Setting sails in the new year
THE best 30-40 Flying 15 class yachts in Australia will contest a major sailing event at Mornington Yacht Club in the new year. Flying 15s are a 6.096 metre (20 feet long with 15 feet waterline lengt...
Category Archives: Sport
Safety and fun on the track
YOUNG motorbike riders have a safe, supervised area in which to ride – right in the shadows of BlueScope’s Western Port steelworks. And the sense of fun is catching on, with membership of...
Strikers swamped by O’Dell tsunami
SOCCER LOCAL soccer will never quite be the same after Peninsula Strikers announced last week that it had appointed a human tsunami called Andy O’Dell as senior coach. There has been much speculation...
New and improved sports facilities in Rosebud
MEMBERS of the Rosebud sporting community can look forward to a new sporting pavilion complex at Olympic Park Recreation Reserve, Rosebud. Council approved the tender for works on Tuesday 10 October ...
Demons show fight against Heatherhill
DISTRICT IT’S been a long time between wins but Rye celebrated one very hard on Saturday night after chasing down Heatherhill with one over to space in MPCA District cricket. The Demons let themselve...
Jewell makes his mark
PENINSULA NEW Main Ridge coach Nick Jewell stamped his authority on the MPCA Peninsula competition with a menacing and unbeaten 161 on Saturday against Moorooduc. Jewell came to the crease with the s...
Saints start with two wins
SUB-DISTRICT By IT Gully BALNARRING sits at the top of the MPCA Sub District ladder after recording its second win of the season on Saturday against Tyabb. Boneo and Ballam Park are also unbeaten aft...
Peninsula Old Boys off to a flyer
PROVINCIAL PENINSULA Old Boys and Mt Eliza are the only undefeated teams in MPCA Provincial and stand alone at the top of the ladder. At the other end, Crib Point and Pearcedale remain the only teams...
Soccer star secures national championship
IT HAS been a massive year for up and coming 14-year-old soccer player, Patrick Hogan, whose endless hours of training has taken him to the peak of junior soccer in Australia. The Padua College stude...
Eagles off to a flying start
PENINSULA BOOM Somerville recruit Jayde Herrick guided his side to a round one victory against reigning premier Red Hill in MPCA Peninsula cricket. The former Victorian Bushrangers paceman opened the...
