GENERAL MANAGER OPERATIONS

2022 REPORT – CAMERON HUTCHISON

Other highlights for me in season 2022 were:

• Completing the season!!!!

• The U18 boys Grand Final and Women’s Preliminary’s at Yarra Junction (Our first GF in 3 years).

• The U17 boys Night Grand Final.

• Berwick Springs first finals appearance.

• Powelltown’s first Senior premiership since 1989.

• The effort and celebration that Warburton Millgrove and Powelltown put into their First nations round matches.

• The overtime spectacular, which was the Premier Division A Grade Netball Grand Final. As well as the reward for Warby winning their first ever netball A grade Premiership.

Now to my Thank you’s starting with our club presidents and committees, it’s been a tough couple of years for us all and it’s great to see some reward for effort able to take place in 2022. To Leo, Lachlan, Liam, Jordan and Aiden for all their time and commitment to our match day and other media offerings throughout the 2022 season, it’s much appreciated. My fellow staff members, Sheryn, Matt, Georgia, Sebastian, Aaron G and Andy. All your support and comradery has been magnificent. I’m especially proud of the level Andy is taking the Junior interleague program too and how he stepped up and took on more of the Tribunal organisation this season. Greg and the Inspire Netball Group have assisted us greatly in enhancing our Netball competitions for the past 6 years and I wish them all the very best for their future Netball endeavours.

A special thankyou to Tegan, Marshall and Charlotte for giving me more than just footy and netball to think about and care for. Your support is always amazing and appreciated.

Finally, to Aaron Bailey, it’s been a great six years working together. So much has happened and challenged us over this time, and you have led our organisation with pride and gusto throughout. The growth of the Girls and Women’s footy was a key initiative of your tenure and has been a great success. Despite all the knockers, your decision making always had the best interests of the competition’s future in the forefront of your thinking. I’ve really appreciated your support of me throughout our time together and I sincerely wish you all the best with the new role at the Yarra Junior FL.

The 2022 season saw the introduction of our independent appeals board and I’d like to thank Greg Back and Craig West for their assistance in this process. This process was utilized twice during the year. With the addition to John Howarth and his expertise to our video review panel we saw an increase in video review reports in season 2022, with an emphasis on these being the Non-football, Striking or Rough Conduct type incidents.

A summary of reports in 2022 include:

30 for “Striking”

17 for “Engaging in rough conduct”

3 for “Using abusive Language”

3 for “Bumping and opponent when their head is down over the football”

3 for “Using abusive, insulting or threatening language towards an Umpire”

2 for “Charging another person”

1 for “Head butting”

1 for “Making unreasonable contact to the face of an opponent”

1 for “Misconduct or Serious Misconduct”

1 for “Kicking”

1 for “Disputing an Umpires decision”

1 for “Wrestling”

1 for “Attempted to Striking”

1 for “Using an Obscene Gesture”

With 1058 games played over all competitive Football Competitions, we averaged one report for every 16 games played.

Outer East Football Netball would like to thank & acknowledge the efforts ofMr Greg Black. Mrs Kelly Christie and Mr.Craig West in their roles as Chair of the tribunal and also thank the efforts of tribunal members, Mr. Fury Di Pietro, Mr. Harold Bromley, Mr John Dennis Mr Tony Robertson, Mr Paul Fagan & Mr Mick Huisintveld in giving up their time most weeks volunteering for us. Thank you also to our Appeals panel of, Mr Matt Tippett, Mr Russell Church and Mr Gary Tippett as well as our investigators Mr Brett Smith and Mr Mark Fitt.