AN out of control blaze has caused extensive damage to one home in Mentone and spread to two others. 35 firefighters attended the Flinders Street home, which caught fire at around 11am on Wednesday 10 October. The blaze was brought under control within 50 minutes, as smoke filled the skies above Mentone and Cheltenham. Nobody was injured in the fire. The cause of the outbreak is currently under investigation. First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 17 October 2018
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MORNINGTON Peninsula Hockey Club had five players represent Victoria at the Women’s Masters Championships in Bunbury, Western Australia on Thursday 27 September. Four of the women, Emma Brown, Kim Trezise, Julia Ashmore and Margaret Nettleship, returned home with silver medals from the national competition while Rebecca Gipp finished just shy of a bronze. Mornington Peninsula Hockey Club goalkeeper Julia Ashmore said “it was a great result from everyone”. Ashmore, who usually plays in the over-45s, competed in the over-40s Victorian team which had to merge with the over-45s due to the lack of numbers. Ashmore said the side had their…
FRANKSTON Australia Clay Target Club shooter Michael Buttigieg has made a brilliant World Championships debut at the World Skeet Championships in Texas, USA on Friday 28 September. Buttigieg finished third overall in the 12 Gauge World Championships before taking out the World Zone Five Man Team event alongside David O’Sullivan (FACTC), Sam Agostino (Cecil Park, NSW), Jack Stockdale (Korumburra) and Adrian Cousens (Bairnsdale). Buttigieg was one of 28 competitors, out of a field of over 700, to shoot 150 out of 150 in qualifying for the 12 Gauge World Championships. Fellow FACTC shooters Glenn Clarke and David O’Sullivan also managed…
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A BURGLARY took place at 2.20 am on 9 October at Jeff Wignall Ford on Flinders Road, Hastings. Thieves stole seven vehicles from the dealership in a narrow window of time. Two of those vehicles have now been recovered, with one, a Subaru, found burnt out on Yarralumla Drive, Langwarrin. The remaining five vehicles still at large are a maroon 2015 Ford Everest, a black 2018 Ford Everest, a blue 2018 Ford Focus, and two grey 2018 Ford Rangers. One of those vehicles has a David Wignall Ford logo on the side of the car. The burnt out Subaru Outback…