East Gambier East Gambier

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A grade with a ver y undermanned side put up a solid effort against a very strong west side with the young pups showing some realpromise.

Best players R Lillicrap, N Lock, J Plunkett, N Gollan, C SlapeandJMee.

North Gambier North Gambier Yellow & Black

VSaturday was proof that in the unlikely event of a drought in the South East, all that will be required is for us to turn the lights on at VansittartPark.

U16s are improving each week U18s played a solid game in thisfieryencounter

Best players C McCracken, A Perryman, I Dwyer, B Dempsey, B Versteegh, J Carey

Best players W Ellis, K McCracken, T Wilke, T McDonald, E Humphries andKMee.

B Grade was a very one sided affair back line was underthepumpallday

BestplayersCBarry, BNash ,B Gaffney, T Balshaw, R ClarkeandADethmore.

Congratulations to clubman Riley Janeway on 100 senior games. This week we host rivals North Gambier and our club sponsors with our first Presidents luncheon guestspeakerisSimonFeast a great way to thank our sponsors who help our club stayfinancial.

At night is our first social function Survivor night see youthere

It was a long day and the weather and results seem to getworseasthedaywenton. Thanks to all the volunteers and I hope everyone from both teams enjoyed their Sundayoff.

The U14s kicked the dew off thegroundbeforegettingthe better of Millicent Sam Baron has had a huge start the year and was again named best players, with o t h er awa rd w in n ers including Ethan Brook, Ethan Flett, Lincoln Holtham and CooperHarris.

Coach Zeitz has got the U16s playing well. They pulled away, with Kade Allen is returning to his best after having a year off with a knee, being named best after 4 goals Other named best players included Cooper Turner, Alexander Bruce, Ben Braithwaite and Jackson Driver.

TraeHamiltonledtheU18sto a convincing win, supported bySebDoody(4goals),Reece McLaughlin, Deacon Ilsely (in his first game for the year after injury), Angus Allen and Zayne Young. Coach Bryan has the boys humming and I am sure some will be getting a look in the A grade in comingweeks.

So that's the end of the good results Unfortunately, the reserves best work was done on the dance floor Saturday night after not troubling the scorers during the afternoon. Hopefully a few more at training will see some i m p r o v e m e n t a n d competitive games coming up. Best players were still found in Danny Poyner, Zach Clark, Tom Flett, Matthew Chapman, Aidan Curtis and coach Young who is doing everythinghecan. Pleaseget aroundhimandthankstoour guest umpire this week in Simon“razor”Engel.

The seniors didn't make the most of their early chances a n d a b i t m o r e communication could have had TMc running into an open goal. Like the weather, the footy deteriorated as the game wore on, with the reigning premiers too good on the day. We had another couple of debutants in Tyson Christophersen and Jonty Collins, both of whom we h o p e h a v e l o n g a n d successful careers at NGFC. Possibly the highlight of the day was the performance of Jonty and his 2 goals nearly singlehandedly keeping us in the game at ½ time, which was extraordinary for a kid playing his first game Awards were given to Brad Adams, Jake Schutz, Sam Egan, Nick McInerney, Sam StaffordandDaleBackmann.

The Hot Dub Tige Machine wentoffatreat,thankstothe organising committee and everyonethatattended.

This week we are at East and we will enjoy them looking afterus!

Rosters are now out. Please make sure you check and fulfilyourresponsibilities.

Memberships can still be purchased. Please reach out to Mardi or Andrew Whan or head to Team App and purchase from the NGFC Store.

Thank you to our major sponsors for season 2023, S t u c k e y E l e c t r i c a l ContractorsandKFC.

Coach: Jason Dunn Team