DESPITE missing out on an A-League license late last year, the push for a professional football side based in Victoria’s south-east has gone into extra time. Members of the “Team 11” bid confirmed last week that they would continue fighting for a future spot in the A-League despite Football Federation Australia’s decision in December 2018 to deny them a license. A statement from Team 11 said that it “wishes to confirm its intention to keep alive its ambition of delivering a professional men’s and women’s football club to the south-east of Victoria.” “All involved with the Team 11 bid were…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
A YOUNG boy has been recognised by Victoria Police for his initiative and bravery after he helped alert lifeguards at the PARC swimming pool that a child was drowning. Will Bourke was presented with a citizen commendation on 1 April in front of his schoolmates at Cheltenham primary. His father Steve said that he was “really proud” of his eight-year-old son. “Will was with my father at PARC last school holidays having a swim with his cousin Henry. They walked over to the pool and looked in when they saw a young boy who looked to be in trouble under…
FRANKSTON councillors have again traded verbal blows in a heated debate over the construction of a “safe boat refuge” at Oliver’s Hill. The 1 April council meeting saw the issue of constructing a boat refuge and facility to home the Coast Guard come back to the forefront, with 11 people making public submissions and the public gallery full to capacity. Councillors were asked to vote at the meeting on a motion to “notes the outcome of the community consultation for the proposed Coast Guard facility and boat refuge at Olivers Hill, supports council officers to continue to investigate the feasibility…
DUNKLEY MP Chris Crewther has backtracked after he and environment minister Melissa Price announced grants to four community groups under a program that has not yet opened. Mr Crewther said on 17 March that he and Ms Price visited four groups in the Dunkley electorate to “announce the first grants of the federal government’s communities environment program”. During Senate estimates on 4 April, officials from the Department of the Environment and Energy confirmed applications for that program were not open and funding for it had not been appropriated. Mr Crewther played down the original announcement last week, telling The Times…
STUDENTS from Mentone Grammar School have gone under the razor to help raise money for the World’s Greatest Shave. Over 25 students decided to partake in the shave on 29 March with the goal of raising funds to help find a cure for blood disease. Prior to the event they had brought in over $15,000 which eventually went up to over $20,000 after the shave took place. Mentone Grammar deputy principal Jarrod O’Neill said “this year, 26 of our students from years 5 to 12 took part in the shave for a cure, raising over $20,000 for the cause.” “The…