SOCCER By Craig MacKenzie FRANKSTON Pines returned from the Latrobe Valley with a precious point on Saturday as it bids to avoid relegation from State 1 South-East. The Monterey Reserve side earned a 3-3 draw against Morwell Pegasus in dramatic circumstances ending this catch-up fixture with nine men. Pines central defender Nick Lekakis and goalkeeper James Laminski were unavailable due to holidays but the side was bolstered by the midweek captures of forwards Josh Calle from Langwarrin and Naseer Mohammad from Casey Comets. Ioasa Saemo took up a central defensive role alongside Ben Caffrey while Calle partnered Mathew Hames up…
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Long Island Tennis Club will host a Wimbledon Garden Party where you can share a tea party with your family and friends. Go dressed in your old fashioned tennis outfits featuring purple and green. Social tennis, prizes and giveaways, a cake stall, Wimbledon footage and tennis highlights will be on show. Guest speaker on the day is Russell Barlow who played on the tennis tour and also played at Wimbledon. Non-members are welcome to attend. Entry $10 adults, $5 children. Long Island Tennis Club, 4 Gould Street, Frankston, Wimbledon Garden Party, 3 July, 11.30am-2pm. See www.tennis.com.au/longisland
TWO nearby houses in Patterson Lakes were burgled on the same night at the same time but nothing appears to have been stolen. The gated community houses in Pier One Drive had rear sliding doors forced, overnight, Saturday 26 June, and their front doors propped open with bricks to keep them ajar, possibly as escape routes. In both cases, sleeping occupants upstairs did not hear the burglars, who opened cupboards and draws, and displaced items in rear patios, but who appear to have left before stealing anything. An esky was stolen from a neighbour. The houses have a communal driveway…
PARKDALE TAB was held up by two men, one claiming to have a gun, 9.30pm, Thursday 23 June, and almost $16,000 was stolen. Their victim was bound with cable ties during the raid and threatened that the thieves knew his address, hinting that they would visit his house if he called the police. When locking up for the night the victim told police he saw a man wearing dark pants, dark hoodie, and with a blue scarf covering his face, waiting outside. The man lifted the hoodie showing the gun and demanded to be let in. Another man then appeared…
IN a savage road rage incident in Chelsea Heights a man was initially told the car in which he was a passenger had a flat tyre. When he got out to check, the offending driver reversed into him, trapping him between the two cars and injuring his legs. Witnesses said a blue Nissan Pulsar with a male driver and female passenger pulled up next to the victim’s car, which was waiting to turn right from the Mornington Peninsula Freeway into Springvale Rd, 7.30pm, Friday 24 June. After alerting the victim to the supposed flat tyre, the Nissan drove forward, then…