Round 4 | 30 April – 1 MAy 2011
Round 4 | 30 April – 1 MAy 2011
Round 4 | 30 April – 1 MAy 2011
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STATE OF AFFAIRS | Behind the RACT Insurance Player of the Year<br />
RACT Insurance became involved with the Wrest Point State League in 2009 with the creation<br />
of the RACT Insurance Player of the Year Award.<br />
As Tasmania’s largest home-based insurance<br />
business, RACT Insurance saw the importance of<br />
helping to nurture and support a footy code that<br />
taps into almost every community in the state. The<br />
Wrest Point State League is not just another footy<br />
competition; it’s a real community endeavour.<br />
Towns and cities across Tasmania supply players,<br />
administrators, umpires, coaches and ground<br />
staff and that represents a community spirit worth<br />
supporting.<br />
The inaugural RACT Insurance Player of the Year was<br />
Jeromey Webberley (Clarence <strong>–</strong> now at Richmond)<br />
and in 2010 Scott Stephens (Launceston) won the<br />
award. We’re now watching this year’s count with<br />
mounting interest.<br />
How does it work? The RACT Insurance Player of the<br />
Year is decided from a weekly vote of Tasmanian<br />
print media football correspondents. The top vote<br />
getters are announced each week on Radio Sport<br />
National’s Sunday Footy Show and published in<br />
the Footy Record and in the Mercury, Examiner and<br />
Advocate newspapers on Tuesdays. The winner<br />
will receive a seven day travel and accommodation<br />
package along with $2,500 cash. The total package<br />
is worth $5,000.<br />
RACT Insurance has a long tradition of supporting<br />
Tasmanian community building activities, and<br />
there is probably nothing that engages Tasmanian<br />
communities more than football. But RACT Insurance<br />
also support other community sectors. For instance<br />
RACT Insurance has gone in to bat for people who<br />
suffer acquired brain injuries, and another big project<br />
for in 2010 is the fourth Tasmanian Youth Portraiture<br />
Prize which aims to encourage young Tasmanian<br />
artists in much the same way as the Player of the<br />
Year is aimed at encouraging young footy talent.<br />
Have you joined the RACT footy tipping<br />
competition yet? Even though the season is well<br />
underway, there is still time, with prizes to win each<br />
week. There are two great leagues to choose from:<br />
Wrest Point State League or the AFL. Enter one or<br />
enter both! It’s free to join and you’ll have a chance to<br />
win a share in prizes worth $14,500!<br />
The weekly prize is $250 (or $125 for non-members)<br />
and the weekly winner of the RACT Footy Tipping for<br />
the Wrest Point State League will also take home a<br />
KB Sherrin footy thanks<br />
to Radio Sport National!<br />
The season winner will win<br />
$2,000 cash ($1,000 for<br />
non-members) to spend<br />
however they wish!<br />
Go to www.ract.com.au to<br />
register today.<br />
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