PROVINCIAL RED Hill picked up a thrilling win over Langwarrin to finish their home-and-away season on a high last Saturday. Langwarrin batted first on their home deck. They had to battle through a nightmare opening session – the Kangaroos lost 5/34 at the start of their innings. Red Hill’s Glenn Collett ran riot on the top order. A late knock of 44 from 29 deliveries by Leigh Paterson helped Langwarrin put a respectable total on the board. They ended up all out for 147.Red Hill suffered a similar fate early in their innings too, losing both openers for ducks off…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
MINUTES from a meeting about funding for the Frankston Basketball Stadium redevelopment are at the centre of a brewing stoush between Frankston Council and Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke.The Frankston Basketball Stadium is set to receive a $60 million redevelopment, which will be completed with matching $15 million contributions from the state and federal governments. The finished project will feature ten basketball courts and a 1000 square metre hall for the Bayside Gymnastics Club.Last Tuesday, 5 March, Edbrooke aired claims about Frankston mayor Nathan Conroy and Frankston Council officers under the protection of parliamentary privilege. Edbrooke alleged that Conroy misled him…
THE Kingswood golf course in Dingley Village has reportedly been sold to a property developer. The golf course at 179-217 Centre Dandenong Road was bought by AustralianSuper for $125 million in 2014. Its plans to build around 800 dwellings on the land spent years in the planning process, and were subject to widespread community backlash.AustralianSuper announced plans to sell the site late last year around the same time that planning minister Sonya Kilkenny confirmed that the land would be rezoned for residential development. On Monday, 4 March, the Australian Financial Review reported that the 53.4-hectare Dingley Village site had been…
MORE bins will be temporarily installed at beaches between Aspendale and Carrum in a bid to stop rubbish from blowing into the bay.Throughout this summer, rubbish has been seen overflowing from Kingston Council’s bins at its beaches. Residents have reported that rubbish left over the weekend isn’t picked up until Monday afternoon (“Rubbish piles up at beach” The News 7/2/2024).Last week, Kingston councillors agreed to place an extra red-lid bin at 35 foreshore entrances between Carrum and Aspendale until April. Councillor Georgina Oxley was behind the push for more bins. Her motion read that “this issue has been ongoing for…
PROVINCIALRED Hill picked up a thrilling win over Long Island during the final over of play last Saturday.Long Island scored 229 on day one of the match. Red Hill’s run chase got off to a good start – opener Luke Jackson led from the front with a half-century.The rest of Red Hill’s batters made decent starts, but couldn’t convert their scores into big totals. Some good bowling by Matt Shimmell helped to stop Red Hill’s momentum. An unbeaten knock of 27 by James O’Connell with his side eight wickets down won the game for Red Hill. They got over the…