FRANKSTON Sharks BMX Club has seen three riders crowned Australian Champions, with the club taking home the 2026 AusCycling BMX Racing Nationals Club Champion title. The GWM BMX Racing National Championship took place in Shepparton from 16-18 April and brought together top riders from around Australia. The Sharks managed to separate themselves from 112 clubs and brought home the title. “[The title] was a really nice surprise. It just goes to show the breeding ground we have for elite level riders in the Peninsula area,” club spokesperson Mick Sinclair said. “We’ve got great coaches. We’ve got a really good facility…
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A NEW multi-use community hub has opened at the Nairm Marr Djambana gathering place. The new building will be used to deliver health, wellbeing, education, and cultural connection programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It was funded with $850,000 from the federal government, promised in 2022. Nairm Marr Djambana is based at Jubilee Park, and has operated from two demountables since 2016. The new facility houses a community workshop space with a multipurpose room, kitchenette, and storerooms. The workshop space will be used by Nairm Marr Djambana’s men’s group. Nairm Marr Djambana CEO Aunty Deb Mellett said “this…
Four teenagers were arrested after they crashed an allegedly stolen Audi in Bentleigh last night. Emergency services received reports of the Audi A2 driving erratically on the Nepean Highway shortly before 6pm. The vehicle crashed into a sign near the intersection of Venebere Street and the four occupants ran from the scene. Trailing officers quickly arrived and apprehended a 16-year-old boy from the Frankston area. Two other youths ran into the backyard of a Tovan Aker Avenue home where they were confronted by the occupants. An 18-year-old Cranbourne man jumped several fences before detectives caught up with him in the…
A NEW cafe at Frankston RSL is providing employment training for people living with disabilities. The Welcome Post Cafe operating at Frankston RSL is run in conjunction with support service-provider Wallara Australia. The café operates at Frankston RSL every Wednesday and Friday from 10am to serve the RSL’s veteran coffee groups. Wallara Australia’s Ben Sutherland, who has been part of the hospitality pathways program at the cafe for six months, says “it’s good practice for the job market and will help me with pathways to future employment.” “I love learning about the veterans a bit more about their lives and…
Compiled by Cameron McCullough TOM Merrick was a market gardener. Of that he made no secret. He was also a rather ambitious individual, not that he wouldn’t stop at a hotel on his way home from market to have a glass of alcohol, nor that he didn’t go to sleep afterwards and let his trusty draught horse take him safely on his homeward way. He did these things and, let me tell you now, they were the cause of his ultimate downfall as I shall relate. But, still, he was ambitious, and there was something that he had long wanted…