MAY 01, 2013 DELIVERED WITH MELBOURNE’S BEST LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE YEAR 9 students Tess and Georgia sample some of the wares ahead of Loreto Toorak’s first Mothers Day High Tea, to be held at the 19th century Mandeville Hall mansion on May 12. The event will take place from 2–4pm, with tables of four to six available. To book, visit trybooking.com/CNMN or contact Steven Stefanopoulos on 9823 8157. CUP OF TEA, MUM? SCOTT MCNAUGHTON WIFE SUPPORT: THE BLOCK ALL STARS WINNER AMITY DRY BRINGS HER NEW MUSICAL TO CHAPEL OFF CHAPEL PAGE 15 ARTS PREVIEW INSIDE CROSSING OVER The level crossing at Burke Road, Glen Iris, will be removed as part of a $52.3 million revamp of seven level crossings ■ PAGE 3 WAR LETTERS OPEN More than 1500 letters written by local soldiers during WWII now on show at the Stonnington History Centre ■ PAGE 5 SPORT Our round-up of local sport, including results from the weekend’s games ■ PAGE 22 Call the Registrar on (03) 9578 6231, email [email protected], go to kilvington.edu.au or visit us at 2 Leila Road Ormond. Before you decide on a school visit Kilvington Open Morning 9.15am Thursday 9 May confident | compassionate | coeducational D W M B M
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MAY 01, 2013
DELIVERED WITH MELBOURNE’S BEST LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE
YEAR 9 students Tess and Georgia sample some of the wares ahead of Loreto Toorak’s fi rst Mothers Day High Tea, to be held at the 19th century Mandeville Hall mansion on May 12. The event will take place from 2–4pm, with tables of four to six available. To book, visit trybooking.com/CNMN or contact Steven Stefanopoulos on 9823 8157.
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WIFE SUPPORT: THE BLOCK ALL STARS WINNER AMITY DRY BRINGS HER NEW MUSICALTO CHAPEL OFF CHAPELPAGE 15
ARTS PREVIEW
INSIDECROSSING OVERThe level crossing at Burke Road, Glen Iris, will be removed as part of a $52.3 million revamp of seven level crossings� PAGE 3
WAR LETTERS OPENMore than 1500 letters written by local soldiers during WWII now on show at the Stonnington History Centre� PAGE 5
SPORTOur round-up of local sport, including results from the weekend’s games� PAGE 22
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Incorrect diagnosis of Fragile X syndrome can lead to confusion in schools, but continued education andadvancements could lead to a brighter future, according to VANESSA JACKSON-McRAE of St Catherine’s School
NEWSMAKER
VANESSA JACKSON-McRAEWHAT I LOVE ABOUT TEACHING:
I love the eagerness of studentsto learn and participate.WHAT I’D CHANGE: Demands onteachers have increased to sucha high level. I’d like more realisticdemands and an increasedawareness of our workload.
PROFILE
I wouldn’t say it is daunting forteachers to walk into a classroomwhere a child has Fragile X
syndrome, but it is important forthem to understand the conditionand have the right “structures” inplace to help the student.
Fragile X (FXS) is often confusedwith autism and Attention DeficitHyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) andcan be overlooked. This is aproblem because if you cannotidentify the difference, yourteaching strategies will not assistyou or the student.
FXS is a genetic conditionbelieved to be the cause of manyintellectual, learning and behavioraldisabilities. It is the most commoncause of autism worldwide.
According to the Fragile XAssociation of Australia, males aremore likely to be affected and withgreater severity.
Each week in Australia, one childis born with FXS and 20 more arecarriers. It is estimated that five percent of people diagnosed with anAutism Spectrum Disorder haveFXS. There is no cure for FXS.
We are at an exciting point wherewe can see the benefits of teacherand student collaborations.
With the help of VictoriaUniversity, a group of our Year 11students developed iTed, a teddybear that helps children withprofound learning disabilities andautism to communicate.
The girls, Tess Price, MadeleineSteere, Georgia Sexton and JaneYang, won a CSIRO Silver CRESTAward for iTed.
The talking bear is able to speakon behalf of children when its pawis squeezed. The bear was launched
at Engineers Australia lastNovember.
“It doesn’t get much better thanthis,” I remember saying as theyhanded over iTed to a girl who hadautism. You could see the massivesmile on her face and that sheimmediately understood all thewords the bear was saying.
After more than 27 years ofteaching, it has become obvious thatstudents have a huge advantage
when tackling problems simplybecause they see through fresheyes.
They can overlook the technicalor theoretical barriers, which sooften hinder progress in older, more“experienced” minds.
As an educator I have learned toadmit that we do not knoweverything, and I often find myselfbeing taught by the students insteadof being the teacher.
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FEELS GOOD: Sam and Mabel getsome quiet time with their Kimochis
AN EXPRESSIVE family of cuddlytoys are proving a useful tool for aut-istic children in Stonnington.
Stonnington Primary School stu-dents have been using Kimochis –known as toys with feelings – todevelop an understanding of emo-tions and learn skills essential tobuilding relationships.
The Kimochis characters, whicheach feature a different emotion,encourage children to talk as theylearn to identify and manage theirfeelings, particularly those with anautism spectrum disorder.
Stonnington primary principalAnne McPhee said the Kimochiswere already proving to be an effect-ive tool in the classroom.
‘‘As a teacher I really like usingpuppets as a lot of children will talkto them in the third person when
they can’t talk about themselves,’’she said. ‘‘The Kimochis are oftenused with students that are feelinganxious or stressed so we canidentify their feelings.
‘‘It helps particularly with stu-dents on the autism spectrum, asthat’s one of the difficulties theyhave. Visual learning also has a highimpact for these students.’’
Ms McPhee said using the rangeof Kimochis characters as a teachingtool allowed children to betterrelate to emotions and build up arepertoire of responses.
‘‘I have seen how effective the Ki-mochis can be and the value ofthem,’’ she said.
Kimochis were launched in theUS in 2007 and have been availablein Australia since 2009.
LONG WAIT: Traffic banks up at theintersection of Malvern and Burkeroads in Glen Iris
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THE Glen Iris level crossing whichcauses one of Melbourne’s mostcongested traffic areas will beremoved, state Treasurer MichaelO’Brien has announced.
The government’s announcementof a $52.3 million injection to kick-start planning and works at sevenlevel crossings includes the loathed
crossing over Burke Road, besideGardiner railway station.
A plan to sink the railway line andbuild a north-south bridge for carsand trams would be the likely solu-tion.
The move could reinvigorate aproposal to put a section of the GlenWaverley line underground, to bepaid for by selling the land above todevelopers for residential and retailuse, as well as providing open space.
The level crossing has scored inthe RACV’s top 10 Red Spots forroad congestion, as voted by motor-ists, for more than seven years.
The funding announcementbrings the government’s MetroLevel Crossing Blitz program fund-ing to more than $418 million.
The Burke Road level crossing isone of four “rail squares” in Melbournewhere tram and rail tracks intersect.
The intersection carries about
25,700 vehicles, 150 trains and 95trams a day.
Malvern MLA Michael O’Briensaid removing the level crossingwould improve traffic f low andallow for more train services.
Other intersections to be fixed areat North Road, Ormond; BlackburnRoad, Blackburn; Main Road,St Albans; Mountain Highway andScoresby Road, Bayswater; and Mur-rumbeena Road, Murrumbeena.
A PRAHRAN business will cop adressing down in the name of charityon May 1.
Erz Iman and his wife Jodie, creat-ors of the occasionalbutler.com areone of an estimated 6000 businessesaround Australia taking part inTracky Dack Day for TLC for Kids.
TLC for Kids is a not-for-profitorganisation that provides financial,emotional and respite support tofamilies with ill or injured children.
TLC chief executive Tim Conolansaid the organisation was the ‘‘fire-fighters of children’s support”,because it did not focus on a specificarea of children’s health.
“From cancer, broken arms, to caraccidents, burns, and cystic fibrosis,TLC provides immediate support forkids facing all health crises,’’ MrConolan said.
“We help about 1750 childrenaround Australia every day.’’
Mr Iman said because they share a
building with eight other businesses,they hope to spread the word andincrease the number of businessestaking part in Tracky Dack Day.
Businesses can nominate any dayduring May to wear trackies to work.
“We hope to raise up to $1000 forTLC. Coming to work in trackiesfeels a little strange, but it is certainlya good proposition,” Mr Iman said.“Just hope we don’t get too comfort-able.”
To donate or to register you busi-ness visit tlcforkids.org.au/its_tracky_dack_day
A SPECIALISED response unitcombining police and mentalhealth professionals will beformed in a bid to improve theway psychiatric incidents arehandled.
Alfred Health and VictoriaPolice are working with BaysideMedicare Local to launch aMental Health Integration andCo-ordination Unit (MHICU) – aresponse unit that will operateafter hours.
The mobile service willinclude a police officer and amental health professional fromAlfred Hospital, who willrespond to calls identifyingmental health crises.
Victoria Police arrest about500 people with suspectedmental illnesses each month,according to the Police,Ambulance and Clinical EarlyResponse Evaluation.
The MHICU aims to reducethe number of presentations toemergency departments andprovide better responses toincidents involving people withmental health issues.
Bayside Medicare Local chiefexecutive Elizabeth Deveny saidmore than half the people dealtwith in a pilot program weredirected away from hospital.
‘‘Having a nurse with policewill allow them to see theindividual when the incidentpresents and they can see thesocial situation and they get asense of what is going on,’’ shesaid. ‘‘The nurses can supportpolice and if the person needs togo to hospital they can help.’’
TOORAK residents are fed up withanti-social behaviour including carsbeing keyed and bottles thrownover fences.
At a meeting last week, residentscriticised patrons from TRAK night-club for noise, violence, vandalismand public drinking.
One resident said vehicles parkedin Carters Avenue had beenscratched as much as six times in thepast two years.
Residents suggested the car parkin Carters Avenue was the cause forthe damage and called for CCTVcameras to be installed in the area.
A Late Night Liquor Trading SocialImpact Assessment tabled at Ston-nington council earlier this year stat-ed noise, safety, property damageand youths drinking alcohol in thestreets were major community con-cerns.
However, Toorak Village Resid-ents Action Group president EddieYoung commended the nightclubfor adhering to the demands of the
2011 agreement reached betweenthe nightclub, the council, theToorak Village Residents ActionGroup, the Stonnington ConcernedCitizens Association and the ToorakVillage Traders Association.
The agreement – NeighbourhoodAmenity Protection Plan – requiresthe nightclub to have security pa-trols in surrounding streets everytrading night, a manned taxi rank,additional crowd control barriersand noise management systems.
The plan also requires CCTV sur-veillance on Toorak Road and
Jackson Street, which is fed back tothe council.
Mr Young said the club adoptedthe plan “in the spirit of the sur-rounding neighbourhood” and thatissues in Carters Avenue were toofar from the nightclub to be related.
“We would all prefer there to beno nightclub at all, but we acknowl-edge that we have made the best of abad situation.”
“I have ... not seen one instanceof the club not carrying out therequirements of the plan … but Ithink CCTV would be a good idea.’’
TOP: Stonnington History Centre volunteers Ellen Porter and Geoff Currey look at one of the estimated 1500 letters fromsoldiers during World War II ABOVE: Some of the letters, including one with a wallet the City of Stonnington (known thenas the City of Malvern) sent to each soldier on their birthday (far right)
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TWO years ago Stonnington histor-ian Ellen Porter made a startling dis-covery.
As is often the way with excitingfinds, she was ‘‘searching for otherthings’’ at the time. “I noticed a very,very large collection of letters thathad not been catalogued … I knewit had to be something significant,”Ms Porter, an historian at the Ston-nington History Centre, said.
The box contained more than1500 letters from soldiers duringWorld War II and for the past twoyears, Ms Porter and long-timevolunteer Geoff Currey have read,indexed and catalogued every letter,now available on public record.
Mr Currey, who volunteered forthe job, was amazed by the find.
The letters, which came from asfar as Egypt, Germany, Canada andSingapore, have not been seen orread since World War II.
“What also makes the lettersimportant is that they are not officialwar histories or reminiscences.These are as-it-happened and on-the-spot, contemporarily written lettersby guys and girls who had never lefthome before, but were dumped intothe horrors and tedium of war,” MrCurrey said.
“Some are funny and others verymoving especially if you know theperson was killed not long aftersending the letter.
“One thing that all of them say inone way or another is, ‘I cannot waitfor this war to be over so I can comehome’.”
During the war, the City of Mal-vern (as it was known then) sentevery service man and woman abirthday and Christmas card during
their service along with a leatherwallet gift.
The Stonnington History Centreis calling for any World War II
veterans that remember receivinga birthday card from the councilduring their service to contactthe history centre, as letters they
wrote in response may be amongthose recently sorted. All names aresearchable at stonning-ton.vic.gov.au/history.
Artists paintthe town red
WINNER: Troy Argyros won theChapel Street Precinct ArtistDevelopment Award
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ARTWORK created amid thehustle and bustle of ChapelStreet has gone on display in anew exhibition.
The ART TOWN 2013
exhibition at Chapel off Chapelis the culmination of a public artproject where established andemerging artists created workslive on the street and at districtbusinesses during twoweekends last month.
ART TOWN is part of ChapelStreet Precinct’s push to breakdown the walls of gallery spaceand put art into unexpectedsettings.
The exhibition, which runsuntil May 26, was launched withan awards ceremony honouringthe best pieces.
Troy Argyros won the ChapelStreet Precinct ArtistDevelopment Award, scooping$2000 prize money for hispainting Psychic Patina.
LOCAL BEAT
REPORT CRIME call Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000
STREET LEVEL
SOUTH YARRAThieves stole a laptop after smashing the window of a car in Surrey Road, South Yarra, on April 25. Police said other valuables in full view were reportedly left on the back seat. Thefts from motor vehicles continue to be a problem in Stonnington. Sergeant Mark Sahib said the behaviour of vehicle owners and drivers was a major factor in many thefts. He said the theft might not have occurred if the valuables had been placed out of sight.
SOUTH YARRAThieves stole a laptop after smashing the a car in Surrey Road, South Yarra, on April said other valuables in full view were reporleft on the back seat. Thefts from motor vecontinue to be a problem in Stonnington S
PRAHRANPrahran police and Stonnington CIU are investigating two serious assaults that occurred around High Street and Chapel Street just before midnight on April 24. Police said three men in their 20s were leaving a venue when they attacked two victims. One suspect is described as tall and slim with brown/blond hair and wearing a “retro” jacket with red shoulders.
STONNINGTONStonnington police launched a Facebook page called Stonnington Eyewatch on April 24. It is one of 11 pages that were rolled out last week. Since the initiative began in February with Brimbank, Yarra Ranges, Geelong, Hobsons Bay and Darebin police, Eyewatch pages have racked up more than 8000 ‘likes’. Sergeant Mark Sahib said in addition to the community being able to engage with police on Eyewatch, police in turn would post information on missing and wanted people, crime prevention tips and articles on police activities. Follow Stonnington police at facebook.com/eyewatchstonningtonpsa.
MALVERN EASTPrahran detectives are investigating an aggravated burglary in East Malvern in the early hours of April 23. Police allege a man entered a Douglas Street premises through an unlocked rear door. The victim chased the offender towards Waverley Road before calling police. The burglar is described as a blond Caucasian man in his 20s, of medium build and 175cm tall. He was wearing dark pants and a grey hoodie bearing the number 27 or 72.
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STONNINGTON residents arebecoming more overweight, accord-ing to new research.
People 45 and over are experien-cing “high levels of many prevent-able health conditions, includingdiabetes complications, cancers andheart disease”, according to the Cityof Stonnington’s Municipal PublicHealth Plan.
It says residents have becomemore obese and “a significant pro-portion do not exercise enough”.
Councillors unanimously backeda proposal for a recreation strategyfor the municipality at a recentcouncil meeting, to address the lackof physical activity. The councillaunched a residents’ survey lastweek to find out what prevents ormotivates participation in sport.
Surveys, polls and forums will runfor one month and will help buildthe city’s recreation strategy for thenext decade.
Mayor Matthew Koce said the sur-vey would help the council under-stand community needs and plan forfuture improvements in sport andrecreation facilities, services andprograms.
“The City of Stonnington has avision to create a community thatcan boast the highest participationin physical activity across the coun-try and reverse trends indicating adecline in physical activity,” CrKoce said.
To take part in the survey, polls orforums, go to www.stonning-ton.vic.gov.au/connectwithus.
For information, contact thecouncil’s recreation services on8290 1193 or email [email protected].
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RECORDING LEG-UP: Stereo Kings Campbell Mowat, 15, Harry Leggatt,14, and Sam Hunt, 15, (on drums) won last year’s Stonnington heat
BUDDING rock stars and singingsensations, Stonnington wantsyou. Applications are open for theFreeZA Push Start Stonnington Bat-tle of the Bands on June 28, withunsigned solo artists, duos, andbands invited to apply.
The all-ages, alcohol-free eventat Malvern Town Hall offers thechance to win a $1000 recordingpackage with Birdland Studios anda crack at the national finals.
Last year’s winners of the Ston-nington heat were alternative rocktrio Stereo Kings, featuring WesleyCollege students Harry Leggatt,Campbell Mowat, and Sam Hunt.
‘‘We hadn’t recorded in a profes-sional studio before so we got tosee the process. It was great,’’ Leg-gatt said.
Applications close on May 7. Fordetails, contact Soundslike Produc-tions on 8290 7020 or email [email protected]
BOROONDARA council has put thebrakes on an $18 million plan to linkmajor bicycle paths in Melbourne’seast.
Last week, the councillors refusedto grant an extension of the stategovernment’s permit for a Yarrabridge and trail to be built in Will-smere Park in Kew East, and decidedinstead to approach VicRoads, Plan-ning Minister Matthew Guy andTransport Minister Terry Mulder todiscuss alternative routes to linkDarebin with Boroondara.
The councillors voted 6-3 againstgranting the Department of Sustain-ability and Environment, VicRoadsand the Department of Planning andCommunity Development a two-year extension of the permit issuedin 2009 by the Victorian Civil and
Administrative Tribunal. The permitexpired in August last year.
Boroondara Bicycle Users Groupspokesman Peter Campbell said thegroup was considering taking thecouncil to VCAT. “The meeting didnot consider the procedural matterto do with the permit,” he said.
“The alternative routes were allthoroughly assessed ... in a studythat went on for two years … Whencouncil says ‘we want to go backand look at the alternative routes’they are not genuine about that.They are constantly finding reasonswhy it can’t be built.’’
But environmental group Protect-ors of Public Lands (PPL) vowed toresist the Willsmere solution.
“If this goes back to VCAT we willfight like hell,” PPL secretary Julian-ne Bell said.
Mr Guy announced in Decemberthe government would spend $18
million on the Darebin-Yarra link,with asphalt paths and four newbicycle and pedestrian bridgesincluding a 12.6 metre high bridgeacross the Yarra at Kew to be com-pleted by 2015.
The government had negotiatedwith land owners Alphington Gram-mar School and the La Trobe GolfClub to allow the route to passthrough their properties, and wascounting on Boroondara to allowthe last piece of the path to connectthe Darebin Creek Trail with theMain Yarra and Anniversary trails.
But some residents accused thegovernment of ignoring safety andenvironmental issues in WillsmerePark and nearby Kew Billabong.‘‘The focus of this plan has been onthe needs of cyclists; the experienceof walkers and other park users hasbeen ignored,’’ Kew resident TonyMichael said.
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Two talented pastry chefs are enjoying the sweet taste of success afterbaking their way to the top of a statewide competition. Jacques Abd ElNour and Hazim Hazim, from Ablas Patisserie in Prahran, scooped firstand second prize respectively in the professional pastry chef category atthe inaugural Baklava Bake-Off at Federation Square. The event wasorganised by the Australian Multicultural Foundation.
Trams ramp up access forwheelchair passengersBY DAN MOSSState parliament [email protected]
A RAMP dubbed a ‘‘gap reducer’’will be installed on 59 trams, at acost of $400,000, to preventwheelchair-bound passengers get-ting stuck as they board.
Yarra Trams chief executive Clem-ent Michel said the ramps would beinstalled on low-floor D-Class tramsto bridge a gap between the tramdoors and level-access superstopswhich could cause wheelchairswith small wheels to jam.
“Some of our current infra-structure may not be at standards,”Mr Michel said.
The ramps are expected to beinstalled by mid-year.
Mr Michel said Public TransportVictoria was paying for platformsalong the 109 light rail track in Port
Melbourne to be raised to alignthem with tram doors.
Public Transport Victoria spokes-woman Helen Witton said the gapreducers won overwhelming praisein a test run.
However, the measure is believedto be far from perfect as the weightof passengers on a full tram couldmarginally lower the floor level.
Meanwhile, the state governmenthas been accused of failing to meetits disability anti-discrimination tar-gets on the tram network – despitespending more than $1.1 billion.
Yarra Trams data shows less than aquarter of the tram network hasbeen upgraded with disabilityfriendly level-access super stops andlow-floor trams.
Victorian Council of Social Ser-vice policy manager Llewellyn Reyn-ders said the tram network did notmeet its 2012 target.
“We call on the government todevelop an accessible transport planthat actually provides the strategyand resources to get us to the 2017targets in their next successful trans-port plan,” he said.
Seven years ago, the governmentset a target for 55 per cent of thetram network to be accessible fordisabled people by 2012, and 90 percent accessible by 2017, in line withthe federal Disability DiscriminationAct.
Today, the network has 349 levelaccess stops out of 1763 and 100low-floor trams out of 487.
When asked whether the net-work met its 2012 target, Ms Wittonsaid: ‘‘PTV and Yarra Trams have anumber of initiatives planned andunderway which will make the tramnetwork more accessible and meetthe Disability Standards for Access-ible Public Transport 2002.’’
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Jasper Coffee’s Jason Millar and Glenys Carmichael are preparing forFairtrade Fortnight from May 4-May 19. The Prahran Market trader will offersamples of its Fairtrade coffee as part of the market’s celebration on May 4to mark the Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand’s annualcampaign, which promotes better conditions for farmers in the developingworld. Shoppers who visit the market’s Blanco Kitchen during the event willhave the opportunity to learn about Fairtrade products with the help ofOxfam, take home a Fairtrade cotton bag and enter win prizes.
LOCAL FEATURE
Baby bountyAn idea to help struggling mums-to-be has blossomed into a vital
community resource. LISA HIGGINSON reports.
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“I’ll have that looking like brand new in no time,’’ enthuses St Kilda Mums’
co-founder Jess Macpherson, pointing to a grubby red stroller that has seen better days. As she goes on to outline her plan to scrub every centimetre of the second-hand pusher until it’s ‘‘gleaming’’, her passion becomes infectious.
Since forming St Kilda Mums four years ago, Macpherson, 42, and an ever-growing team of volunteers have worked tirelessly to give new life to pre-loved nursery equipment and children’s clothing, before donating it to families in need.
Macpherson, a mother of two youngsters, heard from her maternal health nurse that there was a desperate demand for items such as cots, prams and highchairs, as well as the basics – blankets, bibs and baby clothes – for disadvantaged parents in suburban Melbourne.
Working with a handful of friends and neighbours who also had young babies, Macpherson launched a scheme that quickly became a vital resource for less fortunate mums-to-be.
‘‘It started with a few of us mums just keeping items and I told the maternal health nurse to get in touch if she needed anything for local families,’’ she says. ‘‘From there it has grown exponentially.’’
Since 2009, St Kilda Mums has re-homed more than 6000 items, fi elding requests from 630 case workers and maternal health nurses from welfare organisations around the city, including Connections in Windsor and Hanover Welfare Services in St Kilda East.
‘‘No one else in Victoria is doing what we are doing,’’ says Macpherson. “The case workers have got no one else to get this stuff from.’’
With op shops no longer stocking second-hand baby equipment due to the strict safety regulations for resale, she says that more and more families are fi nding themselves stuck without the vital items they need.
‘‘Sometimes the only option for them is to scour through the hard rubbish,’’ she says.
An inspiring team of volunteers makes St Kilda Mums successful. The founding trio has grown to 163
helpers, most of whom are mums, with some dads roped in too.
Macpherson acknowledges they couldn’t do what they do without the supply of generous donations.
‘‘We had no idea what would happen when we started but we are getting more and more donations all the time,’’ says Macpherson.
‘‘It’s amazing how generous people can be; how much we have to give. Our supporters get a lot out of knowing their donations have gone out.’’
Donations are made on specifi ed days, when committee members open their front doors to welcome everything from breast-feeding pillows to bassinets. Other volunteers roll up their sleeves to sort through the piles of donations.
Word is spreading fast about these donation events, thanks to St Kilda Mums’ 2700-strong Facebook following and an email distribution list that reaches 3000 contacts.
People who want to donate are directed to the website, which includes a list of the items the group accepts for re-homing and outlines the strict safety requirements for car seats, prams and strollers, change tables and high chairs.
‘‘For example, we won’t take a cot unless you can provide us with a copy of the manual,’’ says Macpherson. ‘‘We would check every piece of wood and panel of the cot and then use the manual to make sure all the bits are present.
‘‘We have lots of suppliers that we can contact and they send us replacement parts for free. We’ve worked really hard to develop relationships with businesses to make sure things are suitable for re-homing.’’
While hundreds of people make donations, St Kilda Mums wants everyone to know they are a part of something meaningful.
‘‘We describe ourselves as a network,’’ says Macpherson. ‘‘We don’t want to be like the op shops where people just dump stuff on us. We want people to work with us to make sure we have clean, safe things to give families in need.’’
The group’s efforts have attracted the support of community organisations, including Sacred Heart Mission, Salvation Army and the Brotherhood of St Laurence, which pass on items that cannot be sold in stores.
After each donation day, volunteers embark on the mammoth task of sorting and packing the items. Members of the team then repair, refurbish and clean items of furniture, sew missing buttons on clothing, replace faulty zips and spruce up toys.
‘‘Clothing needs packing into bags and safety checks need to be done on equipment,’’ says Macpherson. ‘‘So if it’s clothes for a baby girl, we will pack a bag with birth to size one clothes, so there might be around 100 garments. The mum is then getting everything their child needs for its fi rst year and it’s all beautiful quality.’’
The bags are stored in Elwood, at a modest garage lock-up donated by a local family two years ago.
‘‘Everything gets transported to the lock-up and it fi lls up within a week,’’ says Macpherson. ‘‘I hosted a donation day in Balaclava recently and it took us six car loads and a ute to get the stuff to Elwood.’’
The goods in this suburban lock-up change lives. Case workers come from as far away as Sunshine and Pakenham to distribute them to clients in need.
‘‘All the ladies who meet the case workers are mums and they can suggest things that the new mums might need,’’ says Macpherson. ‘‘We give them as much stuff as possible. They normally leave with a lot more than they came to pick up.’’
Erin Black, a support worker at Hanover Welfare Services in St Kilda East, says the service is critical to many of her clients to ensure they are prepared for the birth of their babies.
As the number of pregnant women suffering housing and fi nancial diffi culties balloons in an increasingly competitive rental market, Black is adamant her service could not manage without St Kilda Mums.
‘‘They have fi lled the gap for us,’’ she says. ‘‘We are just so limited in what resources we have and often those resources don’t cater for us to be able to get what a new mum needs. It’s more to set them up with housing and make sure they have food and medical care.’’
Black says that before St Kilda Mums, caseworkers had to access funding through agencies so they
could buy items for mums-to-be. Sue Denmead, maternal and child
health nurse at Princes Gardens Maternal and Child Health Centre in Prahran, says the organisation provides a valuable service.
“We work with mums from diverse communities and some of them are struggling to survive day to day,” says Denmead.
“St Kilda Mums has been sensational. We just email them with what we need and they will get back to us and say ‘Yes, we have it’ and then we go and collect it from the lock-up.”
Denmead says her clients are always humbled by the generosity of St Kilda Mums and its supporters.
Mother-of-two Kristina Anderson was overwhelmed by the help she received from the group when her family fell on hard times.
Anderson moved from New Zealand to Melbourne while expecting her second child. Her partner could not fi nd work and the family struggled fi nancially.
‘‘We didn’t really have much to live off at the end of the day,’’ she recalls.
‘‘We were put in touch with St Kilda Mums through my case worker at Connections, as we really needed things like a stroller and clothes.’’
Anderson and her partner were grateful for the response they received.
‘‘They gave us a bag of clothing for my daughter, for a two-to-four-year-old, and there’s a lot of stuff
that doesn’t fi t yet, so she still has new things to wear.
‘‘It’s all really amazing quality stuff – some of the clothes still have tags on them.’’
The help didn’t end there. A message of thanks from Anderson outlining her struggle was posted on St Kilda Mums’ Facebook page, prompting a supporter to offer the family a second-hand car.
‘‘The generosity of the people St Kilda Mums is connected with is unbelievable,’’ says Anderson.
‘‘It is a very overwhelming thing because you don’t expect them to give so much when they don’t even know you.’’
In response to growing demand for its services, St Kilda Mums launched a major fundraising appeal this year to help the group lease a larger storage facility for its operations.
In just 21 days, the organisation raised a staggering $30,000 through $10 donations from its supporters and the search is now on for new premises.
Committee member and mother-of-two Maya Donevska says the committee is determined to continue expanding.
‘‘Our biggest challenge is fi nding room to accept donations and store them,’’ says Donevska.
‘‘It’s wonderful we have grown as quickly as we have, but now it’s taking it to the next level.’’
Details: visit stkildamums.org or facebook.com/stkildamums.
St Kilda Mums has donation days on the following dates: May 1 - Brighton EastMay 4 - Frankston SouthMay 11 - HeathmontMay 15 - NewportMay 22 - KewContact [email protected] for more information.
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HOT NEW VENUES
THE SWEETWATER INN, 1/60 Bray Street, South Yarra. Call 0402 532 578 Barely a month old and already set to become a southside favourite, the Sweetwater serves amped-up Aussie classics like you’ve never tasted. Think wagyu rissole sanga, as well as inventive vegan options. Perfect for a fast feed or lingering Sunday session.
FONDA, 144 Chapel Street, Windsor. Call 9521 2660 This Windsor wonder dishes up an authentic taste of Mexico, with burritos, tacos and quesadillas. Or wash down an antojito – a Mexican street snack – with one of the 100 per cent agave tequilas.
B’STILLA, 30b Bray Street, South Yarra. Call 9826 2370 Jason Jones has gone Moroccan while Melbourne is still catching up with his Mexican wave. The former Mamasita chef’s mouthwatering offerings include b’stilla – brik pastry stuffed with pigeon, duck, almond, egg and saffron dusted with cinnamon and icing sugar.
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TASTING CLUB AT THE TASTING TABLE WINE SHOP1219 High Street, Armadale. Details: call 9822 6754 or visit thetastingtable.com.auCost: $5. Bookings essential.
If it’s drab, mass-produced wine you’re after, then steer clear of this
independent wine shop. Generic drops from booze superstores have no place here. Soft tunes and fl ickering tealight candles are the perfect setting to tuck into a few glasses of premium wines.
Offerings from up-and-coming winemakers and family-owned vineyards reign supreme among a selection of about 200 products.
Up for tasting each month are 24 wines. Expect to taste obscure grape varietals such as Zweigelt, an incredibly easy-to-drink Austrian red, or full-fl avoured Alsatian Gewürztraminer.
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DANIEL McCULLOCH gives two dozen independent drops a taste test for a fi ver
house the night’s selection. The relatively new innovation ensures wines taste better for longer, blanketing bottles in Argon gas to prevent oxidisation.
This fl exibility gives owner Jack Mullard the confi dence to showcase
lesser-known wines. His enthusiasm for wine is genuinely contagious.
A former sommelier and private account manager at London wine merchant Corney and Barrow, Mullard shirks the stereotypical pomp and ceremony of the wine-tasting ritual.
The verdictThis event, held on the second Thursday of every month, attracts everyone from wine connoisseurs to young lovers on a casual date. With a selection of meat, cheese and dessert platters on offer, if you strike gold with a wine on tasting, feel free to buy a bottle (the $5 cover charge is redeemable on any wine purchase on the night) and settle in for the evening.
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“We are collectors but we don’t believe in collecting and storing,”
says gallery director Dianne Gringlas.
Three years ago Gringlas began the philanthropic project Ten Cubed Collection with husband Jack and sister-in-law Ada Moshinsky, a retired barrister. The 10-year project will showcase at least 10 works by 10 contemporary artists in their Glen Iris gallery.
Their conservative Victorian shop front at 1489 Malvern Road belies its airy, modern interior, currently featuring artist Alasdair McLuckie’s works.
Gringlas, who owned jewellery store Replique with sister Anita in Toorak Village for 23 years, has collected contemporary art for 20 years.
Moshinky, curating the collection, says: “We’ve bought more than 10 [artists]; the process is we buy
what we like, we test the water and at the end of 10 years our aim is that we will have honed in on 10 that we can exhibit in depth.”
Gringlas says the collection is confi ned to contemporary work by Australian and New Zealand artists.
“There are so many talented people and there’s so much out there that we had to put a square around it,” she says.
“We only buy their current and future work, and only artists that we feel still have 10 years in them.
“We’re not buying for a house, we’re buying for a gallery space.
“So you’re seeing in your mind how you’re going to curate it, how it’s going to look; buying differently than if you were buying a piece for your home.”
Most Wednesdays, Gringlas and Moshinsky visit key galleries in Melbourne and regularly travel interstate to exhibitions and art fairs seeking out new work.
The free-entry gallery is developing an education program for schools but it’s not a non-profi t enterprise.
“Yes we are acquiring but we are giving back – we are sharing back with everyone,” Gringlas says.
DIANNE GRINGLASLives: Glen Iris Age: 58What I love about Glen Iris: It’s a very arty, up-and-coming area. I fi nd it a very nice, warm environment. I love Mr Foxx cafe next door.What I’d change: I’m happy with what I’m seeing. I think changes are happening now.
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JOLEEN LANGMAN (far right)Lives: I’m from New Zealand, but I’m living here for a few months.Works: Digital marketing.What are you doing here today? Shopping. I’m having a night in.What are you wearing? I got this coat at the market. I was looking for a ’50s style swing coat, so I could fi t my bump in and still ride my bike. This is a rabbit fur hat, I think it’s from Dangerfi eld. The bag is from a market, and the dress is from somewhere cheap. I just bought comfy shoes today because I’m getting too pregnant unfortunately, so these are Kumfs or something really old-ladyish. Leggings, I’ve got no idea.Personal style: Independent. Slightly alternative.Style muse: I am inspired by ’50s, ’60s, ’70s style. Audrey Hepburn type stuff. And Twiggy.
Amity Dry had just won Channel Nine’s The Block: All Stars after a hectic
couple of months in Sydney, and the cupboard was bare when the family got home to Adelaide.
Going grocery shopping with her two children, who turned out to be tired and highly irritable, was a reality check after her success on the show.
“I thought, you can win The Block and the kids can be ratbags and you can say ‘beam me out of here, it’s all too hard!’,’’ Dry says. “I don’t think anyone has that perfect life. It’s about who is more honest about it.’’
Such candidness is the essence of Dry’s musical comedy Mother, Wife and the Complicated Life, which is touring Australia’s main cities before heading to the New York Musical Theatre Festival in July.
Dry (pictured centre) wrote the 100-minute show when her son, Jamison, was a toddler and she was pregnant with daughter Poppy,
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now two and a half, “because after you have the baby, you forget, you sugarcoat everything’’.
“I was living the experience and that’s why it’s authentic,’’ she says.
Dry, a singer and performer, has written the script, lyrics and music
for 21 songs. As producer she also looks after touring logistics.
She also performs in the show as Kate, a career woman who fi nds herself unexpectedly pregnant and grappling with loss of control.
The show follows a year in the
MOTHER, WIFE AND THE COMPLICATED LIFEWhere: Chapel Off Chapel, Little Chapel Street, Prahran When: Until May 5Bookings: call 8290 7000 or visit chapeloffchapel.com.au
life of Kate and her three friends – a newly engaged woman full of fairytale fantasies, a stay-at-home mum of three, and a working mother who owns the restaurant where they catch up.
“The show is done in a really real and relatable way rather than a Hollywood version,’’ says Dry.
“There are laughs – people from their 20s to their 70s go crazy in the sex song, which juxtaposes married couples and newlyweds – and there are tears, too.
“I often have women coming to me after the show in tears, saying ‘I thought I was the only one who didn’t love every moment of every day as a mother’.”
Dry, who is married to concert promoter and The Block partner Phil Rankine, says she is aware that her family could appear perfect in photographs published in the media: beautiful blonde, smiling husband in a crisp, white shirt, a son and daughter, elegant setting.
“You buy the magazine and it looks perfect, but we never know what’s going on behind closed doors,” she says.
“We did one photo shoot where Poppy stuck her tongue out in every photo. In another one she wouldn’t put her clothes on.’’
The imperfections of life are at the heart of Mother, Wife and the Complicated Life.
“The underlying message is that being a mother is the most amazing thing I’ve done, but it’s also the most emotionally and physically and mentally exhausting, and you are giving of yourself all the time,’’ says Dry.
“We don’t need to pretend it’s not hard. The ultimate message is to take the pressure off.’’ HARBANT GILL [email protected]
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LOCAL SCENE
W hile most of Stonnington slept, close to 1000 locals headed to Malvern East RSL
on Anzac Day to see in the dawn. Veterans and their friends, their kids, their kids’ kids and even the generation after that stood as one in honour of our war dead. Anzac Day is alive and well.
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFTPeter Currin and Pat Sheedy, Kevin’s brother. Sheedy had a simple reason for being there: “If blokes can go over the wall for us 98 years ago, I can get up early to thank them for it.’’ Right on!
This is the back end of what was a massive crowd. A word of warning for anyone thinking of driving to the service next year: unless you don’t mind long walks, get there early.
Piper Dave Connolly at the gates of dawn.
Stuart Redman wears with pride the WWII medals of his grandfather, who served in New Guinea and fortunately returned with sound health and mind.
Amy, 5, takes in the emotion of it all with her dad, Shawn Ramraj.
Scout’s honour: Mila, 10, Roman, 12, and Carl, 11, from 1st Ashburton, which is looking for members, for what it’s worth.
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A very special Easter delivery arrived for the Turton family, a little later than expected but as healthy and happy as his parents had hoped. Albie Duncan Turton was born at Cabrini hospital on March 30 at 8.09pm. He weighed 3.56 kilos (7lb 13oz) and is the
fi rst child for parents Anna and Jon, who live in Malvern East. With an Australian mum and British dad, the news of his arrival was met with happiness and love on far sides of the globe. Albie takes his middle name from his mother’s maiden name.
NICOLE WORSLEY and WILL BARTLEY had their wedding ceremony down to a fi ne art
For Malvern couple Nicole Worsley and Will Bartley, the March 9 wedding ceremony in the grounds of the National Gallery of Victoria was
the highlight of their special day. Celebrant Sally Hughes married the pair in ‘‘the city’s best backyard’’, the Grollo Equiset Garden.
Will and Nicole met while working at Mornington Peninsula shire council in 2008, and he took her back to the Peninsula last May to propose. He got down on one knee in their villa with a bunch of fl owers, bottle of champagne and the diamond in a bag, and asked her to marry him. A champagne-fuelled weekend of celebration followed.
Being able to have the ceremony and reception at one place meant the couple and their guests had plenty of time to soak up the sophisticated and contemporary setting of the NGV International.
They devised a menu that caterer Peter Rowland brought to the table in the Persimmon room. Close friend Katrina Ross made a two-tier Mississippi mud wedding cake with Italian butter icing.
After a week relaxing at Blairgowrie, the newlyweds jetted to Bangkok and Koh Samui, Thailand for their honeymoon.
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Drop-off your unwanted products, including:
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• out-of-date weed killer
• used brake fl uid
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Next Detox your Home drop-off day
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Drop-off site address is provided upon registration.
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VAFA - Round 3OLD SCOTCH 3.1 8.4 11.5 17.9 (111)ST BEDES/MENTONE 3.4 5.7 6.16 7.18 (60)Goals: Old Scotch: M Passador 4 W Strange 2 S Barnett 2 S Woodard 2 T McKinley A Jelbart G van den Broek S Wilcox A Houlihan H Dick L Hill. St Bedes / Mentone Tigers: P McGettigan 2 S Richards 2 T Tyquin S Glennen P Kean.Best: Old Scotch: G van den Broek S Thompson S Barnett N Jamieson L Gilbee L Hill. St Bedes/Mentone Tigers: D Garside S Glennen S Doherty P McGettigan J Murnane T Doherty.
DE LA SALLE 1.2 5.6 6.10 9.16 (70)OLD CAREY 2.4 2.4 6.7 8.11 (59)Goals: De La Salle: S Pickett 4 E Clinch M Stizza J Vickers N Roberts S Gotch. Old Carey: M Rainey J Reid L McQueen-Miscamble M Evans A Stewart-Holmes J Ceppi B Smithwick M Parker.Best: De La Salle: B Humphrey S Pickett D Lowe M Stizza N Roberts L Semmel. Old Carey: L McQueen-Miscamble T Smith B Smithwick A Stewart-Holmes J Rimington L Maslin.OLD XAVERIANS 3.4 6.7 8.13 8.19 (67)COLLEGIANS 1.1 4.3 5.7 5.10 (40)Goals: Old Xaverians: M Hannan 2 B Goss J Williams D Sapuppo C Larkins P Ambrose C Waller. Collegians: D Chaplin-Burch 2 N Polce J Kondarovskis A Myhal.Best: Old Xaverians: N Wynne C Waller A Biddlecombe C Larkins O Gidley L Tiernan. Collegians: S Inglis C Hylton N Corp D Sands W Tardif N Polce.BEAUMARIS 6.2 8.3 15.8 16.10 (106)ST BERNARDS 0.4 6.5 6.9 11.14 (80)Goals: Beaumaris: W Edmonds 5 L Boyd 4 L Casey-Leigh 3 T Buckley T Abbott C Buckley M Atkins. St Bernards: T Gleeson 5 R Houlihan R Schroder L Wilkinson A Bentick A Singleton M Buchanan.Best: Beaumaris: J Leigh W Edmonds B Haynes M Petering L Casey-Leigh M Ensor. St Bernards: T Gleeson J Forder T Caven S Clarke L Wilkinson N Cooke.UNIVERSITY BLUES 3.1 5.4 11.7 14.8 (92)UNIVERSITY BLACKS 2.7 3.8 5.9 11.12 (78)Goals: University Blues: N Smith 5 J Watts 2 S Carr 2 D Heinz 2 R Young J Campbell M Rippon. University Blacks: H Lacey 3 A Pattison 2 J Matthews C Richardson J Slabbert C Turner B Mahon A Drysdale.Best: University Blues: R Young J Townley P Summers M Rippon J Watts S Carr. University Blacks: S Weekley A Willingham A Pattison L Kalms C Turner P O’Rourke.
Premier B: Old Brighton 6.15 d Fitzroy 4.16; Ajax 16.14 d Old Melburnians 9.12; Old Trinity 22.16 d Werribee Districts 5.7; Parkdale Vultures 17.20 d Caulfi eld Grammarians 9.6; St Kevins 18.17 d Old Haileybury 3.15
Premier C: Banyule 15.12 d Nobs/St Pats 12.11; Mazenod 15.18 d Oakleigh 6.13; Old Ivanhoe 13.15 d Old Camberwell 6.4; Pegs 9.5 d Marcellin 6.15; Monash Blues 16.16 d Peninsula 14.12
EASTERN FOOTBALL LEAGUE - Division 1BLACKBURN 3.3 5.7 8.9 13.11 (89)EAST BURWOOD 1.7 6.10 9.15 11.20 (86)Goals: Blackburn: D Arezzolo 4 B Fraser 2 M Prendergast 2 T Beilby 2 J Lewis N Garratt J Worsteling J Sandiford. East Burwood: D Gribbin 4 J Duman 2 J Coombes 2 M Mariani C O’Reilly E MacPhie.Best: Blackburn: J Worsteling T Faulkner B Dolan D Arezzolo J Harkins T Beilby. East Burwood: C Nayna A Mariani R Kerr M Jessop C O’Reilly.BALWYN 0.2 5.6 8.8 13.19 (97)LILYDALE 5.3 7.4 9.7 10.9 (69)Goals: Balwyn: J Gobbels 4 M O’Regan 2 J Hoegel 2 C Hendrie R McMahon R Gilchrist L Barker A Murray. Lilydale: D Breese 3 J Taylor 2 B Weightman 2 A Bawden J Roach L McCombe.Best: Balwyn: R Gilchrist R Watts R McMahon C Hendrie J Gobbels C Sanfi lippo. Lilydale: B Weightman J Taylor D Carswell G Hill M Hottes A Davies.NOBLE PARK 3.2 5.8 10.11 14.15 (99)EAST RINGWOOD 3.2 4.4 7.8 9.11 (65)Goals: Noble Park: B Dore 3 M Dunne 3 G Angelopoulos 2 C Horton-Milne B Cosson L Cody T Harper S Monaghan T Mitchem. East Ringwood: A McGuinness 2 E Phaedonos C Purdy S Dimitriou T Millard A Renton. M Sharpe A Van RooyenBest: Noble Park: S Monaghan S Kemperman T Mitchem T Kelly J Plymin L Smith. East Ringwood: A Renton C Purdy A Van Rooyen B Dinneen A McGuinness J Perry.ROWVILLE 7.3 13.10 15.13 19.15 (129)SOUTH CROYDON 0.1 3.5 5.8 8.11 (59)Goals: Rowville: C Morris 7 N Hicks 4 M Davey 4 T Allen M Jackson R McEwin M Stanley. South Croydon: G Stephens 3 D King 2 J McLachlan B Allan L Cox.Best: Rowville: M Bussey C Morris M Davey S Alston N Hicks. South Croydon: L Cox D King G Stephens N Molnar D King A Dessent.VERMONT 3.2 7.7 10.9 13.11 (89)NORWOOD 3.2 6.4 11.7 13.8 (86)Goals: Vermont: J Van Unen 5 A Froud 5 T Schneider P Chadwick R Mullett. Norwood: M McCormack 4 D Johnson 2 D Trotter 2 R Jordon 2 B English D Bull. B KelleherBest: Vermont: D Mendes G McCarthy D Millhouse T Bird A Froud R Mullett. Norwood: R Jordon M McCormack E Johnson J Ford M Decler D Bull.
Div 1 Res: Vermont 17.22 d Norwood 11.4, Balwyn 15.14 d Lilydale 8.14, Noble Park 15.17 d East Ringwood 5.8, Knox 8.6 d Scoresby 6.11, Rowville 8.14 d South Croydon 9.2, Blackburn 12.17 d East Burwood 5.9. Div 2: Donvale 7.16 d Doncaster East 7.10, Mooroolbark 13.11 d Waverley Blues 11.9, Croydon 11.10 d Bayswater 10.10, Montrose 19.13 d Mulgrave 8.13, North Ringwood 12.12 d Upper Ferntree Gully 8.8. Res: Mooroolbark 9.16 d Waverley Blues 6.11, Donvale 13.12 d Doncaster East 7.5, Bayswater 9.11 d Croydon 6.11, Montrose 13.16 d Mulgrave 2.7, Upper Ferntree Gully 13.8 d North Ringwood 3.8. Div 3: Mitcham 18.11 d Glen Waverley Hawks 10.11, Heathmont 13.10 d Chirnside Park 11.16, Templestowe 16.11 d Wantirna South 16.8, Doncaster 16.15 d Warrandyte 11.10, Boronia 9.19 d Whitehorse Pioneers 5.8, Ringwood 13.12 d The Basin 11.12. Res: Mitcham 10.10 d Glen Waverley Hawks 8.11, Chirnside Park 10.7 d Heathmont 6.11, Templestowe 13.12 d Wantirna South 7.6, Boronia 9.10 d Whitehorse Pioneers 6.14, The Basin 9.9 d Ringwood 9.9.
■ SCHOOL SPORTAGSV: Boys: Cross Country: Marcellin 26 Trinity 20 Peninsula 19 Camberwell & Mentone 16 Yarra Valley 14 Ivanhoe 11 PEGS 10 Assumption 0. Football: Trinity 16.15 d Ivanhoe 8.8, Marcellin 30.16 d Camberwell 4.2, PEGS 23.22 d Assumption 9.3, Peninsula 25.23 d Mentone 8.5.AGSV/APS: Girls: Basketball: Carey 56 d ACK 16, Wesley 46 d Mentone 12, Yarra Valley 62 d Geelong Coll 25, Haileybury 34 d Ivanhoe 16. Cross Country: Wesley 41 Haileybury 66 Carey 103 Caulfi eld 113 Geelong Gram 144 PEGS 155. Hockey: Caulfi eld 16 d Peninsula 0, Geelong Coll 7 d Geelong Gram 3, Haileybury 5 d Wesley 4. Netball: Geelong Gram 70 d PEGS 21, Caulfi eld 45 d Peninsula 26, Geelong Coll 65 d Yarra Valley 41, Carey 56 d ACK 20, Mentone 43 d Wesley 40, Ivanhoe 52 d Haileybury 46. Soccer: Caulfi eld 7 d Peninsula 0, PEGS 1 drew Geelong Coll 1, Haileybury 7 d Ivanhoe 5, Carey 24 d ACK 0, Wesley 10 d Mentone 0.APS: Basketball: Scotch 54 d Melbourne 46, Xavier 54 d St Kevins 39, Wesley 39 d Haileybury 29, Caulfi eld 52 d Carey 23. Cross Country race 1: Xavier 37 Wesley 43 Scotch 121. Race 2: Haileybury 37 Caulfi eld 68 Carey 78. Race 3: St Kevins 24 Geelong Gram 68. Race 4: Melbourne 26 Brighton 72. Football: Melbourne 14.10 d Geelong Gram 12.12, Haileybury 21.24 d Wesley 3.10, Xavier 19.20 d Carey 1.6, St Kevins 13.10 d Brighton 8.6, Scotch 8.15 d Geelong Coll 7.8.
■ RUGBYVICTORIAN SCHOOLS: 1st XV: St Kevins d Melbourne 88, Xavier 41 d Geelong Gram 19, Scotch 41 d Trinity 32, Brighton 46 d Haileybury 19. 2nd XV: Geelong 21 d Xavier 12, Scotch 24 d Trinity 0, St Kevins 29 d Melbourne 0. 1st XV: Div 2: Ivanhoe 17 bt Marcellin 12, St Patricks 78 bt Carey 8.
■ BASEBALLWINTER LEAGUE A: Croy 2 drew Ring 2, Greens 12 d Heath 5, GMBC 8 d Nth Balwyn 0, Resch 7 d West 5, Wats 5 d Knox 4. AR: Ring 16 d Croy 0, Heath 17 d Greens 9, GMBC 9 d Nth Balwyn 2, Resch 4 d West 2, Wats 6 d Knox 3. B: Wav 9 bt Dia Ck 3, Donc 11 bt Mon Uni 6, For Hill 8 bt Ess 1, Bund 6 bt GMBC 4, N C Rebels 8 bt Ring 3. BR: Wav 20 bt Dia Ck 1, Donc 10 bt Mon Uni 2, For Hill 16 bt Ess 4, Bund 13 bt GMBC 10, Ring 14 bt N C Rebels 12.
■ CLUB GOLFSATURDAYBOX HILL: Stableford A: A Fernon (9) 35. B: M Whitfi eld (13) 40. C: S Carman (19) 36. D: T O’Dwyer (28) 40.EAST MALVERN: S’ford A: D White (8) 39. B: G Morris (14) 43.EASTERN: Par A: S Clark (7) 5 up. B: G Burns (28) 5 up cb.GLEN WAVERLEY: Stroke A: G MacIsaac (11) 69. B: R Sutianto (20) 68. C: D Nairn (22) 67. Hole-in-one: L Welch at 12th. Women Stableford: F Scardamaglia (34) 36.GREEN ACRES: Stableford A: T Smith (12) 41. B: Rockford (19) 37. C: R Jebb (24) 38.HEIDELBERG: AMCR 70 Stableford A: D Drummond (11) 43. B: G Thorney Croft (13) 39 cb. C: B Black (18) 42.IVANHOE: Par A: D Gross (8) 6 up. B: R McLeod (15) 9 up. C: A Fleming (27) 8 up. W: A Barten (36) 4 down.KEW: Stableford A: T Gin (6) 39. B: A Webb (17) 41. C: T Cesarello (26) 40. W: L Ooi (9) 37.LATROBE: Stableford A: R Healey (11) 42. B: L Cellante (16) 40. C: A Bianco (21) 41.METROPOLITAN: 4B: M Bannenberg (18) L Chiew (19) 47. Trophy: M Bannenberg (18) L Chiew (20) 89.RIVERSDALE: Stableford A: D Downs (10) 38. B: C Gwynne (13) 37 cb. C/Trophy: R Dugan (20) 38.ROYAL MELBOURNE: 4B West: J Perry (scr) R Nethercote (18) 46. Family: W Daish (18) J Daish (22) 44.YARRA PARK: Medal Stableford: B Peppyat (25) 34. W: J Scott (21) 34.YARRA VALLEY: Bisque Par: D Bernie (25) 7 up.
SCHOOL HONOUR: Darci Kleinschmidt has won a second School Sports Award
SUCCESS seems to follow Glen Iris’sDarci Kleinschmidt.
Whether it’s at school or clublevel the young hockey star is abright talent on the Victorian sceneand she has recently been rewardedwith her second Victorian SchoolSports Award.
The Canterbury Girls SecondaryCollege student received the awardat a gala presentation at the MCGlast week and says she was hon-oured to win the prestigious award,after first winning one in primaryschool in 2007.
“It’s right up there with makingstate teams, and rewarding to knowthat all the work goes towards some-thing,” she says.
“There are a lot of past winners,like Georgia Nanscawen, who nowplay for Australia so it’s very honour-able to get something like that.”
Entering year 12 this year, Klein-schmidt, 17, has experienced signi-
ficant success during her time atCGSC, where she has captained theteam every year.
As well as twice winning the statechampionship, Kleinschmidt isentering her fifth year of coaching atschool, and is the school sports cap-tain. She has also represented Vic-toria several times at junior level, aswell as attending numerous Vic-torian Institute of Sport trainingcamps.
“Getting into the VIS is somethingI definitely want to work towards,”Kleinschmidt says.
“I’m trying out for the under-18state side this year too, so I hope Ican get in there because they’reheading up to Canberra this year sothat would be cool.”
Outside of school hockey, Klein-schmidt plays in Toorak East Mal-vern’s Premier League side and is anestablished member of the squad.
“We have a really young team thisyear and, compared to how we wentlast year, we’ve been very competit-ive,” Kleinschmidt says.
“I’m on the field a lot and don’tget many breaks but that’s just howit is.”
Her talent has shone through formany years at TEM; she scored 36goals in the under-17 competitiondespite still being eligible for under-15.
And while hockey is very much inher plans, Kleinschmidt is alsofocused on her final year of highschool and her career ambitions.
“I want to be a midwife, so I hopeto do nursing at uni next year and gofrom there,” she says.
“While playing for Australiawould be awesome, if I don’t getthere that’s OK. I’ll just work as hardas I can let it take me where it takesme.”
Prahran coach tips Rogers to play key role in Ashes
Chris Rogers
PRAHRAN opener Chris Rogersshould play all five Ashes Tests inEngland this year after his suddenreturn to the Australian Test scene,according to his club coach.
More than five years after his onlyTest, left-hander Rogers was namedlast week in Australia’s 16-mansquad for the Ashes series, whichstarts at Trent Bridge on July 10.
‘‘I can’t help thinking he’d pen-cilled in to play every game,’’ Prah-ran coach Andrew Walton said. ‘‘Itwould be remarkable to pick him inthe squad and not play him, givenhis experience in those conditions.
‘‘It’s great to finally see some logicin selection.’’
Despite his limited Test experi-ence, Rogers’ first-class record is theenvy of many of the current team.
Since making his debut for WA in1998, he has made more than19,000 first-class runs, including 58centuries, at an average of 50.
His single Test, filling in forinjured Matt Hayden, yielded just 19but Walton said he could succeed inhis second coming.
‘‘In that one Test he played withguys like Ponting, Clarke and (Mike)Hussey and was considered good
enough,’’ Walton said. ‘‘The currentbatting line-up isn’t anywhere nearas good, so he deserves his place.’’
Rogers also has significant experi-ence in English conditions as cap-tain of county side Middlesex,which plays its home games atLord’s, and has passed 1000 runs ineach of the past five county seasons.
At 35, Rogers is the oldest playerin the squad, but Walton said he hadnever wavered in his belief.
‘‘He’s always wanted to play at thehighest level possible,’’ he said. ‘‘Heknows his currency is runs and hasshown a consistent ability to do that.’’
Panthers go down fightingGOTCHA: Clayton’s Chris Sewell lays a tackle on East Malvern’s Shane McCurry in the Anzac Day match
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Goal: A. Purvis 2, P. Tsoucalas 2, T. Edwards 2,C. Sewell 2, A. Johnston , A. Papamiltiades , T.Crameri. Best: C. Morrison, A. Purvis, C.Sewell, T. Crameri, B. Robertson, D. Costigan.EAST MALVERN 8.6 (54)
Goal: A. Doxey 3, T. Hotton, T. Hicks, J. Lums-den, J. Brooke, B. Baker. Best: I. McCrimmon,A. Doxey, S. McCurry, C. Roughead, A. Tho-mas, S. Wright.
EAST Malvern coach Matt Carrollwas proud of his players despite theSouthern Football League loss toClayton on Anzac Day.
Three of the Panthers’ key play-ers, Ryan De Visser, Brock Baker andcaptain Mitch Ferguson, wereinjured in the opening term, leavingthe visitors with just one player onthe bench.
But East Malvern stormed to thelead in the third term and led by agoal at three-quarter time only to godown 11.14 (80) to 8.6 (54).
Fatigue caught up with them latein the match as the Clays respondedto a three-quarter time rocket fromcoach Ben McGee to dominate pos-session and keep their opponentsscoreless in the final term.
Clayton’s Chris Harris and EastMalvern’s Shane McCurry won themost courageous player awards foreach team while the Clays took theJohn Monash Cup.
Carroll used the Panthers’ steadyimprovement as cause for optimism.
“It was fitting of the day weplayed on, Anzac Day, for us to showsome spirit and push on like thatwhile undermanned,” he said. “It’sobviously a little disappointing but itwas always going to be tough ask in-to the breeze in the final quarter.’’
With a 10-day break betweenmatches, Carroll hopes De Visser,Baker and Ferguson will be fit for theaway clash with St Paul’s on Saturday.
Carroll also said the experience ofplaying football on a Thursday was anew one.
“It was bizarre turning up on Thurs-day to play footy,” he said. “Obviouslyit’s a great honour and everyoneappreciated the opportunity to playon such special day for all Australians.”
– ROY WARD
BRIEFS
■ STUNNING COMEBACKSt Kevins received a percentage-boosting win over Old Haileyburyat the weekend, trouncing thevisitors in VAFA Premier B.Despite going into the first breakdown by 13, St Kevs slammed on17 goals to nil in the remainingthree quarters to win 18.17(125) to 3.15 (33).
■ GOAL ORIENTEDSeven goals to Adam Sleight andfive to Patrick Harris led PrahranAssumption to a convincing winover Old Mentonians at theweekend. The visitors took thewin 20.12 (132) to 12.14 (86) atMentone Grammar.
■ CHARGERS FADE AWAYOakleigh Chargers started wellbut faded late in their TAC Cupclash with Geelong Falcons. TheChargers struggled to turn theiropportunities into goals as theFalcons took the win 10.12 (72)to 4.8 (32) at Warrawee Park.
■ NET EFFECTSMalvern produced the completegame in its state leaguelacrosse match with Caulfield onSaturday for a comprehensivewin. Malvern were in control allday and eventually won 13-4.
■ WOES CONTINUESouth Yarra SC’s difficult start tothe state league 4 seasoncontinued on Saturday, goingdown 0-1 against Skye UnitedFC. It’s South Yarra’s third lossfrom the four rounds.
■ TEM ON TOPToorak East Malvern had aconvincing 5-2 win over Waverleyin Premier League hockey onSaturday. In the precedingwomen’s fixture, the teams wereleft with a point each after a 2-2draw.
■ RUGBY ROUTMelbourne dominated its DewarShield match with Box Hill,racking up a mammoth score inround 2. The Unicorns sentthemselves to the top of thetable with the 78-13 win.
■ CHARGERS SEEK COACHMelbourne Rugby Club’s premierdivision fourth grade side, theMelbourne Chargers, is lookingfor a coach for 2013 and beyond.As part of one of the biggestclubs in the state, the side hasexperienced significant successin recent years. Details: [email protected].
Scotch upin big finishOLD Scotch took advantage of anerratic St Bedes/Mentone onAnzac Day, blitzing the home sidein the final quarter to run away to acomfortable victory.
Scotch recovered from an error-riddled start to take the points17.9 (111) to 7.18 (60) in the VAFAPremier match at Brindisi StreetOval.
Seb Woodard opened the scor-ing for the Cardinals after fiveminutes. The Tigers dominatedthe rest of the quarter withoutmaking the most of their chancesand led by three points at thebreak.
That sloppiness haunted themin the second term, as first AndrewJelbart and then Woodard gave OldScotch a lead they wouldn’t relin-quish for the rest of the day. OldScotch’s strong finish came des-pite having no rotations becauseof injury, the most serious a pos-sible long-term knee issue forWoodard
Old Scotch co-coach DeanAnderson said the win was crucialafter a bad loss in Round 2 andbrought home the message ofAnzac Day.
“We probably weren’t favouritesso to come away with a win wasimportant,” he said. “Footy’s agreat avenue for the day to gothrough because it’s a hard game,and it’s important that message ofthe day isn’t lost.”
In Saturday’s games, Old Xavsgot their season rolling with a 8.19(67) to 5.10 (40) win over reigningpremiers Collegians and Old Careywent down 9.16 (70) to 8.11 (59)against De La Salle.
