O?TSCOVEI ? -A MAJOR SPONSOR September 13, 2003 Trevor Barker Oval, Sandringha m B SECTION PRELIMINARY FINAL S September 14, 2003 Sportscover Arena, Elsternwic k A SECTION PRELIMINARY FINALS Saturday September 13 / Sunday September 1 4 C SECTION GRAND FIN ALS September 13, 2003 Sportscover Arena, Elsternwic k D1 SECTION GRAND FIN AL S September 13, 2003 Cheltenham Football Ground, Cheltenha m D2 SECTION GRAND F INALS don B September 13, 2003 Central Reserve, Glen Waverle y D3 SECTION GRAND FIN ALS September 13, 2003 Gerry Green Reserv e, Parkdale D4 Section GRAND FINALS September 13, 2003 Preston City Oval, Presto n Under-19 Grand Finals Section 1 September 13, 2003 McHale Stadium, Collingwoo d Section 2 rne D3 September 13, 2003 W .A . Scammell Reserve, South Oakleig h Section 3 September 14, 2003 Preston City Oval, Preston Under-19 (2) Blue Under-19 (2) Re d -mber 13, 2003 Garvey Oval Parade College, Bundoor a September 13, 2003 Gerry Green Reserve, Parkdale Peninsuia D2
Much has been spoken and written about the Parkdale Football Club (Souther nFootball League) and Mentone Vultures AFC proposed merger. Recentlymembers of Parkdale overwhelmingly accepted the motion " to merge with th eMentone Vultures Amateur Football Club and play in the VAFA from 2004 o nwards, conditional upon the Executive of the VAFA agreeing for the merged entityto commence in C section of the VAFA . "To canvas any objections to this proposal before it is considered by the Executive,the VAFA will hear from any interested VAFA clubs ( this coming Monday at 6pm)and will meet with the Southern Football League, as the VAFA is mindful ofmaking decisions which may adversely affect our highly respected neighbour. Thisinformation, along with the formal application from Parkdale and Mentone
PHIL STEVENSCHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER
Vultures, where it (the potential merged club) has to address certain criteria, will be considered by theExecutive Committee at its October seminar .
The practice of runners, trainers and water-carriers remaining on the field after having performed theirspecific duty - runners (delivering a message) ; trainers (attending a player in need of medical assist ance) ;water carriers (delivering water only to a player in need) came to a head during last weekend's matches . Ithas been obvious over the last few weeks, that with possibly the excitement of a finals match, these officialshave been remaining on the field making no effort to leave . Some officials are even remaining on the fieldand actin as an intermediary for other officials in passing on messages to players or obstructin playdeliberately . Normally umpires will control this practice but often they are busy with the game and ~o notnotice such happenings .The Executive Chairman has instructed me to inform clubs that should a duty officer notice any of theabove takin~ place he will, at the next major break in play (1/2 time, 1/2 time, 3/4 time), speak to theoffender and him/her that they cannot participate for the rest of the game and that official cannot be
replaced by another official . Breaches during the final quarter of the match may see the duty officer advisinga club official, such as a team manager, that the offending official is to remove himself/herself from the field,not to be able to return or be replaced for the remainder of the game . The reaction to this directive from theclubs will have a profound influence on the Executive Committee's thinking in regard to officials on groundsin 2004 .
At the recent Vote Count an d Presentation Night St Bernards won the Under 19 Quit SmokeFree Most
Disciplined Club Award, Each senior section's winning club receives $1,000 for its win . These clubs are A
section Old Trinity; B section De La Salle; C section aulfield Grammarians ; D1 section Monash Blues ;D2 section Bentleigh ; D3 section Kew and D4 section Bull een Cobras . These awards are based on ratingsgiven each match by the umpires (out of 5) for the behaviour demonstrated of each club's players, officialsand spectators. The VAFAUA is also awarded $1,000 for the extra paperwork that is required on their part .
In my travels around finals venues over the last few weeks, many people have asked why the Amateurscharge at venues when we do not during the home and away games . The answer is twofold - and it is notthat the VAFA is money-hungry! One - gate receipts from the finals series make up approximately 10% of th erequired income for the year, following income from affiliationfees (60%) and sponsorship (30%) . Secondly to provide classvenues such as Sandringham, Preston, Collingwood and CentralReserve, for example, payments from councils or groundmanagers are required to be made by the VAFA to secure suchvenues . The alternative would be to play finals at our ownvenues and recoup lost income through higher affiliation fees . Incharging we always make a conscious effort to ensure ourcharges are lower than those of other competitions .
Unsung heroes . A big thank you to the VAFA Duty Officers(Executive members and club identities) who work hard eachfinals day to ensure that each day runs smoothly.
surface in A Section: Old Xa~ ~~hile Stpreliminary
the Old Scotch in theBernards bring the pens and note books a
s
they prepare for the grannY•Who would have thought as much at half-timein Sunday's Sportscover Arena feature match,when St Bernards sauntered into the rooms
after a limp beginning?
Presumably, the confidence of Peter they had lost't rin :
Nicllolson's men waeeedin scale gfinal and werethe three games pr g
smashed by old Xaverians in the last
encounter.some spicy messages served in the
There were nmentSt Bernards rooms at the adjour
.
But Nicholson said he had been been shortof the
and snappy in his address, leaving most
shouting to the protagonists .
"We were just talkin gthe fnals,'hNicholso n pasaid .
is to play well in should"The big games come around and yo u
really be chomping at the bit .
d no-one in the first half.
The Geelong VFLplayer came backwith sizzling form
in his kit - he
finished the season for the Cats with four
goals against Tasmania .
He slotted three goals and - crucially - became
the man for who the old Xavs backmen were
looking over their shoulders .
The speedy Luke Turnbull was man of th'match in a dapper display alongside midfre
i
kelpies Danny Byrne and Ben Jordan, th
brother of Danny .Old Xavs can take smidgens of solace from d'
loss .Scott Mollard added four goals in a muscuLeffort while Adam Chatfield and TiOckleshaw were tireless around the packs .
S1100TIN G BLANKSIt's funny how coaches choosedirections when speaking
opposition: either pull up the
We h a-We said 'we're disappointing ourselves, let'sget our act together,' but basically the players
did most of the talking . "Regardless, the barking shook life into the
dogs: In the third quarter, St Bernards helped
themselves to seven goals after finding both
run and the hard ball .
At once, the clocks were rewound to earlier inthe season and the bitter pills of the past three
and a half matches spat out .
Crucially, Danny Jordan was back and he
gives the for, ;,ard line a sturdier look .
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Scotch D Jordan°St Bernards TooveyOld Ivanhoe
A RESERVE EfstathiouOld Haileybury °University Blues ~ti suin
St Bernards 1-laarkesOld Ivanhoe ~~~Old Scotch' - includes finals' goals
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launch into the mind games .
Nicholson, a decorated coach with Springvalein the VFL before crossing to St Bernards,chooses the first option .
"No comment," he said when asked to namehis preferred winner of Old
Scotch and Old Xavs .
"Why should I give ammunition to one side orthe other?"But I think it'll be a terrific game : we justneed to promote amateur football and tellpeople how good it's going to be and go downand have a look .
"It's hard to pick a Winner in finals . "
Fair enough, too, with Nicholson pointing to
the weekend of upsets in the AFL as a timely
comparison .
ON THE MENU
The match that jumps at you like fat in a
frying pan when _vou look at today's
preliminary final is the corresponding clash
last year, when Old Xavs won by 33 points .
In that game, Old Xavs were served well by
popular full-forward DanielRichardson, who
bagged seven goals after some strong marking .
There was also a howling wind, one which kept
Old Scotch from kicking a goal towards the
Glenhuntly Rd end .
As for today, well, Richardson is no longer
there and the wind is in the grip of the weather
gods .
More realistic previews can be lifted from thisyear's home-and-away season, where bothmatches were bite-the-nails episodes .
Old Scotch won by 22 and five pointsrespectively and if there's anything we'velearned it is that they'll look for Luke Hawkins,who kicked five and three goals in the twomatches .
TODAY'S MATCHESA SECTION
PRELIMINARY FINAL - September 14, 2003SENIORS
Sportscover Arena, Elsternwick - 2 .10 p .m .
Old Xaverians versus Old ScotchRESERVES
Sportscover Arena, Elsternwick - 11 .20 a .m .
University Blues versus Marcellin
Ruckman Andrew Crow, the Woodrowmedallist and the competition's premierruekman, will play an important role as one ofamateur football's greatest rivalries resumesat Elsternwick Park .
It should be a bottler.
Old Scotch - congratulate Liam "Fridge"
McDonnell on reaching the 150 game
milestone . During an interrupted career Liam
has made a terrific contribution to the Club
and has been a great leader in the reserve team
this year . Congratulations are also extended to
Tom Wigney and Richard Teasdale who both
recently notched up 50 games with the club .
Marcellin - congratulate Robbie Galati onreaching the 100 game milestone in thisweeks preliminary final . A past U19's
St . Bernards versus winner of preliminary finalRESERVES
Sportscover Arena, Elsternwick - 11 .20 a .m .St . Bernards versus winner of preliminary final
B SectionGRAND FINAL - September 20, 2003
SENIORSSportscover Arena, Elsternwick - 2 p .m .
Wtiitefriars versus winner of preliminary finalRESERVES
Sportscover Arena, Elsternwick - 11 .20 a.m.De La Salle versus winner of preliminary fina l
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Congratulations to Eddie Power, Norman Elliott,Greg Feutrill all the players and all associatedwith Whitefriars on their terrific performancelast Saturday earninfthem promotion to the topechelon of Amateur ootball for the first time in
their history. John Newbold, Frank Dunell andthe Grammar boys by courtesy of Top spot liveto ft ht another day as they endeavor to getanot~er crack at the Friars
REVIEW
Sp irtsc~ov~er Arheaded across t
o ena on Saturday to headquarter s
battle in
the B grade second semi final against Old
Essendon GrarnMar. The scene was set for a
battle with the, Grammar finishing 2 gamesclear on top of the ladder, while the Friars tookgreat confidence in the knowledge that they hadenjoyed a combined winning margin of 125points in their 2 home and away outings
.
As expected the game started at a frenetic pacewith both sides making some uncharacteristicerrors but it was the Bombers who settled firstto play some good football . The Friars werethankful at the first change for the opposition'sinaccuracy as they went in 10 points downwhen it should have been 5 goals .
The pattern continued in the second term asOld Essendon won the footy in the mid-field,moving it beautifully through that area throughBiggs, Leask, and young tormont, and werenow beginning to convert their chances in fron t
si ns for the Friars who
machine, Richard,into the mid-field tohelp out his brotherAdam and plantinthe big body o .Nathan Cunningham in the goal square
. This
was the catalyst for what can only be describedas an awesome quarter of football that saw theFriars rattle on the majors at a phenomenal ratewith Cunningham providing a strong target andmarked everything that came down to him
kicking three Et. while Joel Anderson worked
hard at his eet. The Friars were runnin in
waves, moving the ball brilliantly and relis~n ¢
the open spaces of EP, while the -rhea
marking of Rob Pasqualotto, Carrigg, and Swain
was a treat to watch. The Grammar'sineffectiveness in the aerial duels was startin g
to take a heavy toll . It was hard to believe Brian
Phan had missed any football at all as he
continually provided run through the middlecombining with thethe newly crowned
likesB grade best and faires
winner, Matt Power.
The damage was an 11 goal quarter and ai
incredible 62 point turnaround, but it was ;
calm and controlled Whitefriars unit at the fin e
chan were
sstronge they did by rntinui n cog togam e
the ball and as the Bombers heads began tdrop, the slick handball and clever kicking an
abili had the
cconttyoltoAndedrs otar
ngis one player whosenjoayls tlof goal . it was worr}nn gwere eternally gratefurfor the dogged efforts ofthe backline led by Tom Langford, RobPaqualotto, and Luke Swain . Langford inparticular, described by some as the Tim McNeilof the 21st century, was magnificent incontinually scrapping to make it as hard as hecould for the opposition . It was some of theseefforts which forced Old Essendon to continueto fritter away chances in front of oal as theylooked set to take a 28 point buffer into themain break, before a timely goal on the siren
felt the Bombersg were stillttrain g comfortablyand but for their wayward kicking should havebeen further in front .It didn't take long into the second half for us allto realize that te Friars had finally come toplay, the Friar brains trust, Greg Feutrill and
se ding ntheinother with h athe o
n lf of the ball P amatch
wlikPat ups, Mannix
B SECTIO
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Mazenod.. Maskel
l Whitefri ars Carigg
Hampton Rovers Power
MHSOBB RESERVE ScottOld Brighton S inosoOld Paradians Hazber
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big stage of finals, he did it last year this sameday, and he duly provided a couple ofmemorable last term goals, including a pearlerwhile tucked on the boundary . Another 6oa1quarter completed the most memorable of Friarperformances with 17 majors to three in thesecond half, which not only sends them into theGrand Final but also puts them into A grade in2004. The Bombers totally devastated, left tolament what may have been .
This is an outstanding achievement as it is thefirst time Whitefriars has reached this level in itsshort, but illustrious 17 year history and theday will go down as the greatest ever for theclub .
In the Reserves the De La Salle unit superblycoached by Michael Hegan were far too strongfor Old Paradians still suffering from a flu virusthat spread through the club. The veteran PatO'Callaghan in the ruck was a thorn in Parade'sside all day and finished with four goals . Othergood players were McInerney, Hyde and Laragy ,
ages nearly named them all but space does notpermit . Another veteran in Paul Walsh was goodfor OPS' Receiving support, from James Collins,Jeremy Swindon and Tony Lombardi .PREVIEWToday sees the last chance for Old Essendonand De La Salle to earn the right for a crack atWhitefriars . For 21 guys it will be the last timethey pull on a boot for some 6 months so noholds barred for a full on attack on the little redfooty . Would have been a tough week mentallymore than physically out in Bomberland asFrank and his brains trust would have workedhard to put the memory of last week's secondhalf fade out totally in the background . Can theytotally erase it is the big question and I'm notsure my answer to that is Yes .
Mr. Miller and his cast of thousands would haveanalyzed the Bombers game plan and strategiesmany times over and will be sure they have theplan to counteract anything different that mayhappen today. De La will be refreshed by thebreak and are in pretty good form, but you don'tfinish two games clear on top of the ladder if youcan't play football . Sandringham presents noadvantage for either side, so tipping the winneris hard . Alle edly I am not allowed or supposedto pick the B~ue and Golds again this year, so inwhat I believe to be an error of judgment I won'tand will stick the Bombers without any belief atall.
TODAY'S MATCHESB SECTION
PRELIMINARY FINAL - September 13, 2003
SENIORSTrevor Barker Oval, Sandringham - 2 p .m .
Old Essendon versus De La SalleRESERVES
Trevor Barker Oval, Sandringham - 11 .30 a.m.
Old Paradians versus Old Brighton
The refreshed Old Brighton with a fewinclusions and the chance to do somehomework will get over the line and earn theright to tackle De La in the big one next week.
Stay tuned for next week's final B-SectionReport where the B-SECTION TEAM of theYEAR will be named .
PRESS CORRESPONDENTS ;My contact details are 9553 1561 home phoneand fax, the mobile is 0403 433 016 or send mean email to braineoCoptusnet .com.au .
De La Salle - congratulate 150 Games TimSilvers : Tim started in 1995 with the Blues withwhom he played 16 games . The balance of~ames comprise 11 Reserves and 123 Senior (75A" & 48 "B") . Tim achieved the Senior Most
Improved award in 1998 . Clearly the Club's bestkey defender for most of his career, Timgenerally overeomes the best forward of theopposition with fine judgement and persistence .100 Gaffies Shane Hyland : Shane started in1996 with the Golds and the Blues completing24 games at Under 19 level ( 4 Golds) . Thebalance of Shane's games comprise 7 Reservesand 69 Senior ( 32 'A'& 37 "B") . Shane, notedfor his courage and tackling that belies hisframe, is an inspirational leader who specialisesin bringing other players into the game . He wasClub Champion in 2002, Senior MostConsistent in 1998 and again in 2000 . 100Games Chris Buick: Chris started in 1996 withthe Golds and completed 46 games at Under 19level (24 Golds & 22 Blues) . The balancecomprises 5 Club 18, 46 Reserves and 3 Senior.Chris played his lst Senior game earlier thisseason but since returning to the team in round17 his form in the critical ruck position hasbeen a revelation to most at the Club .
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~sFCilo ir 2tTA SOLD ESSENDON 2.6 6.10 7.10 9 .13 (67)
WIIITEFRIARS 1 .2 3.6 14.8 20 .12 (132)
Old Essendon : Heritage 2 Podger 2 T Biggs M Dragoljo B
Hakim P May J Stormont . Best : Biggs Oxnam DeMorton
Forrest Leask Buckley . Whitefriars : Anderson 4 Cunningham
3 A Carbone 2 Carrigg 2 Wallace 2 Wood 2 M Carbone L Eames
A Pawlik R Pawlik Pasqualotto . Best : Pasqualotto Phan
Langford Cunningham Swain R Pawllk . Umpires : Peter James
Wayne Hinton (F) Peter Teasdale Chris O'Shea (B) Beornn
-THShane ivu n - i ne first year playing coach has moulded UHS-VU into a committed, attacking, hard running unitwhose rE was promotion to D3 for 2004 and Grand Final spot today .
": To improve the professionalism and ability of the playing list in all areas of the game . Torem~ ies.F' To advance UHS-VU up the grades and to coach at the highest level I can .
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Eli Hayes - an excellent young up and coming umpire who displays all of the key indicators to demonstrate he has
what it takes to de-lop into an excellent senior field umpire.
.C 0 : U1 9 1, 2, Red & Blu e
- Over 100 games in juniors and U13's in the Yarra Valley F! . for Upwey Tecoma, Gembrook an d
Eme
1st season
"Y: • Let the game flow
:stogetajoblenjoyFour cricket premierships in a row with Auravale
= 3rd B&F for football
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Review
The pre season premiership favourites 3 mstormed into B Grade with a barnstorming second
quarter against the disappointing Animals . With nohowling gale, the game was played in unusualconditions for Sandringham in front of a largecrowd . The Animals started very well, as Paul
McGloin was looking very dangerous every time theball moved forward . A set shot after the qtr timesiren from Steve Buckle pushed the lead out to 19points and gave them all the momentum . The rainstarted to tumble in the second and so did theSharks goals, as they slammed on a lazy 9 goals
while the Animals were held to nothing in a matchwinning period. Michael Matulick started to controlthe centre of the ground, feeding his onballers,
which included regular backman Chris Martin .Luke Buller was everywhere and even had a Cupido
like minute, booting 2 in succession to finish off thequarter.
The Animals as expected came out hard in the thirdquarter but could not get past the likes of Tim
Collins and Matulick dropping back in the Animalshole . The last quarter was played in junk time, as
the game was dead and buried at orange time . Thematch up between Murray Pitts against T.McCannin the goal square was the highlight of the day, with
honours slightly going to Pitts with 4 goals .Anthony Ballard tried hard all day for the losers, as
did Steve Ronchi shifting between back and
forward, Brayden Haynes enjoyed a day up forwardcreating many opportunities for his forwards and
sneaking in 3 goals of his own in a polished display,
The Slewps boys would be shattered to go out instraight sets after mixing it with the best in Crunchgrade all year.
Preview
Grand Fina lCollegians v Beaumaris at Eisternwick ParkHead to Head
Rd 6 Beaumaris by 27 points at "Shark Park"
aRd 18 Collegians by12 points at "Harry
Trott"
Four weeks ago a t5pm the Sharks were probably penciling in venues
for Mad Monday after losing their final gameagainst the Lions. However as fate would have itthey survived in the four by a percentage point and
today find themselves in the Grand Final againstthe Lions . The ledger is all square at one apieceafter both sides won their respective home game .Beaumaris won their game at Shark Park while theywere running hot and appear to have recaptured
that form after demolishing the Animals by 82'points in the prelim . Collegians form in the seconchalf of the year has been nothing short of solid aftei
questions were asked about whether they coulcbeat the top sides early in the season.Both sides have the luxury of having some ver
talented footballers in their side and will rely oltheir big guns to fire to ensure victory . Murray Pittlooked very dangerous up forward last week an
was given tremendous support from the towerinSean Coote . The Sharks also have the flexibility c
C SECTIONCollegians Dixon* 0 81Therry Penola C Bannister 0 72Mentone Vultures Rowley 0 69Old Camberwell Cadzow 0 60St Leos Emmaus WP B Vaughan' 2 54C RESERVECaulfield Gr Dalwood 0 45Caulfield Gr M Harrison 0 39Ormond Stewart 0 37Old Camberwell Francis* 1 37Glen Eira Eade 0 34° - includes finals' goals
throwing their line up around where needed . They
also have the advantage of having the best ruckman
in the comp in Matulick, which is a massive
advantage at EP . The Lions on the other hand haveforward line potency of their own with the goal
kicking machine Jono Dixon (81 goals), Brock
Mooney & Shura Taft . Ali 3 are capable of kicking a
bag on their day. Coach Hawkins will rely on
midfielders Shinkfield, Harrison & Hosking to get
on top . The key to their side's hopes may well rely
on ruckman Dave Atkinson, who has a huge task
ahead .Both sides have beaten the Animals convincingly to
get here after Collegians second semi win by 48
points . The Sharks have found their form at theright end of the season and have the guns to trouble
the Lions . However Collegians form for the past 12
weeks has been top notch and with the extra weeksbreak under their belt will have more run in their
legs around the expanses of EP. Collegians to win
by 15 points.
ReservesCollegians v Old CamberwellHead to Head
Rd 4 Collegians by 39 points at "Harry Trott "
Rd 13 Collegians by 26 points at "Gordon Barnard"The Lions have been the dominant side all year andhave kept OC to fewer than 5 goals on bothoccasions throughout the year. It will be a strongerOC this time with some senior players thrown intothe mix, but the Lions will hold their form to startthe day off well for the club .
Team of the Yea rAfter much deliberation and several heateddiscussions the Crunch Grade team of the year hasbeen decided . The line up is as follows :Backs: T.McCann (Slewp) Heffernan (OC) Martin
Centre : Widjaja (Caul Gr) Pitts (Beau) Massis (GE)Half Forwards : C .Bannister (TP) Mooney (Colg)Tempone (OC )Forwards : Rowley (MV) Dixon (Colg) Hosking (Colg)Followers : Matulick (Beaumaris), P.Sullivan (MV)Frater (Caul Gr )I/C: Miller (Ormond), Sleight (Pra) Nancarrow (TP)
Boon (Beau )
Good luck to both teams today and congratulationsto both coaches for guiding their sides to this point .It has been a fantastic season in Crunch grade withthe battles at the top and bottom all going down tothe wire . Thanks again to all the press corros fortheir support this season.
Beaumaris - congratulate Jono Holt on playing his
200th game this weekend for Beaumaris . "Holty" is
a club stalwart and champion player who has come
through the junior ranks at Beaumaris where hewon numerous B&F awards . Playing his first senior
game at 16, Jono has been a courageous and tough
competitor for many years . He has been club
captain and a senior best and fairest winner as wellas being a great contributor off the field . Good luck
to Jono in his 200th game .
St. Leos Emmaus WP - congratulate Damon Bruce
and Adam Krebs on reaching 50 games in the 2ndsemi final and preliminary final respectively. Both
joined the Animals in 01 and have formed an
integral part of the tight knit senior back half andplayed a key part in the '02 flag .
trophy from the VAFA and his parents $100which must be used to help Zane's education
expenses next year . Hopefully Zane sees the
VAFA as a terrific pathway to becoming an
AFL umpire . Zane's profile is as follows :
Turned 17 on 17/7/03; Umpired U15 West GF
on Sunday September 7th; Umpired in the
MSJFL for the last 4 years; Possesses a great
temperament and laid back style ; Older
brother Matthew also umpires in the MSJFL .
Well done Zane and all at the VAFA wish you
well for your future in umpiring .
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Close finishes in reserves matches in many
finals matches last week has seen the VAFAannounce that the A section finals will
commence at 2 .10 pm due to the fact that
reserves A section matches are 25 minutes
plus time on per quarter whilst other sections
are 20 minutes plus time on per quarter . All
going well, with the 11 .20 starts (A) and
11.30 starts ( other sections) there will be a
reasonable break between games for warm-
ups and presentations . . . . .except if there is a
draw in a reserves final !
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In this event extra time is played . Both teamscross straight over (no address from coaches)and play 5 minutes plus time-on followed by abreak (coaches can quickly address teams)then teams change ends and play another 5minutes plus time-on .
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It must have been guarded discussions
during breaks at Jefferson Ford - Mentone
over the past week. Reason why? With
Collegians playing Beaumaris in thisSaturday's C section Grand Final it's a "who's
who" of both clubs at Jefferson's. In
particular, Company Secretary John Pit(father of Beaumaris's champ Murray), aSimon Jefferson (Head of JF) and Bre
Jefferson, former Collegians' champion pla}and Dealer Principal of the JF Group headthe opposing teams .
As an aside, and as free plug, the VAFA Cldrives a Ford Falcon sold to him by former (Mentonians' president y Austin from, yguessed it Jefferson Ford (Mentone) .
0 0 ®A big thank you to all VAFA people u
swelled the crowd at St Andrews L
Thursday's for Noel Rundle's memos
service an d for attending the wake back
Noel's beloved Elsternwick Park. The ph
below was a stark reminder to all during I
week of the great man, and how (as in
photo) he dominated the EP landscape .
01You do get some wags . Bloke at headquailast year berated our groundsman for a sground for the 2002 GF . Same bcomplained last week about the solid eepitch area and practice wicket area . Obvicthis guy hasn't heard of the water restriciwhich limit watering of sports grounds a
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moment . As it is we are lucky to havepermission to water by buckets the hard
areas only as it is considered "preparation ofthe area for cricket season . "
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" Presidential Girl Power" is looking prettygood in the VAFA at the moment!! With OldXaverians' D avina Connors-Calhaem's teamstill very much in the A section premiership
race, Carol Nichols' Monash Gryphons in theD3 section grand final and Monica Lawson'sMt Lilydale in the D4 section finals it will beinteresting to see if the gals can get 3 out ofthe 7 senior premierships available .
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Interestingly, once again, there are no "live"entries in the "Sportscover Pick The SevenPremiers Competition" which carries a$ 1 0,000 first prize if one of a club's two
entries could (alone) complete this feat . Manyentries competing however, for the $1,000
consolation prize .
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Speaking of feats, what about this one? OldXaverians' stalwart Tony Landrigan has just
played in his tenth consecutive premiership -Club XVIII 1994, 96, 97, 98 , 99 , 2000, 01,
02 03 and Reserves 1995 .
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Former South Melbourne, Fitzroy and North
champ John Murphy is looking at gettinginvolved in Amateur football, either as a
coach or as an official . "Murph" was mostrecently GM of VFL club Coburg and can be
spoken to on 0419 3 74937 .
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Avid FTLOTG reader Howard from Old Carey
writes to say he read with interest in "LookingBack" recently that Old Melburnians' pair
Andrew and Tony Witts played 400 gamesbetween them for OM's . Howard reports that
the brothers Elliott played 685 betweenthem - Richard (275), John, yep "Big Jack"
(250) and Ross (160) . Begs the question . Canany other brothers exceed 685 VAFA games
played?
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D1 SECTION GRAND FINALS
AJAX takes its place as the 2nd Promotee for2003, so well done to the Players, & to
Jeffrey Jankie, Peter Kagan, and their
dedicated crew . Fantastic effort! The very
best of good fortune to Monash Blues &
AJAX today!Many thanks to Bernie Brennan the D1
Finals Co-Duty Officer, and our championCheltenham gate crew for the series, Anne,
Charlotte, Hannah, Jenny, Lynn, Madi,
Melanie, Michelle, Alan, & Ross . And a very
special thank-you to our host, StephenKneen, President of Cheltenham FC, whohas made things happen, impeccably!
Thank also to Simon the scoreboard pilot .
PRELIMS WRAP UP
ReservesMonash Blues ground out a hard earned
win over Banyule in an intense encounter.
The Ashers tight defence finally won the day
against a great bunch of Bears who persisted
to the end . Paul Nevill played a top game in
the Ruck, well supported by defenders Jono
Moresi & Blocker McCormick.
SeniorsAjax and Old P/ientonians put on a brilliant
display of ball handling and rapid movementwith the Jackas seemingly in command at
Half Time courtesy of their power-laden
forwards . After a long stoppage early in 93
while the gallant Chad Twentyman wascarried from the field with a bad head cut,
the Panthers came alive and slammed on 6unanswered goals to start Q4 with a narrow
lead. The Jackers then recomposed
themselves and dominated the last term for
a comfortable win . Elliot Janover, Gab
Dukes, & Danny Weislitzer, kept the ball
moving for the Jackas, with Jason Brain
strong in defence and what can be saidabout Julian K, just amazing! For the
Panthers, Carter & Dart played super games,
with Basile & Ferguson also standouts .
GRAND FINALS
Reserves
AJAX and
Monash Blues
resume their friendly rivalry to decidewhich one owns the lst Flag up for grabs
today . With little or no advantage to eitherbecause their Ones also meet in thatdecider, I will be guided by overallperformance and choose the Ashers to wina close encounter mainly due to their nighon water-tight defence .
SeniorsThe Ashers and Jackas clash again in
hopefully better conditions than their 2nd
Semi encounter, so the real attributes of
these two spectacular teams can be seen to
best advantage . For sheer football ability I
rate the 2003 Ashers & Jackas as the best
Di sides I've seen in my time with the
Section, and I'll probably offend both by
even ranking them above their respective
CLUB C ';lE LSi V1 1 ; TBTA1
Dl SECTIONAJA XOld MentoniansOld MentoniansBanyuleMonash Blues
Dl RESERVE
Kirzner*Basile*BournonS PlayfairGrace*
84400
11561595244
Old Mentonians Ballantine' 40 443 5
Monash Blues Hawkins' 2 30Banyule Creak'AJAX Kalb 0 24Banyule Prior' 1 24Banyule Turnbull* 0 23' - includes finals' goals
1999 outfits! The 42 players representing
their Clubs today are not only
accomplished footballers they are also very
good athletes! I see no point in undertaking
a detailed line by line comparative analysis,
because, in the end, the game will be won
by relative variances of millimetres,
milliseconds, and the quirky bounce of that
confounded Sherrin ellipsoid . Collectively,
these three variables of position, time, and
direction are called 'one percenters', and it
is the players' individual & collective
concentration on those 'minima', that will
decide the colour of the 2003 D1 Section
Pennant . The outcome will go down to the
dying seconds, and I tip the Ashers by a
point !
Each year we scribes make idiots ofourselves by listing our Section's Team ofthe Year. Here it is for 2003 !B: Nick Gold AJ, Pat Barry UB, John
Nannes SOC
HB : Julian Smith MB, Rob Mackie UB,
Damon Wood I A
C: Jason Ritterman AJ, Anthony Palmer 0Men, Dan Den Braber AQ
HF: Scott Playfair Ban, Liam Holloway MB,
Michael Basile 0 Men
F: Dean Matthews B-T, Julian Kirzner AJ,
Drew Solley O.Me n
R: Aaron Williams MB, Andy Costello UB,
Jona Segal A J
I/C: Justin Cremean YV, Simon Dean Ban,
Stuart Yin Ban, Rob Drew YV
Coaches: Tim Powell & Phil Davis (Just one
couldn't handle that lot! )
TODAY'S MATCHESI71 SECTION
GRAND FINAL - September 13, 2003SENIORS
Cheltenham Football Ground ,Cheltenham - 2 p .m .
Monash Blues versus AJAXRESERVES
Cheltenham Football Ground,Cheltenham - 11 .30 a.m .
AJAX versus Monash Blues
AJAX - congratulates Grant Samuel whoplayed his 100th game last week against OldMentonians in a game he'll never forget .Starting with the U19s in '96, Grant floatedbetween the Seniors & Reserves, picking up a
couple of Flag medallions on the way .Following a 'wilderness' year in 2001, his
passion was rekindled in 2002, but just whenhe was leading in the Club B & F an injury in
R9 stopped him dead! Sammy came through asolid pre-season this year, played every game,
and is hoping for another Premiershipmemento today !
AJAX 6.3 13.6 13.9 21 .17 (143)
OLD MEIdTONIANS 4.3 8.5 14.10 15 .11 (101)
AJAX : Kirzner 8 Berger 3 M Segal 3 E Janover 2 BliedenDuzenman Israelsohn Ritterman A Wollner. Best :
79 A . CostleyC o s t l e y . . .81 D. Chapple . . . . . . . . .
3/4 TIME FIN!
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What Ed Says:
ReviewD2 has certainly been blessed with some greatfinal's action and the preliminary final was no
exception. Warm favorites Peninsula had to fight all
the wav over West Brunswick . To call the Westies
effort gallant would be to underrate their
performance . Poor use of the scoring end in the first
quarter was always going to put the Westies underpressure however they hung in their against the
powerful Pirates . A sixteen-point loss however 29scoring shots against the winners 25 told the tale of
the inaccuracies . Fantastic year for Julian Siebrandand his club, no premiership hangover and so close
to the double jump. On the other hand, Peninsuladeserved both the re-match with the Reds as well as
promotion . With the likes of stars Payze, Dentry and
Teelow firing the Pirate machine was able to marchinto the Grand Final .
PreviewDespite some challengers through the year,ultimately the best two teams reached the final day.
Respective coaches Burgen and Sill can beextremely proud of their clubs though that will
count for little on Saturday . Like most Grand
Finalists, both sides have a mix of disciplineddefence mixed with attacking flair . The Pirates have
guns such as Murray, Dentry and Teelow holdingsway down back whilst the Reds rely on Cairns andDrury (watch for his kicking exhibition) to hold the
fort . Up forward, Payze is all class for Peninsulawhilst one of my favorites, 'Dacca' Diacogiorgis, isone the canniest players going around and loves the
big time games . I fancy the matchwinners may
either be Cahill for the Reds or Murphy for the
Pirates . Really hard call . Peninsula were the classact during the year whilst Fitzroy have timed their
run to perfection . OK, Reds with Dacca to kick a
goal after the sire to secure victory by two points!
What Andrew Says :
PreviewDespite the two best teams making it through to theGrand Final, this finals series has been full ofsurprises ; Fitzroy 's upset of the previouslyunbeaten Peninsula and Old Carey's early exitbeing just two of them . ]But the biggest surprise has been the extent towhich Peninsula has come back to the field . The
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Pirates lookedunstoppable duringthe home and awayseason and formuch of the yea rwere unbackable flag fa ;ourites . While Peninsula is
still a force to be reckoned with, their aurao invincibilitv has been considerably dulled during
the last fortnight .After losing to Fitzroy, the Pirates had to pull out allstops last week against a spirited West Brunswi
c to avoid a straight_ sets exit and coach Julian S ill
was full of praise for the vanquished ."Julian (Siebrand) has done a great job to get theirfrom a lower division to the finals,- Sill said."I've got a lot of respect for that side . "
The Grand Final is Peninsula's chance foi
atonement : a chance for them to avenge theiv
humiliating loss against Fitzroy. And Sill thinks hi:
side is better prepared this time."We were probably ripe for the picking in man,respects coming into a final's campaign hein~
undefeated," he said."Now that we have been beaten and had to playhard fought final, the guys have learnt a bit oflesson in terms of hunger and what's required in
final, "For Sill, stopping Fitzroy's midfield dynamo L'v
Cahill was high on the agenda .
Old uceiongPeii u aWilliamstown CYAISFitzroy RedsPeninsulaBenileighD2 RESERVES
Vickers-vuiisClaringbold"D Le eTornese'Payze'Grace
1038269595953
393026222 0
Peninsula S ClaringboldPeninsula J AtchisonPeninsula Coghlan*Old C , .long SlatteryOld rarey Konstanti_,idi sg- ic ,ides finals' goals
"There are probably three players for them - Cahillis the main one -who we know can play good footyand our midfielders need to be on top of it ."Although the match is still a few days away . themind games have already started with Sill claiminghis side was the underdog ."The pressure is now on them . ""They're the ones who have got through first . We'rethe ones who have had to stumble and now comeback. ""They'd have to go in as favourites . "This was a point Fitzroy coach Graham Burgenwould not dispute ."We have to be," Burgen said . "We absolutely have
to be ."Had Burgen been a bookie at TAB Sportsbet, hesaid he would have offered odds of S1 .40 to $2 .70 .From talking to Burgen, it's hard not, to put thehouse on it ."I think we are well rested and we have our bestfooty still to play," he said ."We are very excited for the contest and confidentafter what we saw on the weekend . "With the week off to freshen up and reflect, Burgensaid his side could not be better prepared for thematch ."We've had all the hard games and had theconditioning . ""I couldn't be happier with where we're at . "
"I'd like Lou Bvrne back but other than that Iwouldn't change a thing . "
SummaryPeninsula and Fitzroy are the two best sides in thecompetition and deserve to play off for thepremiership . While Peninsula has looked awesomefor much of the year they have had two extremelytough matches in the last fortnight. In contrast,
the Reds have had the luxury of a week off. Thiswill be a tough low-scoring slog and will suit
Fitzroy to a tee .Prediction : Fitzroy 15 points
D2 TEAM OF THE YEARB : S . Drury (Fitzroy) M . Cairns (Fitzroy) S . Murray
(Peninsula)HB : S. Pietsch (West B'wiek)M. Dentry (Peninsula)
A . Teelow (Peninsula )
TODAY'S~`7 ~
D2 SECTIONGRAND FINAL - September 13, 2003
SENIORSCentral Reserve, Glen Waverley - 2 p .m .
Fitzroy Reds versus Peninsula 0 BRESERVES
Central Reserve, Glen Waverley - 11 .30 a .m .
Peninsula 0 B versus Old Geelong
C: N. Everett (Old Carey) H . McCarthy (Old
Geelong) A . Murphy (Peninsula)
HF : B . Cocks (Williamstown)S . Payze (Peninsula)
D . Lee (Wtown )
F: S. White (La Trebel M. Vickers-Willis (OldGeelong) P . Diacogiorgis (Fitz Reds)
Fell : C. Maclean (Peninsula)T. Bromley (Oakleigh)V . Cahill (Fitzroy)Interchange : D. Sheldrick (La Trebel A. Saulle
(Ha, urorn) L . Ireson (Bentleigh )
;?,:_ins : : . O. -~ . - congratulates Michael Goldthorpon reaching the milestone of 100 games for thePirates and true to his style, he has timed his runperfectly to grand final day . Since joining the clubin 1998 and continuing the tradition of hardness atthe ball shown by all wearers of the No . 3 guernsey,"Goldy" has been a highly skilled performer,renowned for his baulking - in fact he prides
himself on it. Never one to use formalities in hisrequest for the footy, his simple "Yep, yep, yep,mate, mate, mate" has stood him in great stead overthe years . From all at Pirateland, well done Goldy!We look forward to the next 100 .Fitzroy Reds - congratulates balding father figure
of the senior line-up Steve Addicott who plays his50th game for the club in today's Grand Final . This
father of twins relishes the physicality of the gameand can be seen before the first bounce hunting theopposition with his trademark hunched prowlaround the centre square . During the week, he willdo endless laps of the track in the dark aftertraining, probably plotting his next kill . A winner of
the senior best-and-fairest in 2000, he is alsofavoured to win the Reds "Allround Mr Nice Guy"award amongst stiff competition for 2003 . Steve
encapsulates the spirit of VAFA football on and offthe fi,Id and all at the Reds faithful hope that hecan ~n nr for a few years yet . Well done Stevie A .
'; i:::i::SLi.`. C!s 3.2 1 0.5 10.7 14.11 (95)
3.7 6.11 9.16 10 .19 (79)
Peninsula: Pare 4 Murphy 3 Torossi 2 MacLean 2 Merrick NClaringbt:ld A Atchison. BesL Dentrv Paves White Crean A Atchison
Teelow .
West Brunswick: Lehmann 2 Edwards 2 O'Brien Siebrand Drain
Cannane West Haysey . Best: Sutherland Pletseh Siebrand Lehmann
Bailey Dempsey.
Umpires : Michael Sneddon Mark Jenkins (F) Andrew Rechtman
Applications close Friday Oct 31stand should be submitted to 55 Best St ,
North Fitzroy 3065 or [email protected] .auFor more information contact Fitzroy Reds
President, Benjy Lee, on 0421 557 699
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Applicants should have previous Senior or AssistantCoaching experience, a solid understanding of the gameand its strategies and outstanding communication skills .
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An attractive remuneration package is on offer.
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Applications in writing should be sent toNorman Elliott at 2 Arthur Street Briar Hill 30 83 or
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9288 542 1Closing date for applications: Friday 26 September
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Initial enquiries to Jeff Cotton on 0401 806 962
Please forward applications in confidence toJeff Cotton, PO Box 785, Dandenong 3175.
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Representing Melbou rne University
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Are seeking expressions of interestfrom experienced applicants for al l
coaching positions in 2004 .
Interested parties should contact thePresident, Bob Girdwood on 0400 037
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coaches in 2004 .
All applications should be directed to:Luke McNamara
SecretaryLa'Ftobe University Amateur Football Clu b
all U19 section GF's 1~i 1 :a medals as folloti' -;: :---
Johnson (Section 1) . John Miles (Section 2) . John
Simpson (U19 Blue) and Max Lyon (U1 ) Red) - all
medals were named after prominent and influential
VAFA men whose support and development of our
U19 sections was nothing short of terrific .
Marcellin continued its return to past glory dayswhen they defeated Old Ivanhoe in the B Section 2nd
semi to advance to the B Section GF but also return
to A in '99 . Theisz, M Boysen and Marson (3gls) were
great Eagles .Hampton Rovers under the astute leadership of
Russell Barnes and led on field by Stephen Anderson,
Anthony Browne and Sam Parkinson powered home
in the second half at Sandringham to win through to
meet Beaumaris in the C OF. Old Mentonians were
well served on the day by Drew Solley, Guyon Stroud
and Anthony Palmer.Southbank turned around a half time deficit of 4gls,
but banged home 16 goals to 3 in the D Prelim to win
through to C in '99 but more importantly get a crack
at the D flag against Whitefriars . Roifs and Murphy
with 5 each were key forwards while Ben Hodgson
and Kip Watford were in everything. For the Jackas
Kalinski and Rosen (4gls) were best .
Geoff Reilley guided Caulfield Grammarians to tua EBlue cup with former Hawk and Saint Dean Anderson
a key player throughout the finals . Veterans Nigel
Brohier and Trevor Royals also key players in the
defeat of arch rival Old Camberwell . The Wellers
extracting some joy on the day turning the tables in
the early game .E White scribe Barry Hickey was all smiles when his
team took off the premiership against Kew . A seven
goal to 2 second quarter paving the way for the Old
Carey's victory . Chris Hickey (6 gls), Everett and
Campbell outstanding for OC . The ever reliable
Gencarelli & King Kew's best .Hawthorn Amateurs under the watchful eye of
stalwart Peter Tvson reigned in a 3i4 deficit to win
the F Section trophy, Stu Avery . O'Brien and
Hutchinson great Hawks . Monash Gryphons left only
to ponder what could have been 22 points up at the
, last break .
U19 Grand Final coaches were : Section 1 Pat
Hawkins (OX) & Clay Waser (DLS) ; Section 2 Shane
Stves (Whitef) & Terry Kendall (Old Sc .) ; Section Blue
Peter O'Dea (MHS) & Ian Wilmott (Hamp Rov) ; Section
Red ; Stewart McLean (Old Iva .) & Ash Wain (Yarra
Valley) .
on
Collegi ; ns were far to good for De La Salle when they
won 11 .13 to 6 .13 to win back to back 'A' Section
flags .The team lined up as follows ;
B : Brad Woolhouse Stuart Hinchen Andrew Wright
HB: Steve Laussen Jim Bennett Aaron Harrison
C: David Kerr Mark Hibbins Gary Irvine
HF: David Hoyle Andrew Lord Darren Warner
F: Vaughan Cleary Rick Schober Tony Wallace
R : Chris Pollock Matt Galbraith Michael Lake
I/C : Nick Proctor Paul'Gappa Andrew
Kenneally
Coach: Leigh CarlsonDe La kicked 4 goals to i to lead at the first change
but front then on Collegians were in control.
Best were Hibbins . Galbraith . Irvine, Woolhouse,
Pollock (Coll .) and Ronchi, Hunter, Tully, Dillon (De
La) . Mark Hibbins won the inaugural Jock Nelson
Trophy for best player afield .
Therry had earned the right to have another go at OldMelburnians but it was to no avail as the Dark Blue
won the 'B' Section flag with a very easy win, 18 .17 to
10 .10 . Best were A .Thompson. Berry. Webb,
Theodore, Griffiths, Br.; in (O'.'.) and Taylor. Doyle,
Bide :,stone, 1eKa, . A .Da?'eish, Carman (Th) .
Orrnond started 'red Y :~t` fr. .ourites against OldAaverians who had won the right to the Grand Final
with two good finals performances .Well, the tipsters were right as Ormond triumphed by
7 goals, 14 .18 to 8 .11 . Old Xaverians kicked towards
the goals at Glenhuntly Rd end with a handy breeze .
The Xavs made reasonable use of the wind and their
defence stood firm to give them a 21 point lead at the
first change . 4 .3 to 1 .0 . Ormond with their on-ball
players dominating moved into top gear to kick 7 .7 tc
0 .2 and had a winning lead of 26 points at half time,
Ormond held Xavs comfortably in the second half
The goals were shared between Stuart Carboon 3Phil Kingston 2, Steve McCooke 2, Paul Schuhkraft 2
Andrew Jobling 2, Paul Sutherland and Craig Tonkin
Best for the 'Vlonds were Paul Forsyth, Davit
McDonald, Stuart Carboon. Paul Cox, Phil Kingstor
and Ross Tonkin .
Mick Atkins and John McKay continued their goo(
finals form for Xavs. and Ricky Marks, Andrev
Grummett, David McKay and Geoff Greetham wer,
strong players, and goals were scored by Stev,
Curtain 3 . Grum-tt 2 . Jack Tiernan. Anthon
Callen, and David Taylor. Umpires were Gre,
Hardeman and -'_~-- 1 r,1 F,.vale.
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In 'B' Section Parkside maintained their recentsupremacy over Kew, winning the slog 15 .8 to 5 .16 .
Best were Buckhorn, Williams, Rowe, Sherlock,Papas, (P) and O'Kayli, S.Lord, Bruno . Thornley and
Schober. Umpires were Kevin Segota and Peter
Wiseman
De La outlasted Uni Blues, to win the 'A' Section flag,its fourth in six years, with the last three victories
against the Blues.Blues led by a point at the last change, after a great
third term recovery but were no match for De La in
the final term with de La kicking 5 .1 to 1 .3 .
Harrington, Connolly, Hollier, Greene. R. and
G .McHenry (De La) and Angel, Yeo, Jennings,
Jackson, R .Curnow, O'Brien (Uni Blues) were best .
De La lined up as follows:
B: R.McHenry P.Czerkaski P.Leonard
HB : G .McHenry M.Deveson B.Bourke (C)
C: P.McDonnell T.Cooke W.Hollier
HF: W.Tyson R.Williams D.Harrington
F: M.Simpson S.Murphy M.Low e
R: M.Greene G.Connolly P.Maher (VC)
I/C : D .Nugent R .Auber
Coach : Neil LeLievreBulleen/Templestowe led by 6 goals at three quarter
time in the 'B' Section grand final against Kew thenKew, who played poorly all day, slammed on 5 goals
in 11 minutes to get within five points . and then its
next shot hit the post, and this misfortune seemed to
take some sting out of the side . Bulleen/Templestowe
then went away to win by 17 points . Best were
Delanty . Bird, Delaney, Farly, Pace, Palmer
(Bulleen/Temp) and Hayes, Burden . Smith,
Anderson, Jackomes, Blay (Kew) .
Old Scotch, trailing by 17 points at the last change,
got up to beat North old Boys to win the 'A' Section
flag. 16 .16 to 16 .11 . Ruckman Michael Bates was a
driving force for Old Scotch, and others to play
steadily were John Anderson (C), Ross Duke and Jim
Marx (O .Scotch) . Hannebery, R .Conti and the veteran
Shane Maguire were best for North .
Old Scotch's line up was :
B: G.Leatham T.Cox B.Kefford
HB: J.Morgan R.Drummon M .Duffy
C: D.Bowden R.Duke F.Kiel
HF: S.Tallent P.Sherwen P.Meadows
F: I.Sinclair T.Mason J .Marx
R: M.Bates J.Anderson (C) S.Bubb
I/C : D .Bedford LAlexande r
Coach: Laurie AghanOld Melburnians 18 .16 were far too strong for Old
Paradians 11 .10, in the B Section Grand Final . Best
were R .Brown, P.Mumme, J .Mitchell (OM's) and
T.Considine, C .Hughes, McCormack (OP) .
i
Ormond reversed the second semi result against St
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Bernards to win its third A Section flag in a row .
Ormond led by 17 points at half time and held controlin the second half to win by 5 goals . Best were
Bourne, Dove, I .Cameron, R .Cameron, Curtis,Corben (Ormond) and Schwarzenberg, Arnott .
G .Mahoney, Perrett . Ginivan . Kong (St . Bernards) .
Ormond's line up :B: G.Moran R.Jenkins R .Cameron
HB : B.Corben B.Bourne T.Crumpton
C: Rob Curtis S .Dove D.Foulsham
HF : Alan Graham R .Wood (C) S .Kozlowski
F: Alan Naylor K .Ladd (VC) R.Logan
R: Ian Cameron P .Murphy G .Pearce
I/C : P.Sierakowski
Coach : Ted Farrell
UPOHF121Old Paradians continued their run of success bybeating Caulfield Grammarians in the 'A' Section
Grand Final . Parade's winning margin was 75 points,
and their win gave them their third successive 'A'
Section flag, and their 6th in seven years . Quinlan,
Gallowat (4 goals), Williams were best for Parade .
B: P.Gordon G.Mansfield B .Findlay
HB: R.Sambell J .Coghlan J .Wagner
C: B.O'Brien R.Duke
HF: B.Weyman (C) J .Tudor
F: N.Quinlan J .Jordan
R: F.Proctor L.Foster
P.Burt
R.Galloway
S .Williams (C)
H .Ford
19/20: Cliff Hart, Pat Mount
Coach : John Boot hIt was a big year for Ormond winning their way backinto 'A' Section, beating Monash for the flag by 2goals, and with flags in 'B' Reserve and U19 .
Their premiership team was:
B: G.Moran A.Voight C.Westhorpe
HB: R.Finlayson B.Finlayson C .Rowell(VC)
C: P.Curtis J.Ferrier P .Sierakowski
HF: R.Fitzroy K .Ladd
P.Mclnerney
F: G .James R.Carr R.Wood
R: I.Cameron I .Copeland B .Blight (C)
19/20: B.Bolt D.Schaffer
Coach : Ted Farrell
Collegians won their second successive 'A' Sectionpremiership in shocking conditions. Three goals
down with 10 minutes to go, Old Scotch's positionlooked hopeless, then they got two goals butCollegians defenders stood firm and they won by a
goal, 9 .6 to 8.6 . Old Paradians, beaten by Uni . Blacks
in the second semi, went to a 6 goal lead in the firstquarter only to see Blacks come back and lead
narrowly at half time . Parade again took a good leadin the third term and maintained their advantage
until the finish 21 .13 to 15 .14 . De La Salle went to an
early lead in 'C' and then withstood a strong challengeby Parkside in the last quarter to take out the flag,
6 .12 to 5 .8 .
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V'icHealth
Well, this is it, the last D3 game of the year, and
fittingly, the two best teams at the end of Round 1 8
have fought through to the big one . So sit back,relax, enjoy what will hopefully be a fitting finale toa sometimes fantastic, sometimes frustrating, butalways fascinating season of D3 football .PRELIMINARY FINAL REVIEWIt was a thriller at McHale Stadium, with people onthe edge of their seat (or feet, if they werestanding), culminating in a dramatic last minutefinish .Rupo scored the first goal quite early in the game,
only for the Gryphs to reply quickly throughGeorge Harrak. Nick Rutherford also got quite a
bit of the ball early, while Wells and Flowerday
were also influential for the Gryphs . Rupo finished
off the quarter strongly to trail by five points at
quarter time .
The game continued to go from end to end in thesecond quarter, as both teams' defences stood
quite resolute, with Monash's Roche, Brett
Coxhead, and Baxter in particular asserting
themselves on the game . Clark bagged a brace ofgoals, and indeed the Gryphs extended their
quarter time lead by this amount to be in front by
17 points at the main break.
After both teams began the third quarter unable toconvert their opportunities, Rupertswood started
to get back into the game courtesy of a Klaaysen
goal from a 25 metre penalty, which was followed
up quickly by another goal to put the men fromSunbury within five points . Watson goaled for the
Gryphs after an end to end passage of play that
was all Monash, before Klaaysen scored another
six pointer from a very tight angle right on thesiren to bring the deficit back to six points .
Rupertswood by now had gathered up a fair headof steam and that momentum saw them peg theGryphons' lead back to a point, then level, thenbriefly take the lead after the Gryphonssurrendered a rushed behind . The gamecontinued to be a dour struggle until, with 20
seconds left on the clock,Tim Gilchrist gathere dthe ball and, under terrific defensive pressure, putit through the big sticks to give the Gryphs a fivepoint lead, which turned out to be the final margin .There was some consolation for Rupo in thereserves, however, as they scored a 65 point winover Swinburne .GRAND FINAL PREVIEWWell, this is the essence of which, let's say, nine
months of hard work on and off the track by theplayers, coaching staff, committees and
volunteers, boils down to . The best two teams
have fought their way through the home and away
season and lead up finals, clinching promotion onthe way, to play off for the ultimate prize for any
team, and indeed, any player .
Neither side has yet to savour premiership success
at senior level, but have experienced the bittertaste of defeat in the big one, with Swinburne
losing to Syndal Tally Ho in the D4 title decider in
1998 F Grade playoff. Therefore, there is thechance to make some history . There would benothing more special than playing in a club's firstever senior premiership, and I'm sure that bothcoaches would be stressing this point asinspiration .Each team has their share of big names, and
although the Razorbacks have comfortably beaten
the Gryphons in each of their three games thisseason, they would not be resting on their laurels
come the biggest game of the year. There was quite
a Swinburne presence at the Preliminary Final,
both to lend support to their reserves side, as well
as finding out who their opponents in the GrandFinal would be . They seemed pretty confident,
watching the game, having a bit of a kick, although
I was surprised that glamour full forward Jason
Murchie wasn't in cotton wool, wearing a t-shirt
saying "Don't Touch The Murch" to minimize a BobPratt circa 1934 final series scenario.
Look out for Holland to line up on Murchie, if
available, as The Dutchman had the better of the
Swinburne full-forward last time out . Other
dangermen for the Razorbacks up forward include
Higgins and Milano, and it is these multiple
options which would cause Gryphons coach Jack
McDonald the most concern, as they are morethan capable of picking up the slack if Murchie is
well held . The Gryphs do have some firepower of
their own, however in the shape of Malone, so it
won't be a holiday for the Swinburne defence by
any means, either.Both sides also have influential playmaking half-backs in Wells (Monash) and Fragiacomo (Swinny),who for mine has probably been the mostoutstanding players I've seen this season. Theycould well be the barometer of their team'sperformance, such is their importance . Watch outalso for the captain's clash between Albert(Swinburne) and Bourbon (Gryphons) in themiddle, as well as other on-ballers such as Fidlerand Whiting (Swinburne) and Flowerday an d
TODAY'S MATC ESD3 Section
GRAND FINAL - September 13, 2003SENIORS
McHale Stadium, Collingwood - 2 p .m .Swinburne University versus Monas h
GryphonsRESERVES
McHale Stadium, Collingwood - 11 .30 a.m .Werribee versus Rupertswood
Gilchrist (Monash) . What could really decide theoutcome, however, is the ruck contest betweenRowan Coxhead (Gryphs) and Chris Farrington(Razorbacks), two of the better ruckmen in thecompetition this season.OK, time for me to pick a winner, and I think givencurrent form and past results, it's hard to overlookSwinburne, despite the record of Monash over thelast three or so months, which certainly airi tshabby. So Swinburne it is, by 21 points .In the reserves, I'll take Werribee to win .
TEAM OF THE YEARWill appear in next weekend's review .CONTACT INFORMATIONPlease note I am on holidays from work, so the bestway to contact me about anything, whether it besocial notes, milestones or any other matters is viaemail on [email protected] luck to all teams competing this weekend,have a great VAFA weekend, and enjoy yoursummer !Yours in football,
The Qwiit
~ ~~V ~ '~_ _:~Zonash Gryphons - Well, unfortunately, Paul"Dutchy" Holland wasn't able to take the field forwhat would have been his 100th game last week(as featured in last week's Amateur Footballer), buthopefully, for his sake and that of his team, he willbe available to play, and would love to make it adouble celebration by claiming a premiershipmedallion . Good luck Dutch, from everyone at theGryphs!
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SPORTSCOVERVAFAMAJORSPON60R
RED
5 Albie Firley
6 Paul Hoffman
7 Adam Conquest
8 Landan Blackhall
9 Mark Taylor
10 Avi Wekselman
11 Luke Holmes
12 Daniel Mousley
14 Sharon Alger
15 Geoff Curran
16 Peter Woods
17 Mark Gibson
18 Jason McNiece
19 Steve McCarthy
20 John Ralph
21 Patrick Maebus
22 Nick Fennesy
23 Paul Dinneen
24 Graeme Hunichen
25 Geoff Moor e
26 Andrew Shiels
27 Matt Co x
28 Paul Lamble
29 Chris Garcia
30 Justin Lipson
31 Andrew Lougheed
32 Eli Haye s
33 Robert Mayston
34 Graeme Morgan
35 Jason Lane
36 Matthew Meier
37 Gavin Roberts
]BL
5 Luke Duthie
6 Brendan Devlin
8 Mark Alexander
7 Sean Scully (Jnr)
9 Damien Lan e
10 Sean Scully (Snr)
11 Dirk Kramer
12 Mark Morrison
14 Ash Hoogendyk
15 Tim Doeck e
16 Mervyn Monty
17 Peter Keogh
18 Peter Simpson
19 Andrew Fyfe
20 Brian Woodhead
20 Grant Wardrop
21 Gaj Skandakumar
22 Chris Collin s
23 Peter Griffiths
24 Leigh Dillon
25 Lionel Katz
26 Daniel Dinneen
27 Anthony Simpson
28 Ken McNiece
29 Peter James
31 Robert Semmens
32 Anthony Damen
33 Michael Forde
34 Stephen Morgan
35 Troy Brooks
36 Phil Gluyas
GS EN
5 Wayne Hinton
6 Not Available
7 Paul Croxford
8 Trevor Hansen
9 Stephen Capl e
10 Tristan Bowman
11 Tom Haysorn
12 Jamie Kvins
14 Michael Gilday
15 Mark Jenkins
16 Craig Brajtberg
17 Brett Horskope
18 Tim Sutcliffe
19 Glenn Scotland
20 David D' Altera
21 Nick Ryd e
22 Rick Love
23 Anthony Calderone
24 Miles Argall
25 Richard Eastwood
26 Brad Rankin
27 Euan Lindsay
28 Leah Gallagher
29 Gerard Rolfs
30 Simon Olive
31 Rob Schuller
33 Simon Stokes
34 Jeremy Heffernan
37 David Murray
YELLOW
Max Wittman
Dash Peiris
Alan Ladd
Nick Evans
Santo Caruso9
10 Shane Mele
11 Paul TUppen
12 Sean Rothe
14 Tim Tingiri
15 Michael Sneddor
16 Luke Moncrieff
17 Michael Robins
18 George Paleodim
19 Peter Pullen
20 Geoff Kelly
21 David Iron s
22 David Longwort
23 Robert Sneddor
24 Jason Moore
25 Matthew Taylor
26 Patrick Coultha
27 PaulJones
28 Ron Martyn
29 Peter Liddell
30 Anthony Lilley
32 Jarrod Aspinal
34 Daniel Stepher
35 Dianne Whitel
THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLE
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L Football Umpiring - The Non-Contact Team Sportby Dianne Whiteley
CONGRATULATIONSTo all the umpires who will be officiating in a GRAND FINAL match this weekend . May
it be a very memorable day for you and for those who do not get Grand Finals thisweekend, they remain in contention for the 'Big One .MILESTONESCongrats to Andrew Rechtman who celebrated his 150th game a few weeks ago and he made sure we all knew about it!!
TOP 10 UMPIRESThis year's panel of umpires is one of the strongest the VAFAUA have had for many seasons in all sections - field,
boundary and goal. They are: .FIELD - Albie Firley, Mark Gibson, Wayne Hinton, Peter James, Dirk Kramer, Jamie Kvins, Jason McNiece, Michael
Sneddon, Tim Sutcliffe, Grant Wardrop .BOUNDARY - Craig Bratjberg, Brendan Corcoran, Nathan Eddy, Scott Fraser, Cam Hoogendyk, Glen Kennedy, Chris
O'Shea, Andrew Rechtman, Peter Teasdale, Graham Thwaites .
GOAL - Andrew Barnes . John Hall, Bernie Hoare, Bernie Jephson, Beornn McCarthy, Dom Napoli, Kevin Segota,
Matthew Simpson, Travis Storti, Dennis Webster .Can you name the panel that will do the honour and umpire the 'A' Section Grand Final on 21 September 2003 at
2 .1 opm?AFL GOAL UMPIRE - David FleggOn Thursday 25 August 2003, David relieved Shane of his duties as Goal Umpires Coach and took our goalies for a
training session then spoke to all the umpires at a lecture later on that night. He stated that he had had a great time
and hopes to visit EP again next year. Some stats on David - Started in the VFA as a Boundary umpire 1983-84 ; VFA
Goal Umpire 1985-1987, 1987 First Div . GF; joined VFL in 1988; debuted AFL on April Fool's Day 1990 - Western
Bulldogs v. St . Kilda ; 230 AFL matches including 14 Finals matches ; 2 Grand Finals - 1991 & 1993 (emergency umpire
in 2001) ; 3 Night Grand Finals - 1990, 1991, 2000(2 emergency umpire matches - 2002 & 2003) ; 3 State of Origin ; 3
AFL Draws; VFUA & AFLUA Historian Statistician in 1995 ; VFUA & AFLUA Life Member 1997 ; VFUA John Russo
Trophy winner 1998 ; Leigh Keen Shield winner 2001-2002 ; AFLUA Special Award 2002; Unique Achievement of
Medicare Award for not coming off under blood rule in 2002! !
NOTE: Corin Rowe (former VAFA umpire) is on the AFL finals panel and will be umpiring the Port Adelaide vs Essendon
game this Saturday night . Matthew Head missed out this year but hopefully next season he will have the opportunity to
make the AFL 'finals' panel .ADAM CONQUESTOnly 6 weeks to go until Adam takes on the world at the Ironman Triathlon World Championships in Hawaii . His
training regime' has increased and he begins trying to acclimatise with the weather conditions etc in the next few weeks .
The fundraising for the event will be a twenty-minute "phone in" before the commencement of the 'A' Section Grand
Final broadcast on 88 .3 Southern FM . An advertiser will have his company or business talked about on air in exchange
for a donation to Adam's 'conquest' . The VAFAUA have already made a donation .
LAST @TEEKi tThis weekend is the last weekend to book your 'seat' at the VAFAUA'A' Section Grand Final Brunch . All umpires, family
members and friends are welcomed to come along to the brunch next Sunday with $30 .00 in hand to enjoy yet another
great day wining and dining with current and past running umpires including the guest speaker, too . Please contact
Leah Gallagher, Peter Simpson or email your acceptance to the below email address and it will be passed on .
BBgWhy not just make it a day out for all the family. Enjoy watching a thriller of a game in the 'A' Section Grand Final then
feast on the BBQ, drinks and company of friends afterwards . There will be a fantastic band playing in the clubrooms
from about 7 .00pm onwards . Will be a great night for all in attendance .
A Section Grand Final Brunch - 21/9/03Grand Final BBQ - 21/9/0 3FINALLY . . .All correspondence to diannewhiteleyCabigpond .comwww.vafaua,asn .au
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entertaining D4 action, the cream has risen to th etop, and the best teams of the season have made it t o
the Grand Final and subsequent D3 promotion .
What this has meant though . is that it has delivered
D4 one of the most even games in some years in thebattle for premiership glory.
ReviewIt was a tight and tense opening to the SeniorPreliminary final, however, it was Albert Park who
started the better of the two teams . Unfortunately,
the Falcons could not put this dominance onto thescoreboard and after hitting the post twiee .
Mt .Lilydale hit back with a goal of their own to take
the lead . With Julian Storey strong in the ruck andAndy Fleming strong in the packs, the Falcons didmanage to get a couple of their own back and
subsequently went into the first quarter break with
their noses in front .
The second quarter was all the Dales, and withRhodes"gaining the upper hand in the rucking duels,they managed to kick the next three majors for the
game. In the back line . Mount's Carstens and
Flanagan were miserly as they restricted thenormally potent Falcon forward line to one goal for
the quarter . In the meantime, the Dales kicked
another three to go into half time with a handy 5-goal
lead .With star forward Sean Allen on the bench injuredfor Albert Park after half time, the situation was grimfor the Falcons, however, some good play from Jason
Simcocks, Jodie Taylor and Brad Tuite allowedShaun Venables and Julian Storey to kick the nexttwo and the lead was reduced to three goals .
This was as close as the Falcons got though, asRoberts and Hayes regained the ascendancy forMount in the final quarter as they went on a goal-
kicking spree to run out comfortable 59-point
winners .In the Reserves Preliminary final, North
Brunswick was able to break away to an early lead .
With the efforts of Boudoloh and Duson providing
plenty of opportunities to Sorleto in the forward line,North went into the first break three goals in front .
The second quarter sawa more even contestwith Steve Garci a
stron gNick Pastras getting plenty of the ball up front for
Albert Park, however, the Falcons were unable
t make a dent in the North lead. It was the same story
in the third quarter as the strong North Brunswickdefence of Mountney and Salloum restricted the
Falcon's scoring chances . The final quarter sau
North outscore a gallant Falcon team to go into the
grand final with a 32-point win .
PreviewSeniors - IJHS-VU versus Mt . LilydaleAs I mentioned earlier, the two most deserving teame
have made it to the Grand Final, and now that the are there, it is going to be a monumental battle t c
decide who will go home with D4 premiership glory .
Mt.Lilvdale have re-found their lost form last weel+against Albert Park, however, they will need to takeanother step up if they are to reverse the floggin€
they got two weeks ago at the hands of the studentsThis time around, it will be UHS who have had <
week's rest, and given their rampant form in thamatch two week's ago, Mount will need to produ
c something special if they are to threaten.UHS's goal kicking prodigy, Tate is on the verge of hi :
100th goal for the season, and this could provid
CLUB I : . si~ lSTCJi~ IQI(a
D4 SECTIO NAlbert Park Allan* 0 111UHS-VU Tate' 0 97Brunswick Hardaway 0 77North Brunswick Hamilton* 0 68Old Westbourne J Horsbourgh 0 61D4 RESERVEAlbert Park Pastras' 4 54North Brunswick Papanikolou° 2 48Albert Park Payne* 0 40St Marys Rousis° 0 39Mt. Lilydale Anderson 0 34' - includes finals' goal s
421 1 THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 200
additional motivation for the straight shooting
forward, not that he should need it . However, there
was a marked improvement in the Dales back linelast week and they will be hell bent on restricting his
shots on goal . Ultimately, this is where I believe thematch will be won or lost and should Mount continue
this form into today's match, it could be the
difference .Tipping a winner is an extremely difficult task, andit's a decision that I have lamented on for a couple of
days. Both teams are in good form, have quality lists
and would both be deserving winners . However, there
can only be one, and today I think Uni High School's
fresh legs should see them home to win by 8 points .
RESERVES - UHS-VU versus No rt h Brunswic k
As was the case in the seniors, the two best Reserves
teams for the year have made the Grand Final .
Today's game is North's third grand final appearancein four years, and given that the club has not
succeeded in any of these, there will be plenty ofmotivation for them to break the drought . On the
other hand, the students have proven to all and
sundry they are a class outfit, and will be hoping toset the tone for the day for what could be a magical
day for the "Green and Tan" .
The likes of Boudoloh, Burrows and Cutler could beplaying their final match for North, today and thiswill give the rest of their team mates extra desire to
succeed, however, this can only take you so far .
In their Semi Final two weeks ago, North's forwardline was the key and if the ball can get down to them
quickly from players like Russo, Duson and Lattoufthen the game could be beyond Uni High .
Once again picking a winner is difficult and I think
the result will be a real nail biter . At the end of the
day though, it will come down to sheer desire as towho will take out the game and in this regard, I
believe it will be North who will want it more .
Therefore I am tipping them to win by the narrowest
of margins, 1 point.
Team of the YearThank you to everyone who sent in nominations andafter much thought, I have penned who I believe to
be the D4 team of the year. While you may not all
TODAY'S MATCHESD4 SECTIO N
GRAND FINAL - September 13, 2003SENIORS
UHS-VU versus Mt . La.lydal e
Preston City Oval, Preston - 2 p .m .
RESERVESPreston City Oval, Preston - 11 .30 a.m .
UHS-VU versus North Brunswick
agree with the inclusions, I am sure that you will allappreciate the efforts of all players who made the
cut . Therefore, congratulations to everyone who has
been included . So, without further ado, here is the
team ;
B : Benn (OW), Ballantyne (St.M), Manischalachi (Mt .L)
Ormond AFC 61 46 107St Bedes/Mentone Tigers 35 9 44
Caulfield Grammarians 26 19 45
Old Ivanhoe Or 55 1 56
Peninsula OB 23 6 29
Hampton Rovers AFC 42 7 49
Hawthorn AFC 29 5 34
Albert Park AFC 10 12 22
Old Paradians 12 10 22
MHSOB 20 1 21
De La Salle OC 35 2 37
Old Scotch 20 2 22Syndal Tally Ho AFC 7 3 10
Swinburne Uni AFC 8 2 10
West Brunswick AFC 9 3 12
Elsternwick AFC 9 1 10
St Bernards OC 14 2 16
Old Xaverians 22 1 23
AJAX AFC 7 8 15
Banyule AFC 4 4 8
Power House AFC 7 1 8Yarra Valley Football Club 12 0 12
St Mary's AFC 9 0 9North Brunswick AFC 4 4 8
Old Mentonians 10 1 11
Old Halleyburlans AFC 7 3 10
VAFAUA 14 2 16
Old Trinity 12 0 12
University Blues AFC 9 2 11
Mentone AFC 6 2 8
Eley Park AFC 4 2 6Therry Penola OB 11 2 13
Mazenod OC 11 1 12
Richmond Central AFC 6 1 7
Werribee AFC 7 2 9
St Kevins AFC 12 2 14
Marcellin OC 8 3 11
Oakleigh AFC 9 0 9
qoNt'ship
84 .30%
36 .10%
31 .90%
31 .10%
26.90°',0
25 .30%
24 .80%
20 .00%
16 .20%
14.90%
13.40%
12.30%
11 .90%
11 .50%10 .70%
10.50%
10.40%
9 .40%
9 .40%
9 .20%
9 .00%
8.80%
8.70%
8 .70%
8 .30%
8 .20%
8 .00%
7.60%
7.40%
7 .30%
7 .00%
6 .80%
6 .50%
6.40%
6.20%
6 .10%
6 .00%
5 .90%
ClubReg New
Donors Donors Total
Williamstown CYMS 7 1 8
Bentleigh AFC 7 0 7Monash Blues AFC 6 5 11
Fitzroy Reds AFC 8 1 9
La Trobe Uni AFC 6 1 7
St Leo's Emmaus WP 9 1 10
UHSOB 5 1 6
Old Geelong Gr 6 2 8
North Old Boys AFC 6 1 7
Collegians AFC 8 0 8
Old Carey Gr 5 1 6
Old Essendon Or 7 0 7
Prahran AFC 6 0 6Bulleen Cobras AFC 2 2 4
Aquinas OC 4 1 5
Box Hill Nth AFC 2 1 3
Mt Lilydale OC 3 0 3Ivanhoe/Assumption AFC 3 0 3
Glen Eira AFC 3 1 4
Old Brighton Or 6 0 6
Salesian OC 2 1 3Old Melburnians 5 0 5
Monash Gryphons AFC 2 0 2
Whitefriars OC 3 1 4
Rupertswood AFC 2 1 3
Parkside AFC 2 0 2
Brunswick AFC 1 0 1
Eltham OC 1 0 1
Kew AFC 1 0 1Sth Melbourne Districts 1 0 1
Beaumaris AFC 1 0 1
Old Camberwell Or 1 0 1
University Blacks AFC 1 0 1
Bulleen-Templestowe AFC
Old Westbourne OrSt Johns OC
Totals 738 194 932
New Donor Rate 20.80%
~nPg'ship5 .90%
5 .80%
5 .60%
5.60%
5.60%
5.50%
5 .40%
4 .90%
4 .70%
4 .40%
4.20 %
4.00%
3.80%
3 .80%
3 .60%
3 .50%
3 .50%
3.40%
3.30%
2 .90%
2 .90%
2 .70%2 .20%
2.10%
2.10%
1 .90%
1 .10%
1 .10%
1 .10%
0.80%
0.70%
0 .70°'m
0 .50%
Congratulations to Ormond who at the end of the 2003 VAFA Blood Bank Competition are the
winners of the Hugh Lyon jumper prize.
Thanks are extended to all clubs who competed and donated.
Sunday September 14 at Spo rtscover Arena Elsternwick Park a luncheon will be held to
acknowledge the support of Captain Bloods in each club, the winning VAFA club (Ormond), support
sponsors in Hugh Lyon Knitwear, Four'n Twenty, Spalding Australia, Cadbury Schweppes and the
Blood Bank staff whose assistance, once again, has been invaluable.
The Family Club'
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35-40 Years SUPERS40+ MASTER S
Playing out of Cole Res Cumberland rd Pascoe Val e
Currently contesting 2003 Grand Final 14th of September atEpping Football Groun d
Closely affilated with the VAFAClubs represented at the Bombers : St Bernards, Rupertswood,
Therry Penola OB, West Brunswick, Old Essendon Gr
Play every second Sunday, train once a wee kAll players welcome for season 200 4
Contact Howard Mitchell 0403790 471 or Ian Fletcher 0417513134
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Invites applications for thefollowing coachin g
positions for season 2004
Senior Coach (playing or non playing)
Reser ves Coach (playing or non playing)
Colt s
ll/13's coac h
Applications in writing to :The PresidentKnox Football Clu bPO Box 4472, Knox City post Office,Knox City Centre, wantirna South . 3152Contact Max Beard Ph : 0408 400 88 6
Applications close 23rd September
100S FCAffiliated with the Southern FL and a
finalist in 3rd Division in 2003 are seekingapplications from interested parties for th e
positions of :
1 : Senior Coach(playing or non-playing )
2 : Reserve Coach(playing or non-playing)
Please reply by email to :austpaint@smart .net .au o r
Fax : 03 9532 2915Attention : Graham Ash .
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CLUBWAREHOUSESports & Medica l
Supplies
by Glen Her a' imii i (U19 - 1 & Blue)
Carn Naidu rll (U19 - 2,3 & Red)
Under 19 Section 1Carpe Diem! In a season that is 21 matches long, today
is the day reputations will be forged, and a new slice of
history carved. It is fitting the two best sides have
earned the right for a tilt at the title. Gentlemen, play
well, play hard, and play fair. Seize and enjoy the
moment, for you may not have another opportunity
again !
Review UNIVERSITY BLUES v OLD XAVERIANS
Preliminary Final U/ 19 S1With the ground a little patchy, the weather was fine
and warm; a welcome contrast from the previous week's
miserable conditions . With Bradley prominent early, the
Blues quickly shifted into gear and transferred the ball
rapidly and skilfully from end to end, opening up a
handy first quarter lead . The second stanza was more of
the same, with Xavs finding it difficult to penetrate the
resilient Uni . defence, whilst up forward Heinz and
McKerrow proved strong targets .
A couple of sensational Xavs goals, including one to
Rush, in the third, couldn't prevent Uni . from extending
the margin, and finally the Blues coasted to a
comfortable and well deserved victory . McPhail and
Meagher amongst the best .
Preview St . BERNARD'S v UNIVERSITY BLUES Grand
Final Ul19 Si
final with a 94point victory
over Beaumaris
at Scammell
Reserve . Unbeaten for fifteen weeks before their semi-
final loss to old Melburnians, Werribee ensured victory
with a nine goal to nothing second quarter, Lee kicking
five for the winners, and Chalmers four. Amassing forty-
five scoring shots to sixteen, Werribee showed no signsof a side that were comprehensively run over the top of
in the final term last week, a morale-boosting victory the
perfect remedy for a team that will now face OMs for the
second time in three weeks .
Preview OLD MELBURPIIANS vs WERRIBEE Grand
Final U/ 19 S 2The two form sides of the competition go head to head
this Saturday afternoon as Old Melburnians meetWerribee in the Section Two Grand Final at Scammell
Reserve . Benefiting from an extra week on the track and
the luxury of a near-full list to choose from, OldMelburnians will go into this weekend's game confident
they can knock off the minor premiers once more,
having beaten Werribee both early in the home-and-
away season, and in the second semi-fmal two weeks
ago. Lacking match-practice towards the tail-end of the
season, Werribee undoubtedly benefited from last
weekend's preliminary final, the game not only acting as
a morale-booster but also giving the side a chance to
prove their fitness over four quarters of football . In a
game likely to be won in the midfield, the Russo
brothers will again need to play another inspired four
quarters of football for Werribee, as will OM's captain
Wettenhall, who topped off an impressive season b}
finishing third in the competition's best and fairest
With little between the sides, Old Melburnians coaclOwen Lalor concedes "the best thing about thi :
weekend is that the two teams that deserve to be ther,
are playing . We've had three really good games agains
each other this year, and hopefully this weekend ma
k for another good game of footy and a great grand final.
Old Melburnians by seven points .
Section 3
Review OLD CAREY vs COLLEGIANS Preliminax
Final U / 19 S 3Recapturing the form which took them to second at tl
conclusion of the home-and-away season, Old Can
recovered from their loss to Rupertswood last week 1
recording a comprehensive 71 point victory ov
ruF AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2C
Two weeks ago in the Second Semi, Uni . failed to
capitalise on early scoring opportunities and despite alate charge rally, the minor premiers were in command
for most of the day . The Bernie's have enjoyed a week's
break and will be chomping at the bit" to record
another victory and complete a wonderful undefeated
season . However, the Blues have tested them in each of
their three meetings. Uni are well drilled, boast a
miserly disciplined defence and strong focal points
whose size on a dry day, may trouble their opponents.
However, teams don't finish three games clear withouttheir own strike weapons and the influence of Hooper,
and leading goal scorer Pitts, must be held, along with
SB fleet of small men, if the Blues are to prevail . A minor
upset is more than possible; however, the Bernie's have
justified their favouritism tag, and will raise the J .S Mc
Cann Cup .
Section 2Review WERRIBEE vs BEAUMARIS Preliminary Final
U/19 S2Minor premiers Werribee recovered from a shock loss
last weekend, booking a spot in this Saturday's grand
Collegians at Preston City Oval . In a game Old Carey
virtually dominated from the start, the pre-match
favourites amassed thirty-six scoring shots to just five,
holding Collegians scoreless in both the second and
fourth quarters . Old Carey coach Craig Williams admits
"it probably was nearly out best four quarterperformance for the year, there were no passengers, all
twenty-two of our boys put their hands up and had a
real go . Our backline was solid all day, we had good run
throughout the midfield, which gave our forwards every
opportunity ." Angus and Howat both kicked two for the
winners, while Trumbull, Bowlerv and Niven were
named as best .Preview RUPERTSWOOD vs OLD CAREY Grand Final
U/19 S3Minor premiers Rupertswood meet Old Carey this
Sunday afternoon, in the Section Three Grand Final at
Preston City Oval. A highly anticipated replay of the
second semi-final, in which Rupertswood were
triumphant by thirteen points, Old Carey enter thegame off the back of a comprehensive preliminary final
victory, the side looking to knock off Rupertswood for
the first time this year and in doing so claim the section
three premiership . Both sides have been near faultless
this season ; Rupertswood remain undefeated despite
coming within several points of a loss on a number of
occasions, while Old Carey have systematically
thrashed every team they've played, with the exception
of Rupertswood. Old Carey coach Craig Williams admits
the game will be won in the midfield, however it is more
likely Carey will be most reliant on their forwards to
reverse an inaccurate trend . Kicking 5 .15 and 5 .17 in
losses to Rupertswood, Old Carey have struggled to put
the ball between the two big sticks, having matched thetop side in every department bar goal kicking on their
previous three meetings . Williams concedes
"Rupertswood are a good side, a very even side with
strong on-ballers that team well, but they have a lot of
expectation on their shoulders . We'll enter the game
with a relaxed frame of mind, and just try to get back to
playing the kind of footy that made us successful this
year. If we get our match ups right, I'm expecting us to
put up a really good fight, and if we can play as well as
we did last Sunday . I reckon we can give it a really good
crack ." Old Carey by four points .
Section Blu e
Review ST.JOHN'S v St . BEDE'S
MENTONE TIGERS PreliminaryFinal Blu eThe Tigers managed to break away to
what seemed an unassailable 34
point advantage midway through thesecond period, only to see the JOC's
strike back and eventually regain the
lead in the third term, edging out to
a seven point break at the final change . A thrilling
ending saw the Tigers reclaim the lead three times,
before they were finally able to withstand the last of the
JOC's challenges and prevail . Goals to Maddocks and
strong performances from Laver and Waters helping
SBM earn a shot at premiership glory .
Preview OAKLEIGH v St . BEDE'S MENTONE TIGERS
Grand Final BlueThe K's only loss came at the hands of the Tigers, and
today will be a fitting climax to the season . Both teams
boast height and move the ball creatively through their
flotilla of skilled small onballers . SBMT stood tall last
Preston City Oval, Preston - 2 p .m.Rupertswood versus Old Carey
GRAND FINAL - September 13, 2003 Under-19 ( 2) BlueSt. Bernards versus University Blues GRAND FINAL - September 13 . 2003
Gerry Green Reserve, Parkdale - 2.10 p .m. Gerry G reen Reserv e, Parkdaie - 11 .20 a .m .Oakleigh versus St. Bedes Mentone Tigers
Under-19 Section 2GRAND FINAL - September 13, 2003 Under-19 (21 Red
A. Scammell Reserve, South Oakleigh - 2 p .m. GRAND FINAL -September 13. 200 3Old Melburnians versus Werribee Garvey Oval Parade College, Bundoora - 2 p.m .
GUnder-19 Section 3FINAL - September 14, 2003
Banyule Viewbank versus University Blacks
V THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2003 49
UNDER 19 SECTION 1 PRELIMINARY FINAL
UNNERSITY BLUES 5.3 9.8 14 .12 17 .16 (118)
OLD XAVERIANS 2.0 3.1 5.2 7.4 (46)
University Blues: Torney 4 Clarke 3 McKerrow 3 Heinz 2
D3 SECTIONKOPPENS,SMAHONY, C WMANNING, SCLARKE, P C
OLD SCOTCHST BERNARDSOLD TRINITY
WHITEFRIARSWHITEFRIARSMHSO B
GLEN EIRACAULFIELD GRORMON D
SALESIAN 0 CAQUINAS 0 BAJAX
OLD GEELONGFITZROY REDSPENINSULA 0 B
ST JOHNS 0 CELSTERNWICKSOUTH MELB DISTRRUPERTSWOOD
22211 9
24201 4
24212 0
20191 8
21201 9
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U19 3EVANS, T OLD CAREYSTEWART-HOLMES, A OLD CAREYQUINN, J THERRY PENOLA 0YOUNG, B J NORTH OLD BOYSASHMAN, J COLLEGIANSGOODWIN, D THERRY PENOLA 0MACFARLANE, L OLD CAREYMONZELL, R RUPERTSWOODELG, C COLLEGIANS0'DONNELL, S MONASH BLUES
U19 BLU ENUSSBAUM, S OAKLEIGH CLAYSDIAZ, J A ST JOHNS 0 CJORDAN, M OAKLEIGHARNOLD, K ST JOHNS 0 C
U19 REf~BRUMBY-RENDELL, T UNIVERSITY BLACKBROOKS, N UNIVERSITY BLACKZIKA, M S FITZROY RED S
Club XVI ISTORER,J M PRAHRANRISSTROM, J L OLD IVANHOERATHGEBER, N OLD XAVERIANSBUTTERWORTH, D J PRAHRA N
Club XVIII SouthCRESSWELL, C ELEY PARK AFCGRANT, D J ELEY PARK AFCFISHER, S L MAZENOD 0 CFOTHERGILL, M J MAZENOD 0 C
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D4 SECTIONHAYES, P JWRIGHT, JLANGENDORF, C G
,U1 9 1THOMPSON, L EHAMILTON, AHOOPER, M
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MT LILYDALE 0 CST MARYSUHS-VU A F C
OLD SCOTCHST KEVINSST BERNARDS
AITKEN, J L OLD TRINITYKRAKOUER, S OLD TRINITYWETTENHALL, S R OLD MELBURNIANSHOGARTH, J D BEAUMARI S
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23191 8
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Club XVIII Nort hCHAPMAN, A J THERRY PENOLA 0JACKSON, T FITZROY REDSAUDEN, N FITZROY REDSHAY, J OLD ESSENDON GRPAPAL, B J OLD ESSENDON GRSTEVEN, G OLD ESSENDON GRMATTHEWS, J M UNIVERSITY BLACK
2003 SI :!? -~ PSHOC : ERS
SECTION NAARE (CLUB) GOAL S
A SECTIO NJ . D . Anderson MedalB SECTIO N
G . T. James Meda l
C SECTIO NA. A. Acreman MedalD1 SECTIO N
L . W. Boyd-Gerny MedalD2 SECTIO NS . W. Craven MedalD3 SECTION
coatcs L w,'ockair HIR EMOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARDSA Section
Mark Corrigan (Old Hail .) Danny Byrne (St.Bern .) Andrew Ramsden (0 . Trinity)
B Sectio nAndrew MacGillivray (Old Bright) Adam Pawlik(White .) Anthony Browne (Ham . Rov. )
C SectionPaul Sullivan (Mentone Vult .) Murray Pitts(Beau .) Steven Buckle (St Leos Emm W P)
D1 Michael Basile (Old Ment .) Scott Playfair(Banyule) Julian Kirzner (Ajax)
D2 David Lee (William .) Shaun Payze (Peninsula)Mark Vickers-Willis (Old Gee .)
D3 Adrian Flowerday (Mon Gry) Stephen Koppens(St .Johns) Daniel Burrowes (Rup .)
D4 Justin Garrett (Box Hill North) Sean Allan(Albert Park) Lucas Gorringe (UHS-VU )
2003 - UMPIRE OF THE YEAR
Tim Sutcliffe
2003 - U19 M OST DISCIPLINED CLUB AWA30
St . Bernards OC - David Law Coac h
2003 - AAFC TEAM OF THE YEAR - VAFAREPRESENTATIV E SMurray Pitts (full back) BeaumarisDanny Byrne (half back flank) St. Bernards OCCad Steinfort (centre half back) Mazenod OCPaul Corrigan (centre) Old HaileyburyJohn Stevens (wing) Old IvanhoeLuke Hawkins (half forward flank) Old ScotchTim Harvey (full forward) St. Bernards OCLaz Siapantas (forward pocket) Old HaileyburyAndrew Ramsden (ruck) Old TrinityBen Jordan (rover) St . Bernards OCLincoln Reynolds (interchange) Old Trinit yTim Ockleshaw (interchange) Old XaveriansMatthew Dennis (interchange) Old Scotch
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St . Bedes Mentone Tigers and Oakleigh Clays charged with a
melee in their under-19 match on Sunday August 31 at
Cheltenham .
Charge proven . Both clubs fined $ 100 (first offence over the
last three year period) .
~' THE AMATEURFOOTBALLER 2003 59
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