MPNFL DIVISION ONE EDITHVALE-ASPENDALE notched up their first win for 2022 last weekend. Edi-Asp took on Rosebud on Saturday. Rosebud have also failed to win a game all year. After leading all day, Edithvale-Aspendale were eventually crowned 39 point winners 11.17 (83) to 6.8 (44). Rhys Carter booted four goals for the winning side. Kyle Yorke and Kurt Lopo also impressed. Traditional MPNFL powerhouses Frankston YCW and Sorrento also played each other on Saturday. Sorrento hosted the clash between the two heavyweights. After a competitive first term the Stonecats ran away with it, going on to claim a 53 point…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
PETA Murphy has won a second term as the member for Dunkley. As of 22 May, a day after polls closed, the incumbent Labor MP is comfortably ahead. With 66.5 per cent of the vote counted Murphy is around 10,000 votes ahead of Liberal Sharn Coombes on the two-party-preferred vote. Murphy has enjoyed a swing of 4.2 per cent towards her in Dunkley, with the margin between the two major parties now at around seven per cent. Murphy will now get the chance to represent the area while in government, after serving out her first term from opposition. Murphy’s supporters…
CHELSEA SES has a very popular new crew member. Kimba Wall has been part of the SES unit for the last decade. Wall has been the unofficial mascot for the Chelsea SES, often appearing in the unit’s Christmas videos and social media posts. Last week Kimba Wall took the next step, and is now an official crew member. She is one of the only people with Down Syndrome to ever pass the tests required to join the SES. Wall was handed a certificate commemorating her achievement at an event last week. There she told the media she was “so proud…
KINGSTON Council is moving ahead with the purchase of a site in Mordialloc to build a new swimming centre on. A parcel of land at 1-7 Wells Road in Mordialloc will be the home of the aquatic centre, Kingston Council says. In December last year council executed an option deed for the land worth $14.6 million. The future pool site is across the road from Jack Grut Reserve. Council began investigating options for a new pool location after structural issues forced the closure of Don Tatnell Leisure Centre in 2020. At a recent meeting, Kingston councillors voted to proceed with…
MPNFL DIVISION ONE TWO points separated Rosebud and Pines at the end of a thrilling clash on Saturday. Rosebud have had a miserable year, and went into their clash with Pines looking for their first win of the season. The Pythons have also struggled at times. Rosebud raced out of the gates, taking a 22 point lead into the first break. Pines put just one behind on the scoreboard in the first quarter. Pines chipped away at the lead in the second term. They trailed by just five at half time. Momentum continued to swing Pines’ way in the third…