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Sweetest victory of all Ocean Grove is still basking in premiership glory after defeating Geelong Amateur in the Bellarine Netball League A Grade grand final. The Grubbers played the almost-perfect game in a 53 to 45 win at Grinter Reserve, Newcomb on September 9. Goal attack Ashton O’Brien was judged best on court. The win was soured somewhat with Kelsey Ollis suffering a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in her knee during the third quarter. Ocean Grove fielded five teams in the netball grand finals with C Grade and 15 & Under Division 1 winning their premierships with B Grade and 13 & Under Division 2 being runners-up. ■ Our huge coverage of the netball
grand finals starts with pictures from page 26 to 29 and match reports and interviews on page 31.
Ocean Grove’s winning A Grade team. (Ivan Kemp) 358220_01
Drown victim remembered Cienna Jervies is being remembered as a “happy“ and “artistic“ girl after she drowned while swimming near Ocean Grove. The 12-year-old was swimming with a 13-year-old girl at Collendina Beach around 6pm on Tuesday, September 19, when they got into trouble. Police said a passer-by entered the water, rescued one of the girls and brought her to
shore while Victoria Police Airwing assisted with the return of the second girl. Ambulance Victoria said paramedics treated a man in his 40s, a woman in her 30s and a 13-year-old female who were taken to the University Geelong Hospital in a stable condition. CPR was performed on Cienna, from Clifton Springs, who friends and family fondly knew as “Sissy”, but she could not be resuscitated and died at the scene.
Family friend Zoe Mayne set up a GoFundMe to help Cienna’s parents, Jodie and Brent Jervies, care for their sons while trying to navigate life and grief. “(Her parents) are understandably unable to work at this time,” Ms Mayne said on the fundraising page. “Sissy was a much loved, artistic, happy, sometimes shy, and sometimes bubbly Year Seven girl. “A daughter, sister, cousin, granddaughter, niece, and the most loyal and best friend
anyone could have. “Cienna was a very important and loved member of the Clifton Springs and Bellarine community...our hearts are broken. “Any donations to help with funeral costs and ongoing expenses to support the Jervies family through this time are greatly appreciated.” At the time of writing the GoFundMe page had reached more than $21,000 in donations. To support the Jervies family, visit gofundme. com/cienna-rosse-jervies
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By Jena Carr