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Old Geelong Football Club

The 2022 VAFA season was a wild ride for Old Geelong, culminating in a return to B Grade for the Senior Men’s team and a premiership for the Reserves. The Seniors snuck into the finals in Premier C Grade, finishing in fourth place ahead of Old Ivanhoe on percentage, before producing an inspired finals series –defeating Mazenod by 7 points in the semi-finals, upsetting Hampton Rovers by 1 point in the preliminary final, before losing the grand final by 21 points to Monash Blues.

The runners-up finish lifted Old Geelong from C Grade to B Grade in what OGFC President Simon Bones described as “truly one of the great achievements in the history of the club”. “The Seniors basically played four knockout finals in a row, falling just short at the last hurdle,”

Simon said. “Watching them over those four weeks was an absolute thrill, and their courage and fierceness at the contest was a sight to behold.”

The promotion was made all the more remarkable in a season interrupted by limited access to Como Park, with players training at unusual locations (Lucas Reserve in Malvern East) at unusual times across the first half of the year. The Reserves capped a dominant finals series with a 53-point win against Mazenod in the grand final. The Women’s team had a challenging season in Premier B Grade, finishing in seventh place with two wins. One of the highlights was Brooke McKay (He’15) becoming the fourth Oggette to reach the 50-game milestone.

Old Geelong Grammarians are well represented at OGFC, including at committee level, with Jimmy Legoe (M’97), Jake Ward (M’05), Sophie Batten (EM’14) and Peter Lemon (FB’64), and in leadership positions on-field, with Will Sloss (M’12) as captain. The representation will increase next season with Nick Dixon (A’14) joining the club as a player and Co-Coach of the Senior team alongside Nathan Brown. An exceptional cricketer and footballer at

GGS, Nick has since played for Geelong, Port Melbourne and Essendon at VFL level, for Collegians in Premier A, and was Co-Coach of North Shore in the GFL, where he was selected in the GFL Team of the Year and won the 2022 club best and fairest. Nick will be joined by brother Scott Dixon (A’13) as Senior Assistant Coach. Scott has played for Old Geelong since 2017, was captain from 2019-2021, and played his 50th game for the club in 2022.

2 Boz Parsons (M’36) and Sandy Maconochie (M’68) at the OGG Golf Day at Barwon Heads Golf Club on October 21.

3 Barb Parsons and Jan Embling (Bell, The Hermitage ’71) at the OGG Golf Day.

4 Co-Captain Matthew Planner (Fr’16), Coach Jeremy Nettlefold (Cu’08), and co-Captain Nick Morwood (OGC).

5 50-game players Brooke McKay (He’15), Georgie Rule (EM’13), Caroline Edwards (He’09) and Annabel Rafferty (A’14).

Births

Jessica and Charles Coburn (Cu’12), a son, Edward Arthur, on 21 July 2022

Kayla Gallo (Ga’07) and Joshua Beaumont, a daughter, Stella Blue, on 5 June 2022

Libby and Chris Gatenby (M’02), a son, Hedley John Fairfax (Jack) on 20 November 2022

Jaime and John McCarthy (Cu’02), a son, Maverick Neil, on 29 August 2022

Sarah and Blayney Morgan (P’97), a daughter, Isla, on 14 November 2022

Eleanor (Turnbull, Cl’08) and Alec Pengilley, a son, Angus Jeffrey Turnbull on 6 December 2020

Eleanor (Turnbull, Cl’08) and Alec Pengilley, a son, Thomas Charles Simmons on 5 September 2022

Elizabeth (Alder, Cl’03) and Charles Sullivan a son, Richard Charles Gordon, on 6 February 2022

Nell (Mott, He’07) and Lachlan Sullivan, a son, Douglas David Gordon, on 11 May 2022

Nicholas Cacuick (Fr’03) and Brittney Johnson, a daughter, Joni Rae, on 2 July 2022

Deaths

George Harold Allison (1942-47) on 12 June 2022

The Rt Rev John Bayton AM (Past Council) on 15 August 2022

Robin (Robby) Bedggood (Matron 1966-67; OGGs’ Assistant 1988-96) on 5 September 2022

Mary Clayton Boardman née Shepherd (The Hermitage 1935-47) on 9 August 2022

Richard Rankin Briggs (1949-53) on 9 October 2022

Anthony John (Tony) Brocksopp (196870) on 1 July 2022

Jillian Romayne (Jill) Buchanan née Palmer (Clyde 1947-53) on 13 July 2022

Valerie McLarty Douglas Buller née Simpson (Clyde 1945-46) on 11 September 2022

Cedric Lyle Carr OAM (1945-48) on 3 April 2022

Claire Louise Carroll (1988-93) on 19 May 2021

Peter James Paton Connell (1963-71) in early April 2022

Penelope Anna Crawford née Collins (Clyde 1955-60) on 16 September 2022

Nancy Elizabeth Elliott née English (The Hermitage 1939-42) on 6 June 2022

Beatrice Alison (Alison) Gardiner née Lay (The Hermitage 1948-49) on 1 August 2022

Charlotte Austin (Choti) Henderson née Palmer (Clyde 1955-62) on 18 July 2022

Sue Margaret Henry née Vedmore (The Hermitage 1957-61) on 14 December 2021

Marie Leila Hocking née Just (The Hermitage 1933-44) on 17 April 2022

Rupert Michael Imhoff (1989-02) on 19 July 2022

Brian Johnson Kibel (1949-51) on 12 October 2022

Anne Kantor née Murdoch (Clyde 194752) on 14 September 2022

Arleen Margaret Kratochvil (Hermitage & GGS Past Staff) on 2 November 2022

Susan Jessie (Sue) Lawrance née Murch (Clyde 1954-59) on 16 October 2022

William Egerton Laycock (1952-53) on 2 February 2021

Xenia Laycock née Gardiner (Clyde 1940-43) on 20 October 2022

Adrian Charles Lyon (1966-68) on 4 August 2021

Stanley Ernest (Stan) Matthews (1945-51) on 23 March 2022

Rev Alan Brian (Brian) McGowan (194851) on 14 November 2021

Jenny Meryn Mills née Bunning (Clyde, 1950-51) on 21 April 2022

David Henry Athelstan Nall (1939-46) on 1 October 2021

John Stuart (Stuart) Nall (1937-45) on 19 September 2021

Robert MacNeil Osborne (1946-49) on 7 August 2022

James Rylah (Jim) Peart (1944-47) on 25 August 2022

Michael Alonzo Pidgeon (1956-60) on 5 August 2022

John William Pullen (1962-64) on 6 October 2022

Robert Henry (Bob) Robertson (1940-46) on 4 August 2021

Simon MacDonald Scott (1960-66) on 25 July 2022

Ivan William Short (1945-49) on 9 January 2022

Laurence Carl Stalker (1949-51) on 30 April 2021

Peter Raglan Stevens (1950-57) on 3 July 2022

Elizabeth Anne (Anne) Stoney née Peardon (Clyde 1956-62) on 27 August 2022

Robert Henry (Bob) Swinburn (1969-75) on 7 August 2022

Charles Jeremy (Jeremy) Ward (1962-65) on 6 July 2022

Michael John Wilson (1943-1946) on 24 June 2022

Christopher Grant Woodhouse (Chris) Mitchell (1953-64) on 26 November 2022

Marriages

Kayla Gallo (Ga’07) married Joshua Beaumont on 28 November 2020

James Gibney (P’08) married Jane Pelham Ayers on 20 August 2020

Fleur Mann (Cl’01) married Adrian Miller on 20 March 2021

John McCarthy (Cu’02) married Jaime Lee McCarthy on 7 May 2022

Olivia O’Hare (Fr’11) married Tom Hough Rayner on 26 February 2022

Nicholas (Nick) Cacuick (Fr’03) married Brittney Johnson on 30 April 2022

Sara McMicking (Cl’06) married Tom Dahlenburg on 8 October 2022