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Hopes for women's footy base at Elsternwick Park bolstered
Hopes for a third sporting oval in the Elsternwick Park precinct, and a base for women's footy in the south-eastern corridor of Melbourne, are still alive following a Bayside City Council meeting on Wednesday night.