We have a great community supported by many groups
that we support and with which we encourage everyone to get involved.
SHOREHAM TENNIS CLUB
We hope you are enjoying playing at Shoreham Tennis Club (STC).
Social Tennis & Pickleball
We currently have a social group playing on Friday mornings (9.00 -10.00am) which is now a joint tennis and pickleball group due to popular demand. After tennis or pickleball most participants follow up for coffee at a nearby cafe. It’s all a lot of fun and everyone is welcome. Pickleball is a work in progress for us, as we are just learning how to play it. So come along and have a laugh playing tennis or pickleball - whatever your preference. We welcome anyone interested in having a hit with us, and all standards are welcome.
For Tennis contact Gina on 0419 551 423.
For Pickleball contact Liz on 0400 386 889.
If you are interested in these options or would like to start a new social tennis group at a time convenient to you and your friends, please contact the club to set it up. ShorehamTC@gmail.com
The STC is pleased to announce that last year 2023, Balnarring and district Community Bank provided $20,000 and the Mornington Peninsula Shire granted us nearly $10,000 to resurface Courts 1 and 2 .
If you have played on the courts recently you will have noticed the improvements.
We are grateful for their support and look forward to an ongoing relationship with them to make our community an even better place to live. The committee will continue to fundraise and lobby for funding to fix courts 3 and 4 which require resurfacing at a cost of $100,000.
Coaching at Shoreham Tennis Club
Please contact Olivia Jones on 0411 475 420 for session times.
How you can support the club
• Joining the Club / Paying your membership fees in November for the 2023/2024 membership year; adult $90 under 18’s $50 & FAMILY $220.
• Encouraging others to join the Club and play tennis in Shoreham.
• Nominating the Shoreham Tennis Club as your preferred organisation with the Ritchies Community Benefit Program, and each time you spend at Ritchies IGA the Club will receive 0.5% of your spend!
• Download the “Ritchies” app to nominate the Shoreham Tennis Club as your preferred organisation or go to https://www.ritchies.com.au/loyalty.
please contact the club with any queries, donations or ideas!
Banking: Shoreham Tennis Club / BSB: 633-000/ Account no: 170 079 305 / Ref.: Name/date of hire
Club Membership
The Shoreham Tennis Club membership year commences each year on November 1.
Annual fees: adult - $90, family - $220.
Court Hire for non-members
If you are looking to hire a court for an occasional game the tennis courts can be hired using online payment. The key is available at the Shoreham Post Office, Monday – Friday excluding public holidays.
$20 per court per hour - online payment only. Please transfer payment to: Shoreham Tennis Club, BSB: 633-000. Account no: 170 079 305, Reference: Name/date of hire
Weekend and public holiday hire is also available. For access to the courts please contact Gina on 0419 551 243.
We hope to see you on the courts soon!
To contact the Shoreham Tennis Club Committee: email ShorehamTC@gmail.com
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CFA - SHOREHAM FIRE BRIGADE- Established in 1949.
Our volunteer fire brigade has two parts, the brigade and the auxiliary.
The brigade, led by Tony and Alan, fights fires locally and sometimes remotely.
The auxiliary, led by Melody, supports the brigade in social activities.
We welcome any locals who wish to join us. We welcome any donations to help us purchase equipment.
We are part of the Country Fire Authority’s South-East Region and within that we are part of the Westernport group of brigades. All brigades co-operate to control fires across the State.
Please note that Shoreham has been declared an area of high bushfire risk. We rely on residents keeping their properties well maintained.
We have a noticeboard at the Post Office where recent information is pinned and some brochures are left for residents to take. You can find more guidance on the CFA’s website, https://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/plan-prepare.
HOW TO CONTACT US
You can come and see us at the fire station on Sunday mornings around 9am.
Postal address: PO Box 283, Shoreham, 3916
Email at shorehamfirebrigade@bigpond.com
Website : https://shorehamcfa.com.au/
Facebook : Shoreham CFA/Shoreham Vic/Facebook
Instagram : shorehamcfa
REMEMBER CALL 000 IN THE EVENT OF ANY EMERGENCY
CYRIL YOUNG MEMORIAL CHAPEL ASSOCIATION
The Cyril Young Memorial Association (CYMCA) formed in 2018 in a bid to restore and to look after the open air bush chapel that is named after Captain Cyril Young who died in a WW2 prisoner of war camp in Sarawak in 1945, three months before the camp was liberated and his brother.
It is in the Buxton Reserve and listed as 47-57 Marine Parade, Shoreham.
Cyril Young had been a strong proponent of the former YMCA Buxton that ran from 1925 to the 1970s on 25 acres donated by Walter Henry Buxton, and had promoted the idea of a ‘Chapel in the Woods’ at the camp site.
After the war the chapel was built to honour YMCA members and campers who had served.
The pulpit commemorates Cyril’s brother Ivan Young , also a former YMCA camper and an RAAF Captain and pilot who was died at 21 when he was shot down over Tobruk.
In the 1980s the land was subdivided. Shoreham locals successfully fought to keep the Buxton Reserve as a public woodland. But some of the original chapel area remained in private hands, and the area fell into disrepair.
With help from a Mornington Shire grant, the CYMCA has restored the chapel lectern, platform and benches.
It is made up of local volunteers and representatives of the Young family, meets every second month, and can be contacted at ShorehamBushChapel@gmail.com .
For more information:
CYMCA’s website: https://shorehambushchapel.org/about/
The Cyril Young Memorial Chapel is included in the Victorian War Heritage Inventory as place number 201260 in the category of Monuments and Memorials: see Heritage Victoria’s website .
The Young family has created a website in honour of its relatives which contains further information about Cyril and Ivan Young’s war service and also interesting photos and stories about Camp Buxton in particular. Please click here to visit it.
Local media coverage: https://peninsulaessence.com.au/the-chapel-in-the-woods-at-shoreham/
SHOREHAM FORESHORE COMMITTEE
The Foreshore Reserve Committee is appointed by the State Minster for the Environment. The Committee’s responsibility covers the area of the foreshore – dunes, beach, marine reef, camping ground, Stony Creek - from Point Leo Foreshore Reserve at Seychelles Road to the north, to south of the basalt point (Cleave) south of Beach Road car park and Stony Creek.
Further details on the features of the reserve, land status and management responsibilities, ecological vegetation, biosites, flora, fauna, pests plants and animals in the area, plus details of legislation, frameworks and policies can be downloaded.
Please click here to visit the Shoreham Foreshore website. See also EVENTS for working bees .
FLINDERS DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The Flinders District Historical Society (FDHS) collects items relating to the environmental, social, industrial and technological history of the Flinders, Shoreham and Point Leo areas. Volunteer members undertake the important task of preserving our local history and publishing the newsletter.
It meets at the Shoreham Hall on Byrnes Road between 10.00am and 12.00 midday on the first and third Monday of the month.
New members are always welcome. To find out more go to the Flinders District Historical Society website.
ST PETER’S CHURCH
St Peter’s Catholic Church was established in 1879 and was one of the first Catholic Churches built in Victoria. Originally located on the corner of Beach Road and Frankston-Flinders Road, it was rebuilt in 1901 with funds raised by the pioneer families. This second timber church was burnt down in 1981 and the current church on Byrnes Road was built in 1984. The beautiful view of Westernport Bay and the peaceful setting make it one of the loveliest churches on the Peninsula.
The parish priest is Father Michael Miles.
We gather for Mass each Sunday at 8am, and a midweek service is held at 9am each Wednesday.
Our community welcomes visitors and holiday makers. Special services occur at Christmas and Easter.
Weddings , funerals , communion for the sick and baptisms are arranged by contacting the Western Port Parish Office in Hastings: telephone 03 59794374, fax 03 59792743, and email immacul@bigpond.net.au
SHOREHAM BUSHLAND AND ROAD RESERVES WORKING GROUP
This group of volunteers works with the Mornington Peninsula Shire’s Natural Systems Unit to weed our bushland and road reserves, and to plant them with Indigenous seedlings in a bid to encourage more wildlife. Please the News and the Events pages on this website for details about where and when the Bushland group will be meeting.
The Mornington Peninisula Koala Conservation has done a lot of planting in our area as well, and give away free plants and trees that koalas love. Contact: mpkoalatreeplanting@outlook.com