HUNDREDS of people turned out to remember volunteer Tash Drake at a memorial service last week. Ms Drake died last month aged just 27. She suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm. Her family and friends gathered at Bunurong Memorial Park on 9 March to remember her. Her fellow SES volunteers formed a guard of honour to farewell her. The funeral was attended by more than 200 people. Chelsea SES controller Phil Wall, who was the celebrant for the funeral, said it “meant a lot” to Ms Drake’s family to “see how well she was regarded in her community.” “That was toughest…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
CRICKET PROVINCIAL SORRENTO upset Baden Powell to book a spot in the Provincial division Grand Final last weekend. The two sides faced off in the semi-final after Baden Powell finished the season in first place with ten wins, and Sorrento finished fourth with seven wins. Overport Park hosted the clash. Baden Powell were sent in to bat first, and set Sorrento a huge target to chase down. Rhys Elmi was Baden Powell’s best. He scored 75 runs before he was run out. Baden Powell finished their innings at 5/224, giving Sorrento a huge mountain to climb. Sorrento’s batters proved up…
THERE is a worrying shortage of general practitioners in the Frankston area, according to numerous medical centre operators who spoke at a senate inquiry last week. A senate inquiry into the provision of general practitioner and related primary health services to outer metropolitan, rural, and regional Australians was initiated last year. A hearing for the inquiry was held at the Frankston Arts Centre last week, 7 March. Workers in charge of medical clinics across Frankston and the surrounding areas spoke at the hearing. They voiced their concerns at the growing number of GPs leaving their clinics, and the difficulties they…
CRICKET MPCA WOMENS LANGWARRIN have been crowned the first ever MPCA Women’s division premiers. Langwarrin took on Balnarring at Lloyd Park on Sunday. The two sides have played each other twice this season, with a tie the result in round one and a 12 run win to Langwarrin the result in round six. Balnarring chose to bat first on Grand Final day. They set Langy a target of 90 to score to win. Some good bowling from Kiah Laughlin-Glen frustrated Balnarring. She posted figures of 3/21, her best bowling of the season. Langwarrin’s run chase was led by first drop…
A BOAT facility at Oliver’s Hill will not be built by the state government, Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke says. The recent release of Better Boating Victoria’s recreational boating action plan sparked fears that a proposal to build a boating facility at Oliver’s Hill had been resurrected. In October 2019, council abandoned its plans for a multi-million dollar boat refuge there because of a lack of financial support from the state and federal governments. Mr Edbrooke says that he has told the fishing and boating minister that “any option to commence planning of a facility at Oliver’s Hill based on Frankston…