PENINSULA RED Hill have started their 2019/2020 season with a bang after a thrilling win over Long Island. Long Island chose to bat first and set a tough target of 175 runs for Red Hill to chase down. Opener Nick Jewell impressed for Long Island with 59 runs before he was caught and bowled. In response, Red Hill looked shaky and found themselves struggling at 2/22. A stunning 97 run third wicket partnership got their run chase back on track, but after their middle order were removed the tail began to struggle. With just one wicket in hand, Red Hill…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
UNDER 12s players at Langwarrin Soccer Club have returned from a competition in Japan as winners. In September last year, the side qualified for the Tomsan Cup tournament in Japan by winning a national seven on seven competition. The cup is an eight vs eight tournament competed over two days. The side arrived in Japan and got straight to work with 10 practice games in just three days. The cup kicked off on 22 September, with Langwarrin talking out a win in their first game 1-0. They went on to lose their next game 1-0 and draw their next 1-1.…
THE youth mayor program at Frankston Council has been given the chop. The program ran for less than two years. Gerard Felipe was appointed the inaugural youth mayor in early 2018, and completed a one year term. The second youth mayor Aaron Quarrell resigned four months into his term. At council’s most recent meeting, councillors voted to discontinue the program. Cr Brian Cunial supported scrapping the program, calling it a “complete and utter waste of time.” Cr Quinn McCormack said that the program should be scrapped because it has “no real benefit to council”. “The role has resulted in more…
THE municipal monitor’s stay at Frankston Council has come to an end. After beginning her tenure in December of 2017, the state government appointed monitor Prue Digby finished up at council on 16 September. Ms Digby was appointed to investigate council and prepare a report on their governance. The total cost of her stay to ratepayers added up to just over $111,000 up to 30 June of this year. A travel bill of over $5000 has also submitted. Council CEO Phil Cantillon confirmed that Ms Digby’s stint had finished “following the recruitment of a permanent CEO”. “Costs from 3 December…
A NEAR $35 million redevelopment of Jubilee Park is set to proceed after Frankston Council agreed to put an additional $9.74 million into the project. The works on the facility are set to include six multi-purpose indoor courts, including a 1,000 seat show court. It will also include four indoor cricket training nets, women’s change rooms, a creche, a cafe, and meeting and function rooms. Council had been lobbying for extra funding from the federal government, but eventually made the call to finish financing the project through Frankston ratepayers. The mayor Michael O’Reilly said “while it’s disappointing this important project…