Old Geelong Football Club JAMES LEGOE
After two years of interrupted community sport, it is great to be back. Well kind of! Unfortunately for the Old Geelong Football Club, the Stonnington Council have been resurfacing Como Oval meaning that we haven’t been able to train or play on our home deck. Thankfully, temporary arrangements were put in place for the first two months of our season and we returned to Como from June. This disruption has meant for a slow start to the season, but we are now gaining traction with our Men’s Seniors, Reserves and Under 23’s all sitting nicely in the top 4 of their divisions. Our women’s sides have been hit hard with the loss of some key players to retirement and some who have moved interstate, but the standard continues to improve by the week. The Geelong College is represented strongly in the leadership group with John Simson (GC) co-captain of the Men’s Seniors alongside his cousin,
Will Sloss (GGS). John is coming off another stellar season where he won his third consecutive Club Best & Fairest. Others Old Collegians regularly featuring in our Senior side include Jack Sheridan, Jacob Jess, Harry Graham, Hamish Seller, Toby Lever and Matt Bird. Nick Morwood (GC) has been rewarded with the captaincy of our Reserves and is again well supported by fellow Old Collegians, in Alex Crowe, Will Simson, Jack Curnow, Max Lazarus, Tim Hosking and Hugo Steinfort with Ed Ratcliffe set to return from injury very soon. Representing our women’s side from The Geelong College is Katie-Rose Campbell, Charlotte Kay and Tessa Longden. We are always looking for more women to come and play for the Oggettes, so feel free to email us at oldgeelongfc@gmail.com if you are interested in joining the Club.
Equally, we are looking forward to the return of our cricket, netball and tennis clubs as the world returns to some sort of normality. Expressions of interest are always welcome (email: oldgeelongfc@ gmail.com). Off the field, the committee has been hard at work and recently launched the Old Geelong Future Fund as a means to provide a sustainable environment for future generations of young men and women to continue playing sport beyond school. To date, we have secured over $450,000 in pledges which is a great start. For more information on our Future Fund (100% tax deductibility) please go to our Club website: oldgeelong.com.au/future-fund
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