2013 VAFA Programme

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P R O G R A M M E

F R I D AY 4 T O W E D N E S D AY 9 , O C T O B E R 2 0 1 3

CHALLENGE CUP U18 VAFA v U18 NZ Hawks

AFL INTERNATIONAL YOUTH GIRLS CUP

Australian Breeze v U18 NZ Kahus

AFL New Zealand As each year passes, new opportunities are continually presented through AFL. New Zealanders are developing an affinity with the sport that originates in Australia but is now more than just Australia’s game.

Sommet Sports is a new broadcaster that now provides New Zealand with coverage of six live AFL games per week, all free to air, thus providing us with the best AFL coverage in the world.

April 2013 was an historic occasion when the first AFL fixture in 140 years was played outside of Australia in Wellington. This has inspired participation numbers to grow with 30,000 New Zealanders now playing AFL each year.

AFL New Zealand welcomes the New Zealand Kahus and the Australian Breeze as they compete in the first ever trans tasman international female clash. Over 10,000 girls aged between 5 and 12 participate in AFL Junior development programmes each year and with the foresight of AFL Female Development Manager Jan Cooper and the visiting Australian Breeze team, New Zealand’s youth girls now have something to aspire to. The Kahus is made up of a team of girls aged under 18 that should be considered pioneers of the codes development within New Zealand.

The Kahus is the first step in the female High Performance pathway that will lead to a team that represents New Zealand at the 2014 International Cup in Melbourne next year.

The Victorian Amateur Football Association will participate in its fifth tour of New Zealand, returning to Auckland for the third time. The support provided by CEO Michael Sholley, General Manager Tim Noonan and the VAFA Board has been immense. The visit by the VAFA provides a significant opportunity to assist in the development of young athletes within New Zealand as they look to find their way in a new and dynamic sport. AFL New Zealand’s association with the VAFA continues to grow with 8 current New Zealand Hawks players currently playing for a variety of VAFA clubs. We look forward to the day when Australian players cross the ditch to be involved with our domestic summer competitions.

Let’s enjoy another great weekend of football and welcome all involved to Aotearoa.

Robert Vanstam, CEO AFLNZ

VAFA The Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) is one of Australia’s oldest and largest senior football competitions. Originating in 1892, the Association has grown to now involve 250 teams, 74 clubs and over 12,500 registered players.

The Association, which covers Metropolitan Melbourne, contains 26 Sections including 7 senior and reserve grade sections, 5 U19 sections, 3 Club XVIII sections and the U18 section. The Association has a long and proud history of representative football commencing in 1925.

Over the years, the VAFA has competed against the VFL, VFA, VCFL and state bodies from around Australia. This series against AFL New Zealand represents the ďŹ fth time a VAFA representative side has met an international team and continues the tradition that began in 2009.

The VAFA see this tour as an enormous opportunity to not only reward some of the key contributors to the under 18 competition, but also to communicate to the football community the potential opportunities that are presented through participation in the VAFA. On behalf of VAFA President Mr Michael Hazell and CEO Mr Michael Sholly, the VAFA would like to thank Robert Vanstam and the Board of AFL New Zealand for their efforts in accommodating us and we look forward to some exciting football over the weekend.

Tim Noonan, VAFA General Manager

A message from the Breeze This New Zealand tour is an historic occasion for the AFL. It is the ďŹ rst time that a female AFL team has conducted a tour internationally.

We hope that this will be the beginning of a close and rich partnership with AFL New Zealand that will not only help grow the player pathway in both countries but will be the start of a fantastic Trans Tasman rivalry for our most talented footballers.

The AFL conducts a High Performance Academy for Australia’s best 16s female players. From this intensive live in program the Academy selected the twelve

most outstanding players and people to represent Australia. All the girls have represented their State at either Schoolgirls, Youth Girls or Kickstart Nationals.

Breeze coaching staff are highly experienced with all personnel currently coaching both genders at second tier male or representative female level. Dana Pimley is the Head Trainer at AFL Club Fremantle. Dania Herdman won a National

Australian Breeze Youth Girls TEAM LIST NO.

FIRST NAME LAST NAME

CLUB, STATE

NOTES

1

Brittany

Bonnici

St Albans Spurs WFC, Victoria

2

Jasmine

Tudor

Port Adelaide FC, South Australia

3

Tayla

Harris

Zillmere FC, Queensland

8

Tayla

Gordon

Port Adelaide FC, South Australia

9

Tayla

Thorn

St Marys FC, Northern Territory

10

Maddies

Protheroe

Coorparoo FC, Queensland

12

Ashley

Sharp

Swan Districts FC, Western Australia

15

Zabreena

Manjerovic

North Hobart FC, Tasmania

18

Karly

Tapner

Berwick JFC, Victoria

22

Chelsea

Ansell

Coolum Beach, Queensland

23

Alexandra

Tegg

Southern Power, New South Wales

24

Sabrina

Traub

Peel Thunderbirds, Western Australia

Tour Director

Chyloe Kurdas

Head Coach

Michelle Cowan

Trainer

Dana Pimley

Assistant Coach

Alicia Eva

Photographer

Dania Herdman

STAFF

image competition and part of her prize was to capture this historic Tour in still and video images.

The Tour party and AFL congratulate AFL New Zealand on this great initiative and thanks them for all the work they have put into bringing the tour together.

Robert Vanstam and Mick Coultard in particular have provided a program that ensures the touring group

plays some great games against the Kahus, shares social time with the other touring teams as well as getting a taste for some iconic NZ tourist sites.

Good luck to all teams involved in the challenge.

Enjoy your football and let’s make this the start of a special football partnership between the Kahus and Breeze.

Jan Cooper, AFL Manager Female Football Development

Under 18 New Zealand Kahus TEAM LIST NO.

FIRST NAME LAST NAME

REGION

NOTES

1

Hope

Schuster

Counties

2

Maria

Aleni

Counties

3

Firth

Bidois

Auckland

4

Claudia

McMeekin-Currin Northland

5

Tayla

Cross

Harbour

6

Joyce

Teulilo

Auckland

7

Nat

Matatia

Auckland

8

Marie

Aleni

Counties

9

Hannah

Lynch

Harbour

10

Laishon

Jones

Auckland

11

Libby

Matthews

Harbour

12

Kayla

Paniora

Auckland

13

Setareh

Brown

Northland

14

Kiana

Lang

Harbour Team Manager

Noradene Paniora

Head Coach

Mick Coultard

Team Manager

Gareth Adams

Assistant Coach

Mike Gregson

Physio

Jenny Lucy

STAFF

New Zealand Hawks Under 18 TEAM LIST NO.

FIRST NAME LAST NAME

REGION

NOTES

3

Rhys

Panui-Leth

Melbourne

4

Kyle

Smith

Canterbury

6

James

Mckenzie

Auckland

7

Kade

Riddell

Wellington

9

Joseph

Baker-Thomas

Wellington

10

Gray

Samuels

Auckland

11

Te Rei

Clark

Northland

12

Simon

Rajwer

Auckland

13

Maia

Pene

Auckland

14

Ben

Miller

Otago

15

Caleb

Manukuo

Auckland

16

Saumani

Malama

Auckland

17

Alex

Barnsley

Northland

18

Taylor

Alaelua

Auckland

19

Joshua

Copeland

Auckland

20

Tevita

Misiloi

Auckland

21

Kardia

Siaki

Auckland

22

Levi

Inglis

Canterbury

23

Siope

Ngata

Auckland

24

Waylon

Baker

Wellington

25

Eugene

Hanna

Auckland

26

Craig

Morgan

Wellington

27

Bradley

Moafanua

Wellington

29

Mitch

Ryan

Melbourne

STAFF Coach

Chris Mundell

Team Manager

David Rattenbury

Assistant Coach

Shannon Wall

Physio

Jenny Lucy

Assistant Coach

Warwick Kain

VAFA Under 18 TEAM LIST NO.

FIRST NAME LAST NAME

1

Matthew

Lovejoy

2

Liam

Hard

3

Rifki

Ergul

4

Charlie

Angley

5

Jack

Grange

7

Ross

Katsambanis

8

Michael

Gregory

9

Grant

Filsell

10

Hayden

Binios

11

James

Healey

12

Mitch

Thar

13

Ethan

Henley

14

Ciaran

Hickey

15

Timothy

Petts

16

Thomas

Gill

17

Max

Waters

18

Jayden

Barker

19

Mason

Kip

20

Will

Douglas

21

D'Arcy

Grant

22

Daniel

Stoios

23

Tom

Johnstone

24

Duncan

Moore

25

Brayden

O'Toole

NOTES

STAFF Tour Manager

Tim Noonan

Physio

Neeraj Kochhar

Coach

Owen Lalor

Trainer

Kylie Dafonte

Assistant Coach

David Gately

Property

John Robinson

Fitness Adviser

David Kinsella

Umpire

David Anselmi

Itinerary Friday 4th October//Grandstand Room, Trusts Arena, Waitakere 5.00pm

Welcome Function

Saturday 5th October//Parrs Park, Oratia, Auckland 12.00pm New Zealand Kahus U-18 vs Australian Breeze Youth Girls GAME 1

Q1

Q2

Q3

FULLTIME

BREEZE KAHUS

2.00pm GAME 1

New Zealand Hawks U-18 vs VAFA U-18 Q1

Q2

Q3

FULLTIME

VAFA HAWKS

Monday 7th October//Parrs Park, Oratia, Auckland 11.00am New Zealand Hawks U-18 vs VAFA U-18 GAME 2

Q1

Q2

Q3

FULLTIME

VAFA HAWKS

1.00pm GAME 2

New Zealand Kahus U-18 vs Australian Breeze Youth Girls Q1

Q2

Q3

FULLTIME

BREEZE KAHUS

Wednesday 9th October//Kensington Athletic Oval, Whangarei 1.00pm GAME 3

BREEZE KAHUS

New Zealand Kahus U-18 vs Australian Breeze Youth Girls Q1

Q2

Q3

FULLTIME