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GRAND FINALS THIS WEEKEND CAULFIELD GRAMMERIANS v BEAUMARIS - Premier C WERRIBEE v MONASH BLUES - Div 1 BANYULE v OLD PARADIANS - Div 2 LA TROBE UNI v ST JOHNS - Div 3 MONASH GRYPHONS v MY LILYDALE - Div 4

GRAND FINALS THIS WEEKEND

CAULFIELD GRAMMERIANS v BEAUMARIS - Premier C

WERRIBEE v MONASH BLUES - Div 1

BANYULE v OLD PARADIANS - Div 2

LA TROBE UNI v ST JOHNS - Div 3

MONASH GRYPHONS v MY LILYDALE - Div 4

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EDITORIAL

UP AND STAYING UP

Michael Sholly

The very size of the VAFA poses operational

challenges but the reward is more good news stories.

There would have been plenty of celebrations around

the city on the weekend but none bigger than at Old

Carey. Last Saturday’s semi-final was clearly the

biggest game in the club’s 56 year history and to claim

a spot in Premier for the very first time is a just reward

for the magnificent work done by all the players and

administrators.

I was fortunate to spend most of the afternoon

surrounded by the Carey folk and there was a

great deal of delight as they gradually gained the

ascendency. Whilst they have achieved their first

priority, a flag gives a club that much more confidence

as they venture into uncharted waters.

What struck me most about Old Carey is that the

desire to reach Premier is not their end goal. Behind

the scenes there is already plenty of planning and

building on the success of this year into a bigger

and better model for 2011. If the size of lunches has

anything to do with it then they are on a winner, as

they had over 300 diners at a recent game when they

established a Sporting Hall of Fame.

Eleven of the twelve positions for promotion have

been settled. While all of these clubs will have one

eye firmly fixed on the premiership battle this week,

the other must be on preparing for next year. Promoted

clubs come from a winning culture that all players

share. Obviously, retaining those players is the best

start to next season’s program.

It can’t be absolutely quantified on how much harder

it is to play in a higher section, but judging by how

Promoted to Lasted One year Lasted Two years

Premier 14 5

Premier B 9 5

Premier C 7 5

Division 1 6 6

Division 2 12 5

Division 3 8 4

many clubs who struggle when promoted, list-building

is as necessary as retention.

The table below shows this starkly. In the eleven years

since the beginning of the century, these are the fates

of the teams who have been promoted.

According to these statistics the biggest jump is into

Premier – Old Carey be warned!

Last weekend’s matches were heavily affected by

the huge amounts of rainfall and after a month of

continuous rain, the grounds turned into mud. Whilst

this may have been an issue for the players, it made

for interesting viewing. Many players and umpires

had never experienced football in those conditions

and maybe those who were able to remain focus rather

than being distracted by external influences were the

ones who held sway.

Congratulations to all teams who successfully won

promotion on the weekend. Old Carey, Beaumaris,

Monash Blues, Old Paradians, St John’s and Mt

Lilydale will all be up a section. Good luck to these

teams on the weekend with four getting the opportunity

to avenge their second semi final loss.

The other final on the weekend saw Collegians win

the right to play in the Premier Section Grand Final.

There was little between them and Old Xaverians

all day but a late goal to Collegians captain, Chris

Blumfield got them over the line.

The heavy conditions may have an effect on the Old

Xavs players as they back up this weekend to play

De La. The matches between these clubs over the last

two seasons have been epic affairs, played in front of

huge crowds, and living up to the hype. We expect

no different this week. Both may have

preferred this rivalry to be played

out next week, but this is now not

an option. Sunday will be an intense

afternoon for the devotees of each

club, who will find no joy in defeat

or solace in their club’s magnificent

season. For them, and for the players

I’m sure, losing is unthinkable.

THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER

THE JOURNAL OF THE VICTORIAN AMATEUR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION

September 11/12, 2010 Price: $2.00 Vol. 10 No. 22

THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2010 1

PREMIER

LIONS IN WAITING.

Michael Fitzgerald

If it wasn’t obvious to all, it is now. The Lions

are a very good team and they are roaring. They

survived a furious beginning from Xavs, then

barged their way into the game like a gatecrasher

at a twenty-first, and then kept things tight the

rest of the way. In the end, they beat Xavs for the

fourth time in a row. It wasn’t pretty, but it was a

gut wrenching affair from go to whoah!

In a tension packed game on a field made muddy

by Melbourne’s torrential early spring, players

fought for every yard and system went out the

door. Hard at the ball, hard at the contest were

the only available options. Neither team gave an

inch and neither team managed to establish any

significant advantage. The clock rolled on as both

teams sought the defining moment.

When that moment came at 22:25 in the last,

Trent Zimbachs put Chris Blumfield clear with

a slick handball and the skipper rammed it home

to put the Purples in front to stay. Given the

appalling condition of the field and the heavy

ball, even the greatest Red ‘n’ Black optimist

would have realised there was no bullet left in

the chamber. Xavs had their chances to win it,

but too often their forward thrusts amounted to

zero when even a minor score might have been

valuable. Three times in the tense final term they

had set shots from the arc, albeit from difficult

spots. By contrast, James Kondarovswkis and

Andrew Scott twice nailed set shots at important

stages.

The result might have been different had James

Jorgensen not played another blinder. The big

broad left-footer, whose father wore red and

black at school, seems to save his best for games

against Xavs, patrolling the backline as if he

owns it, filling space, taking marks, launching

forward offensives. He’s now played seventeen

games this season. The two he missed, the Lions

lost.

As predicted, it was a game where defensive

pressure held sway most of the afternoon, but

when the breakouts came, Collegians made them

count a bit more. There was little between the

teams and there will be little between them if

they meet again next week.

That, of course, is a big if.

TODAY: Xaverians must face De La Salle,

brilliant, rested and aggressive. Their first semifinal

win over Uni Blues showed them at their

best, albeit on a much firmer track than last

week’s combatants endured.

There will be battles waged on several fronts on

Sunday. Xaverians’ defence is rock solid and will

need to be to hold the rampaging forward setup

it will face. Pickett, Oakley, Moore, Duggan,

Semmel and Roberts against Wynne, Noonan,

Lynch, Biddlecombe, Dimattina and Rogerson.

The sparks will fly there. Xavs will get first hand

on the ball with John Shaw, who was the X Men’s

best last week, and Cam Purss the best ruck

combo going around. Then it’s the smaller men:

Lowe, Shields, Gotch and Pollard against Agius,

Allan, Ball, and Mercuri. On the wings, Colbert

and Prowse versus Williams and Collins. If we

suppose an even contest across those lines, then

the attention turns to the Red ‘n’ Blacks’ forward

half. Matt Handley destroyed DLS in last year’s

second semi final and must play another monster

game here. His season has been interrupted twice

through injury, but if he is on, there’s no greater

threat in VAFA football. He’ll need help from

the men around him to get a decent score on the

board.

Then there are the intangibles. I believe De La

has more class, but the Xavs are loaded with grit.

They were below their best at Waverley Park but

lost only narrowly. They ran and tackled De La

into the ground at Toorak Park in their best win of

the season. Both teams are coached by fellos with

sharp football minds, able to spot a weakness

quickly and pull a move to capitalise on it. Both

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will have hordes of supporters who will not

countenance a loss. Expectations are sky-high in

the Blue and Gold camp, the lid long ago blown

off. Then again, expectations are always high

among the Xaverians, who have been treated to

unparalleled success over the past decade and a

half.

So who wins? Again, it may come down to

conditions. The ground should be better than

last week’s bog, but perhaps not firm enough for

DLS to unleash its power running to maximum

effect. Their form a fortnight ago was irresistible

but it wasn’t so hot when they played Uni Blues

on a heavy Elsternwick a few weeks ago. They

struggled to hit targets and were well beaten.

This week, I can see Xavs closing them down to a

more manageable level. The Red ‘n’ Blacks never

surrender sovereignty over Casa VAFA without a

massive fight and have many times found ways to

win the near impossible. Despite all this history, I

suspect this is De La’s time and that they will do

enough to win. If they do, they will surely know

they’ve earned it, as the Xaverians’ never gift

grand final spots to anyone.

PREMIER LAST ROUND PREMIER RESERVE

SEMI FINAL 2

COLLEGIANS 1.3, 5.5, 6.6, 7.8 (50)

OLD XAVERIANS 3.4, 5.6, 6.7, 6.9 (45)

GOALS, COLLEGIANS: C. Blumfi eld 2, A. Scott 2, J. Kondarovswkis 2,

S. Taft 1 OLD XAVERIANS: M. Darvell 2, B. Goss 1, M. Handley 1,

L. Howard 1, J. Shaw 1

BEST, COLLEGIANS: J. Jorgensen, J. Harvey, J. Dixon, J. Bull, T. Zimbachs,

W. Tardif OLD XAVERIANS: J. Shaw, M. Allan, A. Biddlecombe, R. Colbert,

M. Darvell, D. Noonan

SEMI FINAL 2

DE LA SALLE 4.2, 8.2, 8.5, 12.6 (78)

UNI BLUES 1.0, 2.1, 4.3, 5.5 (35)

GOALS, DE LA SALLE: J. Nicolopoulos 3, S. Muller 2, J. Vickers 2,

A. Kneebone 1, S. Dillon 1, J. Phillips 1, L. Edwards 1, J. Hansen 1 UNI

BLUES: W. Hartnell 2, A. Weddell 1, T. Stainforth 1, D. Paton 1

BEST, DE LA SALLE: B. Corin, P. Harrison, J. Vickers, N. Roberts,

J. Nicolopoulos, M. Nankervis UNI BLUES: T. Girdwood, A. Weddell,

T. Stainforth, B. McClure, T. Foott, J. Van De Pol

THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2010 3

PREMIER B

PENSIVE PANTHERS PREPARE FOR PREMIERSHIP,

AND PREMIER SECTION

Fraser Cameron

Oh, what a trying day it was for all and sundry

who braved the miserable conditions and rolled

into HQ to witness history in the making.

Frankly, when the final siren sounded at 4.48

pm at a wet, soggy and testing Elsternwick

Park, the anticipated scenes of jubilation in the

Carey camp were somewhat muted given the

achievement of their chosen 22 in defeating a

gallant Old Haileybury and earning the club’s

first ever Premier ticket for 2011.

From the dank dark depths of G section back in

1994, the Old Carey giant slowly awoke over the

next decade, returning to fielding a reserves side

in the late 1990s and then establishing a foothold

in E section before the turn of the millennium.

However last Saturday bore final fruit, which had

started most likely in the seeds first sown in the

U19 flags of 2003 and 2004, and then nurtured

further through the return of prodigal sons from

other VAFA and suburban football clubs. No

doubt they will be primed to give things a real

crack in their debut Premier Section season in

2011, but there’s the small matter of a Premier

B title to fight for first. Let’s go to the game

now…..

The weather gods were comparatively kind to

the second semi-finalists given the predicted

snow, sleet, gale-force winds and torrential rain

which beset other parts of our great state. Still,

nothing is ever clam and collected at HQ and

with the solid, slightly heavier than usual breeze

favouring the southern scoreboard end, and the

odd hailstorm lurking, the Bloods kicked with

the obvious advantage and set about establishing

a 1 st innings lead. The ground itself was heaving

under the massive load it’s taken over the past 3

weekends, and it resembled the Lakeside Oval in

those days when Lou Richards and Peter Landy

used to call the Army Reserve Cup Sunday fixture

after World of Sport. This looked like playing

into the Bloods’ hands as they’d selected a side

with plenty of run, and would look to carry, parry,

push, prod and urge the ball forward in whatever

manner possible, but almost exclusively at

ground level.

As the game commenced, it was clear the

faithful from Old Carey were there in full voice,

and outnumber the Bloods fans by 3 to 1 at

least. The clear highlight of the first term was

a slashing running goal off half forward from

Sam Langford-Jones who found space and was

measured in ramming home a big major to get

his side into it ‘up to their necks’. Still, once the

huddles converged you couldn’t help but feel the

Carey lads had done pretty well in slowing the

game down and now looked to press home an

advantage.

David Lappage urged his boys to work hard into

the wind and try to maintain possession, and to

this end they were fantastic until half-way through

the term. It was at this point that the Carey bigguns

in Al Parton, Grant Baldwin and Tom Evans

all started to fire as Andrew Willingham made

the most of his ruck dominance at the stoppages.

Jarrod Reid chimed in and Luke Maslin managed

to find space to create. By the time Carey had

slammed on six goals to one the onlooking Uni

Blacks’ brains trust were already making plans

for a showdown with the Bloods!

Brett Voss wouldn’t let his charges fall by the

wayside as easily as Carey would have hoped

and he kept things interesting as Tom Chisholm,

Dave Combden and Mick Stowe worked hard

further upfield. Importantly, Laz Siapantas and

Tony Brown were well blanketed by the Carey

defenders, and this was critical to keeping the

Carey lead to over 2 goals at the final change.

Everything was in the Panthers’ keeping provided

they continued to play disciplined, dour footy

and minimised their risks and errors. As Trevor

Rowe pointed, the game was there for the taking,

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and they simply had to maintain their work rate

and use the ball cleverly. To their credit, the boys

followed instructions to the letter and a few ‘junk

time’ goals were the result of the Bloods taking

their foot off the pedal realising they had another

game to prepare for next week.

Which takes us now to the toughest match of

any VAFA season, the preliminary final. For the

victor the spoils of promotion and a grand final

to play, for the vanquished a summer of regret,

going back to square 1, and basically thinking

everything was a waste….but let’s not talk gloom

and doom here, there are some salivating matchups

to look forward to, and I’m thinking the

Blacks will fancy their chances after a week off.

During the regular season, the Students pinched

the points on both occasions, and I daresay if

their backline can perform as well as they did

two weeks ago, it will go a long way to achieving

an unlikely victory and promotion which seemed

a pipe-dream going into round 18. Dubois on

Ford/Mason looks good to me, with Walsh or

Guthrie to rotate on Voss. At the other end, I’d

expect Bolton to return if there’s any chance and

this would provide enormous support for Foster,

Lacey and Gaylor. I’m not sure if the Bloods

defenders will find it a task too hard to cover the

plethora of options that Marc Woolnough has at

his disposal, particularly ground level crumbers.

Still, it all comes down to supply and here’s where

I feel Blacks have an edge with a shade better

quality run and delivery to the Bloods. If it’s a

PREMIER B LAST ROUND PREMIER B RESERVE

SEMI FINAL 2

OLD CAREY 1.1, 7.8, 9.8, 13.16 (94)

OLD HAILEYBURY 3.2, 4.2, 7.6, 7.6 (48)

GOALS, OLD CAREY: J. Reid 3, J. Rowe 2, G. Parker 2, T. Evans 1, P.

Fiorenza 1, R. Josephs 1, S. Freemantle 1, B. Huf 1, A. Parton 1 OLD

HAILEYBURY: B. Voss 3, F. Mohammad 1, M. Lillie 1, A. Brown 1, S.

Langford-Jones 1

BEST, OLD CAREY: T. Evans, A. Parton, G. Baldwin, L. Maslin, P. Fiorenza,

L. McQueen-Miscamble OLD HAILEYBURY: D. Comben, J. Pitcher, T.

Chisholm, F. Mohammad, M. Stowe, P. Gleadhill

dry-ish day, the Blacks should do it comfortably.

However, keep it wet and wild and the Bloods

could redeem themselves and get another crack.

Based on the long-range forecast of more sun and

less rain, I’m going for University Blacks by 4

goals.

SEMI FINAL 2

ST BERNARDS 2.2, 3.4, 5.6, 6.6 (42)

UNI BLACKS 1.0, 2.5, 2.5, 4.6 (30)

GOALS, ST BERNARDS: M. Salvadori 3, S. Bugryn 1, C. Mitchell 1, P. Harris

1 UNI BLACKS: S. Flight 2, T. Napier 1, L. Kalms 1

BEST, ST BERNARDS: A. Jolley, M. O’Dea, J. Manunzio, J. Molony, M.

Salvadori, K. Dalmau UNI BLACKS: T. Napier, J. Mortensen, L. Kalms, S.

Flight, J. Heeley, N. Batten

THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2010 5

PREMIER C

RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW

Di Langton

There’s a definite symmetry today as we watch the

season’s top two place-getters, barely anything

between them, duke it out one last time. They

finished one-all in the home and away series,

Beaumaris took the minor premiership, Caulfield

took the second semi: but every result before today

is meaningless and quite frankly, cold comfort if

it can’t be repeated to your liking. Both sides are

elevated to Premier B next year, but do you place

greater importance on promotion or actually

winning the flag? It’s not the bragging rights, or

the silverware or the giant felt triangle you add to

your clubroom bunting (although all of these are

pretty special). It’s the team - on the park and off

- that is forever forged in the sweat and mud and

blood it took to get there. It’s the glory you wrap

yourselves in; it’s the history you create for your

club. Losers can suit themselves. No doubt both

clubs will give the B-boys a run for their money

and Fraser plenty of fodder; but this scribe will

still cast an eye on them from time to time – as

you would a precocious child who has outgrown

you. In the meantime the prodigal son returns,

MHSOB, plus his crook mate Old Essendon. But

first things first. Right here, right now, between

the Fields and the Sharks, we find out the team

that won’t yield; the team that refuses to accept

promotion as a consolation to losing. Who really

holds supremacy in Premier C?

Preliminary Final Review

Beaumaris had the double chance chip up their

sleeve and boy did they cash in that sucker,

surviving a late spurt from AJAX in a heartstopping

finish to win by four points. The Jackas

went into the game “chock full of confidence”

according to one club stalwart, and me with

them for that matter. After their decisive win

over Old Camberwell they looked to be in far

stronger form. It didn’t go that way, the Sharks

took early advantage in the heavy conditions,

taking a 21 point lead into the main break as

rain steadily fell. The third was a tussle between

half back lines; the fourth a lockdown after two

early Jacka goals cut the margin to 6 points with

a serious sniff. Neither side could manage a goal

in the final 15 minutes, the onslaught withstood

by a courageous Beaumaris side and AJAX are

left to rue the poor conversion that has plagued

them throughout the year. Eugeni Routman

was outstanding for the Jackas, big man Jarrod

White toiled hard around the ground and Jason

Seidl booted three. For the winners Will Murton

(3) showed four quarters of his exciting brand

of football, while the experience of Sean Coote

at half back, Luke McNicholas in the ruck and

Tim Collins (who held Jason Ritterman in the

first half), were telling factors in the win.

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Grand Final Preview

Weather, ground conditions and switched days

have been much-talked of this finals series, yet

when these two met in the second semi, it was a

traditional sunny Saturday arvo with not a breath

of wind across the loveliest deck we’d seen all

year. Football was the feature act, a fast-moving,

roller coaster of a game. Last week’s rain suited

Beaumaris’ smaller fleet far better, so make what

you will of today’s conditions.

McNicholas has peaked for finals and gives the

Sharks versatility in the ruck and up forward,

and takes the pressure off danger player Coote,

leaving him to shore up CHB. There are some

big engines amongst their raft of small running

forwards (Dean, Petering, Murton etc) who

are creative and quick to the ball but three finals

may be taking a toll on the legs. Captain Haynes

is under a cloud, as is Caulfield’s Sinclair, but

Daly at CHF works well in tandem with Slevison

forward and Meredith alternating the ruck and

forward pocket. The real danger for Beauy is the

impetus Caulfield gets from their running backs,

namely Winter, Hyland and Perkins on the

wing. Certainly, they look a winning machine and

last year’s nightmare would be neatly exorcised

by a flag. Oh, but I’m loathe to tip against Beauy

again, they have a beautifully balanced team plus

a big dose of x-factor and will rise to the occasion

in front of the cheering tribes at Trevor Barker.

The Fields have a significant psychological

advantage with their reserves playing the early

game, and if the rain holds off, I think we’ll see

another arm-wrestle that goes right down to the

wire.

Prediction: Caulfield Grammarians by 5 points.

In overtime.

Big Night Out: Monday’s VAFA Awards night

will see the presentation of the L.S. Zachariah

Best and Fairest Medal for 2010 with a number

of likely vote-getters, including Tim Allen from

Ormond who is also in contention for the Rising

Star Award. Now that would be some double!

Premier C Team of the Year

Thanks to those who sent through considered

and balanced nominations of your own players

…and those you covet! The TOTY is obviously

subjective, and I was sometimes torn between

the consistent and the enigmatic. Surely a true

representation has some of both, and therefore

some players have missed the cut by the barest of

margins. Next year fellas.

B: Scheetz (C) Weislitzer (A) Ensor (B)

HB:

Keleher (O) S. Coote (B)

V.Capt Steinberg (A)

C: Perkins (C) Angiolella (F) Allen (O)

HF:

McEvoy (OG) Sinclair (C)

G. Phillips (R)

F: Slevison (C) Capt Rochford (P)

Fayman (A)

FOLL: White (A) Dean (B) Hough (OC)

INT:

Carlyle (OC) Thomas (M) Winter (C)

Cheshire (F)

PREMIER C LAST ROUND PREMIER C RESERVE

PRELIMINARY FINAL

BEAUMARIS 5.2, 6.7, 6.9, 6.11 (47)

AJAX 3.2, 3.4, 3.9, 5.13 (43)

GOALS, BEAUMARIS: W. Murton 3, M. De Fontenay 1, M. Lee 1,

M. Petering 1 AJAX: J. Seidl 3, J. Lew 1, D. Freed 1

BEST, BEAUMARIS: M. Duggan, T. Collins, W. Murton, L. McNicholas,

S. Coote, W. Sanchez AJAX: E. Routman, G. Measey, J. White, S. Bruce,

W. Steinberg, B. Hershan

PRELIMINARY FINAL

ORMOND 0.3, 0.7, 5.15, 6.20 (56)

MAZENOD 3.4, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 (30)

GOALS, ORMOND: Not provided MAZENOD: Not provided

BEST, ORMOND: Not provided MAZENOD: Not provided

THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2010 7

DIVISION 1

NORTH OLD BOYS GROUND INTO MURPHY’S MUD

Rees Quilford

With a ticket for the last tango up for grabs,

Monash and North Old Boys/St Pats traveled out

to the St Bernard’s mud quarry for the D1 prelim.

What they found was a howling wind, mud and

spasmodic rain. The wind was blowing straight

down P.B Murphy Oval and Monash had first use

of it.

Conditions were always going to make life

difficult but it was the Blues who had the run of it

early. Their ability to get numbers to the contest

and win the one-on-ones saw play confined to

their forward half. It wasn’t long before their mod

squad, who had set up camp on the far hill, were

given something to cheer about. Tom Craven

capped off a stellar week (he became a first

time father midweek) by kicking the first at the

four-minute mark. While the Blues peppered the

sticks, their inability to convert was a worry for

their fans. At one point, VAFA officials mistook

the baying coming from behind the camera on the

grandstand balcony for a fallen mid-week hurdler

and called for the vet and rifle.

With Matt Keown and Michael Layley keeping

their side in it and with the likes of Lachlan

Ezard providing good run out of defense NOBs

looked to switch and run. It worked to a degree

but they continually broke down across half

forward. Sam Baring had the job minding NOBs

full-forward Todd Paterson but with Blues

coach Tim Powell opting for an extra man back,

he wasn’t short on assistance. Matt Coe was in

everything, zoning off to take a numerous telling

grabs and was equality effective on the deck with

some deft touches and even a crucial smother.

Monash finally managed to capitalise on their

ascendency late in the term. Smart play from

Craven saw him square up from the boundary

and find old-stager Brock MacKenzie on the fat

side who. He converted from 20m. The helmet

wearing pocket rocket Mark Frater capped off

a fine first term contribution with a model wet

weather rovers goal.

The quarter time siren couldn’t have come quick

enough for NOBs coach Richard Peoples.

Clearly unimpressed with his charges lackluster

and scoreless performance he questioned their

appetite and pleaded for greater accountability

and more run. A valuable give and get Monash

goal from Frater into the wind wasn’t the start

NOBs were looking for but going man-on-man

they rallied thereafter. The sun peaked through

but with the wind showing no sign of abating

the ball spent much of the term in the NOB/SP

forward half. Monash persisted with an extra

man back but for a 10-minute period NOBs

threatened. Their skipper Harwood showed

the way and with Patterson finding a bit of

ball they looked dangerous but their inability

convert proved costly. Harwood, Brady and

Patterson all missed gettable shots on goal and

a disappointing return of four behinds saw them

25-points in arrears at the main change.

Andrew Hickey started the second half in style

for the Blues with a classy running goal from the

out wide. Finding the going hard into the breeze,

nothing seemed to be going right for NOBs. A

clearing defense kick off the boot of Layley

seemed destined for the chest of a teammate

before it was intercepted midair by a seagull. It

told the story of the day. When a Monash set shot

from 40m cleared the pack at the midway point

of the term the lead was out to six goals. There

were a couple of positive signs for NOBs, some

convincing running and quick ball movement

brought the grey nomad Scott Sleep into the game.

A number of classy touches culminated NOBs

first major. Taking possession at half forward

Sleep drew three defenders before dishing off

over the top to Pete Carnovale who ran into an

open goal. But that was pretty much all she wrote

for NOBs. Two separate acts of desperation

from Monash players epitomised their desire.

Finding himself camped under a hospital ball

deep in defense Daniel Brogden never looked

like squibbing it and got himself pole-axed for

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the trouble. A bit of push and shove ensued but he

dusted himself off and gingerly continued about

his business. A couple of minutes later Hickey

saved a certain goal, earning a free kick with a

desperate come from behind tackle on a North

Old Boy opponent 15m out. Monash piled on the

next four goals and effectively ended any hope

for the boys from Brunswick.

The heavens opened again at the beginning of the

final term. Chris Hosley booted NOBs second

but the Blues continued to dictate play, three final

term goals saw them run out deserved 67-point

victors. The win secures Monash promotion back

to Premier C but more importantly gives them

another crack at Werribee.

The grand final will be the third time the two

sides have faced off in a month. Monash will

have taken plenty of confidence from their much

improved effort a fortnight ago. They will again

look to test the Bees with their height and will

definitely need to kick straight again but it’s hard

to see Werribee, with its depth and discipline, not

getting the cup. Werribee by 18 points.

Division 1 Team of the Year

A fantastic Division 1 season witnessed many

individuals maintain a consistent level of

excellence and selflessness from start to finish.

With humble apologies to so many players

unlucky to miss, the selected team is as follows:

FB: M. Dean (Wer) N. Fisher (Pen)

E. Ree-Goodings (Mon)

HB: G. Smyth (Mon) D. Morrish (Wer)

D. Hogan (Friars)

DIVISION 1 LAST ROUND DIVISION 1 RESERVE

PRELIMINARY FINAL

MONASH BLUES 3.5, 4.5, 10.7, 13.10 (88)

NORTH OLD BOYS/ST PATS 0.0, 0.4, 1.4, 2.7 (19)

GOALS, MONASH BLUES: R. Parsons 2, J. Main 2, M. Frater 2,

B. MacKenzie 1, K. Beck 1, A. Hickey 1, A. Vincent 1, T. Craven 1, D. Dalton

1, J. Bell 1 NORTH OLD BOYS/ST PATS: C. Horsley 1, P. Carnovale 1

BEST, MONASH BLUES: M. Coe, T. McKenzie, M. Frater, J. Main, K. Collins,

A. Young NORTH OLD BOYS/ST PATS: S. Harwood, M. Keown, G. Maxton,

N. Hull, M. Layley, C. Hosking

C: M Niezen (Aqu) S. Callea (Wer)

A. Young (Mon)

HF: C. Richards (CYs) S. Payze (Pen)

C. Lee (Wer)

FF: A. Panayi (Wer) A. Taylor (Wer)

S. Mahoney (South)

Foll: G. Snow (OM) M. Keown (NOBs)

P. Florance (BT)

Int: B. Tourogianis (BT), M. Wilton (OM),

T. Rees (Pen), R. Mattinson (Friars)

Coach K. Norton (Wer)

PRELIMINARY FINAL

NORTH OLD BOYS/ST PATS 1.1, 5.6, 7.9, 10.15 (75)

WHITEFRIARS 1.3, 1.3, 4.5, 5.5 (35)

GOALS, NORTH OLD BOYS/ST PATS: Not provided

WHITEFRIARS: A. Baggoley 2, R. Brosolo 1, T. Langford 1, C. Smith 1

BEST, NORTH OLD BOYS/ST PATS: Not provided WHITEFRIARS: A. Hill,

M. Allemand, J. Hogan, C. Smith, T. Langford, J. Kenez

THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2010 9

DIVISION 2

PARADIANS GET IT DONE

James Coyne

Old Paradians will be joining Banyule in Division

1 next year thanks to maintaining the buffer they

earned in the first term to snare a 27-point victory

over Glen Eira. The Raiders had jumped the

Saints early on and realistically could have been a

lot further in front at quarter time, if it wasn’t for

solid Eira defence and inconsistent kicking from

the Raider forwards. Trailing by the 18 points at the

first change, Glen Eira went about scraping their

way back into the contest of the back of Stefan

Krull and Alex Tsirogiannis and while the quarter

time margin still stood at the long break, there were

positive signs for the team trailing. The start of the

second half was a slow slog, with poor kicking due

to the weather nullifying either teams’ attacking

thrusts at advantage but the 18-point margin slid out

to 25 again in favour of Old Paradians going into the

final quarter. Brett Mcallister, Dave Spithill and

Daniel Mahony lifted and ensured the Raiders were

promoted and Grand Final bound.

In the Reserves match, Bentleigh squared off

against Old Paradians, with the proud suburban

club getting one back over the Old Boys by

seven points. In what was a wet and windy day in

Melbourne, both teams were evenly matched at the

first change with the Raiders holding the only goal

of the game. The game dramatically changed after

quarter time as the Demons stepped up a gear, piling

on 4.4 to 1.4 to gain so much need ascendancy. As

the conditions worsened, the only goal of the third

term went Bentleigh’s way as things appeared to be

wrapped up. But the boys from the northern regions

of this fine city weren’t done, booting three goals to

one to narrowly fall short of a famous comeback.

Michael Patena was clearly best afield for the

Raiders, with valuable help coming from Trav

Girovski and Matty Raponi. Bentleigh’s character

got them through, but Mick Lee wouldn’t be happy

with how the boys stopped running. Brandon Hunt

stepped up with his stable mate Dracula Morrison

leading the charge. Rex Coles who had played third

fiddle to Mick McCullagh and Elliot Box, gave

Bentleigh something for once.

THIS WEEK: Looking now at the big dance,

10 THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2010

Banyule, the heavy favourites will be pitted against

a worthy foe in Old Paradians. The week over will

have done the Bears a world of good, with injuries

playing a huge role in their 2010 campaign. While

for the Raiders who have emerged from the mud

of last week, can they run on heavy legs to power

themselves to an upset win? Once again whilst

trying to avoid sounding like a broken record,

David Boundy and Peter Brabender and Brett

McAllister will need to have a huge impact to get

over the line. For the rested Bears, Ash Brown is

once again key, and with eight goals, ‘he is only as

good as his last game.’ The best duo in the backline

all year, Dave Drapac and Michael Christian, will

just need to be as consistent as they have been all

year to ensure a title for Banyule.

Arguably we have the best two teams squaring up in

the “twos” Grand Final. Banyule like their seniors,

will be well rested, but will the week off take an

edge off that killer instinct or add to it?

Seniors: Banyule by 15 points. Best afield:

Ash Brown

Reserves: Bentleigh by 9 points. Best afield:

Andrew West

The Kew Football Club is seeking applications for Senior,

Reserve and Under 18 coaching positions for the 2011 season.

Our great club has a very strong and proud history

which spans over 131 years with 6 senior premierships.

With mixed success in recent seasons, this appointment is aimed at

achieving sustained success and growth for the Club. We are searching

for candidates who can contribute to this success, demonstrate a strong work

ethic and ‘will to win’ to take our exciting young list forward.

Applicants are required to hold a current (minimum)

Level 1 Coaching Accreditation. Both playing and non playing Senior and

Reserves Coaches will be considered. Previous coaching experience will be

considered favorably although is not essential.

The Kew Football Club, through strong links with the junior football club, aims to

introduce an U18’s side in 2011 to further strengthen the club and senior prospects.

It is expected that the coaching panel will play a key role in developing this group.

Applicants interested in these positions and up to the challenge should contact

Nick Tinetti on 0406 383 704 or apply in writing to nicktinetti@hotmail.com

Applications to be considered must be lodged no later than 30 September.

DIVISION 2 LAST ROUND DIVISION 2 RESERVE

PRELIMINARY FINAL

OLD PARADIANS 3.6, 5.8, 8.11, 10.15 (75)

GLEN EIRA 1.0, 3.2, 5.4, 7.6 (48)

GOALS, OLD PARADIANS: M. Derham 4, A. Young 2, J. Seneca 1,

P. Brabender 1, J. Lidyard 1, D. Boundy 1 GLEN EIRA: J. King 1, J. Mills 1,

M. Kohout 1, S. Elmi 1, A. Caruana 1, C. Massis 1, T. Paterson 1

BEST, OLD PARADIANS: D. Mahony, D. Spithill, M. Derham, A. Serafi n,

C. Kandilakis, B. McAllister GLEN EIRA: J. King, J. Mills, S. Elmi, M. Kohout,

S. Krull, A. Tsirogiannis

PRELIMINARY FINAL

BENTLEIGH 0.3, 4.4, 5.10, 6.11 (47)

OLD PARADIANS 1.0, 2.4, 2.4, 5.5 (35)

GOALS, BENTLEIGH: B. Hunt 3, A. Hendry 2, A. West 1 OLD PARADIANS:

M. Patena 3, A. Asdagi 2

BEST, BENTLEIGH: M. McCullagh, T. Dale, J. Coles, L. Morrison, B. Bennett,

C. Montesano OLD PARADIANS: M. Patena, T. Girovski, D. McKenna,

M. Raponi, R. Licciardi, D. Huntley

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DIVISION 3

POWER BLACKED OUT

Jonathan Hibbert

Apart from the lack of a fence, (and therefore the

VAFA’s very benevolent decision to suspend the

day’s entry fees) the first thing you notice about

Edinburgh Reserve is, it’s pretty big. Pretty big.

Not very big, but pretty big. Compared with

Scammell the week before, Springvale is flat and

open, it has wider wings, a couple of sparsely

dotted trees, and clubrooms half the size. The

centre circle is not a turgid mess, and though

the ground is wet underfoot, it’s firm enough for

decent play. As I wander in from Police Rd, the

breeze floats from the south, and I smell cigarette

smoke from a group of blokes on the boundary

near the northern goals. By the sounds of their

guffawing, they’re figuring out some choice

insults, and by the looks of their jackets, it’s for

any passing pitiable Power House player. The

western wing is lined with supporters, the route

to the canteen ensconced in Power House lads,

the miniscule sheltered rows of seats undeniably

claimed by St John’s supporters. I guess you could

say, in light of the later weather, interesting forms

of Darwinism were in play: the Power House

contingent draining the canteen, leaving JOC’s

fans starving, who ultimately gained comfortable

revenge when the heavens broke.

From the first bounce, it was clear this was going

to be a tough game. Not just ‘tough,’ in the way

that contemplative souls like to romanticise

footy, but physically hard and unforgiving,

and a battle of wills as much as bodies. Reece

Humphreys managed a few clearances, matched

by Rohan Scott’s efforts across the St John’s

forward line. A quick goal to Scott, as well as

Costas looking dangerous saw St John’s march

ahead, attacking along the west wing, helped by

a generous north-easterly. In what was to become

a source of perpetual fascination and indignation

for JOC’s supporters, the ‘House’s Matthew

Taylor kicked the first of his goals from a free

kick. It wasn’t the only one given either; the day

was marked by free kicks, both sides feeling hard

done by. (Which perhaps means the umps got it

right!) The boys from the boundary got into it:

“Number 28! Your’re a [insert adjective here]

custard!” “Custard?” “yeah, I just made that up

then! Like it?”

At quarter time, the Dandenong men were slightly

depressed, despite a narrow lead. Over handling

the ball in the backline, handballing constantly,

and yielding a couple of easy goals to Power

House, as well as not particularly capitalising

on a healthy wind saw them form a huddle with

heads bowed. Coach Matt Jones commanded

“good teams are good teams because they play

good fi nals football, so let’s play good football.”

Kicking into the wind, St John’s kept up the

attack, and Ben Graham snapped true like his

namesake. Liam O’Connor, extendo-arms solid

in defence, kept driving the pill long and out of

danger, but he could do nothing as Matt Taylor

was gifted another free kick and goaled. Shortly

after St John’s indignant cries of disbelief had

subsided, they were roused again with cries of

joy as Graham snapped again for his second.

Dominating clearly, the black, green and gold had

players lurking at the back of every pack, alert

and ready to be fed by constant hard-ball-gets.

Power House, in desperate efforts to attack, were

constricted to the eastern wing, and corralled

by St John’s and the constant wind. Kicks were

smothered as ‘House men endeavoured to run

the ball, and ran too far. Finally, midway through

the quarter, as if a switch were tripped, Power

House began to chase, smother, and tackle with

the intensity of a team with something to play

for. Eventually attacking down the dominant

western wing, they forged forward, Matt Taylor

awarded another free kick, and conversion: 3

free kicks, 3 goals. Opposing styles of football

became obvious, St John’s running, chipping and

tearing apart the ‘House backline; matched by

the Pikemen’s long, long bombs, hitting St John’s

like a sledgehammer.

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By half time, while rolling, black clouds

threatened, only five points were in it as both

teams paraded into the rooms. Though tiny,

at least they had rooms. The umpires were

condemned to sit behind the clubrooms, next to

the brick toilet blocks. Looking over from the

beleaguered canteen, lukewarm pie in hand and

coke in pocket, I spied the La Trobe coaching

staff standing almost unseen below a light pole,

watching and waiting on their future opponents.

They’d be stupid not to.

Straight back into the arena, and Cachia drills

a major, as a foul wind and intemperate climate

revealed itself. A chill ripped through anybody

not under cover, and the heavens broke. I rushed

for cover beneath the tiny verandah with seats

along with JOC’s fan base. As Paul Edwards’

monster kickouts cleared the St John’s forward

line, and Matt Taylor got another free kick and

goal (4/4), I had a chuckle listening to the sharp

tongue of an irritated wife behind me: “ “Bloody

Fathers’ Day, all I wanted to do is sleep in. He

bloody well drags me here. It’s cold, windy and

wet. I want to go home.” Too bad her husband

heard: “It’s Fathers’ Day, I want to watch the

footy. If you want to go home, you can walk.”

Can’t argue with that, I guess. On the siren,

Taylor converted yet another, and Power House

were within striking distance…

The last term saw the rain turn to drizzle, and the

drizzle to nothing, as the sun burst through filthy

clouds. Alan Foster saw it as his time to shine,

sneaking a goal, while St John’s consistently

missed the big sticks; in what my compatriot

from Power House Reserves, 7 foot tall “Bucket

Hands” Devine, described as “costly kicking

… put that in the Record ey.” Suffering a red

card, the JOC’s were on the back foot, and

Paul Edwards’ move to full forward for ‘House

was imposing, snagging a couple to bring

them within a goal. The atmosphere was tense,

on a knife-edge, until St John’s kicked straight

and stifled Power House, driving home the

coffin lid. On a day when the result could have

swung either way, Power House conducted

themselves admirably in the face of such strong

opposition, and are unlucky to miss out on a

grand final berth.

Grand Final:

The two premier teams of the division compete

for glory, out at Vermont. La Trobe play with

the traditional student mix of the erratic and the

brilliant; and with youthful forwards like Ganino

and Patten, and a ruckman such as Wood, they are

fantastic. Opposed by older heads at St John’s,

sporting names such as Cachia and Pickering,

this shapes as a fascinating contest. The ledger

lies 2-1 in the Students’ favour. I have as much

authority on the matter of prediction as a deaf

man contemplating opera. This said, I risk the ire

of all Dandenong, and pick a La Trobe victory

by, it doesn’t even need to be stated, a minuscule

margin.

DIVISION 3 LAST ROUND DIVISION 3 RESERVE

PRELIMINARY FINAL

ST JOHNS 4.2, 7.5, 10.13, 12.18 (90)

POWER HOUSE 3.4, 6.6, 8.7, 11.11 (77)

GOALS, ST JOHNS: B. Graham 2, G. Costas 2, M. Phaedonos 1, D. Camm

1, M. Peake 1, A. Barnett 1, C. Cachia 1, R. Scott 1, K. Arnold 1, C. Peake 1

POWER HOUSE: M. Taylor 6, A. Foster 3, P. Edwards 2

BEST, ST JOHNS: K. Arnold, C. Christiansen, A. Abela, L. Mara, D. O’Connor,

B. Pickering POWER HOUSE: M. Taylor, D. Baker, D. Burnside, T. Saraw,

S. Beardall, A. Foster

PRELIMINARY FINAL

YARRA VALLEY 0.10, 0.14, 5.16, 7.18 (60)

POWER HOUSE 0.2, 0.4, 1.6, 3.9 (27)

GOALS, YARRA VALLEY: M. Laing 3, D. Mills 1, S. Pask 1, B. Seeger 1,

L. Grimwade 1 POWER HOUSE: Not provided

BEST, YARRA VALLEY: B. Hughes, M. Letson, L. Grimwade, J. Hall,

L. McCleary, R. Pearce

POWER HOUSE: Not provided

THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2010 13

DIVISION 4

THERE’S GONNA BE A HEARTACHE TONIGHT

Jim Sutton

LAST WEEK: Preliminary Final – Mt Lilydale

vs Manningham Cobras

Tough conditions greeted both sides, with

Manningham winning the toss and having first use

of the breeze. Mt Lilydale were focussed on making

a good start after letting the Gryphons get away

the previous week, and their attack on the Cobras

ball carriers was hard and decisive, and they forced

them into hesitation and error, and racked up nine

scoring shots to just a single major. Manningham

came out harder in the second quarter but again

the Rams held sway although inaccurate kicking

kept the margin manageable at half time. In the

third the Cobras pushed hard but the Rams were

again strong into the wind, with the defence led by

Luke Evans and Mark Gower virtually impassable,

before Mt Lilydale ran away with the game in the

final term. For the Rams Tom Wall and Al Stuart

were good in the middle, as was Jim Baughan who

won nearly every ruck contest, and Haydn Moyes

was back to his best on the wing.

Unfortunately for the Cobras they were hit with

the injury curse during the finals series, and seven

forced changes for the prelim final was not an ideal

preparation. To their credit they did battle on all

day, but with no bench left to call on in the last

Manningham run out of legs, and Mt Lilydale blew

the game away. Warrick DeVercelli capped off a

brilliant season with another tough display for the

Cobras, while Nathan Pentland topped off a good

day with a screamer in the last quarter.

It was a fantastic season for the Cobras, who won

just three games and finished 10 th in 2009, and

advanced all the way to a preliminary final this

year. If they can maintain their list, they will run

out as one of the early season favourites in 2011.

TODAY: Grand Final – Monash Gryphons vs

Mt Lilydale

There’s not much middle ground when it comes to

grand finals, for the winners jubilation and a lifetime

bond with teammates, for the losers devastation

and a long wait before you can get back on the

ground and seek redemption. Whatever the result

it’s safe to say the Gryphons and the Rams have

been clearly the two best sides in 2010 and both

have fully deserved their promotion to Division 3

for next season.

Monash have won the last two encounters by

five or six goals and have to go into this as warm

favourites, and they have had a much lighter

workload than the Rams who have had to play all

four weeks of the finals series. To give themselves

the best chance, Mt Lilydale will need to get

off to a good start like last week and put some

scoreboard pressure on the Gryphons, and reduce

the turnovers going forward which plagued their

second semi loss. The Rams have copped a few

injuries to important players in Hooke, Rhodes and

Pulkka in the last couple of weeks and it’s hard

to see them toppling the Gryphons without being

at full strength. Congratulations to both clubs on

their great seasons and here’s hoping for a ripping

match to finish the year.

In the early game Monash Gryphons face an

opponent they probably weren’t expecting in

Swinburne Uni. The Razorbacks have done a great

job to come from fifth spot, while the Gryphons

only loss for the season came way back in Round

1. The Gryphons beat the Razorbacks easily mid-

DIVISION 4 LAST ROUND DIVISION 4 RESERVE

PRELIMINARY FINAL

MT LILYDALE 3.6, 5.11, 6.15, 13.23 (101) SWINBURNE UNI 2.4, 6.7, 9.9, 12.12 (84)

MANNINGHAM COBRAS 1.0, 1.2, 3.3, 3.4 (22) NORTH BRUNSWICK 5.1, 7.2, 10.6, 11.7 (73)

GOALS, MT LILYDALE: J. Paull 3, T. Wall 2, G. Finkemeyer 2, A. Stewart 1, GOALS, SWINBURNE UNI: T. Kennedy 4, J. Mennen 3, A. Chung 2,

J. Pulkka 1, H. Moyes 1, J. Roberts 1, A. Rodwell 1, S. Gibson 1 S. Harrison 1, J. Carroll 1, L. Morrison 1 NORTH BRUNSWICK: S. Hamilton

MANNINGHAM COBRAS: A. Coonan 1, S. McCallum 1, R. Daley 1 5, J. Boudoloh 2, C. Hall 2, D. Manoukian 1, A. Fleming 1

BEST, MT LILYDALE: A. Stewart, M. Gower, G. Finkemeyer, H. Moyes, BEST, SWINBURNE UNI: A. Chung, S. Harrison, N. Blyth, L. Morrison,

T. Wall, S. Gibson MANNINGHAM COBRAS: W. De Vercelli, L. Orton, J. Mennen, S. Costello

M. Bosso, N. Polites, N. Pentland, C. Arman

NORTH BRUNSWICK: J. Hungerford, D. Adams, S. Hamilton, T. Ackland,

G. Selaidinakos, A. Mountney

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season, although that was when the Uni were

struggling and it’s fair to say the team they put

on the park today will bear little resemblance to

the one that took the field back in June. Head says

Gryphons but if there’s going to be an upset in

either game today then methinks this is where it

might come.

Division 4 Team Of The Year

FB: Mark Gower (Mt Lily) Tim Conn (Mann Cob) Trent Woodberry (Rich Central)

HB: David Elliman (Swin U) Lee Wells (Mon Gryph) Steve Harrison (Box Hill N)

C: Matt Fletcher (Mon Gryph) David Bennett (Eley Park) Tom Wall (Mt Lilydale)

HF: Andy Rodwell (Mt Lily) Michael Viola (Eley Park) Daniel Wills (Mon Gryph)

FF: Aaron Marsh (Pt Cook) Sam McCallum (Mann Cob) Laynton Allan (Mon Gryph)

Foll: Jim Baughan (Mt Lily) Warrick DeVercelli (Mann Cob) Davor Lucevic (North Bruns)

Int (from): Dave Barry-Macaulay (Chad), Michael Clark (S Morn), Damian McCabe (Eley Park), Glenn

McGaw (Pt Cook), Michael Manning (Swin U), Dan Penny (Box Hill N), Greg Pullen (S Morn)

Coach: Laurie Zarafa (MC)

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THIS WEEKEND’S FINALS

Premier

Preliminary Sun 2:10 OLD XAVERIANS v DE LA SALLE Sportscover Arena

Premier Reserve

Preliminary Sun 11:50 UNI BLUES v OLD MELBURNIANS Sportscover Arena

Premier Thirds

Preliminary Sun 9:30 DE LA SALLE v OLD MELBURNIANS Sportscover Arena

Premier B

Preliminary Sat 2:10 OLD HAILEYBURY v UNI BLACKS Sportscover Arena

Premier B Reserve

Preliminary Sat 11:50 UNI BLACKS v ST KEVINS Sportscover Arena

Premier B Thirds

Preliminary Sat 9:30 ST KEVINS v UNI BLACKS Sportscover Arena

Premier C

Grand Final Sun 2:15 CAULFIELD GRAMM v BEAUMARIS Trevor Barker Oval

Premier C Reserve

Grand Final Sun 11:55 CAULFIELD GRAMM v ORMOND Trevor Barker Oval

Division 1

Grand Final Sat 2:15 WERRIBEE v MONASH BLUES St Bernards College

Division 1 Reserve

Grand Final Sat 11:55 MONASH BLUES v NOBS/ST PATS St Bernards College

Division 2

Grand Final Sun 2:15 BANYULE v OLD PARADIANS Highgate Reserve

Division 2 Reserve

Grand Final Sun 11:55 BANYULE v BENTLEIGH Highgate Reserve

Division 3

Grand Final Sun 2:00 LA TROBE UNI v ST JOHNS Vermont Reserve

Division 3 Reserve

Grand Final Sun 11:30 UHS-VU v YARRA VALLEY Vermont Reserve

Division 4

Grand Final Sat 2:00 MONASH GRYPHONS v MT LILYDALE Vermont Reserve

Division 4 Reserve

Grand Final Sat 11:30 MONASH GRYPHONS v SWINBURNE UNI Vermont Reserve

U19 Premier

Preliminary Sat 11:20 OLD SCOTCH v OLD XAVERIANS Trevor Barker Oval

U19 South (1)

Grand Final Sun 9:15 OLD BRIGHTON v CAULFIELD GRAMM Trevor Barker Oval

U19 South (2)

Grand Final Sat 2:00 OAKLEIGH v MAZENOD Trevor Barker Oval

U19 North (1)

Grand Final Sat 9:15 FITZROY v WERRIBEE St Bernards College

U19 North (2)

Grand Final Sun 2:00 THERRY PENOLA v OLD IVANHOE Visy Park

U18 Division 1

Grand Final Sun 11:30 RUPERTSWOOD v OAKLEIGH Visy Park

U18 Division 2

Grand Final Sun 9:30 UHS-VU FLEMINGTON v ST BERNARD’S Highgate Reserve

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RISING STAR

VAFA RISING STAR 2010 – THE FINAL FIVE

Tim Allan – Ormond

Performed with distinction in the U19 rep game against

the VCFL, Tim’s exceptional form continued throughout

the season leading to his Round 13 nomination.

Remarkably, Tim has been named Ormond’s best

player on 6 occasions in 2010 and been in their best 12

times from 17 matches and must be close to a certainty

for their Best and Fairest award this season.

Tom Campbell – Old Scotch

A shining light at Old Scotch this season, Tom

was nominated in Round 17 after a string of top

performances for both his club and the VAFA at U19

and U23 level. A ruckman with a big future, many

AFL clubs have cast their eye over his work and we

could see his name in lights over the summer. Tom was

named in Old Scotch’s best 11 times from 16 matches

which shows both his quality and consistency.

Daniel Nicholson – Uni Blues

Nominated in Round 9 and touted as a possible draft

selection at the end of this season, Daniel has lived up

to the hype in 2010 despite some close checking by

opposition players. Named in the best for the VAFA’s

SHARPSHOOTERS

TOP OF THE CHARTS

U19 and U23 representative matches this season,

Dan had been named in the best for Uni Blues on 7

occasions.

Daniel Noonan – Old Xaverians

Nominated in Round 2, Dan’s exceptional early form

continued throughout the season and he will be a big

part of Old Xaverians’ finals ambitions. Named one of

the best for the VAFA U19 side against the VCFL in

June, Dan has been named in the Xavs’ best 12 times

this season.

Callum Pohl – Old Trinity

Nominated in Round 3, Callum demonstrated his

talent very early in his first season in the VAFA by

being named in Old Trinity’s best in 7 of their first 8

matches. An excellent contributor to the VAFA U19

sides win over the VCFL, Callum finished the season

off well, being in the best in 3 of the last 5 matches and

is certain to feature prominently in the end of season

club awards.

The winner of the 2010 Club Warehouse Rising Star

Award will be announced at the VAFA’s Big Night

Out, Forum Theatre, 13 September.

Premier: Andrew Ramsden OLD TRINITY 53

Premier Reserve: John Pasceri OLD XAVERIANS 49

Premier Thirds: Joshua Ashman COLLEGIANS 41

Premier B: Jarrod Reid OLD CAREY 71

Premier B Reserve: Tim Schaefer UNI BLACKS 44

Premier B Thirds: Brad Willmore BANYULE 56

Premier C: David Fayman AJAX 57

Premier C Reserve: Cameron Raine MAZENOD 60

Division 1: Aaron Taylor WERRIBEE 81

Division 1 Reserve: Jimmy Marinos SMD 47

Division 2: David Boundy OLD PARADIANS 51

Division 2 Reserve: Brandon Hunt BENTLEIGH 68

Division 3: David Tremowen HAWTHORN 62

Division 3 Reserve: Matthew Laing YARRA VALLEY 89

Division 4: Sam McCallum MANNINGHAM COBRAS 82

Division 4 Reserve: Matthew Malone MONASH GRYPHONS 60

U19 Premier: Maxim Allen UNI BLUES 54

U19 North (1): Theodore Sapountzis WERRIBEE 76

U19 South (1): Thomas Rowe ST KEVINS 58

U19 South (2): Paul Tsoucalas OAKLEIGH 96

U19 North (2): Kynan Borthwick LA TROBE UNI 59

U18 Division 1: Lachlan McRedmond NORTH BULLANTS 60

U18 Division 2: Stefan Gusts ST MARY’S SALESIAN 36

Club XVIII (1): Robert Moffatt UNI BLACKS 40

Club XVIII (North): Kirk Dowsey WILLIAMSTOWN CYMS 51

Club XVIII (South): Brett Scott CAULFIELD GRAMMARIANS 60

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RESERVES

Tom Brain

Well folks my Selection prowess has certainly

not improved over the years as I rode home the

miserly some of a mere 2 winners in some terrible

conditions on the weekend.

Full credit to the Players, Volunteers, Supporters

of all club’s and of course the Umpires who braved

the elements to ensure that the games all went on.

A star studded De La Salle outfit well led by

veterans Ben Corin and captain Peter Harrison

made short shrift of the Uni Blues to rightfully

advance to that last day in September in a couple

of weeks.

St Bernard’s also with a splattering of Senior Stars

prevailed over the Uni Blacks to also advance

with the chance to take some silverware out in the

direction of the Snake Pit.

What a game of contrasts in Premier C at

Sandringham on Sunday. In total control at Half

Time Mazenod looked to have the game all wrapped

up so much so the Ormond boys hadn’t raised a

twin calico. But then in an amazing transformation

the Monders came out and totally dominated the

second half to win by some 20 points and thus earn

another crack at the Fieldsmen.

NOB’S advanced to the big one in Division 1 with

a comfortable 40 point victory over the hapless

Whitefriars who unfortunately went out in straight

sets.

Bentleigh earn the right to try again at Banyule and

win their second Premiership in a row by disposing

of my old school the Old Paradians in a hard fought

encounter.

Yarra Valley easy winners in Division 3, over a

disappointing Powerhouse now have to reappraise

and see what they can do against UHSVU again.

And so perhaps to the upset of the Ressies Comp this

season with the unheralded Swinburne University

aka “The Pigs” because of the magnificent animal

on their Jumper, recording an 11 point victory over

the highly fancied North Brunswick unit, thus

ending Darren Adams’ dream for another season.

The prevailing conditions made goal scoring pretty

much impossible but great individual efforts from

Shane Hamilton with 5 and Thomas Kennedy with

4 were certainly highlights.

John Nicolpoulos, Mark Salvadori, Brandon Hunt,

Michael Patena, Matthew Laing, and Jacob Mennen

were all still pretty potent forwards with their 3

majors having an impact on all their games.

Premier A,B and C all head to the penultimate

game as six sides battle for the 3 vacant spots and

the right to compete on that one day that we all

aspire to.

Uni Blues were disappointing last week, OM’S

had the better conditions in which to play, and thus

with a week to rest recuperate and plan, I reckon

that the lads from the Junction Oval can get over

the line.

Likewise in Premier B the break may be just what

the Skobbers need to get themselves a spot in a

Grand Final.

Just can’t go past Caulfield Grammarians in Premier

C, although as the Fields witnessed Ormond are a

very dangerous opponent when on song.

Will stick my neck out here and tip the NOBS to

surprise the Monash Blues Boys and create a bit of

an upset in Division 4.

Can’t see Banyule and UHSVU not greeting the

judge in Division’s 2 and 3

And so to Vermont…Can Swinburne Uni maintain

their excellent form and knock off the Monash

Gryphons who have one 16 straight and are looking

at bringing home their first bit of silverware. At

the risk of upsetting Jack McDonalds’s apple cart

I think it is a possibility, but the Gryphs rightfully

have been the top side all year and so deserve to

bring home the bacon. Will be at East Caulfield

Reserve tonight Jack to collect some of those free

ales…!!!!!!

Volunteer of the week

Nominate your club’s great volunteers and

tune in 88.3FM (streaming live at

www.southernfm.com.au on Sundays at 9:15am

to hear the weekly winner interviewed.)

Nominations to Tommy at

brainco@optusnet.com.au

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THIRDS

FAVOURITES WIN

Richard Hummerston

The Thirds second semi finals resulted in wins

to the two favourites, but there certainly some

anxious moments for the Banyule Bears on the

Saturday. They jumped to an early lead, but by

half-time, that had evaporated, which was about

the only thing that did evaporate in the pouring

rain. The third stanza might have sent further

chills down the Bear spine. They led by just five

points over a confident St Kevin’s, who unlike

so many teams this season, would not bow to

their will. The last quarter was a battle of the

defences. Both teams added a major, which saw

the minor premier sneak into the Grand Final.

Tindale booted three for the victors, no mean feat

in the conditions. It is going to be a big couple of

weeks at Brockwell Reserve and there’s nothing

like booking early to avoid disappointment.

This week, St Kevin’s front up again to take on

the Blacks. I like SKOB to get a second shot

at it.

On Sunday, Old Xavs fronted up to club

championship winner De La Salle. The minor

premier began the better and when DLS made

little impact in the second, the result seemed a

foregone conclusion. The Red ‘n’ Blacks, with

Matt Altis firing up front, continued to push

away. They added just one more in the third but

snagged three in the last, while the Blue and

Golds remained stuck in the mud.

De La meet OM’s on Sunday. This will be a

real contest, and I’m tipping that the Dark Blues

might just prevail.

MOUNT LILYDALE

OLD COLLEGIANS

VAFA Division 3 2011

invite applications for

SENIOR AND RESERVE COACHES

Contact

Andrew Delahunt

0449 157 477

PREMIER THIRDS LAST ROUND PREMIER B THIRDS

SEMI FINAL 2

OLD XAVERIANS 3.1, 4.3, 5.5, 8.5 (53)

DE LA SALLE 0.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.4 (16)

GOALS, OLD XAVERIANS: M. Altis 3, J. Hanger 2, A. Torre 1, J. Moylan 1,

J. McDonnell 1 DE LA SALLE: M. Lowe 1, S. Morwood 1

BEST, OLD XAVERIANS: L. Grigg, J. Moylan, C. Dipierdomenico,

J. McDonnell, A. Torre, J. Sleeman DE LA SALLE: D. Griffi n, T. Parker,

S. Bennetts, N. Gill, S. Griffi n, S. Crowe

SEMI FINAL 2

BANYULE 3.3, 4.7, 6.10, 7.11 (53)

ST KEVINS 1.1, 5.5, 6.5, 7.7 (49)

GOALS, BANYULE: S. Tindale 3, B. Willmore 2, N. Ciurleo 1, S. Place 1

ST KEVINS: S. Thomas 2, A. Balestra 1, W. Hartley 1, M. O’Neill 1, J. Nash

1, T. Crookes 1

BEST, BANYULE: C. McDonald, B. Kelly, J. Sirianni, S. Tindale, C. Buckley,

N. Ciurleo ST KEVINS: T. Lattanzio, T. O’Rourke, J. Nash, L. Kenyon, A. Kerr,

T. Marchesani

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St Bernards OCFC

www.stbernardsfc.com.au

Senior Coach 2011 Season

The club is seeking a senior coach to

develop our talented young list and lead

our football program in 2011

Applicants will have a minimum level 1

Accreditation, Level 2 is desirable but candidates

will be considered on their credentials.

Expressions of interest, including CV can be emailed to

Football Director Paul Garth: pgarth@prokinetics.com.au

(0412 533 314)

Applications close no later than Monday 27th September

and will be treated in the strictest confidence.

MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL

OLD BOYS’ FOOTBALL CLUB

Seeks a Senior (Club) Coach

for season 2011 and beyond.

Applicants should hold current Level 1 Coaching Accreditation

at a minimum and previous coaching or high level playing

experience will be highly regarded, although not essential.

Applicants interested in this exciting role should email

their resume to mhsobfc@mhsobfc.com.au

(Attn: Dean Comer, Club President).

Applications close Friday October 1.

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RETROSPECTIVE

Geoff Reilley

12 Months Ago – 2009

Recovering from the second semi debacle in A

Section, De La Salle showed their true character

when they defeated Uni Blues in the preliminary

final. Trailing the Blues at the first two breaks,

De La drew level at three quarter time and ran out

winners 16.9 to 13.10. Best – Davidson, Pickett (3),

Harrison (5), Mannix (3), Moloney, Shields (DLS)

and Torney, Heinz, Lewis, McConnell, Paterson,

Mugavin (UB).

In the B Section preliminary final Old Trinity

kicked 7.5 to nil with the gale in the first quarter. St

Kevins were somewhat disappointing in the second

quarter allowing Trinity to kick 2 goals against the

wins while scoring 5 themselves. It was a walk in

the part of OT’s after the main break and they won

easily 16.18 to 6.7. Best – Healey, Ramsden (6),

Cultrera (4), Jessop, Eckersley, Chivers (OT) and

Edgar, Keeley, Williams, Aughton, Sheehy, Garvey

(SKOBS).

Rupertswood won the D1 Section flag against Fitzroy,

12.18 to 9.11. Best – McPhee, Plummer, McDonald,

Phillips (3), Brennan, Spinner (Rupertswood) and

Clark, Atherton, Meighen, Mackay, Biggs, O’Reilly

(Fitzroy). Despite poor kicking for goal, Bentleigh

won the D3 Section premiership 13.23 against St

Mary’s Salesian 10.18. Best – Forrest (3), Willis,

Holmesby, Fedderson, Ferris, Tangas (Bentleigh)

and Fisher, Rose, Bonnici, D Hill, Kelly, Dwyer

(StM/S).

5 Years Ago – 2005

It was the Old Xaverians who were successful in the

A Section preliminary final and they were entitled

to try and add to their list of A Grade pennants in

a week’s time. It must be said that the prelim final

against Old Haileyburians could have gone either

way in a thrilling encounter but the Xavs’ pride

won out 10.12 to 10.10. Best – McDonald, Bowen,

Ruyg, Colbert, Arnold, Beardsley (OX) and

Trollope, Brown, Armstrong, Steinfort, Walden,

Siapantis (OH).

The B Section preliminary final became a one horse

race after half time between Old Ivanhoe and Old

Brighton. The boys from bayside gave a fair account

of themselves in the first half but the Ivanhoe

lads established themselves as real contenders

by winning 19.11 to 10.12. Best – Branigan (6),

Russian, Payne, Thompson, Kefelas, Price (OI) and

Williams, S Gadsden, Ewert, B Gadsden, Pirrie (4),

Paroissien (OB).

As predicted, University Blacks won easily against

Beaumaris in the C Section Grand Final and had

taken total control early in the third quarter. Final

scores 20.12 to 8.5. Best – Batten, Evans (3),

Purcell, M Kempton, Goonan, Bevacqua (UB) and

Haynes, L McNicholas, Wonnacott, Heath, Ensor, L

Atkins (Beaumaris).

10 Years Ago – 2000

Old Xaverians trailed narrowly for the majority of

the day in the A Section preliminary final against

St Kevins in a thrilling contest. 2 points down at

the final break the Xavs triumphed by 4 points, 15.8

to 14.10 and would go into their sixth successive

A Section GF the following week. Best – Blood,

Landrigan, A Dillon, Ellis (3), McQueen-Parton,

Ford (OX) and Callery, O’Keefe, Garvey, Grigg,

Olive (4), Bowles (SKOBS).

In B Section Mazenod Old Collegians proved too

strong for North Old Boys in the preliminary final

16.11 to 11.17. Best – Dunne (3), Lancaster, Ryan,

M Murray, O’Donoghue, Tucker (Mazenod) and

Casboult, Loch, Sanders, Drum, Collison, Wilkinson

(NOBS).

Therry Penola won the C Section Grand Final 12.13

to Beaumaris 9.10. Best – Nancarrow, O’Sullivan,

M Goodwin, Clarke, Petrevski, S Bannister (Therry)

and Ensor, Lee, Nicholson, Philpott, Martin, Barrow

(Beaumaris). Therry’s line up was as follows –

B: Carter Edwards O’Sullivan

BH: S Bannister Boyle Nancarrow

C: D Goodwin Mills Caccamo

HF: M Goodwin Kerr C Bannister

F: Robinson Evans Clarke

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Ruck: Petrevski Finnigan (Capt) R Bannister

I/C: Castaldi, Elliott, Sacco Coach: John Toohey

Caulfield Grammarians won the D1 Section

premiership in a canter 26.13 to Old Essendon

6.8. Best – Amiet (9), Pearce, Whitmee, Widjaja,

Synman, Liddell (Caulfield) and Ryan, Leask,

Goodger, Di Blasi, Cetin (Essendon). Caulfield’s

line up was as follows –

B: Brohier (Capt) Cossart-Walsh Keown

HB: Anderson Liddell Will

C: Synman Royals Buchanan

HF: G Harrison Rosman Whitmee

F: Margerison Amiet Cowlishaw

Ruck: Baxter Pearce Widjaja

I/C: Vella, Sant, Knight Coach: Dean Anderson

20 Years Ago – 1990

State Bank defeated Whitefriars in the D Section

Grand Final 16.14 to 12.17. Best – Gneil, Short, T

Maher, Andrews, Jenkins (4), Dervan (State Bank)

and Hay, Houston, M White, Crowe, Jenkins, Midro

(Whitefriars).

Old Geelong were too good for AJAX in E Section

and won the flag 19.15 to 10.7. It was a very

powerful second half display by the OG’s who were

behind at half time but kicked 12 goals to 2 after the

main break. Best – Dunn, S Furphy (4), Handbury,

McDougal, Manton, Bayliss (OG’s) and B Goldberg,

D Marks (5), Bursztyn, Josem, Klooger, Briskin

(AJAX). St Mary’s won a thrilling F Section Grand

Final 11.11 to 10.7 over Williamstown. Best – Wade,

Huebner, Anderson, Binyon, Hurley, Baxter (StM)

and Mazouris, Temby, Gunn, Dervan, Featherston,

Deller (Williamstown).

30 Years Ago – 1980

Old Brighton were premiers following an

entertaining C Section Grand final against Geelong,

20.6 to 15.15. It was a stunning display of goal

kicking by Brighton. Best – Gedye, Epstein, King, J

Priestley (6), Millis (4), S Priestley (Brighton) and

McMahon, Cookson, Taylor (3), Johnston, Fahey

(3), Nielsen (Geelong). Alphington completely

overwhelmed State Bank in the D Section Grand final

29.19 to 5.9. Best – Williams, Hockins (6), Lenthall

(6), Vallance, Buckhorn, Roberts (Alphington) and

Owen, Bennett (3), A Brennan, Seccas, Holmes,

Egan (State Bank).

West Brunswick won the E Section flag against St

Pius 10.18 to 8.10. Best – Monger, Madden, Fyffe,

S Lampard, Ivey, McLean (WB) and Coyle, Rigg,

Dwyer, Jenkins, French, Lynch (StP).

40 Years Ago – 1970

Uni High School Old Boys triumphed in the C

Section Grand final 15.10 to Old Carey’s 8.11.

Carey led at the end of each of the first three quarters

but UHSOB stunned the crowd with 8.4 to 1.1 in

the last quarter. Best – Ashmead, Johnston, Davis

(6), Kinnear, Talyor, Parkes (UHS) and Freeman,

Jones, M Wilcox, Birrell, Elliott, Watson (Carey).

Old Trinity defeated Fairfield 15.9 to 5.14 in the

D Section Grand final. Best – Fellows (6), Dennis,

Fletcher, Quarterman, Hudson, Emmerton (Trinity)

and Hyland, O’Brien, Guest, Capoldi, A Kenney,

Collier (Fairfield).

50 Years Ago – 1960

MHSOB won the C Section premiership 6.23 to

Parkside 3.7 and their star ruckman, Jock Nelson

won the Lou Zachariah Medal for the section

best and fairest. St Kilda CBC won the D Section

premiership 14.5 to SKOBS 7.10. F J Clarke

(Malvern) was the winner of the L S Pepper best

and fairest medal.

60 Years Ago – 1950

Kew went through the season undefeated in C

Section and won the Grand Final 11.14 to State

Bank 2.10. A Castle of Kew won the C Section Best

and Fairest award while M Thompson, also of Kew,

won the section goal kicking with 101 goals. East

Malvern won the D Section flag 12.12 to Power

House 8.10. A McFarlane (Moreland) won the Best

and Fairest and J Pearce (SKOBS) the goal kicking

with 80 goals.

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PREMIER – PRELIMINARY FINAL

Sunday 12 September – Sportscover Arena

OLD XAVERIANS

Coach: Simon Lethlean

Assistants: Andrew Brushfi eld,

Andrew Gowers, Lex Vasdekis,

Ted Woodruff

5 Dan Rush

7 Michael Darvell (VC)

8 Andy Biddlecombe (VC)

9 Damian Lynch

11 Luke Howard

12 Marcus Allan

13 Josh Agius (VC)

14 Josh Douglas

15 Chris Smith

16 Brad Rogerson

17 Chris Larkins

18 John Shaw

19 Tim Dynon

21 Dan Noonan

22 Damien Ryan

23 Lachlan Smith

24 Cameron Purss

25 Dustin Lloyd

26 Nick Wynne

29 Matt Handley

31 Matt Ball (C)

32 Oliver Gidley

34 Ryan Colbert

36 David Sapuppo

37 Nick Dimattina

39 Jack Stean

41 Esmond Prowse

44 Matt Walsh

47 Brendan Goss

53 Jon Mercuri

MAJOR SPONSORS

DE LA SALLE

Coach: Dave Madigan

1 Nicholas Roberts

2 Joshua Oakley

3 Ben Corin

5 Michael Duggan

6 Tyson Hunt

7 Xavier Murphy

8 Jordan Pollard

9 Jarrod Moloney

10 David Lowe (C)

12 Michael Stinear

13 Jacob Gotch

16 Sam Pickett

17 Sam Williams

18 John Nicolopoulos

20 Aaron Shields (VC)

22 Aaron Kneebone

24 Nathan Harris

26 Sam Nethersole

29 Leigh Harrison

31 Nick Stewart

32 Jack Vickers

33 Stephen Muller

34 Luke Semmel

35 Justin Baxter

37 Pat Carroll

39 Ben Oakley

40 Mark Collins

42 Matt Moore

46 Luke Jarvis

52 Tom Moloney (VC)

54 Michael Nankervis

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PREMIER RESERVE – PRELIMINARY FINAL

Sunday 12 September – Sportscover Arena

UNI BLUES

Coach: Mark Maddocks

OLD MELBURNIANS

Coach: Michael Carty

4 Simon Gilbertson

7 Matthew Kilpin

8 Diarmid Hayter

13 Tom Girdwood

14 Tom Fairbairn

22 Ben Millard

28 Albert Weddell

30 Ben McLure

31 James Van de Pol

33 Sam Roche

34 Will Hartnell

35 Al Lyon

37 Jack Townley

41 Tom Stainforth

43 Bennett Merriman

46 Hamish Rankin

48 Damon Byrne

51 Tom Maddocks

56 Tom Foott

57 Jack Heinz

59 David Paton

60 Tristian Maddocks

61 Andy Christensen

63 Brant Laidlaw

67 Nick Hardie-Grant

68 David Gregory

69 Steen Balodis

70 Liam Quin

72 David Marshall

73 Ralph Wilson

78 Tom Calvert

81 Jason Clifford

87 Bill Girdwood

89 Rory Kennedy

91 Will Van De Pol

99 Jack Eastman

1 Tim Cudlip (VC)

3 Roderick Mathews

5 Nat Nixon

6 Simon Guest

7 Hamish Turner (C)

8 James Mitchell

9 Peter May

11 Thomas Bachet

13 Alex Carter

16 Timothy Horne (VC)

20 Ben Mckie

23 Edward Mitchell

25 Toby Beaumont

27 Tim Oman

29 Mark Prowse

30 Chris Righetti

31 Bart Mill

32 Aidan Leishman

37 Timothy Mclardy

38 Dean Osmond

40 Joshua Vagg

41 Alistair Ferguson

42 Angus Lapin

50 Al Armstrong

51 Martin Kennon

54 Lewis Haralambous

67 Samuel Playfair

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Sunday 12 September – Sportscover Arena

DE LA SALLE

Coach: Liam O’Donnell/Paul Hesse

OLD MELBURNIANS

3 Timothy Leary

5 Luke Edwards

6 Alex Roberts

7 Zac Dickinson

8 Jack Morwood

9 Dylan Thomas

10 Beau Hill (C)

12 Matt Rodgers

13 Anthony Taylor

19 Sam Bennetts

20 Simon Murphy

21 Nicholas Gill

22 Thomas Naughtin

23 Joel Pollard

24 Adam Kovarik

28 Steve Hogan

29 Sam Morwood

30 Patrick Monaghan

31 James Meade

32 William Coggins

33 Dan Griffen

34 Simon Crowe

35 Kevin Smythe

36 Dan Jarvis

37 Dan Mannix

38 Tyson Parker

39 Adam Kurzel

40 Matthew Lowe

91 Tyson John

2 Matthew Churkovich

4 Tom Healey

8 Tim Gobbo

11 Aaron Gregory

12 William Harris

15 Nicholas Amato

17 Charles Cumbrae-Stewart

18 Matthew Lugg

24 Steven Petsinis

25 Hugh McDonald

26 Connor McKibbon

27 Nicholas Peters

28 Jonothan Gooley

29 Ed Hughes

32 Aaron Klutke

33 Martins McCoy

35 Thomas Harrison

36 Luke Batten

38 William Ray

46 James Newton

48 Alexander Clark

72 Andrew Ray

81 Zak Seccull

88 Hector Williamson

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PREMIER B – PRELIMINARY FINAL

Saturday 11 September – Sportscover Arena

OLD HAILEYBURY

Coach: David Lappage

UNI BLACKS

Coach: Marc Woolnough

Assistants: Drew Solley

& Rob Paterson

1 Liam Donnelly

2 Anthony Brown

3 Hamish McLauchlan

4 Sam Langford-Jones

5 Toby Gill

6 Laz Siapantas

7 Alexander Johnston

8 Farooq Mohammad

9 Peter Gleadhill

10 James Pitcher

11 Matthew Ditchfi eld

12 Matt Lillie

13 Brett Voss

14 Nicholas Criticos

15 David Mackenzie

16 David Comben

17 Kynan Ford

18 Nicholas Harrison

19 Christopher Morrison

22 David Mason

23 Chris Ferguson

24 Joel Hanlon

26 David McCormick

27 Matthew Douglas

28 Spencer Roberts

30 Benjamin White

31 Michael Stowe

34 Corey Millard

35 Thomas Chisholm

36 Stefan Erikson

37 Daniel Brown

41 Samuel Casey

44 Jarrod McLauchlan

46 Julian Bayard

49 Luke Pitcher

52 Mark Seccull

59 Scott Fitzgerald

60 Jack Steen

61 Jackson Coleman

3 Kane Loxley

5 Huw Lacey

7 John Kosch

8 Scott Hissey

9 Scott Weekley

11 Luke Van Kempen

12 Andrew Torney

13 Angus Drysdale

14 Aaron Cadd

15 Mathew O’Hara

16 David Robbins

17 Chris Walsh

18 Josh Gaylor

19 Nicholas DuBois

21 Mark Bolton (C)

22 Thomas Howgate

23 Daniel Costello

24 Hugh Symon

26 David Batten

29 Levi Kalms

32 Steven Flight

33 Jordan Foster

34 Andrew Else

38 Thomas Napier

39 Adam Pitt

42 Charlie Richardson

44 Hamish Guthrie

45 Rob Scarlett

48 Michael Cousens

50 Jack Heeley

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PREMIER B RESERVE – PRELIMINARY FINAL

Saturday 11 September – Sportscover Arena

UNI BLACKS

Coach: Chris Barrett

ST KEVINS

Coach: Chris Neeson

1 Isaac Andreson

3 James Murfett

4 Anthony Evans

5 Tyran Bell

6 Evan Scantleton

8 Callum Lawford

11 Lucas Van Kempen

14 Samuel Twycross

15 Timothy Schaefer

19 Nicholas DuBois

20 Richard Wood

24 Hugh Symon

25 James Clarke

26 Nicholas Batten

27 Scott Myers

29 Levi Kalms

30 Andrew Jesse (C)

32 Steven Flight

35 James Mortensen

36 Mitchell Hall

37 Thomas O’Halloran

38 Thomas Napier

39 Matthew Ablethorpe

41 Simon Yule

43 Matthew Thompson

44 Hamish Guthrie

45 Robert Scarlett

46 Thomas Huggins

47 Thomas Burchell

50 Jack Heeley

57 Paul Kelly

1 Matthew Murphy

5 Patrick Dowd

6 Daniel Mahoney

11 Tim Duggan

13 Troy McMaster

14 Brett Fields

15 Nicholas Tsindos

19 Tim Trewin

21 Rory Maguire

22 Antony Keely

24 Daniel Sullivan

25 James Kennedy

29 Domenic Gibbs

30 Simon O’Connor

32 James O’Rourke

33 Jamie McConville

34 Anthony White

35 Hamish Townsend

36 Thomas Hickey

38 Mark Mazzarella

39 Patrick McCarthey

40 Sam Ryan

42 Peter Murray

43 Ricky Caldow

44 Hamish Mcpherson

46 Pat McClennan

47 Terrence Dixon

48 Peter Lynch

49 Thomas McCann

50 Gerard Holland

51 Michael O’Neill

53 Jack Mullen

54 Matthew Byatt

55 Michael Sawyer

57 Patrick Keely

58 Stefan Angelini

60 Thomas Marchesani

61 Panayioti

Karageorgiou

62 Andrew Leahy

68 Timothy O’Rourke

72 Paul O’Brien

73 Richard Larsen

74 Ben Marchesani

76 Martin Coloe

84 Jarrod Nash

88 Scott Thomas

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PREMIER B THIRDS – PRELIMINARY FINAL

Saturday 11 September – Sportscover Arena

ST KEVINS

Coach: William Browne

UNI BLACKS

Coach: Steve Cerni

1 Matthew Murphy

5 Patrick Dowd

6 Daniel Mahoney

11 Tim Duggan

13 Troy McMaster

14 Brett Fields

15 Nicholas Tsindos

19 Tim Trewin

20 Daniel Mount

21 Rory Maguire

22 Antony Keely

24 Daniel Sullivan

25 James Kennedy

28 Keith Brick

29 Domenic Gibbs

30 Simon O’Connor

32 James O’Rourke

33 Jamie McConville

34 Anthony White

35 Hamish Townsend

36 Thomas Hickey

38 Mark Mazzarella

39 Patrick McCarthy

40 Sam Ryan

42 Peter Murray

43 Ricky Caldow

44 Hamish McPherson

45 Samuel Conlan

46 Patrick McLennan

47 Terrence Dixon

48 Peter Lynch

49 Thomas McCann

50 Gerard Holland

51 Michael O’Neill

52 Rhys Arnott

53 Jack Mullen

54 Matthew Byatt

55 Michael Sawyer

57 Patrick Keely

58 Stefan Angelini

60 Thomas Marchesani

61 Pana Karageorgiou

62 Andrew Leahy

68 Timothy O’Rourke

72 Paul O’Brien

73 Richard Larsen

74 Ben Marchesani

75 Richard Durham

76 Martin Coloe

84 Jarrod Nash

88 Scott Thomas

3 James Murfett

4 Ruairidh Read

6 Seamus McDaid

11 Samuel Lane

17 Jarrod Bingham

22 Luke Maguire

24 Jarrod Young

25 James Clarke

28 Jeremy Nettlefold

31 Ryan Silvagni

32 Thomas Whale

33 Fergus Smith

35 Leigh Dadswell

36 Anthony Spadaro

42 Daniel Garner

47 Todd Smith

48 Samuel Fary

49 Chris Gerlach

56 Richard Armit

57 Paul Kelly

58 Kevin Stark

59 Jonathan Banting

61 Jed Arbuckle

62 Jack Sher

63 Grant Astall

64 Nicholas Hale

65 James Gibney

66 Joel Phibbs

67 Joseph Rokebrand

68 Scott Hobijn-Allen

The Clyde Hotel

B ENDIGO PRIVATE

BANKING SERVICES

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PREMIER C – GRAND FINAL

Sunday 12 September – Trevor Barker Oval

CAULFIELD GRAMM

Coach: Steven Lawrence

Asst Coach: Bruce Waldron

Asst Coach: James Lawson

BEAUMARIS

Coach: Jason Mifsud

1 Thomas O’Sullivan

2 Benjamin Price

3 Andrew Lawson

4 Andrew Slevison (VC)

5 Jordan Stewart

6 Christopher Hammond

7 Andrew Ross

8 Richard Foote (VC)

9 Benjamin Carboni (VC)

10 Andrew Strain

11 Sean Meredith

12 Justin Perkins

13 Samuel Wood

14 Christopher May

16 Gavin Winter

18 Chris Axais

19 Luke Price

20 Darcy Daly

21 Dean Scheetz

22 Zachary Parsons

23 Christopher Fagan

24 Christopher Game

25 Brett Sinclair

26 Simon Widjaja (C)

28 Gavin Colosimo

30 Callan Jones

31 Dean Spanos

33 Benjamin Hyland

34 Mark Nelson

38 Luke Spinks

41 Mark Liddell

45 David Allanson

51 Jack McLean

53 Ben McLoughlin

1 Matthew Duggan

2 Robert Cathcart

3 Matthew Petering

4 Sean Coote

5 Mark Ensor

6 Andrew Spence

7 Thomas Dean

8 William Sanchez

9 Douglas Pritchard

10 Nicholas Loucaides

11 Sam Mcbain

13 William Murton

14 Tim Collins

15 Alexander Bennett

16 Michael Globan

18 Chris Germano

19 Michael Atkins

22 Luke Atkins

23 Adam Catlin

24 Joel Dixon

25 Travis Woolnough

26 Michael De Fontenay

27 Brayden Haynes

28 Michael Millar

29 Thomas Nash

31 Christopher Langdon

32 Rory Gillespie

33 Matthew Stevens

34 Anthony Carroll

35 William Edmonds

36 Jayson Blain

38 Michael Wilson

39 Luke McNicholas

41 Marcus Lee

44 Peter Richter

49 David Teasdale

64 Will Gillespie

TAIT TIMBER & HARDWARE -

TOORONGA

CAM HAMMOND FLOORS

STRIDE SPORTS MANAGEMENT

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PREMIER C RESERVE – GRAND FINAL

Sunday 12 September – Trevor Barker Oval

CAULFIELD GRAMM

Coach: William Bowes

ORMOND

Coach: Kornel Dachs

3 Andrew Lawson

4 Aiden Clarke (C)

7 Andrew Ross

8 Richard Foote

10 Andrew Strain

12 Nicholas Andrew

14 Christopher May

17 Daniel King

18 Matthew Sundberg

23 Christopher Fagan

24 Christopher Game

25 Nicholas Dorman

27 Joshua McCahon

28 Gavin Colosimo

29 Jason May

30 Callan Jones

31 Dean Spanos

32 Michael Breen

35 Andrew Spittal

36 Edward Kalaja

37 Francis McArdle

38 Luke Spinks

39 Alexander Ford

40 Timothy Noblett

42 Justin Kremmer

43 Woodrow Eke

45 David Allanson

46 Alex Townsend (VC)

47 Timothy Hammond

48 Matthew Sessler

49 Luke Matias (VC)

50 Dylan Tobias

51 Jack McLean

53 Ben McLoughlin

55 Anthony Garrubba

56 James Cleeve

57 Chris Axais

58 Alexander Sloan

62 Andrew Mayes

1 Ben Muzzell

16 Jack Wardley

18 Wayne Cove

19 Dwain Bailey

20 Dan Tehennepe

21 Christian Woodford

22 Luke Duthie

24 James Muzzell (C)

25 Michael Cove

27 Sam Ashton

28 Andrew Clinch

31 Sam Barnes

32 Simon Kulikov

33 Rory Cahalane

35 Michael Tehennepe

36 Aaron Holman

37 Orry Lack

39 Nick Ryde

40 Chris Coglan

41 Dan Frazier

42 Joss Holdsworth

43 Ben Stewart

45 Mitchell Yung

48 Tim Blackburn

49 Chris Pymm

52 Tom Haysom

55 Ryan Eastgate

57 Luke Pincott

58 John Leggert

59 Nick Shulman

63 Lachlan Upstill

64 Jarrod Franklin

68 Lewis McKenzie

83 Nick Sinclair

TAIT TIMBER & HARDWARE -

TOORONGA

CAM HAMMOND FLOORS

STRIDE SPORTS MANAGEMENT

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DIVISION 1 – GRAND FINAL

Saturday 11 September – St Bernards College

WERRIBEE

Coach: Kirk Norton

Asst Coach: Tim Ellis

Team Manager: Gavin Palmington

MONASH BLUES

Coach: Tim Powell

1 Andrew Cunningham

2 Cameron Lee

3 Andrew Panayi

4 Stefan Callea

5 Aaron Taylor

6 Daniel Schibeci

7 Troy Anderson

8 Matthew Palmington

11 James Norton

12 Tate McCutcheon

15 Aidan Murphy

16 Matthew Taylor

17 Andrew Tedesco.

18 Darren Morrish

21 Ross Fastuca

25 Nathan Addamo

26 Jesse Mclellan

27 Nathan Giles

28 Wayne Pelar

29 Sean Dean

34 Matthew Dean

36 Andrew Taylor

39 Chris Scudamore

42 Tristan Angelini

51 Daniel Pelar

2 Joseph Cunnington

3 Daniel Dalton

4 Brock Mackenzie

5 James Rosengarten

6 Michael Davidson

7 Andrew Young

8 Andrew Hickey

9 Samuel Baring

10 Kade Collins

11 Dujon Fuzzard

12 George Smyth

13 Timothy Powell

14 Justin Main

16 Johnathan Turner

17 Jordan Bell

18 Joel Bartram

19 James Mckenzie

20 Andrew Vincent

22 William Blackley

23 Kieran Beck

24 Thomas Craven

26 Lachlan Inglis

30 Simon Jeffery

32 Nicholas Whitmore

33 Mark Frater

35 Chris Godsil

37 Timothy McKenzie

39 Matthew McCart

40 Daniel Brogden

42 Matthew Coe

46 Sam Walsh

50 Alexander Mckenzie

54 Benjamin Adamson

57 Ewan Flanagan

71 Nicholas Robertson

72 Thomas Waters

77 Tom Osmond

91 Ryan Parsons

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DIVISION 1 RESERVE – GRAND FINAL

Saturday 11 September – St Bernard’s College

MONASH BLUES

Coach: Conor O’Sullivan

NOBS/ST PATS

Coaches: Paul Bryar / Michael Barker

1 Shane Chapman

4 Brock Mackenzie

5 James Rosengarten

13 Timothy Powell

14 Justin Main

15 Dale Hood

16 Johnathan Turner

18 Joel Bartram

19 James McKenzie

22 William Blackley

26 Lachlan Inglis

27 Daniel Montoya

28 Tom Steinfort

29 Andrew Costley

30 Simon Jeffery

31 Samuel Whiting

32 Nicholas Whitmore

33 Mark Frater

34 Rowan Shields

35 Chris Godsil

38 Christopher Mahony

39 Matthew McCart

40 Daniel Brogden

41 Adam Jaques

44 Luke Leviston

45 Martin Phillips

46 Sam Walsh

47 David Gemmell

48 Matt Mason

50 Alexander McKenzie

51 Henry Drysdale

53 Michael Chapman

54 Benjamin Adamson

56 Andrew Beecroft

57 Ewan Flanagan

61 Nick Rhoden

62 Scott McDonald

66 Basil Lyon

67 Shane Quintal

70 Matthew Williams

71 Nicholas Robertson

72 Thomas Waters

76 Harry Stephenson

77 Tom Osmond

78 Joel Cook

87 Lachlan Curtis

89 Brett Jackson

91 Ryan Parsons

93 Eric Jones

4 Scott Sleep

7 Jarryd Browne

10 Chris Le Maitre (RVC)

11 Brett Burdeu

12 Glenn Maxton

15 Lachlan Dullard

17 Nick Evans

18 Andrew McLarty

19 Nick Thomas

21 Danny King

23 Scott Niewand

26 Tom Ware

28 Damien Joyce (R co-C)

33 David Treppo

34 Michael Hesselman

38 James Mirtschin

40 Luke Sheehan

41 Boyd Dellwo

46 Chris Dobson (R co-C)

47 Andrew Trigg

49 Edward Grinter

50 Thomas Noonan

52 Francis Caldow

53 Tom Atkin

54 Brendan Wills

55 Shaun Ferris

56 Peter Carnovale

57 Nick Barden

58 John Murphy

66 Paul Bryar

67 David Robinson

69 Joel Scanlon

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DIVISION 2 – GRAND FINAL

Sunday 12 September – Highgate Reserve

BANYULE

Coach: Rick Brockwell

OLD PARADIANS

Coach: Phil Gaut

1 Nathan Braddy

2 Luke Giles

3 Nick Taylor

4 Tom Shepherd

5 Ash Brown

6 David Drapac

9 Michael Christian

10 Bart Walsh

11 Kyle Sherherd-Mueller

12 Jason Wood

13 Ryan Hay

14 Jake Truefeldt

16 Shaun McKenzie

19 Craig Horne

25 David Gayfer

27 Trent Cantwell

29 Jay Brockwell

30 Brett Cantwell

33 Adam Barclay

35 Luke Richardson

36 Beau Parthenides

40 Glenn Thompson

41 Luke French

48 Shaun Driscoll

49 Ian Stokes

1 Daniel Zivanovic

3 Michael Bellizia

4 Matthew Derham

7 Chris Kandilakis

8 Antony Sinclair

9 Josh Lidyard

10 Peter Brabender

14 Phillip Pratt (VC)

13 David Huntley

15 Daniel Spitty (Co C)

21 Alan Young

22 Daniel Mahony

23 Keiran O’brien

24 David Spithill

26 David Boundy (Co C)

30 Mark Ryan

32 Brett Mcallister

33 Brent Richardson

37 Steve Valente

41 Angelo Rendina

46 Anthony Sheehy

47 Steve Rehlicki

48 Anthony Posterino

52 Joe Seneca

53 Sean Miller

64 Aaron Serifan

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DIVISION 2 RESERVE – GRAND FINAL

Sunday 12 September – Highgate Reserve

BANYULE

Coach: Trent Baldac

BENTLEIGH

Coach: Mick Lee

1 Zan Wenke

8 Matthew Holmes

15 Robert Iaconis

17 Ian Stokes

20 Scott Playfair

22 Joel Rigler

23 Ross Currie

28 Anthony Kayrooz

32 Mark Smith

34 Brendan Dodgson

37 Steven Gray

39 Andrew Hopgood

43 Darcy Cumberland

47 Josh O’Connor

50 Marcell Pamio

52 Fraser Oliver

53 Harrison Tippett

55 Kevin Gray

58 Ben Souvatzis

60 Simon Tuckman

64 Matthew Osbourne

65 Matthew Farrant

66 Matthew Eifermann

67 Ned Swift

70 Alex Bottomley

2 James Coles

7 Sean Holmesby

8 Bobby Bennett

10 Thomas Backman

12 Luke Forrest

13 Tom Stach

16 Luke Morrison

18 Shaun Adaway

19 Andrew Lee

20 Ryan Fishlock

22 Benjamin Lydster

23 Brandon Hunt

25 Andrew West

26 Aaron Smith

27 Slavik Silka

28 James White

29 Aaron Clough

35 Alan Hendry

36 Mark Ferris

38 Ben Zylbersztajn

39 Clint Montesano

41 Michael Laskey

43 Aaron Ransom

48 Jason West

49 John McCarron

51 Adam El-Khoury

53 Elliott Box

54 Chris Pap

56 Carlos Kamus

64 Jarrod Gibb

65 Brett Stevens

68 Michael Mccullagh

69 Jayden Farrell

71 Scott Mortimer

72 Daniel Wills

78 Max Budds

79 Timothy Dale

81 Sean Holmes

TEAM 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Siren

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DIVISION 3 – GRAND FINAL

Sunday 12 September – Vermont Reserve

LA TROBE UNI

Coach: Dean Sheldrick

ST JOHNS

Coach: Matt Jones

Team Manager: Phil Jones

1 Geremie Ganino

2 Joseph McLean

4 Kristan Jeffrey

5 Steven Adamthwaite

7 David McMaster

8 Brad Van Ooi

9 Mark Steele

10 Josh Lee

12 Luke Mccormack

13 Terry Ludeman

14 Stuart Patten

17 Alex Ross

18 Gerrard Bence

20 Sam Bell

21 Brendan Wood

22 Dillon Farrell

23 Tom Harding

24 Sean Skelton

26 Padraig McCormack

29 Xavier Shiels

33 Darcy Edwards

36 Jack Mcmeel

42 Benjamin Vagg

43 Dean Sheldrick

54 Adam Hughes

55 Paul Russell

83 Alex Knight

1 Kane Arnold

2 Matthew Peake

3 Darryn O’Connor

4 Chris Peake

5 Glenn Costas

6 Matthew Phaedonos

7 Phillip Ward

8 Brendan Robinson

9 Chris Cachia (VC)

10 Rohan Scott

12 Adrian Pickering

13 Ben Pickering (C)

14 Dale Camm

16 Aaron Abela

17 Michael Hanger

18 Nathan Chalk

20 Ben Graham

21 Adam Bourchier

22 Gary Roberts

24 Liam Mara

26 Matthew Nicholson

28 Andrew Dexter

30 Matt Bolitho

31 Nick Pouki

38 Rhys Dyker

39 Donovan Jones

44 Matt Clark

55 Liam O’Connor

67 Cameron Christiansen

70 Nick Gordon

78 Darren Dick

87 Adrian Barnett

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DIVISION 3 RESERVE – GRAND FINAL

Sunday 12 September – Vermont Reserve

UHS-VU

Coach: David Wallace

YARRA VALLEY

Coach: Ian Trend

5 Anthony Milicevic

5 Shane Mottram

9 Thomas Woodlock

12 Warren Smith

13 James Thomas

16 David Pinney

20 Sean Desbois

21 Aaron Pincott

24 Mitchell Sweeney

25 Samuel Hower

26 Jason Ford

28 Darren Collopy

30 Chris Little

31 Mark Roberts

32 Cameron Certo

33 Luke Temming

34 Scott Graham

37 Timothy Stephens

39 Sam Payne

40 Luke Maguire

42 Elliot Coombe

45 Mitchell Pearce

48 Joel Moden

49 Hugh Lovell

54 Michael Turvey

55 Tim Kershaw

56 Ross Dickson

58 Karl Weber

59 Shaun Thomas

60 Tom Harris

64 Nicholas Linehan

67 Lucas Linehan

68 Declan Barlow

72 Michael Young

77 Joel Sheldon

78 Lee Sampson

83 Matthew Bourke

87 Shane Windridge

1 Rick Pearce

3 Rowan Thompson

11 Adrian Wingate

13 Luke Gillies

15 Stephen Pask

18 Daniel Perry

20 Tim Hale

21 Liam Grimwade

25 Steve Britt

28 Daniel Gray

34 Ben Seeger

39 Grant Smith

43 Brad Hughes

44 Jack Hall

46 Lee Webb

47 Mick Letson

50 Tom Rolland

52 Bill Harding

53 David Mills

54 James Cordwell

55 Daniel Vanderzeil

60 Shane Laird

62 Lachlan Mcleary

66 Anthony Russell

67 Damien Hopper

71 Matt Laing

TEAM 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Siren

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DIVISION 4 – GRAND FINAL

Saturday 11 September – Vermont Reserve

MONASH GRYPHONS

Coach: Richard Osborne

MT LILYDALE

Coach: Greg Finkemeyer

1 Clint Mackie

4 Nicholas Rutherford

5 Michael Davies

10 Matthew Fletcher

11 Michael Malloy

12 Daniel Mcconville

16 Matthew O’Neill

17 Robert Fletcher

20 Ben Rose

25 Laynton Allan

26 Luke Wilson

28 Christopher Leeton

29 Adrian Schroth

32 Ivan Nuguid

36 David Giliam

40 Leigh Fisher

44 Lee Wells

48 Graham Strain

50 Phil Gomizel

52 Adrian Flowerday

53 Edward Strain

57 Walter Pocock

61 Gregory Munro

66 Jason Harrak

67 Jeremy Crow

74 Tim Madden

79 Shahan Illangokoon

80 Nicholas Booth

82 Robert Mundy

84 Eion Mitchell

2 Justin Roberts

3 Francis Varga

4 Jamie Paull

5 Greg Finkemeyer

6 Andrew Rodwell

7 Michael Rhodes

8 Alister Stuart

10 Joel Black

11 Chris Gibson

13 Kevin Maniscalchi

17 Thomas Wall

19 Gregory Bywater

22 Luke Nally

24 Daniel Cerra

25 Jamie Lynch

26 Haydn Moyes

27 Jesse Pulkka

31 Aaron Violi

33 Luke Evans

35 Russell Strong

40 Heath McKenzie

41 Mark Gower

44 Jeremy Doig

45 Bryn Boomsma

46 Sean Gibson

47 Brendan Keen

49 Tully Mcintyre

51 Lachlan Powell

52 Julian Russell

53 Max Hampton

55 Ryan Rantall

57 Travis Dawkins

60 Brendan Byrne

65 Jim Baughan

71 Adam Thorne

72 Mathew Taylor

73 Christopher Waddell

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DIVISION 4 RESERVE – GRAND FINAL

Saturday 11 September – Vermont Reserve

MONASH GRYPHONS

Coach: Jack McDonald

SWINBURNE UNI

Coach: J. Mennen

2 Vaughan Coffey

3 Timothy Vesey

5 Michael Davies

6 Brendan Murphy

8 Darren Gwynne

9 Tristan Russell

15 Andrew Clarke

16 Matthew O’Neill

17 Robert Fletcher

18 Mark Paolucci

20 Ben Rose

21 Michael Ramadan

22 David Healy

27 Ayman Harrak

28 Christopher Leeton

29 Adrian Schroth

31 Gerard Roche

33 Hector Vasconcelo

35 Benjamin Fullerton

36 David Giliam

37 Rodney Tuttle

39 Keiran Love

40 Leigh Fisher

43 Daniel Petsinis

48 Graham Strain

50 Phil Gomizel

52 Dion Gatsios

53 Edward Strain

55 Avner Kooperman

56 Peter Rutherford

57 Walter Pocock

75 Brent Jewell

79 Shahan Illangakoon

82 Robert Mundy

84 Eion Mitchell

1. Carmelo Dell’Olio

2. Marty Davies

8. Josh Carroll

9. Luke Morrison

10. Thomas Haeusler

13. Jay Coy

15. Todd Kitchen (C)

18. Peter Hough (VC)

19. Angus Donaldson

24. Nicholas Blyth

25. Sam Harrison

29. James Lees

30. Thomas Kennedy

33. Alan Chung

34. Jackson Whitley

41. Jacob Mennen

42. Sam Bennett

43. Sebastian Costello

44. Luke Mcmanus

51. Alex Conn

58. Scott Kojak

59. Jacob Cavallaro

60. Alan McGowan (VC)

64. Paul Hildabrand

69. Shane Colless

99. Benjamin Cairns

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FOR THE LOVE OF

Nothing Better Than a Wick ‘Dog

Old Carey held a luncheon upstairs at Sportscover

Arena last weekend for 80 of their most fervent

supporters (that’s all that can fit upstairs!). One of

those was John “Jack” Elliott, former President

of Carlton and Old Carey 250 gamer and life

member. On arrival at Sportscover Arena, Jack

politely asked one of the canteen ladies if they

could direct him to the luncheon, which they

kindly did. On thanking them, Jack enquired

“do you sell hotdogs here?” The obvious answer

was yes. “Well, save me one please? I’ll be back

down to pick that up shortly”. True to his word

and after enjoying his soup entrée, Jack ventured

downstairs, picked up his beloved dog and

returned to the lunch devouring his fare whilst

fellow patrons enjoyed their fillet steak.

Big Year for Black Cats

It’s been a big year for the Carey alumni in

2010. Not only has the football club achieved

it’s highest position in the VAFA (promotion to

Premier) since their inception in 1953, a group

of former students have enjoyed considerable

success with a horse called Philda (named after

former school Principal Phil De Young). Big

things are predicted for this galloper and maybe a

little assistance with uni fees for the part-owners

once the prize money filters through.

Varsity Power

Monash Gryphons, Monash Blues, La Trobe

University have all won promotion for next year.

Uni Blacks can make it today. All in all, a pretty

good year for the Uni clubs.

History in the Making

Once again, congratulations to Old Carey on subsequently defeated by Swinburne Uni in

getting to Premier for the first time in their the decider but achieved their highest position

history. Also set to make history this weekend in the VAFA with promotion to Div 2. The

are the Monash Gryphons. The club has not recruitment of AFL great Richard Osborne

won a Senior or Reserves Premiership since as coach this season has been a masterstroke,

their foundation in 1991. The Senior side made with burgeoning player numbers and the loss

the Grand Final in Div 3 in 2003 after defeating of only one game apiece in the Seniors and

Rupertswood in the Preliminary Final by 4 Reserves. Good luck to the Gryphs on their

points with the last kick of the day. They were history making day.

42 THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2010

THE GAME

Ground Power

It’s amazing sometimes when an organisation

such as the VAFA goes to a council in a desperate

situation trying to access grounds. The answer is

no and the rationale is that they need to prepare

the ground for cricket. However, when the

VFL have their grounds closed, all of a sudden

those grounds are suddenly “available” and

the preparation for cricket can suddenly be put

on hold. No problems with that decision, just

frustrating for the VAFA who would like to utilise

grounds weeks earlier but are constantly denied.

Trip Down Memory Lane

It’s great (and it speak volumes for the character

of the people) to see former Board Members and

CEO’s helping out as Duty Officer’s over the

finals series. You may not be aware but as many

as 15 different venues are required to stage VAFA

finals. This number is slightly down this year due

to ground closures and playing three matches a

day, however without the work of these gents, the

matches and the management of them would be

problematic. Former CEO Phil Stevens has been

helping out with some of the U19 matches and

when presented with the match day memo he

commented, “this looks familiar!” It should, he

wrote most of it during his time here.

New Format Just the Ticket

Looking forward to the new format of the VAFA

Presentation Night this coming Monday. The

night will be transformed in to an awards type

ceremony rather than the sit down dinner format of

previous years. Following

the awards presentation,

the night is open for

mingling and celebrating

the achievements of the

stars. Tickets are still

available, so contact

Jess at VAFA HQ on

9537 6777.

BECOME A

VAFA UMPIRE

IN 2011!

Earn good money ~

Get Fit ~

Develop leadership skills

Great opportunity to move

into VFL/AFL Umpiring

Meet new friends

and contacts

Umpire close to home

UMPIRES REQUIRED –

FIELD, BOUNDRY & GOAL

For more information

Brian Goodman

Ph: 9537 6700

Mob: 0408 338 098

brian@vafa.com.au

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FINALS INFORMATION

11/12th September 2010

TICKETING

Gates will be in operation at most VAFA venues

over the weekend. Entrance Fees will be clearly

displayed at the gates. Charges will be as

follows:

ADULTS:

Premier & Premier B $12

Premier C Grand Final $15

All other Grand Finals $12

CONCESSION

(Student and Health Card Holders):

Premier & Premier B $6

Premier C Grand Final $7

All other Grand Finals $6

Car Parking (where applicable) $5

Children U12 and Aged Pensioners FREE

Records (“The Amateur Footballer”) $3

FINALS PASSES

Players and Officials will be issued with passes

that allow free entry into venues. Members of the

general public, parents, partners and friends will

not be permitted to enter under these passes and

payment will be requested if they are produced.

BOOT CHECKS

Licensed security staff and VAFA gate staff will

be conducting boot checks at all VAFA finals

venues with vehicle access. The checks are to

ensure alcohol is not brought into venues and the

checks are a condition of entry. People refusing

to have their boot checked will not be permitted

to park their vehicle inside the venue.

DOGS

Patrons are requested not to bring dogs to VAFA

finals venues. There are strictly NO dogs allowed

at Sportscover Arena and for the safety and

comfort of other patrons, we request that this

provision be upheld at all venues.

DUTY OFFICERS

All VAFA finals will have a VAFA Duty Officer

present. The Duty Officer will be wearing an

official VAFA jacket. Members of the public can

report any issues to the Duty Officer present or

contact the VAFA office on 9537 6777. A VAFA

staff member will then contact the Duty Officer

present.

NO ALCOHOL

The VAFA has a strict NO ALCOHOL policy

during matches. Anyone found consuming

alcohol during matches will be asked to leave the

venue and the club they are supporting will be

fined. At each venue, licensed premises (social

rooms) will open at the conclusion of the last

match of the day.

Patrons arriving at matches intoxicated will be

refused entry.

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Old Westbourne

Amateur Football Club Inc.

Applications for COACHES

for all teams in VAFA (D2) &

WRFL & AFL Vic (Youth Girls)

for season 2011 are invited.

Remuneration negotiable.

All written applications to:

The Secretary, Old Westbourne AFC,

PO BOX 1680

WERRIBEE PLAZA, 3030

or email: secretary@oldwestbourneafc.

com.au

Applications close Mon. 20 th Sept 2010.

Any enquiries to

Pres. Adrian Lipscombe

Tel. 0427 129 667.

See vafa.com.au for more details

OLD MENTONIANS’

FOOTBALL CLUB

Affi liated with the VAFA 2011 Sections

Division 1 (Senior & Reserve)

South 1 (Under 19)

Invite Applications for the

following positions:

SENIOR COACH

RESERVES COACH

U19 COACH

As a minimum applicants are required to hold

a current Level 1 Coaching Accreditation.

Applications

kenspeers@shoes-online-ent.com.au

Phone: 0414 806 338

Umpire in the VSDCA

Victoria’s Best

Senior Community

Cricket Competition

For further details

please contact:

Jim Earle

Umpiring Manager,

VSDCA

Visit Galleries Online at:

cyansportingimages.com.au

1 Goode Court

Sunshine 3020

Phone: 9311 8245

Mobile: 0417 532 523

Email: james.earle@bigpond.com

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Zac Hubber

Darren Dawson

Richard Wilkinson

UNDER 19

Bye bye Beauy was the story from Saturday as Old

Xavs pushed into the Preliminary Final against

schoolboy rivals Old Scotch. The Sharks were

shattered after roaring into the finals series with an

eight-game winning streak that included wins over

the Xavs and Scotch. The Xavs went about utilising

the wet conditions from the get go with desperate

attack on the ball and long kicking from half back.

Beauey was battling to get its hands on the pill but

swung the momentum in its favour in the second

term. The Sharks pinched the lead only to see them

trail at half time by a single kick. The Xavs came out

at the main break with one of its most impressive

quarters of footy, kicking five goals to nil. Louis

Tiernan was special in the third quarter with a fine

goalkicking performance. The forward presence of

Jack Stean was a welcome sight to the red n’ black

supporters, while down back Woods and Plant

were a two-man trampoline. The consistent Jack

Franklyn relished the role on Dickinson who was

held to one goal, and Luke Bisset was still hard to

catch in the dirty conditions. Joel Di Natale was a

standout for Beauey with his consistent clearance

work, while James Lapa played a blinder. Matt

Teasdale won the better of the ruck, but it was the

Xavs’ appetite for the footy and use of momentum

that saw them run out 37-point victors.

De La Salle cruised into the Grand Final with a

comfortable 32-point win over Old Scotch. De La

responded to a second-quarter Scotch challenge

by kicking five goals to one in the third, similar

to the match prior. The damage could have been

worse had the boys from Malvern not kicked so

Collingwood like. Van den Broek started forward

and the match up on Ben Humphrey looked

tantalising, but didn’t last long. A few easy

misses in the first quarter from the Cardinals was

reminiscent of the last encounter between the two

sides. Both backlines were impressive in the first

half, rebounding off halfback with impressive skill

in the wet as opposed to the desperate slugout

between the Xavs and Beauey. Ed Clinch kicked

a freakish boundary line goal in the second that

left all onlookers in awe. Ben Nethersole showed

off his solid skills of contested marking and long

kicking in the wet, and Ash Streker flew under

the radar again to rebound well for De La. Sam

Muttdon was a shining light for the Cardinals, who

like Old Xavs are still wondering how to defeat the

undefeated.

TODAY: In Round 8 Old Scotch defeated the Xavs

by seven points. In that match Goss kicked six

goals and Sam Barnett kicked four. Scotch captain

Max Davis inflicted the most damage on the day

and James Sansom was up and about. The gut

runners of Nidam and Bisset tore up Stradbroke

but Scotch was able to control its lead throughout

the match. The Xavs had more scoring shots, 26-

23. The two met again in Round 17 at Camberwell

Sports Ground. The Xavs registered 3.9 in the first

quarter and the Cardinals punished the inaccuracy

with an eight goal – one final quarter. Barnett

kicked three goals while no one wearing red n’

black had multiple goals. Matt Jane played his best

match for the season, while Tristan Parker lead

the way for the Xavs with the midfield absence of

Nidam. The loss of the Premier team to Collegians

should spell out any speculation that Goss will line

up this week. Scotch had 24 scoring shots to 22

and won by 53 points. Another wet deck is on the

cards this Saturday morning at Sandringham and

Old Scotch will start favourites. Two wins against

OX for the season should be enough confidence for

the Cardinals to meet De La again, but the appetite

displayed against Beaumaris makes it folly to rule

out the Xavs. Old Xavs by 12 points.

North 1: It was not pretty, but it was very effective,

and in the end they got the job done: Werribee

deservedly booked a berth in the grand final, and

a rematch with semi final conquerors Fitzroy,

when they ground out a convincing win over Old

Carey at Highgate Reserve. A boil-over threatened

as Carey challenged the Tigers with a 3-goal-to-2

second term. In fact, there was only five points in

it at half-time. But in the third quarter the class of

Werribee told, and they slammed on six crucial

majors to put the game out of the Panthers’ reach.

It had been rumoured that Werribee were slightly

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undermanned in the semi, and interestingly they

had seven inclusions who were absent in that

shock loss to the Roys. Important among these

were Adam Salamone and Victor Borg, both in the

best players, and Jaxon Cooke who kicked three

goals. Hats off to Carey; they should be proud of

their fighting finals performances and third-place

finish.

Preview: Fittingly, it is the two best teams who

will play off for the prize. I expect Werribee to

bounce back from their second-semi final loss and

defeat Fitzroy by 20 points.

North 2: Old Ivanhoe carried their rich vein of

form into the preliminary final, and for the final

three quarters Aquinas had absolutely no answers.

After a subdued beginning, the flood-gates opened

after the first break, as the Hoers piled on fifteen

goals without allowing the Bloods to add to their

solitary major. James Moio has often slipped

under the radar but, after booting 6, he now has

56 goals to his name this season. Other important

contributors for Old Ivanhoe were Jack Ridewood,

Tim Gleeson, Michael Del Monte and Michael

Bacskos. They are now undefeated since Round

14 and are carrying a full head of steam into the

final game of the season. Aquinas will probably

be disappointed at finishing third, but of late their

form had been solid without being over-inspiring.

Preview: This grand final shapes as a classic, with

two in-form teams set to stage a real fair dinkum

battle. Possibly influenced by the result of their

Round 16 encounter, I am going to stick out my

neck and tip the underdog: Old Ivanhoe to upset

Therry-Penola by 5 points in a thriller.

South 1: A knock out Preliminary final between

two very even sides went right down to the wire

at Waverly Park on Saturday. Previous encounters

during the home and away season had both Skevs

and the Fields with one win a piece. Conditions

to put it bluntly were terrible, and all the big men

could do was crash packs and contest. In the end a

3-point win to Caulfield will see them into a Grand

Final against Old Brighton. In what is going to

be a close match I think the week off, class and

toughness of the Brighton midfield will get them

over the line. Old Brighton 4-goals.

Team of the Year:

FB: Daniel Code (Skobs) Sam Hillier (DLS)

Lachlan Simpson (HR)

HB: Gareth Taylor (Ormd) Tim Fitzgerald

(Skobs) Matthew Kyroussis (Coll)

C: Will Osborn (CG) Chris Axis (CG)

Thomas Mariani (OB)

HF: Owen Symington (Coll) Tom Small (CG)

Nick Coroneos (OB)

FF: Will Russel (Skobs) Tom Rowe (Skobs)

Will Newman (OB)

FOL: Andre Lister (CG) Charles Ring (Skobs)

Tim Nixon (CG)

Bench: Ashley King (OH) Ben Austin (OB)

Matthew Kaye (Ajax)

Tom Penberthy (Coll)

South 2: In ordinary conditions Old Geelong gave

it their all in the hope to keep their finals dream

alive. Leading all day they fell short at the final

hurdle, and the curtain closed on their season. The

Grand Final will be contested between Oakleigh

and Mazenod. A betting man cannot go past

Oakleigh as they have been the standout team

all year, however stranger things have happened

and with the weather the way it is a tough and

uncompromising brand of footy is what Mazenod

will need to have any chance. Oakleigh 6-goals

Team of the year top 22:

Nicholas Seel (Oak), Alex Edmondson (Beau) Rex

Gavan (MHSOB)Shaw Kitchen (OG)Ben Hall

(Pen)Tom Chambers (Maz)Zac Thiessens (Oak)

Josh Bosnar (OX) Joseph Griffiths (MB) Anthony

Goss (Beau)Thomas Mcmanamny (Beau), Myles

Mitchell (MB),Matthew Boyle (Maz),Gabby Irons

(Oak),Bradley Kilgore (Beau) Callum Wood (OG),

Ben Cunningham (Maz), Arran Bouten (Pen),

Matthew Vlahos (OX), Paul Tsoucalas (Oak), Ben

Skelton (OG),Sam Jones (Maz)

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LAST ROUND U19 RESULTS

U19 PREMIER

SEMI FINAL 1

OLD XAVERIANS 3.3, 4.5, 9.8, 10.9 (69)

BEAUMARIS 1.1, 3.5, 3.5, 4.8 (32)

GOALS, OLD XAVERIANS: L. Tiernan 3, H. Nidam 1, D. Harangozo 1,

W. Moffi tt 1, J. Stean 1, T. McClusky 1, T. Parker 1, N. Biddlecombe 1

BEAUMARIS: O. Webber 2, J. Di Natale 1, N. Dickinson 1

BEST, OLD XAVERIANS: J. McGrath, D. Harangozo, L. Tiernan, H. Nidam,

L. Bisset, D. Walker BEAUMARIS: J. Lapa, J. Di Natale, M. Globan,

M. Teasdale, J. Evans, G. Roberts

SEMI FINAL 2

DE LA SALLE 3.5, 4.5, 9.16, 9.19 (73)

OLD SCOTCH 0.1, 3.1, 4.1, 6.5 (41)

GOALS, DE LA SALLE: L. O’Connell 3, E. Clinch 2, A. Papamiltiades 1,

B. Close 1, H. Nicholson 1, E. Espinosa 1 OLD SCOTCH: M. van den Broek

4, S. Barnett 1, E. Furey 1

BEST, DE LA SALLE: B. Close, E. Clinch, L. O’Connell, A. Papamiltiades,

L. Williams, B. Wilson OLD SCOTCH: A. Harlock, S. Muttdon, M. van den

Broek, W. Darling, J. Anstee, M. Davis

U19 NORTH (1)

PRELIMINARY

WERRIBEE 2.2, 4.4, 10.7, 11.7 (73)

OLD CAREY 0.3, 3.5, 5.5, 5.9 (39)

GOALS, WERRIBEE: J. Cooke 3, M. Hill 2, C. Molivas 1, T. Sapountzis 1,

T. Dean 1, R. Harrington 1, M. Martin 1, J. De Pellegrin 1 OLD CAREY:

M. Parker 2, B. Fordham 2, A. van Schaik 1

BEST, WERRIBEE: C. Molivas, T. Dean, J. Hughes, V. Borg, R. Harrington,

A. Salamone OLD CAREY: M. Parker, P. Seale, L. Hall, T. Smith, H. Moore,

J. Thompson

U19 SOUTH (1)

PRELIMINARY

CAULFIELD GRAMMARIANS 4.3, 5.7, 5.7, 5.9 (39)

ST KEVINS 1.1, 1.2, 5.5, 5.6 (36)

GOALS, CAULFIELD GRAMMARIANS: W. Osborn 2, J. Aloni 1, R. Handel 1,

H. Gates 1 ST KEVINS: W. Russell 2, T. Jones 1, L. Amon 1, F. Keely 1

BEST, CAULFIELD GRAMMARIANS: M. Linklater, H. Gates, C. Axais,

W. Berry, J. Aloni, P. Mayes ST KEVINS: W. Quinert, J. Grinter, D. Code,

L. Amon, J. Murphy Cruise, B. Sullivan

U19 SOUTH (2)

PRELIMINARY

MAZENOD 1.0, 3.3, 4.7, 6.9 (45)

OLD GEELONG 2.2, 3.6, 5.6, 6.6 (42)

GOALS, MAZENOD: A. Zarafa 2, P. Blakeney 1, A. Jefferson 1, T. Chambers

1, A. Jones 1

OLD GEELONG: C. Wood 2, J. Lewis 2, B. Skelton 1, J. O’Shea 1

BEST, MAZENOD: M. Boyle, T. Chambers, A. Jones, S. Jones, A. Holmes,

J. Little OLD GEELONG: J. O’Shea, N. Hall, C. Wood, S. Kitchen, M. Gubbins,

J. Foster

U19 NORTH (2)

PRELIMINARY

OLD IVANHOE 3.6, 7.6, 10.9, 18.11 (119)

AQUINAS 1.1, 1.1, 1.5, 1.7 (13)

GOALS, OLD IVANHOE: J. Moio 6, J. Ridewood 4, T. Gleeson 2, D. Steele 2, C.

Pirret 1, O. Gualano 1, J. Jordan 1, M. Bacskos 1 AQUINAS: S. O’Loughlin 1

BEST, OLD IVANHOE: J. Ridewood, T. Gleeson, M. Bacskos, J. Birch,

M. Del Monte, M. Mitris

AQUINAS: L. McDonald, T. Rosevear, A. Woodward, S. Panozza, R. Foster,

P. Jurkovsky

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U19 PREMIER – PRELIMINARY FINAL

Saturday 11 September – Trevor Barker Oval

OLD SCOTCH

Coach: Tim Shearer

Asst: Coach: Steve Schilling

OLD XAVERIANS

Coaches: Tom Maule & Pat Halpin

Asst Coaches: David Prowse &

Luke McGuinness

1 P. Hodges

3 A. van Ryn

4 N. Smith

5 J. Sansom (DVC)

6 A. O’Shannessy (VC)

7 W. Darling

8 M. Davis (Capt)

9 A. Williamson (VC)

10 H. French

11 E. Marks

13 D. Kaliviotis

14 T. McKinley

16 J. Halbert

17 H. Carneli

18 J. Anstee (DVC)

19 T. Mursell

20 A. Harlock

21 S. Barnett (DVC)

23 M. van den Broek

29 M. Jane

32 C. Watts

33 H. Dick

37 S. Muttdon

44 N. Jamieson

52 G. van den Broek

56 L. Cooper

81 T. Hackett

92 M. Seed

94 E. Furey

1 Tristan Parker

2 Nicholas Biddlecombe

3 Hicham Nidam

4 Dom Walker

5 Thomas Mcclusky

6 James Woods

7 Jonathan Pintal

8 Jackson Mcgrath

9 Luke Bisset

10 Patrick Ambrose

11 Louis Tiernan

12 Daniel Harangozo

14 Sam Lees

15 Nick Meehan

16 Edward Maas

17 Zac Pirrie

18 Brendan Goss

19 Daniel Curtain

20 Robert Follachio

21 Jack Amad

22 Will Molony

23 Will Moffi tt

24 Jack O’sullivan

25 Daniel Barry

26 Elliot Pititto

27 Ben Plant

28 Matthew Mclean

29 Marcus Torr

30 Jack Franklyn

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U19 NORTH (1) – GRAND FINAL

Saturday 11 September – St Bernards College

FITZROY

Coach: Tim Bell

Asst Coach: Micheal Manoli

WERRIBEE

Coach: Roger Hand

Ass Coach: Paul Johns

Team Manager: Sandra Klein-Breteler

1 Patrick David

2 Jonathon Anderson

5 Toby Hudson-Bevege

6 Cheyne Evans

7 Michael Cussen

10 Dimitrios Kynigopoulos

11 Jack Dalton

12 Max Ellis

15 Nathan Jumeau

17 Connor Smith

18 Oliver Jach

19 John Atkinson

20 Dylan Patcas

21 Alexander Maskell-Knight

22 Mitchell McWhinney

23 Jack Simcoe

27 Matthew Gloster

29 Julian Turner

32 Dominic Pound-Palmieri

34 William Johnson

35 Cailean Moore

36 Christopher Mangubat

37 Cody Perkins

39 Adam Biggs

43 Raphael Lloyd

44 Jake Farrell

46 Gary McCarthy

61 Harry Free

64 Martyn Beacham

2 Murphy Watt

3 Michael Hill

4 Timothy Eccles

5 Lee Johnston

6 Callum Patterson

7 Travis Dean

8 Luke Klein-Butler

9 Jameel Sargent

10 Adam Salamone

11 Ben Morton

12 Chris Molivas

13 Victor Borg

14 Jonathon Jerman

15 Lachlan Patterson

16 Jonathon De Pellegrin

17 Hayden Daniels

18 Matthew Martin

19 Alex Eade

20 Jaxon Cooke

21 Mitchell Chadwick

22 Ryan Harrington

23 Jordan Hughes

24 Theodore Sapountzis

25 Adam Imber

26 Benjamin Leonard

27 William Swaby

28 Daniel Peers

29 Shannon Gill

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U19 NORTH (2) - GRAND FINAL

Sunday 12 September – Visy Park

THERRY PENOLA

Coach: R Egglestone

OLD IVANHOE

Coach: Brad Shadbolt

1 D. Valentino

2 P. McCrae

10 B. Egglestone

20 M. Valenti

22 W. Dean

23 S. Bye

24 D. Ractliffe

25 L. Ryan

29 S. Sampson

30 M. Heard

36 N. Milevski

39 J. Mennuni

43 J. McMahon

49 L. McNamara

50 T. McLaren

55 D. Leroy

59 L. Vassallo

77 G. Lynn

1 T Morris

2 A Webb

3 M Bacskos

4 K Tieman

5 D Imbesi

6 J Birch

7 M Del Monte (C)

8 A Bransgrove

9 A Sheehan

11 O Gualano

13 D Steele

14 M Bladin

15 C Harder

17 M Mitris

18 A Caserta

21 J Miriklis

23 J Harrison

28 M Caserta

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30 B Carpinteri

34 M Licata

39 T Gleeson

41 C Pirrett

43 J Moio

44 M Kemay

55 J Ridewood

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U19 SOUTH (1) - GRAND FINAL

Sunday 12 September – Trevor Barker Oval

OLD BRIGHTON

Coach: Adam Pirrie

CAULFIELD GRAM

Coach: Ben Gross

1. Ben Austin

3. Michael Waite

4. Riley Cummin

5. Marcus Ward

6. Cameron Rosengarten

7. Tom Mariani (C)

8. Charles Davidson

9. Josh Kumm

10. Alistair Taylor

11. Scott Bilger

12. Thomas Priestley

13. Nicholas Schaffer

14. Stuart Hooy

17. Lachlan Nicholls

19. Spencer Timms

20. Alaistair Pascoe

21. James Cox

22. William Newman

23. Jack Lees

24. Jordan Portelli

26. Duncan Mackenzie

27. Edward Granter

28. James Nearchou

31. Niall Collins

37. Christopher Walton

41. Edward Stott

43. David Naughton

48. Kieran Rawlinson

53. Nick Coroneos

55. Michael Karayannis

62. Hayden Mclennan

71. Andrew Martin

72. Jarrod Sargent

81. Alexander Dick

1 T O’Sullivan

2 T Small

3 B Schwarer

4 M Linklater

5 J Henty

6 W Berry

7 J Aloni

8 L Everett

9 W Osborn

10 R Lewis

11 J Gray

12 S Pincus

13 C Mengler-Francis

14 T McCurdy

15 P Mayes

16 T Nixon

17 S Dickson

18 C Axais

19 W Conly

20 E Hawke

21 S Stewart

22 Z Parsons

23 A Lister

24 J Waldron

25 R Handel

26 J Tobias

27 D Hay

28 T Cox

29 M Ford

31 B Frazer-Synnott

33 T Rowsthorn

34 W Morley

35 H Gates

36 T Sengstock

37 B Andrew

40 S Tamblyn

44 M Court

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U19 SOUTH (2) - GRAND FINAL

Saturday 11 September – Trevor Barker Oval

OAKLEIGH

Coach: Chris Moore

Runner: Dave Irons

MAZENOD

Coach: Paul McGowan

Asst Coach: Chris Boyle

1 T McNamara

2 T Scott

3 M White

4 Z Thiessens (C)

5 N Seel (DVC)

6 J Pappon

7 G Irons

8 A Abel

9 P Ionnides

10 J Olsen

11 P Tscoucalas

12 C Mercuri

13 A Gigliotti

14 M Catalla (VC)

15 J Doran

16 G Smith-Steane

17 A Dal Santo

18 A Mathiesson

19 J Hunt

20 S Hurley

21 R Jetta

22 A Shaw

23 B Quinn

24 D Mercuri

25 J Williams

26 L Morin

27 M Ritchens

28 A Valentini

29 J Sassos

30 T Harold

1. M Boyle

2. D Hendricks

3 D DeLeon (DVC)

4 T Chambers

7 A Jefferson

8 J Tyrrell

9 C Healy

10 P Blakeney

11 A Marturano

12 D Smith

14 S Welsford (DVC)

15 A Jones

16 J Gianchino

17 S Jones

18 A Zarafa

19 A Holmes (C)

20 J Little (VC)

21 M Bolitho

23 M King

24 J Gentile

27 J Murphy

28 M Selleck

29 N Gentile

30 A Bau

31 P Flanagan

34 M Daly

51 M Arnot

53 B Cunningham

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(streaming live on the web at

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VAFA MEDIA

SATURDAY

9:00am - 11:00am: The VAFA Footy Show

1:45pm - 5:00pm: VAFA Match of the Day

Premier B Preliminary Final

Old Haileybury vs University Blacks

6:30pm: Local Sports Round-Up

SUNDAY

From 1:45pm Premier Preliminary Final

Old Xaverians vs De La Salle

SUNDAYS

98.9 North West FM

6:30pm - 9:00pm:

Amateur Football Report with

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SUNDAYS

88.3 Southern FM

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9:15am - 10:30am: VAFA Sunday with Tom Brain

and Steve McCarthy

LATE SCORES, FINES & TRIBUNAL

Results of Tribunal – September 7, 2010

From August 29

Shane Mottram, UHS-VU (Res). Striking,

4 matches (appeal).

From September 4/5

Rohan Scott, St. Johns OC. Striking, 2 matches.

*Darren Bowden, Power House. Striking,

2 matches.

*Billy Lim, North Brunswick (Reserves).

Unduly rough play, 3 matches.

*Accepted Prescribed Penalty

Results of Investigations – September 7, 2010

North Old Boys / St Pats minor melee, reserves

on August 29.

Both clubs accepted prescribed penalty of $100.

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UMPIRES

Steve McCarthy & Leah Gallagher

GRAND FINALS

This weekend is the ultimate prize for teams who

have battled it out over 20 weeks. We umpires will

have the same feeling as it has also been a reward

for a season of highs and lows.

Grand Finals are special and if you are appointed

to one, be it that you think you deserved it or are

disappointed that it was not the section you wanted,

take it, enjoy it and be prepared for two teams who

will leave nothing in the club rooms to get to the

their prize. Good luck to all! Enjoy, but you still

have an important job to do on the day.

Do the VAFAUA and yourself proud in your

biggest game of the year.

To the clubs who see themselves in higher sections

for 2011, congratulations on the promotion, but as

you know the job will be completed today.

WHICH WAY?

At times, players might kick in the wrong direction;

they just have a little brain fade for a few seconds.

Field umpire Damien Anthony had that same fade

a few weeks back when he paid a free kick then

awarded a 25m penalty. Damien started backing

off towards the players back line instead of the

forward line, the penny dropped very quickly and

the direction was corrected.

TIMES UP!

When the final siren rings to end the Division 1 grand

final this weekend we will see the end a fantastic

career for a VAFA stalwart. After 819 games and

28 years involvement, legendary Monash Blues

timekeeper James (Jimmy) Maloney will be

hanging up the stopwatch. For most of his time

at Monash, Jimmy has controlled the clock for

both the ressies and seniors only missing a handful

of games in that long career. His commitment to

his role and the Monash Blues Football Club is

unquestionable and we as umpires will certainly

miss him. Never one to seek the accolades, we find

it amazing to see him missing from the list of VAFA

Certificate of Merit recipients. As all at Monash

know, no-one is allowed near the controls of the

electronic scoreboard out there at the Frearson

Oval so handing over those duties will be tough for

Jimmy. Very big shoes to fill when Monash Blues

return to premier C in 2011! With Monash Blues

playing in the two grand finals out at St.Bernards

today, how appropriate and what a fairytale finish

it would be if Jimmy pushes that button to end

the game with him seeing (and participating in) at

least one Monash win. Congratulations Jimmy on

your years of dedication to the task and don’t be a

stranger to the VAFA.

CONGRATULATIONS

Young field umpire Jayde Daly won the Golden

Whistle Award with the Moorabbin Saints

Junior Football League last week. Jayde who

has been with us a few years now also helps out

umpiring and mentoring the junior umpires at the

MSJFL and is a rightful recipient of this award.

Congrats Jayde.

Off field, well done to Tim Sutcliffe whose effort

on our night of nights earned him the “First Out The

Door” award, proudly sponsored by the Security

of Crown Casino. Running a close second was

Rebecca Brown. Certainly not the quinella most

people would have gone for based on the markets

framed by Brent Woodhead early that day.

UMPIRES OF THE YEAR

On Monday night at the VAFA’s Big Night Out

a couple of important awards are handed out

to the umpires. Umpire of the Year and Most

Promising Umpire will be presented. Next week

in this column we will be naming our Umpire of

the Year – the one who has impressed (?) us the

most in 2010.

Congratulations also to former VAFA goal umpire

Steve Piperno on receiving the VFL Umpire of

the Year.

PUB RUN

Don’t forget the traditional Pub Run next Thursday

night. Head to The Wick for a couple to celebrate

the end of the year (except for the conscientious

few who are still “live” and need to train).

And spots are filling fast for our Grand Final brunch

prior to the Premier GF. See Rusty Davidson for

details.

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UNDER 18

TO THE FINALE . . .

Nick Wald

And then there were two…in each division.

Season 2010 comes to a close today for the

U18s and we have two thrilling contests on hand

to decide who will take home the cup for the

respective divisions.

be looking to carry his recent form into today’s

match. Werribee’s formidable season came to a

close and they can be proud of their efforts as

they drink themselves into a state worthy of

another Channel Seven documentary.

In Division 1, Oakleigh will meet Rupertswood

after they annihilated a very flat Werribee team

by 90 points in the most lopsided prelim many

had ever witnessed. It was a question of whether

Werribee’s winning momentum from last week’s

semi would trump an Oakleigh outfit that was

stung by the all-conquering Rupertswood side

in their final. The answer wasn’t all that clear

early on in the game with Werribee refusing to

let the Krushers kick away, and the game was

well and truly anyone’s for the taking at half time

with just four goals separating the sides. It was

in the rooms at half time that Oakleigh decided

they weren’t going to dominate all season only to

bomb out of contention in straight sets, and they

put the game to bed in the third quarter as they

kicked eight goals and restricted the Bees to just

three behinds. In a warning to Rupo who await

the Krushers in the GF, Oakleigh did not stop

crushing until the final siren when the margin

stood at 90 points. A thirteen goal to two second

half set up the monstrous win and we now have

the grand final duel that many predicted. Rodney

Jetta backed up last week’s haul with another

eight to take his finals tally to thirteen and he

has to be stopped today if the Woods are to get

their hands on the flag. They should also be wary

of Cloke and Costigan who booted three apiece

and have the ability to wreak havoc if Jetta is

targeted. James Mreulje was outstanding and will

TODAY

Selections in BOLD

DIVISION 1

RUPERTSWOOD v OAKLEIGH

DIVISION 2

ST BERNARD’S v UHS-VU FLEMINGTON.

St Bernard’s and UHS-VU/Flemington will fight

it out after the Pitters outmuscled St Johns in the

Div 2 prelim. In greasy conditions at KB Reserve

on Saturday morning, neither side was able to

assert themselves on the contest in the opening

quarter, scoring just one goal apiece. Bernards

found themselves trailing narrowly at the first

break but could not have dreamt of a better second

quarter as they slammed on eight goals and kept

St Johns scoreless. A seemingly unassailable half

time lead to the Snow Dogs proved to be just that,

although St Johns did themselves no favours in

the second half kicking 2.7. Despite being

outscored, Bernards are now into their second

successive GF and will be desperate to atone for

last year’s disappointment. Based on a Facebook

event for the Granny that is being played out at

Craigieburn, 148 Bernards’ fans will be willing

their side over the line against the Acronyms.

LAST ROUND RESULTS

UNDER 18 DIV 1

PRELIMINARY

OAKLEIGH 5.5, 7.9, 15.12, 20.14 (134)

WERRIBEE 2.1, 4.2, 4.6, 6.8 (44)

GOALS, OAKLEIGH: R. Jetta 8, A. Cloke 3, T. Costigan 3, P. Raso 2, T. Harold

1, S. Stamos 1, J. Mreulje 1, D. Ruddy 1 WERRIBEE: D. Taylor 2, N. Fincher

1, J. Patty 1, J. De Pellegrin 1, E. Turner 1

BEST, OAKLEIGH: J. Mreulje, A. Valentini, S. Scott, M. Podesta, R. Jetta,

P. Raso WERRIBEE: M. Turner, J. De Pellegrin, J. Green-Mc Neilly,

J. Depetro, C. Butt, D. Taylor

UNDER 18 DIV 2

PRELIMINARY

ST BERNARDS 1.0, 9.3, 9.3, 11.6 (72)

ST JOHNS 1.4, 1.4, 2.5, 3.11 (29)

GOALS, ST BERNARDS: P. Lenoury 2, A. Graham 2, C. Connelly 1, J. Weir

1, M. Sulzberger 1, L. Bevanda 1, J. Bennie 1, M. Kavanagh 1, J. Pignataro

1 ST JOHNS: Not provided

BEST, ST BERNARDS: J. Bennie, P. Lenoury, M. Sulzberger, T. Lynch,

J. Van Meel, A. Graham ST JOHNS: Not provided

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U18 DIVISION 1 - GRAND FINAL

Sunday 12 September – Visy Park

RUPERTSWOOD

Coach: Rod Williams

Asst Coach: Shane Braddy

OAKLEIGH

Coach: Danny Hall

Runner: Michael Harold

1 M Twentyman

2 J Gay

3 M Wilson

4 B Grech

5 B Riley

6 J Williams

7 M Said

8 M Tabone

9 T Galea

10 M Heywood

11 T Stefaniw

14 S Morganti

15 B Swallow

16 K Murphy

17 H Plumb

18 J Gale

19 J Simpson

21 J Dunn

22 L McKenna

24 J Janson

25 B Webber

29 C Schofi eld

31 J Kremers

33 D Bourne

34 T Murphy

35 J Braddy

38 R Braddy

44 T Coles

56 J Koenigsmann

1 L Morin (C)

2 S Stamos

3 S Scott

4 C Parry (VC)

5 T Harold

6 A Cloke

7 J Mreulje

8 A Valentini

9 T Costigan

10 D Ruddy

11 G Angelopoulos

12 M Podesta

13 J Paola

14 P Falvo

15 S Wines

16 J Dal Santo

17 P Raso

18 C Lavery (VC)

19 A Dal Santo

20 S Corfe

21 R Jetta

22 M Tate

23 M Pardy

24 T Minchin

25 J Williams

26 S Prins

27 R McCarthy

28 A Bau

29 J O’Shannassy

30 C Hermitte

TEAM 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Siren

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U18 DIVISION 2 - GRAND FINAL

Sunday 12 September – Highgate Reserve

UHS-VU/FLEMING

Coach: M Grant

Assts: T Habel & O Aslan

ST BERNARDS

Coach: Anthony Sullivan

Asst Coach: Ken Graham

1 B Anderson

2 N Rowlands

3 E Pearson

4 W Cheeseman

5 A Burman

7 N Pinto

8 L Allen

9 N Devereux

12 K Grimshaw

13 J Saill

14 D Spiteri

16 S Mcsweeney

17 J Maculay

18 B Kelly

19 W Williams

20 M Khodr

21 A Ausage

22 O Conlan

23 S Farah

24 A Scek-Dahir

25 L St Clair

27 M Fogarty

30 S Parker

43 O Rosa

72 N Waugh

83 M Bourke

89 B Suna

90 H Everist

99 G Guest

12 James Weir

13 Joe Pignataro

16 James Bennie

26 Michael Hughes

28 Michael Kavanagh

29 Andrew Gurrisi

34 Andrew Graham

35 James Bye

36 Sam Firth

37 Peter Le Noury

38 Tom Lynch

41 Liam Jilla

42 Keiran O’Connor

43 Michael Sulzberger

45 Jake Van Meel

46 Lachlan Allison

47 Matthew Feehan

48 Matthew Gurrisi

49 Lachlan Neal

50 Liam Mcintyre

51 Mark Kelly

52 Blair Morton

53 Liam Bevanda

54 Matthew Corso

55 M Smith

56 Matthew Ferlazzo

57 Zeeshan Awan

58 Tom Mason

59 Charlie Connelly

NORTH

SUBURBAN

SPORTS

CLUB. INC.

TEAM 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Siren

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U19 NORTH 1 P W L D B FF F A % Pts

WERRIBEE 18 16 0 0 0 2 2333 1014 230.08 72

FITZROY 18 12 6 0 0 0 2324 1229 189.1 48

ST BERNARDS 18 10 7 0 0 1 1878 1227 153.06 44

OLD CAREY 18 10 8 0 0 0 1590 1462 108.76 40

OLD ESSENDON 18 5 13 0 0 0 1240 1971 62.91 20

OLD TRINITY 18 4 14 0 0 0 1198 2182 54.9 16

U19 SOUTH 1 P W L D B FF F A % Pts

OLD BRIGHTON 18 16 2 0 0 0 1808 867 208.54 64

CAULFIELD GRAM 18 15 3 0 0 0 1624 782 207.67 60

AJAX 18 11 6 1 0 0 1511 1123 134.55 46

ST KEVINS 18 11 7 0 0 0 1835 941 195.01 44

COLLEGIANS 18 11 7 0 0 0 1325 1160 114.22 44

OLD MENTONIANSS 18 8 9 0 0 1 1284 1434 89.54 36

ORMOND 18 6 11 0 0 1 1249 1420 87.96 28

DE LA SALLE 18 7 11 0 0 0 1105 1544 71.57 28

HAMPTON ROVERS 18 2 15 1 0 0 878 1690 51.95 10

OLD HAILEYBURY 18 1 17 0 0 0 675 2344 28.8 4

U19 SOUTH 2 P W L D B FF F A % Pts

OAKLEIGH 18 17 1 0 0 0 2448 954 256.6 68

MAZENOD 18 14 4 0 0 0 1908 965 197.72 56

OLD XAVERIANS 18 11 7 0 0 0 1689 1296 130.32 44

OLD GEELONG 18 10 8 0 0 0 1614 1413 114.23 40

PENINSULA 18 9 9 0 0 0 1216 1539 79.01 36

MONASH BLUES 18 7 10 0 0 1 1484 1103 134.54 32

BEAUMARIS 18 3 15 0 0 0 928 2011 46.15 12

MHSOB 18 0 18 0 0 0 653 2651 24.63 0

U19 NORTH 2 P W L D B FF F A % Pts

THERRY PENOLA 18 15 3 0 0 0 2149 1043 206.04 60

AQUINAS 18 13 5 0 0 0 1674 1206 138.81 52

OLD WESTBOURNE 18 10 7 0 0 1 1423 1210 117.6 44

OLD IVANHOE 10 9 1 0 0 0 1646 1546 106.47 44

LA TROBE UNI 18 10 8 0 0 0 1715 1316 130.32 40

IVANHOE 18 10 8 0 0 0 1552 1206 128.69 40

BULLEEN TEMP 18 9 9 0 0 0 1429 1589 89.93 36

WHITEFRIARS O 10 2 8 0 0 0 846 2165 39.08 8

FITZROY 18 2 16 0 0 0 815 2104 38.74 8

EMMAUS ST LEOS 18 1 17 0 0 0 749 2249 33.3 4

U18 DIVISION 1 P W L D B FF F A % Pts

RUPERTSWOOD 18 16 1 0 0 1 2054 885 232.09 68

OAKLEIGH 18 12 6 0 0 0 1785 1369 130.39 48

WERRIBEE 18 9 7 0 0 2 1824 1208 150.99 44

OLD CAMBERWELL 18 11 7 0 0 0 1641 1411 116.3 44

NORTHERN BULLANTS 18 9 9 0 0 0 1577 1308 120.57 36

ST BEDES/MT 18 8 10 0 0 0 1201 1579 76.06 32

U18 DIVISION 2 P W L D B FF F A % Pts

UHS-VU / FLEM 18 10 8 0 0 0 1241 1561 79.5 40

ST JOHNS 18 8 10 0 0 0 1235 1130 109.29 32

ST BERNARDS 18 8 10 0 0 0 1129 1434 78.73 32

ST MARY’S SAL 18 7 11 0 0 0 1315 1362 96.55 28

THERRY PENOLA 18 6 12 0 0 0 1174 1615 72.69 24

AQUINAS 18 1 17 0 0 0 804 2118 37.96 4

CLUB XVIII 1 P W L D B FF F A % Pts

OLD MELBURNIANS 15 13 1 0 1 0 1527 678 225.22 56

OLD XAVERIANS 15 10 2 0 2 1 1385 734 188.69 52

UNI BLACKS 15 8 4 0 3 0 1326 832 159.38 44

PRAHRAN 15 5 8 0 2 0 928 1029 90.18 28

DE LA SALLE 15 4 9 0 2 0 1001 1067 93.81 24

MONASH BLUES 15 4 9 0 1 1 999 1195 83.6 24

ST BERNARDS 15 1 12 0 2 0 604 1422 42.48 12

CLUB XVIII NTH P W L D B FF F A % Pts

OLD ESSENDON 15 15 0 0 0 0 1551 588 263.78 60

FITZROY 15 11 4 0 0 0 1191 802 148.5 44

THERRY PENOLA 15 11 4 0 0 0 1174 918 127.89 44

WILLIAMSTOWN CYMS 15 9 5 0 0 1 1267 845 149.94 40

NOBS/ST PATS 15 10 5 0 0 0 1351 1022 132.19 40

OLD CAREY 15 7 8 0 0 0 1174 1065 110.23 28

OLD PARADIANS 15 4 11 0 0 0 876 1137 77.04 16

UHS-VU 15 3 12 0 0 0 828 1600 51.75 12

WHITEFRIARS 15 2 13 0 0 0 893 1462 61.08 8

OLD WESTBOURNE 15 2 13 0 0 0 618 1484 41.64 8

CLUB XVIII STH P W L D B FF F A % Pts

CAULFIELD GRAM 15 11 3 0 0 1 1431 831 172.2 48

RICHMOND CENT 15 9 5 0 0 1 1201 984 122.05 40

ORMOND 15 9 6 0 0 0 1100 721 152.57 36

MAZENOD 15 8 6 0 0 1 1237 850 145.53 36

OLD GEELONG 15 7 6 0 0 2 1241 945 131.32 36

HAMPTON ROVERS 15 1 14 0 0 0 590 1661 35.52 4

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PREMIER C P W L D B FF F A % Pts

BEAUMARIS 18 15 3 0 0 0 1574 1171 134.42 60

CAULFIELD GRAM 18 14 4 0 0 0 1793 1068 167.88 56

AJAX 18 14 4 0 0 0 1774 1203 147.46 56

OLD CAMBERWELL 18 11 6 1 0 0 1567 1482 105.74 46

MAZENOD 18 10 7 1 0 0 1451 1294 112.13 42

RUPERTSWOOD 18 8 10 0 0 0 1566 1562 100.26 32

FITZROY 18 7 11 0 0 0 1285 1383 92.91 28

ORMOND 18 7 11 0 0 0 1413 1552 91.04 28

OLD GEELONG 18 2 16 0 0 0 1108 1909 58.04 8

PARKDALE VULTURES 18 1 17 0 0 0 1143 2050 55.76 4

PREMIER C RES P W L D B FF F A % Pts

CAULFIELD GRAM 18 15 3 0 0 0 1866 808 230.94 60

ORMOND 18 15 3 0 0 0 1764 811 217.51 60

OLD GEELONG 18 14 3 1 0 0 1522 931 163.48 58

MAZENOD 18 13 4 1 0 0 1727 943 183.14 54

AJAX 18 11 7 0 0 0 1409 1157 121.78 44

FITZROY 18 7 11 0 0 0 1059 1452 72.93 28

OLD CAMBERWELL 18 6 12 0 0 0 1412 1300 108.62 24

BEAUMARIS 18 5 13 0 0 0 1383 1312 105.41 20

RUPERTSWOOD 18 3 15 0 0 0 856 2219 38.58 12

PARKDALE VULTURES 18 0 18 0 0 0 565 2630 21.48 0

DIVISION 1 P W L D B FF F A % Pts

WERRIBEE 18 17 1 0 0 0 2423 1041 232.76 68

MONASH BLUES 18 12 6 0 0 0 1642 1239 132.53 48

PENINSULA 18 12 6 0 0 0 1668 1272 131.13 48

NOBS/ST PATS 18 11 7 0 0 0 1638 1561 104.93 44

WILLIAMSTOWN CYMS 18 10 8 0 0 0 1786 1669 107.01 40

BULLEEN TEMP 18 8 10 0 0 0 1656 1637 101.16 32

WHITEFRIARS 18 7 11 0 0 0 1305 1610 81.06 28

OLD MENTONIANSS 18 6 12 0 0 0 1417 1751 80.93 24

AQUINAS 18 5 13 0 0 0 1237 1723 71.79 20

STH MELB DIST 18 2 16 0 0 0 1017 2286 44.49 8

DIVISION 1 RES P W L D B FF F A % Pts

MONASH BLUES 18 17 1 0 0 0 1875 608 308.39 68

WHITEFRIARS 18 14 4 0 0 0 1703 903 188.59 56

NOBS/ST PATS 18 14 4 0 0 0 1426 950 150.11 56

WERRIBEE 18 10 8 0 0 0 1446 1213 119.21 40

WILLIAMSTOWN CYMS 18 10 8 0 0 0 1278 1337 95.59 40

PENINSULA 18 8 10 0 0 0 1010 1268 79.65 32

OLD MENTONIANSS 18 7 11 0 0 0 1042 1552 67.14 28

AQUINAS 18 5 13 0 0 0 1000 1370 72.99 20

BULLEEN TEMP 18 5 13 0 0 0 1106 1518 72.86 20

STH MELB DIST 18 0 18 0 0 0 726 1929 37.64 0

DIVISION 2 P W L D B FF F A % Pts

BANYULE 18 16 2 0 0 0 2133 1209 176.43 64

GLEN EIRA 18 11 7 0 0 0 1481 1520 97.43 44

OLD PARADIANS 18 10 8 0 0 0 1552 1396 111.17 40

OLD WESTBOURNE 18 10 8 0 0 0 1563 1516 103.1 40

EMMAUS ST LEOS 18 9 8 1 0 0 1537 1682 91.38 38

BENTLEIGH 18 8 9 1 0 0 1626 1614 100.74 34

THERRY PENOLA 18 8 10 0 0 0 1272 1573 80.86 32

ELTHAM 18 6 12 0 0 0 1531 1536 99.67 24

ST MARY’S SAL 18 6 12 0 0 0 1332 1649 80.78 24

PRAHRAN 18 5 13 0 0 0 1201 1533 78.34 20

DIVISION 2 RES P W L D B FF F A % Pts

BANYULE 18 16 2 0 0 0 1957 956 204.71 64

BENTLEIGH 18 16 2 0 0 0 1891 982 192.57 64

OLD PARADIANS 18 14 4 0 0 0 1643 806 203.85 56

OLD WESTBOURNE 18 10 8 0 0 0 1318 1043 126.37 40

THERRY PENOLA 18 10 8 0 0 0 1315 1211 108.59 40

PRAHRAN 18 7 11 0 0 0 1112 1419 78.37 28

EMMAUS ST LEOS 18 6 12 0 0 0 1152 1557 73.99 24

ST MARY’S SAL 18 4 14 0 0 0 994 1755 56.64 16

GLEN EIRA 18 4 14 0 0 0 786 1680 46.79 16

ELTHAM 18 3 15 0 0 0 926 1685 54.96 12

DIVISION 3 P W L D B FF F A % Pts

ST JOHNS 18 15 3 0 0 0 2049 1209 169.48 60

LA TROBE UNI 18 14 4 0 0 0 1720 1178 146.01 56

POWER HOUSE 18 11 7 0 0 0 1368 1212 112.87 44

ELSTERNWICK 18 11 7 0 0 0 1756 1590 110.44 44

ALBERT PARK 18 10 8 0 0 0 1677 1472 113.93 40

UHS-VU 18 10 8 0 0 0 1683 1621 103.82 40

IVANHOE 18 10 8 0 0 0 1474 1537 95.9 40

YARRA VALLEY 18 9 9 0 0 0 1671 1420 117.68 36

HAWTHORN 18 9 9 0 0 0 1714 1638 104.64 36

WEST BRUNSWICK 18 7 11 0 0 0 1206 1584 76.14 28

KEW 18 1 17 0 0 0 1152 2001 57.57 4

ST FRANCIS XAV 18 1 17 0 0 0 1115 2123 52.52 4

DIVISION 3 RES P W L D B FF F A % Pts

YARRA VALLEY 18 16 1 1 0 0 2056 805 255.4 66

UHS-VU 18 15 2 1 0 0 1774 879 201.82 62

LA TROBE UNI 18 15 3 0 0 0 1470 847 173.55 60

POWER HOUSE 18 11 7 0 0 0 1303 1020 127.75 44

WEST BRUNSWICK 18 10 8 0 0 0 1289 1139 113.17 40

HAWTHORN 18 9 9 0 0 0 1439 1293 111.29 36

IVANHOE 18 8 10 0 0 0 1186 1359 87.27 32

ST JOHNS 18 7 11 0 0 0 1348 1566 86.08 28

KEW 18 7 11 0 0 0 1214 1510 80.4 28

ELSTERNWICK 18 4 14 0 0 0 994 1827 54.41 16

ALBERT PARK 18 3 15 0 0 0 1045 1835 56.95 12

ST FRANCIS XAV 18 2 16 0 0 0 777 1893 41.05 8

DIVISION 4 P W L D B FF F A % Pts

MONASH GRYPHONS 18 15 1 0 2 0 2165 958 225.99 68

MT LILYDALE 18 15 1 0 2 0 1890 1056 178.98 68

MANNINGHAM COBRAS 18 10 6 0 2 0 1688 1191 141.73 48

ELEY PARK 18 9 7 0 2 0 1681 1326 126.77 44

SOUTH MORNINGTON 18 9 7 0 2 0 1690 1399 120.8 44

BOX HILL NORTH 18 8 8 0 2 0 1595 1691 94.32 40

SWINBURNE UNI 18 7 8 1 2 0 1474 1399 105.36 38

NORTH BRUNSWICK 18 5 10 1 2 0 1371 1588 86.34 30

RICHMOND CENT 18 5 11 0 2 0 1229 1474 83.38 28

POINT COOK 18 4 12 0 2 0 1229 1990 61.76 24

CHADSTONE 18 0 16 0 2 0 512 2452 20.88 8

DIVISION 4 RES P W L D B FF F A % Pts

MONASH GRYPHONS 18 15 1 0 2 0 2135 577 370.02 68

NORTH BRUNSWICK 18 14 2 0 2 0 1635 793 206.18 64

SOUTH MORNINGTON 18 12 4 0 2 0 1469 882 166.55 56

RICHMOND CENT 18 11 5 0 2 0 1379 1078 127.92 52

SWINBURNE UNI 18 10 6 0 2 0 1417 1039 136.38 48

MANNINGHAM COBRAS 18 9 7 0 2 0 1312 950 138.11 44

MT LILYDALE 18 6 10 0 2 0 915 1324 69.11 32

ELEY PARK 18 6 10 0 2 0 969 1449 66.87 32

POINT COOK 18 3 13 0 2 0 849 1738 48.85 20

BOX HILL NORTH 18 2 14 0 2 0 886 1767 50.14 16

CHADSTONE 18 0 16 0 2 0 618 2046 30.21 8

U19 PREMIER P W L D B FF F A % Pts

DE LA SALLE 18 18 0 0 0 0 2114 721 293.2 72

OLD SCOTCH 18 14 3 1 0 0 1865 1095 170.32 58

BEAUMARIS 18 13 5 0 0 0 1604 1092 146.89 52

OLD XAVERIANS 18 10 7 1 0 0 1662 1267 131.18 42

UNI BLUES 18 9 7 2 0 0 1322 1473 89.75 40

OLD CAMBERWELL 18 7 11 0 0 0 1355 1648 82.22 28

ST BEDES/MT 18 6 12 0 0 0 1171 1452 80.65 24

OLD MELBURNIANS 18 5 13 0 0 0 1314 1690 77.75 20

UNI BLACKS 18 4 13 1 0 0 993 1744 56.94 18

MARCELLIN 18 1 16 1 0 0 830 2048 40.53 6

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WINNING EDGE

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

The Winning Edge Club Championship has been

won by De La Salle, who by any measure turned

in a sensational season all round. Four of its six

teams made the finals, and for the purpose of the

club championship, they were the right ones. Their

1s finished 3 rd , their Reserves 1 st , their U19s 1 st

(and unbeaten) and their Thirds in 2 nd place. Tally:

159 points.

Finishing second was Caulfield Grammarians

on 143. The Fields might have been closer but

for a couple of late season losses, but their

consolation prize is their promotion to Premier B.

Tally: 143 points.

Werribee finished third, just another point back.

They will also be promoted, jumping to Premier C

for the first time. Tally: 142.

Positions four through six are filled by Old

Xaverians (136.5), Collegians (124) and

University Blues (121), all of whom made the

finals in Premier football, along with De La Salle.

The strength of these Premier clubs comes from

quantity as well as quality and a Thirds team would

seem to be a pre-requisite.

Banyule, dominant and promoted after a great year in

Division 2, also had their Thirds, playing in Premier

B, finish on top. Their fifteenth place finish (109)

would have been higher but for the lack of a junior

team (and a missed opportunity at 54 points).

VAFA LADDERS 2010

PREMIER P W L D B FF F A % Pts

COLLEGIANS 18 16 2 0 0 0 1677 1102 152.18 64

OLD XAVERIANS 18 15 3 0 0 0 1663 917 181.35 60

DE LA SALLE 18 15 3 0 0 0 1768 1099 160.87 60

UNI BLUES 18 12 6 0 0 0 1838 1186 154.97 48

ST BEDES/MT 18 9 9 0 0 0 1359 1323 102.72 36

OLD SCOTCH 18 7 11 0 0 0 1411 1493 94.51 28

OLD MELBURNIANS 18 6 12 0 0 0 1298 1631 79.58 24

OLD TRINITY 18 5 12 1 0 0 1186 1799 65.93 22

OLD BRIGHTON 18 3 14 1 0 0 1194 1648 72.45 14

MARCELLIN 18 1 17 0 0 0 899 2095 42.91 4

PREMIER RES P W L D B FF F A % Pts

DE LA SALLE 18 15 3 0 0 0 1894 881 214.98 60

UNI BLUES 18 15 3 0 0 0 1705 801 212.86 60

OLD XAVERIANS 18 15 3 0 0 0 1788 876 204.11 60

OLD MELBURNIANS 18 14 4 0 0 0 1640 933 175.78 56

COLLEGIANS 18 8 10 0 0 0 1138 1169 97.35 32

ST BEDES/MT 18 7 10 1 0 0 1289 1398 92.2 30

OLD SCOTCH 18 6 11 1 0 0 1226 1527 80.29 26

OLD BRIGHTON 18 4 14 0 0 0 1023 1665 61.44 16

OLD TRINITY 18 3 14 1 0 0 893 1754 50.91 14

MARCELLIN 18 1 16 1 0 0 685 2277 30.08 6

PREMIER THIRDS P W L D B FF F A % Pts

OLD XAVERIANS 18 13 2 0 0 3 1967 773 254.46 64

DE LA SALLE 18 13 3 0 0 2 1907 821 232.28 60

OLD MELBURNIANS 18 12 4 0 0 2 1630 982 165.99 56

UNI BLUES 18 9 5 0 0 4 1861 1076 172.96 52

COLLEGIANS 18 11 6 0 0 1 1557 1186 131.28 48

OLD SCOTCH 18 5 12 0 0 1 1099 1593 68.99 24

OLD TRINITY 18 4 13 0 0 1 1101 1625 67.75 20

ST BEDES/MT 18 4 13 0 0 1 1034 1738 59.49 20

MARCELLIN 18 3 14 0 0 1 1007 1914 52.61 16

OLD BRIGHTON 18 0 18 0 0 0 772 2227 34.67 0

PREMIER B P W L D B FF F A % Pts

OLD CAREY 18 14 4 0 0 0 2009 1200 167.42 56

OLD HAILEYBURY 18 12 6 0 0 0 1818 1376 132.12 48

UNI BLACKS 18 12 6 0 0 0 1585 1316 120.44 48

OLD IVANHOE 18 12 6 0 0 0 1594 1324 120.39 48

ST KEVINS 18 11 7 0 0 0 1698 1418 119.75 44

ST BERNARDS 18 9 9 0 0 0 1589 1628 97.6 36

OAKLEIGH 18 9 9 0 0 0 1584 1752 90.41 36

HAMPTON ROVERS 18 7 11 0 0 0 1704 1767 96.43 28

OLD ESSENDON 18 2 16 0 0 0 1250 1947 64.2 8

MHSOB 18 2 16 0 0 0 1160 2293 50.59 8

PREMIER B RES P W L D B FF F A % Pts

UNI BLACKS 18 16 2 0 0 0 1816 547 331.99 64

ST BERNARDS 18 15 3 0 0 0 1731 832 208.05 60

ST KEVINS 18 14 4 0 0 0 1764 889 198.43 56

OAKLEIGH 18 10 8 0 0 0 1221 1311 93.14 40

OLD ESSENDON 18 9 9 0 0 0 1037 1491 69.55 36

OLD IVANHOE 18 7 11 0 0 0 1218 1281 95.08 28

OLD CAREY 18 7 11 0 0 0 1196 1521 78.63 28

HAMPTON ROVERS 18 7 11 0 0 0 1153 1487 77.54 28

OLD HAILEYBURY 18 3 15 0 0 0 918 1718 53.43 12

MHSOB 18 2 16 0 0 0 919 1896 48.47 8

PREM B THIRDS P W L D B FF F A % Pts

BANYULE 18 12 3 0 2 1 2258 832 271.39 60

ST KEVINS 18 12 3 0 0 3 1844 870 211.95 60

ST BERNARDS 18 12 4 0 1 1 1831 868 210.94 56

UNI BLACKS 18 11 4 0 0 3 1826 914 199.78 56

OLD IVANHOE 18 8 8 0 1 1 1379 1382 99.78 40

WHITEFRIARS 18 8 8 0 1 1 1242 1401 88.65 40

BENTLEIGH 18 3 13 0 1 1 1087 1694 64.17 20

OAKLEIGH 18 3 14 0 1 0 704 1953 36.05 16

NOBS/ST PATS 16 2 13 0 0 1 734 1523 48.19 12

BULLEEN TEMP 13 0 13 0 0 0 530 1727 30.69 0

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