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~ic~lat the 1998 season is with us .

~i~i :< o!~:-~~nsonto was

" the administrationh of theeld structural change sI, ,

1 CCZ11r appear•ance on the horizon of a

bric of our great competition as we have

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I-IANGES AT VAFA - 'HNISTRATION

, . ri ,~rru s of the staff have been reallocated

i~.l : both Administratio n

Sue Anderson being handed

es T r, : :rcii j L General Manager to myself should b e

d ir>n~ either within the current administra-d and filled from outside applicants .

<1ea1 of discussion it was decided that the

r."in I ; merubers of staff Sue an d Brett, being

~~~~,-1,cnpabtc and experienced should have their

n a~'~d so that their tasks were central to the

III, Association ,;, qucntt}- Brett assumes responsibi lity for the

iiiirl~; 1rrt romP~don of the " Amateur Footballer"

responsibility for the development and

all programs related to the Quit

;,;,, ;,,, ; 111'ana,_,'ingunder the contr ol of the Under

) C+'.,_, i : airn the running of Under 19 football and tak-

F :1orc o_omuient role in the servicing of VAFA

un :~ ;r< . ~uc anderson, reporting directly to myself ,

- 0hw administration of the tribunal and inves-

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, t ; pirc as well as supervising the regis tr atio n

erliiation requirements related to trainers and

I° ~~ctionumpires.-,Registration Secretary Cliff Bastow an d

ews.easurer Noel Rundle.who both previously did not do

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TI-,i= JOURNAL OF THE VICTORIAN AMATEUR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION

4th,1 SS3 Price: 1 .5 Vol . too . 1

ATEUR FOOTBALLER 1998

their work out ofElsternwick Park arenow domiciled atheadquarters.

All of these changes in the management structureandhave absorbed much time in the planning process

will work to make the VAFA an even more profession-

ally organised outfit .

CLOUD ON THE HORIZON

News that the AFL and VFL is considering drafting

players from the VFL competition only has causedmuch angst amongst VAFA clubs and supporters . Tha t

our elite competition would eontemplate forcing everyboy who has the dream of playing AFL football into aVFL stream at an early age appears to be ill conceivedand would break down the sound structures that foot-ball at the elite level is based on - that is country foot-ball, metropolitan football and amateur football . After

all do you build a house on a beach or do you build iton strong foundations? Concerned people can resteasy that the VAFA will work particularly hard to pre-serve our current position in this matter.

Ashley Browne,reporting on the St.Kilda versus

Geelong match in last weekend's Age when writing

about ex Old Melburnian Andrew Thompson, wrote-`Thompson hails from the amateurs whose best play-ers, apparently, will now have to play in the VFL if they

want to be drafted . The former Old Melburniari s efforts

yesterday would suggest the folly of that ."

HAVE A GREAT SEASO N

Best wishes to all clubs today as we embark on a

new season. May success and enjoyment come your

way often during the new season. I hope that everyone

enjoys their year reading the "Amateur Footballer" andfollowing the progress of the VAFA through an avidinvolvement with one's club .

A SECTIONby Jason Frenke l

s the siren sounds at your ground today toark the beginning of another thrilling season

of A-Section football, take a minute to think of thecountless people who combine their efforts, ener-gies and time to bring us the exciting, action-packed spectacle we are privy to each winter.

Everyone from the property steward to theorange-cutter plays an important role in club cul-ture in the amateur game, enabling teams to sur-vive and the competition to thrive. So as we turnour attention to the visible face of this great gamenamely the players, spare a thought for the tire-less individuals who do their job for no other rea-son than for the "love of the game" (to borrow thewell-worn cliche which Joseph Johnson - so aptlyapplied to amateur football in his history of theVAFA) .

Remarkably, with the season beginning today,a number of players have had the distinction ofplaying representative football already, and beforea 60,000-strong crowd at Waverley too! With thehonour of tackling an Ovens and Murray repre-sentative side in the curtain-raiser to the AnsettCup grand final, the amateurs performed with dis-tinction to take out the SmokeFree Challenge Cupin a thrilling contest . Trailing by 29 points late inthe third term, the prospects of a VAFA revivalseemed dim, but Neville Taylors' charges foundsomething extra late in the game to charge hometo a thrilling victory before an appreciative crowd .Andrew Ramsden added bite on the ball after halftime and Marcus Dollman, Tim Ockleshaw, SimonWood and Mark Seccull repeatedly drove the ballforward in the last quarter as the VAFA camehome with a wet sail . It was a great game and ataste, too, of the sensational season that startstoday .

Preview

What a way to start the season with four block-buster matches scheduled for Saturday before St .Bernards meet Old Brighton at Elsternwiek Parkon Sunday to complete the round . Much attentionwill centre, of course, on the newcomers, with St .Kevins and Old Brighton both hoping to fare bet-ter than their predecessors, Old Paradians andOld Trinity, who resume in B-section for 1998after just one season in the top section.

With All-Australian full-back Robert Grossreturning with Luke Mahoney to his former clubthis year, St. Kevins will be looking to open uptheir account with a win against Old Haileybury

this afternoon .SKOBS have beenbusy recruiting ove

r the break, with somepromising schoolboys joining the chand with the experienced duo nameon deck, St. Kevins have every reaso.season with confidence . The Blood:easy-beats . Simon Meehan took Old 1-a fairytale journey last season whic,within a whisker of a grand final beiyears effort will only make them hunthe next step in season 1998 .

If winners are grinners, then Leighhave a forced smile on his faceCollegians side can lift a notch and imiership - the Lions have sat on or neaa couple of years yet the prized flageluded them in spite of their quality sanother strong season from Collegianstart their 1998 campaign with a totment against De La Salle . The Dees xring to start this year in much the satthat they finished off last year - with alling and a no-holds-barred attitude . Thrun to make the finals fell just short labut with new coach Kevin Collins on b(host of exciting players, De La have ev+to expect better results in season 1998 .

Much has been made of the various flast year's grand finalists, and on papeXaverians have had a better off-seasonrunners-up, Old Scotch. Seven players iunsuccessful grand final combination 1,lost to the club, but Wayne Harmes newattitude is unlikely to dwell on the negaiCardinals will be hungrier than ever an(make amends on last years disappointirTheir opponents, University Blues, willto start 1998 on the right foot after a diopening to the 1997 season - the Blues hoall but dashed midway through last seasctook a spirited second half revival just to,relegation . Andrew Smith takes over the creigns and will be looking for the right mix

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eucc . Y0111.11 and talent to drive the Blues upwardyi s, .a,on 1998 .

old hielbu-Tnians , too, will be looking to put a~jisanpo1nting 1997 behind them today when they

niiigpremiers Xaverians in what shoul d

Isss than a final s berth and a shot at thehi~; ntze it~ 1998 . They will have their work cut out

mbe a t~°lling llrst round encounter. Coach Michael

orci heads a talented list of personnel at the

Redie2s anu tl iis proud club is unlikely to settle fo r

to~ ; ;, m today, especially if the hype about Xavspr;, to be true. The experienced Jason Taylo r

tb this yc h,» i,,rn added to their ranks, and many are pre-

I above b di lrr ' tlsat new coach Tim O'Shaughnessy wi ll

z to start pit l: ttp v,-here Nick Bourke left off and guide the

will not to another fl ag in 1998 .

[aileybun Cite St . Bernards v. Old Brighton clash on!r took t1; Sr,uda}~ holds much interest, too . Punters areth, an d '. k , . n to gauge the playing ability of the reigning B-grier to t< < raci ° premiers and assess St . Bernard's prospects

,~ood year in A-section. Remember, St.Carlson , E3 rtlards looked all but gone last year before

until Foulds inspired his charges in a belated fin-

vin the to tho season to stave off relega tion . They cer-r the top t tti' v.-ai.it want those dramas again this year,

has so =< ' 1' i11 be keen to notch up a first-round win ,

ide. Exp all that in mind, here's wishing a ll A-see-s, who tn clubs every success in season 1998 . May yourgh assi, :bs cear be ac ti on-packed, excitement-fi lled andill be lo r' i!_p.tn-free.ne manrguns bl4

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MHSOB appear to have recruited well and couldwell emerge as the big improvers . Ormond, OldIvanhoe and Ivanhoe also appear likely to challengeand expected new kids on the block Mareellin andNorth Old Boys to give some cheek throughout theyear.

PREVIEW

MARCELLIN V. OLD IVAPIHOEMarcellin fresh from its success in 'C' Section last

year will be looking to consolidate it's position in 'B'Section . They face a slightly new look Old Ivanhoewith new coach Stewart Glascott, brother of DavidGlascott, and player and coach at Old Geelong . OldIvanhoe also has a new captain Anthony AperParker .

The club has recruited well and new playersinclude Jason Taylor, Paul Northey and AndrewEgan . Big things are expected of James Hope, freshout of school football.

Old Ivanhoe suffered a pre-season blow with lastyear's leading 'B' Section goal kicker, LachlanMcLean, breaking his leg last week (here's to aspeedy recovery) .

Old Ivanhoe by 18 points .

MHSOB V. NORTH OLD BOYSMHSOB have had a busy off-season with a num-

ber of departures and arrivals and are keen to go atleast one step further this year. Two high profilerecruits are Ewan Thompson (Richmond) and PeterO'Brien (Collingwood), A Section best and fairest win-ner in 1996.

The club has lost the services of "Doc" Glover, keyforward Nathan Johns and Dan Woodley, club bestand fairest last year.

Long standing captain Dean Comer will end his 9year stint as captain with an appearance in thereserves . The club is holding a lunch in his honouron Saturday.

North Old Boys have added extra experience totheir coaching staff to ensure they stay in 'B' Section.Senior coach Frank Dunnell will be assisted by JohnNewbolt . In the Reserves the coaching team is DarrenCaddy and Mark Dyson and in the U19's AndrewRyan and Gil Huckstepp. 1998 sees the return of for-mer players Paul Booth and Owen Abrahams and thedebut of Ben Jordan, son of John Jordan, premier-ship player and coach. "1997 VAFA Personality of theYear" Bruno Conti has hung up his boots for 1998 .

Despite North Old iBoys good pre-seasonform, MHSOB by 24points .

ORMOND V. OLD TRINI'T1Ormond has secured the services of a nf

for season 1998 . Steve Grace an ex-pre:player with the club . They have been strengtlthe return of Matt McConvill (Sandringham)Block (Sandringham), David Turner (CarliPaul Marnow (overseas) . Plus the recruitin€Werner (Tatura), Matthew Nash (QAFL) anFirnmell (Echuca), Craig Symes (overseas)missing from action this year.

Old Trinity after a disappointing seasSection are expecting to reassert themselvSection . They will be strengthened by the rRamsden (Essendon) and have recruitecStephens from Box Hill . Departures includeHatfield to Old Xaverians and Matt CRichmond .

Old Trinity have a number of injurOrmond can be hard to beat at home . Ormoipoints.

IVANHOE V. MAZENODIvanhoe is counting on a better start to 1

son to ensure a part in the finals action . Co Valkanis in his second year at Ivanhoe E

reported a strong turn out for pre-seassources at the club expect "the selectors vtheir hands full" picking the sides .

Ivanhoe has retained the services of its kers who include Trevor Timms, Steve &Chris Tucker and 1997 club best and faireFlynn.

They expect further improvements from igrown players Tom Healy and Danny Ryan .

Ivanhoe is holding its season launch luncIvanhoe Park beginning at 12 noon .

Mazenod is looking for further improvemfits current crop of players to remain competitSection . The players expected to improve t]include John Ballenger. Matt Quirk andFisher.

Ivanhoe at home should be too strong. Iva40 points .

OLD PARADIANS V. THERRYAlong with Old Trinity, Paradians can be

ed to be a force in 'B' Section this year after aseason in 'A' Section. Old Paradians launchseason with a jumper presentation and fan

tast «eekendand have enjoyed good form in their

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Lndcr 19 progr 2zn .T I l r . ~T e expected to be around the finals action

l is ~e~u and are kin~fmor~further improvement

tr (' m its }~aunger players g through the

p1radians' should be accomplished at home .

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Sutcliffe James Van Beek BOUNDARY : Anthony

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MHSOB v. NORTH OLD BOYS FIELD : Phil Calls

,~tark Bushfield BOUNDARY: Michael Chapple

lances Maxwell GOAL: David Murray Skip Shipley

OLD PARADL9NS v. THERRY PENOLA FIELD :

[,)en Allen Ben Schmidt BOUNDARY : Greg ShiloRobert Mutton GOAL : Bernie Dix Phil Ber g

ORMOND v. OLD TRINITY FIELD : DarrenDalfieish Geoff Curran GOAL : Charlie May Peter

[3ctiker sIVANHOE v. MAZENOD FIELD : Cameron Nash

Damian.. Lane GOAL : Russell Owens Malcolm Venn

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The Age VAFA sportswriterGarry Petroff writes about Saturday VAFA matches

played and previews the Sunday A sectionMatch of the Day.

VALE - JOHN GARTNER(November 1953-March 1998 )

The Marcellin OldCollegiansFootball Clubtoday mourns thedeath of one of its"favourite sons"and football leg-end John Gartner,who tragicallydied on Saturdayevening March 21after suffering aheart attack whenreturning from arun .

In 1968 as a 15 year old schoolboy, Johnplayed in the first ever team to representMarcellin against Frankston in the YCW com-petition when some players failed to turn up forthe match . Three years later whilst in his HSCyear he was a member of the club's inauguralVAFA 1971 F Section premiership team andalso played in the 1974 C Section and 1976 BSection premiership teams . Along with hisbrother, Peter, John was a valued member of acore of players who took Marcellin from FSection to A Section in a record 6 seasons .

Affectionately known as "Crabby" to hismates John was the youngest member of thewell known and respected Gartner family. Hehad a distinguished VAFA career. He played171 games, captaining the club and winning abest and fairest award, as well as representingthe VAFA including the 1977 Adelaide AAFCcarnival .

John Gartner was not a flashy player, butsolid, honest and dependable and could alwaysbe relied upon to do the job required of him and

more . These qualities were evident in all facetsof his life - family, business, sport, social and

community. John Gartner lived his life withdignity and integrity and was a wonderful rolemodel to his loving wife Maryanne and his chil-dren Karlie, Luke and Kathryn .

The 1000 plus people who attended John'sfuneral Mass was a fitting tribute to him, andclearly showed the respect and admiration inwhich he was held by all who knew him .

Live B Grade Football Broadcast from 1 .45 p.m. every Saturday

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en I was born, around twenty two years ago, theworld was a very different place . Long hair, tight

shirts and flared pants were the fashion, ABBA and theSkyhooks were popular, and apparently a pot of beerwas around 80 cents . Elvis was still dead though .

But throughout all these changes, one thing hasremained constant . Around March or April we coverthe turf wickets with dirt and kick off what we hope willbe another great footy season. I have those hopes forthis year, so lets see what we are playing with .

Firstly to the new boys. Up from D Section are pre-miers Beaumaris and runners up Old Geelong .Congratulations on last year's performances to bothteams, and good luck for this year. Both teams havestuck with last years coaching staff, and I'm sure arekeen to consolidate a place in C this year. However, Irecently drove past the Como ground, home of theOggers, and found it looking not unlike the SCG, circalate September 1989 . For those who never saw it, it hasbeen ripped up for resurfacing. That spells good newsfor those teams carrying the odd tubby bloke, whoalways thought that ground was just too bloody big.

Down from B Section are wooden spoonersBanyule, who last year had a season they would ratherforget, and St . Kilda South Caulfield who managedsome big upsets in B last year, but just lost too manygames early to hold their position in a section that wasvery strong. Banyule have changed coaches, and willlook to this year as one to erase last year and forgeahead. Good luck also to these teams for '98 .

Two teams who were unlucky in last years finalsseries were St . Bedes Mentone an d Old Mentonians.Both lost extremely tight finals last year in what was avery even finals series, and will be determined to makethis year their own . St . Bedes are another to changecoaches. Ted Turner has been hired to do the jobalmost completed last year, and has good buildingblocks in the Reserves and Under 19's who were bothpremiers last year. Old Mentonians are in a similarposition, without the flags. A solid base of establishedsenior players mixed with some talented youth shouldsee them well placed again this year .

Bulleen-Templestowe and Thomastown are twoclubs that are always just about there, but slow startsand in consistent form away from home always seemto cost them . Both teams have also changed coachesfor this season. Darren Birch has taken over theBullants, whilst at Thomastown, Alan Fleming hastaken over from veteran captain Tony Fellows, allowinghim to concentrate on his footy in what I don't want tosay could be his final year. Both these teams must findform away from home if they are to threaten this year .

St . Leos Emmaus and Hampton Rovers have alsoopted for a change in coach . St . Leos have gained the

services of Amateursjourneyman HarryHarisiou, whilst atHampton Russel lBarnes wi ll take the charge of a Rovers unit rto deliver the goods consistently last year afting some pre-season poaching, but still needop a want to win to be successful. St. Leos

a the same boat. They made little impressiorsection in their first year last year, but withasm on their side, could well stir up a bit o1year.

On the whole, it seems change has beenof the day over summer. If change is as thgood as a holiday, let's hope everyone is restethongs and sunscreen have been replacedboots and linament, and lets get this show on

SELECTIONS - ROUND 1St . Kilda South Caulfield take on I

Rovers at Bluff Road Oval, and first up I willSainters. Sorry Rovers, but you let me downtoo often last year, and the Saints have some 1to their names and will prove too strong.

St . Leos take on Banyule at what will biBennetswood Reserve. Coach Harisiou shou'.bit of inside mail on Banyule, having servedyear, and on unfamiliar territory, I think themay struggle. I will go for St . Leos .

Bull een-Templestowe host St. Bedesand the Bullants will be keen to impress . Halittle of any teams pre-season form I have to Iyear . The Tigers were unlucky not to make thea grade, whilst the Bullants choked as the enTigers to win .

Old Mentonians will bet Old GeeKeysborough. The Panthers too were unluckyand will not want to start as slowly as theyOggers however produced some good footy lassMark Neeld, and I'm pencilling this one inwatch.

Lastly the new kids the Beaumaris Sh-,Thomastown . Thomastown are notoriously Ifrom home, and the Sharks came on in lEbounds last year. They have a good strong lisi .provide good competition for most teams tSharks to win .

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Tom rain

Welcome back for yet another season of whatpromises (on paper at least) to be a very even-

ly graded competition. Move over 'Cookey and'Pete', the old team are back in town (up from E) toguide you all good folk with pearls of wisdom andnaturally enough the odd ridiculous statementfrom time to time .

The 4 teams up 'E', namely Southbank, YarraValley Old Boys, Uni . Blacks and St . PatsMentone will all be hoping to hold firm this yearwhilst the 2 teams down (AJAX and MonashBlues) will be doing their all to wipe out the mem-ories of last season and to quickly move back upthe grades . Having said that, the remaining teamsin the competition will be hellbent on exertingtheir authority and not letting any of the 'new'boys have things their own way .

With a final 5 and an uneven draw the numerouno spot will be all important for the weeks restcome finals time . No longer will the tag of 'minor'premier be as important as well as the well earnedrest .

Hope reigns supreme at this time of the yearand to all clubs, both Tom and myself wish allgood fortune and trust that everyone involved canenjoy the "FOOTY" season ahead !

PREVIEW ROUND 1Monash Blues host St Pats Mentone in a

game that pits in combat a team down a grade andthe other up a grade . On that basis alone KB givesthe nod to the students to draw lst blood and getan early 4 points on the board . St . Pats are neveran easy beat and I'm confident that they'll take thegame right up to the Blues, however at days endMonash to score by 21 points . The Vultures havehad a bit of an interrupted pre-season with coach-ing appointments and TB feels that they may notbe quite on top of their game going into round 1,and so tips the Blues to start off the season with agood win .

Old Essendon Grammar welcomes acrossfrom the other side of town St. Johns OldCollegians . This game will be a real tense struggleand whilst form from '97 counts for little KB reck-ons on the home ground advantage being the keyelement in confidently predicting Essendon to kickoff '98 in grand style by notching up a 30 pointwin. Both sides have new coaches this year andmay take time to settle into the different styles .OEG's were a bit stiff in the end last year, whilethe JOCS were a bit disappointing so I'll agree withMr. Bremner and tip the home side .

Two of last season's 'E' Section premiersSouthbank and Yarra Va ll ey Old Boys do batat Yarra Park adjacent to the National TernCentre . It promises to be an epic encounter wino quarter asked nor given and both teams wasing to exert authority early in the season . In a nbiter and tossing a coin for the anticipated resiKB picks the Bankers to win by the narrowestmargins . . . . l point . It should be a really good gazof Ammo footy the ground is in magnificent contion and both sides should be primed and chairing at the bit . Always though when two premiefrom the previous year meet first up, game plaare not really in place but the incentive of the flunfurling and loyally sways me to tip the Tiger s

Parkside greet Salesian Old Coll egians a:whilst I'm sure the Red Devils will be hospitalafter the game no such favour will be forthcomion the pitch of the battle . A close and hard fou~match is on the cards and the results may wellin the balance till late in the game but KB tipsfavour of Parkside to tough it out and get homepoints in front . We believe that the Red Devils harecruited very well and certainly finished '97great style, Salesian after a year of consolidatiwill be looking to make that step forward in'98 blike KB the Brain feels these aspirations willput on hold for one week. Home side comfortab

University Blacks an d AJAX in another gaiwhereby it showcases teams up and down Indifferent sections . The Blacks will be buoyedtheir pre-game flag unfurling and should hit tground full of running, however KB suggest tIthe AJAX boys will hit their straps to nudgefront at some stage of the game and then gowith matters from there to register an 18 point vtory. To keep KB honest I feel I must disagree he :The Jackers have worked hard over summer to ithemselves of last years horrors and will havebetter season, while the Blacks will be lookingcontinue their march up the sections . To useracing parlance TB feels the Blacks will get horby a nose .

Aquinas lock horns in battle with Whitefriaand a great game is anticipated. The Friars willdoubt start as one of the early season favourilgiven their ladder standing from last season aAquinas will no doubt be very competitive . This

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UMPIRES CORNERby Leah Gallagher

and Peter Simpson

TT]e'come to a new season of Amateur football and►ry Amateur umpiring, after three or four weeks ofpracuce games we now start the battle for premiershippoints or for the umpires a chance to reach for new lev-

I n Their games-

~tlth pre-season over we can now say goodbye to thethree minutes runs in the heat around the hockey fields .

nit of our boundaries . May I take the opportunity to

Dashing along the sand at Elwood beach .Point Ormond Hill (watch out for the bikes and rollerulad,~rs) .300 metre runs .

This year there will be a new format to Umpires 'Corner (meaning not much to censor) as well as a newscribe in Adam Keil, this might take us a few weeks to,et it together so bear with us as we try to stretch the

thank last year's partner Peter Simpson in his worktonards this column.

MILESTONES

To start the season off we have a couple of umpires,cho f avc reached milestones in their career :

Ron Smith umpires his 250th game, Ronnie (affec-tionately known at Emu) is a popular character runningaronnd in the lower grades and when he gets with hismate ' Ball Tearer" (David D'Altera) anything can hap-

Brendan Corcoran, joins the 100 club reaching his100th game . Brendon is a BP (quiet achiever) who helpsout the association by getting work done around the newc lub rooms and not bad when it comes to trivia nights .

From all your running mates we congratulate you;u~ s on these milestones.

Representative games usua lly happen around.lunc, vet Mark Gibson an d Dominic Napoli foundthemselves at Waverley Park for a rep . game on the nightof the Ansett Cup Grand Final, well done guys .

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Each year we lose some umpires for either personalor physical reasons, so here are a few that will be sadlyMussed by fellow umpires and spectators (not).- Justin Toohey, could end up as an observer.- Craig O'Donoghue, find him in the latest edition of

Inside Football.- Colin Segota, might run on by going onto the sup-

plementary list .

WELCOMES

1Vith some losses brings forth some gains with first~<<u umpires to our Association, in all around 20 new=PUes to our ranks and hope that today will be their1rst of many.

Returns of some umpires to our Association like TimSutcliffe, Clark Thuys, Brad Nash .

Also watch out for our running coach, James VanBeek in the middle.

RULES

After umpiring a couple of practice games withteams from outside our association it is interesting tonote the set up of ruckmen at centre bounces . As theAmateur rules do not require a line through the centrecircle, a ruckman can attack the bounce of the ball fromany direction he chooses, as like a field bounce .Ruckmen do not have to follow the lead of the AFL andmatch up on opposite sides of the circle . True or false(answer next week) .

SOCIAL NEWS

Last years Bounce Off between Kevin Segota an dRichard Eastwood resulted in Kevin winning the eventfor a second time.

The Aquathon held recently at Elwood Beach in bet-ter conditions than previous years (meaning a low jelly-fish count) resulted in these winners .

MEN

lst Ben Schmidt2nd Mark Bushfield3rd Daniel Halliwell

WOMEN

lst Andrea Flack2nd Chris Bushfield3rd Rebecca Griffith sComing up will be the Bowling Night to be held

either late April or early May, usually a great night so getbehind the social calendar and make it beneficial .

MEETING NEWS

News from our last Association meeting is that meet-ings are compulsory, and that members are required toattend unless a written apology is received by the secre-tary

-These meetings are held for the benefit of the mem-bers and decision are made for or against by the mem-bers at these meetings. Lets get behind each other andtake a little bit of interest in what going on around us.

White Wacker of the Month goes to Vinnie Vescovifor being the fittest he has been for a long time and thendeciding to run this year as a goalte.

May everyone enjoy this season and we trust that itbrings to all concerned the promotions that they want .

Keep bouncing.

Leah and Adam

~his year VAFA sponsor Carlton and United Breweries (CUB) has pleasure in presenting atrivia competition which will see at the end of each month of the footba ll season one con-

testant win two cases of CUB product .The following ten questions wi ll appear in each edition of the "Amateur Footba ller" for April

- there are 25 correct responses required for a perfect entry .On the Tuesday following the final round in April , six entries will be drawn from those sub-

mitted and the entry that has the highest number of responses correct wi ll be declared themonthly winner.

As many entries can be lodged per person per month and each entry should clearly showquestions 1 to 10 followed by the written responses to each question .

1 . The VAFA introduced the centre "SQUARE" in 1973 . What was unique about the"SQUARE" ?

2 . The VAFA defeated the Ovens and Murray League by 3 points in the curtain raiserto the Ansett Cup Grand Final in 1998 . Who kicked the winning goal?

3 . The first General Manager of the VAFA is now assistant secretary of the MelbourneCricket Club . Can you name him, and the VAFA club for whom he played?

4 . VFL players from the following clubs have coached VAFA teams to 'A' Section flags .Richmond (3), Hawthorn (2) . Can you name the players and the VAFA teams theyhave coached?

5 . Who was the last captain coach of an 'A' Section premiership team? Perhaps the cluemay be that this burly aggressive key position player is now in a somewhat differentposition in football .

6 . In the 70's Reservoir Old Boys, no longer with us, went from D to A in the shortestpossible time . Only one other club has done it in the post-war years . Can you namethe team? In that period "The Carnival is Over" was a popular song.

7 . Only one man on the VAFA Executive in 1998 has won a Section best and fairest.Can you name him? He's big, and he's a north of the Yarra man .

8 . The Ryder Medal is awarded to the best and fairest player in District Cricket . Thisyear a former amateur player was runner-up, beaten by one vote . In his days in theVAFA he tied for a section best and fairest . Can you name him, his VAFA club andhis cricket club?

9 . Collegians is known as the oldest club in the Association, being the only survivor ofthe clubs who formed the VAFA in 1892. Can you name the second and third oldest .10 . Name the odd man out, for two reasons . Robert Dipierdomenico (Hawthorn), RossSmith (St. Kilda), Neil Roberts (St. Kilda), Gary Dempsey (Footscray and NorthMelbourne), Ian Law (Hawthorn), Don Cordner (Melbourne) .

Entries to the CUB Trivia Competitionc/- VAFA PO Box 359 Elsternwick 3185 .

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E SECTION (Blue)by Craig Richardson

j=]~th "The Footy" back, all teams will be full of~r high expectations. The usual questions

need to be answered such as "Will our newrecruits come up to their pre-season promise?'Will the old crew continue to be a force etc . etc" .

Well E Blue promises to be a very tight andhard fought competition throughout the entire'98 season with many more questions having tobe answered . Now bring on the real stuff withpre-season having finished .PREVIEW

Glenhuntly at home against St . Ma rys . Well ,both sides showed early on last year they hadsomething and were probably only a little shorton depth in the wash up of '97. So if both sidescan strengthen in this area, I'm sure they bothwill prove to be worthy combatants with all com-ers in 1998 . As far as this week goes, I'll go forthe home side for this reason alone in a first upencounter.

Chirnside Park take on perennial finalists ofthe last few years in Power House . Little isknown of Chirnside Park, and Power House havehad the usual Grand Prix pre-season trainingmisfortunes. This game should provide specta-tors with a high class encounter, but the morehardened Power House should sneak the 4points in a tough first up clash .

At Swinburne's home ground and a foreignone at that for the Wickers, I'm tipping an excit-ing game. Elsternwick, a side in the past relyingon too few need some further support around theground . Usually good starters to the year are theWickers, thus I'll tip them but Swinburne couldsurprise at home .

Oakleigh v. Old Camberwell , at home of theCrushers . Always tough to beat at home areOakleigh and after a promising finish to '97 they

SCOTT;PARTNERS

again should be there abouts come finals actionWhat to expect from Old Camberwell ? After ;few seasons in D Section they've slipped a notc]but will obviously be no easy beat in what shoul(be high class affair. I'll play it safe and go for th,home side . Crushers just.

In the final game, Peninsula take orCaulfield at home. The Pirates like Power Housihave been finalists over the past few season :without being able to go all the way and again ir'98 should be very hard to roll, especially orhome turf. As for Caulfield, well like OlcCamberwell, they too have slipped down from ESection . Obviously they have high expectation;for the coming season but to take on the Pirate;at home first up is no easy assignment . So

i somewhat of an upset and a rude awakening fo ra more fancied side in Caulfield, I'm actually tip-ping a home side victory .

To all teams in season '98 all the very bestand I hope your seasons all go along smoothlywithout too many bumps .

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SPORTSCOVER

E SECTION (White)by Barry Hickey

Six E Centrals + 4 E Easts = 10 E Whites?Quite apart from disliking mixed terms an d

metaphors, a quick look at a map should con-vince anyone that a more fitting name for the ESections would have been North and South .And I know the bit about "What's in a name?",but if a Rose was called a Furtleworth it would-n't have the same mystique, no matter howsweet it smelt.

An interesting season this, with the chanceto compare the relative strengths of last yearssections, and the absolute surely that there willbe few, if any, one sided matches .

The big bonus for the E White scribe is thatof having UHSOB's Tony Boyce in the section, ifBoycey hasn't heard about it then it hasn't hap-pened, yet !

All the very best to every Club, for whatpromises to be a ripper of a football year .

THE ROUND 1 GAMES

UHSOB play Old Carey at the Brens Oval .UHSOB have a new coaching panel, with DavidNash continuing with the Seniors, and formerstar E Central scribe, Mick James, directing theRessies. Numbers have been good during pre-season, and the connections expect a solidshowing from the Green and Browns in 1998 .The C's have had their customary flood ofreturning vacationers in the two weeks prior tothe first game, and are fortunate that somemissing notables have been replaced by equallytalented returners. Practice match form of bothteams, has been reasonably encouraging,though neither has yet seen their best side onthe field together. Picking winners at this timeof the year is a bit of a lottery, but I'll go for theC's, because of the potency of their on-ballersand forwards, even though they may be short ofa gallop . There won't be much in it, a few pointstops .

Fitzroy Reds meet La Trobe University atthe Ramsden Street Reserve, and Dan Fitts tellsme that, like the C's, the Reds training num-bers have gone off scale in the last few days,with the Sale contingent being the principalbooster. Reds are still adjusting to their newstatus and 1998 is something of an adventurefor all concerned . Grant Hammond returns asthe Reds coach, and they are aiming at a moreconsistent performance this year compared

with 1997, whenthey had a fewunaccountablelapses . La Trobe ,could be boomers. Sean Dunin has taken cthe coaching role, and the 'Man Mountain' is cthe track again, both of which augur well . Bifor this game I'll go for the Reds to win bygoals .

Richmond Central take on the BulleeCobras, and both clubs are confident of improing on last years results . Recruiting has covenlosses, and coaches Tim Pontefract (RC) ar.Joe D'Angelo (BC) remain in the generals' seafrom previous years . The Cobras pre-seas(form has been very promising, suggesting th:they may start realising the tremendous potetial they have had for the past two years . TICobras should take the points today, ev€though Central is tough to beat at the KevBartlett . The Cobras seem to be a bit furthahead in their preparation at this stage, axshould come home by 3/4 goals .

North Brunswick host Kew in a c1a :between two '97 Grand Finalists . Craig Fox coitinues as the Green and Golds coach, whilKew welcomes back the very experienced SeD'Angelo . Jason Tirchett looks like makingreturn at North, which is a major boost . BaClubs have had good numbers at training, arseem to have covered any losses from the tcsides they fielded last year. No question thNorth and Kew will have a major say in tlmake up of the final four, and today's clash wbe an indicator of what's in store for the restE White . Both play with similar pace arvigour, with Kew perhaps having an advanta,,in the forwards, who are capable of kickiiprodigious scores . Kew should win a top ganby 2/3 goals .

Williamstown CYMS welcomes Old Wesbourne in another big game. Town have losome talent from last year's brilliant outfit, b-have also recruited well enough to be serioicontenders once more . Paul McNamara htaken over as the CY's senior coach, and RobeMutimer is also new at OW. Old Westbouriexpect to continue on from their last half seson form in '97, when they won 7 out of 9 . Thwill be a very even match, and on the Fear (

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Reserves winners should be: Old Carey,Fitzro~Reds, Richmond Central, Kew and~l'illiamstown CYMS .

SOCIt1I. NOTES

UIiSOB are holding a Fancy Dress at theclubrooms tonight. Attendees are to wear any-tiling beginning with U . H, S, 0, or B!

CORRESPONDENTS: The Monday numbers,(h) 9547 9144, (F) 9547 7764

APRIL 18 - ROUND 2LA TROBE UNI v. UHSOBBULLEEN COBRAS v. FITZROY REDSKEW v. RICHMOND CENTRALOLD WESTBOURNE v. NORTH BRUNSWICK~VILLIAMSTOWN CYMS v . OLD CAREYGAME SWITCH FROM ORIGINAL DRAW

UHSOB v. OLD CAREY FIELD: Michael SneddonFITZROY REDS v. LA TROBE UNI FIELD: AlanLaddRICHMOND CENTRAL v. BULLEEN COBRASFIELD: Ken McNelce David D'AlteraNORTH BRUNSWICK v . KEW FIELD: EuanLindsay Michael FordeW ►LLIAMSTOWN CYMS v. OLD WESTBOURNEFIELD : Rick Love Mark Street

R EM EMBERPATRONS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO BRING ALCOHOL INT O

ELSTERNWICK PARK OR INTO ANY VAFA VENUE

VALE - LUKE OLDHAMThe Williamstown CYMS Football Club will

wear black arm bands against OldWestbourne today to honour the life o f

Luke Oldham. Luke, whoplayed with the Under 19's in 1997, was

tragically killed on New Year sEve . Luke was a terrific lad and will be

missed and remembered by allassociated with the CY's.

mokefreeELSTERNWICK PARK

DRAW 1998This Sat : Old Geelong v Bulleen Templestowe (U 19)This Sun: St . Bernards v Old Brighto nNext Sat: No matches - EasterNext Sun : No matches - EasterSat. 18/4: Old Geelong v Bulleen TemplestoweSun. 19/4 : Collegians v St. KevinsSat. 25/4 : North Old Boys v Old IvanhoeSun . 26/4: FIDA MatchdaySat. 2/5 : Old Geelong v Hampton RoversSun. 3/5: Old Xaverians v Old ScotchSat . 9/5: Old Ivanhoe v Therry PenolaSun. 10/5 : No Match - Mothers' DaySat. 16/5 : Ormond v MHSOBSun 17/5: FIDA MatchdaySat. 23/5 : De La Salle v Old Scotc hSun . 24/5: Old Brighton v Old HaileyburySat . 30/5: Ivanhoe v Therry PenolaSun. 31/5 : Old Metburnians v Old Brighton

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FSECTIONby Ed Sil l

e start of the 1998 season heralds conflictingappeals for all sides in the newly formed F

Section. For some it is a sanctuary away from theheights of E Grade, for others it is a stepping stonefrom the one side format of Club XVIII, whilst forothers it is an opportunity to call the VAFA home forthe first time . The first half a dozen games promis-es to be full of intrigue and suspense as clubs jos-tle for the all important early season points . Thenature of the Section makes it a tipster's nightmareearly on, with very little 1997 form to work from,which will no doubt lead to a great deal of specu-lating for all F Section fans .

PREVIEWThe first game for preview sees Monash

Gryphons hosting Eley Park in what is probably

match of the round. The Gryphons would have beendisappointed with last year, a very slow start mean-ing they were behind the eight ball early on . Theydid finish the year strongly, however, and F Sectionspies indicate they have enjoyed an excellent pre-season under coach Gary Ryan . The Sharks pri-marily through a horrific injury list, were also dis-appointing in 1997 . The appointment of captainMartin Hook as senior coach is sure to add youth-ful exuberance to this talented side . However,Monash are extremely keen to get off to a good startat home and are fancied by a couple of goals .

The second game sees Syndal Tally Ho at hometo West Brunswick. Syndal has fallen on hardtimes in recent years after being a powerhouse sub-urban club in the 1980's and early 90's. Runnersup in Club XVIII last year, under coach JeffBingham they are sure to be keen to impress in thesenior ranks of the VAFA. West Brunswick is anoth-er club to have fallen from grace in the last fewyears but various reports suggest that due to solidre-grouping under coach John Jackson, animprovement can be expected for the 1998 season .With their experience in the higher grades theWesties are given the nod in what is sure to be atough encounter .

The next game sees Elthanm and Hawthorn

clash at the wide expanses of Turtle Park . Thes etwo sides split the results in their meetings last yearand are no doubt looking forward to the opportuni-ty to get their season kick started this week . Eithamhave reappointed coach Peter Slacik for the seasonwhilst Peter "Barrel" Tyson has taken over thereigns down at Hawkland. Expect home groundadvantage to play a big part in the results as

Eltham salutes the judge first time round .

In the final match, new boys Werribee host ANZAlbert Park down at the luxurious surrounds ofChirnside Park. The Chinese whisper has beenworking overtime over the summer break with thenews that Werribee will be extremely competitive intheir first year and coach Stephen Fletcher will nodoubt have his charges primed for the first bounce .The Bankers were another side to disappoint in1997 as their overall talent belied their final restingplace on the ladder. Coach Gary Forsyth will re-inforce the importance of a good start to his side butprobably to no avail, as the new boys strut theirwares and record their first win in Amateur football,

Wishing all clubs the very best of luck for the1998 season and here's hoping that the horrificinjury tolls that ravaged clubs in 1997 are not repli-cated in 1998 .

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5 YEARS AGO - 199 3xtensions to Elsternwick Park administration

E offices had been carried out over the summerand the official opening ceremony took place beforethe De La Salle O .C. v. St. Bernards O.B . game. TheBrighton City Band performed before the game andat half time.

The 1993 season was launched at the P .S .M .Dinner at the Southern Cross Hotel by incomingpresident David Burnes . Tom Hafey was guestspeaker.

Canterbury North Balwyn, Balwyn Combined,Yarra Valley G.S. Old Boys joined the Association,oakleigh came up from U19 to seniors, andCamberwell and Old Westbourne joined the seniorsfor G Section.

Certificates of Merit were awarded to Alby Bolger(Parkside), Pat Egan (Therry), Ian England (OldCarey), Tim Gallop (MHSOB) Ted and NormaMcNamara (Uni. Blues) and Matt Szylit (Ormond) .

Brian Woodhead and Brett Connell had joinedVAFA Administration .

Mike Murray and Andrew Kilner were Presidentand Secretary of the VAFAUA .

` A Section field umpires were J . Toohey, P.Gersch, R . Simon, W. Hinton, A . Kilner, D.Daigleish, M. Jackson, S . McCarthy, P. Cherry, R.Bell .

Old Scotch charged home in the last termagainst Collegians only to go down by 1 point, 12.8to 12 .9 . Best were D . Hoyle, A . Dulmanis, M . Lake(Coll .) and J. Handbury, C . Reid, K . Stokes (OldScotch) .

It was a sad day for Old Mentonians when theirlegendary footballer and official, Ron Bungey,passed away at age 43 . Ron was a founding mem-ber of the club, and after missing the club's firstgame due to a wedding commitment, played thenext 237 games of his 361 game career consecu-tively.

Therry were in great form in B when they anni-hilated Old Paradians 24.16 to 8.9 . Best were M.Petrevski, P. Mallon, J. Zanetti (9 goals) andO'Loughlin, Swindon, M . Geary (Old Paradians).

10 YEARS AGO - 1988The Executive welcomed "Mr Parkside" Tom

Johnston to its ranks . Tom was elected to the casu-al vacancy caused by the resignation of Ray Walsh,who had returned to his club Marcellin OldCollegians . Tom became the third Parkside memberto serve on the Executive, his predecessors wereLionel Pepper (1946-62) and Brian Lauder (1975-79).

Jim Hawkins again led the Association as

President withRichard Elliot,Executive Chairman.After his speech atthe Umpires Pre-Season Dinner at Brighton YachtClub, the umpires were not sure whether Jim was aGolf Pro or Businessman .

1988 Umpire Advisor, Neville Nash, had beenappointed by the VFL as Umpires' Administrator inBrisbane. His successor was David Levens, formerVFL umpire, whose experience in football includeda stint as President of the Warracknabeal FootballClub . Wayne Henry, on meeting David, suggestedthat the 1988 "A" Section Grand Final team couldbe Wayne Henry, Sam Kahn; Goal, Robert Bell, withNoel Rundle to help out. (What does it say aboutDavid Levens' appearance?)

Old Xaverians provided the surprise in round 1when they reversed the 1987 Grand Final defeat byOrmond . One goal ahead at half time, O .X. kicked10 .2 to 4 .6 in the second half. Best for O .X. wereNick Bourke (9 goals), Anthony Callan, SamFurphy, Danny Meagher. Rick Marks (former VAFAand AJAX star) and Laurie Meehan . Gilmore, Bestand Sutherland served the 'Monds well . Ormondnewcomers, Andrew Jobling and Steve Carboon,made quiet debuts . 1987 'C' Premiers MonashBlues, got home in 'B' Section by 7 points in a'thriller' against Caulfield Grammarians, 13 .11 to12 .10 . Best were Zacharidis, Barker, Sturgess,(M.B .) and Armstrong, Royals, Bettany (C.G .).

Closest game was in 'D' where Bulleen-United,25 pts ahead of North Brunswick at the firstchange, saw their lead whittled away quarter byquarter and then managed to hang on to win by 2pts, 13 .9 to 13.7 . The stars were Empey, Jenkins .Graham (B.U.) and Balazsy, Samatore, Nirosi (N .B .).

First round 'A' Section umpires were MarkBushiield, Steve McCarthy, Justin Toohey, SteveClinch, Paul Cherry, Cameron Schwarb, AndrewMcRae, Ken Coughlan, Greg Hardiman, KevinSegota.

15 YEARS AGO - 1983Williamstown and Preston joined the

Association's Junior Section 1 whilst AssumptionOld Collegians withdrew from the competition onthe eve of the season .

Former Reservoir Old Boys, Old Scotch and1983 Old Melburnians Coach Laurie Aghan hadbeen appointed coach of the interstate team .

Ritchie Halassa, Peter Murphy and Gavin White,and Executive Member, David Scott were appointedas State Selectors .

Peter French had joined the Association asGeneral Manager. Jim Hawkins was Chairman of

the Umpires' committee (Oh - to what heights mencan rise - Jim became VAFA President in 1988).

Richard Tracey was President of the Umpires'Association . Doug Cuttriss created club history atOld Ivanhoe by lining up for his 300th game cap-ping a distinguishED career in which he won twoclub best and fairests and was a member of the1973 premiership team .

Collegians shocked 1982 premiers, North OldBoys with a 7 goal win, 19.10 to 13 .8 . Best wereDaff, Cook, Griffiths (Collegians) and Considine .Butera, Weir (North O.B) .

20 YEARS AGO - 1978The opening of Season 1978 saw a number of

changes, Jack and Norma Fullerton retiring after 27years of dedicated service . Taking over as Secretarywas All Keam, whose participation in amateur foot-ball started in 1940, and who has been a devotedand active member of his club . MHSOB since thatdate.

Manson Russel and Alex Johnson had beenappointed President and Executive Chairmanrespectively. `A' Section matches saw the introduc-tion of two field umpires.

The Reinstatement Committee had been in oper-ation using the recently restructured definition ofamateurism.

Peter O'Donohue was appointed State Coach forthe matches to be played in Melbourne on Queen'sBirthday Weekend. Chairman of Selectors was DonMcQueen . Clayton made its debut in AmateurFootball .

Old Scotch and Ivanhoe returned to 'A' Sectionwith strong wins over Ormond and Marcellin OC .

25 YEARS AGO - 1973The season saw the introduction of the

"Square", with diagonal corners at centre half for-ward and centre half back, and other corners on thewing. New Clubs Fawkner and Thornbury were wel-comed while reappearances were made byUniversity Reds (F) and Old Paradians, Parkside(Junior) .

St. Bernards reported on their 1972 grand finalbreakfast at which Peter Hutchinson of PowerHouse received a presentation as Amateur FootballPersonality of the Year. John Landy, 1956 Olympianand former Old Geelong player, was guest speaker .

Geelong were the first club in Club Histories .The club was formed in 1926 with three men, P.L .Williams, K .W. Nicholson and V.H . Profltt playingvital roles . It was a late start in that year with thefirst match on May lst . The club was also placed in'A' Section, the other teams being Uni A, Uni B, OldScotch, Old Melburnians, Caulfield Grammarians,Hampton (later the Rovers), Elsternwick,Sandringham, Teachers College, Murrumbeena .

30 YEARS - 196 8Melbourne High veteran Barrie McDonald

played his 200th game (and went on to play more),Commonwealth Bank veteran Alan Kirby hadretired .

Tributes were paid on the passing of HarryHeathershaw, Executive Committee Member, 1954-1968 first coach of Commonwealth Bank and pres-

ident of that club for seven years.Old Paradians unfurled their 'A' section pen

nant . 'A' Section umpires were Geoff Thomas, AlaiThorp, Brian Hagarty, Harry Marks and GavaiMarshall .

Uni Blues and North Old Boys returned to 'FSection with decisive victories over Old Scotch awCollegians respectively .

David Hughes, 8 goals out of the team's tally c10 was Old Scotch's star.

40 YEARS AGO - 1958Club treasurers were advised that affiliation fee;

for the season were A and B$140, with other sections $130. With 14 teams in Junior Section, thAssociation had a record number of 64 teams playing.

Collegians unfurled their 1957 'A' Section pennant in front of runner-up Uni Blues, with umpirArvidson in charge .

Collegians were far too strong, 18 .14 to 7 .4Mansfield Bennett (9 goals) and Sunderland werbest for Collegians while Shaw, Howden an(Charles Langley held the disappointing Bluetogether.

Life Memberships were conferred on PerMatthews, Ossie Meehan and Fred Coldrey .

Old Geelong made their first appearance in 'ESection after successive premierships in 'D' and 'Cin 1956 and 1957. Alphington awarded life membership to Pere Adams for long and meritorious service .

Executive committee were Pere Matthews, Joe]Cordner, Harry Heathershaw, E.J . Lane, Jac]McCann, Lionel Pepper and All Perrin. Ian Clela

nhad been reappointed Umpires Coach.New teams were Huntingdale and St Kilda CB(

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50 YEARS AGO - 1948The season opened on 24 April -'A' Section (1 {

teams), 'B' Section (10 teams), 'C' (8 teams), 'D' ('teams) and Junior (9 teams) .

University Blacks played Collegians an+unfurled their 1947 'A' Section pennant .

Hampton Rovers made their first appearance ii'A' Section . Old Scotch and Melbourne High drewthe Cardinals kicking 9 .23, their opponents 11 .1 1

Top goal-kicker for the day was Tom Hogoals for Uni Blues against Elsternwick .

'A' Section teams were Coburg, Collegian;Hampton Rovers, Ivanhoe, MHS Old Boys, Malverr .Old Melburnians, Old Scotch, Ormond aniUniversity Blacks .

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n of U19 football . We say good-bye toWilliamstown, Old Camberwell and Chirnside Parkwhom we hope will return in the not too distantfuture. On a brighter note we welcome "new" teamsin St . Kilda Sth . Caulfield, Old Mentonians,Bulleen-Templestowe and Caulfield Grammarians .Good luck to all teams in 1998 and all the very bestthis weekend in the season opener.

PREVIEW

SECTION 1Mazenod host finalist Old Carey at Central

Reserve which will be like a bowling green followingsome softening rain early in the week. FormerOakleigh AFC senior coach Rod Bourke has thereigns at Mazenod, while Peter Schiller remains atOld Carey hoping to go a couple better this yearthan last . The OC's to win today. Old Brighton hostOld Xaverians at Beach Road Oval and will struggleto hold the reigning premiers, despite all of LeighBowes' best efforts . Ken Johanesen continues withOld Paradians in the hope of going one better than1997, however their first up match could welldetermine their early season fate. Uni . Blues arenotorious slow starters and the OP's should get thepoints here today. St . Bernards host De La Salle atthe College and although neither team excelled in1997 I expect both to figure prominently this year .At home Jeff Osborne's Bernards to be too good .Collegians return to Section 1 and will host a St .Kevins unit definitely much improved from 1997 .New coach Peter Foster will have his eharges firedup and I expect the SKOBS to prevail in a close one .

Selections: Old Carey, Old Xaverians . OldParadians. St. bernards & St . Kevins

SECTION 2Old Haileybury will travel to Timber Ridge to

tackle a Marcellin team who I expect to improvedramatically from 1997 . New coach James Golds(former player) will assist in this process and theEagles will kick the season off on the right foottoday. Whitefriars play host to Beaumaris and withboth teams having appointed new coaches ShaneStyles (Whitefriars) and Colin Alexander(Beaumaris) last year's results matter little . Athome the Friars will prove too strong today . Newlyinstalled St . Bedes Mentone Tigers meet 1997 run-ners-up Old Scotch and new coach of the TigersMick Lovejoy will find little of the latter today with

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the Scotchies win-ning well. Anothernewcomer Old ITrinity travel toCrawford Oval to take on Uni. Blacks under PaulO'Shannassy who will be keen to kick the Blacksseason off with a win, in the hope of furthering theircause in 1998 . The Blacks at home will prove toogood, and in the final match North Old Boys willfind Mark Libardi's Old Melburnians too strong athome.

Selections : Marcellin, Whitefriars, Old Scotch,Uni . Blacks & Old Melburnians .

SECTION ( 2) BLUEA revitalised Monsah Blues unit headed up by

Mike Dickenson host 1997 runners-up Ormond atClayton, and with many of 1997's team still eligiblethe 'Monds should prevail. Caulfiled Grammarian;host Old Xaverians (2) at Glenhuntly Park or.Sunday and in what will be the closest match of theround the 'Fields will draw first blood for 1998. DfLa Salle (2) coached by Craig Williams will fincAJAX far too accomplished today, as too will StKilda Sth . Caulfield when they take on MHSOB aPacker Reserve . In the final match of the sectiorLightning Premiership victors Old Mentonians wittcoach Sven Samild returning for this weekend wilhave too many avenues to goal for Ian Wilmott'cRovers today.

Selections: Ormond, Caulfield GrammariansAJAX, MHSOB & Old Mentonians

SECTION (2) REDSt . Leos Emmaus host Yarra Valley OB a

Bennettswood Oval and with the Valley still smarting from their early exit from the 1997 finals racithey will account for a fiercely determined St . Leatoday. Brian Cartwright's Old Geelong host BulleeiTemplestowe at the expanses of Elsternwick Parltand although the Bullants got a taste for the grounilast week I feel the OG's will prevail this timaround . Therry Penola begin their season at homto Old Paradians (2) and should be too strong, whilOld Ivanhoe (an expected 1998 improver) have thbye . Warringal and Aquinas clash in what will bthe closest game of the round with the Redbackfavoured to win at the wide expanses of NorfRingwood .

Selections : Yarra Valley, Old Geelong, TherrPenola & Warringal .

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APRIL 18 - ROUND 2UNDER-19 SECTION 1OLD XAVERIANS v . MAZENODUNIVERSITY BLUES v . OLD BRIGHTONDE LA SALLE v. OLD PARADIANS

ST. KEVINS v. ST. BERNARDSCOLLEGIANS v . OLD CAREYGAME SWITCH FROM ORIGINAL DRAW

UNDER-19 SECTION 2BEAUMARIS v. MARCELLINOLD SCOTCH v . WHITEFRIAR SOLD TRINITY v. ST. BEDES MENTONE TIGERSOLD MELBURNIANS v. UNIVERSITY BLACKSOLD HAILEYBURY V. NORTH OLD BOYS

UNDER-19 (2) BLUEOLD XAVERIANS (2) v. MONASH BLUESCAULFIELD GR . v . AJAXMHSOB v . DE LA SALLE (2)HAMPTON ROVERS v. ST. KILDA SOUTH CAULF .ORMOND v . OLD MENTONIANS

UNDER-19 (2) REDBULLEEN-TEMPLESTOWE v . ST. LEOS EMMAUSOLD GEELONG v. OLD PARADIANS (2)AQUINAS v . OLD IVANHOEWARRINGAL v. YARRA VALLEYTHERRY PENOLA HAS THE BYE

UNDER-19 SECTION 1

MAZENOD v. OLD CAREYFIELD : Ben McKee Josh Di Pietro GOAL : PeterWallis Ken CouglanOLD BRIGHTON v. OLD XAVERIAN SFIELD : Dharshaka Peiris Tim Ovadia GOAL : JohnRobinson Stephen LeahyOLD PARADIANS v . UNIVERSITY BLUESFIELD : George Gioras Stan LugowskiST. BERNARDS v. DE LA SALLEFIELD: Graeme Hunichen Max WittmannCOLLEGIANS v . ST. KEVIN SFIELD : Gene Hodgins Clark Thuys GOAL: JohnKelly Andrew Long

UNDER-19 SECTION 2

MARCELLIN v . OLD HAILEYBURYFIELD : Chris Cimoli Cameron Gill at TimberRidge ReserveWHITEFRIARS v . BEAUMARISFIELD: Ron SmithST. BEDES MENTONE TIGERS v. OLD SCOTCHFIELD : Chris Stevens (J) Graeme MorganUNIVERSITY BLACKS v . OLD TRINITYFIELD : Kevin McMahon Matthew MeierNORTH OLD BOYS v . OLD MELBURNIANSFIELD : Andy Carrick Jim Pappas

UNDER-19 (2) BLUE

MONASH BLUES v. ORMONDFIELD: Ian Burgess Paul BoschettiCAULFIELD GR. v . OLD XAVERIANS (2 )FIELD : Dharshaka Peiris Ken Walker Sunday atGlenhuntly OvalDE LA SALLE (2) v . AJAXFIELD : Justin Grossbard Albie FirleyST. KILDA SOUTH CAULFIELD v. MHSOBFIELD : Daniel IschiaOLD MENTONIANS v. HAMPTON ROVERSFIELD: Nick Evans Geoff Kelly At 1 .30 p.m.

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ST. LEOS EMMAUS v. YARRA VALLEYFIELD: Trent Greenway Peter BaileySwitched game - to be played at Yarra ValleyOLD GEELONG v. BULLEEPt-TEARPLESTOWEFIELD : Pat Maebu sEP SATURDAY FIELD: Gajanan SkandakumarTHERRY PENOLA v. OLD PARADIANS (2)FIELD : Jason Moore Damian MurphyAQUINAS v. WARRINGAL FIELD: John McGauranPeter BuchananOLD IVANHOE has the bye

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& COACH RECOGNITION a 1998, member of the AFCA/VAFA committee will be~ assigned to represent a specific section fo r

the forthcoming season . He wi ll be the section'svoice at committee meetings . He will contactcoaches a number of times during the season fora chat and discuss any concerns they may wish tobe brought up at committee level .

Feel free to contact your sectional representa-tive at any time during the season if you have aconcern or just wish to speak to a supportive col-league.

One of the important duties of the sectionalrepresentative is to distribute the sectional surveyto all coaches within his section . The survey is avaluable tool for AFCA/VAFA in formulating futurepl an s and directions . Your co-operations in com-pleting this survey is most appreciated and wi llhelp maintain the standard and focus of yourassociation.

Section Representatives for 1998 season.

A Section : Wayne Harmes/David McCormack(Old Scotch)

B Section : Steve Grace (Ormond )

C Section: Harry Harisiou (St . Leos Emmaus)

D Section: Andrew Crosby (Aquinas )

E Blue Section: Geoff Reffley (CaulfieldGrammarians)

E White Section : Glenn Taylor (Old Carey)

F Section : Gary Ryan (Monash Gryphons )

U19: Brett Connell (VAFA)

In some cases the sectional representative inyour section may be an opposing coach and so youmay feel reluctant to speak to him on a specific

football topic . If this is the case feel free to contactanother Sectional Representative or any commit-tee member with your concern or request.

AFCA/VAFA has a program of coach recogni-tion where coaching achievement is recognisedthrough the coach of the month award .

The award is presented to the coach (Seniorand U19) who in the opinion of the AFCA/VAFAcommittee has performed extremely well over theprevious month . The criteria for the appointmentcan include such things as team building, coach-ing in difficulty circumstances and unexpectedupsets, as well as the win/loss ratio of the team .

Not all good coaches have the player talentavailable to him to win a premiership, but with thecoach of the month award these coaches can berecognised for their efforts.

At the conclusion of the season AFCA/VAFAannounces the VAFA's Coach of the Year (Senior &U19) . This is a coveted award that is held in highregard in football circles .

1998 AFCA/VAFA STRUCTURE

President : Kevin McLean

Vice President : Geoff Reilley

Secretary:

Committee :

Glenn Taylor

Barry Alexander, Brett Connell,Andrew Crosby, Steve Grace,Harry Harisiou,John Keenan,Mike McArthur-Allen, DavidMcCormack, Geoff Reilley, DonScarlett, John Simpson, GlennTaylor, Gary Ryan, GeorgeVoyage.

Glenn TaylorAFCA/VAFA Secretary

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wo weeks before the AFL's Ansett Cup Grand~Final the VAFA was offered the opportunity ofplaying in the curtainraiser match against the pre-mfer country league-the Ovens and MurrayFootball League . This came about as the tradition-

match between the country and the metropoli-can champion leagues couldn't proceed as themetro champion league was not able to be resolvedat the end of the 1997 season - hence the invita-tion to the VAFA.

As it was a pre-season match we were verymindful that players would have been in variousdegrees of preparation so could have been at riskif we had chosen players without a thoroughknowledge of each player's preparation .

As a result senior coach Nevi lle Taylor agreedto contact all A and B section coaches asking eachto nominate players ready, willing and able to playin this high pressure match in front of perhapssixty thousand people.

The VAFA coaches responded magnificentlyand we were able to select a side which was ablend of experienced players and young playerswho were eager to impress given this opportunity .

The VAFA was behind at each change but dueto a tremendous last quarter the Association gotup and won by three points.

The players are to be congratulated on asupreme effort . Not only did the result give theVAFA wonderful exposure, but the experience ofrunning the lap of honor with the

Quit Smokefree Cup in front of 55,000 cheeringSt . Kilda and North Melbourne fans applauding the

Big V, must have given the 22 playersan unforgettable memory .

Match details were as follows:VAFA: 2.1 6 .4 8.5 12 .9 (81)OMFL: 2.5 6 .8 10 .10 11 .12 (78)GOALS: Richardson 4, Jackson 2,Wood 2, Seccull, Lethlean, Mitchelland Ockleshaw 1 .BEST: Simon Wood (won the medalfor best on the ground), DanRichardson, Mark Seccull, GlennHatfield, Andrew Ramsden andMatthew Jackson .The VAFA was invited to provide oneof the field umpires and MarkGibson was chosen for this match .It appears li kely that for 1999the VCFL and VMFL championleague will play a challengematch to see which league willplay the VAFA for the title of1999 Quit SmokefreeChampions .Again thanks to all the VAFA

coaches and players for makin gthemselves available at such short notice .

MARKETING NEWSby Phil Stevens

?day in this column, which will appear as often as space permits, IF a present a number of competitions that have been put in place by the

VAFA and some of our sponsors that will reward supporting clubs . Thislist is by no means exhaustive and will be added to in future columns.

gZJIT SMOKEFREE INCENTIVE COMPETITION

Quit has allocated extra funding to reward clubs who meet five se t

criteria in regards to the establishment of smokefree areas andsmokefree policies within clubs. Should in excess of 25 clubs meet

n ~1Li ~~, ~n Trthe criteria set a club will become eligible for a bonus prize of $1500 which will be drawn by mean;of a lucky draw with 15 other clubs to receive $300 prizes . The VAFA will also make a $100 paymen

to each other club who meets the criteria.Each club as it becomes a "SmokeFree Club" will be acknowledged as such on Sport 927's Bi~

Sports Breakfast.

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$2000 is now the prize money that has been allocated for this competition by Blades for 1998As per last year a table will appear in every edition of the "Amateur Footballer" indicating th

progress of clubs in this rich competition .Points will be allocated as follows :12 points for each win by the senior team of a club5 points for each win by the reserves team of a clu b5 points for each win by the Under 19 team of a club - note that for this year points will not b

allocated for Club XVIII teams or for a club's second Under 19 team.Bonus points are on offer and can be earned as follows :40 points at the end of July to each club which has at least 20 senior,reserve or Under 19 play

ers regularly wearing Blades football boots in VAFA matches .2 points for each $100 worth of Blades apparel purchased through the VAFA up to 31 July 199EHopefully everyone this year will follow this competition with a great deal of interest.

SPORTSCOVER "TIP SEVEN PREMIERSFOR GOLD" COMPETITION

SPORTSCOVER

At the Sponsors' Evening each club was given its two entry forms for this competition whic

was nearly won last year . More of this competition will be presented in the coming weeks in regardto entry deadlines . We give you a few rounds to look at the new sections before asking you to nomnate the seven premier teams in the seven senior sections.

$10,000 cash will go to the VAFA club who successfully nominates the eventual seven premieteams, with a countback to be used to separate more than one successful entry. In the event of ther

being no winner $1000 will go to the club considered to have lodged the leading entry .

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COMPETITIO N

Recently a number of bumper stickers were distributed to all clubs for display on club support-er.lalayer and officials cars . Cars bearing stickers will be identifled reguarly and awarded sponsorp, iaes which will be presented in the "Amateur Footballer" regularly .

Afier sticking the sticker on a car a person should fill in the details on the coupon and lodge witheiuier the VAFA or mail direct to Sport 927 (8th floor, 766 Elizabeth Street,Melbourne) . On the BigSports Breakfast on Sport 927 each Monday morning at 7 .45 am one entry will be drawn which,,,,ill win for the person lunch or dinner for two at Lucattini's (City) or The Lobster Cave (Beaumaris) .Each winner will automatically be entered in an end of season draw for a VIP package for two per-sons to the 1998 Spring racing carnival inclusive of a marquee lunch, beverages, reserved seating,racecourse entry and racebooks. This prize will be drawn at 7 .45 am on September 21st 1998 .

For further details regarding any of the above promotions please contact VAFA Administration5531 8333).

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I The Victorian Amateur Football Association andRed Cross Blood Bank Victoria have joine d

forces to help maintain sufficient blood suppliesto Victoria's 200 hospitals .

Clubs will compete against each other to see who can makethe most blood donations to the Blood Ban!-- during the

yach Club -i ,r.<> will helpraise awe f the need i a ir club .

or more in . r :- . - n spea k to your " lood" TODAY!

Great prizes and incentives have been generously donated byHugh Lyon Football Jumpers, Schweppes Sport,

Four 'n Twenty and Spalding .

B lood B ank Donor " . : (C _>} 9694 030 0

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In a pair of Blades boots, with the revolutionary sole system

and internal wedge, you'll notice the improved performance and

comfort where it matters most . On the ground .

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Original and pink copy must be lodged with umpires no later than half time of any match .Each player must sign the original clearly beside name which must show first and surname,

Blue copy must be handed to opposition captain at toss of coin.

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Permits (Thurs) ®Weekend matches (Fri) ® Scores (Sat . night)

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ELSTERNWICK GATESThe main gate (Glenhuntly Rd) is open every match day.

The rear gate (off St Kilda St) will only be open when Sunday matches are to be played .

When parking in the area behind the grandstand please park in a manner that wouldallow cars around you to be able to leave .

Players and officials who do not produce tickets at the gates will be counted and theclub invoiced accordingly.

Clubs are issued with an appropriate number of tickets for players and officials .B ~y . . .

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A SECTIONCOLLEGIANSDE LA SALLEOLD BRIGHTONOLD HAILEYBURYOLD MELBURNIANSOLD SCOTCHOLD XAVERIANSST. BERNARDSST. KEVINSUNIVERSITY BLUE S

D SECTK3PIAJAXAQUINASMONASH BLUESOLD ESSENDONPARKSIDEST JOHNSST PATS MENTONESALESIAN O .CSOUTHBANKUNIVERSITY BLACKSWHITEFRIARSYARRA VALLEY

F SECTION IMANZ ALBERT PARKELEY PARKELTHA MHAWTHORN AMATEURSMONASH GRYPHONSSYNDAL TALLY HOWERRIBEE AMATEURSWEST BRUNSWIC K

UNC?ER-1 9 SECTION 1COLLEGIANSDE LA SALLEMAZENO DOLD BRIGHTONOLD CAREYOLD PARADIANSOLD XAVERIANSST.BERNARDSST. KEVINSUNIVERSITY BLUES

UNDER-1 9 0 BLUEAJAXCAULFIELD GRAMMARIANSDE LA SALLE (2) .HAMPTON ROVERSMHSO BMONASH BLUESOLD MENTONIANSOLD XAVERIANS (2)ORMON DST. KILDA STH . CAULFIELD

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IVANHOEMARCELLINMAZENODMHSOBNORTH OLD BOYSOLD IVANHOEOLD PARADIANSOLD TRINITYORMONDTHERRY PENOL A

BLUECAULFIELD GR .CHIRNSIDE PARKELSTERNWICKGLENHUNTLYOAKLEIGHOLD CAMBERWELL*PENINSULA OBPOWER HOUSEST. MARYSSWINBURNE UNI .

CLUB III (1)COLLEGIANSDE LA SALLEMARCELLINMHSOBOLD BRIGHTONOLD MELBURNIANSOLD SCOTC HOLD XAVERIANSST. KEVIN S

UN DER-1 2 SECTION 2BEAUMARISMARCELLINNORTH OLD BOYSOLD HAILEYBURYOLD MELBURNIANSOLD SCOTC HOLD TRINITYST. BEDES MENTONE TIGERSUNIVERSITY BLACKSWHITEFRIAR S

U N DER-19 (2) REDAQUINASBULLEEN-TEMPLESTOWEOLD GEELON GOLD IVANHO EOLD PARADIANS (2)ST. LEOS EMMAUSTHERRY PENOLAWARRINGALYARRA VALLEY

C SECTIONBANYULEBEAUMARISBULLEEN-TEMPLESTOWEHAMPTON ROVERSOLD GEELONGOLD MENTONIAN SST. BEDES MENTTIGERSST KILDA STH CAULFIELDST. LEOS EMMAUS W.P.THOMASTOWN

E WHITEBULLEEN COBRASFITZROY REDSKEWLA TROBE UNI .NORTH BRUNSWICKOLD CAREYOLD WESTBOURNERICHMOND CENTRALUHSO BWILLIAMSTOWN CYM S

CLUB XVIII (2) (8 )KEWMAZENODMONASH WHITESMT LILYDALEOLD ESSENDONOLD GEELONGTHORNBURY COUGARSYARRA VALLEYTHERRY PENOLA

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