The Amateur Footballer, Round 21, 2015

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EDITORIAL

Michael Sholly

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PRELIMINARY FINALS A TENSE, ROLLICKING FOOTBALL AFFAIR What are the biggest games of VAFA football for the year? The Premier Grand Final followed by the Premier B Preliminary Final would be my top two, and this year maybe the Old Scotch relegation game would rank three. For each section it may be the preliminary finals and the last chance to gain promotion. Promotion and relegation really is the lifeblood of the competition and the preliminary finals are always tense. For six of the seven senior sections the Grand Finals are the icing on the cake and played for the enjoyment of the game.

Six Divisional Preliminary Finals were held last week.

In Division 1 Ormond responded from their second semi-final loss and came from behind to defeat Old Geelong and return to Premier C. Old Paradians followed up their first semi win defeating St John’s to earn their promotion.

Divisions 3 and 4 had two preliminary finals and they were cut throat. Emmaus St Leos went through the year undefeated and won their semi but still had to face up to a preliminary final date. After losing last year by a point to Northern Blues, they would have had an anxious week leading up to the game.

However, they blew away Aquinas, winning by just under a hundred points. They will be able to enjoy their Grand Final as they take on West Brunswick who will join them in Division 2.

On the other hand, Canterbury, after a spectacular home and away season losing only their final match, lost their semi but got the double chance. They were too good for Box Hill Nth winning by 48 points.

Parkside re-entered the VAFA this year and have made an immediate impact by gaining promotion.

They have had two convincing finals wins and will be looking forward to meeting Canterbury in the Grand Final at Garvey Oval.

I know there are some negatives about our structure of the final six but preliminary finals in the VAFA are the most exciting games and this system allows for two. Finals are a different beast, the pressure rises

and in the preliminary finals the rewards for the winners are so much greater than the loser.

This weekend another two more teams will earn promotion. Marcellin has competed in each finals series since being relegated from Premier B in 2011. They should take inspiration from the victory of St Kevin’s last weekend when they take on Old Haileybury in Premier C. St Kevin’s had lost their past ten finals in Premier B but saluted in a high quality match at Sportscover Arena against St Bede’s Mentone Tigers. The Tigers get their second chance as they battle Old Melburnians who have played in the last four Premier B finals series.

In William Buck Premier, there are no promotions so the premiership is what everyone is after. Old Trinity commenced in 1954 and have never played in a Premier section grand final. At three quarter time there seemed only a slim chance, as they were down by 37 points, having only kicked two goals, three behinds. How things can change. They kicked six goals four to one point in the final term to win by seven points. They have become a resilient team winning 18 of 19 second halves this year. They won’t lie down. St Bernard’s face a hot University Blues who have won the last seven.

The vote count of the Premier B to Division 4 was conducted on 96.5INRFM on Tuesday and Wednesday night. Congratulations to the winners and in particular Paul Baranello from Emmaus St Leos on winning his third competition best and Fairest and Dean Calcedo from Northern Blues on following up his win in 2010 in the Under 18 competition with a tie in Division 2. The Woodrow Medal for the best and fairest in the William Buck Premier Section will be held at Crown this Wednesday.

Make sure you get to the William Buck Premier Grand Final next Sunday which will be held for the first time at IKON Park Carlton. With the Premier B and C Grand Finals on Saturday it guarantees an exciting climax to the season.

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Andrew Leonard

GREAT EXPECTATIONS Congratulations to Old Trinity who have made their first ever Premier Grand Final. We have come to expect a few things in William Buck Premier in 2015. Old Trinity storming home is one. If you haven’t hung out the back of the Old Trinity huddle at three quarter time when they are facing a deficit – you might have one more chance this year – witnessing the belief and energy amongst the group would galvanise even the most pessimistic supporter. They did it again last Sunday in their come from behind win against St Bernards. St Bernard’s had a truckload of chances, probably should have won but in the end they lost their third straight final of the Anthony Rock era.

At Sportscover Arena, Uni Blues ended the De La Salle fairytale run by 22 points. Outmuscled at the contest and out gunned both in attack and defence by Jack Watts, De La suffered their first loss since May, but lost few admirers in the process. De La Salle never gave in, however the extra cog the Blues midfield had was telling and the previously mentioned Watts took the game away from De La Salle in the third quarter with four goals. Watts then prevented multiple De La attacks from ending up in goals in the final quarter too.

The wind was a factor in both semi-finals, so we can put a line through the fact that it is only ever windy at Sportscover Arena. At quarter-time at Highgate, St Bernards had managed just 0.6 having had first use of the breeze. As the siren sounded Old Trinity players didn’t mask their delight at holding the Snowdogs goalless. The chances for St Bernards were not all guilt edged, but nevertheless, some of them should have been kicked. There was nothing in it at half time, as St Bernards kicked a vital goal into the breeze to trail by a point at the main break. It would be the only goal kicked to that end as Old Trinity was kept scoreless in the third quarter. Shaun Clarke was dominating the ruck contests and Tom Sullivan’s purple patch continued. Finally the 2

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forward entries for St Bernards were converted, although a return of 4.9 was still wasteful.

Old Trinity, crucially kicked early goals in the last quarter as the Howells, Hunts and Gabe Hamilton ran and carried like there was no tomorrow.

Harry Tinney moved forward and provided an option and with less than ten minutes to go Old Trinity’s final wave came. What could St Bernard’s have done? Put 18 men behind the ball? We will never know, but Old Trinity’s ability to haul in a deficit is breathtaking. St Bernard’s will rightly be shattered. Their last two finals have netted scores of 5.18 and 5.22. Wind has played a part, but the opposition was not as wasteful on both occasions. It was highlighted early in the year, but St Bernard’s might want to call on former favourite son, Matthew Lloyd to ensure they are on target this week.

At Sportscover Arena, goals were easier to find, and luckily both sides didn’t waste their chances.

So often wind affected finals at Sportscover, are decided by one side missing out on their use of the prevailing breeze. This wasn’t the case.

Blues jumped out, De La Salle responded to be within range at half time. Crucially though, De La Salle seemed to change tack late in the second quarter. Down a man with David Lowe off after a report, De La spent five minutes chipping the ball around rather than rushing the ball forward. Perhaps avoiding Watts who seemed to have glue on his hands was the goal, but it was strange considering they could have pushed to take the lead.

Blues had four goals in the first eight minutes of the third and managed seven for the quarter.

It was a telling blow. Despite the best efforts of Sam Williams, Matthew Fieldsend and Tim Kovess, De La just couldn’t kick enough goals.

Trailing by 46 points at the final change, De La closed to within 16 points, but Blues steadied.

Marshall Rippon seemed to be everywhere and when he tired, Ross Young, Jeremy Mugavin and Pete Summers picked up the slack. De La Salle WILLIAM BUCK PREMIER — TIPS IN BOLD St Bernards v University Blues THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2015

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will go into summer with plenty of confidence and hopefully Xavier Murphy and Antony Forato decide to don the blue and gold again next year too.

PRELIMINARY FINAL PREVIEW The tendency is to jump on the side that won their final over the side that lost and has a double chance. That is often the case in the top league, but the VAFA is littered with examples of teams exiting in straight sets. St Bernard’s know all about this after last year and they will be hellbent on not letting it happen again. Blues fell short against the Snowdogs in both matches this year by five points so there is little between the sides. In both matches, Blues were on their last legs in terms of injuries, carrying a depleted bench to the final siren. Blues were very

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This St Bernard’s side is too good to lose a fourth straight final in two years, but despite the story on paper, Uni Blues have had my attention all year. Blues to win through to take on Old Trinity by 17 points.

LAST ROUND

Old Trinity Grammarians 0.1, 2.3, 2.3, 8.7 (55) St Bernards 0.6, 1.8, 5.17, 5.18 (48) GOALS Old Trinity Grammarians: H. Tinney 2, J. Osborn 2, J. Walsh 1, J. Hunt 1, E. Weatherson 1, B. Howell 1 St Bernards: C. Jones 2, A. Singleton 1, B. Ronke 1, T. Gleeson 1 BEST Old Trinity Grammarians: N. Howell, J. Hunt, B. Howell, N. Hunt, G. Hamilton, J. Osborn St Bernards: T. Sullivan, S. Clarke, A. Bentick, C. Jones, T. Gleeson, T. Caven University Blues 5.5, 5.8, 12.15, 14.15 (99) De La Salle 1.0, 5.4, 6.5, 11.11 (77) GOALS University Blues: J. Watts 6, C. Williams 2, J. Mugavin 1, M. James 1, W. McFarlane 1, S. Kitchen 1, A. Ford 1, S. Carr 1 De La Salle : X. Murphy 3, A. Indovino 2, L. Harrison 2, S. Hogan 1, T. Kovess 1, J. Gotch 1, J. Black 1 BEST University Blues: J. Watts, H. Vickers-Willis, R. Young, S. Kitchen, M. Rippon, W. Cuningham De La Salle : X. Murphy, T. Kovess, S. Haslem, B. Humphrey, S. Williams, M. Fieldsend

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impressive last week and their midfield is equal, if not superior, to St Bernards. The Snowdogs certainly have a few more options than De La did should Jack Watts catch fire again. Conversely at the defensive end is probably where Blues are light on when faced with the tall St Bernard’s forward line. The skipper, Hugh Vickers-Willis has lifted his game in the past month, but he and his defensive cohort will need their mids to apply enough pressure to ensure the ball is not coming in lace out.

PREMIER RESERVE

Old Scotch 0.0, 4.8, 6.9, 10.13 (73) Collegians 3.4, 3.4, 6.5, 7.8 (50) GOALS Old Scotch: N. Walmsley 3, W. Michael 2, H. Calway 1, B. Borland 1, W. Strange 1, E. Furey 1, N. Reddish 1 Collegians: D. Chaplin-Burch 2, M. Singleton 2, M. Barton 1, J. Hampton 1, H. Pool 1 BEST Old Scotch: H. Calway, C. Long, C. O’Beirne, W. Carroll, B. Borland, J. Raines Collegians: C. Regan, F. Huntington, J. Dunn, E. Cattell, J. Bazzani, H. Pool University Blues 0.1, 2.3, 2.4, 5.7 (37) Old Xaverians 0.2, 2.2, 5.5, 5.6 (36) GOALS University Blues: W. Hartnell 2, Z. Thomson 2, J. Maxwell 1 Old Xaverians: N. Pepperell 2, J. Midgley 1, L. Keith 1, B. Plant 1 BEST University Blues: J. Maxwell, R. Langham, T. Girdwood, H. Steinfort, C. Craig, G. McFarlane Old Xaverians: J. Woods, N. Pepperell, J. Midgley , L. Pirrie, B. Plant, N. Serafini

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PREMIER B

David Chalmers

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ST KEVIN’S PUT PAID TO YEARS OF HEARTBREAK, AS OMS CLAIM BAY And then there were three. After ten seasons in Premier B, St Kevin’s has finally triumphed in September, with a hard-fought 16-point victory over St Bedes/Mentone in their semi-final. The win puts the SKOBs straight through to the Grand Final and means automatic promotion to William Buck Premier in 2016. The Tigers meet Old Melburnians in the Preliminary Final, after the OMs beat Old Brighton by six goals.

St Kevins 13.7 (85) defeated St Bedes/Mentone 10.9 (69) I had family commitments on Saturday but was able to view the finals thanks to VAFA TV and commentary from the lads at 96.5 Inner FM. The SKOBs-Tigers final was an epic, and was a contest well worthy of the top two teams of the home and away season.

The Tigers started the match better, and it was clear that the all-conquering ladder leaders would not be having it all their own way. The SKOBs defence was under siege early, and after eight minutes the Tigers had two goals on the board via Chris Richards and Tim Doherty, the latter making the most of a Jordan Gysberts’ error in defence. The bigger bodies of the St Kevin’s machine slowly worked their way back into the match by playing in front and quick ball movement. They kicked five unanswered goals in the space of 15 minutes through contributions from Gilham, Gerard Gleeson, Dowd, Meehan and Phil Edgar. Mitchell Coen kicked a late goal for the Tigers and they trailed by 13 points at the first change.

Ben Dowd got the SKOBs off to a positive start in the second quarter with an immediate centre clearance but Gilham couldn’t finish the job. The two teams went goal for goal in an entertaining contest, and the pressure caused uncharacteristic turnovers on both sides. Tiger Dan Garside showed dash off half back, but was not rewarded as one of the Tyquin boys was tackled and penalised after taking too long trying to get onto the left foot. SKOB defender Kelvin Williams cost his side a goal when he took a risk going down the middle of the ground and it went straight back over his head to Tiger spearhead Luke Velluto, who kicked four for the day. Velluto was the beneficiary of 4

some great Tiger midfield work from Kane, Doherty, O’Toole, Tom Tyquin and the Richards boys. Zach Ginies kicked two in the quarter for SKOBs who narrowly stretched their half time lead to 17 points.

The third quarter was another engrossing contest. The first two Tigers goals came through uncharacteristic St Kevin’s errors. A misdirected tap from a stoppage led to an impressive chain of passes through the midfield and Mitchell Coen finished off for the first goal after five minutes of play. Gilham replied for the SKOBs, then a Ben Sullivan error followed by a lightning quick Tiger transition finished with a Luke Velluto mark and goal. SKOB big man Gerard Gleeson kicked his third and Velluto replied.

SKOB leader Plugger Lynch kicked the first behind of the quarter and this led to possibly the Premier B goal of the season. Two kicks from end to end. The kick-in was long and straight, and Chris Richards marked it in the middle of the ground. He played on quickly and launched the kick from just inside the centre circle. The ball bounced into a vacant goal square and through the uprights. The goal brought the margin back to seven points before Phil Edgar kicked a goal on the siren to give the SKOBs some breathing space going into the last quarter.

The Tigers had their chances in the final term, but started with four behinds. When Michael Barnes kicked the first goal for the quarter at the 13 minute mark, the Tigers were within five points and it was game on! Unfortunately they couldn’t bridge the gap. Scoring dried up and Jason Salopek and Plugger Lynch added goals for the SKOBs to ensure a 16 point win.

Old Melburnians 14.6 (90) defeated Old Brighton 7.12 (54) In the other semi-final Old Melburnians and Old Brighton were playing for their season and the right to challenge St Bedes/Mentone for a place in the Grand Final. Tom Paule took advantage of great ruckwork from Patrick Garschagen to snap the first for the OMs and then it was goal-for-goal during the PREMIER B — TIPS IN BOLD St Bedes/Mentone v Old Melburnians THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2015

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next few minutes. A late goal to the Tonners gave them a narrow lead at quarter time.

A bad defensive error from Lewis Haralambous allowed Tonner Tom Mariani to kick the first for the quarter before Alex Armstrong kicked the first of his six goals for the day for the OMs. Dylan Verney had a chance to reply for the Tonners but was put off by good defensive pressure. The OMs proceeded to kick three goals in five minutes to Armstrong and Cameron Beck before a brilliant smother and centring ball from Levi Otto gifted Tonners spearhead Dan Anthony his only goal for the day.

The OMs kicked one more before half time and took a ten point lead into the main break.

The Tonners immediately forced the ball forward and Michael Slater goaled after being pushed in the back.

They had their chances but the Slater goal proved to be their only goal for the quarter as the OMs added four of their own to stretch the lead to 25 points at three-quarter time.

Things didn’t get any better for the Tonners in the last. The OMs kicked three more, including two from Beck before the Tonners snatched a consolation goal at the 20 minute mark. When the siren sounded, the

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Preliminary Final: St Bedes/Mentone (2nd, 14-4) v Old Melburnians (3rd, 12-6) Things are sticking to the script, with the top three teams making it through to the final three places.

The Preliminary final promises to be another fantastic contest. The Tigers’ loss to St Kevins brought their seven game winning streak to an end but they were very impressive, particularly through the midfield. Old Melburnians second half against Old Brighton was workmanlike, restricting the Tonners opportunities while creating plenty of their own. The season series is tied at 1-1. The OMs led all day and hung on for a one-point win in Round 5. They met again in Round 14 and the OMs led at three quarter time before the Tigers unleashed a seven goal to one final term to win by five goals. I am picking St Bedes/ Mentone to win.

LAST ROUND

Old Melburnians 2.1, 7.4, 11.5, 14.6 (90) Old Brighton Grammarians 3.3, 5.6, 6.10, 7.12 (54) GOALS Old Melburnians: A. Armstrong 6, C. Beck 3, T. Paule 2, T. Marshall 2, L. Borthwick 1 Old Brighton Grammarians: M. Karayannis 2, N. Coroneos 1, D. Anthony 1, T. Mariani 1, J. Dickerson 1, M. Slater 1 BEST Old Melburnians: A. Armstrong, L. Borthwick, L. Haralambous, G. Hurley-Wellington, E. De Fegely, C. Cumbrae-Stewart Old Brighton Grammarians: T. Fisher, M. Slater, L. Nicholls, D. Verney, T. Mariani, C. King St Kevins OB 5.1, 8.3, 11.6, 13.7 (85) St Bedes / Mentone Tigers AFC 3.1, 5.4, 9.4, 10.9 (69) GOALS St Kevins OB: G. Gleeson 3, S. Gilham 2, Z. Ginies 2, P. Edgar 2, J. Salopek 1, B. Dowd 1, A. Lynch 1, N. Meehan 1 St Bedes / Mentone Tigers AFC: L. Velluto 4, M. Coen 2, C. Richards 2, T. Doherty 1, M. Barnes 1 BEST St Kevins OB: S. Gilham, J. Salopek, B. McCann, G. Gleeson, N. Meehan, C. Gleeson St Bedes / Mentone Tigers AFC: P. Tyquin, J. Tyquin, S. D’Andrea, C. Richards, L. Velluto, J. O’Kearney

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Tonners season had ended with a six goal defeat, while the Old Melburnians live to fight another day, facing St Bedes/Mentone in the preliminary final.

PREMIER B RESERVE

St Bedes / Mentone Tigers AFC 0.4, 3.5, 7.10, 8.14 (62) Old Brighton Grammarians 0.2, 2.5, 3.7, 6.10 (46) GOALS St Bedes / Mentone Tigers AFC: M. Geschke 2, M. Caia 2, J. Beckwith 1, J. Heron 1, T. McMahon 1, B. Schubert 1 Old Brighton Grammarians: L. Forato 1, J. Davis 1, M. Barber 1, J. Pascoe 1, B. Trivett 1, S. Hooy 1 BEST St Bedes / Mentone Tigers AFC: M. Geschke, B. Nicoll, M. Pitt, J. Cayhan, D. Foley, T. Pastura Old Brighton Grammarians: S. Hooy, B. Jarick, J. Davis, B. Trivett, M. Barber, J. Pascoe Old Melburnians 3.4, 4.6, 9.9, 13.9 (87) St Kevins OB 0.3, 3.8, 5.15, 10.18 (78) GOALS Old Melburnians: N. Madders 3, N. McLardy 3, H. Hanlon 2, C. Wischer 2, T. Hywood 1, J. De Steiger 1, J. Rundell 1 St Kevins OB: M. Lattanzio 2, M. Roberts 1, P. Karageorgiou 1, P. Aughton 1, S. Kennedy 1, R. Stagg 1, L. Nankervis 1, F. Keely 1, P. Dowd 1 BEST Old Melburnians: S. Clarke, T. Hywood, J. De Steiger, N. Madders, N. McLardy, H. Michelmore St Kevins OB: P. Dowd, T. Cunningham, F. Keely, N. McArdle, C. Ross, L. Sabato

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PREMIER C

James Ried

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BLOODS ELIMINATE HOES, BLUES EARN B GRADE One more contender turned pretender in the Premier C premiership race as Old Ivanhoe dropped out. The Hoes were finished in emphatic fashion by Old Haileyburians, who kept them to three scores for the games entirety and progress to the preliminary final. It was a September score line that required a double look with Ivanhoe restrained to 13 points in a 95-point thrashing.

The Bloods move onwards and upwards to tackle the minor premiers Marcellin, who were bested by Monash Blues in the second semi-final.

Monash’s spirited first half led the way to the Blues securing promotion to Premier B in 2016 and a grand final place with a 36-point win. Both games played at Casey Fields could be considered upsets but proved what form and confidence can do for a team. Marcellin and Old Haileybury will meet at Casey Fields on Saturday to decipher the final spot alongside Monash Blues.

2ND SEMI-FINAL REVIEW Old Ivanhoe had a five-goal breeze to start the first quarter but managed to lose the quarter comfortably with one scoring shot to Haileybury’s eight. And this was the tale of the elimination final on Sunday. The Bloods had the Hoes in a stranglehold when they faced the wind and blew them away with it. Ivanhoe kicked one goal in the first quarter with the advantage and one in the third on the second go. While Haileybury battered 12 of its 14 goals with the wind – capitalising on the favourable breeze. Haileybury had a matchwinning 47-point lead at three quarter time before opening the floodgates in the fourth quarter with seven celebratory goals to extend the final margin to 95. Nathan Waite and Jordan Donnelly led Haileybury’s attack with three goals apiece while Chris Povey was the Bloods’ best-onground in his efforts down back. What happened to Old Ivanhoe could come down to a lacklusture second half of the season, where they lost four of their last eight, including being smashed by Old 6

Haileyburians in Round 12 and pushed by the relegated Therry Penola in Round 14 and beaten

by Williamstown in the final round of the year.

They’ll be licking their wounds and searching for improvement to push them into contention for 2016.

1ST SEMI-FINAL REVIEW With a grand final spot on the line Monash Blues quickly laid claim to the position last Saturday.

A 10-goal-to-three first half gave the Blues an inerasable 45-point advantage. Marcellin made a dent in Monash’s lead in the third quarter reducing it to 21-points. But another two goals and another goal-less quarter for the Eagles put the game to bed. Spearhead Nicholas Petering kicked two majors in the win, as did Gareth Taylor who claimed best-on-ground honours while Andrew Kay booted a game-high three goals in the loss. Monash’s 38-point win grants Premier B promotion and have a week off to rest up before playing for the C grade premiership. For Marcellin, the worrying sign is that they have now lost their last six finals fixtures. Another season in Premier C would be crushing for the club’s morale considering how close they have been in recent times.

MARCELLIN’S PAST SIX FINALS FIXTURES: 2012: Marcellin 10.9 (69) defeated by Mazenod 10.10 (70) 2013: Mazenod 24.11 (155) defeated Marcellin 9.12 (66) Marcellin 5.9 (39) defeated by Old Ivanhoe 14.3 (87) 2014: Marcellin 10.12 (72) defeated by Hampton Rovers 16.10 (106) PREMIER C — TIPS IN BOLD Marcellin v Old Haileyburians THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2015

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Marcellin 7.10 (52) defeated by Parkdale Vultures 9.15 (69)

B and set up the grand final for a rematch with Monash Blues.

2015: Marcellin 6.8 (44) defeated by Monash Blues 12.10 (82)

Marcellin v Old Haileyburians in 2015

PRELIMINARY FINAL PREVIEW

Round 5: Old Haileyburians 8.13 (61) defeated by Marcellin 20.13 (133)

Old Haileyburians will be the heavy underdogs when they meet Marcellin on Saturday but unlike the Eagles, the Bloods have proven their worth in finals. Marcellin finished first with a 15-3 winloss record. Old Haileybury squeezed into fourth place at 11-7. But with favouritism comes pressure and Haileybury knows how to apply a relentless amount as seen in last week’s affair with Old Ivanhoe. Outside the extra pressure of finals, when the two met in the home-and-away season, the Eagles won both outings convincingly by 72 and 65 points. So despite Marcellin’s finals form thus far they have the edge over Haileybury, and surely the minor premiers cannot just wash away and fall out of the finals in straight sets. Surely not!

But who knows when the finals crunch gets on the attack. With all this said, I am predicting the Eagles to claw past the Bloods and into Premier

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Round 14: Marcellin 15.10 (100) defeated Old Haileyburians 5.5 (35)

LAST ROUND

PREMIER C RESERVE

Monash Blues 5.2, 10.5, 10.5, 12.10 (82) Marcellin OC 3.1, 3.2, 6.8, 6.8 (44) GOALS Monash Blues: N. Petering 2, G. Taylor 2, J. Griffiths 2, G. Smyth 1, J. Taylor 1, A. Young 1, M. Hardiman 1, A. Oppy 1, D. Easson 1 Marcellin OC: A. Kay 3, J. Bortolotto 2, J. Carlson 1 BEST Monash Blues: G. Taylor, A. Oppy, J. Cosgriff, A. Young, J. Griffiths, J. Bartram Marcellin OC: J. Carlson, J. Blanch, N. Crosbie, M. Gasparini, J. Wood, A. Kay

Premier C Reserve Marcellin OC 2.4, 4.5, 8.6, 10.8 (68) Monash Blues 1.0, 1.2, 3.3, 4.4 (28) GOALS Marcellin OC: T. Blanch 3, R. Di Roberto 3, J. Edwards 1, M. Beayni 1, T. Jones 1, L. Rice 1 Monash Blues: R. Phillips 2, J. Mooney 1, D. Meehan 1 BEST Marcellin OC: A. Manakis, A. Coburn, M. Molloy, R. Di Roberto, P. Lunn, L. Rice Monash Blues: N. Woodland, J. Mooney, S. Le Lievre, T. Waters, R. Phillips, D. Brogden

Old Haileyburians 1.7, 6.11, 7.15, 14.24 (108) Old Ivanhoe Grammarians 1.0, 1.0, 2.1, 2.1 (13) GOALS Old Haileyburians: J. Donnelly 3, N. Waite 3, T. Faulkner 2, B. Voss 2, C. Connelly 1, J. Nicolopoulos 1, E. Limon 1, J. Dawson 1 Old Ivanhoe Grammarians: O. Parks 1, A. Del Monte 1 BEST Old Haileyburians: C. Povey , J. Donnelly, L. Treverton, B. Voss, J. Dawson, T. Witherow Old Ivanhoe Grammarians: L. Oliver, R. Butler, S. Wilcox, B. Nagel, C. Groth, B. Thompson

PEGS Football Club 5.4, 5.4, 9.4, Peninsula OB 0.0, 1.1, 3.1, GOALS PEGS Football Club: M. Wilson 4, A. Khallouf 2, B. Caminiti 1, H. Wilson 1, L. Fitzgerald 1 Peninsula OB: J. Archdeacon 1, S. Murray 1, C. Le Clerc 1, L. Baker 1, D. Leversha 1 BEST PEGS Football Club: L. Fitzgerald, D. Pound, L. Flaherty, J. Vovos, A. Khallouf, M. Wilson Peninsula OB: B. Tracy, D. Leversha, W. Mace, J. Archdeacon, L. Nickels, S. Murray

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9.5 (59) 5.5 (35)

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LATE SCORES, FINES AND TRIBUNAL Late Scores - Week 19 St Kevins – Premier Thirds Old Melburnians – Premier B Seniors Old Xaverians – Premier B Thirds PEGS – Premier C Thirds Prahran Assumption – Division 1 Reserve Ivanhoe – Division 2 Reserve Richmond Central – Division 2 Reserve Swinburne University – Division 3 Reserve West Brunswick – Division 3 Reserve Box Hill – Division 4 Reserve Westbourne Grammarians – Division 4 Reserve Beaumaris – Under 19 Premier St Bernards – Under 19 Premier Caulfield Grammarians – Under 19 (2) Old Carey – Under 19 (3) Mazenod – Under 19 (4) Peninsula – Under 19 (4) La Trobe University – Colts

Incorrect Scores - Week 19 St Kevins – Premier B Seniors Peninsula – Under 19 (4)

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Results of Tribunal – 8 September Noel Bahnsen, Eley Park. Striking, 4 matches. *David Lowe, De La Salle. Unreasonably rough conduct, 2 matches. *Daniel Abou-Karroum, St Johns. Striking, 2 matches. *Mathew Zagni, Beaumaris (Under-19). Striking, 2 matches. *Jaydn Head, Collegians (Reserves). Forceful front on contact, 2 matches. *Jarrod Balme, Kew (Reserves). Forceful front-on contact, 2 matches. *Accepted Prescribed Penalty Results of Investigation St Johns and Old Paradians major melee, senior match on 6 September.

Both clubs accepted the prescribed penalty. Old Paradians $300 (1st offence), St. Johns $1000 ($500 (2nd offence) plus $500 suspended fine from previous major melee.

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MATT KEOWN (NOBS/ST PATS) ‘The scene 2007: Terry Scanlon steps down as President and by the end of the playing year decided he wants to coach, after a break of almost 35 years!

An assistant coach is required. I said to Jack Nihill, “that young player who is training with us in the club 18’s, plays with Sandhurst, surely he must be getting tired of travelling home each weekend – he may be interested in taking up a position as a playing coach!” Jack says he’ll find out. The rest is history and what a great history it was. Being recognised as one of the most decorated players in NOBSP history (Debut: 2008 146 games - B&F 2010,11,12 &13 -VAFA B&F 2011 & 12 - VAFA Rep 2012 Captain 2012-15 – RU B&F 2009 & 14 – Leading Goal kicker 2013, 14, 15.). A testament to Matt Keown’s preparation and fitness and a great example to other players who have played with him over the past 8 years.’

Bernard Skahill

‘I’ve never retired anyone, but the sight of Charlie Holst, Nick Ries, Shura Taft, and James Jorgensen walking off arm in arm was magnificent. Words fail me. Everyone that played in that game will remember that forever, and the young blokes who stood tall will be so much better for it. If only you could bottle that feeling!!! What a win, what a win!’

SHURA TAFT, CHARLIE HOLST, NICK RIES AND JAMES JORGENSEN (COLLEGIANS) ‘Yesterday I said goodbye to a significant part of my life, with 3 of the best blokes you could ever hope to know (and a legend in the lighter jumper who plays on). Collectively we played over 750 games of amateur footy.

Won flags, lost flags, avoided relegation but most importantly had a bloody great time doing it.

Life long mates and memories.

Yesterday was one for the ages!’

Shura Taft

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RETIREMENTS With the end of the season quickly approaching, the inevitable spate of players hanging up the boots, or even simply contemplating their football future, is amongst us once more. This week, we take a look at a couple of the stars from either side of the Yarra River who have called curtains on storied careers.

Next week, we anticipate a few more emails will drop into the inbox with a few details of the greats who have saluted, at least on the field, for the last time.

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MONDAY, I GOT SATURDAY ON MY MIND A funny story came across my desk this week from Brad Beitzel. Not only does it illustrate the importance of checking your dates once, twice and maybe even three times (a lady), but it also presents a strong message to players, both past and present, to consider a future as an umpire in the VAFA. As you will read in the following excerpt, former players such as Victor have moved into umpiring and now see their role as an umpire (whether field, boundary or goal) as passionately as they viewed their role as a player.

Contact Brian Woodhead at bwoodhead@vafa. com.au with any enquiries on how to take the first step into a new role as a VAFA official. It could very well be the greatest move you will make in your football career!

‘BETWEEN Melbourne’s Saturday traffic snarls and 200 appointments, umpires’ organiser Brian Woodhead has a hot phone at noon as he navigates the starting of games.

But umpire Victor Wong went the other way and arrived a day early for his first final last Sunday!

Wong, 51, had an excuse.

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It’s Wong’s 33rd consecutive season with the VAFA after 32 years of playing (Kew 16 years and Chadstone 16) he has turned to the whistle.

“I haven’t missed a week and each week for each of those 33 years has been on a Saturday – I’ve never been involved in any Sunday games in the Amateurs,” Wong explained.

Wong’s embarrassment was matched by his frustration at having trekked cross town but none of that got in his way of his 2015 resolution to each day to do 100-rep sets of sit-ups, push-ups and squats with 5 x 1km runs accompanying the workout.

“I do it even when I umpire and on Saturdays I then help run the Sukhothai Thai Restaurant in Northcote.”

“I do get tired by Sunday but it’s been a satisfying winter.”’

When he is not umpiring, Victor runs fitness classes for both individuals and groups. Seeing how fit Victor remains even into his 50s, he might be worth giving a call as the summer approaches on 0414 826 183.

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HUNGRY, THIRSTY: PREMIERSHIP DROUGHTS With eight teams playing off in senior grand finals this year, it is hard to ignore the burning question on the lips of every budding statistician. Who is the thirstiest side competing this week? Well, in Division 1, Kew has been well watered in the past two years with back-to-back premierships and a chance to go the three peat against Ormond.

However, they waited 34 years to return to the podium, so they are very aware of how hard it is to break the drought. Ormond’s last piece of silverware was won in 2008 when they were in C Grade, the section they will jump back into next year.

In Division 3, Emmaus St Leos has won three senior premierships since it first entered the competition as St Leo’s Wattle Park in 1992. They won a premiership in their inaugural season, however it has been over a decade since their last senior victory, coming in 2002. Their opponent, West Brunswick, is coming off a premiership in Division 4 last season. Nonetheless, they too will be striving for their first Division 3 premiership since 2002.

Division 4 plays host to a game between two ‘new’ clubs. Parkside has returned from the North, the Northern Football League that is, to rejoin the VAFA for the first time since 2002, and now proudly sit on the verge of a miraculous premiership win from 5th spot. The last time they won a premiership in the VAFA goes back to 1988 when they were crowned the champions of B Grade. Funnily enough, they beat Kew that year THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2015

by 50 points. The team that stands in their way is the Canterbury Cobras, formerly of EFL fame, who are the only side in this bunch of eight who has not won a VAFA premiership. In only their second season as a VAFA club, but with a rich and extensive history as one of the oldest Australian Rules football clubs, Canterbury has a grand opportunity to open their tally after a stellar H&A season.

The answer to the golden question comes from Division 2, where Ivanhoe awaits a crack at their first senior premiership since 1969, when they were victorious in Premier B. For those who are numerically challenged, that is an overwhelming 46 years since they’ve won a senior premiership.

They competed in the Division 3 grand final in 2012, but were smashed by the all-conquering Yarra Valley. This year, they have the opportunity to win three premierships at Reserves, Colts and Senior level. Such a feat hasn’t been replicated since Kew achieved the triple in 2013. Their opponents will be the hungry Old Paradians who also host a hefty drought against their name.

They have been waiting since 1986, when they were in Premier B themselves. Old Paradians shared a few dalliances with Ormond in their time near the top of the competition, including their victory over them in 1963.

On a side note, this is also the first time any of these sides have taken on their respective opponent in a senior grand final. A new narrative for the next era awaits.

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A FEW FUN FACTS ABOUT SOME OF OUR FINALISTS… PREMIER Old Trinity will be playing off in their first Premier grand final next week. The highest they have previously finished in the top flight is 4th.

If University Blues beat St Bernards this week, it will be the first time they have played Old Trinity in a VAFA grand final.

DIVISION 1 Ormond and Kew last played in the same section together in 1989. This was the last time Kew was in Premier A. Kew is chasing a third straight premiership for the first time in their history. This is the first time they’ve been promoted back into the Premier sections since 1995.

Ormond has not won a Division 1 premiership since 1933. Kew has never played in a Division 1 grand final.

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The last time the Snowdogs took on Uni Blues in a final was in the 2004 Premier Grand Final, where Uni Blues took the chocolates by 66 points and John Kanis was coach.

As previously mentioned, Ivanhoe has not won a senior premiership since 1969.

PREMIER B

The last time Ivanhoe participated in Division 1 was in 2003. They finished in 9th place that season.

St Kevins has broken a nine game finals losing streak with their victory over St Bede’s Mentone.

Their last finals win was over a decade ago in 2004!

St Bede’s Mentone will be hoping that the spirit of the Luke Beveridge era still lives strong as they take on Old Melburnians in the hope of jumping back into Premier section. Beveridge was the coach of SBMT from 2006-08 when they won three in a row and jumped from Premier C into the top flight.

Old Melburnians last played in Premier in 2011, the year that St Bede’s played off in the grand final against Collegians and lost.

PREMIER C Marcellin has not won a final in their past six outings.

Monash Blues has not played in Premier B since 1992. The last time they won a Premier C premiership was back in 1987.

Old Haileybury is searching for its first premiership since it won Premier A in 2006. Carl Steinfort, former Geelong and Collingwood AFL player, was named best afield that afternoon.

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Speaking of three peats, Old Paradians won 6 of 7 Premier A premierships from 1962-1968. This streak featured two three peats.

DIVISION 3 West Brunswick is playing in consecutive grand finals for the first time since 1980-81.

Unfortunately, they only won the 1981 grand final of that pairing. As such, if they beat Emmaus St Leos, this will be the first time they’ve gone back to back.

Emmaus St Leos won a premiership in their inaugural season (1992) in the same division they currently compete in.

DIVISION 4 This is Canterbury’s first grand final in the VAFA. It is also just their second season.

This is the first season back in the VAFA for Parkside, who joined the Northern Football League in 2002. Parkside won a premiership in the NFL in 2009 when they beat Hurstbridge in Division 3 by 16 points.

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Similarly to the 2014 luncheon, this year’s event will be hosted

by Barrie Cassidy (pictured) and will feature special guests Leigh Matthews and Greg Champion. Ex-Hawthorn legend and player voted the greatest of the 20th Century, Matthews has a list of achievements as long as his 332-game playing career. He is an eight-time club best and fairest, four-time premiership player, four-time premiership coach, AFL Team of the Century inductee and three-club Hall of Fame inductee (Hawthorn, Collingwood and Brisbane).

Champion – who will be performing on the day – is an Australian songwriter, guitarist, radio personality and athlete. Best known among the Australian Rules football fraternity for penning cult classic ‘That’s the thing about Football’, Champion was awarded 2010 Victorian Male Vocalist of the Year in the Victorian Country Music Awards.

Political journalist and former Insiders and Offsiders television host, Cassidy has built a highly respected reputation during his 46-year career due to his ability to observe and subsequently provide expert analysis on Australia’s political affairs.

The VAFA Grand Final Lunch will give attendees the opportunity to celebrate the achievements of the newly crowned VAFA premiers from the weekend prior, as well as a chance to preview the three Premier section grand finals taking place on the ensuing weekend. Tickets are $160 per person or you can book a table of 10 for $1500. If you wish to book a table, please contact the VAFA and arrange for your company name to be listed prior to purchase. All enquiries should be directed to Ally Handley via email or on 03 9537 6777.

MAGAREY MEDAL NUMBER 2 FOR JOEL CROSS Former Old Xaverians and Old Camberwell midfielder Joel Cross has won his second Magarey Medal, storming away from all comers to win with 25 votes. “I was coming tonight to have a good night and it turned out nicely,” Cross, 28, quipped following the win. “It’s been a fantastic opportunity for me to come over here and play in such a fantastic competition and I really do love the SANFL, and I love South Australia and I love the people I’ve met.”

Cross started his VAFA career in 2006 in the U19s at Old Xaverians before switching to Old Camberwell in 2007. In his first year at Old Camberwell he won the club’s best and fairest in a premiership year, before continuing to play for both Old Camberwell and Box Hill Hawks in the ensuing years. Cross now has three competition best and fairests in his trophy cabinet after he won the VFL Reserves Todd Medal when playing for the Hawks.

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VAFA GRAND FINAL LUNCH The Victorian Amateur Football Association invites all members of the VAFA community to the 2015 William Buck Grand Final Lunch at the Grand Hyatt Ballroom, Friday 18 September.

MILESTONES

All milestones to ally@vafa.com.au by Monday noon.

Please supply a picture or Milestones reserves the right to find one on the web.

GAMES

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Congratulations to St Bernards’ NIC COOKE – Nic will line up for his 100th Senior game for St Bernard’s in this week’s Preliminary Final. Nic came through St Bernards’ Junior program, before a brief stint at Calder Cannons. After only ten U19 games made his Senior debut in 2009.

Nic won a VAFA U19 rep jumper in 2011 and has been a hard running competitor in a number of positions, playing an important part of the clubs rise in recent years. Well done ‘Cooka’.

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Congratulations to Ormond’s ROBERT CHISHOLM – Coming from an Ormond family, Chiz played for the Ormond Juniors. His career highlights include playing in the U19 premiership in 2005 and representing the VAFA C-D4 representative team in 2011.

Congratulations for reaching this milestone and what a game to be playing it in!

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Congratulations to Kew FC’s MAX WATERS – Max plays his 50th game in today’s Division 1 Grand Final. Max is a determined defender who is a dual premiership player for The Bears.

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VAFA LEAGUE MEDALS + NEXT WEEK’S RECORD The counts for Premier B to Division 4 were held on Tuesday and Wednesday night this week to raging success. To prevent a leak, we decided not to post the results for this record, however all the results will be in next week’s bumper edition of the VAFA record.

The full colour record will be distributed next week in time for what should be a historic weekend of amateur football. The Woodrow Medal will also take place next Wednesday at the Crown Casino, where all the individual medals will be presented. It promises to be a cracking night!

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RICHMOND CENTRAL AMATEUR FOOTBALL CLUB (RCAFC) Division 2 - VAFA POSITIONS AVAILABLE: • Senior Coach • Reserves Coach • Club XVIII Coach • Football Operations Manager Applications are invited for all 2016 coaching positions as well as the role of football operations manager.

The 2015 season saw our senior side consolidate after promotion to Div2. Our reserves side is again in the finals after finishing 3rd and our club XVIII made the finals in Div1 after winning the flag in their last two seasons.

We are also seeking the appointment of a football operations manager who can assist in the support and development of our growing football program as we look to again develop our under 18/19 side.

RCAFC have built an exceptional culture that has seen a strong retention and recruitment of the playing list year on year. This has also transferred off field with the growth of our netball program to over12 teams.

As we move up the divisions we will continue to support the football operations with the best possible on and off field support. We are offering a competitive remuneration package for the right candidate.

Please send applications or enquiries to: Rowan Pizzey President, RCAFC president@rcafc.com 0409 540 011

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DIVISION 1

William Balme

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THE MIDNIGHT HOUR: ORMOND-KEW IV There were stages during the Old Geelong-Ormond clash at Waverley Oval where it all seemed to be falling into place for the Oggers. They were creating out of the midfield, using the ball well off the flanks and they were gaining shots at goal from very gettable positions on the field. Unfortunately for the OGs, they missed, and they missed and they missed again. For the Old Geelong faithful, it must’ve been heartbreaking seeing their side fall short of a Premier C berth as Ormond took their opportunities and clung onto a strong win to set up everyone’s favourite Rocky sequel. ORMOND-KEW IV. The one where Drago is quipped saying ‘if he dies, he dies’.

In footy, it all appears just as heartless. You have 26 shots on goal, you only convert 9 of them, and the other 17 miss the mark. If you miss, you miss. There’s nothing else to it. The Monders’ youth once again showed their class, as Nick Edwards and Dimitri Fasoulis were a huge part of the equation for pulling Ormond into the ultimate test.

It was a fine day for football on Saturday afternoon at Waverley Oval, and the sun was shining on Old Geelong early as they kicked the first three goals and looked ominous. However, by quarter time it was back to square, with Rob Chisholm in red-hot form on the half forward line. Both sides had a key out, with Colby O’Brien missing for the OGs and Chris Coghlan not coming up for Ormond. The battles across the ground were immense. Martinov went toe-to-toe with Carl Joyce, who was simply outstanding, Wood and Barnes took it up to each other and Rupert Kemp faced off with Chisholm in an engrossing battle. In each of these battles, there was a sense that neutralisation had taken place.

The game was won on the outside, where Ormond were cleaner and classier in putting their finishing touches on. For all Nicholas Hardie-Grant’s excellent work across the ground, I’m sure he’d agree with me that he was guilty of butchering the ball on a number of occasions, including in the aftermath of two 25-metre penalties where he missed a relatively easy shot on goal in the third quarter. Nonetheless, he was not the only man in the blue and white 16

hoops that missed gettable chances. On no less than five occasions, Old Geelong missed gettable shots in their dominant ten minutes at the start of the third term. Once Ormond got the ball back into their half, they kicked over the zone and had the players who ran hard into the forward line. The hard-running Fasolulis capitalised on three of these opportunities and set up another couple.

In the final stanza, Old Geelong had to come back from 16 points down. Jack McMeel kicked one, then they missed… and alas, they missed again. After Chisholm kicked a beauty from 50 out, there was toing and froing, however the missed opportunities came back to haunt Old Geelong as they fell by 14 points. The footy was extremely entertaining and free flowing from flank to flank, and it must be said that Old Geelong has a lot of positives to take from the season, with wins over every side in the competition, excepting for the most important one of all, Ormond.

Willie Bee’s votes: 5 Rupert Kemp (OG) 4 Ryan Martin (Ormond) 3 Nick Edwards (Ormond) 2 Sam Blandford (Ormond) 1 Josh Hoevenaars (OG)

WAYNE WEIDEMANN’S GRAND FINAL PREVIEW We’ve been hit with a bit of a Christmas in September theme here, as the two best sides throughout the Home and Away season face off in the big one. In the red corner, we have the minor premiers Ormond, with a season record of 18-2. Without the influence of that pesky mosquito that is Kew, they would have had the perfect season. Instead, they come into the game reeling from their semi final loss to the brown and gold. Ormond is a club with an exceptional VAFA history, and there is little doubt that they harbor ambitions of moving back into the top flight over before a quarter of this century passes. The last time they hoisted a D-Grade (Divisional) premiership was back in 1933. Since that day, the Monders have THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2015

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lifted a premiership cup 12 times, including nine times in A Grade. Richard Simon, Ashleigh Lever and the Ormond lads would love nothing more than for 2015 to mark the beginning of a new era. With plenty of young talent, including the explosive Nick Edwards, the cool head Matthew Oaten down back and the developing midfield of Sam Mason, Henry and Jeremy Simon. Match that with old heads of Matthew Martinov, Rob Chisholm, Simon Keleher and of course, Mal ‘Big Heist’ Michael, and they are hard to stop when they get on a roll.

However, in the blue corner is the challenger Kew. Kew has a formidable record in the past three seasons, winning two premierships and now playing off in a third consecutive grand final. Alike Ormond, Kew is a district side, and one who was struggling coming into the 2011 season, after narrowly avoiding relegation to Division Four. Enter Ian Aitken and Joe Chessari, and a host of new faces including Andrew Brazzale and Thomas Leeds, and the club’s fortunes have been turned on their head.

In 2013 they defeated Elsternwick in the Division 3 grand final and St Mary’s Salesian last year in the Division 2 finale. This year, with key forwards Brazzale and Maibaum tipped to return, they are just as hungry for the three-peat. With improvement from Jack Delbridge and Ned Rohrt in the middle, the old firm down back continually doing their job and the X-factor of Zac Jones and Tim ‘Beacon’ Orchard, Kew is not the side to slack off.

What we have here is a marvelous game of football DIVISION 1 — TIPS IN BOLD (YEARS TOTAL 74/82%)

ORMOND V KEW 2015 FIXTURES Round 10: Ormond 8 12 60 defeated by Kew 19 9 123 WB votes: 3 D Spencer (K) 2 K Margaritas (K) 1 M Henderson (K) Round 16: Kew 4 7 31 defeated by Ormond 9 16 70 WB votes: 3 M Oaten (O) 2 D Fasoulis (O) 1 M Henderson (K) Semi Final 2: Ormond 6 9 45 defeated by Kew 10 12 72

LAST ROUND

Ormond AFC 3.2, 6.3, 11.5, 13.7 (85) Old Geelong 3.2, 7.8, 7.13, 9.17 (71) GOALS Ormond AFC: D. Fasoulis 3, R. Chisholm 2, S. Mason 1, J. Simon 1, S. Keleher 1, M. Martinov 1, I. Tahana 1, A. Schwarz 1, J. Lever 1, B. Upstill 1 Old Geelong: J. McMeel 4, A. Bird 1, B. Gore 1, M. Young 1, A. Leahy 1, J. Hoevenaars 1 BEST Ormond AFC: M. Oaten, N. Edwards, S. Blandford, D. Fasoulis, M. Martinov, R. Martin Old Geelong: R. Kemp, C. Joyce, J. Hoevenaars, J. McMeel, N. Hardie-Grant, A. Bird

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There you have it. Get down to Coburg City Oval for the 2015 Division 1 Grand Final on Saturday afternoon. It is going to be a cracker.

WB votes: 3 J Guerin (K) 2 A Doxey (K) 1 C Coghlan (O)

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that will be hard, intense and passionate. Final word from Wayne? ‘Impact players. Dimitri Fasoulis from Ormond. Knows how to find the big sticks. For Kew, Tim Allman. The big white duck/snake is a hard working, big game player. Ormond by a point.’

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Prahran Assumption AFC 2.3, 6.3, 10.6, 13.8 (86) Kew AFC 3.4, 6.6, 7.8, 8.9 (57) GOALS Prahran Assumption AFC: J. Rice 6, R. Ellis 2, D. Cupples 1, M. Francis 1, J. Ancrum 1, M. Shaw 1, B. Kelly 1 Kew AFC: C. Truran-Johnson 3, M. Matheson 2, D. Lloyd 1, N. Monaco 1, A. Michael 1 BEST Prahran Assumption AFC: J. Rice, M. Francis, M. Pisker, N. Davey, L. Kerr, J. Frydman Kew AFC: L. Marriott, M. Brazzale, D. Lloyd, C. Truran-Johnson, D. Boehm, W. Balme

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DIVISION 2

Brenton Mann

@BrentyMann

RAIDERS VANQUISH JOCS AND FACE HOES IN GRANNY Old Paradians booked their spot in this week’s grand final against Ivanhoe with a stirring, 30-point, come-from-behind win over St John’s at Aquinas College. An unlikely outcome for many outsiders, the win sees Parade gain a welldeserved promotion into Division 1 in 2016.

Trailing by 35 points at quarter-time, the Raiders found themselves in a precarious position, and responded in fine-style. Coming off their gritty elimination final victory over Northern Blues, Parade bottled the momentum gained and took it into last week. The momentum swayed with howling gale, and the team that made the most of the breeze and more importantly, kicked goals against it, fared the better. St John’s made full use of it in the first but unfortunately for the JOCs, that’s where the good news stopped. The Raiders sprung to life in the second term and swung the momentum in their favour. They slammed on sixgoals-to-nil and converted a 35-point deficit into a seven-point lead. Parade is renowned for the ability to restrict sides scoring and capitalising with attacking efficiency. These trademarks are what got them into the preliminary final and now into the grand final. The Raiders may have entered this finals series in scratchy form, but they surely saved their best until last. St John’s to their credit mounted a third quarter challenge, but inaccuracy and a lack of structure inside-50 didn’t allow them to take full advantage. Parade managed two goals against the breeze, which were like gold. The JOCs spent their petrol tickets in the third and the Raiders put their foot down in the last to secure a memorable win. It’s a great fillip for a club that’s struggled to find the form and consistency over the past three years to mount any serious challenge. After being bundled out of last year’s finals series by Eltham without a whimper, this year the Raiders found a steely resolve that will hold them in good stead. St John’s exit the year in far less glory than it began.

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and an unwavering hunger. After an 8–0 start to the year, the JOCs were hit by the injury stick and struggled thereafter to field their best team and unfortunately, it signalled their downfall. Finals are won with continuity in personnel, game plan and performance, and St John’s simply were too inconsistent in all three.

2015 SEN GRAND FINAL PREVIEW: IVANHOE v OLD PARADIANS @ HIGHGATE RESERVE, CRAGIEBURN For Parade, Ivanhoe offers a far greater challenge.

The Hoes are a different beast. The Raiders have failed in both their encounters this season, by an average losing margin of 20 points. After burying its 2014 demons at Highgate Reserve with their elimination final win over Northern Blues, the venue holds no fear for the Raiders.

Ivanhoe has taken its show on the road and succeeded for the majority of the year, and simply fear no one. Paul Harris & Co. have done a remarkable job in preparing the Hoes for a legitimate premiership tilt and have one more hurdle to overcome. Ivanhoe play a systemic and structured style that has held them in excellent stead this year, and has proven extremely hard to combat. Their ability to remain staunch in their game style is a major strength, but it can be exploited. Parade plays a highly contested game, with plenty of numbers around the ball and they have the capacity to grind sides down.

In their last defeat, which was only their second loss this year, to Melbourne High, Ivanhoe failed to win the footy at the coalface and were beaten in a dogfight. This should be the template for the Raiders. Parade’s bigger bodied midfielders will

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relish the congestion, and the Raiders possess enough match-winners up forward to capitalise on minimal opportunities. Ivanhoe generates the majority of their scores from behind centre and rely on thwarting opposition’s attacking chains and then burning them on the rebound. The vast expanses of Highgate Reserve will favour the Hoes ability to switch the ball laterally from their back half and attack through the wings. Parade must engage Ivanhoe’s defenders and not allow them to guard space and intercept at will.

Parade’s pressure inside-50 must be manic and lock the ball in their forward half for as long as possible. At the other end of the ground, Parade’s back six will have its hands full. Ivanhoe gunforwards in Mitch Lovell, Reuben BlackmooreMoore and Justin Harty are dynamic and elusive and are in red-hot form. Like most games, the key to victory lies with the side that can win the ball, control it and force opposition turnovers and capitalise. Simply, control the ball when you have it, and fight like hell to win it back when you don’t. I believe that Ivanhoe will withstand the inevitable Paradian pressure and hold their nerve to take out their first senior premiership since 1969.

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Round 7: Old Paradians 8.8 (56) defeated by Ivanhoe 11.16 (82) Round 14: Ivanhoe 10.8 (68) defeated Old Paradians 7.13 (55)

LAST ROUND

Old Paradians 1.1, 7.7, 9.7, 13.12 (90) St Johns OC 6.6, 6.6, 7.10, 8.12 (60) GOALS Old Paradians: B. Holden 4, J. Kandilakis 2, D. Boundy 2, M. Nolan 1, K. O’Brien 1, M. Bellizia 1, L. McCann 1, A. Tulipano 1 St Johns OC: A. Thornton 3, T. Edwards 2, D. Abou-Karroum 1, R. Scott 1, D. Cattolico 1 BEST Old Paradians: J. Kappos, C. Kandilakis, M. Nolan, A. Tsapatsaris, A. Sheehy, B. Holden St Johns OC: J. Gaget, D. Cattolico, E. Jakwot, T. Edwards, G. Costas, D. Abou-Karroum

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IVANHOE v OLD PARADIANS CLASHES IN 2015

DIVISION 2 RESERVE

MHSOB

3.4,

4.6,

8.8,

10.8 (68)

Richmond Central AFC

0.0,

2.3,

2.4,

5.5 (35)

GOALS Mhsob: K. Smith 3, B. Jellis 3, J. Lewis 1, S. Anderson 1, A. Tran 1, B. Pretty 1 Richmond Central AFC: B. Beckham 1, C. Pullen 1, A. Fraser 1, S. Copland 1, S. Brown 1 BEST Mhsob: A. Tran, S. Hayes, B. Jellis, L. Driscoll, S. Anderson, L. Hood Richmond Central AFC: R. McCaughey, S. Brown, J. Fenech, D. Curnow, J. Shaw, B. Beckham

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Gavin Southern

GRAND FINAL: MAGPIES OR ANIMALS? Emmaus St. Leo’s were able to account for Aquinas un-scathed and Aquinas tried hard all day but, simply didn’t have the firepower. West Brunswick just harassed the Hawks for four quarters. Hawthorn struggled with the wind and the Magpies forward pressure. Well, we’ve been predicting this match-up since halfway through the year. The best defence will face off against the best attack. The stage is set for that “One day in September” and a game to remember. To the semis:

S/F 1: EMMAUS ST. LEO’S DEFEATED AQUINAS Good conditions at Garvey Oval Bundoora. The Bloods with their backs to the wall managed to grab their only lead with the first point of the game. The Animals were keen to dominate from the first bounce with Ryan Harding looking good early and looking fit. In the second, the Animals continued their dominance, however they kicked seven points straight before scoring three goals at the end of the quarter to Aquinas’ one point.

A 48-point lead at the long break, saw Aquinas come out and attempt to change the momentum but the Animals defence stood firm, only letting Aquinas two goals in three quarters. The Animals put in a great four-quarter performance to brew a 94-point victory with Callum Hogan (BOG) and Will Carpenter leading the defence. Ryan Harding led all scorers with seven goals, helped out by Lalor, McIvor, Paul Baranello and Will Hillman with two goals each. Most of Aquinas’ stars were quiet however, Michael Jess (one goal) and Phil Jurkovsky (one goal) stood out. Billy O’Loughlin was the only multiple goal-scorer for the Bloods.

The Animals are riding high with one more hurdle to leap over.

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months earlier. Hawthorn was kicking to the train station end and into a genuine 6-7-goal breeze.

I thought the Hawks had actually settled earlier but they still couldn’t get passed the CHB line, led by Cormac Cashi as they struggled into the wind. The Magpies were blazing and not looking for targets until Dylan Muscat marked from 25 out. Up by two goals, the Magpies then tried to kick scores from outside the arc but the wind took the ball through the points every time. Hawthorn were really struggling with kick-outs, not using the huddle and trying to pinpoint targets on the flanks. The Magpies slowly built confidence as the game progressed and finished the last 10 minutes of the first kicking 5-3 and a 7-11 to zero scoreline. Hawthorn Coach, Luke Mather, implored the Hawks at quarter time and had belief, as you should. After Muscat’s goal, the Hawks got going in the second, sticking to the game plan, and two huge goals from Sam Gold (BOG and 3 goals) outside the arc reduced the margin to 28 at the half. Going into the third, the sun left us and the quarter started slowly. The Hawks scored the first into the breeze, but the Magpies were then able to capitalise. Strong Bill Irving marks (three goals), a goal from Cormac Cashin, streaming through from the backline in conjunction with three late ones from the Magpies got the lead out passed 11 goals. By the fourth, the wind petered out and so did the game with the Magpies coming out 54 point victors. Warwick Baker was best for the Magpies.

GRAND FINAL PREVIEW It’s great to see the VAFA came out with the times and venue so quickly for this weeks Grand Finals.

You will struggle to find a better ground for the Division 3 Grand Final than at Trevor Barker Oval, Sandringham this Sunday.

I know both coaches, Al Sutherland and Angus Hamilton had a good look at their opposition last week and BOTH have massive tasks on how to best attack the match. I’m at a loss to predict a winner but to choose one I’ve had to ask myself some questions: DIVISION 3 — TIPS IN BOLD Emmaus St. Leo's v West Brunswick

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Emmaus St. Leo’s has averaged 129 points a game in the home/away season and it’s up to 140 for the finals. The defence has also improved allowing opposition scoring an average of 60 HA and just the 48 for finals. West Brunswick are 105 HA and 100 for finals and have maintained their defence at 48-50. This can be the story here alone. If it’s low scoring, could this play into the Magpies hands?

The strengths of both sides is the ESL forward line/WB backline. ESL’s forward line of Harding, Beluszar, Hillman, Robin, Lalor and Hill are all proven goal-kickers. Not all of them need to be firing to win. West Brunny has a history of playing a spare and their backline has been a wall all year.

Which structure best suits? Do you tag Magpie, Cormac Cashin in defence?

At the other end, the West Brunswick forward line put tremendous pressure on their opposition and has kicked more than half of their score from turnovers. Can the Animals utilise the ball from kick-outs and clearances coming out?

Then there’s battle of the midfield, it’s 50/50 but, at the end of the day, Emmaus St. Leo’s have done nothing to change my vote. I’m tipping the Animals.

THANK-YOU Lastly, after completing my first year as a scribe, I wanted to take the time to thank a few people that have made my life easier during the season.

Thanks to Andrew Leonard for his support. William Balme, for his support and stepping in for me round 11. Also, a big thank-you to the people who contributed during the year from the Div 3 sides: Dr. Mack (ESL), Coach Angus Hamilton (WB), Pat Clancy (Haw), Kane Fitzpatrick (SU), Sam Woollard (LTU) and John Alexandridis (EP) Good Luck to both sides.

Can Magpie Owen Taylor, restrict the influence of Jon O’Connor/Ballard (or Hawa) in the ruck?

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Emmaus St Leos OC AFC 5.1, 8.10, 12.15, 18.19 (127) Aquinas OC 1.3, 1.4, 2.6, 4.9 (33) GOALS Emmaus St Leos OC AFC: R. Harding 7, P. Baranello 2, W. Hillman 2, M. McIver 2, M. Lalor 2, D. Hill 1, C. Beluszar 1, N. Robin 1 Aquinas OC: B. O’Loughlin 2, M. Jess 1, P. Jurkovsky 1 BEST Emmaus St Leos OC AFC: C. Hogan, W. Carpenter, N. Baranello, J. O’Connor, R. Stafford, A. Ballard Aquinas OC: M. Jess, P. Jurkovsky, J. Perrett, R. Foster, A. La Marca, D. D’Angelo

Swinburne University AFC 0.1, 0.3, 2.7, Emmaus St Leos OC AFC 2.2, 3.5, 3.8, GOALS Swinburne University AFC: E. Black 1, N. Iskra 1, J. Perillo 1, C. Atkins 1, J. Bradley 1 Emmaus St Leos OC AFC: R. Hughes 1, E. Mitchell 1, J. Crothers 1 BEST Swinburne University AFC: M. Daly, E. Black, J. Bradley, T. Polites, M. Lingham, S. Capra Emmaus St Leos OC AFC: A. Brien, E. Mitchell, N. Hodder, G. Simondson, J. Fee, J. Crothers

West Brunswick AFC 7.10, 9.11, 17.20, 18.21 (129) Hawthorn AFC 0.0, 5.7, 6.8, 10.14 (74) GOALS West Brunswick AFC: B. Irving 3, D. Muscat 3, L. Buckler 3, S. Hulm 2, A. Gibson 2, M. Holmes 2, W. Dillon 1, J. Taylor 1, C. Cashin 1 Hawthorn AFC: S. Gold 3, J. Perks 1, J. Kenneally 1, D. Pritchard 1, G. Gromadovski 1, J. Lehmann 1, R. McElgunn 1, A. Beaton 1 BEST West Brunswick AFC: W. Baker, C. Cashin, B. Simpson, E. Lloyd, L. Buckler, L. Martin Hawthorn AFC: S. Gold, A. Beaton, G. Gromadovski, J. Kenneally, R. McElgunn, D. Pritchard

West Brunswick AFC 5.4, 9.6, 13.11, 13.13 (91) UHS-VU AFC 1.0, 2.4, 2.4, 4.12 (36) GOALS West Brunswick AFC: A. Thompson 4, B. Shepherd 2, B. Rodin 2, R. George 1, R. Devlin 1, J. Sandow 1, M. Graham 1, T. Costa 1 UHS-VU AFC: N. Swanson 2, L. Temming 1, B. Collins 1 BEST West Brunswick AFC: J. Sandow, B. Lichtenstein, C. Bull, A. Thompson, T. Costa, H. Paez UHS-VU AFC: L. Bainbridge, T. Woodlock, M. Reinhard, J. Bade, S. Quinn, A. Certo

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DIVISION 4

Rich Hummerston

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BRING YOUR KNIFE AND FORK, IT’S TIME FOR THE SEPTEMBER FEAST Every year, in every footy league across every footy code, the tales of clubs making the big dance come to the fore. And while over time, with every telling, these stories become more and more embellished, the remarkable stories of commitment, perseverance and belief, will be etched not only into the walls of history of the competition, but the minds of every single individual involved, from the captain to the juniors helping run the boundary in the reserves.

Canterbury and Parkside have travelled vastly different paths to the Grand Final this year. Canterbury, after so nearly finding promotion in their first year were installed by many as favourites to take the chocolates this year. And true to form, they played up to the lofty expectations; however losses in the last round of the season and the semi-final were well-publicised blemishes on their record. Their strong win against Box Hill North allowed them to regain their credibility and win promotion. They’ve been the best team all year, and are deserved Grand Finalists.

Parkside, on the other hand, were the great unknown at season’s start, and have gone about things a little differently. After losing to Canterbury by the smallest of margins in the first round, their stocks took a hit and their season was peppered with disappointing losses and a battle to even make the finals. A stark contrast to the season of their counterpart, who they are due to face on Saturday afternoon at Garvey Oval.

After scraping through to the top six, many, myself included, didn’t give Parkside much of a chance.

While we were all singing the praises of Canterbury and Westbourne, Parkside were unassumingly going about their business, and unbeknownst to the rest of the competition, taking serious aim at the ultimate accolade.

With the stock to match their ambitions, Parkside have timed their run perfectly, sensationally knocking off Westbourne in the semi-final and then coasting through against the formidable North Brunswick in the preliminary final.

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Parkside at no stage during the year cracked the top three on the ladder, they loss to sides below them, they loss to sides above them, but at the end of the day, that doesn’t matter now. On paper, they have been the best side in the competition over the past month, and like Canterbury, deserve their spot in the big dance. In fact, I can’t think of anyone who deserves it more.

Editor’s note: Weirdly enough, there are many parallels between Canterbury and Parkside.

Canterbury entered the VAFA’s bottom division two years ago when they transferred from the SFL to the VAFA, whilst Parkside re-entered the VAFA this season after a hiatus from the competition from 2002-2014 when they moved to the Northern Football League. They won the (then named) B Section Premiership in 1988 and participated in A Grade in 1989. These back-stories only increase the intrigue surrounding the contest.

Looking at last week’s preliminary finals, Parkside and North Brunswick headed out way North, to the impeccable surface of Highgate Reserve. With both sides coming off unimaginable shock wins last week, you could forgive either side for the emotion of the occasion getting to them. The two sides, who in theory should have just been making up the numbers of the top six, were now playing off for a spot in Division Three.

Parkside got the jump early, and never looked backed. They kicked eight first quarter goals, with the usual crowd of Potter, McLaren and Gresham in frightfully good form. They went into the sheds with six-goal lead, soon to be eight goals, and then a final margin of 11 goals. They were too fast, too skilled and too strong for the Bulls.

The Potter family combining for 10 majors while Shane McLaren, who surely must be the league B ‘n F winner, continues to impress everyone. For the Bulls it was the ever reliable Dimarco and Peter Butler who tried hard all day.

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Also heading to the booming northern suburbs, Canterbury and Box Hill headed to Parade College. Canterbury looking to avenge their poor performance from the week before and Box Hill North hoping to extend their terrific season. With the breeze giving Box Hill a small advantage in the first quarter, they pushed Canterbury early and caused the once silky Cobra outfit to be plagued by the same skill errors from the week prior. The tension within the Cobra cheer squad could have been cut with a knife; such was the strength of the trepidation.

Eventually, Canterbury chiselled in a four-goal lead, however the game was never out of Box Hill’s reach, the sides going blow for blow throughout.

Box Hill got within a couple of kicks during the third quarter to place the pressure back on the Cobras. The scoreboard reads a comfortable Canterbury victory, however in reality, it was anything but. Scott Fitzgerald and Nick Szabo were sensational for Canterbury while Michael Tilly and Colin Osborn were courageous throughout.

Canterbury have done it the easy way, excepting for their loss to North Brunswick, Parkside the hard

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way, but it means jack squat at 2:15pm on Saturday afternoon. Both sides have earned their place in this year’s Grand Final and it promises to be one for the ages.

Much to the despair of the Division Four pundits, I labelled Canterbury the juggernaut of the competition earlier in the season, and whether or not you agree with the embellished description, they’ve undisputedly been the best side this year.

They’ve beaten Parkside twice this year, once by the smallest of margins, once by a fair whack. But they haven’t encountered Parkside in this type of form which will give Parkside buckets of belief.

Who will win the battle of the Scotts? Fitzgerald and Shane ‘Scott’ McLaren. Get down to Garvey Oval for a magnificent day of footy on Saturday!

For what it is worth, my tip is Canterbury by 12 points.

Canterbury v Parkside 2015 fixtures Round 1: Parkside 17.6 (108) defeated by Canterbury 16.13 (109) Round 14: Canterbury 15.14 (104) defeated Parkside 9.8 (62)

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Parkside Football Club 8.4, 11.6, 15.10, 19.12 (126) North Brunswick AFC 2.1, 5.4, 7.8, 8.11 (59) GOALS Parkside Football Club: S. Potter 6, D. Potter 4, C. Hogg 3, R. Parsons 2, J. Toplis 1, S. McLaren 1, T. McKinlay 1, D. Egan 1 North Brunswick AFC: R. Santacroce 2, P. Gagliano 1, B. Gallagher 1, S. Gallagher 1, A. Keegan 1, G. Selaidinakos 1, K. Zuidema 1 BEST Parkside Football Club: S. McLaren, D. Gresham, J. Friel, N. Burton, C. Hogg, B. McGillien North Brunswick AFC: J. Dimarco, C. Godde, K. Zuidema, A. Tsiaras, P. Butler, B. Kennedy

Westbourne Grammarians FC 3.6, 7.7, 12.9, 15.11 (101) Point Cook AFC 0.0, 0.3, 0.4, 1.5 (11) GOALS Westbourne Grammarians Football Club: M. Gatti 5, L. Fleming 3, A. Davis 3, N. Arias 2, K. Miller 2 Point Cook AFC: BEST Westbourne Grammarians Football Club: J. Russell, A. Briggs, C. Robertson, K. Delaney, M. Gatti, K. Miller Point Cook AFC:

Canterbury Football Club 5.2, 9.6, 11.9, 16.12 (108) Box Hill North AFC 3.1, 5.2, 8.3, 9.6 (60) GOALS Canterbury Football Club: S. Fitzgerald 4, A. Baker 2, N. Szabo 2, T. Lowden 2, D. Wissell 1, J. Wilson 1, L. Chapman 1, C. Skate 1, J. Gillen 1, S. Murphy 1 Box Hill North AFC: B. Marcakis 2, M. Tilley 2, D. Penny 2, K. Johnson 1, A. Piccioli 1, R. Matthews 1 BEST Canterbury Football Club: L. Chapman, S. Fitzgerald, T. Lowden, C. Skate, C. Woods, C. Wynn Box Hill North AFC: M. Tilley, B. Marcakis, C. Osborn, N. Fowler, C. Liston, J. Gasparini

Canterbury Football Club 4.1, 8.3, 10.4, 12.7 (79) Box Hill North AFC 0.5, 1.5, 3.11, 6.13 (49) GOALS Canterbury Football Club: M. Szabo 7, C. Aligizakis 2, J. Marciniak 1, R. Hummerston 1, J. Price 1 Box Hill North AFC: C. Langley 3, J. Linehan 1, R. Doyle 1, R. Ball 1 BEST Canterbury Football Club: M. Szabo, R. Hummerston, G. Driscoll, R. Gates, B. Lashbrook, N. Stogdale Box Hill North AFC: B. Berechree, N. Nolan, A. Walker, C. Langley, J. McDevitt, J. Linehan

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Coach: Anthony Rock Assistants: Matt O’Connor, Marcus Barham, Simon Atkins, Chris Davis

Coach: Quinton Gleeson Assistants: James Walker, Ben McKinley Reserves: Christian Neeson

Alex McLeod Tom Sullivan Adam Bentick (VC) Jacob Bevanda Michael Angel Nathan Kazuro Ben Considine Sam Fleming Chris Peart Tristan Cartledge Nick Cooke Mitch Hannan Alex Singleton Andrew Merrington Shaun Clarke Simon Caven Jake Forder Alex Boyse Tom Gleeson Chad Jones Tom Caven (C) David Wall Sam Woods Michael Caven Darren Colaco James Bennie Michael Sullivan Giacomo Zoccali Jesse Manunzio Ben Ronke Chris Hughes Zac O’Halloran Marcus DeLeur

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Development Coach/Reserves Coach: Murray Browne Assistant Coaches: John Symepoulos, Pat Myers, Oliver Gidley

Coach: George Dick Assistants: Lachlan Cooper, Terry Kendall Director of Football: Anthony Furey

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Coach: Mick Dwyer Assistants: Jamie Shanahan, Greg Siwes

Coach: Nathan Brown Assistants: Peter Nunn Reserves: Sam Quennell, Jack Macciolli Thirds: Nick Molony

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Harry Macciolli Tim Marshall Thomas Paule (C) Tom Healey Cam Beck Chris Righetti Ted De Fegley Al Armstong Alex Carter Lachie Borthwick Tom Bachet Chris Wischer Ed Fanning Sam Gibbons Cam May Nick Voyage Oscar Hosking Harry Jupp Will Thompson Guy Brayshaw Charlie Cumbrae-Stewart Patty Garschagen Nick De Steiger Tom Hywood Cameron Tunbridge Ed Court Marty McCoy Adrian Karatzas Lachie Bennett Nick Madders George HurleyWellington Sammy Peacock Nic Daish Nick Baring Nick McLardy Robbie Hayward Chris Barry Justin De Steiger Ed McMullin Conrad Lucas Will Beasley James Newton Rupert Middleton Stuart Watson Henry Nevile

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Reserves: Kornel Dachs Assistant: Will Browne

Reserves: Steve D’Andrea

Matthew Murphy Nicholas Wood Benjamin Dowd Conor Ross James Dimattina Patrick Dowd Steven Salopek Charles Ring Jordan Gysberts Julian Staffieri Karl Wissell Dylan Jones Nicholas McArdle Patrick Keely Braedon McLean Joshua Taylor Jason Salopek Zachery Ginies Billy Kanakis Stephen Gilham Shaun Kennedy Francis Keely Philip Edgar Luke Andrews Michael Shanahan Lachlan Nankervis Troy McMaster Gerard Gleeson Edward Ring Liam Carroll Christopher Gleeson Thomas Cunningham Anthony Lynch William Coates

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Coach: Damien Theisz Assistants: Jordan Wise, Scott Sutherland, James Francis

Coach: Daniel Hughes Assistants: Jarrod Rafferty, Leigh Boughton

Matthew Bortolotto Jarrod Carlson (C) Jake Mahar Thomas Jones Simon Considine Nicholas Crosbie Matthew Gasparini Robert Costanzo Luke Considine Jonathon Blanch (VC) Jeremiah Antypas Michael Abrahams Jonathon Bortolotto (VC) Simon Abrahams Adrian Bonato James Robertson Timothy Montagna Trent Carlson VC Daniel McMahon Andrew Kay Matthew Molloy Anthony Beaini Jake Symes Ashley Viney Patrick Hamblin Jason Wood

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PEGS FC

Coach: Paul Groves Assistants: Michael Sandry, Maddison Hardiman Reserves: Shane Paynter

Coach: Stuart Dale Assistants: Dane Pound, Frank Troost

Nicholas Petering Michael Chapman (R) Matthew Davidson Nicholas Woodland Alfred Oppy Michael Davidson Calvin Oppy (R) Andrew Young Andrew Hickey Samuel Baring William Kittelty James Taylor George Smyth Charles Cosgriff Joel Bartram Benjamin Tilley Darcy Meehan Jake Meade Joseph Cosgriff Zacchary Ledin Daniel Easson Taylor Cameron Sam Le Lievre Gareth Taylor Damien Hatch Thomas Waters (R) Samuel Whatley Tom Lancaster Maddison Hardiman Andrew Costley (R) Joseph Griffiths Callum Dick Hayden Davies (R) Matthew Whitty Gibson Crampton

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Rami Shenouda (R) Keegan Mason Chris Godsil Charlie Rossetti Lachlan Buck Zachary Rundell-Gordon Daniel Brogden Samuel Hawkins James Duffy Thomas Duffy Liam Darcy Sam Walsh James Mooney Matt Mason Christian Dougherty Joshua Anaf Nicholas Cowan Jake Cockburn Patrick Long David Meulendijks Tom Ruddell Tim Kenyon Ryan Phillips Hayden Devanny Gavin Powles Nicholas Burri Hayden Davies Matthew Davies Haydn Brouwer

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Matt Semini Jimmy Vovos Huw Wilson Josh Stormont Luke Shultz Grant Stubbs Hayden Federico Nick Semini Lachie Marr Daniel Roscoe Jackson Marr Andrew Baddeley Jack Clarke James Federico Jake Barrett Liam Flaherty Brad Roscoe Jack Condon Jarryd French Daniel Rowland Nick Karikas Sam Skurrie Andrew Khallouf David Bianchi Liam Fitzgerald Tom Memery Mark Wilson

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Dane Pound Tom Mules Jesse Saunders Butchy Glassford Liam Sutawon Ben Caminiti

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DIVISION 1 - GRAND FINAL 2:15pm Saturday 12 September - Coburg City Oval

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ORMOND

Coach: Ian Aitken Assistants: Jason Innes, Sam Bishop

Coach: Ashleigh Lever Assistant: Mark Cooke

J. Delbridge A. Brazzale (VC) P. Brough (VC) N. Rohrt J. O’Bryan M. Cochrane (C) M. Henderson (VC) J. Fultheim J. Guerin T. Leeds B. Shute S. Bishop K. Margaritas D. Spencer W. Balme T. Orchard T. Allman P. Couvalias L. Kinsella J. De Neefe R. Maibaum M. Waters Z. Jones D. Lloyd A. Doxey B. Droessler

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Hayden Whitehead Lucas Hemming Robert Chisholm Matthew Martinov James Landman Simon Keleher Isaiah Tahana Marcus La Greca Ryan Martin Henry Simon (VC) Jeremy Simon Boyd Upstill (C) Mal Michael Sam Stait Matthew Oaten (DVC) Dimitri Fasoulis Nick Edwards Sam Mason Will Simon Chris Coghlan Sam Barnes Jake Lever Stuart Gay Sam Blandford Dan Haysom Adam Schwarz Lachlan Upstill

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PRAHRAN ASSUMPTION

Coach: Ashleigh Lever Assistant: Mark Cooke

Coach: Joshua Ancrum Assistant: Ash Parsons

Hayden Whitehead Lucas Hemming Robert Chisholm Matthew Martinov James Landman Simon Keleher Isaiah Tahana Marcus La Greca Ryan Martin Henry Simon (VC) Jeremy Simon Boyd Upstill (C) Mal Michael Sam Stait Matthew Oaten (DVC) Dimitri Fasoulis Nick Edwards Sam Mason Will Simon Chris Coghlan Sam Barnes Jake Lever Stuart Gay Sam Blandford Dan Haysom Adam Schwarz Lachlan Upstill

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Nathan Davey Ellis Rick (C) Ash Forbes Adam Hall (VC) Josh Ancrum Matthew Shaw Tom Matherson Matthew Chilton Michael Francis Michael Bremner Suresh Nair Jon Rice Tom Keaney Pat Cammisotto Ed Delahenty Michael Pisker Dave Cupples Mick Boylan Luke Kerr Blake Kelly Jason Frydman Jordan Waters Jayden Williams Ollie Hagen Joe Slattery Liam Burton

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DIVISION 2 - GRAND FINAL 2:20pm Saturday 12 September - Highgate Reserve

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OLD PARADIANS

Coach: Paul Harris Assistants: Adam McBrien, Ben Galloway, Matt Joyce Reserves: Bill Emerson

Coach: David Boundy Assistant: Peter Cosgriff, Damian Hannam

Alex Purtell Reuben Blackmore-Moore Christian Traeger Chris Kingsford Chris Peopjes Mali Jacobs (VC) Stefan Bettiol Daniel Jones Jack Garth James Lagreca Paul Harris Will Emerson Nick Godfrey Edward Paynter Thomas O’Donnell (VC) Lewis Minney David Ioannou Justin Harty Marc Brazzale Sean Clinton-Morgan Jack Wright Jack Chazan Tim Williamson Blake Curtis Ryan Smyth Mitch Lovell (C) Matthew Gleeson Reece Cotter Tom Radas Joshua Nott Paul Walter Liam Koehn Harry Post Charlie Robinson Anphy Nguyen Mitch Skelly Billy Zagontinos Zac Mowat Peter Ford Harry Robinson Lachlan Roberts Ryan Close Cody Perkins Steve Graeme

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Benjamin Grigg James Schaffert Brad Neyland Alex Biaggini Will Cuthbert David Neilson Glen Francis James Morrison Michael George Conor Mitchell Patrick Benson Bill Jackson Keke Blackmore-Moore Will Servinis Nick Harrison Chris Hanchette Luke Vaughan Jack McDonald Julian Mancuso Angus Woodward Joshua Harbottle Alex Koutsoukis Martin Grinter Cameron Bath Dylan Craig-Darroch James Clayton Sam Batterton Simon Gleeson Benjamin Fleming Christian Honor Daniel Diakoumakos Dale Calleja Josef Lagreca Mitch Rees Benjamin McGregor Dylan Treloar Karl Kalwadi Adam Pipakis Edward Robinson Daniel Adams Stefan Zervides Jake Scardamaglia

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Adam Tsapatsaris Blake Holden Michael Bellizia Matthew Derham Marcus Solomon Daniel Giddings Chris Kandalakis (C) Asheet Tak Jim Kandalakis Joshua Monro Ashley White David Huntley Michael Boundy Sam Di Placido Sean Money Michael Ouzas Nathan Fraser Jason Allcock William Gilmore Andrew Tulipano Aaron Searafin Kieran O’Brien James Kappos Alex Asdagi David Boundy Matthew Kolotylo Anthony Jolley Chris Shepherd Marcus Nolan Brendan Moylan Andrew Cunningham Matthew Simpson Trent Dimasi Robert McHugh Ross Licciardi Simon Denier

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Adam Iacona Damien Anthony Adam Langshaw Robert Amerena Luke Grech Matthew Raponi Stefan Wroblewski Brenton Dines Anthony Sheehy Steve Rehlicki Chris Costas Ryan Bugeja Jeremy Drake Daniel McKenna Sean Miller Andrew Drossinis Rhys Heenan Paul Iacona Izack Clifford Kurt Mascitti Brett McAllister Warren Jeffrey Stephen O’Keefe David Salvatico Aneesh Tak Matthew Lomax Ben O’Dwyer Josh Chessari Mark Elliott Daniel Garoffolo Jonathon Dib Andrew Gafa Luke Stephens Paul Salvatico

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MHSOB

Coach: Paul Harris Assistants: Adam McBrien, Ben Galloway, Matt Joyce Reserves: Bill Emerson

Coach: Bernie Pretty

Alex Purtell Reuben Blackmore-Moore Christian Traeger Chris Kingsford Chris Peopjes Mali Jacobs (VC) Stefan Bettiol Daniel Jones Jack Garth James Lagreca Paul Harris Will Emerson Nick Godfrey Edward Paynter Thomas O’Donnell (VC) Lewis Minney David Ioannou Justin Harty Marc Brazzale Sean Clinton-Morgan Jack Wright Jack Chazan Tim Williamson Blake Curtis Ryan Smyth Mitch Lovell (C) Matthew Gleeson Reece Cotter Tom Radas Joshua Nott Paul Walter Liam Koehn Harry Post Charlie Robinson Anphy Nguyen Mitch Skelly Billy Zagontinos Zac Mowat Peter Ford Harry Robinson Lachlan Roberts Ryan Close Cody Perkins Steve Graeme

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Benjamin Grigg James Schaffert Brad Neyland Alex Biaggini Will Cuthbert David Neilson Glen Francis James Morrison Michael George Conor Mitchell Patrick Benson Bill Jackson Keke Blackmore-Moore Will Servinis Nick Harrison Chris Hanchette Luke Vaughan Jack McDonald Julian Mancuso Angus Woodward Joshua Harbottle Alex Koutsoukis Martin Grinter Cameron Bath Dylan Craig-Darroch James Clayton Sam Batterton Simon Gleeson Benjamin Fleming Christian Honor Daniel Diakoumakos Dale Calleja Josef Lagreca Mitch Rees Benjamin McGregor Dylan Treloar Karl Kalwadi Adam Pipakis Edward Robinson Daniel Adams Stefan Zervides Jake Scardamaglia

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Josh Richmond Andrew Lim Luke Campbell Jackson Wood Chad Hewish James Mcdonagh Simon Anderson Lachlan Hood Jack Naughton Kris Mcdonald Jackson Bukor Mark Bowen Kiel Pumpa (C) Joseph Stokes Robert Mcildowie Shannon Keough (VC) Bernie Pretty Tim Mcnamara Sam Hayes Kane Smith Adam Jones Beau Jellis Nathan Hall Matthew Bradshaw Jason Lewis Luke Driscoll Callan Stamp Albert Kuang Tony Tran Ward Garwood Matthew Duran Charles Pearson

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DIVISION 3 - GRAND FINAL 2:15pm Sunday 13 September - Trevor Barker Oval

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EMMAUS ST LEOS

WEST BRUNSWICK

Coach: Alan Sutherland Assistant: Dave Thornton

Coach: Angus Hamilton Assistant: Aaron Thompson

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Paul Baranello (C) Daniel Hill Will Hillman Jon O’Connor Ryan Harding Alex Byers Nathan Baranello Jon Kapaniaris Matthew Lalor Christopher Beluszar Nic Robin (VC) Christopher Lowther Sean Drummond Anthony Ballard William Carpenter Miguel Hawa Max Catchpool Patrick Mccluskey Matthew Mciver Nicholas Hodder Ronan Stafford Devan Pryde Joden Crothers Callum Hogan James Quirk Alex Mcdougall Lawrence Virgo Michael Davis

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Bill Irving Russell George Mitchell Simpson (DVC) Chris Germon (VC) Louis Martin (C) Cormac Cashin Jack Taylor (DVC) Dujon Fuzzard Joel Beer Evan Lloyd Dylan Muscat Scott Hulm Luke Buckler David Ferrier Codie Wills Anthony Gibson Patrick Carroll Matt Holmes Bas Simpson Will Dillon Xavier Fowler Oliver Taylor Warwick Baker James Simpson William Stubbings Sam Devlin

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WEST BRUNSWICK

Coach: George Koumantatakis Assistant: A Pulverman

Coach: Gus Campbell

Lee Dalton Tristan Bugler (RC) Nick Mauran (VC) Mitchell Hodgson Christian Barton (RVC) Adam Hyman Emrys Black Michael Vogelpoel Tom Polites Stephen McGrath Marty Leahy Joshua Carroll (RVC) Justin Perillo Dino Hadzic (RVC) Danny Manning (VC) Roydon Hurst Tim Richardson Graham Peter Jamie Lynn Ash Wood (VC) Richard Lugg Ben Higgins Jye Bunge Dan Noonan Zac Scrase Scott Ashton Michael Dunn William Wood Kevin Mcelgunn Jackson Manning Callum Ridd Joldy Bradley Stephen Kilpatrick Danny Lyons David Webb Cam Atkins Aaron Lewis

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Thomas Kennedy Damon Greene Daniel Hassaballa Darcy Bolton Michael Manning Kane Fitzpatrick (C) Jarrod Barnes Hadleigh Fischer Kallan Finn David McKail Ben O’Sullivan Jack Curran Marcus Lingham David Thwaites Jackson Carson Chris Rhoden Graeme Brown Dylan Osborne Fraser Graham Jeremy McDonald Patrick O’Hare Nathan Iskra Joel Dwyer David Dore Mark Bruce Ryley Afford Dean Paquolo Joshua Davies Adam Rogers Dylan Pingotorri Jeremy Baldwin Jyden Needs Zac Robertson Ryan Keeley Peter Hough Ryan Moloney Matt Lambe

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Craig Mitchell Henry Paez Corey Bull Vincent Townsend Mitchell Graham Aaron Thompson Toneka Costa Benjamin Shepherd Christian Borovac Chris Naldrett Raphael Touzel Robert Devlin Hayden Lewis Chris Simpson Tom Walsh Dan Fitzpatrick Jarrod Sandow Benjamin Lichtenstein Mark Langley Jacob Tennant Benjamin Rodin Thomas Pollock Benjamin Watson Bede Wolfenden Connor Thompson Brad Wynne Chris Naldrett

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DIVISION 4 - GRAND FINAL 2:15pm Saturday 12 September - Aquinas College

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CANTERBURY

Coach: Joe D’Angelo

Coach: Michael Harper Assistant: Damien Reeves

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Max Wood Ryan Parsons Haydyn Kennedy Stefano Capogreco Adam Wells Shane Potter Bryan Vance Aaron Eastlake Jordan Venables Shane Mclaren William Lay Nick Scattolin Rhys Stephens Michael Puttyfoot Tim Wise Clint Virgona Nick Burton Jacob Heritage Kieren Wallace Steven Miles Pierre Labigang John Puttyfoot Liam Bell Chris Dagostino Michael Sabelberg Chris Walsh Luke Bates Bernard De Jong James Little Christian Ramos Errol Wood Dylan Potter Brendan Bennett

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Anthony Romano Steven Tripp Leigh Baker Peter Halaris Anthony Waterson Mattew Dangelo Jake Toplis Samuel Davies Evan Morris David Simpson Brandon Walters Steven Makki David Biddle Anthony Waters David Egan Blair Hobba Shayne Herrick Jamie Gresham Redvan Abou-Eid Tyson Veenman Jack Friel Ryan Branilow

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Lachlan Chapman Andrew Winn Clayton Skate Rohan Walmsley (VC) James Goodwin Michael Peel Benjamin Peel (C) Nick Stogdale David Gates Jeremy Gillen Sean Hanrahan Douglas Hutchinson Scott Fitzgerald Rowan Moody Andrew Baker Lachlan Giles Nicholas Szabo James Wilson Cameron Wynn Sam Murphy Ryan Pearce Tom Pearce Cameron Woods Tom Hunter Dylan Wissell Tom Lowden

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CANTERBURY

Coach: Roger Hand

Coach: John Doak Assistant: Andrew Gill

Justin Johns Will Wright (VC) James Di Blasi (RVC) Adam Rompel Aaron Fleming (VC) Harry Wyatt James Pountney Adam Crossman Justin Ray Chris Sneddon Josh Lawn Wade Leighton Jesse Humphries Yin Le Daniel White Richard Binney Tim Rogers Matthew Muhar Lance Djordjevic Ali Eqbal David Hallatsch Leigh Thomson Evan Karageorge Karan Subramanyam Ben Whiting Sebastian Wattelet (RC) Adam Imber Jason Nikola Mark Chodowski Vincent Leung Brad Saunders (C) Roberto Fuentes Duncan Benn

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James Crumpton Adrian Lionti Steve Basile Nathan Robertson Trent Upton Brendan Miller Nick James Kris Miller Blake Germon Simon Corcoran Arnel Davis Nick Dimitriadis Daniel Marin Jason Richardson Raj Prasad Andrew Noble Adam Salamone Peter Magann (RVC) Shane Wallace Jordon Smith Simon Buysen Carl Chesterman Michael Culliver John Dixon Stuart Stone Sam King Nikko Arias Aaron Cook Shaun Anderson Drew Hilderbrandt

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Ash Stals Patrick Gill Con Aligizakis Brendan Lashbrook Shaun Kelly Brodie Toomey Guy Driscoll Martin Kirk Simon Urch Scott Strater Troy Finnin (C) Joshua Bergin Sean Woodward Jamie Marciniak Jeremy Price Robert Goodwin Andrew Mack Shane Wetherall Richard Hummerston Dan Wilden Timothy Mathers Anthony Szabo Mitchell Szabo Tony Crawford Leigh French Matthew Pollett

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CLUB WAREHOUSE RISING STAR 2015 Year

Name

Club

2015

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2014

Anthony Scott

Old Trinity

2013

Chris Mangoni

St Bedes / Mentone Tigers

2012

Lachlan Ferguson

Collegians

2011

Daniel Garside

St Bedes / Mentone Tigers

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Dan Nicholson

University Blues

2009

Nick Wynne

Old Xaverians

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Trent Lee

Werribee Districts

2007

Brendan Iezzi

Old Trinity

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Damien Rayson

De La Salle

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Joel Rice

Marcellin

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James Beaumont

Old Melburnians

University High School – VicWRULD UniYHUVLW\ AFC 'LYLVLRQ 9$)$ Seeking applications for coaching posLtions for Senior, Reserve, Club XIII and Colts Finalists 2010 – 201 ZH DUH ORRNLQJ IRU FRDFKHV WR Moin us in taking the next step.

Excellent facilities at Brens Oval, Royal Park.

Established feeder network with Flemington Juniors and Victoria University.

Applications to uhsvuinbox@gmail.com Applications close September 30th, however potential applicants are encouraged to express interest before that date.

Enquiries – contact Tim Habel (Secretary) – 0413 450 123

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RETROSPECTIVE

Geoff Reilley

@GeoffreyReilley

5 YEARS AGO – 2010 It was preliminary final time in Division 1 and the game was played at St Bernards with a howling wind, mud and spasmodic rain, certainly not ideal conditions but it is a winter game! Monash Blues were up against North Old Boys/St Pats for the right to challenge Werribee. Monash had the better of the first quarter, leading 3.5 to zero at quarter time with most of the ascendancy obtained late in the quarter.

When Monash kicked an early goal into the wind it didn’t look good for NOBS and it got worse in the third quarter with Monash in total control at the final break, 10.7 to 1.4. The last quarter commenced with the heavens opening up and although NOBS kicked the first goal, Monash cantered to the line 13.10 to 2.7. Best – Coe, McKenzie, Frater, Main, Collins, Young (Monash) and Harwood, Keown, Maxton, Hull, Layley, Hosking (NOBS).

In Division 2 Old Paradians were always in control against Glen Eira and won convincingly 10.15 to 7.6 for the right to challenge the powerful Banyule team in the Grand final. Best – Mahony, Spithill, Denham (4), Serafini, Kandilakis, McAllister (OP) and King, Mills, Elmi, Kohout, Krull, Tsirogiannis (GE).

It was a much closer prelim final in Division 3 with St Johns holding out the dogged Power House 12.18 to 11.11, Power House continually fighting back to stay in touch. St Johns were more polished although they did miss a number of opportunities to close the match earlier. Best – Arnold, Christiansen, Abela, Mara, O’Connor, Pickering (StJ) and Taylor (6), Baker, Burnside, Saraw, Beardell, Foster (PH).

In Division 4 the talented Mt Lilydale team thrashed Manningham Cobras 13.23 to 3.4 in the preliminary final and would meet Monash Gryphons in the Grand Final the following week. The Cobras had been forced to make no less than 7 changes for this match and were noticeably undermanned. While Mount Lilydale struggled to convert from their many chances, the Cobras had few chances in front of goal. Best – Coonan, McCallum, Daley, Paull (3), Wall, Finkmeyer (MtL) and De Vercelli, Orton, Bosso, Polites, Pentland, Arman (Cobras).

10 YEARS AGO – 2005 It was a huge day for both Beaumaris and Uni Blacks supporters in C Section as both clubs were 42

competing in senior and reserves grand finals. It was a tight, low scoring affair in the early game.

Beaumaris led at every change winning the title 6.14 to 4.8 and their supporters felt their senior team could very well emulate their early performers.

Although the early part of the main game did not go the Sharks’ way, big Matulick kicked a major on the quarter time siren to see his team trail by 2 goals. The margin had increased noticeably by half time and 4 and a half goals was the difference. The game went beyond doubt in the third quarter as the Blacks ran amuck with 7 goals to 2 and an almost impossible task ahead for the Sharks. Although the Sharks fought out the game as expected, the slick Blacks’ outfit recorded a stunning premiership win 20.12 to 8.5 Matt Kempton was awarded the Michael Ritterman Medal for best on ground.

In D1 Section Fitzroy demolished Ormond, 24.6 to 10.11 to win the premiership, the 8.2 to 1.5 in the first quarter unsettling Ormond, who never looked like making up the difference and would have to be satisfied with the promotion to C Section for the following season. Best – David, Cianchi (6), O’Reilly.

Green, Galvin, Zanos (Fitzroy) and Metz, Bailey, D Robbins, Miller, Keleher, B Deledio (Ormond).

Fitzroy’s Tim Davis won the John Manton Medal.

Old Geelong won both the D2 Section Senor and Reserves’ premierships on a great occasion for their supporters. Only 5 points up in the main game at three quarter time, OGs held their nerve to win 9.17 to 6.14. Best – Bell, Bayles, O’Brien (4), Vickers-Willis, Cannon, Lansdell (OG) and Burrows, Boxall, Collins, Plummer, West, McDonald (Rupertswood).

It was a St Johns’ double in D3 Section, the seniors winning 11.10 to Werribee 8.11, the reserves winning by 34 points. Best – Sinclair, Gaget, Pickering, O’Connor, Arnold, Skinner (St J) and Morrow, Tedesco, C Lee (4), Borg, Ayling, Vasilou (Werribee).

Elsternwick won the D4 flag 16.11 to St Mary’s 15.13 in a very entertaining game. Best – Curtain, Beddingfield, C Mahony, Mason, Putt, Thiele (Elst) and C Armstrong, D’Astoli, Dwyer, Wright, Crilly (StM).

20 YEARS AGO – 1995 St Leos Wattle Park went into the E East Grand Final firm favourites against Aquinas who had battled their way through the first semi and prelim for the right to challenge for the title. St Leos’ day started so well with the Reserves winning comfortably over Old Carey 18.5 to 13.14, St Leo’s accuracy pivotal to the result. After Aquinas started well THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2015

in the first quarter of the main game with 4 goals to 1 a pattern had been set for the day with each team putting together a pattern of unanswered goals throughout the match. By three quarter time it looked as though there would be a ‘boilover’, Aquinas holding a 3 goal lead and although there appeared to be no real wind effect, the grandstand end at Camberwell seemed to be easier to convert.

Both teams had excellent goal scoring ability and the final term became an outstanding presentation of amateur football. Paul Kelly goaled for St Leos within the first minute, Brendan Vaughan 3 minutes later and Paul Kelly twice more to take his tally to six for the day. When Brendan Vaughan kicked his 5th at the 17 minute mark the Two Blues were 22 points up, but then it became Aquinas’ turn with Anthony Whelan recording his third for the match and Jason Livingston unleashing as the Bloods kicked four more to be a point up at the 30 minute mark. For the next 3 minutes it was ball up after ball up, deep in the St Leos forward zone as both teams threw themselves relentlessly into the fray. During the 33rd minute of this wonderful contest, Martin Shacklock somehow let fly with his left boot from deep in the pocket to score a behind and level the scores, followed by the siren for an exhilarating draw. The clubs would be required to return to the field of battle the following week! Best – Armstrong, Kelly (6), Ronchi, Douglass, McKenzie, Corrigan (St Leos) and J Livingstone (7), Flynn, Vankerhoven, Kenny, Honey, Morice (Aquinas).

30 YEARS AGO – 1985 Old Trinity won the D Section Grand Final defeating MHSOB 21.17 to 12.4. Best – Pontefrack, Norman, R Heath, Robison, Allibon (3), Maizels (OT) and Dowling, Todd, Peterson, McLardie, Phelps, Wix (MHSOB).

The E Section Grand Final was a triumph for Heatherton who powered home to win 16.19 to Preston’s 6.11. Best – A Coffey, Howell, M Easy, Jones, Ulbrick, Hopkins (Heatherton) and Caton, I De Bono, Yendall, Haysom, Milner, Prowse (Prest).

The popular Ian Munro, affectionately known as “Munners”, was named VAFA Personality of the Year. Previous winners in attendance during the announcement were George McTaggart, Peter Hutchinson and Peter Harris.

40 YEARS AGO – 1975 In the C Section Grand Final, StKilda CBC was winners over MHSOB 13.12 to 11.12. Best – Rothwell, THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2015

Carroll, Drinan, Hinrichs, Sherman, Kellaway (CBC) and R Wood, Cooper, Short, Graham, Haylock, C McKenzie (MHSOB).

D Section premiers were Fawkner 16.18 over Hampton Rovers 15.11 in a high standard game.

Best – Smith, Foley, Stapleton (3), Duggan, K Ward (3), Richardson (Fawkner) and Young, Leeming, McNaughton, Rowston, Bennett, Malone (HRovers).

50 YEARS AGO – 1965 University Blacks won the A Section second semi final 23.12 over Collegians 5.7. It had been a magnificent display by the powerful Blacks’ team.

Best – Burston, Galbraith, Browne (7), Tuck (3), Fleming, Carbery (UB) and Symons, Ferguson, Daff, Lucas, Read, Evans (Coll).

Caulfield Grammarians won the B Section second semi final after being 7 points down at half time but Old Scotch could not maintain their lead with the final score in favour of the Grammarians 15.9 to 10.13. Best – Williams, Ward (4), Cayzer, Davidson (5), T Tootell, Caspers (Caulf) and Atkinson, Hay, Hughes, Birch, Campbell, I Wilson (Scotch).

St Pats Old Collegians won a hard fought preliminary final against AJAX in E Section after being down by 15 points at three quarter time. Their 7 goal final quarter was very impressive. Final score 14.13 to 13.7. Best – Seaburgh (4), Sullivan (3), Chaplin, Fry, P O’Brien, Basham (StP) and Fein, Freeman, Synman, Merkel, Goldfarb (5), Goldwasser (AJAX).

60 YEARS AGO - 1955 Ormond supporters were delighted when both their seniors and Under 19’s won their second semi finals. The seniors defeated Uni Blues 11.10 to 5.9 and the Under 19’s defeated Old Scotch 6.9 to 2.5.

Don Louttit, Ormond Junior’s star spearhead kicked the 2 goals needed for his century. Ormond Junior coach, Jack Wilson, was to be congratulated for the manner in which he had moulded the youngsters at Ormond.

Best and Fairest winners were T Hussey (Bellfield) in D Section, A C Dick (National Bank) in E Section and D Pollock (Bellfield) in Junior Section. Glenhuntly’s Bill McGrory, second in the D Section voting had won the medal twice previously!

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MEGT U19 Premier with John Donohoe

@jdonohoe12

SHARKS CIRCLE BUT XAVS PREVAIL IN THRILLER It was Preliminary Final day for the Under 19s, and in Premier section it was a mouth-watering battle between the Old Xaverians and Beaumaris at Waverley Oval. At stake was a spot in the Grand Final against St.Bernards. It was a cracking first term, tight heavily contested and both teams came out hot and ready to go, throwing their bodies around in a typical finals like atmosphere. Beaumaris got the first of the day before the Old Xavs responded through key forward Tom Wynne. It was goal for goal in the first term and it ended with Beaumaris leading by eight points. The Xavs responded to Callinan’s call for more defensive pressure, kicking two goals to zip and taking the momentum into half time. It was a tight tussle in the first half and both teams had positives and negatives, however, both coaches would have been reasonably happy with their chargers.

The premiership quarter was by far the most exciting of the game with plenty of goals and intense pressure acts. Beaumaris had the better of the Old Xaverians early in the third term getting out to a four-goal lead at one stage with McLaren, Lucas and Gibbens firing. It looked like Beaumaris were ready to stun the competition. However, football is a funny game and the Kew boys started to get first hands to the football and wrestled back the ascendency through Troiani, Morris and Vander Haar who all stood up when it was needed, kicking four goals in five minutes to lead by one point at the final change. It was a typical finals atmosphere in the third term, with both sides throwing everything at the contest and the coaches having to hold their nerve.

Going into the final term, both sides’ supporters were nervous and one team was 25 minutes away from a date with St.Bernards. The message from both camps was along the same lines: do it for the jumper, do it for your teammates and leave nothing out there. It was hot early but the Old Xavs started to get clean ball in the middle and drive the ball forward to the powerful Sam Cleeve and Tom Wynne who were outstanding all day, kicking 3 and 4 goals respectively. Todd Vander Haar really 44

imposed himself on the contest and was the Xavs best player throughout the day and it was his ball use and poise under pressure that really shone.

Beaumaris toiled hard right up until the final siren, but a miraculous goal from James Agius sealed the Old Xavs passage to the decider in a game that truly lived up to the finals hype. The Old Xaverians took the game by 28 points, however as the old cliché goes, the scoreboard did not reflect how closely the game truly was.

GRAND FINAL PREVIEW Well, the stage is set; two teams, one game, the biggest of this season. It’s the day everybody plays football for. St. Bernards take on Old Xaverians at Trevor Barker Oval in Sandringham in what will be a belter. I have no doubt the intensity will be through the roof and both teams’ grit and determination will be on show. Bernards looking to go back to back while the Old Xavs looking for their first premiership since 2012.

It will be a real battle of the midfields, with the likes of Delzoppo, Hughes, Vague crucial if Bernards are to get the job done. They will also need the continued output from Sibbald and Considine, both of whom have stood up in big games this season.

For the Xavs, it is up to Vander Haar, Morris, Troiani, Cleeve and Ongrato to ensure that Bernards don’t win the midfield battle. Each of them are ball winners with Ongrato being one of the most crucial down back trying to stop the Bernards forwards from getting on top. Their fadeout in the semi was a worrying aspect of their loss, however they will be confident in approaching this contest.

It will be a cracking contest and a tough one as all grand finals are. The way I see it, the team who goes harder and stronger for longer will win it, and I cannot wait for that midfield battle.

Old Xaverians by 4pts in one of the great Grand Finals of our time.

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SECTION TWO Caulfield Grammarians stunned premiership fancies Old Brighton on Saturday, winning by 52 points at Waverley Oval. Everything was going according to script at quarter time, with the Tonners holding a comfortable three goal buffer and seemingly dominating possession. The second quarter blitz by Caulfield was absolutely breathtaking as they turned a 19-point deficit into a 20-point half time lead in the blink of an eye. Old Brighton managed to wrestle back some momentum in the third quarter, but a nine goal to two final stanza blew the game open as Caulfield marched towards a grand final berth against a white hot Parkdale side. Harrison Mills was on fire, finishing the day with five majors to his name for the victors and claiming best afield honours. Hugh Hamilton toiled hard for Old Brighton but the usually industrious Jack Cowling was well held.

It is a disappointing end to such a season that promised so much for Old Brighton, as they will have to lick their wounds and reload for next year.

GRAND FINAL PREVIEW Parkdale v Caulfield Grammarians This week’s grand final promises to be a beauty.

Parkdale has been the best side all year, peaking at the pointy end of the season to earn the week off after comfortably beating Old Brighton in the second semi final. Jack Vorbach has been sensational in the midfield all season and Caulfield will have to put some time into him if they are to be a chance in this one.

For Caulfield, they have had a dream run to the grand final. A heart stopper in the semi final saw them scrape home against Fitzroy by a solitary point, and nobody saw them knocking out a strong Old Brighton squad in the preliminary final.

They have match winners in their forward half, with Lachlan Topp second in the section goal kicking on 40 majors; Whilst Harry Schaffer has booted 16 goals from seven games. The match will be won or lost in the midfield, if Caulfield can get the ball going their way they have the fire power to do some damage.

Verdict: Anything can happen in the big dance but I can’t go past the Vultures. Parkdale by 36 points.

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SECTION THREE Old Carey justified their favourites tag on Saturday, overpowering a listless Williamstown team by 53-points to book a spot in the grand final against Old Geelong. The match was effectively over at quarter time as the Panthers dominated all over the field, taking a 37-point lead into the first break.

Williamstown managed to fight back in the second quarter but the damage has already been done and Old Carey regained control in the third and fourth quarters. Will Nicholls was best afield for the winners as he booted three and had a hand in various other scoring thrusts.

GRAND FINAL PREVIEW Old Geelong v Old Carey Old Geelong enter Saturday’s grand final warm favourites, having beaten Old Carey in their previous meeting by 32-points. The Panthers did manage to secure the four points when the sides met in the early rounds of the season but that was a long, long time ago. For Old Carey, the key will be to get a contribution to the scoreboard from their midfield. Zander Adam has been a focal point in the forward line with 26 majors for the season and for the Panthers to have a shot he will have to fire.

For Old Geelong, the key is Jock Grimshaw. The dynamic forward has booted 73 majors this season and has been in impeccable touch of late, booting five goals to sink Williamstown in the second semi final. They have been the best side all year and will be super confident of winning the cup on Saturday.

Verdict: I expect Old Carey to stay with Old Geelong in the early stages but think they will get overpowered in the second half. Old Geelong by 24 points.

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RESULTS U19 Premier Old Xaverians 2.1, 4.7, 8.8, 13.13 (91) Beaumaris 3.3, 3.7, 7.13, 8.15 (63) GOALS Old Xaverians: T. Wynne 4, S. Cleeve 3, T. Wiegold 2, H. Troiani 1, H. Kelly 1, J. Agius 1, J. Tobin 1 Beaumaris: R. Pierce 2, J. Taylor 1, S. Gibbins 1, M. Zagni 1, A. Baruhas 1, J. Lam 1, C. Beattie-Powell 1 BEST Old Xaverians: T. Fantasia, H. Troiani, H. Morris, B. Polkinghorn, T. Wynne, T. Vander Haar Beaumaris: M. Lucas, A. Baruhas, C. Mclaren, A. Hill, C. Linehan, D. Kelly

U19 Section 2 Caulfield Grammarians 1.2, 7.6, 8.12, 17.17 (119) Old Brighton 4.3, 4.4, 8.6, 10.7 (67) GOALS Caulfield Grammarians: H. Mills 5, F. McEvoy 3, Z. Amos 2, T. Stephenson 2, M. Judd 1, N. Answerth 1, J. Short 1, T. Tonkin 1, T. Smith 1 Old Brighton: G. Yeoman 2, J. Dick 1, B. Williams 1, H. Hamilton 1, G. Kimpton-Moss 1, J. Cowling 1, A. Grant 1, B. Harris 1, T. Larkworthy 1 BEST Caulfield Grammarians: H. Mills, S. Dorevitch, F. McEvoy, O. Allis, T. Smith, J. Kellock Old Brighton: H. Hamilton, T. Larkworthy, T. Fisher, J. Bainbridge, E. Avis, E. Tait

U19 Section 3 Old Carey Grammarians 6.2, 8.6, 13.7, 15.10 (100) Williamstown CYMS 0.1, 4.3, 6.3, 7.5 (47) GOALS Old Carey Grammarians: C. Cameron 3, W. Nichols 3, D. Clarke 2, J. Harris 2, K. Rodenberg 2, H. Hill 1, C. Aitken 1, M. Nixon 1 Williamstown CYMS: M. Parkinson 2, J. Slee 2, J. Connolly 1, B. Connolly 1, O. Becroft 1 BEST Old Carey Grammarians: W. Nichols, J. Harris, B. Coull, C. Cameron, K. Rodenberg, J. Cator Williamstown CYMS: J. Johnson, M. Barnes, S. Callard, D. Schwarze, B. Connolly, M. Norton

U19 Section 4 St Kevins OB 4.3, 9.7, 12.9, 24.13 (157) Mazenod OC 1.0, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2 (26) GOALS St Kevins OB: L. Wray 6, A. Favaloro 2, H. Burrill 2, S. Dicintio 2, N. Dachs 2, P. Di Natale 2, D. Kennedy 2, X. Siebel 2, H. Brookes 1, D. Tucker 1, A. Ioannidis 1, L. McKenzie 1 Mazenod OC: J. Hill 2, L. Ward 1, J. Murdock 1 BEST St Kevins OB: A. Ioannidis, L. Wray, J. Gale, S. Dicintio, H. Burrill, H. Brookes Mazenod OC: A. Burke, J. Murdock, J. Welsford, J. Hill, D. Byrne, J. Minack

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Peninsula OB 2.2, 6.4, 15.4, 16.9 (105) Northern Blues 1.4, 2.7, 2.8, 4.10 (34) GOALS Peninsula OB: M. Kellerman 2, B. Carr 2, B. Hillman 2, T. La Brooy 2, A. Grant 2, A. Hochegger 1, M. Glenn 1, J. Johnson 1, O. Whitty 1, S. Barbour 1, B. Williamson 1 Northern Blues: D. Delle-Vergini 1, G. Vernino 1, J. Hamilton 1, B. Millman 1 BEST Peninsula OB: P. Boyle, J. Feutrill , S. Barbour, B. Williamson, B. Carr, N. Holland Northern Blues: S. Fleming, C. Fontana, J. Thomas, J. Taylor, J. Hamilton, T. Smith

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MEGT U19 PREMIER - GRAND FINAL St Bernards

Old Xaverians

Coach: Rocky Iannello

Coach: Peter Callinan Assistants: Pat Kennedy

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Caulfield

Coach: Luke Borella Assistants: Matt Hayes, Ned Harding

Coach: Josh McCahon Assistants: Simon Kelleway

Ryan O’leary Tom Congerton Kane Bode Josh Green James Clark (VC) James Salouris Brad Austin Bailey Dillon (C) Brayden Stevenson Jaye Edmunds Daniel Rendell Lachie Butler Jack Vorbach Kai Love-Linay Adam Heatley Harrison Spencer Nick Farnbach Matt Francis Andrew Waterson (VC) Shea Gribben Ryan Stringer Kyle Steegstra Dhanesh Jayasalen Tim Carrol William Mcgowan (VC) Liam Marshell Jarrod Peake Ollie Herd Jack Love Sam Davies Lyndon Burns Ash Sivell Matt Mccoy Matt Mcdonald Lachan Gallagher Tom Jenkins Tom Oliver Billy Cross

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Nic Gould James Kellock Aya Fujiwara Lachlan Topp Harrison Mills Jack Short Dylan Smith Nicholas Blaich James Small (C) Jesse Tonolio Tim Mollard Chris Bold Tom Tonkin Harry Calder Kosmo Malignaggi Khan Oxenham Kirren Ponniah Lachlan Nixon Tom Smith Jack Donne Max Judd James Anderson Jerome Stewart Steve Manos Max Simpson Myles Spielvogel Josh Burland Yousef Sabet Zach Amos Ollie Allis Daniel Wigney Thomas Stephenson Noah Answerth Darcy Levin Jack Lewis Sam Dorevitch Finn Mcevoy Lachlan Hart Harry Shaffer Nick O’connor Ben Morell

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U19 SECTION 3 - GRAND FINAL Old Geelong

Old Carey Grammarians

Coach: Matt Collister Coach: James Wright

Coach: Michael Tarrant Assistants: Gary Chapman & Michael Mitchell

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2 Tom Allen

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3 Charlie Youngman

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4 Ollie Graham

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5 Ted Strapp

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6 Harry Graham

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7 Jock Grimshaw (C)

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8 Sam Youngman

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9 Dave Ennels

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10 Owen Kelly

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11 Will Griffiths

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12 Nick Anasstassiou

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13 Will Winter-Cooke

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15 Josh Hutley (VC)

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17 Jimmy Planner

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18 Ed Gubbins

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19 Ben Ludeman

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20 Jordy Taylor

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21 Chris Gough

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22 Harrison Stewart

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23 James Setterfield

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24 Hamish Baylis

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26 Chris Gubbins

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Mitchell Nixon William Mitchell Jeremy Cator Charlie Pentney Luke Meredith Harry Hill James Hoban William Wright Karsten Rodenberg James Davy Daniel Cameron Christopher Hill Tom Phyland Campbell Aitken Ryan Shinton Hamish Gardiner Nick Pentney Callum Cameron Jack Quartermain Ed Aujard Isaac Buratto Ben Coull Jack Harris Will Burke Samuel Fennessy Zander Adam Corey Lisle Will Slifirski Athol Candlish Max Goodrope Tim Gayfer Angus Archibald Sam Bailey Daniel Clarke Harry Prendergast Jack Colquhoun William Karras

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U19 SECTION 4 - GRAND FINAL Peninsula

St Kevins

Coach: Peter Williamson Assistant: Brian Parton

Coach: Ian Ledder Assistant: Paul Matthews

1 Jaycob Johnson

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2 Mitch Glenn (CC)

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4 Angus Craig

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5 Tom Labrooy

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6 Callum Parton

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7 James Labrooy

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9 Louis Barbour

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10 Thomas Malan (VC)

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11 Oscar Whitty

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12 Nick Holland (DVC)

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13 Bryce McLean

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14 Jarrah Primrose

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15 Sebastian Barbour (CC)

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17 Joshua Watts (DVC)

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18 Ben Williamson

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19 Jim Fuetril

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20 Mikey McLellan

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21 Brandon Worn

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22 Jack Walker

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23 Ben Carr

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24 Angus Grant

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25 Mitchell Kellerman

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26 Andrew Hochegger

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27 Nelson Felsinger

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30 Hayden Cribbon-Rigg

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31 Blake Hillman

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33 Phillip Boyle

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VAFA RISK MANAGEMENT OFFICER PROGRAM In collaboration with major sponsor Sportscover, the VAFA worked with VRA to establish a pilot program whereby an invited number of clubs nominated a Risk Management Officer to be part of the program.

VRA is a risk management and survey business contracted by Sportscover to conduct risk assessments on a number of their insured properties each year.

Sportscover and the VAFA for 2015 decided that it a good time to better promote the need within clubs for an on-field and off-field environment that was as free of risk as possible.

The following clubs chose to participate, and a cash prize of $1,000 was set aside to recognise the best performing club.

Power House (RMO - Steve Devine), Therry Penola (Mark Prendergast), Ormond AFC (Steve Manning), Hampton Rovers (Dean Lovig), Old Haileyburians AFC (David Southgate), Old Trinity (Gil van der Venne), Mt Lilydale (Dave Holloway), St Bernards (John Raffles), St. Johns (Chris Swinburne), Hawthorn AFC (Peter Kennedy), South Melbourne District AFC (Adam Hilary), Old Mentonians (Peter Snyders), Canterbury (Sue Bach), West Brunswick AFC (Ben Lichtenstein), Old Brighton Grammarians FC (Shane Young), Fitzroy (Sharon Torney), AJAX ( Peter Kagan), Mazenod Old Collegians FC (Peter Hanley), Ivanhoe AFC (Jane Homewood), Chadstone FC (Peter Kostakos), Beaumaris AFC (John Murton), Old Xaverians AFC (Paul Lefebvre), Prahran Assumption FC (Stephen Zayler), Yarra Valley OBFC – 24 clubs Clubs attended a pre-season workshop and VRA presentation, had a free risk assessment conducted of the playing surface and surrounding areas of their club and were set a number of tasks requiring written responses. Clubs were also asked to show how they had followed up on the risk recommendations following their survey, and to also demonstrate that the club was regarding the RMO as an integral part of the club’s committee and management structure.

IT IS WITH PLEASURE THAT IT IS ANNOUNCED THAT CANTERBURY FC IS THE WINNER OF THE $1,000 CASH PRIZE. Sue Bach, Canterbury’s RMO, has been outstanding in responding to all the activities and tasks and she and her club are to be congratulated. Sue and Canterbury will be presented with their prize at this year’s AGM. All clubs will receive a Certificate of Participation for being involved in the 2015 program.

Expressions of Interest will soon be sought for participation in a 2016 program.

VRA congratulates the VAFA and Sportscover for being joint partners in this most beneficial program.

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UHS-VU JOIN IVANHOE IN SEASON DECIDER In a fitting end to the Colts season, the top two teams will battle it out in the decider after UHS-VU Flemington beat La Trobe by 81 points on Sunday.

After a slow start and no goals in the opening quarter, UHS-VU kicked seven unanswered goals in the second quarter to lead by 33 points at the main break. The third quarter was uneventful before UHS-VU rammed home eight majors in the last to make it an easy win. Mohamed kicked three goals, while Allen, Mallia and Craggill-Haren kicked two each. Patrick Carroll was again amongst the best for La Trobe, as he has been all season, but couldn’t lift his side to the victory.

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UHS-VU will meet Ivanhoe in the decider next week, in what promises to been a tight contest. In their previous three meetings this season, Ivanhoe won by 22 points in the semi, by two points in round two, while UHS-VU won by 16 points in round 11. The possible match winners for each

ST KEVIN’S ROMPS INTO GRAND FINAL IN EMPHATIC STYLE The result was unexpected, given that Mazenod had previously breezed past all other opponents during the regular season, but St Kevins has booked its place in next week’s grand final by beating Mazenod by 131 points. St Kevins blitzed Mazenod from the start in every aspect, opening up a seven goal lead by half time. Lachlan Wray was on fire, kicking six goals while Anthony Ioannidis was playing a solid game. The lead was out to nine goals by the final change meaning the last quarter was just a formality as St Kevins rammed home 12 goals to rub salt in the wound. Dicintio and Burrill also played well for Skevs, kicking two goals each.

In what is a disappointing end to a terrific season by Mazenod, regulars Jaydyn Hill and Jacob Murdock played hard till the end.

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team are: Myles Legudi and Spencer Craggill-Haren for UHS-VU while Max Post and Samuel Aanensen will be Ivanhoe’s go to men. My tip: Ivanhoe by 4.

VAFA COLTS — TIPS IN BOLD Ivanhoe v UHS-VU

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LAST ROUND

UHS-VU / Flemington 0.3, 7.8, 8.10, 16.11 (107) La Trobe University AFC 2.3, 2.5, 3.6, 3.8 (26) GOALS UHS-VU / Flemington: M. Mohamed 3, M. Mallia 2, S. Craggill-Haren 2, F. Allen 2, J. Gilfillan 1, E. Ramsay 1, G. Hawkins 1, T. Kruisheer 1, M. Legudi 1, N. Amourgis 1, L. Czajko 1 La Trobe University AFC: H. Baker 1, P. Carroll 1, L. Balloch 1 BEST UHS-VU / Flemington: T. Kruisheer, R. Hajj, M. Legudi, T. Legudi, C. Craig, C. Berogna La Trobe University AFC: H. Baker, L. Balloch, P. Carroll, J. Christie, T. Costa, R. Fawcett

PROUD SPONSOR OF VAFA Peninsula has breezed past Northern Blues and into the grand final against St Kevins. Rarely troubled all year, Sunday was little more than a formality.

Peninsula blew the game open with a nine goal third quarter to take the lead to 74 points at the final change. It was an uneventful last quarter with Peninsula eventually winning 105 to 34. Peninsula had five players that kicked two goals each while Phillip Boyle and Jim Feutrill were named best on ground.

Peninsula will go into next week’s grand final as favourites after only dropping the one game all year. They have a team of even contributors meaning that St Kevins don’t have to worry about stopping one or two players, but all 18. St Kevin’s go into the game off a strong month, five victories in a row, three of them 100+ wins. One player that Peninsula needs to stop is Lachlan Wray who has kicked 12 goals in the last three games. My tip: Peninsula by 14.

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VAFA COLTS

VAFA COLTS - GRAND FINAL Ivanhoe

UHS-VU/Flemington

Coach: Matt Franich Assistant: Andrew Height

Coach: Marcus Butera Assistant: Daniel Carcour

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1 Varun Naidu 2 Patrick Conlan

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6 Cameron Simpson

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B

G

B

11 Patrick Lagreca

1 Indi Florent-Saill

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2 Tyler Legudi 4 Callum Aristotle 7 Milton Morise 8 Thomas Cheyne 10 Myles Legudi

13 Liam Jacobs ( C )

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14 Declan O’Sullivan

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16 Darcy Byrne-Connell

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15 Toby Kruisheer

18 Jack Rogers

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16 Tom Mcall

19 Max Post ( C )

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21 Aaron Marks

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23 Matt Mallia

23 Alex Whitehead

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24 Michael Healey

26 Liam Maher

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26 Jonathan Lay

28 Andrew Lam

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29 Liam Steven

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33 Essa Ramsay

30 Charles Domes ( VC )

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36 Finn Devlin

31 Nathan Zervides

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32 Mitchell Briggs

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47 Mohamed Mohamud

36 Reilly Shortal

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65 Nick Perica

38 Sam Aanensen

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66 Nicholas Munari

42 Sean Gauci

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48 William Doman

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86 Rayan Hajj

51 Oliver Shaw

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89 Lachlan Mitchell

54 Reilly Connell

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73 James O’Brien

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11 Fraser Allen 12 Omar Dahir

18 Lucas Harris 22 James Gilfillan

28 Tim Rocke 31 Nick Ryan

37 Spencer Craggil-Haren 41 Nik Amourgis

78 Cameron Craig

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90 Lucas Czjako 92 Chris Berogna 95 Gerard Hawkins

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UMPIRES CORNER

@VAFAUA

There’s something different about finals football.

Whether it’s the weather, the heightened expectations and emotions, or just the fact the crowds are bigger. It’s a great time of the year to be umpiring, as we see the best teams go head to head in the heat of battle and, for the most part, there’s no tomorrow for one side.

So with finals in full swing, it was great to see Melbourne produce “Finals Weather” and the competition producing high quality football.

Unfortunately for many of us, our seasons also ended on the weekend. For those who have now finished for the year, thank you for your work this season. It is an honour to get a finals match and you should be proud of your achievements.

Remember to check your appointment carefully A lesson learned for young boundary umpire Jordan Roseblade this week, when he turned up to run the boundary at Garvey Oval in Bundoora on Saturday. Only problem, he was appointed to the Sunday game at the same venue.

While many would say that it was good that he was twenty-four hours early for his match, as he arrived at 1:30, he was only twenty-three and half hours early so we’re saying that Jordan was technically late.

So remember, we run on both Saturday and SUNDAY during finals time.

FIDA Grand Finals Earlier this season, we wrote about the work done

by VAFAUA members during the AFL National Inclusion Carnival. FIDA is the league in Victoria where these players play and on Sunday the FIDA grand finals were held at Mazenod’s Central Reserve in Glen Waverly.

Once again the VAFAUA were asked to supply umpires to these games and all umpires represented us brilliantly, allowing the sides to play some high quality football. Thank you to Merv Monty, Mark Gibson, Andrew Hartnett, Rob Parry, Pat Holmes and David Hindle for giving up Father’s Day and a well-earned day off to umpire the grand finals. It was also great to see VAFAUA legend Tim Sutcliffe running around. It’s fair to say that Tim has still got it!

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For the record, Division 3 was won by Ferntree Gully, Division 2 by Coburg, Division 1 Reserves by Kananook and Division 1, also by Kananook.

At the presentations, the umpires were acknowledged and thanked, and all received a memento as a reminder of their grand final appearance.

For next year, all umpires are encouraged to get involved with FIDA and umpire at least one game. It is a thoroughly rewarding and enjoyable experience and it is some of the most fun that you can have umpiring. Our work in these games is really appreciated, by the clubs, players and supporters, and the emphasis is clearly on fun for all.

And now we get serious!

This time of year, is where the coaches really earn their money, as they have to reduce the numbers every single week, as an example, last weekend there were 72 field umpires running around and this week that list is cut to 42!

There will be disappointment, that’s the nature of the beast, and this year we have seen a really high level of umpiring by both experienced heads and some of the young guns who have come out of nowhere.

For those of you reading this at your game, congratulations and enjoy everything that grand final day has to offer. If you have missed out, think of how far you have come this year and do your best to come back next year and make the coaches’ jobs even harder. Remember that by umpiring just one game this year you have been successful and shown courage that many in the football world wouldn’t be prepared to show.

THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2015

Invites applicants for the position of senior coach for the 2016 season.

Affiliated with the VAFA in Division 1, PAFC are located at Toorak Park in Armadale and offer first class grounds and facilities, a committed and developing playing group and a rich club history.

We seek the services of an enthusiastic individual with a professional attitude, excellent leadership / development skills and a strong understanding of the modern game. The successful applicant will require excellent communication skills and be prepared to commit plenty of time and energy to the role.

Please provide your application outlining your football coaching credentials and your ideas for developing PAFC to: Will Walford - Football Director will.walford@au.ey.com ph: 0403 067 968 Applications close October 9th.

CAULFIELD GRAMMARIANS FC SENIOR COACH WANTED for 2016 Caulfield Grammarians FC is seeking a Senior Coach for the 2016 season in Premier C Division of the Victorian Amateur Football Association Applicants will need to demonstrate: • A strong desire to teach and develop players • Excellent communication skills, on and off the field • Experience in enhancing existing player skills • Embrace the ethos of amateur football • Positive attitude, organised and well prepared • Desire to nurture young and emerging talent • Ability to build a cohesive coaching team • A preparedness to build strong ties with Caulfield Grammar School and its Affiliates Please email all applications in writing to the Chair of Football Operations: Richard Harris Email: camelot@vicbar.com.au Mob: 0412 237 029 Applications will close on Monday 21 September 2015

THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2015

POSITIONS VACANT

PRAHRAN ASSUMPTION FC

COLLEGIANS FC

VAFA PREMIER SECTION 2016 EST. 1892 Collegians Football Club is seeking applications for the following coaching positions in season 2016: Seniors – Premier Section – VAFA* Reserves – Premier Reserves Thirds – Premier Thirds Under 19 – Under 19 Section 2 Second Thirds Team – Premier C Thirds Collegians have a long and proud history in the VAFA. Based in Albert Park we have outstanding facilities, a great ground with the best lights in the competition, great infrastructure/resources, all year round access to our ground, a stable and vibrant committee, great medical , gym , equipment and infrastructure, and culture we are very proud of. We have a number of coaching vacancies that should appeal to a wide cross section of applicants. Player numbers are strong, and prospects for the future are high.

If you would like to be a part of our club in 2016 we would love to hear from you. *Please note – current 2015 Senior Coach is not continuing in the role, but will be retained in a football department role currently being determined.

All applications can be forwarded by October 16, 2015 to: Rodney Nancarrow Secretary / Football Operations Manager Ph: 0412 687 430 or email rnancarrow@iprimus.com.au

OAKLEIGH AMATEUR FC VAFA C Grade Positions Available

Senior Assistant Coach Reserves Coach Season 2016 Applications are invited for coaching positions with the Oakleigh Amateur FC to assist the Club meet its aim of playing the highest possible standard of football. Currently a solid VAFA Premier C Club with 2 senior and one Under 19 teams, the club is seeking 2016 coaches who can assist the Senior coach with the continued development of our players, game plan and training management.

You will be working within the existing OAFC Football Operations group. Our experienced Club Committee will continue to support the Football Operations group with the best possible on and off field support as we strive for the next level. Applications should outline your Coaching experience and achievements by 30 Sep 2015.

Remuneration negotiable Please send all applications in writing to: pnikakis@tpg.com.au Paul Nikakis - Club Secretary

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POSITIONS VACANT

OLD PARADIANS FOOTBALL CLUB

Chadstone Football Club invites applications for the following positions for the 2016 season; -Senior Coach (playing or non-playing) -Assistant Senior Coach (playing or non-playing) -Reserves Coach (playing or non-playing) -Assistant Reserve Coach (playing or non-playing) *NEW Position – Coach Women’s team* -Chairman of Selectors

Old Paradians Football Club is seeking applications for the following coaching positions in season 2016: Seniors, Seniors Assistant, Reserves and Under 19s All applications can be forwarded by September 25, 2015 to: Brendan Flynn Football Operations Manager P.O. Box 2160, University Hill 3083 or email brflynn@agility.com

The clubs committee are dedicated to improving the clubs on field performances and are looking for the right people to help achieve success.

If you are looking for one of the biggest challenges in the VAFA, then Chadstone FC can provide that for you next year.

All queries can be directed to club President Steve Allsopp on 0415 997 669.

Applications are to be submitted via email to chadstonefc@gmail.com or mail to Chadstone FC PO Box 48 Holmesglen VIC 3148 Closing date 18th of September 2015

Tel: 0488316880

THE OLD MENTONIANS FOOTBALL CLUB NORTH BRUNSWICK AMATEUR FOOTBALL CLUB EST: 1971 VAFA – CURRENTLTY DIVISION 4 APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS

SENIOR COACH RESERVES COACH

After playing finals in 2015 the bulls are ready for continued success in season 2016 With a good mixture of older and younger players the bulls are ready to take the next step being led by a dynamic coaching group and support staff. With excellent facilities led by a strong committee off the field Please send applications to ezio cirillo at ezio.cirillo@tollgroup.com Applications close 5.00Pm Friday 18th september 2015 58

DIVISION 1 – 2016 EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST ARE SOUGHT FROM PROSPECTIVE COACHES “We are a young playing group looking for coaches who can help us take the next step” Excellent playing and training facilities SENIORS & RESERVES PLEASE SEND APPLICATION AND RESUME TO: OMFC.COACHING@GMAIL.COM Please direct any enquiries to: JUSTIN COSTELLO: 0416 144 049

THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2015

POSITIONS VACANT

PEGS FOOTBALL CLUB

PEGS Football Club is seeking applicants for the position of Senior Coach (playing or non-playing) for the 2016 season.

VAFA Premier Section – Head of Medical and Conditioning 2016

The club is offering the right candidate an opportunity to play a major role in the rebuilding and shaping of the future of the club.

Applications are invited for the position of Head of Medical and Conditioning of the Beaumaris Football Club for the 2016 season of the Victorian Amateur Football Association.

The successful candidate should possess the following:-

The role is to manage and co-ordinate the medical and fitness personnel for the 5 senior teams playing in the VAFA to optimise injury management and player conditioning.

• Strong emphasis on player development • Good communication, leadership and organisational skills necessary to build a strong culture • Good football and coaching credentials • Ability to communicate with the supporter base, committee and the community All applications can be forwarded by September 24th 2015 to:-

Applications (including CV) are to be sent to beaumarisfc@bigpond.com. The application period closes on 30 September 2015. Position descriptions will be provided on request.

Enquiries can be made to John Murton (President) on 0409 937 641.

Mark Skurrie - President PO Box 49, Niddrie 3042 or email: mark@elizabethmachines.com.au

Northern Blues Amateurs FC

BOX HILL NORTH AFC

After a 2015 finals campaign, Box Hill North is seeking expressions of interest for senior coaching positions to help the club take the next step: The ideal candidate will have: A proven track record Minimum level one coaching accreditation A network to recruit players (Can be Playing or non-Playing) Contact: Ally Rodrigues 0419 133 916 BHNFC Secretary or email alistairpaulrodrigues@gmail.com

THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2015

be part of an exciting future Coaches / Committee positions sought In only our third year in the VAFA the Club has finished the home and away season as finalists in Division 2 (after winning the Premiership in Division 4 in a history making first year in 2013 and then winning the Division 3 Premiership last year).

With a brand new complex (pavilion and club rooms ) just completed– our club has a vibrant and exciting future ahead and invites you to join us in 2016.

Applications are now invited for all coaching positions (Seniors, Reserves & Under 19s) for the 2016 season by Friday 16th October 2015.

Enquiries and further details on the club and positions available can be made to: Ian Parke (Football Operations Manager) on 0408 176 339 or Fred Lehmann (Secretary) on 0425 768 605

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SHARPSHOOTERS

SHARPSHOOTERS William Buck Premier

LR Total

LR Total

Matthew Handley

Old Xaverians

2

54

Timothy Blanch

Marcellin OC

0

40

Leigh Harrison

De La Salle OC

4

41

Ben Hynes

Williamstown CYMS

1

33

Alexander Boyse

St Bernards

2

39

Michael Jenkin

Old Camberwell Gr.

1

31

Nick Corp

Collegians

1

38

Mati Christakakis

Williamstown CYMS

1

29

Premier Reserve

LR Total

Division 1

LR Total

William Strange

Old Scotch

0

33

Andrew Brazzale

Kew

0

68

Sam Cutts

Collegians

0

27

Callum Wood

Old Geelong

4

58

George Chisholm

University Blues

4

26

Robert Maibaum

Kew

0

56

Dylan Chaplin-Burch

Collegians

1

25

John Robbins

Prahran Assumption

1

55

Premier B

LR Total

Division 1 Reserve

LR Total

Jake Lew

AJAX

7

69

James Barrie

St Mary’s Salesian

3

56

Luke Velluto

St Bedes / Mentone Tigers

4

59

Matthew Vlahos

Kew

6

46

Daniel Anthony

Old Brighton Gr.

0

45

Jon Rice Prahran

Assumption

0

45

Philip Edgar

St Kevins OB

3

40

Nicholas Alexopoulos

St Mary’s Salesian

1

43

Premier B Reserve

LR Total

Matthew Caia

St Bedes / Mentone Tigers

Jack Mullen

St Kevins OB

James Dalzotto

St Bedes / Mentone Tigers

Matthew Lattanzio

St Kevins OB

3

Premier C Aaron Cloke

60

Premier C Reserve

9

Division 2

LR Total

41

Jake Munro

6

38

Aaron Thornton

St Johns OC

4

75

6

36

Mitchell Lovell

Ivanhoe

3

73

34

Lachlan McRedmond

Northern Blues

2

59

LR Total

Richmond Central

Division 2 Reserve

6

87

LR Total

Oakleigh

0

77

Eamonn Scott

Northern Blues

9

74

Nicholas Ebinger

Williamstown CYMS

0

61

Kane Smith

MHSOB

4

41

Trevor Bromley

Oakleigh

2

56

Jason Lewis

MHSOB

0

38

Jeremiah Antypas

Marcellin OC

0

54

Benjamin Grigg

Ivanhoe

0

35

THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2015

Division 3

LR Total

U19 Section 2

LR Total

Ryan Harding

Emmaus St Leos OC

0

70

Daniel O’Connor

Fitzroy

3

43

Christopher Beluszar

Emmaus St Leos OC

0

58

Lachlan Topp

Caulfield Gr.

9

37

Dylan Muscat

West Brunswick

3

46

Joseph Hill

Fitzroy

3

35

Thomas Kennedy

Swinburne University

4

46

Declan Fowler

Mazenod OC

5

35

Division 3 Reserve

LR Total

U19 Section 3

LR Total

Aaron Thompson

West Brunswick

6

36

Jock Grimshaw

Old Geelong

4

68

Patrick Arnold

Power House

2

32

Mitchell Parkinson

Williamstown CYMS

4

65

Richard Benjamin

West Brunswick

4

30

Jake Slee

Williamstown CYMS

0

45

Justin Perillo

Swinburne University

0

30

Matthew Perry

Ormond

4

41

Division 4

LR Total

U19 Section 4

LR Total

Dale Collins

Westbourne Gr.

3 106

Damien Delle-Vergini

Northern Blues

8

84

Shane Potter

Parkside

6

62

Lachlan Wray

St Kevins OB

5

49

Daniel Penny

Box Hill North

6

62

Anmol Malhotra

Oakleigh

5

42

Benjamin Gallagher

North Brunswick

0

57

Mitchell Kellerman

Peninsula OB

2

40

Division 4 Reserve Bradley Courts

LR Total North Brunswick

0

Colts

LR Total

76

Samuel Aanensen

Ivanhoe

4

47

La Trobe University

5

43

Daniel Wills

Manningham Cobras

4

48

Liam Guy

Mitchell Szabo

Canterbury

3

36

Patrick Carroll

La Trobe University

2

40

Arnel Davis

Westbourne Gr.

0

35

Max Post

Ivanhoe

1

25

U19 Premier

LR Total

Sam Cleeve

Old Xaverians

Edyn Sibbald

St Bernards

4

48

Andrew Padbury

Old Scotch

8

46

Sam Gibbins

Beaumaris

0

35

THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2015

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1116 SEN VAFA PREMIERSHIP LADDERS 2015 PREMIER C Marcellin OC Monash Blues Old Ivanhoe Gr. Old Haileyburians Peninsula OB Oakleigh Williamstown CYMS Old Camberwell Gr. Therry Penola OB PEGS

DIVISION TWO P 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

W 15 15 13 11 10 8 7 5 4 2

L 3 3 5 7 8 10 11 13 14 16

D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

For 2122 1670 1554 1414 1614 1708 1613 1233 1131 1198

Agst 1108 902 1376 1466 1167 1800 1887 1729 1965 1857

% 191.52 185.14 112.94 96.45 138.3 94.89 85.48 71.31 57.56 64.51

PTS 60 60 52 44 40 32 28 20 16 8

D 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

For 1764 1077 1228 1438 1588 1215 1060 1298 972 911

Agst 745 874 1020 1161 1178 1444 1339 1559 1611 1620

% 236.78 123.23 120.39 123.86 134.8 84.14 79.16 83.26 60.34 56.23

PTS 68 50 48 42 40 36 32 24 12 8

Ivanhoe St Johns OC Old Paradians Northern Blues Eltham Collegians MHSOB Richmond Central Monash Gryphons Elsternwick South Melbourne Districts

P 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

W 16 14 12 12 11 9 7 5 3 1

L 2 4 6 6 7 9 11 13 15 17

D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

For 2122 2089 1639 1840 1944 1576 1793 1523 1355 1178

Agst 1187 1391 1220 1573 1498 1630 1936 1820 2338 2466

% 178.77 150.18 134.34 116.97 129.77 96.69 92.61 83.68 57.96 47.77

PTS 64 56 48 48 44 36 28 20 12 4

PREMIER C RESERVES Marcellin OC Monash Blues PEGS Peninsula OB Williamstown CYMS Old Camberwell Gr. Old Ivanhoe Gr. Old Haileyburians Oakleigh Therry Penola OB

P 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

W 17 12 12 10 10 9 8 6 3 2

L 1 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 15 16

PREMIER C THIRDS PEGS Marcellin Monash Blues St Mary's Salesian Williamstown CYMS Collegians Therry Penola OB Old Ivanhoe Hampton Rovers Parkdale Vultures

P 12 12 13 14 13 13 13 9 11 10

W 11 10 9 9 5 6 5 3 1 1

L 1 2 4 5 8 7 8 6 10 9

D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FF 3 3 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 1

For 1577 1409 1367 1336 1111 885 951 663 537 610

Agst 623 712 740 910 1169 1135 1272 1255 1476 1695

% 253.13 197.89 184.73 146.81 95.04 77.97 74.76 52.83 36.38 35.99

PTS 56 52 44 40 28 24 24 16 8 8

W 17 14 13 12 8 7 7 6 4 2

L 1 4 5 6 10 11 11 12 14 16

D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

For 1959 1894 2029 1789 1629 1638 1529 1385 1291 1264

Agst 1167 1123 1335 1697 1641 1543 1889 1933 1842 2237

% 167.87 168.66 151.99 105.42 99.27 106.16 80.94 71.65 70.09 56.5

PTS 68 56 52 48 32 28 28 24 16 8

For 2114 2153 1949 1642 1419 1036 922 926 683 463

Agst 569 727 979 976 1224 1377 1451 1568 1899 2598

% 371.53 296.15 199.08 168.24 115.93 75.24 63.54 59.06 35.97 17.82

PTS 64 60 60 56 32 32 20 16 16 4

DIVISION ONE Ormond Kew Old Geelong St Mary's Salesian Whitefriars OC Prahran Assumption Old Mentonians NOBS/St Pats Bulleen Templestowe Yarra Valley OB

P 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

DIVISION ONE RESERVES Ormond Kew St Mary's Salesian Prahran Assumption Old Geelong Yarra Valley OB Bulleen Templestowe NOBS/St Pats Whitefriars OC Old Mentonians

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P 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

W 16 15 15 14 8 8 5 4 4 1

L 2 3 3 4 10 10 13 14 14 17

D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DIVISION TWO RESERVES Ivanhoe MHSOB Richmond Central Eltham Collegians Northern Blues Old Paradians St Johns OC Monash Gryphons South Melbourne Districts Elsternwick

P 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 18 17 18

W 17 16 13 12 8 8 7 4 3 1

L 1 2 5 6 10 10 10 14 14 17

D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

For 2420 2155 1570 1377 1480 985 1146 944 761 549

Agst 644 668 999 1210 1238 1108 1358 1956 1959 2277

% 375.78 322.6 157.16 113.8 119.55 88.9 84.39 48.26 38.85 24.11

PTS 68 64 52 48 32 32 32 16 12 4

L 0 2 4 5 8 8 11 11 11 14 14

D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

B 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

For 2077 1680 1463 1492 1377 1126 1186 1164 1003 956 1144

Agst 964 773 1110 1292 1439 1341 1399 1463 1583 1411 1893

% 215.46 217.34 131.8 115.48 95.69 83.97 84.77 79.56 63.36 67.75 60.43

PTS 72 64 56 52 40 40 28 28 28 16 16

For 1859 1216 1111 1440 933 974 903 829 853 792 561

Agst 434 820 851 711 1029 994 1190 1226 1218 1569 1429

% 428.34 148.29 130.55 202.53 90.67 97.99 75.88 67.62 70.03 50.48 39.26

PTS 72 56 56 52 44 40 36 24 20 20 20

DIVISION THREE Emmaus St Leos OC West Brunswick Aquinas OC Hawthorn Swinburne University UHS-VU Albert Park Power House Glen Eira La Trobe University Eley Park Sharks

P 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16

W 16 14 12 11 8 8 5 5 5 2 2

DIVISION THREE RESERVES West Brunswick UHS-VU Power House Swinburne University Emmaus St Leos OC Hawthorn Albert Park La Trobe University Aquinas OC Eley Park Sharks Glen Eira

P 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16

W 16 12 12 11 9 8 7 4 3 3 3

L 0 4 4 5 7 8 9 12 13 13 13

D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

B 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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1116 SEN VAFA PREMIERSHIP LADDERS 2015 DIVISION FOUR Canterbury Westbourne Gr. Point Cook Box Hill North Parkside North Brunswick Mt Lilydale OC Manningham Cobras South Mornington Masala Chadstone

P 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16

W 15 14 13 11 9 8 7 5 3 2 1

DIVISION FOUR RESERVES L 1 2 3 5 7 8 9 11 13 14 15

D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

B 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

For 2163 2110 1752 1705 1500 1525 1364 1200 957 771 658

Agst 830 795 976 1059 1265 1292 1513 1179 2100 2349 2347

% 260.6 265.41 179.51 161 118.58 118.03 90.15 101.78 45.57 32.82 28.04

PTS 68 64 60 52 44 40 36 28 20 16 12

MEGT UNDER 19 PREMIER Old Xaverians St Bernards St Kevins Beaumaris De La Salle University Blues Old Melburnians Old Scotch University Blacks Old Trinity

P 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 16 18

W 15 14 15 13 9 8 5 4 2 2

L 2 3 3 4 9 9 13 14 14 16

D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

FF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

For 2023 2083 2036 2023 1477 1153 816 1376 765 861

Agst 1029 909 1058 1126 1165 1531 2234 1528 1940 2186

% 196.6 229.15 192.44 179.66 126.78 75.31 36.53 90.05 39.43 39.39

PTS 64 60 60 54 36 34 20 16 8 8

W 15 13 13 11 11 4 3 2

L 3 5 5 7 7 14 15 16

D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

For 1866 1820 1413 1470 1425 1148 838 781

Agst 937 1145 995 1176 1142 1799 1688 1957

% 199.15 158.95 142.01 125 124.78 63.81 49.64 39.91

PTS 60 52 52 44 44 16 12 8

P 13 13 14 15 15 13 12 9

W 11 9 8 9 8 1 2 2

L 1 4 5 6 7 11 9 7

D 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0

B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FF 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 0

For 1424 1504 1187 1075 1119 855 638 260

Agst 642 820 902 724 1089 1318 1386 1471

% 221.81 183.41 131.6 148.48 102.75 64.87 46.03 17.68

PTS 54 44 38 36 32 14 14 8

Club XVIII (2) St Francis Xavier OC Albert Park Kew MHSOB West Brunswick Ormond Westbourne Gr. UHS-VU

P 13 15 15 15 14 14 14 14

W 13 11 10 10 5 5 2 1

L 0 4 5 5 9 9 12 13

D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

W 16 13 12 12 10 10 6 4 2 2 1

L 0 3 4 4 6 6 10 12 14 14 15

D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

B 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

For 2441 1955 1561 1713 1377 1457 1175 858 745 564 569

Agst 443 676 679 855 1138 1282 1062 1749 1758 2054 2719

% 551.02 289.2 229.9 200.35 121 113.65 110.64 49.06 42.38 27.46 20.93

PTS 72 60 56 56 48 48 32 24 16 16 12

Parkdale Vultures Old Brighton Fitzroy Caulfield Gr. Whitefriars St Bedes / Mentone Tigers Old Ivanhoe Gr. Marcellin OC Mazenod Collegians

P 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17

W 15 16 12 11 8 7 7 6 5 2

L 2 2 6 7 10 11 11 12 13 15

D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

For 1942 1764 1622 1381 1349 1201 1230 1032 1062 734

Agst 859 816 1131 1167 1397 1452 1618 1613 1358 1942

% 226.08 216.18 143.41 118.34 96.56 82.71 76.02 63.98 78.2 37.8

PTS 64 64 48 44 32 28 28 24 20 8

UNDER 19 SECTION 4

P 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

Club XVIII (1) Old Xaverians Hawthorn Richmond Central La Trobe University Prahran Assumption Ivanhoe NOBS/St Pats Old Geelong

P 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16

UNDER 19 SECTION 2

B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

UNDER 19 SECTION 3 Old Geelong Williamstown CYMS Old Carey Gr. Ormond Hampton Rovers Old Xaverians Old Camberwell Gr. St Bernards

Westbourne Gr. Canterbury Point Cook Box Hill North North Brunswick South Mornington Manningham Cobras Parkside Mt Lilydale OC Chadstone Masala

B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FF 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

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For 1686 1307 1239 1180 926 702 487 521

Agst 501 910 742 746 1023 1168 1537 1554

% 336.53 143.63 166.98 158.18 90.52 60.1 31.69 33.53

PTS 60 44 40 40 24 20 8 4

Peninsula OB Mazenod OC St Kevins OB Northern Blues Monash Blues Beaumaris Old Haileyburians De La Salle OC Therry Penola OB Oakleigh Parkdale Vultures MHSOB

P 16 18 18 18 18 16 17 18 18 16 18 17

W 15 10 12 12 12 10 8 8 7 5 4 0

L 1 1 5 6 6 6 8 10 11 11 14 17

D 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FF 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

For 1952 1455 1670 1817 1302 1538 1522 1586 1039 851 1275 539

Agst 797 502 904 1335 1175 1209 1279 1372 1340 1751 1866 2510

% 244.92 289.84 184.73 136.1 110.81 127.21 119 115.6 77.54 48.6 68.33 21.47

PTS 68 56 50 48 48 44 38 32 28 20 16 0

P 16 15 16 17 16 16 16 9 15 2

W 14 12 11 9 8 4 4 2 1 0

L 2 3 5 8 8 12 12 6 13 2

D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

B 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0

FF 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0

For 1466 1258 1161 950 969 931 755 770 657 15

Agst 797 624 679 825 1359 1142 1320 1526 1409 990

% 183.94 201.6 170.99 115.15 71.3 81.52 57.2 50.46 46.63 1.52

PTS 64 60 52 40 36 24 24 18 14 0

VAFA COLTS Ivanhoe UHS-VU / Flemington St Bernards La Trobe University University Blues Williamstown CYMS Old Paradians Point Cook Parkside Bulleen Templestowe

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1116 SEN VAFA PREMIERSHIP LADDERS 2015 WILLIAM BUCK PREMIER St Bernards Old Trinity Gr. University Blues De La Salle University Blacks Old Xaverians Old Carey Gr. Collegians Old Scotch Beaumaris

P 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

W 15 14 11 9 8 8 7 8 6 2

L 3 4 7 8 10 10 9 10 12 15

PREMIER B

D 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1

B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

F 1798 1616 1599 1576 1467 1441 1490 1368 1395 1077

A 1339 1177 1315 1441 1466 1496 1597 1523 1563 1910

% 134.28 137.3 121.6 109.37 100.07 96.32 93.3 89.82 89.25 56.39

Pts 60 56 44 38 32 32 32 32 24 10

L 1 5 5 6 9 9 11 12 13 18

D 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

For 1663 1406 1312 1429 1115 1148 1144 1201 924 670

Agst 750 1013 1034 982 1302 1388 1220 1151 1365 1807

% 221.73 138.8 126.89 145.52 85.64 82.71 93.77 104.34 67.69 37.08

PTS 66 52 50 48 36 36 28 24 20 0

L 2 2 4 6 7 8 9 10 7 13

D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FF 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0

For 1513 1132 914 1100 1004 990 1087 848 419 487

Agst 458 650 820 775 823 959 1249 899 1372 1712

% 330.35 174.15 111.46 141.94 121.99 103.23 87.03 94.33 30.54 28.45

PTS 52 52 44 36 32 28 24 20 8 4

PREMIER RESERVES Old Xaverians University Blues Old Scotch Collegians Old Trinity Gr. St Bernards University Blacks De La Salle Beaumaris Old Carey Gr.

P 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

W 16 13 12 12 9 9 7 6 5 0

Old Xaverians St Kevins OB Collegians St Bernards Old Scotch University Blacks Old Melburnians University Blues Beaumaris De La Salle OC

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W 12 12 11 8 6 6 6 4 2 1

P 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

W 18 14 12 10 10 8 6 5 5 2

L 0 4 6 8 8 10 12 13 13 16

D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

For 2351 1943 1549 1623 1427 1531 1503 1227 1250 1103

Agst 995 1311 1324 1346 1454 1422 1897 1766 1870 2122

% 236.28 148.21 116.99 120.58 98.14 107.67 79.23 69.48 66.84 51.98

PTS 72 56 48 40 40 32 24 20 20 8

D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

For 2536 1767 1838 1240 1138 1247 1152 941 910 660

Agst 585 769 1072 1230 1374 1515 1512 1916 1769 1786

% 433.5 229.78 171.46 100.81 82.82 82.31 76.19 49.11 51.44 36.95

PTS 72 60 56 44 36 28 20 20 12 12

D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FF 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 0

For 1944 1236 1295 1125 1335 1114 783 245

Agst 546 1012 1235 948 1132 1160 1452 1957

% 356.04 122.13 104.86 118.67 117.93 96.03 53.93 12.52

PTS 60 40 36 32 32 28 12 0

PREMIER B RESERVES St Kevins OB Old Melburnians St Bedes / Mentone Tigers Old Brighton Gr. Fitzroy Parkdale Vultures Ajax Mazenod OC Caulfield Gr. Hampton Rovers

P 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 18

W 17 15 14 11 9 7 5 5 3 3

L 0 3 4 7 9 11 13 13 14 15

PREMIER B THIRDS

PREMIER THIRDS P 14 14 15 14 13 14 15 14 9 14

St Kevins OB St Bedes / Mentone Tigers Old Melburnians Old Brighton Gr. Ajax Fitzroy Hampton Rovers Parkdale Vultures Mazenod OC Caulfield Gr.

Old Xaverians Ajax (Black) Old Carey St Kevins Old Trinity Fitzroy Mazenod Ajax (Red)

P 13 14 13 14 14 14 12 8

W 13 9 7 7 7 6 2 0

L 0 5 6 7 7 8 10 8

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