KINGSTON Council has asked the state government to stump up cash for the planned upgrade of Walter Galt Reserve in Mordialloc. Council has publicly called for the state government to contribute funding towards a redeveloped pavilion at Walter Galt Reserve. It is hoping to extend the existing building so it can host more female-friendly changerooms. The existing changerooms will also receive upgrades. The total cost of the upgrade is expected to be around $2.3 million. Council has asked the state government to contribute $775,000 and has applied for the money through the Community Local Sports Infrastructure Fund 2022. Through the…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
MPNFL DIVISION ONE MPNFL top division football returned with a bang last weekend, with fans treated to an entertaining round. It was the battle of the Sharks on Saturday when Sorrento hosted Bonbeach. Both teams came into the game inside the top six. Bonbeach looked the better side throughout the game. They led at each break of play, with the lead standing at 27 at three-quarter-time. Bonbeach had to withstand a fierce final quarter fight from Sorrento. The home side booted four goals in the last quarter and kept Bonbeach scoreless, but it wasn’t quite enough to get over the…
THE loss of beloved teammate Ben Tournier still looms large over the Frankston Bombers more than a year after his passing. Tournier was killed in a tragic car accident in January last year. He was only 29. For more than a decade Tournier played football with the Frankston Bombers, becoming a much loved member of the club. Last weekend the Bombers joined forces with 21 other MPNFL clubs and 12 SEWF clubs to wear blue armbands for road safety round. The club hopes that the initiative will promote road safety and prevent future deaths. Frankston Bombers president Jason Smith says…
WORKS to redevelop St Kilda Football Club’s abandoned Seaford training ground are going over budget. St Kilda FC signed a peppercorn rent 50 year lease with Frankston Council in 2009 to use Belvedere Reserve as its home base. By 2018 the club had moved its training back to Moorabbin. Council is currently in the process of renegotiating its lease with St Kilda FC. The new lease term will be for seven years, with two further seven year terms if certain conditions are met. The football club plans to use the site as a “healthy future hub”, which would host tenants…
THE state opposition has pledged to kill AustralianSuper’s hopes of developing on a Dingley Village golf course if it wins this year’s state election. AustralianSuper owns the former Kingswood golf course site in Dingley Village. It is hoping to gain approval to subdivide the land into 823 lots to build dwellings with a maximum height of three stories. A report on the proposal was handed to the planning minister in March (“Golf course report handed to planning minister” The News 6/4/22). A final decision has not been handed down yet. Earlier this month Liberal candidate for Clarinda Anthony Richardson said…