PROVINCIALOLD Peninsula faced a hefty total on Saturday after Baden Powell notched up a tidy 221 last week. But apart from a single early wicket, with Zak Bauer getting caught LBW for seven, it was an easy day with Old Peninsula scoring 5/224.Wade Pelzer top scored for Old Boys with 62 off 87 balls, and the visitors trotted home to pass Baden Powell’s total with over eight overs spare and for the loss of just five wickets. Baden Powell remain without a win for the season.Sorrento haven’t been much better this season, with only a single win, and their fortunes…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
PAEDIATRICIANS will be sent out to government schools in Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula over the next three years to help care for children from low socioeconomic backgrounds.The Peninsula Health “Paediatricians in Schools Outreach Program” will see paediatricians sent to 40 public schools, including Mahogany Rise Primary School, Aldercourt Primary School, Kananook Primary School and Monterey College. Menzies has donated $300,000 towards the project.Mahogany Rise assistant principal Jack Mazurek said the initiative is helping children who may be otherwise missing out on medical care. “Without a paediatrician at our school, families could face years of waiting to be seen and…
A WOMAN found dead at a Mordialloc home last month has been remembered as a “beautiful, kind soul”. Police found the bodies of a 41-year-old Mordialloc woman and 38-year-old St Kilda man at a house on James Street on 28 November. After the discovery, they said they were not looking for anyone else in connection to the deaths. The woman has since been identified as Sandra Dobrila. Tributes to her have flowed across social media in the week since her death.A statement on the Red Heart Campaign advocacy group’s Facebook page read “Sandra is the 89th of 92 Australian women…
PROVINCIALAN excellent final wicket partnership between Shaun Miller and Liam Glennie may have saved Heatherhill from defeat against Pines on Saturday.Heatherhill was sent in to bat first on day one at Eric Bell Reserve. They struggled from the outset, as Pat Jackson tore through the top order.Miller and Glennie, batting at number 10 and 11 respectively, helped restore some pride. Miller starred with an impressive unbeaten 52 from 72 deliveries.Glennie deserves credit for his supporting role – he scored one run from 53 deliveries.Heatherhill ended up all out for 155.Pat Jackson did most of the damage for Pines. He took…
MORE police could soon patrol Frankston on bicycles as part of a plan revealed by Frankston councillors last week.Newly-elected Frankston councillor Nathan Butler raised the idea at last week’s council meeting. He proposes that council talk to Victoria Police and offer to buy bicycles for them so they can patrol the Frankston CBD and foreshore areas.“In the recent campaigning to get elected to this council I did speak to a lot of people in the CBD area that did highlight safety in the CBD, and a little bit on the foreshore, as a top concern for them,” Butler said last…