Photos Graeme Dahl, Jerrod Lim & Melissa McCullough Rhiannon Lester has never been afraid of a challenge, personally or professionally. The mum of two moved to Mornington four years ago, knowing no…
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By Andrea Louise Thomas Photos Gary Sissons It takes a certain kind of magic to teach. It’s a mixture of dedication, patience, discipline and respect with a dash of humour. When skills…
By Daniel Failla Andrew Wesley, a local of Mount Eliza for the last 12 years, certainly doesn’t run away from the fight to help raise funds for cancer research. He will be…
By Melissa Walsh Photos Yanni He’s been a professional boxer, coached well in excess of 300 fights with Victorian and Australian champions, runs a successful boxing gym, has travelled the world and…
By Brodie Cowburn Pictures: Gary Sissons Boxing Legend. World Champion. Survivor. Johnny Famechon’s life has been one full of accomplishment, and now the champion boxer has been recognised for an outstanding career…
By Melissa Walsh He grew up on the Mornington Peninsula, attended local schools and joined the Defence Force in 2005, being deployed to Iraq as a rifleman in 2007. Two years later,…
By Melissa Walsh Photos Yanni Georgia Fish wakes up in the morning, walks out her door and straight down to the beach to practice her surfing; it’s an easy walk for the…
By Melissa Walsh Photos: Yanni It appears a juxtaposition to put boxing and harmony together yet former professional boxer, Ron Smith, manages to set the record straight on how boxing can…
The first time I see Kenny Brunner, he is walking out of the Breakers’ basketball stadium in Mornington. He is surrounded by a sea of kids, all “high-fiving” him as they parade…