GOLF THE last weekend in March will be a massive finish to the Australasian Tour season of golf at The National in Cape Schanck. A spot in the ‘Open Championship’ field for 2023 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, and three playing places on the DP World Tour for 2023-24 season go on the line at The National as the domestic golf season reaches its climax. Months of toil and travel will come to fruition when the Moonah course hosts the season-ending tournament on the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia. A season spanning 16 tournaments that began in mid-October, 2022,…
Author: Bayside News
THE number of decisions made by Frankston Council behind closed doors has dropped dramatically in the last five years. A report prepared by Frankston Council officers read that in the first half of the 2022/2023 financial year, 2.84 per cent of council decisions were made behind closed doors. In the 2018/2019 financial year 28 per cent of matters were heard in closed council, the report read. Frankston Council has come under fire this year for confidentially voting to nominate Long Street Reserve in Langwarrin as its preferred site for a new kindergarten. First published in the Frankston Times – 21…
A $100,000 DONATION has helped the McClelland Gallery in Langwarrin develop a new walk. The donation was made by the Belcher family. The walk will be named the “Belcher Family Lake Walk”, commemorating the lives of frequent park visitors Tamie Belcher and Eric Belcher. The Belcher’s daughter Jenni Alexander said her parents first visited McClelland in the 1980s and loved walking the grounds. “The combination of art and nature at McClelland were an inspiration to my parents. It really became a favourite place – along with my family, my daughters first came to McClelland as toddlers and we still celebrate…
A P-PLATER was allegedly caught driving nearly double the speed limit on Nepean Highway in Frankston last week. The red Holden Commodore sedan was pulled over (pictured) in the early hours of 13 March. Police allege the car was driving at a speed of 118 kmph in a 60 zone. Police allege that the car had bald tyres and no exhaust. The driver, an 18-year-old from Cranbourne, was charged with traffic offences and ordered to face a Magistrates’ Court. The car was impounded for a month. First published in the Frankston Times – 21 March 2023
A MAN was allegedly caught behind the wheel of a Maserati without a licence in Frankston North earlier this month. Police pulled over a 34-year-old man in a Maserati on 10 March. They say he was driving erratically, and refused a breath test. The Maserati (pictured), which police say belongs to the driver’s brother, was impounded for a month. The driver will be charged with unlicensed driving and refuse preliminary breath test, police say. First published in the Frankston Times – 21 March 2023