page_title: Mornington, Victoria
section_title: Sport
hierarchical_section_title: Mornington, Victoria / Sport
caption_attribution_description: English: Grand Hotel at en:Mornington, Victoria
context_page_description: Mornington is a seaside town in Metropolitan Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia, located 57 km south of Melbourne's central business district. It is in the local government area of the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.
  Mornington is known for its "village" atmosphere and its beaches. Mornington is a tourist destination with Melburnians who make day trips to visit the area's bay beaches and wineries. The town centre runs into the foreshore area and local beach.
context_section_description: Mornington has an Australian Rules football team, the Mornington Bulldogs, competing in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League. 
  Mornington has a horse racing club, the Mornington Racing Club, which schedules around twenty race meetings a year including the Mornington Cup meeting in March. The Mornington Racecourse also hosts the Peninsula Cup in November and monthly markets.
  Mornington also has an active Yacht club, the Mornington Yacht Club, located at Schnapper Point. 
  Golfers play at the course of the Mornington Country Golf Club on Tallis Drive.
  Mornington has a Field Hockey club competing in the Hockey Victoria Association known as the Mornington Peninsula Falcons.
  Terri Sawyer, the 18-year-old female driver who won the first ever AUSCAR race at the Calder Park Thunderdome in Melbourne in February 1988, is a resident of Mornington.
caption: Mornington Grand Hotel
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