paved areas that work their way through the landscaped gardens. Address: 12 Garner Street, DROMANA Price: $1,330,000 Agency: Stockdale & Leggo, 193 Point Nepean Road, Dromana, 5987 3233 Agent: Anthony McDermott 0403 161 125
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Excellent equipment including
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Cemetery damaged by fires; blacksmith suffers after close call Compiled by Matt Vowell From the pages of the Mornington Standard, 21 February 1914 AN extensive bush fire raged during the past week in the neighbourhood of the Tyabb cemetery, and the cemetery itself suffered severely. The gates and the greater part of the fence were wholly destroyed. The long grass was burnt throughout more than half the area, and in this space all wooden railings. etc. were destroyed. The cemetery has been in a deplorable condition for years, and the shire secretary has almost completed the task of getting things in order. There is now an excellent opportunity for the cemetery trustees to wisely expend the funds in hand and make this God’s acre less of an abomination of desolation. *** MR C. Ralph, employed by Mr J. Jenkins, blacksmith, Mornington, met with a painful accident caused by a steel spark flying into his eye last week. The foreign body was removed at the Ear and Eye hospital, and Mr Ralph is now doing well. *** THE Frankston Brass Band proceeded to Melbourne on Friday, to take part in the A.N.A. Band competitions. We expect our boys to give a good account of themselves. *** MESSRS Alex Scott and Co. report having disposed of Mr J. D. Waters’ “Blair Athol” property, at a satisfactory figure, the purchaser being Mr Chas Graves, of Mornington. *** MR Arnold Sullivan, who gained
a first class certificate at the recent teachers’ examinations in Melbourne, was formally a Langwarrin lad and his early education was obtained at Langwarrin and Frankston. He is the fifth son of the gentleman who represented the Defence Department at Langwarrin for many years, and was affectionately known as “Sully the Sarn Major.” *** AN unfortunate accident happened to Ernie Sanderson, son of Mr Geo Sanderson of Mornington on Saturday last whilst driving a lorry in Main street. The unfortunate lad was about to hit the horse when it suddenly plunged, and Sanderson was thrown forward, at the same time the horse kicked and caught him full in the face. He was conveyed to the Melbourne hospital Saturday evening, and an operation performed on Monday when it was found that his injuries were not so serious as was anticipated, and we are pleased to state he is doing as well as can be expected. *** AN exciting story was told in Mornington about an escape by a motor load of picnickers from a sudden onslaught of the fire near Mount Martha on Saturday. It is stated that the car, which contained a number of young men and girl’s, was driven off the main road on to a side track. It had not proceeded far when heavy sand was encountered. The party thereupon decided to have lunch before returning to the main road. The ti-tree scrub was very dense hereabouts. The picnickers had just settled down to
lunch, which had been invitingly laid out by the girl members of the party, when one of them noticed a smell of fire. The north wind which was blowing, suddenly became very hot. The picnickers jumped up and ran out on to the track. To their horror they
The dams are getting low, and even the little lake in the orchard known as “Ole Johnnies” is now so low that you may catch the gold fish in it.
saw the road along which they had driven a little while previously a sea of flames on either hand, and sweeping across the narrow path. The fire was rapidly approaching them. There was no time to gather up the edibles or trimmings, as it would be difficult enough to save the car. The engine was started, and all hands commenced to push. At first the wheel’s turned
round ineffectively in the sand, and it was not until a number of branches had been torn off the trees and forced under the tyres that the car could be got to move. It had not gone 100 yards when it again stopped, and the procedure had to be repeated. This time, however, it got some way on, and the pushers were left far behind. The road then improved and the driver waited for the others to catch up. After proceeding for half a mile a large open space, the scene of a fire earlier in the year, was reached, and here the car and party berthed till the fire had died down sufficiently to allow them to retrace their steps back to the main road. The name of the driver of the car was not ascertained. *** THE weather has been very hot and dry, fires have been burning in various parts of the district. One that caused some little anxiety and labor in subduing occurred in Lower Somerville. Mr T. Morrison had some trouble in saving his shed, and Mr Jackson had a hard fight to keep it out of his orchard. *** RAIN continues to hold off, and is likely to do so judging by every indication. Last Monday night, there was a particularly heavy dew, and a lighter one on Tuesday. The dams are getting low, and even the little lake in the orchard known as “Ole Johnnies” is now so low that you may catch the gold fish in it. *** THE first Baptismal services were held by the Rev. C. Eva, church of England Vicar on Sunday at the lo-
cal hall, when a number of parents presented their children to obtain the Blessings of the Almighty. This service on account of being the first public occasion was looked forward to with great interest. *** THE first shipment of timber has arrived in Hann’s Inlet for the preparation of the Naval Base. Great satisfaction is felt on Sir Maurice Fitz Maurice’s report on the Base, as a feeling of discontent has prevailed amongst the local residents, on account of as many men being dismissed. *** FRENCH Island was illuminated by a large bush fire on Tuesday night, making a beautiful sight from the main land. *** THE half yearly general meeting of the “Happy Hour Club” was held at the Tyabb hall on Saturday evening, February 7th. Mr J. Maloney, acting president occupied the chair. Following the usual procedure, the election of officers took place, with the following result: President, Albert G. Borrowman, Vice President, Mr J. Maloney, Hon. secretary and Treasurer, Mr D. Longmuir. Committee: Messrs G. Gibson, L. Girard, G. Slocombe, H. Unthank and H. Sharples. Auditors: Messrs R. W. Slocotnhe and A. Lester. The balance sheet showed a credit balance of £4 3s 11d. A committee meeting has been arranged to discuss a definite programme, with the result it is hoped, of increasing the membership and popularity of the club.
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Blogging: the sport of dunces By Stuart McCullough IT is not by accident that the term “blogging” sounds like a human ablution. The results, it must be said, are often startling similar. Keeping a diary is one thing, deciding to share your thoughts in a wholly unfettered, completely unfiltered manner is something best done in power ballad form and not on the internet where other people might actually read it. Frankly, if the excesses of blogging cannot be curbed, then it’s high time we considered abandoning the internet altogether and made the move back to carrier pigeons and telex machines. Previously, technology had what I call inbuilt limits. You had to confine yourself in terms of your message for fear that a pigeon, if overburdened, might plunge into the ocean and leave your missive undelivered. Ramble on too much and your telex message could easily take several days to deliver and result in a phone bill that looked more like the Gross Domestic Product of a medium-sized South American country. Probably Peru. But now the need to curtail personal excess has been dispensed with and oversharing is the order of the day. No thought, no matter how trivial, should be allowed to go unpublished. Granted, there are those who might argue some platforms for what I refer to as “projectile thought vomiting” by their nature impose brevity. No doubt, such brave souls would nominate Twitter and its 140 characters
as a glistening beacon of restraint. Those people are wrong. There’s not much point in limiting the number of characters if you don’t also limit the number of tweets. If users were, say, restricted to sending one message a day, its supporters would have a point. That, sadly, is not the case. Instead, hoards of useless tweets clog up the atmosphere and threaten to block out the sun, thus extinguishing life as we know it. Truth be told, a lot of pretty stupid thoughts pass between my ears on a
daily basis. Can you use sour cream as a substitute for milk in coffee? Is there any risk that gravity might one day start to wear out, enabling us to fly? Would a newly released Schapelle Corby make a decent midfield coach for the Melbourne Football Club? For the most part, I have the good sense to keep these random ideas very much to myself lest I should seem to the world at large to be a complete idiot. But blogging, in its various incarnations, encourages people to
abandon self-censorship in pursuit of content, no matter how useless. Where does the term blogging come from anyway? It’s not like the Earl of Blog decided one night to jump on his laptop during a break in a poker game to share whatever was on his mind. Nor was it found at the bottom of a Petri dish along with a small colony of mould. It must be said, there’s something about the name that just seems wrong. Blogging does not sound like an online diary. Rather, it’s the sound that gumboots make when walking through deep mud in the back paddock. Indeed, as a kid, I would be required to give my boots a wash after blogging up near the chook shed. Back then, blogging was a danger to the carpet but not much else. Perhaps I’m lucky. It would have been disastrous had my every thought appeared on the internet when I was in high school. There’s a very real chance that I would still be repeating Year 9 were that the case. Then again, what I did back then may be a thousand times worse. Rather than blog or keep a diary, I poured my thoughts into songs. Worse still, I decided that the best way to communicate these pieces of emotional spillage was to sing them myself. That I had a voice I’d now describe as “disturbed funk walrus” made things even worse. But being a terrible singer with not very good songs had its upside. It meant there was an inbuilt limit to how much I embarrassed myself.
Just like a carrier pigeon or telex machine can act as a restraint, so too did my natural lack of ability. When I performed, it was usually just to the guy behind the bar being paid $12 an hour. Before then, nobody knew what the singular for “audience” was. Somewhere between finishing my set and wondering whether there was any point in performing an encore, I decided it was probably “audient”. When singing your heart out to an audient, there’s little doubt as to who heckled you partway through the second verse. On reflection, I wasn’t singing, I was blogging. Perhaps I’m just jealous. Maybe I find it difficult to comprehend that something I happen to judge as not being worth very much manages to find so extensive an audience almost in spite of itself. The abandonment of intellectual rigour, to say nothing of conventional grammar – it’s all a little confronting. But that’s okay. Blogging, in one form or another, is one of those human activities to which people are irresistibly drawn – like yawning or picking your nose, it’s is simply a part of life. It may be no bad thing. If nothing else, tapping out your thoughts and posting them in cyberspace may still be a whole lot better than the caterwauling of a funk walrus, performing his self-penned song cycle to an audient in an otherwise empty bar. Blog away. It could be worse. stuart@stuartmccullough.com
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Baxter in with strong finals chance PROVINCIAL By IT Gully BAXTER is in line to pull-off one of the wins of the season in round 10 of MPCA Provincial cricket. Baxter is looking down the barrel of an outright win against Heatherhill after rolling the visitors for just 85. Coming into the second-last match of the season, Baxter was sitting outside of the top four, albeit equal on points with third-placed Mt Eliza, fourth-placed Langwarrin and sixthplaced Long Island. The loser of the Langwarrin versus Long Island game can kiss the finals goodbye. Mt Eliza was always going to get the job done against Moorooduc and, while Baxter was favourite to beat the Hills, they needed to do it convincingly to improve their
percentage. On Saturday, it was Marc Uccello who did the damage for Baxter. Opening bowlers Adrian Mack and Dale Irving took early wickets to have the Hills 2/3. However, it was Uccello’s 6/30 from 16 overs that placed Baxter in a sensational position. Kristian Miller was the only Hills player to offer any resistance, top scoring with 26. Baxter then batted for 26 overs and clubbed 3/133 before declaring, Shane McComb scoring 59 and Daniel Warwick an unbeaten 51. With nine overs left in the day, Baxter decided to have another crack at the Hills. Dale Irving promptly claimed a wicket, to have the Hills at 1/17 heading into day two. An outright win will guarantee Baxter a place in the finals.
Langwarrin will resume at 1/14 this Saturday after bowling out Long Island for just 141. For the second week in succession, the Kangas had the opposition in all kinds of trouble before a partnership threatened to take the match away from them. Against Crib Point, the Kangas had them five down for less than 50, only to see them score 190-odd and win the game. On Saturday against the Islanders, the Kangas had the opposition 6/78, only to let them score another 63 runs. Michael Chaplin was the difference for the Islanders with 43. Mal Coutts was the best of the Langwarrin bowlers with 3/26 from 20.5 overs while Dwayne Doig claimed 3/34. Needing to face the last nine overs of the day, like the last match, David
Ross couldn’t bat through to stumps, dismissed leg-before off the bowling of Scott Phillips for a duck. Langwarrin does have Phillipsphobia and this could see the Islanders defend their modest total. Langwarrin will resume at 1/14. The other team in the finals equation, Mt Eliza, will defend 265 against Moorooduc. Tristian Faithful scored 80 and Rob Maskiell 45 for the Mounties while Sushant Gupta and Greg Pullen each claimed three wickets for the Ducs. Having to face the last three overs of the day, the Ducs survived and will resume at 0/8. In the battle to avoid relegation, Mt Martha and Rye are locked in an intriguing battle, with the Demons holding the upper hand. Mt Martha batted first on their home deck but could only manage 99.
Darren Groves was superb for the Demons with 4/16, while Tom Barrand claimed 3/19. In reply, the Demons are 3/67, Andrew Hitchener top scoring with 29. The Demons just need to bat for the entire day this Saturday to claim the win. The Reds will be hoping they can pull off a reverse outright. Sorrento star Nick Jewell belted a magnificent 185 against Crib Point on Saturday to help his side to 4/330. Liam O’Connor was there for much of Jewell’s innings, scoring 69. In the final game, Mornington shouldn’t have any trouble tracking down Peninsula Old Boys’ 171. Matt Foon (3/30), Michael Heib (3/40) and Matt Foon (3/30) were the best of the Doggies’ bowlers while Dylan O’Malley top scored for the Old Boys with 74.
Parkers deal a massive blow DISTRICT By IT Gully TOP-of-the-table Delacombe Park dealt third-placed Somerville a massive blow just three weeks out from MPCA District finals. Playing on the small surrounds of Delacombe Park, the Eagles batted first and were humiliated. At one stage early in their innings, the Eagles were reduced to 3/6. They then stumbled 6/35 before being dismissed for just 78 in 53.3 overs. Sam Delaney scored more than half his team’s runs with 43. No other Somerville player scored double figures. The next best was Jack Barbour with nine runs. There were three ducks. Chris Brittain snared 4/18 while Simon Dignan and Shane Deal each claimed two wickets. In reply, the Parkers are cruising at 1/69, Nick Christides unbeaten on 60. Pines will be looking for an outright win against Ballam Park and at the same time sure up a top-two spot on the ladder. On Saturday, the Piners batted for just 33 overs before declaring their innings at 4/123. Harley Peace-Stirling top scored with an unbeaten 39 and Brett Hudgson was not out 32 when the Piners declared. Unfortunately for the Knights, they couldn’t survive the remainder of the day, bowled out in the last over for just 91. No doubt the Knights will be sent back in this week before Pines tries to knock the runs over late in the day. Carrum will be doing everything it can to avoid a disaster this week against Baden Powell. The Braves made 222 batting first, with
Josh Waldron top scoring with 83 and Sam Mullavey reaching 39. Brett Moulton was the best of Carrum’s bowlers with 4/70, while Shaun Foster picked up 3/8. In reply, the home side capitulated to be 4/17 at stumps. Nathan Rice took 3/5 for the Braves. Main Ridge is in the box seat for a big win against Hastings. A game outside the top four, the Ridge needs to win this match outright and hope that Seaford Tigers drop their game against Seaford this week, or their final game of the season against Pines. The Ridge plays Ballam Park in the final game of the season. Pity for them it is a one dayer. In this match, the Ridge bowled Hastings out for 132, with Scott Millar taking 6/50. In reply, Main Ridge is 1/92, Nick Gage unbeaten on 54. Seaford Tigers look certain to win their match in the local derby against Seaford. The Tigers bowled out their neighbour for just 172, Ash Mills claiming 4/28. Damien Lawrence played a sensational lone-hand for Seaford with 75. In reply, the Tigers are 0/12. In the final game, Boneo looks set to claim the points over Flinders. Spencer Byatt top scored for the home team with 63 off 124 balls while Chris Jobling hit 44 of 66, including four sixes and two fours. Despite not batting the entire 80 overs, Boneo made 208. Dwayne Field was the pick of the Flinders’ bowlers with 4/53. In reply, Flinders is in some early trouble at 3/29. Jack Fowler bowled five of the final nine overs and finished with all three wicket while conceding 12 runs.
See you later: Somerville batted first against Delacombe Park and were humiliated. Picture: Andrew Hurst
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Main game: Main Ridge are in the box seat with Hastings all out for 132. Picture: Andrew Hurst
Skye is falling as Balnarring digs in SUB-DISTRICT
Brenton Taylor shared a 145-run partnership with Walles, reaching 73. With 16 overs left to face on day, Skye lost 2/18 and will have to pull off a miracle this week to reel in the Balnarring total. Frankston YCW needs to take 19 wickets on day two of its match against Carrum Downs this weekend. The Stonecats are one of four teams pushing for a spot in the top bracket
By IT Gully SKYEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S season looks all but over in MPCA Sub District cricket. Playing against Balnarring, Skye bowled first and could only restrict the opposition to 270. Leigh Smith was great with the ball, taking 5/70 for Skye, while Mark Walles was the best with the bat for Balnarring, scoring 77.
and need to try and get an outright win in this match. They did the job with the bat, scoring 8/308 before declaring. Some might think they declared a little late. Rob Bedford top scored with 51, Jack Greenwood hit 48, Jason Bedford 45 and Paul Bradley 44. Chamara Perera was the pick of the Carrum Downsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bowlers with 4/96. In reply, the Cougars are 1/42. Red Hill will try to defend 9/227
against Dromana. Luke Toy top scored for the Hillmen with an unbeaten 61, while Rheede Hopgood (37) and Jamie McCall (30) contributed well to the scoreboard. At one stage, the Hoppers had the Hillmen reeling at 3/37 and with Simon Dart back in the sheds. Rosebud and Tootgarook are locked in a super battle. With a win almost guaranteeing a
place in the finals, this game is going to go down to the wire. The Buds batted first on Saturday and managed 6/255. At one stage they were 3/37. Darren Kerr top scored with 67, Matty Maher hit 57 and Peter Doughty 55. Zac Stevenson and Matt Whelan each claimed two wickets. The Tooters are going to have to produce something very special with the bat this week to win this one.
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