It must be something in the water hazard – Barwon Heads’ Oates Vic Open has managed to secure entries from its 10 past champions.
The five previous winners of the men’s and women’s titles will be back at 13th Beach Golf Links next month from around Australia and the world, organisers crowed this week.
But the most interesting pair trying to recreate history won’t have far to travel. Australian Richard Green and Norwegian Marianne Skarpnord had only just moved into their shared home on the 13th estate when they won both titles in 2015.
Skarpnord first knocked off rising star Su Oh before watching then-fiancee Green win a sudden death shootout against Nick Cullen.
Must have been a big night in the Skarpnord-Green household!
Locals are urged to get out in force to cheer on our loved up local pair for a repeat performance on 1-4 February.
Surf Coast ratepayers must think it’s groundhog day after their councillors launched ingloriously into 2018 this week.
At this week’s first meeting of the year they adopted guidelines protecting Bells Beach’s hinterland – 12 months after a landowner won approval for a holiday resort overlooking the iconic break despite 33,000 objectors.
Barn door, meet bolted horse. Might save the hinterland furniture, at least.
Then Cr Heather Wellington raised a ‘duh’ motion demanding that the shire consider its obligation to basic services like roads before, reportedly, spending on extraneous issues like renewable energy.
A council without its eye on the ball? Never!
And to cap it off, the shire misled the public when it blamed VicRoads for a failure to install reduced speed zoning outside a new Torquay school. The shire initially said VicRoads “refused” the zoning only to explain a day later that council had yet to actually apply for the change.
Sheesh. And it’s still January!
The career of Lara model Amber Dew continues rising in unexpected directions.
Featured as Watch This Face in the new edition of Geelong Coast magazine, Amber’s won a series of recent titles including Miss International Australia, Miss Perfect Body and Miss International in 2017.
Clearly she’s the miss that can’t miss!
Anyway, this weekend she’s stepping off the catwalk and into the judges’ box at Miss Gay & Miss Transsexual Australia International 2018.
She’ll be one of eight judges at St Kilda Town Hall ranking contestants on everything from themed costumes to talent and swimwear.
Hopefully she can resist any parochial urges when Geelong’s Ivana Kabab, AKA Nick Gerardi, takes to the catwalk for the Miss Gay International Australia title.
Then again, with a name like Ivana Kabab, maybe he deserves extra points!
