Port Melbourne Colts Junior Football Club
Nina TAYLOR (Albert Park) (10:02): I also want to do a shout-out to the Port Melbourne Colts junior footy club, because they hosted the under-8 and under-9 lightning carnival on 13 August. Now, get this: 3000 people, 650 buckets of chips, 550 packs of footy cards, 350 egg and bacon rolls, 350 hot dogs, 250 Gatorades – and actually there was some football played as well. There was machine-like efficiency from the stalls, and it raises good money for the club – amazing volunteering. To president Annette Maloney and secretary Bernadene Voss: kudos to you to make it function so well – all those kids, and not a computer in sight. Isn’t that brilliant? Also a shout-out to the umpires. I did mention the volunteers, but also the parents, who are the volunteers mainly, were just sweating there over the barbecue, keeping up the good spirit. This is great for the whole area.