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…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
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…
MPNFL DIVISION TWO LANGWARRIN has survived its biggest scare of the season. The Kangaroos hosted Somerville at Lloyd Park on Saturday. Langwarrin came into the game with a 12-0 record for the season. After a scrappy and low scoring first half, the margin stood at just two points at half time. The Kangaroos had their noses narrowly ahead. Langy were wasteful in the third term, booting 1.7. Somerville capitalised on their scoreboard woes and kicked four goals. A major upset looked on the cards, with Somerville up by nine at three-quarter-time. Despite some more wayward goalkicking, Langwarrin managed to wrestle…
CONSTRUCTION work has officially begun on the huge redevelopment of Frankston Hospital. Crews began their work on the $1.18 billion project last month. Updated designs for the redevelopment were released to mark the beginning of construction. Major works on the project are expected to be finished by 2025. The centrepiece will be a new 12-storey tower housing clinical services. The project will make room for 130 new beds, 15 operating theatres, and mental health and oncology rooms. The hospital will be able to expand its women’s and children’s services by building new maternity, obstetrics and paediatric wards. A women’s clinic…