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1THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2007V

With all the uncertaintysurrounding the beginningof the season it is with greatanticipation and relief that Iwelcome you all to thecommencement of the 2007season.

No doubt you are all eagerly awaiting the start and can’twait to get things started. Everybody involved withcommunity football in Victoria have worked hard to ensurethe grounds and facilities are in good order for the seasonand everyone needs to be congratulated on their efforts.

We begin this season with two new clubs, SouthMornington in D4 and St Francis Xavier in Club XVIIISection 1. South Mornington combined with Powerhouselast season to field an Under 19’s team and this year theystand alone as a senior club and we look forward to themfulfilling their goals in the future. St Francis Xavier is anewly formed old boys’ team from a co-educational schoolin Beaconsfield. As is evident from these two new teams,the growth areas of football are in the outer metropolitanareas.

The Under 19’s continue to grow with two additionalteams making 5 equal sections of 10. The Club XVIIIcompetition is flourishing with eight new teams this season.Not everyone is suited to the two or three nights of trainingand match day and therefore Club XVIII plays a great rolein meeting the needs of our clubs. Mt Lilydale, premiers inSection 2, has rejoined the seniors and will compete againin D4.

The scheduling of this year’s matches has been verycomplicated due to issues regarding ground availabilitymostly stemming from the drought. All clubs have hadtheir training severely restricted and ground usage for theirSaturday games will be affected. As a result some Under 19matches will be played on a Saturday morning at 9.20am,prior to the reserves, and other games will be played onvenues not often used in the VAFA. We thank the clubsand the twenty-two councils who oversee these clubs, fortheir cooperation.

The VAFA does not prioritise the competition and will

endeavour to treat each match with equal importance.There will be no favourites with regard to the scheduling ofmatches and each query will be handled uniformly.

During the off season, illicit drugs use and sledging by AFLplayers has taken up much of the football time. The VAFAhave a responsibility to ensure that the games are played ina safe environment and are being enjoyed by all. TheVAFA’s motto is Fostering Family Football. Illicit drug usedoes not foster family football. The VAFA is workingclosely with Vic Health and is reviewing its policies on thematter and we will advise the clubs of our position moreformally in the future.

Sledging is something that the VAFA does not condone inany form. I believe that we are the only competition thathas a send off rule for audible obscenity. This rule creates amental discipline to the players and this discipline transfersto other areas. In the VAFA we have great respect for ourumpires and in part this rule assists with theimplementation of our policies.

Representative Football will again be of great importancethis year. We are disappointed the A – D4 match againstthe SFL has been cancelled due to the drought as this gamehas been very competitive over the years. However theUnder 19’s will be having two matches, against AFLQueensland and the VCFL, the Under 23’s will play theSAAFL and our senior team mix it against the VCFL asthey play for the Brian Moloney Cup. We trust that thesefixtures will provide extra motivation for our leadingplayers.

There are thousands of stories that will unfold over thisseason and to assist us to spread the Amateur message, I ampleased to welcome Russell Gould as the CommunicationsManager of the VAFA. Russell is currently ajournalist/editor of mX newspaper and is a former AmateurFootballer scribe and VAFA player. Please contact him [email protected] if you have any stories of interest.

Good luck to the five thousand players and two hundredand thirty umpires who will actively participate in thisweekends matches. It is the start of a six month journeywhich will hopefully be a rewarding experience for you andall your clubs’ supporters.

THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLERTHE JOURNAL OF THE VICTORIAN AMATEUR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION

April 28th, 2007 Price: $2.00 Vol. 07 No. 01

LET THE GAMES BEGIN

Michael Sholly CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

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5. St Bernards -Remember those StBernards teams wherethere were half a dozenblokes who could kickten on you and the rest ofthe side were complete nut-bags? Well the modern versionis a bit more low key but they’ll certainly be a factor thisyear. If anything, they’re definitely due for a change of luck.Jumping ship are Brett Cook (Kyneton) Jacob Spinella (OldEssendon) Andrew Gill and Liam Wilkinson (Point Coin).

6. Old Brighton - Pre-game solariums, a howling, soul-destroying Antarctic gale and an A Section record that is,quite honestly, an absolute rotter. Brighton have beendismissed as jokers but I reckon they may be OK – theylose Nick Perry (retirement) but have added some veryhandy recruits, including Mark Ainley (East Perth & NorthMelbourne) and Marcel Bruin (Springvale). A genuinewildcard.

7. Collegians - They may have lost their coach but theWesley club have done well to retain most of theirpremiership side, together with a few handy pick-ups inCraig Robbins (Maffra) and Daniel Strachen (Coburg).Apart from the fact that it takes half a day to find car parkat the Trott and the glut of De Grade celebrities in the theirlower ranks, it’s good to have the oldest Amateur club backin the mix.

8. Old Scotch - The Cardinals lost me in about five minutesafter witnessing their First Semi Final last year. They alsolost their skipper (Berenger) to Old Camberwell and theirbest utility (Wigney) to Old Carey. But they’re always cannyrecruiters (Adam Houilhan joins) and they’ll have a wholeheap of very good kids from a cracking 2006 APS side.Tempted to, but won’t write ‘em off.

9. Old Trinity - Trinity have lost Damien Buttler to the‘burbs – that’ll hurt. They also lose Fraser Cameron, whodragged a host of players over to Fitzroy, ala Kim Hugheson the South African rebel tour (only joking scribe). Alwayshard to get a handle on Trinity – Ramsden and Cultrerahave stayed loyal and Jack Healy and Scott Krakour return.Reserving judgement – the sort of team who can beatanyone on their day.

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A fortnight ago, I hunked my way down to my local ground,hoping to catch a bit of A Section action. Alas, all Iencountered were a couple of old pervs and a bunch of kidsthrowing bricks at one another. Totally rattled, I switchedon to 96.5 Inner FM but all they could give me was an hour-long Finnish folk festival. It then dawned on me – droughtand cashed up suburban clubs are the scourge of amateurfootball but even they cannot detract from what looms asthe most even A Section in living memory.

1. Old Xavs - Even, that is, with the exception of theseguys. They’ve lost Ford, Mollard and Lethlean to retirementbut get back Matt McCarthy (Geelong), Cam Purss(Werribee) and Nick Serafini (from overseas). They alsopick up the very handy Nick Bye (North Ballarat) NickDimattina (Port Melbourne) and Dustin Lloyd (Rye). That,my friends, is good list management – Lock ‘em in,mortgage the house. Before anyone starts throwing wobblies, bear in mind thatI rate the next nine teams fairly evenly and thus, it is prettymuch a token gesture that I go….

2. Uni Blues - Plenty of people willing to write off the Bluesover summer but the tide is turning. Contrary to internetskulduggery, Patterson remains. They’ve also got a bevy ofyoung guys from the country, of which little is known. Notgoing very well am I? A shattering Preliminary loss will stilllinger in their minds but this will be a new look outfit andthey loom as very much a mystery side. Luke North isoverseas and Tom Wilcox has retired.

3. De La Salle - I’m not totally sold on De La. Lots of catsaround town reckon this is their year but the fact remains– a/ they can’t beat Xavs and b/ they can’t beat Uni. Theyregain Rob Bonnici from England and Viv Buckley from theVFL but lose Damien Rayson to Coburg, David Lowe tooverseas travel and my soon-to-be flat-mate Luke Seager,who did his knee in a Bikram Yoga class. The jury is stillout.

4. Old Ivanhoe - Amateur football is a young person’sgame these days – lots of quick, little blokes on their PPlates. As such, older, wiser heads and stronger bodies area something of a novelty and Ivanhoe has it in bucket-loads. Were going along very nicely until injury derailedtheir August so they’ll have a lot to prove. Luxon returnsfrom Queensland, Hope is fresh and firing and they’re inthis up to their ears.

A SECTIONby Jonathan Horn

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10 - Old Haileybury - The Badlanders adjourned to DarrenSeccull’s farm to celebrate their stellar Premiership win lastyear. The way things are shaping up, I reckon most of ‘emare still in the barnyard. Corrigan’s gone to play in theGeelong league, Jenke is sitting out because of workcommitments, Martin, McIntyre and Brown are off to theVFL, Trollope and Steinfort have packed up and young gunTom Chisholm is an indefinite out with a back strain.Seccull and Stewie Loewe are fronting up again but they’repushing forty. Three years ago, I picked Nicholson’s StBernards to finish in the drop zone and I reckon I’m luckyhe didn’t burn down my house. This time around, I’mwilling to take the risk – goodbye Premiership Cup, hello BSection. Not even you could pull this off Nicko.

Round 1 TriviaCan you name six Amateur footballers who have featuredon that old chestnut, the Sunday Herald Sun weddingpage? First correct answer [email protected] wins a slab of amber.

Round 1 selectionsI’ll go Brighton, De La, Haileybury (yes), Xavs and Blues


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Old Brighton Gr v Old Ivanhoe Gr Collegians v De La Salle

Old Haileyburians v Old Scotch Old Trinity Gr v Old Xaverians at Sportscover

Arena on SaturdaySt Bernards v University Blues

TODAY’S A SECTION MATCHES

R E M E M B E R !R E M E M B E R !R E M E M B E R !

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A SECTION


1 M. Bruin2 A. Pirrie3 S. Olliver 4 A. MacGillivray (dvc) 5 A. Edge6 R. Stewart 7 C. Reddin (vc res)8 C. McNicol (capt. res)9 P. Phelan (capt)10 J. Edge11 B. Mason12 S. Eastgate13 D. Clark14 C. Buckley 15 B. Gadsden16 M. Gadsden (dvc)17 A. Van Den Dungen18 A. Salem19 S. Ginnivan (dvc)20 M. Smith21 T. Ewert22 A. Bristow 23 D. Dawes (vc)24 J. Perrett25 N. Edwards26 J.Geddes27 M. Ainley 28 J. Homann29 J. Dickerson30 S. Marston31 A. Paroissien32 C. Tolj 33 B. Crilly34 T. Gibson35 A. McGuinness36 J. Salem 37 D. Hughes38 J. Heath39 D. Anthony 40 J. Muir41 L. Mann42 L. Hendra (vc)43 L. Warren44 T. Jakobi 45 C. McKimm46 T. Marmo47 C. Butterss48 M. May49 M. Talbot50 W. Leaf51 J. Lynch52 B. Paterson53 A. Clark54 J. Dooley55 R. Joseph63 D. Ellis (vc res)65 A. Kennedy67 S. Cooney68 M. Dubyna

OLD BRIGHTONGRAMMARIANSCoach: Greg McLoughlin

Asst. Coach: Adam McConnellRes. Coach: Joe Coy 1. C.CROWLEY (v.c.)

2. L.LOCHRAN3. S.CURATOLO (v.c.)4. S.GEILINGS5. C.GEORGIOU6. S.LOW7. J.GEISCHEN8. G.HOPE9. C.SUTHERLAND1O. B.NAGEL11. N.BUTLER12. A.KEEL13. J.BINNEY14. B.THOMPSON (v.c.)15. N.RUSSIAN16. S.PRICE17. Z.KEANE18. J.HOPE (capt.)19. P.DINAKIS20. R.ROBERTS21. S.FRAGIACOMO22. J.BRITTEN23. K.THEODOSSI24. R.BUTLER25. E.BYRNE26. I.DAWKINS27. H.HETA28. J.McKEON29. R.WEDDLE30. J.LEECH31. J.STEVENS32. M.FERRANTINO33. T.HOSKING34. R.JESSUP35. A.BERRY36. G.HARTRICK37. A.BALDWIN38. Ge GEORGE39. Ga GEORGE40. J.KEANE41. J.THOMPSON42. T.HARRISON43. S.SMITH44. M.LUXON45. M.TOOVEY46. A.CAPLE47. A.BOLZAN48. M.CLARKE49. R.FITZGERALD50. M.BODYCOAT51. T.McDOWELL52. C.LOCK53. R.COLEMAN54. C.ALLENDER56. D.O'hALPIN57. G.FOWLER58. L.BOLZAN59. L.PAGE-WOOD60. D.MADIGAN61. J.MINAS62. J.MATHEW63. C.ROGER64. M.LOOBY65. L.TERENYI66. K.BERRY67. E.WARE68. T.NICOLA69. A.STEER70. J.ULJANS71. M.WICKSTEAD72. D.CRAWLEY73. N.CLARKE

OLD IVANHOEGRAMMARIANS

Coach: Gerard ShollyRes. Coach: Dirk Jones

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IVANHOEBENDIGO BANKEAST IVANHOE

DE LA SALLECoach: David Madigan

Asst. Coach: Terry RussellRes. Coach: Marty Kelliher

1 D Spithill2 R Buckley3 B Corin4 L Harrison5 M Duggan6 M Moore6r M O’Donnell7 P Harrison8 J La Ragy9 J Moloney10 T Silvers11 P Bourke12 M Fieldsend14 W Dwyer15 P Bowden16 J Oakley17 A Dwyer18 J Stinear19 R McArdle20 A Shields21 D Rayson22 M Brown23 R Sherman24 J Morel25 R Walmsley26 S Nethersole27 A Kelley28 R Semmel29 R Marks30 B Mannix31 J Hansen32 R Bonnici 33 N Stewart34 N Harris35 T Demetriou36 W Jolley37 N Roberts38 D Keely39 D Close40 L Bull41 L Williams41r D McInerney42 W Fenton43 A Greenhalgh44 G Hesse45 J Gotch46 L Jarvis47 M Nicol48 S Pickett50 S Conway51 D Browning52 T Moloney53 V Moloney54 M Nankervis55 M Hill56 L Seager

OLD HAILEYBURIANSCoach: P. Nicholson Res. Coach: A. Jago

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COLLEGIANSCoach: Andrew Kenneally

Asst. Coach: Jason ParsonageRes. Coach: Nick Hart / Mark Louis

1 J. Dixon (VC)2 T. Bull3 B. Mooney4 A. Shinkfield5 C. Robbins6 S. Woolley7 S. Taft7 B. Donnelly8 C. Unsworth (C)9 J. Fry10 J. Jorgensen11 D. Strachan12 M Wagner13 A. Scott13 Z. Broderick14 J Ashman15 C. Holst16 A. Baxter16 W Tardiff17 R. Hosking18 K. Jones19 S. Inglis20 M. Parrent21 C. Harris22 M. Williams23 B. Duff24 E. Waters25 R. Muir26 T. Zimbacks27 G. Rowston28 N. McCann29 N. Stone30 D. Mutton31 N. Roach32 C. Blumfield (VC)33 N. Quick34 S. Copeland35 M. Lynch36 M. Roberson37 R. Harkness38 A. Fabris39 N. Abbott40 O. Howard41 A. Muir42 S. Arnott43 T. Parkinson44 B. Robbins45 A. Stone46 J. Hampton47 T. Bullen48 J. Baldwin49 M. Rose50 F. Boland51 A. Nichola52 M. Naylor54 J. Adgemis55 T. Cookes 56 A Smith57 D. Williamson58 N. Bobeff59 A. Wright - Smith60 D. Nicholls61 N. Wilson 72 M. Dwyer

South Melbourne

1. C. Steinfordt 2. S. Loewe 3. H. McLauchlan 4. S. Langford-Jones5. H. Hopwood6. L. Siapantas7. K Stamford8. F. Mohammad9. M. Brewer10. N. Thomas11. S. Valenti12. J. Walsh13. B. Dolman14. S. Roberts15. D. MacKenzie16. P. O’Donnell17. K. Ford18. N. Harrison 19. M. Armstrong 20. M. Fankhauser21. A. Jenke22. D. Mason23. M. Seccull24. A. Campbell25. S. Ellis26. J. Bell27. L. Smitsdorff28. A. Folino29. B. Carson30. D. Warnes31. M. Doyle32. R. Dolman33. R. Johnson34. S. Lockwood35. T. Chisholm36. C. Casey37. D. Brown 38. A.Wright39. R. Hoffman40. J. Stanley41. C. Crowley42. J. Mueller43. D. Salter44. J. McLauchlan45. M. Dowling46. J. Elliott47. S. Martin48. G. Chipperfield49. L. Pitcher50. S. Jansen51. R. Mitchell52. C. Ferguson53. D. Mayes54. A. Vitolins55. B. Langford-Jones56. D. Armstrong57. A. Kight58. A. Baker59. D. R Mason60. D.Gilby61. P. Benton62. G. White63. L. Davidson64. R. Mosbey65. N. Waite66. C. Poutney67. N. Bourke68. J. Moresi69. N. Owen

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A SECTION


1 M. Graham2 C. Santalucia3 J. Pasceri4 J. McDonnell5 D. Rush6 A. Oswald7 N. Serafini8 T. Fleming9 D. Lynch10 M. Beardsley 11 L. Howard12 A. Bowen13 T. Ruyg14 H. Murphy15 D. Lloyd16 S. Freer17 A. Chatfield (V.C.)18 N. Bye19 D. Walsh20 J. Scanlan21 S. McCarthy 22 T. Ockleshaw (Capt)23 S. Johnston24 C. Purss25 L. Harry26 C. Larkins27 P. Ryan28 S. Doyle29 M. Handley30 T. Clarke31 J. Arnold32 O. Gidley33 N. Bingham (V.C.)34 R. Colbert35 S. Langdon36 D. Sapuppo37 N. Dimattina38 M. Scanlan39 M. McCarthy40 D. Higgins42 N. Corcoran43 T. Woodruff44 N. Hulett 45 J. Glen46 S. Skidmore47 A. Ryan48 S. Di Stefano49 T. Dynon50 L.Ginnivan52 D. Tehan53 M. Faulkner55 A. Ross56 R. McCormack57 M. Sudwick59 R. Benson60 M. O’Hanlon61 D. Meehan62 M. Labrooy63 T. O’Meara 65 W. Smith.

1 D. Ballarin2 B. Garth3 L. O'Sullivan4 G. McIntyre5 D. Iannazzo6 M. Salvadori7 C. Liberatore8 J. Evans9 M. Kavanagh10 N. Mitchell11 C. Davis12 B. Hogan13 C. Mitchell14 B. Ryan15 T. Wilkinson16 D. Blunt17 C. Potter18 M. Maggiore19 G. Stewart20 S. Chatfield21 B. Loughlin22 Ty Pearson23 D. McMeekin24 D. Roach25 D. McLaughlin 26 A. Smith27 J. Hughes28 D. Janides29 B. Miziewicz30 M. Stapleton31 J. Creasey32 J. Harvey33 N. Smith34 J. McVilly34 RM. Byrne35 T. Pearson36 R. Schroder37 P. Harris38 S. Iannazzo39 M. Juricskay40 J. Madden41 S. Matthews42 J. Spiteri43 J. Stapleton44 G. Baseggio45 J. Ryan46 S. Mitchell47 J. Horne48 B. Runnals49 S. Dodds50 P. Thompson51 A. Matthews52 A. Kavanagh53 K. Tguyoshi 54 P. Holland55 A. Mitchell56 D. Chandler57 A. Bryson58 J. Flannery59 R. Gileno60 R. Peart61 A. Marian62 N. Basaraba63 A. Catterall64 L. Cookson65 L. Vassallo66 J. Egan67 A. O'Dea68 M. Ryan69 S. McGregor70 N. Cave71 M. Dinatale72 L. McGregor73 J. Bishop74 D. Evans75 N. Costello76 S.Young77 P. Corsetti78 T. De Luca79 S. Harris

1 P Butko2 T Hutchins3 J Sturrock4 D Guengerich5 J Villani6 S Jarrott7 P O'Connell8 J Hayter9 A Lowcock10 E Wilkinson12 Q Gleeson13 T Girdwood14 A Henderson 15 B McConnell16 D Brady17 G Decrespigny18 B Mugavin20 J Watts 21 J Cordy22 B Millard23 E Hamer24 T Bronts25 A Solly26 P Curran27 G Knowles28 H Weddell29 A Terrill30 D Lynch31 J Van de Pol32 M Paterson 33 M O'Reily34 T Mckinnon35 C Baumgartner36 T Dettmann37 M Kelly38 D Carmody40 C Brookes41 T Stainforth42 A Suvoltos43 A McAurther44 J Wood45 T McCredie46 H Rankin47 C Pyke48 S Carson49 P Steele50 H Flanagan51 Z Coventry 52 J Crawford53 L Holland54 A Waxman55 B Gin56 S Gilbertson57 J Moylan58 J Kitely59 D Paton60 D Strack61 J Ward62 T Anderson63 N Bradley64 A Popko65 J Gorman66 D Hayter67 L O'Shannessy68 J Gates69 N Burchell70 N Holland71 P Marshall 72 D Marshall 73 R Wilson74 R Costin75 D Wood76 T Terry77 J McQuillen78 T Hunter79 C Fehring80 T Grenelese81 T Whelan82 Z Kilmas83 B Merriman84 T Carter86 M Macpherson87 M Ciavarella88 N Grady89 T Wilmot95 D Moloney

OLD XAVERIANSCoach: Barry Richardson

Asst’s: Simon Lethlean, Dale TappingBryan wood

Res. Coach: Pete CallinanAsst: Mike Callinan

ST. BERNARDSCoach: Simon Madden

Asst Coach: Garry FouldsRes Coach: Dean Solomon

UNIVERSITY BLUES Coach: John Kanis

Asst Coach: Chris ReidRes. Coach: Tim Giles

OLD TRINITY GRAMMARIANS

Coach: Phil GautRes. Coach: Dean Peters

Club 18 Coach: Craig Heaven

NORTHSUBURBANSPORTSCLUB. INC.

1 A Nettleton2 T Aurel-Smith3 A Gray4 C Tallent5 S Dick6 S Graham7 N Leitl8 J Barton9 A Pugsley10 S Lorenzini11 N Allen12 A Quail13 A Tummel14 A Houlihan15 M Parisi16 A Walsh17 T Leeds18 W Lewis19 A Sutherland20 S Troon21 A Routledge22 R Ashton23 W Elliott24 J Davis25 P Butler26 N Hildebrandt27 B Goodfellow28 T Widmer29 S Angus30 S Bradley31 L Armstrong32 J Gerstman33 G Dick34 D Barbalatt35 M Flynn36 H Dick37 J Cade38 T Jelbart39 L Thompson40 A Pike41 S Thompson42 T Beattie43 S Craig44 T Keck45 M Aylett46 N Lawrence47 D Walsh48 P Rattray49 A Parkes50 J Porter51 D Knight52 A Wallace-Smith53 B McGregor54 B Kaye55 J McCarty56 J Pearce57 T Green58 D Moore59 A Mitchell60 B Dean61 C Bain62 B Saunders63 J Fultheim64 T Harkness65 J Brownell66 J Wright67 A Philalay99 B Doherty

OLD SCOTCHCoach: Barry Price

Asst. Coach: Rob Gross, Mick SmithRes. Coach: Mark Beers

K2 ASSET MANAGEMENT

1 Cole M2 Butler K3 Bourke A 4 Walsh B V/Capt.5 Burrows D 6 Gnatt P7 Iezzi B8 Elliott M9 Hore-Lacy A

10 Osborn J11 Kennedy S12 Cultrera A V/Capt13 Cade J13 Eckersley T14 Troon R15 Hooke A16 Hillas C 17 Burrows R D/V/C18 Healy J D/V/C19 Beaton C20 Fraser J21 Howell T22 Hoffecker D23 Ramsden A Capt:24 Marsden A 25 Jessup M 26 Donahoo B 27 Hill R28 Delphine T29 Healy J30 Banfield H31 McCasker C32 Krakouer S33 Aitken J34 Kenna J35 Petdro J 36 Bourke N37 Van Der Venne S 38 Stockdale C39 Webster J40 Beardsley D D/V/C41 Stewert F42 Bilney M43 Greene A44 Sparsi C45 Doyle H 46 Goldenberg W47 Hildebrandt D48 Burgess M49 Amiconi C50 Dickenson A51 Gamble R52 Herrod T53 Plain G55 Sharpe D56 Best E57 Cole S59 Cade T 60 Thwaites M61 Cristiano D63 Cade S 65 Pacconi L68 Hii A 86 Brawn A 88 Chan B

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MAY 5 & 6 2007 N E X T W E E K ’ S M A T C H E S


A SECTIONOld Ivanhoe Gr v Collegians

Old Scotch v Old Brighton Gr at Sportscover Arena Sunday Old Xaverians v Old Haileyburians University Blues v Old Trinity Gr

De La Salle v St Bernards

B SECTIONOld Essendon Gr v Beaumaris

Caulfield Gr v University Blacks Melbourne High School v Old Melburnians

St Kevins v St Bedes Mentone Tigers AJAX v Marcellin

C SECTIONOld Carey Gr v Monash Blues

Mazenod v Rupertswood Parkdale Vultures v Whitefriars

Old Camberwell Gr v North Old Boys/St Patricks Col Fitzroy Reds v Ormond

D1 SECTIONYarra Valley v Prahran

Old Paradians v Therry Penola Old Mentonians v Hampton Rovers

Bulleen Templestowe v Old Geelong Oakleigh v Peninsula

D2 SECTIONAquinas v Emmaus St Leos

Bentleigh v Glen Eira Williamstown CYMS v Werribee

South Melbourne Districts v St Johns Banyule v Salesian

D3 SECTIONIvanhoe v Kew

La Trobe University v Monash Gryphons West Brunswick v Elsternwick

Power House v Hawthorn Swinburne University v Old Westbourne

D4 SECTIONNorth Brunswick v Syndal Tally Ho

South Mornington v Richmond Central St Marys v Eltham

Mt Lilydale v UHS-VU Albert Park v Bulleen Cobras at

Gary Smorgan Oval (No. 9) Albert ParkBox Hill North v Eley Park Sharks

U19 (PREMIER)St. Kevins v De La Salle at

Sportscover Arena Friday at 6.20 p.m. Old Carey Gr v Old Xaverians

Marcellin v Old Scotch Rupertswood v University Blacks

University Blues v St Bernards at University Oval at 9:20 a.m.

U19 (2)Old Brighton Gr v Banyule

Collegians v Beaumaris St Bedes Mentone Tigers v Old Camberwell Gr

Old Paradians v Caulfield Gr Whitefriars v Old Melburnians

U19 (3)Old Ivanhoe Gr v Bentleigh

Ormond v Bulleen Templestowe Old Essendon Gr v Oakleigh at

Essendon Grammar School No. 2 OvalOld Trinity Gr v MHSOB

Old Mentonians v La Trobe University

U19 (SOUTH)St Bedes Mentone Tigers v Hampton Rovers at Mentone

Reserve at 11.40 a.m.AJAX v Mazenod at Oval 2 Elsternwick Park at 1 p.m.

Peninsula v Old Haileyburians Prahran-Caulfield v Monash Blues

Parkdale Vultures - Bye

U19 (NORTH)North Old Boys/St Patricks Col - Bye

Emmaus St Leos v Fitzroy Reds Therry Penola v Rupertswood

St Bernards v De La Salle Old Westbourne v Old Xaverians

CLUB XVIII (1)Mazenod v Prahran

University Blues v Old Melburnians De La Salle v Old Scotch

Old Xaverians (2) v St Francis Xavier St Kevins v Old Xaverians at Righetti Oval at 9:20 a.m.

CLUB XVIII (2)Emmaus St Leos v Monash Blues

Old Brighton Gr v St Bedes Mentone Tigers Collegians v St Bernards

Old Trinity Gr v Caulfield Gr Old Scotch v University Blacks at

Camberwell Sports Ground at 2:00 p.m.Kew v Fitzroy Reds

CLUB XVIII (3)North Old Boys/St Patricks Col v Bulleen Templestowe

Beaumaris - Bye Old Geelong v Old Westbourne Box Hill North v Fitzroy Reds Therry Penola v Old Carey Gr

Old Scotch v Oakleigh at Camberwell Sports Ground at 11:40 a.m.

Whitefriars v Marcellin

ROUND 2

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welcome return asCoach. The loss ofChunky and we believePapaluca is not goingto help his cause but the improvement the youngones gained in A last year will be of great benefit. Tobe watched closely.Old Melburnians – Have had a disastrous last coupleof years almost losing their entire list. But I believeRussel Morris has generated tremendousenthusiasm around the place and they look forwardto a promising season. But one wonders whether theloss of Lacey and James Beaumont can be offset bya few games from Simon Beaumont, the first 4weeks will tell.St Bedes Mentone Tigers – Return very quickly aftera one year sojourn in C grade a tremendous effort byall concerned. A tough act to follow winning 3premierships in a season. But haven’t lost too many,have recruited a great player in Ben Phibbs, havesome walk up starts from the U19’s, a great coach inLuke Beveridge who keeps them on the straight andnarrow and the advantage of Brindisi Street. Expectthem to go well.Ajax – Fantastic year probably should have won theGame of the Century but was not to be. Will miss theexperience of Tim O’Shaunessy as the main man butthat is to taking nothing from new gun Stewie Powellwhose record at St Kevs is impeccable. Have pickedup a giant to play CHF which just adds to aformidable list. Sure to impress.

PREVIEWAlways terribly hard to tip winners in Round 1 asanything could happen and more so in this staggeredstart so I will be very staid in my initialprognostications and will go with all the home sides.OEG will repeat their practise match win overMHSOB. OM’S at the Junction will just give “The Fly”a first up win. Marcellin in their first test will finish tothe fore of Beauy. Blacks to get home at the Uniagainst a super competitive Jackers outfit, while theflag unfurling and a huge home crowd including mewill see the Tigers over the line.

B SECTIONby Tom Brain

Finally after months of uncertainty, the longest preseason imaginable we are away, we get a start and allour ambitions and hopes go on the line. I wish allparticipants well both players and officials in whatpromises to be yet another intriguing season ofAmateur Football.

SEASON AHEADOld Essendon – Finished third last year so obviouslywill be looking to maintain and improve on that. Thereturn of the Biggs Brothers plus the recruitment ofU19 State Rep Jake Spinella adds to a strong list.Darren Handley in his 2nd year will know his chargesbetter so a good season is again in the offing.Caulfield Grammarians – Next highest placed in2006 and a great performance in the first semi. Havekept nearly the entire list intact and with the influx ofsome young blood are sure to trouble every oneagain. A pretty tough pre season though.Uni Blacks – Stiff in the end in their first year back tomiss the finals. Will be smarter from that and be keento consolidate and improve. The addition of HuwLacey plus a few returns and a few new recruitscertainly makes Michael Rizio’s side one to watch.Beaumaris – Very good year last year to consolidate.But again for some incredible reason the travel bughas hit the Sharks and a few of them have venturedoff into the overseas skies. But a man would be a foolto write off a side coached by Russell Barnes.MHSOB – New coach Mark Murray took the youthpolicy last year and blooded some fine youngstersculminating in a top second half of the year. Aided bytheir excellent senior players has me thinking thisside will further improve and must be watched.St Kevin’s – Traumatic season but did enough tohang on. The loss of Paul Greenham and Ryan Chardtwo of the main reasons of survival will really hurt.New Coach Michael Duggan knows his footy has hadplenty of numbers on the track and is looking formuch improvement from the SKOB unit who back atRighetti have a base in which to work.Marcellin – Haven’t been here for a while and won’twant to be here long. Murray Browne makes a

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PRESS CORRESPONDENTS As always I need the assistance of you the club’sto write this column, as I cannot get around toevery game each week much as I would like to.So a brief match report from you all includingplayers worthy of mention would be mostappreciated by 8pm Monday Nights please.Contact Details are 0423 433 488 or drop me anemail to [email protected]

Old Essendon Gr v MHSOB Old Melburnians v St Kevins

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University Blacks v AJAX

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CAULFIELD GRAMMARIANSCoach: Stephen Wright

Asst. Coach: Graham Burgen, Sam Calogero

Res. Coach: James Lawson

1 N Tassell2 A Bruhn3 C Knight4 J Wright4 A Clarke5 S Kendall5 A Spittal6 C Hammond7 A Ross8 R Foote (VC)9 B Carboni9 S Cunliffe10 A Strain11 N Edwards12 N Andrew12 D Pearce13 L Browne14 C May15 A Docker15 G MacDonald16 G Winter17 D Wertzberger18 W Rudd19 B Evans20 L Price21 M Pennycuick (VC)22 C Fagan23 A Sinclair23 J McCahon24 C Royle25 B Sinclair26 S Widjaja (C)27 J Sayers28 G Colosimo29 N Guyett30 S Wood31 D Kellaway31 W Bowes (RC)32 A Lawson33 A Logan33 S Fryers34 L Sierakowski34 H Baker35 A Wolkow36 G Crathern37 B Scott38 C Gates 39 M Thomson40 T Noblett41 C Hooper42 J Foley43 T Gerrand44 B Hyland45 G Cannell46 J Franklin47 M Sessler48 R Chapple49 W Hepworth50 A Webb51 K Biggs52 M Sundberg53 E Kalaja54 S Garrood 55 M Hardy56 Z Goold57 P Farmer59 A Goold60 T Doake71 M Cassidy

MHSOBCoach: M Murray

Asst Coach: T PittsRes. Coach: A Saultry

1 J Aitken2 S McCully3 A Lim3 A Saultry4 M White5 L Campbell5 J Simpson6 M Brain7 S Whittington8 J Gerner9 D Fairchild10 J Kiteley11 D Wiseman12 M Feferkranz13 S Anderson14 M Hamilton-Ho14 G Leslie15 R Clowes16 D Hollenberg17 G McCully18 R Limbrick18 C Wright19 B Betheras20 M Nicholas21 J Davis21 W Taft22 K McDonald22 A Svirskis23 A Hogan24 S Yue25 H Taylor26 L Evans27 P Spottiswood28 S Moore29 R McIntyre30 R Newton31 M Bowen32 N Campbell33 R Van Es34 E Thompson (C)35 J Richmond35 G Watts36 T Pitts37 T Harper37 M Ting38 P Fountain39 B Pretty40 A Lust41 J Anderson42 C Villani43 R Coxon44 J Newton45 R Czwarno46 I Oosting47 A Vicendese48 S Villani49 C Nailon50 N Orchard51 B Rebakis52 A Villani56 T Wright58 L Tidey59 A Hall

AJAXCoach: Stuart Powell

Asst. Coach: Hartley Stone

1 N. Gold2 J. Israelsohn3 Y. Rapaport4 M. Dudakov5 J. Ritterman7 M. Jankie8 E. Raleigh9 A. Rosen10 J. Seidl11 M. Segal12 E. Janover13 B. Klein14 A. Wollner16 E. Routman18 R. Heine19 G. Blieden20 J. Sharp21 A. Lewin22 D. Rzechta23 A. Lewski24 O. Henzel25 M. Blashki26 B. Kalmus27 A. Bloom29 B. Lukav30 B. Oviss31 B. Goldbloom32 B.Yudelman33 S. Chester34 D. Weislitzer35 C. Jankie36 D. Markov37 S. Blusztein38 B. Hershan39 S. Bruce40 B. Nissen41 J. Nevezie42 A.Sacks43 J. Sacks44 D. Seidl45 W. Sevel47 J. White48 J. Lewski50 R. Grof51 A. Laitt54 B. Rotstein55 J. Lemish56 A. Moss58 M. Shmerling59 R. Sztar67 N. Shulman69 D. Simon70 A. Redlich78 D. Sutton

BEAUMARISCoach: Russell Barnes

Asst Coach: Craig TonkinRes. Coach: Peter McBrearty

2. J Boyle3. J. Banton4. M. Matulick5. M. Ensor (C)6. A. Spence7. R.Gillespie8. M. O’Brien (R-DVC)9. D. Pritchard10. J. LeBreton11. M. Lee12. K. Barnes13. J. Edmeades14. T. Collins15. M. Boon16. A. Salisbury17. S. May18. N. Kennedy19. C. Waller20. T. Waller21. S. Coote (DVC)22. M. McNally23. A. Catlin24. B. Gray25. D. Teasdale (VC)26. A. O’Brien27. B. Haynes28. J. Vance (R-C)30. T. Hunt31. A. McNeil32. L. Ferrari33. J. Torcasio34. H. McMillan (R-VC)35. S. McNicholas36. N. Atkins37. M. Eady38. A. Bennett39. L. McNicholas (VC)40. B. Wall41. C. Evans42. B. Gillespie43. T. Woolnough44. C. Collins45. M. Kurta46. T. Dean47. A. Kent49. B. Soutar50. T. Grzeschka51. L. Hill52. D. Foley53. A. Poll54. C. Badman55. L. Quirk56. J. Nicholson57. B. Pitson58. J. Bramwell59. J. Roney60. D. Bird61. M. Bramwell62. S. Wilson64. D. Murphy65. G. Shattock66. P. McConchie67. B. Strong68. J. Blake69. T. Cotter72. L. Stevens74. R. Pasitchnyj

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Asst Coaches: Damien Taylor,Glenn Cox

Res. Coach: Serge D’Angelo

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OLD ESSENDONGRAMMARIANS

Coach: Darren HandleyRes. Coach: Craig Ridley, Stuart Dale

1 D. Biggs1 J. Weidner2 C. Goullet2 L. O'Brien3 D. Forrest3 P. Rogash4 D. Ryan5 S. de Morton6 A. Frazer7 J. Leask8 L. Teal9 M. Velardo10 T. Biggs10 M. Flaherty11 H. Wilson12 J. Kavanagh12 D. Hardy13 M. Schappacher14 D. Cerantonio15 C. Day15 A. Parker16 S. McPherson16 J. Dalinkiewicz17 S. Towner17 J. Lloyd18 S. Dawson19 T. Wilson20 R. Baddeley20 L. Fitzgerald21 B. Clifton21 S. Dale22 J. Spinella22 M. Portia23 T. Skurrie23 P. Xhayeteux24 J. Dazkiw25 T. Di Blasi26 C. Ward27 J. Williamson28 A. Fewster29 J. Stormont29 A. McKenzie30 C. Innes31 D. Caridi32 M. Williams33 J. Wilson34 D. Podger35 T. Rumble36 D. Trevaskis37 R. Jones38 T. Campbell39 D. Fletcher40 C. Kalogiannis41 C. Glassford42 N. Bartram43 J. Dazkiw44 L. Kavanagh45 C. Ridley46 T. Steventon47 S. Howard48 D. Moore49 B. Madden50 P. May51 T. Robertson52 D. Bianchi53 T. Day53 D. Bryant54 C. Brook56 J. Lowcock57 L. Skurrie58 A. Vaughan59 J.Young60 P. Miziewicz61 A. Salvo

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about them, I’mgoing to put them inmy bottom two.Petty, yes, but if I’mnot hearing hype, Idon’t take it as agood sign. NOBs Michael Barker is as talented asany forward in the division, but needs the midfielddelivery for his side to benefit from his talents,whilst the signing of John Barker intrigues.

The lack of a cohesive preseason program for manyteams (and maybe some media 'black bans'?)makes these assessments somewhat difficult, so Iwouldn't be surprised if, at least early on,expectations are turned on their head. But it's the'sturm and drang' of this unpredictability that makesit exciting. Bring it on, I say!

ROUND ONE PREVIEWThe first game up for preview sees 2006 D1Premiers Old Carey travel to Gillon Oval to take onNorth Old Boys/St. Patrick’s, who were eighth lastyear. The Panthers as mentioned earlier have threerecruits from A Section clubs, as well as anassortment from other sections and local leaguesand are quite balanced in all parts of the ground.NOBs have also been active on the recruiting front,but I'm not expecting big things right away. ThePanthers will miss 'Dolly' Parton, but should still putout a good side with Steve Collins, Travis Bull, PeteTiras, et al. I'm gonna go Old Carey on this one.

Next up is Mazenod OC and Parkdale Vultures atCentral Reserve. The Nodders have lost Dom Dunneto VFL club Sandringham, but the return of theaforementioned trio from injury should more thanmake up for that. However, apart from the midfield,there are a lack of names that jump out and demandattention. For the Vultures, Tony MacGeorge is stilldoing the business, and along with O'Meara andwhichever Sullivans and Barrs are playing this year,but the loss of Stephens and Hecker tempers thissomewhat. Tricky to call, but I'll take Mazenodtoday.

C SECTIONby Peter Williamson

INTRODUCTIONHello readers and welcome to Season 2007! Thisyear’s C Section promises to be a tight affair, withall four new teams (Whitefriars and Mazenod fromB Section, and Old Carey and Rupertswood fromD1 Section) all promising to add a new dimensionto the competition.

In short, I am taking Old Camberwell as my earlyseason favourites, with the acquisition of many topline players strengthening Paul O’Shaughnessy’sarsenal, despite the loss of Brent Christie. Othercontenders must include Fitzroy Reds, withnewcomers Scott Dann, Anthony Kenna and MattDavies set for a big year; Ormond, who bloodedplenty of youngsters while playing finals football in2006; and newcomers Old Carey, who haveacquired former Old Scotch trio Tom Wigney,Robert Josephs and James Ross, and ex-OldTrinity man Jon Mai, are a good dark horse formine. Parkdale Vultures must also come intoconsideration, and it will be interesting to see whatinfluence new key defender Rochford will have.

Whitefriars, relegated from B Section, have nothad an ideal preseason in terms of availablepersonnel, and at this stage, pending anydevelopments in that regard, I’ll be keeping themsafe. But certainly the loss of Jordan and GrantHill, plus Rob Petracca will hurt. Mazenod,especially if the likes of returnees Jerome Dunn,Michael Chamberlain and Sam Reed can stay injuryfree and play to their full talent, should finishsomewhere in the middle.

D1 runners-up Rupertswood, who have enjoyed agreat run since joining the VAFA in 1999 areanother in this category. A strong running, skilfulside, they should match up against most teamsand will be particularly difficult to beat at home.Time will tell if they can adjust to this level as wellas they’ve done in the lower levels previously.

That leaves Monash Blues, and North Old Boys/St.Patrick’s, and as I’ve heard nothing from anybody

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Rupertswood made their C Section bow at E.E. GunnReserve up against Ormond with both sides full ofexciting youngsters. The home side can boast Bryceand Leigh Deledio, David Robbins and RobertChisholm, along with the veteran leadership of MattMcConvill. For Rupo, Dave Collins, Tom West andLeigh Brennan will provide the drive and momentum.Rupo will definitely be competitive and take it right upto the Monders, but I think the home side may be toopolished for the visitors today. Ormond to win.

Monash Blues host Fitzroy Reds at Frearson Oval in aclash of the primary colours. Word on the street (andin the chatrooms) is that the Reds are primed for abig season while the Blues will have, well, the blues,and struggle, especially with no 'Spider' Smith. ButRound One always produces a surprise or two, andMonash will be looking to catch the Reds short. Can'tsee it happening today, especially if Tim Davis andJeremy Rawlins are on song. The 'Bolsheviks' to win.

Finally, it’s Whitefriars versus Old Camberwell atWhitefriars College Oval. The Wells have recruitedstrongly, securing (deep breath) Tristan Berenger,Ryan Chard, Gabriel Deane-Johns, Rayden Tallis andTom Bayford, amongst others. In contrast, theFriars have lost some key personnel, and may stillbe in a period of adjustment. With the continuedfirepower of David Loats in the goalsquare, and theaerialism of Ryan Chard, I'm gonna take OldCamberwell on this one.

CONTACT Match reports, milestones, social events, andanything else can be sent to me via email [email protected] [email protected].

I am keen to hear from all clubs and establish adegree of parity as far as publicity goes. Pleasekeep your match summaries to 50-100 words ifpossible (due to space restrictions), but I amcertainly happy to take on board any othercomments, be it about the match or other things.Remember, this is about your club, so make themost of it. As David Lee Roth said in "Hot ForTeacher", 'gimme somethin' to write on!'

Good luck to your team today, and have a greatVAFA weekend!The Qwill

North Old Boys/St Patricks Col v Old Carey Gr

Mazenod v Parkdale Vultures

Ormond v Rupertswood

Monash Blues v Fitzroy Reds

Whitefriars v Old Camberwell Gr

TODAY’S C SECTION MATCHES

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C SECTION


Andrew Durling 1Damien McGuinan 2Mitchell Hough 3Charles Hendrie 4David Loats 5Tristan Beranger 6Gabe Deane-Johns 7Jordan Heffernan 8Rayden Tallis 9Ross Perryman 10Andrew Whelan VC 11Daniel De Sanctis 12Greg Tolson 13Ryan Whitehead 14Trent Hobart 15Joel Cross 16Ryan Chard * 17Daniel Hanson 18Sam Peasnall 19David Mitchell VC 20Alex McKenzie C(Res) 21Todd Forknall 22Ben Atkinson 23Paul Tempone 24Andrew Clarke 26Paul Christie 27Luke Kelly 28David Gough 29Tom Bayford CAPT 30Ben Craven 31Andrew Allen 32Mat Shanks 33Daniel Schmidt 34Michael Horgan 35Steve Derry 36Simon Bonyhady 37David Walpole 38Glen Ormsby 39Will Robertson 40Will Wettenhall 41Eric Gemes 42

Nick Tsindos 43Simon Jones 44Andrew Salipas 45Chris Poynton 46Steve Warr 47Brett Cotterall 48Alistair Renshaw 49Daniel Pike 50Michael Salipas 51Sangay Rigzan 52Scott Gregory 53Andrew Margetts 54John Rowatt 55Matt Cotterall 56James Serong 57Nick Payne 58Peter Storey 59Jon Derry 60David Middleton 62Chris Woodbridge 63Cameron Grant 67

OLD CAMBERWELLGRAMMARIANSCoach: Paul O’Shannassy Res. Coach: Todd Forknall

MONASH BLUESCoach: A Macgregor

1 S Chapman2 R Turton4 B Mackenzie5 J Rosengarten6 M Davidson7 P Farrar8 A Hickey9 C O'Sullivan10 K Collins11 G Chessari12 G Smyth (C)13 J Shopov14 B Merlin16 B Nind17 N Whitmore18 D Fuzzard19 B Criuckshank20 A Vincent22 T Blackley23 B Adamson24 T Craven25 T Kavanagh26 P Wills27 M Blaser29 A Costley31 J Lui32 J Bell34 R Shields35 S Whiting36 A Williams37 C Dennis38 N Brennan39 A Fyfe40 B Harding41 B Spradlin42 M Coe43 J Rudd44 L Leviston45 M Philips46 T Johnstone47 J Speekman49 M Pettingill50 C Eddison51 A Shields52 R Guerra53 M Chapman55 M Grogan56 T Kehoe58 T Sandell59 M Bradey60 S Kastelan62 L Kats63 B Hillman64 D Gemmell65 D Hill66 R Telford67 B Main68 D Cuming70 T Hogan71 D Dalton72 M Powers73 J Healy74 T Davie75 M Purcell77 D Calder78 S Angus79 J White

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PARKDALE VULTURESCoach: Dale Bower

Res Coach: Tim Linthorne

1 S. Rowley2 B. Darcy3 L. Davies4 M. Hayes5 A. White6 A. Wood7 K. Gurtler8 K. Little9 M. Meyer9 P. Emmett10 T. Kight11 C. O'Meara12 J. Gwozdz13 M. Ryan14 C. Johnston15 M. Sullivan16 P. Sullivan17 C. Sullivan18 S. Sullivan19 D. Scerri20 R. Gallagher21 J.O’Meara22 B. Liddell23 Z. McCarthy24 T. Linthorne25 B. Richards26 A. Rock27 R. Layton28 D. Rochford29 G. Crilley30 M. Black31 K. Black32 B. Fogden33 Matt. Walsh35 M. Johnstone36 M. Beaman37 T. Macgeorge38 S. Perrazo41 C. Rock42 M. Labiris43 M. Barr45 M. Brown46 W. Wheatley48 Mick. Walsh50 M.Strong51 A.Fry52 S. Wingrave53 D. Noonan54 J. Thurgood56 J. Stevenson57 S. Cudby58 R. Haslemore60 M. O’Meara61 G. Wilson62 A. Kerr

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Colin played with MHSOB from 1960 through to 1966,topping the VAFA A-Section goal kicking in 1963 and theVAFA U19 goal kicking in 1961 and 1962. Colin coachedthe MHSOB U19 side from 1967 through to 1970 beforemaking a comeback for one year in 1971.Colin continued to be a loyal supporter of MHSOBthrough the 70’s and 80’s, helping out wherever andwhenever he could. Colin assumed the role of President in1996, a position which he still currently holds along withthe prestigious role of Canteen Manager (his mostimportant role). Colin was rewarded with MHSOB LifeMembership in 2001 and a worthy Certificate of Meritrecipient.

• Joke of the Week18 year-old Patrick goes to confession. "Bless me Father, for Ihave sinned. I have been with a loose woman!" he says...The priest asks, "Is that you, little Patrick?""Yes, Father, it is.""And who was the woman you were with?""Ah, I can't be telling you that, Father, I don't want to ruin herreputation now.""Well, Patrick, I'm sure to find out her name sooner or later, soyou may as well tell me now. Was it Bridie O'Shaunessy?""I can't say Father - honestly.""Was it Ginger Murphy?""I'll never tell.""Was it Rosie Brady?""I'm sorry, but I can't name her.""Was it Mary O'Callaghan?""My lips are absolutely sealed Father.""Well I'll bet it was Suzie O'Brien, then?""Please, Father, I can't tell you for it wouldn't be fair on her."The priest sighs in frustration. "You're very tight lipped, Patrickand I admire that. But you've sinned and have to atone. Youcan't be an altar boy now for 4 months. Now you go andbehave yourself and don't let me see you again for a whilenow."Patrick walks back to his pew, and his friend Murphy slidesover and whispers,"What'd you get?""Four months vacation and five good leads!"

• A Good Day’s Night! The Hampton Rovers AFC & the wider community werebrought together as one to support the fight againstdepression and to help out a great clubman in Joel Day.Saturday 28th April’s function was a huge success raising$20,000 for the Day Family while raising awareness ofdepression. 360 people passed through the doors at BossJames Reserve making it one the biggest Roversfunctions ever.

• NEW YEAR – NEW CLUBSWelcome to the 2007 season and finally we are underway.FTLOTG would like to welcome our 2 new clubs to theAssociation, St Francis Xavier OC and South Mornington.St Francis Xavier OC is a brand new club based atBeaconsfield and will compete in Club XVIII (2) in theirinaugural year. South Mornington joins us from theSouthern Football League and will compete in D4. SouthMornington was a partial member of the VAFA last seasonwhen they formed an U19 side with the assistance ofPower House in U19 (South). Their U19 side has gone intorecess for this season to ensure their Reserves side is viablebut will return next season with strong numbers from theirjunior club. South Mornington will be coached in theirinaugural year by local legend Sein Clearihan and StFrancis Xavier will be lead by former Pakenham playerand coach Justin Pearson. Good luck to these clubs andevery success as they begin their VAFA journey.

• Cystic Fibrosis Cup CancelledUnfortunately, due to the delayed start to the season, one ofthe regular highlights of the VAFA’s representativeschedule has been cancelled for this year. George Voyage’sA-D4 side which takes on the Southern League annuallyfor the Cystic Fibrosis Cup has been a victim of the needto play regular season matches over the June long-weekendin both competitions. George, who is undefeated againstthe Southern League, has offered is services to assistant theother representative teams in whichever way he can. Givenhis record and the results from other games last year, he issure to be a valuable asset.

• Representative MatchesEven with the cancellation of the Cystic Fibrosis Cup for2007, the VAFA has a very busy representative schedulethis season. The VAFA’s first representative match sees theU19 side take on Queensland U21 in their return matchfrom last season. The match will be played at SportscoverArena on Sunday June 10th commencing at 1pm. The U19side will again be coached by Justin Pickering who will behoping for much more favourable conditions than theyencountered last year in Brisbane. The VAFA U19 side willalso take on the VCFL U19 side on July 15th at eitherBallarat or Shepparton. The VAFA U23 side meets old foe South Australia in thefinal match of the AAFC Tri-Series on July 14th inAdelaide. The VAFA must rely on South Australia beatingWestern Australia on June 2nd, then defeat South Australiahandsomely to have any chance of retaining thechampionship. The side will be lead by former St Kildaand Melbourne Defender Jamie Shanahan, who will beassisted by former St Kilda team-mates Nathan Burke andJason Daniels, as well as former Old Haileybury Coach

$1,000 was also raised for Beyond Blue, the nationaldepression initiative, through the selling of bluewristbands.Highlights from the night also included Billy Brownlessand Tim Watson auctioning items including a morning withthe SEN Morning Glory crew, Billy telling the famous“kick after the siren” and “kick over the silo” stories, andmany more.The club would like to thank everyone involved: fromthose who volunteered theirservices in both organising thenight and helping out on the night,to those who donated andpurchased auction items anddonated on the night. For moreinformation on depression, pleasevisit Beyond Blue atwww.beyondblue.org.au

• Olivia’s Pub ReviewVAFA Admin Officer and regular pub devotee Olivia deCastres presents the first in her series of pub reviews,concentrating on pubs supporting the VAFA community.

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Mick Dwyer who has been appointed Chairman ofSelectors. The Senior representative side meets the VCFL in their bi-annual clash for the Brian Molony Cup on July 15th ateither Ballarat or Shepparton. Having lost the last twomatches against the VCFL, the VAFA are very keen toensure the ledger returns to square (currently 5-4 in favourof the country). A coach for the VAFA side is yet to benamed, although several high profile candidates are beingconsidered for the role. An announcement will be madeshortly.

Vale – John WilsonJohn Wilson, VAFA Life member and formerrepresentative coach, passed away on Friday April 20.John had been battling illness for some time. John was an outstanding contributor to the Caulfield

Grammarians’ Football Club from the time he leftCaulfield Grammar in 1945 until he retired as a playerafter the 1955 season. John coached the senior teamfrom 1961 to 1971, winning the D Section flag in hisfirst season culminating in the outstanding win in the ASection premiership in 1970. Both John and Liz continued to support the clubthroughout the years in an outstanding manner. Inrecent times, JA would even mark the ground for us onFridays before taking up his seat on Saturdays to cheeron the Fields. His encouragement to all players andcoaches, up to and including the 2006 season, wasgreatly appreciated and acknowledged by all. He wouldfiercely defend CGFC whenever it was necessary. John was also recognised for his outstandingachievements within the amateur football code bybeing awarded VAFA life membership in 2003. Inaddition to serving on the permits and registrations areaand committee of VAFA football for many years Johnalso coached a VAFA representative team in 1971. Hehad an association with amateur football extendingover 62 years. One of the greats, John will be sorely missed but hasleft a lasting legacy of exceptional commitment to theVAFA and CGFC. Our thoughts are with Liz and thefamily at this sad time.

• Certificate of Merit – Colin GreenAt the 2007 VAFA Season Launch,6 recipients were presented withthe VAFA Certificate of Meritaward for exceptional service totheir clubs. Each week we willprofile these recipients and thisweek we congratulate Colin Greenfrom MHSOB.


Maybe / Maybe NotOld Paradians – Itwould be a tough call totip the Bundoora boysfor a ‘double drop’, andI’m not about to suggestthat here. No doubt Mark Spinoso is taking charge of aclub which is ‘rebuilding’. Unfortunately, they can’tafford to ‘bottom out’ because that would mean only onething in VAFA footy….nup it won’t happen.

Prahran – With Paul Greenham taking over from Staff,the change at the top will bring new ideas and somefresh enthusiasm to the list. I understand some handyinclusions have arrived, and this may mean a bettershowing by the Two Blues in ’07.

Oakleigh – a bit of a smoky, they’re coming into D1boasting a very handy home ground advantage. Nodoubt they will play hard physical footy, and every sidewill be happy to leave Scammell Reserve with thepoints.

Peninsula – the longest journey in the VAFA? Well theywere until South Mornington joined the club XVIII!!! ThePirates will be keen to jump another rung in a hurry,given their solid junior program and the gains of lastyear.

BattlingBulleen Temp – controversial, maybe. However, they’velost several quality young players who were expected toplay major roles in their rebounding from last years’astounding round 18 debacle. Whilst their U19s won theflag last year, stepping into senior footy is a differentthing altogether. Will need to finish strongly.

Yarra Valley – apparently not as deep in their list as theywould want, and need to keep their best 22 on the parkas often as possible to be a chance for a finals’ repeat.The Bushrangers are known for fighting against theodds, and at this staged, they’re stacked against them.

Therry Penola – is this another amateur club sufferingfrom being surrounded by suburban clubs with cash?Methinks so and, despite the Herculean efforts of theirlong standing players and committee, I can’t help butthink something’s gotta give in 2007.

D1 SECTIONby Fraser Cameron

Welcome one and all for yet another season ofgrassroots VAFA family footy. Those who were keenreaders of last years’ Amateur Footballer will haverealized that “Willo” and myself have experienced apromotion / relegation of our own as scribes, with Peterstepping up to C section to replace myself. Restassured, my relegation was self-induced (due to an off-season change of clubs) but I’m sure Old Paradians andHampton Rovers will hope to give me plenty of goodthings to report during 2007!!!!

There’s been plenty of rumor mongering during theextended off-season, and with the inevitable 2 weekdelay to the season proper, it’s high time we found outwhat’s truth, and what’s fiction. At the start of theseason, every team’s hopes will be high, but there’s nodoubt some will be more hopeful or optimistic andgenuinely confident.

Unfortunately, access to facilities and grounds is likelyto play a big part in the early season form of mostteams. Those who have managed to train regularly (ongrassy grounds with Sherrins), rather than haphazardly(on basketball courts or on the beach), will have animmediate advantage.

So, with only a modicum of confidence, let’s have aquick rip through the teams which make up D1 and thenlook forward to these weekends’ clashes.

FlyingOld Geelong – with a couple of losses, but manyacquisitions, the Como Park boys will be keen to atonefor their surprise exit last season. They have good depthand will take a power of beating in 2007

Old Mentonians – I’ve seen the OMs first hand and it’sno surprise, given the quality of their home ground atthe moment, that they are way ahead in their preparationthan most sides should be. Ben McGee has introduceda greater level of hardness and discipline to the club,and this should see them thereabout at the right end ofthe season.

Hampton Rovers – just knocked off Monash by 12 goalsa fortnight ago, and have had a ‘feel good’ off seasonwith some fundraisers and a change of coaching staffgenerating many positive vibes at Boss Reserve. Shouldchallenge strongly.

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PredictionsPrahran -v- Old Mentonians OMs by 5 goalsBulleen-Temp -v- Peninsula OB Pirates by 21 pointsTherry Penola -v- Oakleigh Krushers by 3 goalsOld Geelong -v- Yarra Valley OGGS by 32 pointsHampton Rovers -v- OP Rovers by 2 goals

Any clubs wishing to submit match reviews which maybe incorporated into next weeks’ column are requestedto email them to me at [email protected] by nolater than 4pm on Monday.

Hampton Rovers v Old Paradians Old Geelong v Yarra Valley Therry Penola v Oakleigh

Bulleen Templestowe v Peninsula Prahran v Old Mentonians

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BULLEEN TEMPLESTOWECoach: Steve Easton

Res. Coach: Dean Easton

OLD MENTONIANSCoach: Ben McGee

Res Coach: Jamie Winduss

1 T. Mitvalsky2 C. Twentyman 3 R. Ball4 B. Carroll5 A. Kiantos6 C. Alexander 7 S. Cleeve8 R. Alexander 9 D. Cochrane10 T. Wiltshire11 T. Laver12 C. Dwyer 13 K. Biggs14 M. Stroud 15 J. Costello 16 D. Carroll17 S. Worrell18 M. Basile 19 A. Palmer 20 C. Palmer21 J. O’Brien22 B. Coghlan23 A. Drinan 24 R. Ironmonger25 B. Fairbanks26 R. Schloeffel27 G. Katris28 J. Dodd29 P. Gartner30 D. Field31 M. Elliott32 C. Follett33 B. Lane34 P. Flaskis 35 P. Mevel36 D. Alexander 37 M. Francis 38 T. Millis39 J. Vick40 G. Snow41 M. Barker42 J. Williams43 R. Caswell44 P. Monahan45 A.N. Wilson46 G. Smith47 J. Kelly48 D. Stevens 49 N. Fisher50 K. Regan51 A.P. Wilson52 M. Watts53 S. Camm54 D. Goodbody55 A. Donegan56 L. Markus57 M. Fisher58 B. Giles59 J. Prowse60 N. Kyriazis61 B. Saunders62 C. Sinclair63 M. Lawes64 M. Austin65 J. Mitchell66 L Sunter68 A. Worrell70 A. Healy

1 G Chivers 3 S Millar4 W Thompson 5 M Pietryk6 A Tehan7 P Robertson8 D Bone9 A Stavretis10 A Clarke11 P Voglis12 A Parris13 D Tulloch 14 D Rametta16 S Smith18 K Burridge19 L. Stott20 T Waters21 P Gannas22 C Cherbakof23 D Matthews24 C Nikokopolous25 L Norbury26 A Smith27 D Dynon28 C Morrison29 P Tsokas 30 D Florence31 A Bernicich32 R Williams33 P Florence34 S Lambropoulos35 D Daskalou36 S Mitilineos37 M Voglis38 A Verga39 D Tonelli40 G Theodrakakous41 M Daskalou42 A Stavretis43 D Morabito 44 R Schnedier45 D Rogers46 A Coulston47 C Morihovitis48 A Morihovitis49 B Touriganis 50 D Glover51 R Toscano52 A Poci

OLD GEELONG Coach: Adrian Farrer

Asst. Coach: Chris BraniganRes. Coach: Nathan Perrin

Club 18 Coach: Henry Edgar

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PRAHRAN AFCCoach:

YARRA VALLEY OBCoach: Kevin Barnes

Res. Coach: Michael Fung

R Pearce 1A McLeod 2R Thompson 3GCoutts 4A Drew 5C Beal 7L Morris 8J Keem 9T Hancock 10T McIIraith 11D Lecordier 12D Lloyd 13B Nickolas 14N Pask 15J Marcek 16A Laing 17C Britt 18J Strong 19T Hale 20D Stevenson 21B Drew 22R Yeo 23N Lear 24S Seabourne 25S Yeo 26S Savage 27M Rockicki 28D Hickey 29B Vowles 31J Tompkins 32S Fuller 33B Seeger 34B Peake 35S Stoyan 36D Blashaw 37C Walker 38D Cordes 39M Wines 40A Stone 42T Munro 43A Coleman 44A Wingate 45T Oliver 46A Mauckley 47L Fuller 48K Easey 49J Peake 50H Clarke 51S Easey 52S Simpson 54T Lloyd 56J Strachan 57A Joiner 59S Laird 60P Valoppi 61 CaptainP Buruma 62J Trend 63H Easey 64M Norrish 65A Russell 66B Glennie 67M Laing 71N Peters 78D Dour 82S Cleary 91T Peters 92

THERRY PENOLA OBCoach: Garry Datson

1 Corrigan Beau2 Goodwin Tim 3 Bannister Rick 4 Brett Barron5 Harding Ben6 Fenton Jarrod7 Faroldi Mark8 Hollow Lee9 Bannister Corey 10 Quinn Joel11 Crotty Justin12 Belsey Jarrod13 Russell Glen14 Hanlon Jarryd16 Skiathitis Ricky17 Pirpinias Dave20 Walker Kieran21 Henderson Gareth 22 Goodwin Darren23 Hanlon Daniel24 Matton Chris25 McWhinney Mathew26 Lewis Bryce27 Kenessy Nathan28 Roberts Brent29 Goodwin Steve30 Taylor Brendan31 Forster-Knight

Andrew32 Sacco Joe 34 Weston David 35 McKibbin Dane36 Owen Brendan37 Castaldi Denis39 Delaney Damian40 Tsinaris George41 Walker Jack42 Godard Paul43 Balsillie Mark44 Stewart Ben46 Stepien Steve47 O'Brien Connor48 Nancarrow Andrew 49 Stevens Wayne51 Reynolds Matt56 Dunn Paul61 McGuigan Shannon66 O'Shea Daniel67 Wood Byron68 Hayes Shaun69 Booth Kim

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Welcome all to the new season. 2007 promises to be anexciting year with plenty of surprises, and let’s hope thatmy tipping performance can improve on my woefulshowing in 2006.

Congratulations on winning promotion and a bigwelcome to D2 for South Melbourne Districts andBentleigh. To Emmaus St Leos and Banyule good luck intrying to get back up to D1 again.

My predicted ladder:1. Aquinas OC2. Emmaus St Leos OC3. Werribee AFC4. Salesian AFC5. South Melbourne Districts6. Glen Eira AFC7. Williamstown CYMS8. Banyule AFC9. St Johns OC10. Bentleigh AFC

To those teams I have picked to make the finals best ofluck, and to those who I have chosen to miss out, pleasetry and prove me wrong.

Emmaus St Leos OC AFC $1.40 v Bentleigh $2.70My spies have told me that Emmaus St Leos new coachBen Pilley has put his players through an arduous pre-season, and the goal for 2007 is to get straight back upto D1. Baranello, D’Amico and McKenzie are all classplayers and the Animals are sure to be thereaboutscome finals time. The success of Bentleigh this year willcome down to one man. Chris Sharp. The bald headedgoal kicking machine doesn’t really look like a footballer,but he has an excellent knack of finding the footy andkicking goals. If he gets injured the Demons willstruggle. Being unsure of how many or if anyDimmatina’s will be pulling on the red and blue thisseason and taking on a team that won four games in D1in 2006, I expect Emmaus St Leos to be too strong inthis one. Emmaus St Leos by 37 points.

Glen Eira AFC $1.70 v Williamstown CYMS $2.05Glen Eira look to have held on to the majority of their

better players for 2007,and with skipper AlexTsirogiannis goingaround once again theSaints should bepushing for a finals berth come September. My mail isthat Steve Vamvakis has been on fire during the pre-season, snagging a bag of eight goals in one practicematch, and the experienced forward could be a nicevalue bet for the sharp shooter award this year.Williamstown did extremely well to avoid relegation in2006 and after making an atrocious start to proceedingslast season the boys from Willy will surely be ready toput some early wins on the board. With Tim Wheeler,Ben Hynes and Shaun McGuiness all facing up for yetanother season there is enough class in the ranks fromthe side across the West Gate, but at Packer Park Iexpect Glen Eira to be too strong. Glen Eira by 12 points.

Werribee AFC $1.50 v Banyule AFC $2.40Werribee have always been hard to beat at SoldiersReserve and with an excellent junior program in theWestern Suburbs the Tigers are sure to play an exciting,fast paced type of football this season. The departuresof Nathan Addamo, Daniel Lee, Ben Stornebrink andDean Whitten are sure to be felt, but new coach KirkNorton is sure to have done his homework during thepre-season and will have his troops ready to fire first-up. Banyule impressed during the pre-season with a tengoal victory over the Monash Gryphons, but have had afew of senior players join Kew in the off season, andalthough a couple of handy acquisitions from McLeodare sure to fit in well, a trip to Werribee in the openinground is a stiff proposition. Expect the experiencedheads of Keogh, Kidd, Carson to get Werribee over theline by 31 points.

D2 SECTIONby Jono Healy

Emmaus St Leos v Bentleigh Glen Eira v Williamstown CYMS

Werribee v Banyule Salesian v South Melbourne Districts at

Southern Oval, Mulgrave St Johns v Aquinas




Salesian AFC $1.33 v South Melbourne Districts $3.10Despite the retirements of Ivan Bobetic and MarkCanavan, Salesian should once again feature in thefinals race in 2007. With Mick Hazell arguably the mostpolished footballer in the division, Salesian have a guythat can win a game off his own boot with a bag ofgoals. Big ruckman Patty Dunne is probably the keyplayer for Salesian and new coach Robbie Mallet will behoping for an injury free season from his number onetall. Simon Ionnides and Dimitri Kalogiannis are theyoung players to keep an eye on for the team fromChadstone and with the possible signing of NickRutherford, Mallett should have plenty of talent at hisdisposal. South Melbourne are ready for the step up toD2 and as long as Paul Cheevers and Steve Aqulina canstay fit I expect them to perform admirably in thisdivision. Tough ask to travel to Bosco Street first uphowever. Salesian by 22 points.

St Johns OC $2.40 v Aquinas OC $1.50St Johns have done well to recruit Chris Cachia andRobbo from Syndal Tally Ho but will sorely miss theservices of John Ryan up forward this season. Aquinason the other hand were close to promotion during 2006and with veteran Glen Whitehead once again captainingthe club I expect the side from Ringwood to go well thisseason. All the early money for the premiership hascome for them. These are the type of games that theJocs failed to win last season, and unfortunately for theboys from Doveton I expect Aquinas to win this one by25 points.

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AQUINAS OCCoach: M GlassborowAsst. Coach: J HughesRes. Coach: M Lynch

1. L Toomey 2. S Tibb3. P Heveran5. P Cross6. J Stewart7. B Helme8. J Jess9. T Harkin10. D Boland11. S Cooper13. D DenBraber14. S Fox15. Ad Williams16. J Hunt17. B Redwood18. T Olarenshaw19. G Whitehead (C )20. S Downes21. A Lorkin22. A Kinghorn23. M Visser24. H Tyseen25. B Volombello26. J Box27. M Hunter28. M Glassborow29. A Naulty30. C Williams31. G Evans32. M Sawyers33. C Wooden34. T Selby35. R Chapman36. A Love37. P Jess38. B Moran39. C Ryan41. G Davies42. Bob Moran44. D Colgrave45. M Tynkkynem47. Ath Williams48. M Leigh49. C Broadhurst52. K Egan 53. D Smith 54. M Ohalloran55. R Obrien 62. C Lyng63. A Barrie64. L Neame65. K Lindsay70. S Mcpherson82. P Maaskant

1 S. Vamvakis2 A. Diyre3 C. Massis4 S.Diamond5 A.Tsirogiannis6 J. Zagame7 D. Clarke8 K. Anstey9 E. Stuchbery10 A.Spink11 L.Pryde12 M. Farah13 R. Clarke14 B.Clements15 S. Dyason16 S. Lithgow18 R. Conroy19 A. Devries20 B. Kendall21 S. Normington22 S. Emmett23 A. Hassan24 M. Embling25 M. Richards26 P.Tsagliotis27 J. O'Ryan30 L. Izod31 D.Santalucia33 A. Sheedy35 S. Hollow36 B. Zurak37 A. Farah38 T. Cannard39 M. Beddoe40 M. Cosgrave42 J. Serpanchy43 I. Adem44 P. Rohr45 A.Caruana46 S. Gange47 B. Zwar48 J. Haliwell49 S. Hall50 D. Eade51 H. Hussien54 M. Vodstrcil59 D. Dunlevie60 T. Joseph61 M.Tkocz68 B. McNally79 M.Merrick

GLEN EIRA AFCCoach: Terry Walsh Coach: Terry Walsh

Res Coach: Matt Embling

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1 Paul Adams2 Alex Bottomley3 Luke Boyd4 Lachlan Boyd5 Jay Brockwell6 Ash Brown7 Cameron Campbell8 Michael Christian9 Keiran Clarke10 Chris Davies11 Anthony Demetriou12 Mario Depetro13 Con Diddis14 Bevan Dimeck15 Alex Doyle16 Joseph Dunstone17 Lee Ferrall18 Grant Fikaris19 Atill Filippelli20 Mark Fralto21 David Gayfer22 Stephen Gray23 Michael Gray24 Stephen Gray25 John Greco26 Sebastian Green27 Selwyn Griffith28 Mark Hampson29 Ryan Hartnett30 Daniel Herbert31 Matthew Holmes32 Andrew Hopgood33 James Ilia34 Michael Ilia35 Kenen Ismail36 Anthony Kayrooz37 Marcus Kennedy38 Marc Lardo39 Davor Lucevic40 Nicholas Mazniovski41 Ben McKenzie42 Glenn McLellan43 Dean Nichols44 Leighton O'Donnell45 Giovanni Palmieri46 Dean Phelan47 Adam Plant48 Justin Poyser49 Luke Priday50 Luke Richardson51 Joel Rigler52 Adam Rothe53 Robert Saker54 Dean Scholes55 Kyle Shepard-Mueller56 Rory Shepherd57 Dean Shepherd58 Tom Shepherd59 Gustavo Smarrini60 Anthony Smith61 Mark Smith62 Andrew Spicer63 Jason Spicer64 Anthony Stagliano65 Andrew Stavropolous66 Chris Stavropoulos67 Stuart Stockman68 David Stokes69 Will Stuart70 Nicholas Taylor71 Scott Toull72 Andrew Tshaikiwsky73 Luke Van Maanen74 Mark Van Poeteren75 Zan Wenke76 William Woollard77 Richard Young78 Phillip Zillner

BENTLEIGHCoach:

18 Shaun AdawayLuke Armstrong

31 Amir BanksRob BorowskiJason Bounsall

53 Elliot BoxOliver BoxTim Brew

29 Aaron CloughJames ColesJames Coyne

13 Stuart CravenDaniel CunninghamFrank DimattinaPaul DimattinaPaul Dimattina (AFL)Mark Eyles

21 Adam Ferris36 Mark Ferris32 Chris Fidler20 Ryan Fishlock17 Shannon Francis16 Stephen Frost

Ben HalidayDale Harrison

37 Luke HolmesbySean Holmesby

34 Brandon Hunt16b Paul Jemmeson

Carlos KamusScott LawryAndrew LeeBen LydsterChris Lyons

11 David Martin28 Mark McCulloch

Charlie McFadden42 Adam Mikkelsen

Mick Nyary26 Ben Padgham

Lance Pitito3 Adam Pittito44 Robert Punter55 Glenn Richards

Julian Roberts5 James Robertson1 Chris Sharp4 Scott Sice22 Aaron Smith

Brett Stevens40 Anthony Steward9 Lochie Tangas54 Jason Tranter

Zac Vearing57 Shane Watkins

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SALESIAN Coach: Robbie Mallett

Res. Coach: Troy Fairbairn

WILLIAMSTOWN CYMS

Coach: Dene MacleodRes. Coach: Damien Hynes

1. A Stevens2. A Thain3. P Dolman4. M Hazell5. L Kelly6. M Loughnan7. R Mallett8. S Logan9. S Stevens10. S Oldfield11. A Davey12. A Ross13. L Phipps14. P Evans15. C Rose16. S Sutherland17. M Forbes18. D Barry19. T Fairbairn20. S Francis21. A Bonnici22. R Stevens23. P Dunne24. S Stevens25. J Rogers26. J Nannes27. C Ryan28. C Savage29. L Rose30. A Brett31. B Fahrner32. T Neilson35. J Morsello36. P Norman37. B Chalmers38. B Honeyford39. D Kalogiannis40. C Thomson41. M Smyth42. S Ansell43. M Van Suylen44. L Romanelli45. K Ferreira46. M Forer47. A Campbell 48. A Williams49. L O’Keefe50. M Cooke51. B Kirchner52. C Morgan53. M Ware54. J Wilson

W AdamsonJ AndersonS BarlowN BeumerA BourasT BowersT BozM BraszellM BrownG BurgessT ButsonJ ButtigiegP CardamoneA CarterM CavarraM CiniD ClemmensB CocksJ CrawfordJ DigraziaK DowseyD EliasM EliasS FreemanJ GallivanW GardnerP GeraghtyL GoudN GrantB GrayT GreenD GrieveB GriffinM GrossmanS HallA HayesF HenryL HenryB HinsleyB HollierS HoultB HynesJ HynesT HynesM JenningsD JoryA KlewerA KosmatosL KuretD LeeM LishmanT LuckhurstM ManningA MantonG MccallumC MccrackenJ MccutcheonS McguinnessL MckenzieC McnamaraJ MunroJ NewingtonC NimbR NisbetD O'KeeffeL O'sullivanD OldhamC PachD PaulL RyanG ShawG SmallmanT SmithN StanleyR StimpsonJ StreetC TaylorD TaylorJ TaylorP ThomsonJ TinhamM WelshT WheelerD WilliamsD WoolfordD WoudaA WuchatschS Wuchatsch

ST JOHNS OCCoach: Ben McGee

Res Coach: Rod Walker

WERRIBEE AFCCoach: Kirk Norton

Res. Coach: Nick Diker

1. D. NEDINIS2. C.LEE3. T.LEE 3a A.TRAIANON 4. S.KIDD5. C.ALABAKIS6. M.WALSH7. B.JEWELL8. M.PALMINGTON9. J.AYLING10. M.KEOGH11. M.GREEN 12. Aaron TAYLOR13. R.BELL14. J.MARINAS15. A .MURPHY16. M.TAYLOR17. A.TEDESCO 18. D.MORRISH 18a D. VELISHA19. C.JOHNS 20. J. WALLERT 21. S.McCUTHEON 22. N.RENAUT 22a R. NEW23. A.ALIFRACO 24. L. CARSON25. J.NORTON 26. M.PURTON 27. T. DAVIDSON28. J. FARLEY 29. S.DEAN 30. S.DALY 30a M.CATIONS 31. D.JEWELL 32. A.CUNNINGHAM33. M.SMITH 34. M.CUNNINGHAM35. R.BARKER35a R.HYSSOLI36. Andrew TAYLOR37. P. KEOGH38. N. MCINNES39. L. LANGFIELD40. M.RICHARDSON41. J.ALABAKIS42. C.HOWARD43. J.TEMUSKOS44. J.STORNEBRINK 45. T.VAN BLOMMESTEIN 46. J.HEVERN47. A.ALABAKIS48. E.COLLIER49. A.HOVEY 50. A.CARSON51. M.LINK52. T.MATTHEWS54. M.PALMER 67. J CALLANAN81. M.CZAJKOWSKI

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1 J Washington2 M Hannan3 G Simm4 A Riemann5 S King6 S Glendenning7 A Hannan8 W McGee9 S Aquilina10 M Lane11 C Batchelor12 P Madden13 E Henderson14 D Bell15 B Whelan16 D Phillips17 N Moojen19 J Whelan20 M Black21 B Johnson22 E Bouchard23 B Downing24 M Costello25 A Ray26 R Mitchell27 P Cheevers28 A Lamerton29 G Mijatovic30 B Minichiello31 S Hermann32 D McGee36 A Argyriou37 J Clyne38 E Costello40 S Atherton41 T Peters41 H McFadden43 W D'Andrea44 S Mahoney45 J Newson53 J Cronan54 S McDougall55 J Pohlner56 B Martin57 S Puccio58 H Masters59 J Stephens61 M Thomas63 B Joske67 L McKenzie68 D Miller70 S Quinn71 P Swannson72 P Hannan

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2 0 0 6 G R A N D F I N A L R E S U L T SA SECTION

OLD HAILEYBURY 2.2 8.3 10.6 13.8 (86)OLD XAVERIANS 4.4 6.4 8.6 9.9 (63)Old Hailebury: M. Seccull 4,M. Brewer 3, S Langford-Jones 2,T.Chisholm 2, M. Fankhauser, A. Jenke. Best: C. Steinfort, PCorrigan, M. Brewer, M. Seccull, H. Hopwood, B. Trollope. Old Xaverians: M. Handley 2, J. Arnold, A. Bowen, T. Clarke, S.Johnson, S. Lethlean, S. Mollard, D. Lynch. Best: S. Lethlean, B.Hackett, T. Ockleshaw, A. Chatfield, T. Fleming, M. Graham.Umpires: R. Davidson, T. Sutcliffe (F) M. Jenkinson, P. Monotti(B) L. Robson, K. Segota (G)

B SECTIONCOLLEGIANS 3.0 8.7 8.9 12.13 (85)OLD BRIGHTON GR 4.3 4.6 8.10 9.10 (64)Collegians: M. Roberson 4, S. Arnott 2, C. Unsworth, J. Dixon,T. Bull, C. Blumfield, J. Jorgensen, G. Rowston. Best: M.Williams, R. Hosking, J. Fry, C. Blumfield, S. Arnott, B. Robbins.Old Brighton: M. Gadsden 2, J. Dickerson 2, N. Perry 2, T. Ewert,A. MacGillivray, L. Hendra. Best: T. Ewert, C. Buckley, B. Mason,J. Perrett, P. Phelan, L. Hendra.Umpires: A, Firley, M, Gibson (F) D, Anthony, A, Rogers (B) M,O'Donnell, D, Scully (G)

C SECTIONAJAX AFC 8.2 14.5 18.10 21.11 (137) ST BEDES/MENTONE TIG 4.4 10.7 17.11 21.12 (138)Ajax: Y. Rapoport 5, J. Ritterman 3, N. Gold 3, A. Bloom 2, A.Rosen 2, A. Lewski 2, D. Markov, D. Sutton, M. Jankie, E.Routman. Best: E. Janover, J. Ritterman, N. Gold, D. Sutton, A.Lewski, J. IsraelsohnSt Bedes/ Mentone Tigers: N. Corda 4, A. Hayes 4, B. Collins 3,J. Tyquin 2, T. McColl 2, A. Sawers, P. Groves, S. Anstey, A.Scafidi, L. Terrell, L. Wintle. Best: M. Wintle, A. Sawers, S. Zakic,L. Beveridge, A. Hayes, P. GrovesUmpires: S. Koffman, G. Wardrop (F) B. Corcoran, W. Stokes (B)B. Jephson, D. Napoli (G)

D1 SECTIONOLD CAREY 4.3 7.8 14.11 19.16 (130)RUPERTSWOOD 4.1 5.3 7.7 12.8 (80)Old Carey: S. Collins 6, T. Angus 4, J. White 2, T. Bull 2, D.James, M. Angus, P. Tiras, T. Howgate, S. Wood. Best: S. Collins,R. Mullins, C. Ratcliffe, T. Angus, M. Angus, T. HowgateRupertswood: M. Quigley 4, D. Burrowes 2, S. Sweeney 2, G.Phillips, S. Bishop, M. Gaunt, B. Whitehead. Best: J. Phillips, T.West, S. Sweeney, M. Gaunt, J. Plummer, E. DresslerUmpires: W. Hinton, Grant Joyner (F) C. Jones, J. Scully (B) D.Brookes, B. Hoare (G)

D2 SECTION OAKLEIGH 6.3 13.5 20.9 23.12 (150)PENINSULA 1.2 3.6 6.10 12.11 (83)Oakleigh: T. Bromley 4, A. Kitts 4, M. Harold 3, N. Wills 2, S.Briggs 2, D. MacKenzie 2, D. Counihan, J. Reynolds, C. Lamb, C.Hogan, S. Collins, J. Rutter. Best: T. Bromley, J. Rutter, D.Counihan, M. Harold, A. Kitts, S. CollinsPeninsula: T. Coghlan 6, P. Wignall, T. Prendergast, A. Murphy,N. Claringbold, A. Atchison, T. Rees Best: A. Murphy, C.Bannister, E. Bowen, T. Madder, S. Fergusson, T. Reece.Umpires: J. Kvins, B. Woodhead (F) C. Hayes, D. Herskope (B) P.Gatt, A. Kyrkou (G)

D3 SECTIONBENTLEIGH AFC 5.3 6.4 12.8 14.12 (96)STH MELBOURNE DIS’TS 0.4 6.6 11.9 18.12 (120)Bentleigh: P. Dimattina 4, D. Martin 2, J. Tranter 2, B. Meredith2, C. Sharp 2, A. Mikkelsen, L. Tangas Best: F. Dimattina, S.Lawry, C. Fidler, A. Mikkelsen, M. Soufan, B. MeehanSMD: A. Hannan 5, M. Costello 4, P. Cheevers 3, J. Cronan, B.Joske, S. Mahoney, W. McGee, J. Washington, S. McDougallBest: A. Hannan, S. Aquilina, P. Cheevers, J. Washington, C.Batchelor, A. RayUmpires: L. Gallagher, L. Holmes (F) F. Paleermo, R. Place (B)S. Herbert, V. Vescovi (G)

D4 SECTIONHAWTHORN AFC 1.3 4.6 6.7 7.11 (53)POWER HOUSE AFC 2.4 4.7 9.9 16.15 (111)Hawthorn: Lauletta 2, M. McKenna, Rice, Tyson, P. Avery, OggBest: M. McKenna, Garlick, DawsonPower House: P. Edwards 6, B. Brady 2, M. Verberne 2, A.Foster 2, D. Grahek, J. Nicholls, M. Taylor, M. Hill Best: B. Brady,D. Burnside, D. Boland, M. Driessen, P. Edwards, D. CooperUmpires: S. Olive, B. Ryde (F) J. Mayston, A. Neilson (B) A.Esposito, G. Roberts (G)

UNDER 19 SECTION 1DE LA SALLE 7.3 10.7 13.11 17.18 (120)OLD XAVERIANS (1) 5.2 10.3 13.5 14.6 (90)De La Salle: R. Semmel 4, N. Roberts 3, A. Kovarik 3, J. Oakley2, J. Hansen, N. Harris, S. Fairbrother, W. Fenton, G. Hesse Best:G. Hesse, W. Fenton, J. Oakley, S. Nethersole, J. Crowe, N.ThompsonOld Xaverians (1): S. Doyle 4, D. Bell 2, P. Myers 2, T. Dynon 2,J. McNamara, J. Glen, R. Benson, L. Kelly Best: S. Doyle, D.Quinn, J. Glen, T. Grigg, J. McNamara, P. MyersUmpires: T. Saunders, V. Sidebottom (F) J. Maccioni, D.Ractliffe (B) N. Booth, R. Seymour (G)

UNDER 19 SECTION 2OLD CAREY 0.5 1.8 2.44 5.14 (44)OLD CAMBERWELL 2.5 4.10 10.11 16.14 (110)Old Carey: Parker 2, Rossidis, Elliot, Newnham Best: L.McQueen – Miscamble, B. Smithwick, J. Wagner, M. Bull, G.ParkerOld Camberwell: C. Hillier 7, A. Pillay 2, P. Jenkin 2, T. Shanks2, D. McCabe, C. Wright, A. Clarke Best: P. Jenkin, A. Clarke, D.McCabe, S. Bonyhady, C. Hillier, H. DicksonUmpires: D. Anselmi S. MackIntosh (F) A. Anthony, J. Rollo (B)J. Exton, B. Shorter (G)

UNDER 19 SECTION 3ST BEDES MENT. TIGERS 4.1 7.3 9.8 12.11 (83)ORMOND 1.2 2.5 4.7 7.10 (52)St BMT: M. Bodinnar 4, D. Francis 2, C. Richards 2, D. Lynch, J.Lebreton, S. L’Huillier, S. McLaughlin Best: D. Francis, D.Graham, C. Richards, A. Falkiner, C. Mouritz, S. AndrewsOrmond: O. Lack 2, L. Duthie 2, J. Wardley, L. Upstill, T. AllanBest: C. Woodford, A. Holman, R. Keane, L. Duthie, D. Frazier, S.AshtonUmpires: J. Mayhew – Sharp, A. Damen (F) M. Hutchinson, M.Raphael (B) J. Robinson, P. Whitehead (G)



2 0 0 6 G R A N D F I N A L R E S U L T SUNDER 19 SECTION (2) BLUE

MAZENOD OC 3.1 3.2 6.5 9.5 (59)OLD MENTONIANS 3.4 4.8 7.9 10.16 (76)Mazenod: N. Bogar 3, P. Stanley 2, P. Johnson, C. Duke, N.Crameri, S. Davis Best: A. Weekes, M. O''Connor, K. Kelly, J.Miller, S. McAdam, P. StanleyOld Mentonians: R. Goulding 3, D. Daperis 2, B. Norton 2, M.Jenkins, J. Prowse, K. Goulding Best: J. Moon, K. Goulding, J.Prowse, M. Jenkins, D. Daperis, R. GouldingUmpires: M. Hegan, R. Robertson (F) W. Burne, D. Laing (B) C.Lear, G. Rollo (G)

UNDER 19 SECTION (2) RED FITZROY REDS 5.2 9.4 18.6 18.7 (115)BULLEEN TEMPLESTOWE 1.0 1.3 7.6 17.14 (116)Fitzroy Reds: L. Halliwell 3, C. Ligris 3, M. Warner 3, K. Danato3, H. Topp 2, J. Beech 2, S. Bombaci, J. Dawson – Smith. Best:H. Topp, D. Olarenshaw, J. Dawson – Smith, S. Bombaci, G.Linger, J. Ritchie.Bulleen Templestowe: M. Carfi 4, R. Illingworth 4, P. Voglis 4,D. Tonelli 2, M. Coulston, D. Morabito, D. Rametta. Best: M.Coulston, T. Waters, P. Voglis, D. Morabito, D. Voglis, R. MatzUmpires: J. Hartwig, N. Luke (RFL) (F) P. Wheeler (RFL), P.O’Connor (RFL) (B) L. Boccabella (RFL), D. Quirk (RFL) (G)

CLUB XVIII (1)PRAHRAN AFC 4.1 4.3 10.5 13.6 (84)OLD XAVERIANS 2.2 9.10 10.11 14.13 (97)Prahran: D. Butterworth 4, B. Cartlidge 3, M. Howard, P. Limoli,R. Stephens, S. Erickson, J. Geri, L. Kitchen Best: L. Kitchen, J.Geri, G. Scott, B. Cartlidge, D. Butterworth, D. GreenOld Xaverians: D. Rush 5, P. Hall 4, B. Perry 2, M. Davies, M.O’Kane, J. Silk Best: M. Davies, B. Perry, D. Rush, J. Hardwick,J. Hardwick, A. McCarthyUmpires: M. Foard, T. Windlow (F) D. Windlow, L. McIntyre, N.Palfreyman, S, Brooks (B) A. Byrnes, R. Parker (G)

CLUB XVIII (2)MT LILYDALE 7.4 10.4 12.11 16.12 (108)MONASH BLUES 3.0 4.5 6.6 8.8 (56)Mt Lilydale: P. Carolan 5, J. Roberts 5, D. Harris, D. Cerra, J.Paull, B. Baillie, M. Rhodes, T. Vanstrijp Best: M. Rhodes, D.Marotti, C. Gibson, T. Flanagan, C. Williams, M. FellowsMonash Blues: J. Sheldon 3, D. West, M. Woods, K. Perry, N.Costello, T. Haines Best: N. Costello, S. Mentha, M. Riddle, H.Butler, J. Sheldon, T. BlaschUmpires: F. Kavanagh, M. Thornhill (F) D. Banova, P. Lambert,N. Palfreyman, J. Salvatore (B) R. O’Halloran, R. Benson (G)

CLUB XVIII (3)OLD ESSENDON 3.3 4.5 5.9 9.10 (64)FITZROY REDS 1.1 3.1 4.5 5.7 (37)Old Essendon: J. Goodger 2, R. Appleton 2, C. Morgan 2, S.Evans, J. Walker, L. Eddy Best: B. Cariss, B. Papal, J. Hughes, P.Barry, B. Overman, J. EdmondsFitzroy Reds: T. Jackson 2, B. McNicol 2, R. Marshall Best: N.Schofield, T. Leske, R. Hunter, T. Jackson, B. McNicol, J.StevensonUmpires: B. Nunn, P. Matton (F) C. Manos, S. Merrigan, R.O’Halloran, R. Parker (B) D. Windlow, T. Hansen (G)

A RESERVEOLD XAVERIANS 4.3 4.4 7.7 9.9 (63)OLD SCOTCH 2.1 2.4 2.4 2.7 (19)

B RESERVEUNIVERSITY BLACKS 3.1 3.2 7.6 10.7 (67)COLLEGIANS 0.4 5.6 6.8 7.14 (56)

C RESERVEST BEDES/MENTONE TIG 4.6 7.8 15.18 19.19 (133)OLD CAMBERWELL GR 0.1 3.4 4.6 6.9 (45)

D1 RESERVEOLD GEELONG 3.3 6.6 10.7 12.9 (81)OLD MENTONIANS 2.2 5.5 10.8 17.9 (111)

D2 RESERVESALESIAN 2.6 2.11 3.15 5.19 (49)LA TROBE UNI 0.4 1.9 5.17 9.19 (73)

D3 RESERVEKEW AFC 4.3 8.4 11.7 14.10 (94)MONASH GRYPHONS 2.4 6.12 8.16 12.21 (93)

D4 RESERVEELTHAM OC 2.0 6.2 9.6 12.10 (82)POWER HOUSE 8.3 9.6 12.7 15.13 (103)


tribute to the quality ofDon’s work.In perfect conditions,the Old Xavs unfurledthe 1998 A Section Flagat Toorak Park andthen proceeded topummel their opponents, St Bernards, unmercifullyin the first term kicking 10.2 to zero. As theafternoon wore on things did not get much better forSt Bernards as Xavs dominated all over the field butat least Xavs’ scoring was restricted to a degree.Dan Richardson booted 8 goals, Jones andBourke added 11 between them and DavidLandrigan and Tim Wood were outstandingthroughout the game. Jason Gollant was the onlymultiple goal score for St Bernards with 2 and wasjoined by Tim Dobson and Ben Chatfield amongthe hard to find best for the visitors. The final scoreof 26.10 to 7.2 suggested the Xavs would again bea power and the Bernies coach, Gary Foulds,would have much to think about.B Section scribe and St Kevins stalwart, TerryQuirk, reported on the Mazenod versus St KildaSouth Caulfield game and highlighted the fact thatMazenod had found a focal point up forward inChris Harrison who finished with 8 goals.Mazenod were in charge by half time and lookedvery sound with a comfortable 22.8 to 13.13 victory.Better players – Harrison, O’Hara, Schofield,Ballenger, Murray, Young (Mazenod) andD’Agostino, Gilmore, Diamond, Tkocz, Buck,Astapenko (St Kilda).

20 YEARS AGO – 1987VAFA President, Jim Hawkins, in his openingstatement in The Amateur Footballer spoke thus –‘In an era of disruption in football in general, theVAFA is pleased to be able to offer Member Clubsan optimistic future’. He reminded all VAFAfollowers that, unlike the professional footballbodies below the elite level, the VAFA wascontinuing to grow its ranks.The 1986 All Australian and Victorian Captain,Dominic Spillane (Old Paradians), adorned the

. . . Retrospectiveby Geoff Reilley


5 YEARS AGO - 2002CEO, Phil Stevens, reminded us that the busiesttime of the football year was over and we could now“get on with the games”. The coaching accreditationcourse had been completed as had the Coaches’Night, the Sponsors’ Night, the Season LaunchDinner for Presidents, Secretaries and Members andmany more gatherings. There was a new Umpires’Adviser, Brendan Carland and a newrepresentative contest for our C-D clubs against theSouthern Football League. And there was an exciting start to the season in ASection when the Old Xavs, as they had done forthe past seven years, watched the unfurling of the ASection flag, only this time they were at Marcellinand the home club were the proud ones exhibitingtheir spoils from the 2001 season. The game wasfast, full of great one on one battles and onlyMarcellin’s inaccurate kicking in front of goal mayhave stopped them from starting with a win. TheXavs were too good, 13.10 to 10.16 and the bestplayers were – Scanlon, Stoney, Brushfield,Mollard, Blood, Occleshaw (Xavs) and Hansen,Romanin, Cox, Thiesz, Jarred, Goodwin(Marcellin).A Section coaches were Paul Cooper (De La Salle),Simon Dalrymple (Marcellin), Luke Soulos(MHSOB), Paul Fahey (Old Ivanhoe), DaleTapping (Old Scotch), Leigh Carlson (Old Trinity),Tim O’Shaughnessy (Old Xavs), Peter Nicholson(St Bernards), Mike McArthur-Allen (SKOBS)and Michael Conlon (Uni Blues). A Section FieldUmpires were – Jamie Kvins, Graeme Hunichen,Rob Sneddon, Steve McCarthy, Anthony Damen,Albie Firley, Jason McNiece, Peter James, WayneHinton and Mark Gibson.

10 YEARS AGO – 1997The CEO, Phil Stevens, welcomed all amateurfootball followers to a new season and announced achange of Umpire Adviser. Michael Sneddon wasappointed to take over from Brian Bulluss, whohad held the job for the previous 5 seasons. JasonFrenkel was appointed A Section scribe replacingthe respected Don Blackwood and Jason paid


being Olympic Park No 2 Oval and the St KildaCricket Ground. Caulfield Grammarians and UniBlacks in A Section performed the opener at thenew headquarters but the Blacks prevailed easily inthe finish 10.18 to 7.11. Best players – Sinclair,Crouch, McGregor (3), Saunders, Shackleton,Costello (Blacks) and Herington, Barker, Ward,Chaffey, J Tootell, P Hore (Caulfield).In B Section it was a close tussle between Uni Bluesand Uni High School Old Boys with the Blueswinning 11.5 to 8.16. Best players – Wilson,Loftus-Hills, Rutherford, Rhoden, Church(Blues) and Prosser, A Hume, Kinnear, Heaton, GBoag, Nettleton (UHSOB).Old Melburnian’s Murray Peden played his 100thgame and having given his club great service bothon and off the field, received the plaudits of theOM’s supporters.

50 YEARS AGO – 1957During the summer preceding the commencementof the 1957 season, amateur players and amateurfootball generally received outstanding recognitionduring Melbourne’s Olympic Games. On Friday7th December, visiting sporting enthusiasts fromall over the world had the pleasure of observing ademonstration Australian Rules football match. Thegame was played at the main stadium and wasbetween a team selected from the VAFA and a teamof amateur players, currently playing in either theVFL or VFA. The VAFA team was victorious (12.9to 8.7) in modified conditions such as slightlysmaller playing space (by 5 yards in both length andwidth) and with less than the normal time betweenquarters.The spectacle met the requirements of theInternational Olympic Federation who alwaysasked the host nation to include in the games, ademonstration of a national sport. The HonorarySecretary of the VAFA, Jack Fullerton, asorganiser of the demonstration match, also sat withHRH, the Duke of Edinburgh, to explain the finerpoints of the game. One of the participants that day, boundary umpire,Jack Wilson, is still active in amateur footballtoday heading up the team of gatekeepers atElsternwick Park. Jack also played VAFA footballand was a premiership coach with OrmondUnder 19’s and continues to devote his time to thegreat traditions of amateur football.

cover of the Amateur Footballer and played in histeam’s first round win against the reigning ASection Premiers, Collegians. DespiteCollegians’ Richard Herman with 6 goals andexcellent games from their stalwarts Irvine,Lemon and Bickford, Paradians ran away toscore a huge win, 24.13 to 12.8. Skerrit,Woods,Grills and Gleeson (6) were outstanding forParadians. Having won the B Section pennant theprevious season, Paradians looked to have everyreason to believe they would be a power in ASection as well.Old Trinity and Fawkner, Grand Finalists in CSection the previous season, both started their BSection campaigns in fine form to win against StKilda CBC and Uni Blacks respectively.

30 YEARS AGO – 1977The 85th year of amateur football commenced withthe trial, for one season, of free interchange of the20 players in each team. There was somedisappointment expressed by the VAFA Executivein that the number of teams competing had droppedfrom 140 (1976) to 137. B Section grand finalistsfrom the previous season, Marcellin and CaulfieldGrammarians, began their season strongly withrespective wins. Marcellin received solid oppositionfrom Uni Blues but the comfortable margin of 19points at the final siren was due in the main toDillon, Crimmins, Carrucan, Butler (4), Mahonand Toniolo for Marcellin. Standish, Schauble,Church, Melville (3), Hindle and Hager wereBlues’ best. Caulfield ran away from Old Trinity19.16 to 10.14 with best players – Lester, Lean,Morphet, Clark, Griffiths, Long (Caulfield) andRobison, S Emerson, Jones, Williams, Beer,Cowley (Old Trinity).100 games to Old Brighton’s Club Captain, IanParoissien. Ian joined the old boys in 1969 andproved to be not only a close playing defender but avery attacking one with considerable skill. Ian wasbest and fairest in 1971 and also served as HonoraryTreasurer.

40 YEARS AGO – 1967George McTaggart, Editor of The AmateurFootballer, announced that the taking over ofElsternwick Park by the VAFA for the 1967 seasonmeant that it was the Association’s third “central”ground since inception, the previous central grounds




travel many miles to playMonash. The Gryphonswill be hoping for anupset but this will bemore like giving Draculathe keys to the bloodbank. The visitors will take thewin and some percentage to boot.

In the two’s I see wins for the ‘House, theRazorbacks, Old Westbourne, Latrobe and theMagpies.

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D3 SECTIONby Stephen Clarke

What a great off season – so many INS and OUTS tokeep us busy. David Hicks is finally out, Lara Binglewas in and out all summer, Shane Whitnall wants tobe in the media circus but he should stay out,Brendan Fevola is on the outer at home but in formagainst the Dons yet was he ever in with Lara Bingle? ? Damien Oliver has ended his run of outs in Group1 races, my old mate Aaron Baddeley is in with Godand winning tournaments again, crazy haircuts in theAFL are out, Borat is an outstanding comedy that weall should watch, house prices continue to be out ofthis world, Neale Daniher is in more strife than TonyMokbel to keep his job and holiday makers havefound that the rain fell mainly in Spain this EasterBreak.

PREVIEWS Our first game is between two historic members ofthe VAFA, where Elsternwick entertain Powerhouseat the postage stamp. The hosts played finals in 2006and desperately want another crack at that level. Theboys from Ross Gregory have some great playersand will find this transition to D3 well within theirgrasp. I am tipping Elsternwick due to the homefixture by just a gaggle of points. Two many younger clubs in the league, Swinburnetake on Hawthorn at Rathmines Road – our first andonly Derby for the year! Derek Theone is backcoaching at the Razorbacks and it was under hisguidance that they won their 2003 flag. The boysshould welcome him back with a win !Old Westbourne kick off their campaign at homeagainst Ivanhoe – a team boasting just one away winlast season. The visitors have to accept that somedays they will be the pigeon in this league, yet otherdays – like in round one – they will be the statue. The home team here by lots.Victoria Park in Kew is the venue for Dave Witchell’smen to tackle Latrobe. In the past, Kew have walkedthe ‘thousand steps’ for inspiration but that won’ttranslate into much come game day! The visitorsstarted 2006 in competitive fashion, but the wheelscame off in the second half and there were‘latrocious’. I’m giving the red and black army thebenefit of the doubt here by a few goals.Finally, West Brunswick who hope to be finals bound,

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Monash Gryphons v West Brunswick Elsternwick v Power House

Hawthorn v Swinburne University Kew v La Trobe University Old Westbourne v Ivanhoe



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KEW AFCCoach: David Witchell

1. M. Gray 2. C.Wilson 3. E. Sortino 4. S. Heslop 5. A. Dooley 6. N. Tinetti 7. G. Bell 8. C. Horne 9. C. Robinson 10. B. Cullen 11. B. Woodhouse 12. A. Lucisano 13. A. Makris 14. J. Looker 15. H. Mcdermott 16. A. Carmen 17. J. Hoseason 18. G. Williams 19. M. Natoli 20. M. Cochrane 21. A. Neville 22. J. McKerrow 23. J. Deblank 24. D. Wall 25. C. Watts 26. S. Symes 27. D. Sortino 28. T. Costello-Manning 29. M. Mannix 30. G. Ortlipp 31. S. Hennessy 32. A. Wang 33. S. Ridd 34. R. Wyley 35. S. Norman 36. J. Tong 37. T. Taylor 38. W. Death 39. D. Ronnefeldt 40. T. Nasrallah 41. C. Stephens 42. A. Stephens 43. M. Chivers 44. M. Macheda 45. G. Evans 46. B. Rice 47. J. Sabien 48. J. Saunders 49. D. Ryan 50. L. King 53. M. Matherson 54. B. Carmen 55. J. Jacobs 56. D. Gallagher-Lyon 57. P. Rees 58. B. Burnett 59. J. Walker 60. M. Pope 61. M. Glenn 65. J. Jarvis 66. R. McKerrow

ELSTERNWICK AFCCoach: D Grace

Asst. Coach: M Schinck Res. Coach: M Creek /

M Cunningham 1 L Murphy2 L Beddingfield3 Y Jemm4 D Grace5 K Cummins 5 M Whelan6 M Thiele7 M Schinck7 J McAdam8 M Greene9 J Banky9 T Hartley10 T Huggins11 L Missaglia12 S O'Donnell13 T Putt14 B Mahony 15 G Cameron16 N Hodskiss16 M Surman17 G Culshaw18 A Neill19 J Hunter20 P Carpinteri21 P Stuchberry22 G Elvin23 S Curtain24 A Foster25 T Cotter26 C Mahony (C)27 E Goldman28 J Convery29 S Mahony30 M Spence31 A Lasnitzki32 B Mason 33 M Cunningham34 T Leaper35 P McNally36 M Creek37 D Nolan38 B Anderson39 M Tennant39 C McKenna40 A Patey41 D Byrne42 J Lilikakos43 D Shuksky44 S Grace45 S Hodskiss46 D Spilberg47 T Perkins48 S Convery49 E Alter50 A Fogerty51 D Easton52 S Carpinteri53 A Lewis54 D Feiber55 J Baribar56 O Elbaz57 A Quinn58 S Easton59 L Gilmore60 N Anderson61 P Freedman62 M Hosking63 J Kaicer64 H McGregor65 W Morgan66 R Powell67 J Pyman68 B Taws69 M Daniels72 T Marchetti

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HAWTHORN AFCCoach: Peter Tyson

Res. Coach: Chris Reed

1. Joe Dawson2. James Ridley3. Aaron Knott4. Bruno Santalucia5. Stuart Avery6. Phil Avery7. Nathan Lynch8. Lee Aitken9. Rick Ogge10. Travis Hyland11. Joel Cargill12. Simon Lauletta13. Mick Mckenna14. Dan Lauletta16. Matthew Beanham17. Hank Norman18. Shaun Fisher19. Peter Willoughby20. Shane Parker21. Damien Garlick22. Dan McGlenchy23. Luke Collins24. Jason Jackomos25. Tim Ryan26. Brad Collins28. Tony Crivellli29. Ben Davies30. Damian Taranto31. David Lyons32. Dale Moss33. Mal Caruana34. Michael McVeigh35. Matt Stonehouse36. Brent Davies37. Pat Clancey38. Dave Pritchard39. James Ardley40. Ed Jenkins41. Cameron Browne42. Stephen Young43. James Keeghan44. Paul Keeghan45. Eric Bettio46. Paul Nunan47. Kunal Kilmaye48. Alex Rowell49. Mark De Rango50. Ben Morey51. Scott Reismanis52. Adam Stewart56. Steve MacKenzie60. Alex McPhie61. Brendan Blakeman62. Sam Marash68. Daniel Macdonald69. Ben Hudson70. Will Duffy

IVANHOE ASSUMPTIONCoach:

1 A. Coulter2 A. Oakley3 M. Evans4 H. Davies5 S. Adamthwaite (DVC)6 F. Caldow7 C. Marx8 B. Van Ooi9 K. McGough10 J. Nelson11 M. Dingle12 W. Ritchie13 T. Ludeman (C)15 S. Brooks (VC)16 P. McMullan17 G. Waterman18 M. Redmond19 B. Holland21 A. Murphy27 S. Pruscino (DVC)28 D. Waterman30 B. Nicholson35 F. Tiernan36 T. Mawdsley39 R. Slater40 A. Mann41 H. Lancaster44 D. Kerrison45 A. Sheriff46 G. Moloney47 A. Samson50 J. Clough55 C. Fehring70 J. Dumaresq83 A. Knight

X. O'DonnellL. HeathcoteC. Sage

LA TROBE UNICoach: Zoran Colovic

Asst Coaches: William Brown & David Huffer

Res. Coach: Robert EllisClub XVIII Coach: Cameron Black

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MONASH GRYPHONS Coach:

OLD WESTBOURNE Coach: Fab Gatti

Snr Asst: Michael Christo, GrantConnors, Nick Smith

Res. Coach: Andrew HorsburghRes. Asst: Daniel Slattery

1. B.Gerace2. J.Braham3. Trav.Edwards4. B.Connors5. C.Lever6. J.Horsburgh 7. B.Merryweather8. A.Horsburgh9. F.Pavez10. P.Chalmers11. S.Collins12. B.Hutton13. S.Morrissey14. G.Connors15. D.Lockwood16. C.Hunter17. M.Aquilina18. G.Walker19. J.Mason20. N.Gilbert 21. A.Jeka22. S.Anderson23. S.Huntington 24. L.Fairfield 25. Troy Edwards26. B.Robinson 27. H.Hunter28. B.Harmer29. S.Balloch30. B.Knee31. A.Miller32. G.Jenkinson33. A.Ymer34. C.Bramwell35. J.Ryan36. J.Nikola37. L.Gatti38. S.King39. S.Burnham40. S.Gill41. K.Miller 42. T.Brooker43. A.Runciman44. N.Smith45. A.Mantello46. M.Whiting47. D.Stroscio48. R.Van Engelen49. B.Arnold50. P.Habersatt51. P.Hebden52. B.Turner53. J.Pateras54. T.Dennis55. B.Gilbert56. D.Billman57. C.Larkin59. J.Noonan60. J.Lawn61. D.Jago 62. J.Sahayam63. T Kennedy64. A.Millichip77. M.Taylor

B PaveyD.Nikola N.AquilinaB.LennonK.LawsonJ.BartoloG.RobsonE.SandstromT.GreenD.Sidwell A.WhyteP.HudsonC.HudsonP.MesmanM.Croswell

WEST BRUNSWICKCoach: Richard PeoplesRes. Coach: John Curtin

1 R Peoples2 K King3 B Irving4 C Leehmann 5 J Haysey6 S Pietsch7 J Brugler8 S Ellis9 E Lloyd10 L Martin11 B Edwards12 D Rielly13 S Brockely14 A Gunn15 J Sudholz16 C Price17 M Brookshaw18a A Bugeja18b J Curtin19 J Melican20 R Cameron21 R Miller22 J Hughes23 H Porter24 J Jenkin25 A Gibson26 R Henham27 P Statham28 E Waller29 L Bugeja30 S Bade31 B Batters32 R McBurney33 B Brown34 I Twyford35 L Williams36 C Deans37 B Stephenson38 M McGugan39 R West40 S Teague41 R Touzel42 K Leehmann 43 J Tobin44 H Lewis45 S Jackson46 L Ritchie47 J Mircheson48 O Critchley49 G Saianas50 N Hutchens51 L Sherry52 M Walters53 S Thorton54 F Purcell55 T David56 J Kay57 S Palmer59 P David63 J Gartlan64 L Stewart71 L Galloway77 D Humphries78 T Brideoake81 D MacKinnon82 M Marsiglo83 J Grieves84 L Hume85 P Walpole

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POWERHOUSECoach: Rob Sarosi

Res. Coach: Reece Humphreys

1 M Taylor2 D Boland3 R Humphreys3 N Pavlou4 S Lynch5 P Sosic6 J Vereshaka6 J Carroll7 C Richardson8 M Hill9 N Pacher10 D Cooper11 J Whelan12 M Raward13 D Burnside13 C Whelan14 W Elliott14 M Sandiford15 P Haseler16 A Foster16 G Hanmer17 C Russell17 C Macleod18 J Earl19 L Adams19 P Edwards20 J Nicholls21 D McCrae22 G Pocock22 R Walsh23 B White23 M Leahy24 R Davies25 M Driessen26 P Miskelly27 A Contreras28 N Vougioukas29 A Clarke30 T McFarlane30 A Morris31 R Marshall32 M Verberne33 J Fiorini34 S Bahr35 D Maloney36 C Doolan37 S Woolfe38 T Hachem39 S Fishlock40 C Bowley41 M Talbot42 P Arnold43 K Stevens44 J Evans45 S Robertson46 D Mullen47 J Neal48 S McCormick49 P McCormick50 A Volz51 J Plazzer52 R McCumber53 P Barrett54 D Gough55 S Lloyd56 C Plazzer57 S McCrae58 E English59 B Kyne60 J McCarthy61 A Clyne62 A Dawson63 M Weber64 E Siakevelis65 S Pennant67 N Moresi69 V Soundararaman70 M Wallis 71 E El Chaar

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Field umpires coach for the VFLDevelopment Squad, AdamDavis, was full of praise for theyoung umpires recruited from the VAFA. He was particularlypleased with their skill development, fitness levels and maturity.“The time spent at the VAFA has given these umpires anexcellent foundation for the start of their VFL careers.” saidDavis. Davis also added “that the challenge now starts for all theumpires and they must look for consistent performances toprogress at the VFL.” Goodman’s attention will now turn to VAFA season 2007 and thedevelopment of the next crop of young umpires with VFLaspirations. But Goodman, like all members of the VAFAUmpires Association, will keenly follow the progress of all theseenthusiastic umpires.’

VAFAUA Office Bearers - 2007 President - Rob Mayston, Vice-President – Grant Joyner,Secretary – Alan Stubbs, Assistant Secretary – Craig Brajtberg,Treasurer – Paul Jones, Assistant Treasurer – Patrick Coulthard,Social Secretary – Albie Firley and Building Manager – VinVescovi.

Summer Social News & CongratulationsBack in November, goalie Kevin (Chilli) Segota wed long timepartner Jane in a beautiful wedding at Patterson Lakes withquite a VAFA flavour. As well as a large number of umpires pastand present in attendance, the celebrant was none other thanVAFA legend Ken Bremner who for once in his life was a littleintimidated to be in a room full of umpires. Not forgetting theirrepressible VAFA Executive and media megastar Tom Brain,who was best man. Well done to Rob and Kerryn Sneddon on the birth of Connor,and Grant and Lisa Wardrop on the birth of Mitchell.Anthony Simpson, who is currently the father of three boys issoon to become the father of twins. Well done Simmo, we lookforward to the arrival in May. Possibly Anne (Mrs Simmo) willbe sending you off for a little bit of “surgery” soon?

RecruitmentFor any players out there who may have found the pre-seasontoo long and painful (and you realise you just can’t do itanymore), it’s not too late for a career change. Yes, the legs willget a work-out, but you won’t suffer the physical body torture ofa footballer. If you wish to join our ranks call Brian Goodman atthe VAFA on 9531 8333.

UMPIRES CORNERby Steve McCarthy & Leah Gallagher

We’re back!!We all did the rain dances over summer but the heavens justwouldn’t open up. So after a two week delay due to groundclosures, we finally get to play “for real” today. We’re sure thatplayers and umpires alike will be that little bit fitter due to ourextended pre-season training. Here we go, bring it on!!

Web SiteWe encourage all umpires to constantly check our web site athttp://www.vafaua.asn.au/ Our Webmaster Tim Sutcliffe hasdone a fantastic job with this over the summer with a whole newlook to the site. All information is there if umpires are unable tomake it down to training, therefore missing out on all sorts ofnews. Well done Tim, and thanks for starting the season asLeah’s temporary replacement in Umpires Corner as she enjoysan extended trip to the US.

VFL – Here we come!!Congratulations to a few of our young umpires who have earnedpositions with the VFL after trialling with them over summer.Here’s a recent article compiled by Tim Sutcliffe for our website.‘In a major triumph for the VAFA Umpires Association, eightumpires have been promoted to the VFL for season 2007.Field umpires: Rob O’Gorman, Daniel Silfo and Tim Saunders.Boundary umpires: Adam Rogers and Matt Jenkinson. Goalumpires: Lucas Robson, Michael O’Donnell and DanielBrooks. All made the VFL list for 2007. And VaughanSidebottom was elevated to the VFL supplementary fieldumpires list. After a long and arduous pre-season campaign involvingtraining, fitness testing, coaching sessions and practicematches, they were informed of their success by the StateDirector of Umpiring at Victoria Park on Tuesday March 20th. Brian Goodman, VAFA Director of Umpiring Operations, isexcited by the promotions and believes this is a significantoccasion for the VAFAUA and its members. “This is a realfeather in the cap for the VAFA Umpires Association. Allmembers of the VAFAUA should be proud of their contributionto the development of these umpires. The encouragement onthe training track and the support in matches by fellow umpireshas made a significant contribution to the development of thesefield, boundary and goal umpires.” Goodman was also pleased that the umpire coaching anddevelopment programs in the VAFA were achieving results. Hebelieves that the programs in place give young umpires everyopportunity to succeed.

RESPECT THE UMPIRE – RESPECT THE GAME!!

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like home sides early inthe season so Box Hill togive off to a great startwith a win.Two highly rated sidesmeet when Albert Parkjourney out to Eltham. The Turtles are keen to avenge fortheir quick departure last year whilst the Falcons wouldconsider this one a bonus. Eltham to start the surge.Local derby of sorts when Eley Park makes the short trip toBulleen. Both sides were mid table last year and desperateto push up. Again, home team for me as Bulleen shouldrecord a win.The cellar dwellers of 2006 meet when Richmond hostsNorth Brunswick. I felt North weren’t far of the mark earlylast year before the year started to go pear shape.Richmond made some improvements and looks likely tocontinue in 2007. Not ready to confirm the improvementjust yet so might stick with North Brunswick.Finally, St. Mary’s trek out to Mt Lilydale. No form line onMt Lilydale just yet however the Saints have the drumsbeating loudly. Saints for mine.

Top four, Eltham, St Mary’s, Uni High and Box Hill Northwith the Turtles my flag tip!

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D4 SECTIONby Ed Sill

Finally, back into it! An extremely exciting D4 this year withthe usual supply of two sides relegated form D3, apromotion from the Clubbies and some new boys in town.It will be very difficult to get a form line on this one with atleast 4 rounds required before things started to settle.

Albert Park - One of the few sides for whom the droughtwon’t cause as much grief as to others. Very competitivelast year and will be aiming for finals action.Box Hill North - Last year’s big improvers and went closeto toppling the eventual premiers in the first semi. Expectto progress further this year.Bulleen - Slightly disappointing last year and will behoping for some of their veterans to have injury freeseasons. Will have their eyes on the finals but improvementis needed.Eley Park - Solid year after coming up from Clubbies.Depth was a problem last year and will need to work on thatin 2007. Eltham - Great home and away season before injuries andform saw them get bumped out of the finals in straightsets. Great coup in attracting Garrard as playing coach.Premiership favourites.Mt Lilydale - Back to D4 after a short recess in theclubbies. Will be looking to consolidate first year back.North Brunswick- Disappointing last year however somestrong rumours of recruiting coups over the summer. Willbe eyeing finals actions but a good start is a must.Richmond - Made some solid strides last year where theywere competitive for most of the season. Word is furtherimprovement can be expected in 2007.St Mary’s - By far the largest beating of drums areemanating from the Saints. Star recruits apparently aboundwith a goal kicking machine in the offing!! Will be aimingto make the D4 stay a short one.South Mornington - Welcome to the Ammo’s! Impossibleto get a form line through the Mornington boys so the firstfew weeks should be interesting. Simply not sure.Syndal Tally Ho – A tough off season for the Sinners as afew stars try their luck elsewhere. Great club spirit will nodoubt help.Uni High - Disappointing 2006 with the resultant dip to D4.Word is plenty of numbers on the track with hopes of astrong year. Strong finals contender.

To the games!Uni High host Syndal with both sides having extremelyinterrupted pre-seasons. Uni High for mine.Box Hill North welcome new boys South Mornington in agame that will give an early indicator to form lines. Always

UHS-VU v Syndal Tally Ho Box Hill North v South Mornington

Eltham v Albert Park Bulleen Cobras v Eley Park Sharks

Richmond Central v North Brunswick Mt Lilydale v St Marys



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D4 SECTION


ALBERT PARKCoach: Peter Bedford

Res. Coach: Paul Shoppee

BOX HILL NORTHCoach: P. ArmstrongRes. Coach: M. Hood

BULLEEN COBRASCoach: Matthew D’AngeloRes. Coach: Rob Mundy

ELTHAM OC Coach: John Garrard

Res. Coach: Paul Gregor

MT LILYDALE OCCoach: Nathan Pearce

Res. Coach: Greg Finkemeyer

1. B. Hansen 2. N. McNaughton 2. N. Pastras 3. R. Baker4. M. Naudi4. K. Ashford5. S. Allan6. P. Gent6. A. Moelands 7. S. Venables7. L. Baird 8. A. Sutherland9. P. Chambers10. S. Thompson11. Z. Sawyer12. Z. Roberts13. B. Payne 13. K. Begbie14. M. Hyams 15. M. Gentner16. J. Marshall17. S. Bennett17. K. Libbis18. G. Collins19. N. Cain 20. J. Hamilton21. P. Shoppee22. A. Clements23. B. Harries23. R. Mitchell24. T. Green24. B. Chitvaranund25. J. Wier26. G. Baker26. G. Maurice27. W. McIndoe27. S. Weaver 28. B. Ryan29. J. Murphy29. C. Farrell30. R. Turner31. S. McGuire 32. L. Turner 34. T. Houston34. L. Naimo35. S. Toth35. C. O’Neill36. D. Lyne37. L. Hogan38. C. West39. P. Mitchell40. C. Thomas41. S. Phillips42. G. Lawson43. T. Wood45. P. Snowden48. M. Snowden 52. N. Pearson55. D. Quinlan55. G. Foster57. J. Sutton 57. M. Waters59. G. Paine60. L. Brown78. J. Pyke79. C. Fehring

1. T.Andrews2. T.Brown3. B.O’Malley 4. L.Mason5. L.Austin6. J.Galvin (C)7. T.Duggan8. D.Cadee9. J.Foo10. B.Marshall11. J.Garrard 12. M.Blagrove13. M.Luttick 13. A Chapman (VC)14. R.Runco15. T.Powell16. L.Mee17. T.Wenborn18. B.Galvin19. M.Crooks20. S.Weston21. M.Hart22. R.Foo (VC)23. S.Clark24. A.Hargrave 25. H Dillon26. J.Baud 27. J.Stockdale28. M.Pattison29. D.Howgate30. M.Abbott31. G.Reynard32. C.Baud33. A.Howgate34. J.Howgate35. T.Kaye36. A.Whyte37. T.Rowe38. A.Mok39. A.McClaren40. T.Kurtschenko41. A.Moloney42. C.Conole43. B.Garrard44. J.Hyndman45. G.Turner46. G.Macrides47. M.Olaris48. J.Mee49. L.Barnes50. B Dummett51. J.Simpson52. C.Paine53. S.Mead 54. S.Todman55. A.Rossetto56. M.McPherson57. A.Shandendorff58. N.McPherson59. B.Evans res C60. B.Strickland61. T.Mee62. M.Hargrave63. L.Ogilvie64. S.Jarvis65. B.Turner66. C.Cahill67. R.Tancredi68. G.Daicos69. T.Bruce70. T.Ustick71. M.Goulter

38 B Andrews29 B Baillie5 N Bast3 G Bird12 M Brebner35 M Bywater41 D Callanan32 C Callanan24 P Carolan57 D Cerra9 T Crocker23 A Delahunt13 A Delbiondo30 T Dickman33 B Egan14 L Evans53 M Fellows11 D Finkemeyer28 G Finkemeyer2 D Fitzgerald60 H Flanagan25 T Flanagan34 C Gibson1 L Hardingham14 D Harris

P Hayes15 A Heinceslater22 D Hendrie16 M Henry26 L Hickey10 N Hooke4 D Johnson

L Kernaghan56 D King2 F Livingston36 J Manson9 D Marotti8 N Matsumoto17 R McKenzie3 H Moyes

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1 Howarth, Justin2 Riscalla, Corey vc3 Odza, Afrim 4 Manno, Tony5 Garrett, Justin 6 Martini, David8 Langley, Chris9 Sallantioglu, Atilla 10 Cook, Simon 13 Cumming, Matthew 14 Penhalluriack, Luke 15 Keillor, Lance 16 Penny, Michael16 Drew, Warren 17 Cavallo, George18 Plunkett, Craig19 Callis, Charles20 Oldfield, Kevin 21 O'brien, Matthew21 Blake, Anthony22 Steele, Andrew vc23 Penny, Daniel c24 Doyle, Patrick 25 Kotsaridis, Peter 26 Ball, Rhys29 Rogers, Matthew 30 Olson, Bradley 32 Oldfield, Ian 33 Lay, Danny34 Irish, Jason35 Liston, Cameron 37 Charlton, Rick39 Tambakis, Joshua40 Irvine, Shaun 41 Currie, Peter42 Smith, Shannon 43 Doyle, Rohan 44 Garrett, Cameron 46 Hood, Mark 47 Andrews, Alexander 49 Ellis, Troy 50 Irvine, Craig 53 Beaumont, Andrew55 McCartin, Michael61 Halbert, Matthew64 Vagias, John 69 Pearce, Benjamin 70 Gist, Heath 72 Nhonthachith, Peter74 Dias, Lloyd77 Domaingue, Paul82 Dovaston, David84 Lacey, Mark85 Cox, Sean89 Yalamanchile,Srinand97 Prestopino, Mark99 Robinson, Glenn

1 I McLeod1 N Polites2 T Orwin4 N Cartledge5 M Mann6 J Laurence7 T Mehrez8 T Mazzarella10 A Gencarelli11 R Badanjek12 P Whitehouse13 C Batt14 T Fradkin15 J Trinchi16 D Trinchi17 T Conn18 F Arcoraci19 B Thomas20 P Vaughan21 N Lykopandis22 J Daniels23 T Sette25 T Moore26 F Bianco27 T Pearson28 A Foskett29 R Sheehan30 B Cookson31 P Christo32 M Rowe33 A Cook34 M D'Angelo35 M Unwin36 P Dall'Oglio37 J Paatsch38 G Brown40 G Richards41 R Dunn42 A Vincitorio43 D Pagayonan44 B Komisars46 J Lewis47 D Speedie48 M Soumelidis49 G Anderton50 R Pagayonan51 R Daley52 D Nguyen53 R Rodrigues55 N Ritchie56 L Crosby57 S Petrilli58 M Aitken59 M Kirkright60 N Molnar61 J Schemmerling62 C Borrelli63 K Kellett64 R Brosnan65 T Karanikos66 N Khalil67 T Komisars68 S Trapman76 C Terpsinis96 H Thai

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NORTH BRUNSWICKCoach: G. Lattouf

Res. Coach: J. Briffa

RICHMONDCENTRAL

Coach: D. HickeyRes. Coach: S. Lake

1. H. Boyd2. D. Adams3. P. Tannous4. M. Sorleto5. H. Hassan6. D. Pizzari7. J. Briffa8. D. Rowlands9. A. Sammartino10. A. Mountney11. J. Boudoloh12. S. Care13. N. Giovanoglou14. A. Christie15. A. McMahon16. D. Clifton17. A. Kyriazis18. M. Lacorcia19. L. Spano20. D. Briffa21. S. Famulari22. J. Freeman23. G. Holdstock24. M. Aliani25. L. Greening26. R. Allan27. V. McErlain28. T. Ackland29. J. Wolter30. G. Roach31. A. Boudoloh32. B. Robertson33. J. Rotella34. M. Pisasale35. R. Dowsett36. A. Taha37. C. Twaddle38. S. Miller39. M. Makdessi40. S. Hearn41. T. Geary42. B. Williams43. F. Papanastasatos44. J. Comley45. G. Panagiotidis46. L. Stephens47. S. Weda48. D. Manoukian49. D. Alexiou50. J. Russell51. P. Kounadis52. W. Thomson53. A. Crosina

2 J. Porter3 S. Collins4 B. Shaw5 I. Burgess8 D. Speakman (c)9 A. Piani

10 A. Zuccaro11 S. Lake13 G. Sofo14 C. Crough15 A. Rojter17 T. Wallace18 B. Jenkins25 A. Read26 L. Beardsley27 N. Nuske29 J. Hayes30 L. Fotheringham31 RETIRED32 G. Triantafillou33 P. Berimano35 T. Mundy36 B. Pumpa37 D. Green38 M. De Freitas39 H. Dautovic41 C. Duff42 D. Morrison43 W. Bracken44 N. Krake45 A. Glover47 M. King49 P. Volkov52 C. Fox53 J. Robertson57 M. Goonan58 S. Fiske61 P. Sofo62 T. Graham64 J. Miragaya65 C. Coates66 A. Gellie69 T. Melville77 S. Liuzzi

SOUTHMORNINGTON

Coach: Sein ClearihanRes. Coach: Dean Bowman

1 J Rolls2 R Mathews (Res. C.)3 R Sissons (Snr. V.C.)4 B Price5 Ml Heib6 S Wright7 L Hockey8 M Depaaw9 S Kemp10 R Spencer11 B Anderson12 M Mcgreal13 B Wood14 T Mirrabella15 T Allan16 J Dowsett17 Ay Bolger18 D Barron19 R Kemp (Snr. C.)20 J Cross21 G Pullen22 Z Pearton23 S McLeod-Smith24 L Hodgkins25 J Harvey26 M Kelly27 G Thomas28 C O’Brien29 T Welsby30 S Smith31 L Brower32 C Richmond33 R Wood34 Dylon Coleman35 J Vercoe36 A Goergiou37 J Stewart38 B Wilson39 T Jefferies40 M Watkins41 M Clarke42 Matt Mitchell

SYNDAL TALLY HO Coach: Manny DeBonnoRes Coach: Tony Psinas

2. I Bingham (C)3. K Conrau4. M Glenister5. D Palone6. B WIlliamson7. L Dickenson7. A Burns8. R Bennett9. D Richardson10. G Fox11. C Carmichael12. A Hermann13. S Miller14. S O’Boyle15. D Reynolds16. B Thomas17. A Fleming18. J Sargent19. L Sanders20. A Dance21. M McCormack22. M Buckley24. M MacFarlane25. G Deckers26. N Hunter27. M Leplaa28. D Dapiran29. A Sheer30. B Holland31. A Richardson32. L Hannemann33. T Bartholomew34. T Psinas35. S Gorton36. S MacFarlane37. M Christiansen38. F George39. D Hallisey40. N Woodhead41. P Agnello42. D Robarts43. A Brown44. T Zaharopoulos45. C Franes46. A Davis47. G Clement48. J Britten49. M Starr50. P Sheer51. C Rowe52. D Greg55. M Kelly

UHS-VUCoach: S Whyte

Res. Coach: A Davis Asst Coach: J O’Neill

1 R WATTS2 R THORP3 D FAZAKERLEY4 L GORRINGE6 S CRACKNELL7 J SCHULZ8 M MORA9 T WOODLOCK10 D TURNBULL11 D FORBES12 W SMITH14 J MITCHELL15 J JACKS16 N ESTRADA17 C LANGENDORF18 A TREVETHAN19 T DALE20 S WHYTE21 L MAUMILL22 P CLARKE23 R KIRK24 N CARROLL25 D CREEK26 J FORD27 J STONE28 A LAMONT29 D BEGG30 D VITALI31 C LITTLE32 S DIMOND33 A DAVIS34 J O’NEILL35 T WALTROWICZ36 A PENDLEBURY37 L TAYLOR38 S BRIGGS39 C THOMAS40 P SHEPARDSON41 A LUDLOW42 D WALLACE43 M O’NEILL44 K KILLIP45 B BRIGGS46 M DOHERTY47 D LACY48 M DAVIDSON49 S SMITS50 J CORBETT51 S CAPOGRECO52 J BOWES53 J THOMAS55 M MILAHY56 S VANCE57 S DESBOIS58 A MILICEVIC60 T HARRIS61 J MURPHY62 M KENNEDY63 S BYRNE64 N LINEHAN65 D HARRIS67 L LINEHAN68 S GREED69 S THOMAS70 E RICCUITI71 A MORA72 M CZERNY73 J TREVETHAN75 R MURPHY76 S BRAID77 G LEYLAND78 L SAMPSON79 M BOWES80 T SNOW81 B BROEREN82 R MURDOCH83 T WHELAN99 W HIRCOE

ST. MARYSCoach: V Ryan / J Wright

Res. Coach: C WellerAsst. Coach: S. Kelly

1 M. Learmonth2 B. Tagell 3 G. Schembri (Capt)4 A. Papaluca5 A. Lane6 C. Weller8 D.Yeow9 C. Armstrong10 B. Gatehouse11 J. Bernadi13 J. Hill14 S. Johnstone15 M. Purcell 16 C. Sheedy17 L. D’Astoli18 B. Frail19 T. Browne 20 A. Jackman22 B. Richardson23 F. Harrison24 A. Slowman25 P. Murphy26 C. Adam27 M. Aikman28 D. Rajkumar29 P. Harrison30 J. Wright 31 H. Adam32 A. Murphy 33 J. McKay34 L. Armstrong35 G. Theoharris37 C. Freshwater38 T. Schembri40 S. Potter41 T. Cummins42 B. Banks-Smith43 L. Carrozza44 S. Cummins45 M. Marchette46 B. Lillywhite47 M. Robinson48 M. Goold49 W. Smith51 D. Lucas52 O. Hind54 C. Bartlett56 N. Holt 57 M. Davies59 C. McKenzie60 A. Baird 62 S. Kelly63 S. Browne64 S. Kirby65 T. Mcdermott66 P. Roseman67 B. Armistead



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The VAFA Blood Challenge is on again! The aim of the challenge is to collect 1,000 blood donations during the footyseason. Winter is a time when the usage of blood is increased, but many peopleare unable to donate due to colds and flu. That's why the donations of VAFAplayers, friends and families are so important during this time.

The results of the 2006 Challenge are below. The top 3 clubs (by percentage) for2006 were:1. Caulfield Grammarians 38.1% 2. Peninsula OB 33.8% 3. VAFA UA 25.2%

Caulfield Grammarians were also winners of the VAFA Blood Challenge in 2005.Can they make it 3 years in a row, or will Peninsula or VAFA UA beat them toit this year?

The Challenge runs from this Saturday 28th April - Saturday 1st September.Remember that if you donate before the start of June, you will be eligible to donateTWICE during the challenge - DOUBLING YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING!(Donors are eligible to donate blood every 12 weeks)

You have received some registration forms in your kit this year, so please distributethese to your players to encourage them to donate. Extra forms are available at thedonor centre, in the Refreshment area.

Please ensure that each player fills in a form when they donate in order toregister their donation for your club. These completed forms should be left atthe donor centre.

It will be fantastic to have some new Captain Bloods on board this year - welcome!And it's great to have many of you back again as Captain Bloods in 2007. Thankyou all for your commitment to help save lives (and maybe win some great prizesalong the way!)

If you have any questions about the challenge or would like to book in a group fromyour club to donate, please contact Natalie Reid on 9694 0265.Looking forward to working with you this year!


U19 SECTION 2It has been a long buildup to season 2007 withthe drought creating a 6month preseason. Formost U19’s this equates to four weeks rather than two.This may mean that the U19’s this season will be betterprepared for the season's start, particularly teams with alarge university constituent. Grounds will still be hardand will initially favor the quick running sides, whilst laterin the season, the sides with greater depth will come tothe fore.

Predicted Ladder after the Home and Away SeasonEach year large changes in personnel make predictionsexceptionally hard in U19’s. Early feedback on Section 2suggests that this could be a very even, competitivesection. Pre-season form has been mixed for most sides,and although player quality appears strong, numbersseem to be low across the board. Old Camberwell and StBedes Mentone, as premiers of their respective divisionslast year appear to be early favorites; however there isalso strong support for any number of other sides, withOld Brighton a regular smokie in early correspondence.Old Camberwell will be looking to premiership playersCaine Hillier (competition leading goal kicker), and ChrisWright to help them to consecutive flags.

Looking into my crystal ballOld BrightonSt Bedes MentoneOld CamberwellCollegiansCaulfieldOld ParadiansOld MelburniansWhitefriarsBeaumarisBanyule

Good luck to all this weekend, and I look forward to youproving me wrong. However with only three responsesfrom club contacts thus far, tipping is more guess workthan reason.

My selections this week are Old Brighton by 13pts,Caulfield at home in a 3pt thriller, Old Camberwell by 25pts, Collegians away, and Old Parade by three goals.


U19 SECTIONby Charles Beaton (U19’s 1),

Duncan Palmer (U19’s 2)

& Justin Aitken (U19’s 3)

U19 SECTION 1Another season is upon us, lets be honest it’s going tobe hard to top last year, but we will give it a bash. Finallythe season looks set to start, and after months of warmwind and fine dust, ten U19 Premier Division teamsbegin the climb up Mount Vesuvius in search of theelusive and coveted U19 section 1 flag, the “JS McCanntrophy”As a famous DJ once said, “It’s a walk-off……..”

Who’s hotDe La La La – Great win last year over highly fanciedXavs. Word is they are just as big and strong. Look outfor a very consistent model of the La this year.OX – Always on top, I’d be ignorant not to mention the“Desert War” of the premier competition. Look for themto be grinding down the straight come seasons end.Scotchy – Bit of a steam train last year. 18 goal win infinal practice match and this year lead by the capableSean Lieth. Look out for marked improvement this yearwith plenty of direction by Coach Brendan “Buzz” Hart.Marcellin – Smashed Collegians in the latest practicematch and word has it that coach Stephen Layt isassembling a team fast enough to challenge this year.Blackers – stepped up to the plate and taking onPremier Division is a big step. I liken them to a youngracehorse that needs to be harnessed into the real deal.All the ability in the world but a bit green, now lets seewhat coach J Gray can do with it. Big chance fellas!

Who’s notGive me a couple of weeks but could be a tough year forthe SKOBS and with no news from the Blues, I can onlyassume they will be thereabouts again. Is that goodenough?Down to the serious business and selection time. Thisweek I will go for De La Salle, St Bernard’s, Old Scotch,Rupo and Xavs.

Its back, “the lock”. This week it will be Cats to beat theKangas – over 39.5. Get on it.

CORRESPONDENTSOn a brighter note, I will be relying heavily on feedbackthis year. Please contact me with any correspondence,best players and opinions. Until next week……happypunting. [email protected] (please note newemail address).


CORRESPONDENTSMatch reports to [email protected] [email protected] cannot watch 10 matches so please send me reports.

U19 NORTHThe stunning last quarter success of Bulleen-Templestowe last season shows how quickly U19 formcan change. With three new teams in the section mostsensible judges would wait until at least round fiveprior to making predictions. It is far more fun toprovide the coaches with some ammunition.

Predicted Ladder after Home and Away SeasonAll the early feedback suggests that last year’s finalistsFitzroy, Aquinas and Old Xaverians will be theyardsticks, whilst Rob Smith will again attempt toguide the ‘Golds’ into the finals. However, the pre-season form of the likes of Gareth Rees and DavidWalsh at Therry Penola suggests that this section maybe far less predictable.

Fitzroy RedsTherry PenolaAquinasOld XaveriansEmmaus St LeosSt BernardsOld WestbourneDe La SalleNorth Old Boys St PatsRupertswood

I truly hope you can all prove me wrong, though Iwould love to get one tip correct in my first round. Drygrounds will suit sides with on-ball depth, so thetraditionally quick Rupo may set this trend fromRound 1.

My selections this week are Old Xavs at home by 6points, Rupertswood by 2pts, Aquinas by 23, Reds ina one point thriller, and De La Salle by 17pts.

CORRESPONDENTSGood luck and please send match reports [email protected] [email protected]

U19 SECTION 3Here are all the early flag odds and ladder predictions.Bentleigh ($51) 9th – The boys down the NepeanHighway may have spent a bit too much time in PortPhilip Bay working on their tans and not enough on thetraining track. They have the ability to surprise but willneed to conjure some magic to play finals.Bulleen Templestowe ($101) 10th – The Ants had a

solid 2006 but a promotion to Section 3 will see itstruggle to get the runs on the board regularly enough.La Trobe University ($34) 8th – Cohesion, class and ahistory of success means I see the Uni boys not copingearly before rattling home with some respectable winsto lift it from the doldrums. MHSOB ($11) 6th – MHSOB can be moreunpredictable than the quality of my fathers roastdinners so they will be hot and cold all year andtherefore be a rollercoaster ride for all involved. Oakleigh ($4.50) 3rd – I like the form of Oakleigh, whoseem to find a big goalkicker each year, play consistentfootball which plagues several clubs (see MHSOB) andhave one of the best grounds in the competition.Old Essendon ($9) 4th – Bomberland like their seniorsshow much promise yet fail to deliver, maybe it’s theyear of the baby bombers but I don’t think it will be. Old Ivanhoe ($4.50) 2nd – The Hoes are normally apolished school unit who play a tempo brand offootball which will see them in the thick of it comeSeptember.Old Mentonians ($21) 7th – Freshly promotedPanthers are the new kids on the block and some earlyvictories wouldn’t surprise but when it all settles down,they will be on the receiving end more often than not.Old Trinity ($4) 1st – Strong club determined to erasememories of 2006 and with the lush trainingsurroundings of Bulleen, it should ensure the Eagleshad an un-interrupted pre-season and go into the yearas flag favourites.Ormond ($7) 4th – The Monds will fly the suburbanclub flag with Oakleigh and push the school clubs allyear long.

Round One PreviewOld Ivanhoe shape up against Bulleen Templestoweand should prevail down at Chelsworth. Ormond headout to Bundoora to meet La Trobe in a game that willbe a tight tussle with the visitors sneaking home twogoals. Bentleigh go to the postage stamp in the roundsclosest encounter where I think they will have a littleedge at the final siren over MHSOB and win by a goal.The Panthers will cause the upset of the round byrolling the Bombers. Finally in a possible grand finalpreview, Oakleigh host Old Trinity in an early treat thatwill establish some bragging rights with the hometeam to win by three goals.

U19 – SOUTHHere are all the early flag odds and ladder positions.Ajax ($7) 3rd – Proud club with an elite setup will seethe Jacka’s cutting the mustard in 2007 with a lot oftheir home games to be played on the vast expanses ofSportscover Arena. Hampton Rovers ($34) 6th – “We live by the seaside”brings smiles to the faces of all as some of the more




interesting theme song lines, but the Rovers will needto make Boss James a fortress as they look to lift ontheir mid-table finish from 2006.Mazenod ($5) 1st – The Nodders are my flag tip asthey have a strong mature-age senior team that won’trely on too many young guns allowing for a settledoutfit to push for the silverware. Monash Blues ($4) 4th – Recruiting will determinemuch of the Blues fortunes for the year and I think theClayton campus boys will sneak into the finals.Old Haileyburians ($2.75) 2nd – Would have to be theundeniable favourite after a 2006 where they lost nogames however with young Stefan Martin off to theVFL and all the young jets will be blooded in theseniors meaning instability may cost them poleposition in September. Parkdale Vultures ($34) 8th – Great jumper, evenbetter ground and facilities, Parkdale would win theflag on this alone but sadly four quarters need to beplayed and they will win some but not enough.Peninsula ($34) 7th – As close to interstate travel asyou an get in the VAFA, Peninsula need to snaffle a fewearly wins to play finals but depth problems may rob itof consistency and a birth in the top four.Prahran-Caulfield ($21) 5th – The two-blues enter anew Under 19 team that will take time to mature, muchlike a bottle of Penfolds Grange, and that will takemany years.Salesian ($251) 10th – Unlikely to field a team in2007.St Bedes Mentone Tigers ($51) 9th – The Tigers willbe a wait and watch in 2007. They do play thereBrindisi St Ground like champions much like the WestCoast play Subiaco, minus the drugs.

Round One PreviewThe merged outfit of Prahran-Caulfield head out toMazenod and in what will be a tough initiation,Mazenod will win by plenty. Monash Blues welcomeSBMT off Springvale Road to campus with a close firstthree quarters before the Blues kick clear after orangetime to record a seven goal win. Vultures and Ajax areboth teams that aren’t known for being up and runningearly so I flipped a coin, saw heads, Ajax to win. OldHaileyburians meet Salesian with the Purple andBlacks home comfortably. The bay boys face off herewith Hampton to ease the cost of the travel and returnwith the points over Peninsula.

U19 (PREMIER)Old Scotch v University Blues

University Blacks v De La Salle at University Oval at 9:20 a.m.

Rupertswood v Marcellin St Bernards v Old Carey Gr at

St Bernards College at 9:20 a.m.Old Xaverians v St Kevins

U19 (2)Beaumaris v Old Brighton Gr

Caulfield Gr v St Bedes Mentone Tigers atGlenhuntly Oval at 9:20 a.m.

Old Camberwell Gr v Whitefriars Old Melburnians v Collegians

Banyule v Old Paradians

U19 (3)Old Ivanhoe Gr v Bulleen Templestowe

La Trobe University v Ormond MHSOB v Bentleigh

Old Mentonians v Old Essendon Gr Oakleigh v Old Trinity Gr

U19 (SOUTH)Mazenod v Prahran-Caulfield

Monash Blues v St Bedes Mentone Tigers atFrearson Oval, Monash University at 9.20 a.m.

Parkdale Vultures v AJAX Old Haileyburians - Bye

Peninsula v Hampton Rovers

U19 (NORTH)St Bernards - Bye

De La Salle v Old Westbourne Rupertswood v North Old Boys/St Patricks Col

at Salesian College Sunbury at 11:40 a.m.Old Xaverians v Emmaus St Leos at

Sportscover Arena at 9:20 a.m.Fitzroy Reds v Therry Penola

TODAY’S U19 MATCHES



UNDER-19 – PREMIERMARCELLIN

Coach: Stephen LaytOLD CAREY

GRAMMARIANS Coach: Bryan Palmer

1. J. Fong2. T. Logan3. L. Cooney4. H. Adam5. T. Macready-Bryan6. C. Fitzpatrick7. R. Stone8. T. Rule9. G. Hodges10. V. Bist 11. H. Elliott12. J. Murrie13. S. Tiras14. C. Haughton15. D. Toussaint17. T. Wallace18. P. Lanning20. B. Smithwick21. S. McGrath 23. L. McQueen

1 P. Dowd2 J. Mullen3 M. Murphy4 A. Fenech5 H. Townsend6 T. Campbell7 J. Jolly8 J. Nash9 W. Hartley11 L. Dunne12 T. Crooks13 K. Wissell14 M. Van Essen15 J. Sargent16 N. McCardle17 P. Dwyer18 C. Naidoo19 R. Ghougassian20 A. Dole21 K. Riegret22 J. Mears23 C. O'Halloran24 T. Ierado25 T. Lattanzio26 J. McConville28 T. O’Rourke32 S. Newman33 H. McPherson43 J. Kerr48 J. Williams

OLD SCOTCH Coach: Brendan Hart

1 S Hodges2 T Bowman3 P Jacobs4 A Brougham5 W Carter6 S Graham8 T Dlabik9 S Leith10 R Porter11 I Grant12 R

Hummerston13 M Danos14 T Pearce15 N Marks16 LMcDonough17 T Mead18 T Yeo19 CO'Shannessy20 C Perkins21 J Bismire22 C Colman23 L Rough24 J Davis25 A Backman26 D Tolson27 M

Homewood28 P Kenna29 S Angus

30 J Hall Baigent

31 M Hildebrandt

32 C Kohler33 G Dick34 A Langford35 W Marshall36 B Zhou37 H Peters38 W

Dumaresq39 B Dunlop40 A Pike41 A Moulds42 T Sutton43 L Woodard44 O Thomas45 A Fraser46 J Lynch47 A Melville48 P Rattray49 O Baxter50 A Tyers51 C Acutt54 H Robertson55 J Goodwin58 C Carrick59 T Bear60 S Eales61 D Purdue

OLD XAVERIANS Coach: Theo Vlahos

Asst: John Symeopoulos Adrain Morrissey

1 X. Brennan2 J. Mercuri 3 J.Burne4 C. Cavanagh5 C. Chisholm6 L. Cleeland7 T. Cougan8 C.Cox9 W. O’Sullivan10 A.Torre11 L.Connaughton12 D. Cullen13 T.Curtain 14 L. Daniher15 K. De Souza16 L. Dimattina17 M. Dipietro18 J. Douglas19 P.Doyle20 M. Dynon21 T. Fahey22 D. Farley23 J. Folie24 D. Follachio25 K. Hogan26 J. French27 A. Ghattas28 R. Harbeck29 Z. Haupt30 M. Henderson31 J. Kelly32 P. Kelly33 T. Grigordiadis34 S. Misagian34. L.Gurgius

35 D.Kirk 36 R. Konstan37 A. Lekya38 R. Lynch39 D Mateer40 T. Grigg41 S. Mathiske42 S. McDougall43 C. McMahon44 J. Meehan45 B. Melvin-Smith46 C. Perkins47 R. Moulton48 A. Nikakis49 J. Overland50 A. Pane51 B. Pane52 N. Perrone53 D. Prowse54 N. Prowse55 B. Quinlan56 J. Quinn57 P. Reed58 M. Romanim59 A Ryan 60 M.Silk61 J.Smith62 J. Spragg63 T. Stephens64 H. Symon65 T. Walker66 H. Whiting67 L. Woodlan68 T. Woods 69 A.Yousseff

ST BERNARDS Coach U19 (1): Greig Wood

Coach U19 (2): Frank MonaghanAsst. Coach: Anthony Denahey

1 Baird L2 Bergin S3 Bevandan J4 Briganti M5 Cattapan N6 Caven C7 Christie T8 Ciantar A9 Considine10 Cookson L11 Coomans M12 Corsetti P13 Cox X14 Cunningham J15 Dalic M16 Dalmau K17 Deutchser M18 Dickman C19 Duydham T20 Evans 21 Fistrovic J22 Forde D23 Foulds J24 Gavin S25 Godsell T26 Harrison A27 Huckstep B28 Hughes C29 Hughes M30 Hughes N31 Igoe D32 Indemenico J33 Isaacs T34 Johansen S35 Johnson A36 Jolley A37 Jones B

38 Kassis J39 Marian M40 McEvoy M41 McGlade T42 McGlade T43 McGregor44 McIntyre O45 McSweeney A46 Mitchell D47 Mitchell J48 Monaghan J49 Morris S50 Mununzio J51 Murphy B52 Nick Weir53 O'Connor D54 O'Dea M55 Overman T56 Palmer57 Pascolo R58 Peart T59 Raciti60 Raffle T61 Raffle W62 Robertson63 Rogers T64 Scarborough R65 Scott S66 Shepheard B67 Singleton A68 Spinnella C69 Stapleton A70 Swallow D71 Sweeney L72 Van Meel L73 Villani P74 Williams J

ST.KEVIN'S OBCoach:

UNIVERSITY BLUES Coach: Ben Covelli

UNIVERSITY BLACKS Coach:

1 J Anderson-McDonald

2 T Auld3 H Barlow4 S Boyd5 T Charman6 R Cordy7 S Devine8 E Dowling9 P Eaton10 I Fahy11 J Ferguson12 WGirdwood13 J Gleeson14 N Hardie-Grant15 S Hardwick16 J Heinz17 O Lade18 J Lahy19 K Laws20 D Lourey21 S Lovison22 MMaltmann23 A McArthur24 J McDonald25 B Mugavin26 MO'Neill27 J Poole28 O Reed

29 C Robinson30 MRockefeller31 WSadler32 A Stewart33 C Thomson34 C Tonkin35 J Van De Pol36 J Vickers-Willis37 D Walford38 J Watts39 MWeston40 MWhelan41 S Williams42 S Witham43 S Withers

DE LA SALLE OCCoach: Stewart Gray

1. J. Harris2. L. Semmel3. J. Lamb4. G. Hesse5. J. Gotch6. J. Pitcher (VC)7. L. Bull8. J. Poustie9. R. Semmel 10. Nick Roberts (VC)12. J. Hansen13. W. Fenton 14. J. Oakley15. S. Fairbrother16. M. Herkess (C)17. J. Crowe18. S. Williams19. A. Kovarik20. S. Dillon21. N. Thompson23. Nath. Roberts24. C. Ball25. T. Kelly 26. S. Nethersole28. M. Gomizel29. S. Edwards30. J. Morwood32. D. Lowe33. N. Stewart34. N. Harris37. G. Rae46. D. De Luca

RUPERTSWOODCoach

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UNDER-19 – 2BANYULE

Coach:BEAUMARIS AFC

Coach: John BurkeAsst. Coach: Phil Badman

John Taylor

1. R Cathcart2. J.Boyle3. C. LaRocca4. R. Willis5. A. Chinery6. B. Murphy7. R. Gillespie8. J. Gregory9. M. Dekoning10. J. Hall11. Z. Alcott12. C. Waller13. W. Sanchez14. T. Lees15. M. DeFontenay16. J. Bliesner17. S. Murphy18. C. Germano19. J. Coleman20. J. Mapleston21. S. Ibsen22. M. McNally23. M. Petering24. M. Beruldsen25. C. Madley26. M. Wilson27. J. Murton28. J. Kelly30. T. Nash31. A. McNeil32. J. Richter33. J. Torcasio34. D. Bardoel35. G. Wall36. S. Gray37. M. Morrisey38. A. Bennett40. S. Lewis46. T. Dean

1 C Adams2 S Blyth3 N Braddy4 C Buckley5 A Buono6 G Dimek7 D Drapac8 H Green9 A House10 A Jurgens11 J Massie12 A McGovern13 D Miladinovic14 R Moore15 S Moran16 J Mummery17 D O'Leary18 M Palumbo19 S Pandeli20 A Pascolo21 S Petrovski22 J Pipicella23 A Rigler24 D Ryan25 A Ryden26 S Shelton27 A Sleiman28 P Stokes29 K Sullivan30 N Swift31 T Tawahi32 H Tippet33 S Wanbeek

A HounsellA HigginsA FergusonA PowerB BainesB McKieBt TownsingC RighettiD SartoriG CodeI LindstrumJ FentonJ NagleJ CarterJ HartJ StubbeJ EavesJ BeguelyL HaralambousM McCoyM CollisterM KeskeridesN MorrisonN AmatoP KennonR Cumbrae-StewartS PetsinisS TaylorT GobboT O’ShaughnessyW CooperW HarrisA BrehenyT SecullC Richardson

CAULFIELDGRAMMARIANS

Coach: Ray Leetham

1 A Missen2 B Price3 J Sanchez4 A Simmons5 R Picking6 J Allaway7 S Meredith8 S Chow9 J Carroll-Orr11 S Lister12 S Reid13 B Temby15 C Mitchell16 T Spinks20 T Robinson22 D O’Keefe24 P Raddy26 A Ford27 D Cameron32 T Farinacci35 S Cunningham37 C Scholten

COLLEGIANSCoach:

OLD CAMBERWELLCoach: Phil Pantano

1 C Hillier2 E Morrison3 P Jenkins4 D Brunswick5 J Goldblatt6 C Ho7 C Salipas8 C Wright9 A Hudson10 L Smeathers11 R McKendrick12 M Robinson13 A Romanin14 M DeSanctis15 D Yencken16 D Templeton17 T Nicholls18 H Dickson19 S Romanin20 P Hare

OLD MELBURNIANSCoach:

ST BEDE’S MENTONETIGERS

Coach: Owen Lalor

M BodinaarG BrownS L’HullierC MouritzA FalkinerA ZagamiC RichardsP ConsidineP NicholsT QuinnM KnuppellD WearneM KidnerT MarksB ParkerD AtkinsP KeanD GrahamS RichardsJ SwayneW AldermanM GeshkeS McLaughlinC TobinT SmithB NevilleC NevilleS CoutelasB RaffertyJ HellierM CurcioP Tyquin

WHITEFRIARS OCCoach: L. Allemand

Asst Coach: J. Findlay

1. T. Burke3. S. Allemand 5. M. Findlay6. A. Harley7. D. Di Bartolomeo8. Z. Natoli 9. L. Ablitt10. M. Mandicos11. D. Arthurson12. P. Coco13. R. Cumming 14. P. Siorovingas16. J. Deylen17. B. Spadetto18. T. McCartney 19. A. McRedmond 20. P. Mitchell21. M. Roche22. T. Sedgwick23. D. Smith24. B. Snooks25. T. Walter26. P. Hayes27. J. Vankerchof 28. J. Parkes32. J. Scannell

OLD PARADIANSCoach:

OLD BRIGHTONGRAMMARIANS

Coach: Shane Young3. M. Rolls4. H. Stacey7. L. Brosnahan11. N. Graham-Bowman12. W. Priestley13. A. Jiffrey15. M. Finlayson16. R. Baines18 J. Ward23. C. Dowling24. T. Cooney25 M. Keo27. N. Paterson29. J. Rice-Davidson31. R. Annis36. M. Burge37. M. McKimm39. T. Williams40. S. McLeod41. M. Banner-Martin60. J. Davis79. T. Skewes

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UNDER-19 – 3


Mark BellPaul BillsRhys BradyMax BuddsChris ClementLuke CoulsonNicholas EdgertonAdam El-KhouryDaniel ErwinShame FergusIlya FridmanChase GriffinMarc HertzSamuel KennedyMichael LaskeyJack MacLeodTrent McIntyreThomas MehrtenLuke MorrisonMark NicholsonKeith RyanSlavic SilkaJamie VlahosJason WestAaron Zylberlichy

BULLEENTEMPLESTOWE

Coach:P. McMullanT. EllimanP. DaviesT. AndersonF. CaldowA. JonesM. KennedyJ. CloughJ. PatersonH. LancasterM. SteeleV. CricentiS. FosterT. InglisJ. KoopmansL. LorenzinB. HollandD. McMasterN. BeckJ. EastonD. PatonC. MarxC. EdwardsS. CondronA. KnightB. MinchintonB. Van OoiR. TollidayG. GirdwoodK. McGoughJ. DanielsJ. DoyleJ. HedrickL. CarmodyC. CooperA. McMahen

B. HareG. ParrA. McLeanN. BucciB. PitmanD. LetsonG. WalsgottC. NeildJ. DickinsonT. DickinsonJ. WeinherK. DonovanJ. ParkinsJ. ParhamA. PaloneE. FlemmingA. CulvenorM. SudweeksP. McGrathB. HodgeD. GladmanN. ClarkG. DaviesT. HookeA. OakleyR. MaatmanT. NixonW. MarrowM. PattinsonP. NunanJ. WithamT. Taylor

1. Mason R2. Humann R Co/Capt3. McDonald R Co/Capt4. Kepitis M5. Dakis W6. Schivo J7. Iezzi B8. Bell D10. Osborn J11. Cerini B12. Marshall D13. O’Dwyer B14. Potenza A15. Cameron D16. Murphy J17. Beaton L19. Coleman-Cox K20. O’Hearne C21. Morgan A22. Hoffecker D 23. McQuillen T24. Barter T25. Jessup M26. Lane T V/Capt27. Melkonian D28. Gillis J. V/Capt30. Ciccuto A31. McCasker C33. Robertson B D/V/C38. Stockdale C43. Meighan S47. Gunsberg S52. Huynh I65. Pacconi L

MHSOBCoach:

OAKLEIGHCoach:

OLD TRINITYGRAMMARIANS

Coach: Jon ToopAsst. Coach: Vic Soligo

ORMOND AFCCoach: Michael OATEN

1 A MALONEY 2 R SCHLEIGER3 J WEIGLER4 J O’DONNELL5 S CONLAN6 L SIMPSON7 J HOLLAND8 P FRICKE9 F KENNEDY10 J CREEDON11 J WARDLEY12 B McCARTHY13 A FRIEDMAN14 R KEANE15 K RODWELL16 T FOY17 T O’HALLORAN18 S KULIKOV19 D BEGALA20 D FARTHING21 W FRENCHIVILLE22 O LACK23 M NAYLOR24 J CLEMENTS25 J STEET26 G HARVEY27 T BARNES28 C AUSTIN29 J RIDDLE30 C EVANS31 J LEGGETT32 D NAYLOR33 J MERCIA34 T REITH35 D FRAZIER36 A HOLMAN37 M MARSH38 S TeHENNEPE39 M DUTHIE

LA TROBE UNIVERSITYCoach: Zoran Collavic

OLD MENTONIANS Coach: Mark Fairbanks &

Adam Acreman

1 T. Speers2 S. Fairbanks3 J. Moon 4 M. Campbell 5 M. Wilton 6 B. Norton7 A. Menzies8 D. Daperis9 A. Triantafyllou10 M. Brown11 C. Dennis12 M. Lumsden13 C. Duck14 T. Cashion15 M. Jenkins16 C. Duncan17 D. Forsyth18 A. Rodrigues 19 L. Mitchell 20 J. Brohier21 N. Garson22 S. Cleeve23 J. Thompson24 M. Siemers25 M. Kibby26 K. Goulding27 M. Myers-Snyders28 K. Tickell29 K. Smith-Cameron30 N. Robinson40 G. Snow59 J. Prowse

OLD ESSENDONCoach: Cam Obliubek,

Ben Newbold1 A. Baddeley2 D. Benson3 D. Cerantonio4 D. Clarke5 A. Gough6 B. Jones7 P. Kouppas8 J. Lenhart9 J. Lindsay10 D. McGorry11 D. Nadzielski12 B. Rainey13 B. Remboulis14 N. Rowe15 J. Saunders16 M. Tait17 M. Wakeling35 N. Pearson

1 R. Geischen2 D Dal Pos3 E Spargo4 J Alivisos5 A Del Monte6 M Costanzo7 J Delaney8 B Harrison9 C Bowen10 A Pantano11 R Hondromatidis12 A Koutsoukis13 J Wollard14 C Nichol15 R Buckley16 A Diorietes17 B Mantesso18 H De Kretser19 M Young20 J Weston21 S Gordon22 A Smith23 M Gordon24 B Curtis25 J Henderson26 Z Farrington27 M Banks28 J McKeon29 B Halkyard30 D Geilings31 A Leslie32 M Moncrieff33 S Ward34 R Jessup35 J Mugavin36 L Phillips37 T Williamson38 R Stamford39 B Tieman40 C Toohey41 R Lever42 E Greer43 T Cotsworth44 P Westerman45 C Gianfagna46 J Spoor47 T Buszard

OLD IVANHOE Coach: Richard Dal Pos

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UNDER-19 – NORTH


AQUINASCoach:

DE LA SALLE Coach: Robin Smith

Asst. Coach: Matt Sheehan1. S Williams 2. B Hill3. S. Edwards4. J Phillips5. D De Luca6. D Hyne7. A Bressan8. T Bloom 9. C Grant10. L Semmel11. P Monaghan12. N Gill13. S Dillon 14. A Roberts15. S Fairbrother 16. K Robertson17. J Comerford18. A McKenna19. M Gomizel20. R Breda ( C )21. D Reid22. S Cust23. J Jarvis24. T Kelly25. D Harkins26. T Krezel27. S Morwood28. S Brown29. D Quamil30. T Kovarik (VC)37. G Rae

EMMAUS ST LEOSCoach:

FITZROY REDSCoach:

1. T. Kimpton2. J. Parkinson3. C. Louis-Gleeson4. B. Minnis5. A. Harbor6. J. Ritchie7. P. Hartnett8. D. Lettieri10. T. Cheshire11. N. Reinalda12. D. McMullin14. F. Alasso15. J. Dawson-Smith16. M. Biggs17. C. Ligris18. M. Manoli19. J. Bolton21. S. Fenaughty22 S. Lopez23. A. Karavas24. D. Lee27. G. Linger29. C. Wills30. M. Lee31. D. Buckley32. B. Burstin33. H. Croft34. L. Halliwell 35. S.Young

3. A.Lee4. R.Yassa5. N.Gardy6. C.Pettigrew8. D.O’Brien9. R.Bennett10. R.Barnwell12. A.Maki13. D.Sidwell17. J Walters18. S.Lowe20. H.Templeton21. B.Smith24. L.Williams25. B.Davis26. T.Zulian27. R.Doyle28. L.O’Malley29. J.Calleja30. A.Hayes33. M.Williamson39. J.Callus43. R.Taylor44. B.Spitiri50. B.Pavey54. M.McMahon60. J.Wheatley

NORTH OLD BOYSST PATS COLLEGE

Coach:

OLD XAVERIANS Coach: Theo Vlahos

Assts: John SymeopoulosAdrain Morrissey

1 X. Brennan2 J. Mercuri 3 J.Burne4 C. Cavanagh5 C. Chisholm6 L. Cleeland7 T. Cougan8 C.Cox9 W. O’Sullivan10 A.Torre11 L.Connaughton12 D. Cullen13 T.Curtain 14 L. Daniher15 K. De Souza16 L. Dimattina17 M. Dipietro18 J. Douglas19 P.Doyle20 M. Dynon21 T. Fahey22 D. Farley23 J. Folie24 D. Follachio25 K. Hogan26 J. French27 A. Ghattas28 R. Harbeck29 Z. Haupt30 M.Henderson31 J. Kelly32 P. Kelly33 T.Grigordiadis34 S. Misagian34. L.Gurgius

35 D.Kirk 36 R. Konstan37 A. Lekya38 R. Lynch39 D Mateer40 T. Grigg41 S. Mathiske42 S. McDougall43 C. McMahon44 J. Meehan45 B. Melvin-Smith46 C. Perkins47 R. Moulton48 A. Nikakis49 J. Overland50 A. Pane51 B. Pane52 N. Perrone53 D. Prowse54 N. Prowse55 B. Quinlan56 J. Quinn57 P. Reed58 M. Romanim59 A Ryan 60 M.Silk61 J.Smith62 J. Spragg63 T. Stephens64 H. Symon65 T. Walker66 H. Whiting67 L. Woodlan68 T. Woods 69 A.Yousseff

RUPERTSWOODCoach:

THERRY PENOLACoach:

ST BERNARDSCoach U19 (1): Greig Wood

U19 (2) Coach:Frank Monaghan

Asst Coach: Anthony Denahey

1 Baird L2 Bergin S3 Bevandan J4 Briganti M5 Cattapan N6 Caven C7 Christie T8 Ciantar A9 Considine10 Cookson L11 Coomans M12 Corsetti P13 Cox X14 Cunningham J15 Dalic M16 Dalmau K17 Deutchser M18 Dickman C19 Duydham T20 Evans 21 Fistrovic J22 Forde D23 Foulds J24 Gavin S25 Godsell T26 Harrison A27 Huckstep B28 Hughes C29 Hughes M30 Hughes N31 Igoe D32 Indemenico J33 Isaacs T34 Johansen S35 Johnson A36 Jolley A37 Jones B38 Kassis J

39 Marian M40 McEvoy M41 McGlade T42 McGlade T43 McGregor44 McIntyre O45 McSweeney A46 Mitchell D47 Mitchell J48 Monaghan J49 Morris S50 Mununzio J51 Murphy B52 Nick Weir53 O'Connor D54 O'Dea M55 Overman T56 Palmer57 Pascolo R58 Peart T59 Raciti60 Raffle T61 Raffle W62 Robertson63 Rogers T64 ScarboroughR65 Scott S66 Shepheard B67 Singleton A68 Spinnella C69 Stapleton A70 Swallow D71 Sweeney L72 Van Meel L73 Villani P74 Williams J

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UNDER-19 – SOUTH


AJAX AFCCoach: Jesse Feldy

1 D.Yacobi2 J. Dorevitch3 D. Freed 4 J. Oviss 5 R. Cahn 6 B. Majtlis 7 D. Fayman8 R. Winograd9 Y. Lang 10 D. Selzer 11 D. Steinberg12 O. Schwartz13 D. Sandler 14 J. Benjamin 15 T. Rosen 16 B. Bromberg17 M. Herscu 18 J. White19 A. Breit 20 A. Gandel 21 D. Arkles 22 J. Osowicki 23 Z. Leigh 24 G. Silbert 25 A. Cherny 26 B. Kalmus 27 J. Seeman 29 D. Loff 30 J. Paneth 31 J. Kamil35 C. Jankie 52 A. Simon

HAMPTON ROVERSCoach:

MAZENOD OCCoach:

MONASH BLUESCoach:

PARKDALE VULTURESCoach:

PENINSULA OBCoach:

PRAHRANCoach: Don Angus

OLD HAILEYBURIANSCoach: D. Lappage

1 T. CANDY2 T. MAYA3 J. BARNDEN4 B. COONEY5 L. OLIVER6 S. PINTADO7 J. MUSSTER8 T. LEARY9 M. ROACH10 N. BOWE11 J. McGOWAN12 J. SZYLKROT13 A. HOWLETT14 T. MATHERSON15 Matt RAYMOND16 D. VON MOGER17 S. DOYLE18 J. PARISH19 J. McMAHON20 A. HULSTON21 E. McDONALD22 O. HAGEN23 T. NAUGHTIN24 S. BENNETTS25 A. O’HARE26 W. HUNTER27 W. SPARKES28 R. BREARLEY29 C. TRIGELLIS-SMITH30 J. SLUITER31 Mike RAYMOND32 B. CREASER

SALESIANCoach:

ST BEDES MENTONE TIGERS

Coach: Gerald Stutterd

Shane JonesJames MoleHayden TrotterMatt LawrenceScott HobsenCallum RavesiJack PerkinAnthony CarrollAdam JonesChad RyanDean KellyLucas ThomasChris NormanAlex KaneJames RicherAdam RyanSam KelleherBrendan GardnerJamie Nev-YoungNich BliesnerDan GilmoreMichael GrahamSteven CahillDavid AtkinsTy StutterdJosh CallaghanDan BuntingLewis StutterdJake BedfordJesse Tobin

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1. S. Erikson2. L. Nash3. B. Hampton4. J. Woods5. T. Gill6. M. Kibby7. P. Gleadhill8. A. Wyatt9. J. Gunston10. N. Criticos11. T. McIntyre12. D. Beckwith13. A.Sing14. L. Paranapalliyaga15. N. Mingost16. J. Hopping17. F. Batts18. N. Harrison19. P. Silberer20. L. Donnelly21. M. Ferguson22. T. Coles23. A. Keady24. D. Korlos25. J. Johnson38. A.Wright



Oval. St Bernards,who just missed thefour in 2006 may takethe points after aclose tussle with the Blacks, who may take time tosettle into a cohesive unit.The Caulfield Grammarians and Emmaus – St Leo’sgame should be a physical affair as neither side hasbeen noted for its pace over the years. At home Ilean to Caulfield, whose attention to training shouldhave been the more intense (B section as opposedto D2 Section)I select Fitzroy Reds to defeat Old Trinity at McHaleStadium as the reds should be the more settledside.St Bede’s – Mentone Tigers played well in Section 1last season and at home today they should defeatCollegians many of whom will be journeying tostrange surroundings..Two newcomers St Francis Xavier Beaconsfield andKew meet out at the S.F.X. College. The Kew teamhas come from the joining of the V.A.F.A. Club withNorth Kew. Given the long journey south east andthe fact the home players know each other fromschool days, I select St Francis Xavier.Old Brighton, keen to atone for a disappointing2006 season travel to play Old Scotch at St JamesPark. I suspect Old Brighton will be the more settledside and as such should win.

Section 3I select Beaumaris to open with a win over TherryPenola, who disappointed last season.Old Carey return after a season’s absence to playWhitefriars, who have lost many players. Despite

CLUB XVIII SECTIONby Norm Nugent

The long hot summer has passed at last and likeformer times the football season starts late in April.Nothing is new in football!!All is well with our competition, which is biggerthan ever before with thirty six teams vying for theright to participate on Sports Cover Arena. Formerteams return and new sides have entered for whatis hoped will be a season of fierce competition.

Section 1Old Scotch have often started slowly and for thisreason I am selecting St Kevin’s to open the seasonwith a win.Promoted Monash Blues host Mazenod, who didnot enjoy much success in 2006. Reports receivedindicate a rejuvenated Mazenod and I tip themtoday especially as University players are not notedfor their pre season dedication.Old Melburnians, under new Coach, DavidLandrigan, host De La Salle, who also have a newmentor. I favour De La Salle, who are always a forcein this competition.Prahran play Old Xaverians 2, whose player nucleuswill have benefited from last season’s experience inthe Section. The Prahran veterans, who can playgreat football, are not noted for their early seasonfitness and today Old Xaverians have a great chanceto start with a win. I will stay with Prahran and pickthem to win.Reigning premiers, Old Xaverians face theUniversity Blues, who will field a lot of new players.The Xaverians should win as the Students may taketime to learn each other’s strengths.Section 2University Blacks play St Bernards on the Crawford



their changed personnel, I select Whitefriars on thesmall Victoria Road, Reserve.Marcellin, who from reports have been trainingsolidly should win at home over newcomers, OldWestbourne.Fitzroy Reds play the returning BulleenTemplestowe, who have not played in Club XV111since Round 3 in1995. The “Bullants” will take timeto adjust to their new coach and so I select FitzroyReds.Two of last season’s disappointing teams, OldScotch and North Old Boys/ St Patricks play at StJames Park. I select Old Scotch purely becausethey will be playing at home.Two sides used to playing on a big ground, LaTrobeUniversity and Old Geelong play at Bundoora. Homeground advantage should enable La Trobe to openwith a victory.Another two newly formed sides in Oakleigh andBox Hill North play on the Scammell Reserve. Thehome ground advantage should enable Oakleigh toopen with a win.Team Managers.Please send me details of your game by noonMonday so as I can provide a more meaningfulresume each week. E mail [email protected] telephone 9467 2857.

CLUB XVIII (1)Old Scotch v St Kevins at

Camberwell Sports Ground at 11:40 a.m.Prahran v Old Xaverians (2)

Old Melburnians v De La Salle St Francis Xavier v Mazenod

Old Xaverians v University Blues

CLUB XVIII (2)University Blacks v St Bernards at Flemington Rd Oval

Monash Blues v Kew Caulfield Gr v Emmaus St Leos Fitzroy Reds v Old Trinity Gr at

McHale Stadium at 2 p.m.St Bedes Mentone Tigers v Collegians

Old Scotch v Old Brighton Gr at St James Park at 2 p.m.

CLUB XVIII (3)Beaumaris v Therry Penola

Old Geelong - Bye Marcellin v Old Westbourne

Fitzroy Reds v Bulleen Templestowe Old Scotch v North Old Boys/St Patricks Col

Old Carey Gr v Whitefriars Oakleigh v Box Hill North

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THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2007V 61

SAT APRIL 28 OLD TRINITY v OLD XAVERIANS (A)SUN APRIL 29 NO MATCHES

FRI MAY 4 ST KEVINS v DE LA SALLE (U19) (Night)SAT MAY 5 AJAX v MARCELLIN (B)SUN MAY 6 OLD SCOTCH v OLD BRIGHTON (A)

FRI MAY 11 OLD MELBURNIANS v ST BEDES/MENTONE TIGERS (U19 (2))

SAT MAY 12 OLD HAILEYBURY v UNIVERSITY BLUES (A)SUN MAY 13 ST BERNARDS v COLLEGIANS (A)

SAT MAY 19 ELEY PARK v SYNDAL TALLY HO (D4)SUN MAY 20 FIDA

SAT MAY 26 OLD XAVERIANS v OLD IVANHOE (A)SUN MAY 27 AJAX v ST KEVINS (B)

SPORTSCOVER ARENADRAW 2007

(APRIL-MAY)

RESULTS OF TRIBUNAL HEARINGSTuesday September 26, 2006*Nicholas Perry, Old Brighton. Striking, 2 matches.*Accepted prescribed penalty

Tuesday September 26, 2006Old Essendon charged with conduct unbecoming inthat during their seniors match against Old Brightonon Saturday September 16 spectators from the OldEssendon AFC and in particular registered playerDomenic Cerantonio, allegedly consumed alcohol,used derogatory, abusive and indecent languagetowards umpires, opposition players and VAFAofficials. Old Essendon fined $500 and player DomenicCerantonio suspended for 1 match.

Bulleen Templestowe charged with conductunbecoming in that during their under-19 matchagainst Fitzroy Reds on Sunday September 17 atPreston, it was alleged that spectators from theBulleen-Templestowe AFC used derogatory, abusiveand indecent language towards umpires, oppositionplayers and VAFA officials.Club fined $200.


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S T R U C T U R E O F 2 0 0 7 C O M P E T I T I O NA SECTION B SECTION C SECTION

* COLLEGIANS AJAX AFC FITZROY REDSDE LA SALLE OC BEAUMARIS AFC MAZENOD OCOLD BRIGHTON GRAM’S CAULFIELD GRAMMARIANS MONASH BLUESOLD HAILEYBURIANS MARCELLIN OC NTH OLD BOYS/ST PAT’S COLOLD IVANHOE GRAM’S MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL OB OLD CAMBERWELL GRAM’SOLD SCOTCH OLD ESSENDON GRAM’S OLD CAREY GRAM’SOLD TRINITY GRAM’S OLD MELBURNIANS ORMOND AFCOLD XAVERIANS ST BEDES MENTONE TIGERS PARKDALE VULTURESST BERNARDS ST KEVINS OB RUPERTSWOOD AFCUNIVERSITY BLUES UNIVERSITY BLACKS WHITEFRIARS OC

D1 Section D2 Section D3 SectionBULLEEN TEMP. AFC AQUINAS OC ELSTERNWICK AFCHAMPTON ROVERS AFC BANYULE AFC HAWTHORN AFCOAKLEIGH AFC BENTLEIGH IVANHOE ASSUMPTION AFCOLD GEELONG EMMAUS ST LEOS OC AFC KEW AFCOLD MENTONIANS GLEN EIRA AFC LA TROBE UNIVERSITY AFCOLD PARADIANS SALESIAN AFC MONASH GRYPHONSPENINSULA OB SOUTH MELBOURNE DISTRICTS OLD WESTBOURNEPRAHRAN AFC ST JOHNS OC POWER HOUSE AFCTHERRY PENOLA OB WERRIBEE AFC SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY AFCYARRA VALLEY OB WILLIAMSTOWN CYMS WEST BRUNSWICK AFC

D4 SectionALBERT PARK AFCBOX HILL NORTH AFCBULLEEN COBRAS AFCELEY PARK SHARKSELTHAM OCMT LILYDALE OCNORTH BRUNSWICK AFCRICHMOND CENTRAL AFCSOUTH MORNINGTONST MARYS AFCSYNDAL TALLY HO AFCUHS-VU AFC

U19 (Premier) U19 (2) U19 (3)DE LA SALLE OC BANYULE AFC BENTLEIGHMARCELLIN OC BEAUMARIS AFC BULLEEN TEMPLESTOWE AFCOLD CAREY GRAM’S CAULFIELD GRAMMARIANS LA TROBE UNIVERSITY AFCOLD SCOTCH COLLEGIANS MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL OBOLD XAVERIANS OLD BRIGHTON GRAMMARIANS OAKLEIGH AFCRUPERTSWOOD AFC OLD CAMBERWELL GRAM’S OLD ESSENDON GRAMMARIANSST BERNARDS OLD MELBURNIANS OLD IVANHOE GRAMMARIANSST KEVINS OB OLD PARADIANS OLD MENTONIANSUNIVERSITY BLACKS ST BEDES MENTONE TIGERS OLD TRINITY GRAMMARIANSUNIVERSITY BLUES WHITEFRIARS OC ORMOND AFC

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S T R U C T U R E O F 2 0 0 7 C O M P E T I T I O NU19 South U19 NorthAJAX AFC DE LA SALLE OCHAMPTON ROVERS AFC EMMAUS ST LEOS OC AFCMAZENOD OC FITZROY REDSMONASH BLUES NORTH OLD BOYS/ST PATRICKS COLLEGEOLD HAILEYBURIANS OLD WESTBOURNEPARKDALE VULTURES OLD XAVERIANS (2)PENINSULA OB RUPERTSWOOD AFCPRAHRAN-CAULFIELD AFC ST BERNARDSST BEDES MENTONE TIGERS THERRY PENOLA OB

C18 Section 1 C18 Section 2 C18 Section 3DE LA SALLE OC CAULFIELD GRAMMARIANS BEAUMARIS AFCMAZENOD OC COLLEGIANS BOX HILL NORTH AFCOLD MELBURNIANS FITZROY REDS EMMAUS ST LEOS OC AFCOLD SCOTCH KEW / NORTH KEW MARCELLIN OCOLD XAVERIANS (1) OLD BRIGHTON GRAM’S NTH OLD BOYS/ST PAT’S COLOLD XAVERIANS (2) OLD TRINITY GRAM’S OLD CAREY GRAMMARIANSPRAHRAN AFC ST BEDES MENTONE TIGERS OLD GEELONGST FRANCIS XAVIER ST BERNARDS OLD SCOTCHST KEVINS OB MONASH BLUES THERRY PENOLA OBUNIVERSITY BLUES UNIVERSITY BLACKS WHITEFRIARS OC

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