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EDITORIAL 

STUCK IN THE MIDDLE 

Michael Sholly 

By anyone’s standards it wasn’t a great week in sport 

with the Ben Cousins drug issues coming to light in his 

documentary, the allegations of match fixing against 

the Pakistan cricket team involving up to a staggering 

82 matches over the past two and a half years, and 

disappointingly for the VAFA the postponement of the two 

Under 19 Premier semi final matches. 

We were fortunate that the Division 1 semi finals were able 

to be re-located to Monash by late on Thursday afternoon 

to ensure all of the senior finals were kept on track. Heavy 

overnight rain on Tuesday and Wednesday proved costly as 

the ground was not able to recover. 

Similar issues are occurring as I write this column 

(Tuesday) and we have declared Central Reserve unfit 

for play for the rest of the finals series and Scammell this 

week. Consequently we have to re-schedule matches to 

accommodate these changes. It is in the Association’s best 

interests to play matches where a gate can be taken but in 

these times it is more important to get the matches played 

with financial consideration taking a back seat. 

It is important to realise that we are working through these 

issues as they arise and all clubs should be on notice that 

matches will be played on the weekend that the fixture is 

scheduled. Unfortunately we cannot guarantee a Saturday 

or a Sunday (apart from Sportscover) until all results are 

known on a Sunday night. We endeavour to play matches 

at the best possible facilities, providing all club officials 

and supporters with the maximum opportunity to attend 

matches. 

We fully understand the need for coaches and administrators 

to plan ahead, however we are working with limited 

resources and consideration needs to be given to the 

competition as a whole. 

In spite of the issues, sixteen teams have already booked a 

grand final berth, with five senior teams gaining promotion 

for 2011. Going into the games last weekend, many 

would have thought that some of these were clear cut. But 

this is never the case in finals with some of the leading 

fancies having a scare before eventually reigning supreme. 

Werribee was down at half time, marginally ahead at 

three quarter and headed in the final quarter, making for a 

thrilling final fifteen minutes. The Tigers gritted their teeth 

and responded as a good team does and for the first time 

will be in Premier C in 2011. 

Banyule was deemed the other good thing of the round as 

it faced off against Glen Eira at Coburg City Oval. This 

is a wonderful ground that I hope it is saved rather than 

becoming inner city housing. It provided a magnificent 

surface, equal to that of Sportscover Arena, for three 

matches. Banyule began nervously and went into the first 

break a couple of goals down. Whilst they gained the 

ascendency in the second and third quarter they couldn’t 

shrug off the well coached Glen Eira. Banyule’s ability did 

prevail in the end and I am sure there were many relieved 

people after the match. 

Caulfield Grammarians were disappointed in their straight 

sets departure last year and after securing a finals berth 

very early on had their eyes firmly fixed on this fixture. 

Steve Lawrence has done a terrific job and after a close first 

half, the fields were able to edge away in the second to win 

by four goals. So it’s back to Premier B with a bullet, but 

before that a premiership battle awaits. I seem to remember 

a team coming from C through to Premier just a couple of 

seasons ago and picking up a pennant each year. 

La Trobe and St John’s have been the standout teams in 

Division 3 with little separating them. In this match, only 

a couple of points split them at three quarter time before 

a three goal to one final quarter by La Trobe gave them 

promotion for the second consecutive year. 

Monash Gryphons and Mt Lilydale were separated by only 

percentage at the end of the home and away season but 

recent form suggested that the Gryphons would prevail. 

Three goals in front at quarter time and increasing this 

by a goal each quarter saw them untroubled. There are 

many positive reports emanating from East Caulfield about 

the outstanding performance of Richard Osborne as he 

prepares his charges for their first ever premiership, seniors 

or reserves, in their twentieth VAFA season. 

Another six teams will be promoted this weekend. Premier 

Section action hots up with the loser of the Collegians 

v Xavs match having to face a fired up De La in the 

Preliminary Final. After kicking ten goals in the third term 

and careering away to win by that margin, you can be rest 

assured the winner will blow a sigh of relief. 

Old Carey is on a stage where it has never been before – 

Premier B finals at Sportscover Arena. Its match against 

Old Haileybury is sure to test them as the Bloods are filled 

with players who have had finals experience and will not 

be fazed one bit by the occasion. 

Is there a better way to celebrate Fathers’ Day than a 

weekend of VAFA football? 

THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 

THE JOURNAL OF THE VICTORIAN AMATEUR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION 

September 4/5, 2010 Price: $2.00 Vol. 10 No. 21 

THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2010 1

PREMIER 

DRIVEN DE LA DESTROY BATTERED BLUES 

Michael Fitzgerald 

It began well enough for the Varsity, but when it 

missed some gettable shots, turned the ball over 

in defence and key backman Al Austin limped 

from the field, the signs were not good. Still, 

Blues led at the first change and though their 

other key defender Mark McLeod could barely 

move, were still well in it at the half, though 

seasoned watchers were wondering how that 

could have been. 

Early in the third team, De La blew it out to 

31 points with some quick goals. Game over. 

We thought so, anyway, until Blues suddenly 

found their mojo. Immediately, their fumbling 

and fiddling disappeared and they mustered the 

confidence to play the corridor. Before anyone 

realised it, the margin was back to six points. 

Sensing trouble, De La lifted it another notch, 

eliminating its own errors. For a while, the teams 

went blow for blow, but then the Blue and Golds 

blitzed them. We looked at the scoreboard as the 

third quarter siren sounded. It showed a sixteen 

goal scorefest, ten of them to the Dees, enough 

to see them through. Uni Blues did their utmost 

early in the last to disprove that, but the De La 

forward line – Matt Moore, Josh Oakley, Sam 

Pickett, Mick Duggan, Luke Semmel and best on 

ground Nick Roberts (Leigh Harrison optional 

extra) – pulled out the party tricks and the Dees 

ran away. On the day, they had a staggering 

fourteen goal scorers, and with the long kicking 

of David Lowe and Michael Collins, everybody 

had a chance to get in to the act. 

It was a sad way for the Varsity to end its season, 

but it was an unsettled line-up that they put on the 

park. Blues needed to be at their best to stay with 

the hard-running De La, and despite some great 

efforts from Mark Paterson, Ben McConnell and 

Paul Butko around the ball, they lacked a big gun 

around the sticks. Jack Watts, Paddy Smith, Ed 

Clark and Andrew Lowcock looked dangerous at 

times, but none of them could muster the superhuman 

game that would bring home the bacon. 

DLS has been fine-tuning for a month now, 

worried more about which of their in-form 

players would miss selection. It will take a very 

good team to beat them next week or in the end 

game, but then again, there are two very good 

teams standing in their way. 

Sunday: Collegians arrive in the second semifinal 

after just two losses, neither of which was to 

Old Xaverians, whom it beat on Opening Day at 

the Trott and again at Toorak Park in R12. The 

big question is whether they can pull the hat-trick 

and beat them at Sportscover, not quite the home 

of the Red ‘n’ Blacks, but for a decade and a half, 

their very own holiday resort. 

While both teams are highly capable of shutting 

down the opposition on a smaller field, the 

attacking phase of each is suited to the spaces. 

However, the expanse is one thing and the 

conditions entirely another. We’ve all witnessed 

games played almost entirely on the outer wing, 

with the westerly serving as virtual prison walls 

and forays into the corridor as rare as successful 

jail breaks. In this circumstance, it’s about making 

those shots at goal, when they come, count to the 

maximum. Both clubs have topped the ton on six 

occasions. Fergus Watts can be a big force here. 

He rarely misses when in range and that ability 

extends beyond the arc. Balancing this, Matthew 

Handley and Dan Rush can score from distance 

too. Perhaps it comes down to which team’s tall 

forwards get more of it. Both defences are solid. 

The Lions conceded a hundred just twice, and 

over twenty per cent of their season points against 

in just two mid-season defeats. Xavs are tighter 

still, conceding the ton just once, to, you guessed 

it, these Purples in R1, who also held the Xavs to 

their season low offense in the return bout. 

Xaverians should win in the ruck and their midfielders 

should enjoy first use, but then they must 

2 THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2010

steer their way through or around James Jorgensen 

and Nick Stone, bogeymen that regularly haunt 

them. Collegians’ speedsters will see plenty of 

ball too, but penetrating the Xavs’ back six will 

be like chipping away at granite. 

Don’t expect the fireworks of last Sunday’s 

encounter. This will be a more dour, conservative 

affair. Collegians have lost just two games in 

twenty-five and their success has been built on 

discipline. They are an imposing bunch, with 

plenty of top flighters including Trent Zimbachs, 

Daniel Strahan, Shura Taft, the brothers Bull 

and their great skipper Chris Blumfield. Xavs 

have plenty of star power themselves, with Jon 

Mercuri, skipper Matty Ball, Ryan Colbert and 

Josh Agius, plenty of goalkickers and a rear guard 

that boasts Damian Lynch, Nick Wynne and Dan 

Noonan, all big, solid types who can also play 

forward, as well as Andy Biddlecombe, one of 

the strongest and finest players in the VAFA. 

Choosing anyone over Xavs on the Plain is risky 

business, but last time they met here, Collegians 

won the day comfortably, turning it on in attack 

while holding the Red ‘n’ Blacks. I sense a very 

tough, tight tussle in less than optimum weather 

and I can see a purple haze in my crystal ball. No 

other team has consistently given Xavs as much 

trouble as these Lions. Of course, all things must 

pass. 

PREMIER LAST ROUND PREMIER RESERVE 

SEMI FINAL 1 

DE LA SALLE 3.3, 8.5, 18.9, 24.12 (156) 

UNI BLUES 4.5, 6.7, 12.10, 14.15 (99) 

GOALS, DE LA SALLE: S. Pickett 4, M. Duggan 4, M. Moore 3, N. Roberts 

3, A. Shields 1, L. Harrison 1, J. Pollard 1, T. Hunt 1, J. Gotch 1, J. Moloney 

1, L. Semmel 1, D. Lowe 1, S. Williams 1, N. Stewart 1 UNI BLUES: J. Watts 

2, A. Lowcock 2, S. Chadwick 2, P. Hayes 1, Q. Gleeson 1, C. Slattery 1, T. 

Muhlebach 1, D. Nicholson 1, E. Clark 1, P. Smith 1, M. Paterson 1 

BEST, DE LA SALLE: N. Roberts, M. Collins, L. Harrison, S. Pickett, M. 

Moore, D. Lowe UNI BLUES: P. Butko, P. Smith, B. McConnell, E. Clark, M. 

Paterson, M. Monteith 

SEMI FINAL 1 

OLD MELBURNIANS 6.2, 11.6, 15.6, 17.7 (109) 

OLD XAVERIANS 0.2, 2.3, 4.6, 7.7 (49) 

GOALS, OLD MELBURNIANS: R. Matthews 5, H. Turner 3, M. Kennon 2, 

T. Beaumont 2, T. Cudlipp 1, T. McLardy 1, A. Carter 1, T. Oman 1, B. McKie 

1 OLD XAVERIANS: J. Pasceri 2, J. Glen 2, T. Lloyd 1, D. Higgins 1, M. Allan 

1 

BEST, OLD MELBURNIANS: S. Playfair, R. Matthews, T. McLardy, A. Carter, 

H. Turner, A. Lapin OLD XAVERIANS: D. Lloyd, J. Ulbrick, B. Coburn, J. 

Douglas, T. Agius, J. Glen 


PREMIER B 

NO-GO HOES! STUDENTS DELIVER THE LESSON 

Fraser Cameron 

As the new fibres on Blacks’ skipper Mark 

Bolton’s troublesome hamstring continue to knit 

neatly into position, he can thank his lucky stars 

his team-mates attacked last weekend’s 1 st semifinal 

against Old Ivanhoe with such tenacity as to 

set the fancied Old Ivanhoe back on its heels from 

the outset, ultimately a position from which the 

Hoers never recovered. 

Following solemnly in the footsteps of Luke 

Mahoney, upon arrival at the front of the canteen 

queue @ 1.10pm Neil Weatherson greeted me 

warmly and I gleefully invested in my first ‘Wick 

Burger for the season (a keenly anticipated delight 

after the intense furore in R7 when Ormond’s home 

game at Sportscover Arena was an apoplectic ‘Wick 

burger-less affair). The good oil from my sources - 

Chris McLennan, father of gun forward coach Pat 

and the Godfather of Catholic football, John “I’ve 

sired more Ammo games than most” Mount - was 

that the Fruit Tingles had been jumped early by the 

Krushers, but Dan Mahoney and Tim Duggan had 

righted the ship by half time, and everything was in 

order on SKOB Hill. 

Still, true to script here were more than a few 

scares in the SKOB camp in the final term when 

the Krushers dragged themselves back from a 40 

point deficit to within three goals before screwing 

up two brilliant chances to narrow the gap further. 

Paul O’Brien was great in mopping up a kick 

behind play and delivering calmly by foot to 

enable SKOB to wrest back control and finish off 

with a comfortable win with goals to Tim Trewin 

and Sam Ryan. 

As we all waited for the main fixture there were 

furtive glances upstairs as the Inner FM lads 

heard whispers of a late change for Old Ivanhoe 

(Sutherland for Meikeljohn). Dr Harry Costello 

kindly gave me a quick tutorial on the Blacks’ fleet 

of University six footers, and said he was quietly 

confident they could out-run the tall timber from 

Pine Lodge. I started to think maybe they had 

planned things perfectly (save for that untimely 

twang), as I’d earlier had a peep out the back 

and noticed the Hoers were somewhat top-heavy. 

Further Scott Curatolo was in deep discussion with 

his coach, sporting a hip to ankle white leg-stocking. 

Such is Curatolo’s value to the Pine-people, he was 

to take the field despite being below his physical 

best, as his leadership and footy-smarts would add 

plenty to his young team. 

The match itself started as a dour affair, with both 

sides’ half back-lines clearing regularly, but then 

failing to deliver effectively to their own forwards. 

A few chances to the Hoers, particularly to Owen 

Weatherly, weren’t capitalised upon, and after 12 

minute the Blacks pounced and started to pile on 

the pressure. After Josh Gaylor opened scoreboard 

proceedings, BOG Charlie Richardson kicked the 

first of his 4 goals, followed by a couple more as 

the Blacks established the 4 goal lead they would 

hold for the balance of the day. It was clear that 

they were keen to move the ball swiftly by foot and 

try to keep things simple as Jordan Foster proved 

a useful target, despite close attention. What he 

didn’t mark fell to their classy crumbing forwards 

in Lacey and Drysdale, and they happily finished 

off when required. The Hoers pegged a couple 

back through Baldwin and Delmonte, but they still 

trailed and weren’t able to bridge the gap. 

For the Students, Nick Dubois did a terrific job 

switching between centre-half-back and the ruck, 

shading Butler and Bolzan in the process. Hamish 

Guthrie, ostensibly supporting Walsh, proved 

an inspired promotion to the senior side only the 

previous week after 17 straight curtain-raisers! 

However, the key area where the Blacks won 

was the tireless running of the back-flankers and 

wingmen such as Weekley, Batten and Torney. 

Their defensive pressure was great, and their 

offensive rebound even better. For the Hoers, 

Stuart Low wouldn’t lie down and Ben Tremellen 

was an effective target up forward. Otherwise, they 

were comprehensively outplayed and now lick 

their wounds until April 2011 arrives. 

THIS WEEK: Now we turn our attention to the 

quest for promotion, and another week off before 

the Big Dance. It’s almost everyone’s flag favourite 

in Old Carey seemingly with one hand on the cup 


against Lappa’s wildcards from Badlands. David 

Lappage should be commended for moulding his 

group together as a blend of the obligatory ex- 

AFL guns with plenty of refreshingly home-grown 

talent coming from the school. Spencer Roberts 

and Matthew Douglas have added plenty this 

season, whilst Hamish and Jarrod McLauchlan 

have relished another season together. Up front, 

no-one could possibly deny the enduring quality of 

Tony Brown and Brett Voss, and it is for this reason 

the Bloods are in with a genuine show today. 

The opponents are probably a little more even in 

their output, and boast a miserly defence led by 

Luke Crozier, Lachie McQueen-Miscamble and 

the likely G. T. Moore medallist Grant Baldwin. 

Julien Rowe has been brilliant this season, and 

combined with Brendan Huf, Glen Parker and 

particularly Jarrod Reid the forward-line boasts 

enough firepower to seriously trouble the Bloods 

defenders. The game will be won by the side that 

can get plenty out of their support cast, and it is 

for this reason I’m leaning towards Old Carey. 

They may not have the out-and-out guns of Old 

Haileybury, but the Panthers ‘bat deeper’ with 

the experience of Parton, Josephs, Kent (!) and 

Tommy Evans to call upon in trying times. For this 

reason, in the immortal words of Norm Nugent......I 

select...... 

Old Carey by 16 points. 

For those keen to get down early, watch out for 

SKOB in the Thirds and Bernies in the Reserves, 

with Andrew Smith to grab BOG honours. 

PREMIER B LAST ROUND PREMIER B RESERVE 

SEMI FINAL 1 

UNI BLACKS 3.1, 5.5, 9.10, 13.14 (92) 

OLD IVANHOE 0.2, 2.6, 5.7, 9.11 (65) 

GOALS, UNI BLACKS: C. Richardson 4, J. Gaylor 3, H. Lacey 2, J. Foster 2, 

A. Drysdale 1, A. Pitt 1 OLD IVANHOE: A. Baldwin 2, O. Weatherley 2, S. Low 1, 

J. Gieschen 1, T. Harrison 1, E. Greer 1, A. Delmonte 1 

BEST, UNI BLACKS: C. Richardson, M. O’Hara, S. Weekley, N. DuBois, D. Batten, 

H. Guthrie OLD IVANHOE: S. Low, B. Tremellen, J. Gieschen, S. Fragiacomo, 

J. Weston, S. Geilings 

SEMI FINAL 1 

ST KEVINS 0.2, 9.2, 14.5, 15.9 (99) 

OAKLEIGH 3.5, 5.8, 6.12, 10.16 (76) 

GOALS, ST KEVINS: H. Townsend 3, N. Tsindos 2, D. Gibbs 2, T. Dixon 2, 

H. McPherson 1, T. McMaster 1, J. Mullen 1, P. Karageorgiou 1, T. Trewin 1, 

J. Kennedy 1 OAKLEIGH: T. Golik 2, D. Costigan 2, J. Hind 2, C. Meyers 2, 

J. Pickett 1, J. Derks-Revere 1 

BEST, ST KEVINS: D. Gibbs, T. Duggan, S. Ryan, T. Dixon, T. McMaster, 

H. Townsend OAKLEIGH: J. Pickett, J. Hind, L. Head, T. Doherty, C. Hogan, 

T. Nelson 


PREMIER C 

THEN THERE WERE THREE, UMPIRES ARE HUMAN TOO 

Di Langton 

So much love between Premier C and the 

Umpires last week. During both semi finals at 

Trevor Barker there was a lot of discussion all 

around the sunny seaside oval; maybe it was the 

euphoria of finals footy, the salty sea air, or the 

fact that there seemed to be umpires everywhere. 

There were three of them running around on the 

field, and plenty sprinkled throughout the crowd; 

those unlucky to score a final showed up to watch 

their mates. Surely they’re not so different from 

the rest of us? Dan Lawlor (correctly and bravely 

) reversed a free to Old Camberwell right in front 

of their bench. Both games saw some highly 

controversial decisions that were received with 

understandable passion and parochialism. At 

the VAFAUA annual dinner on Monday night, 

umpires were honoured with numerous awards, 

just as coveted and revered amongst their 

number as any footy club gong. Winner of this 

year’s Golden Whistle award, Dave Anselmi, 

is enjoying the heady heights of Premier and 

Representative footy these days, but he talked 

with terrific passion about his time in C Grade, 

the quality of football and the great interaction he 

enjoyed with our clubs. 

Second Semi Review 

Beaumaris and Caulfield Grammarians got down 

to an arm-wrestle from the first bounce. Dean 

Scheetz’s strength across the Caulfield backline 

and the versatile Gav Winter’s clearing kicks 

from half back flank and through the middle 

were particularly punishing. For the Sharks, 

Chris Langdon’s second and third efforts were 

impressive and Luke McNicholas (3) was a focus 

up forward in only his fourth senior game this 

year. The half time margin was ten points and the 

crowd was on tenterhooks. Dougie Ensor’s big 

heart continues to underpin the Beauy backline, 

while Sean Coote brings an impact at both ends 

of the ground, but it was Tom Dean who kicked 

two of his three goals to get the Sharks within 

4 points in an inspiring display after teammate 

Atkins was red-carded midway through the 

third. The Field’s Justin Perkins answered the 

challenge with a monster on the run from fifty, 

and Brett Sinclair nailed two in quick succession 

then hobbled off just before three quarter time. At 

the huddle Jason Mifsud dismissed any minor 

premier smugness, “it’s performance you get 

measured by,” he said. 

That’s something Steve Lawrence knows all 

about following Caulfield’s disappointment last 

year. He may well have echoed Mifsud’s exact 

same words at the Caulfield huddle, their 21 

point lead handy but not comfortable enough. 

Beaumaris came out determined and unrelenting, 

scoring the first goal and refusing to lie down. 

The pivotal moment came from Widjaja on 

centre wing at around the 17 minute mark. With 

silky skills he got the ball over to Hyland who 

handballed to Slevison running through to nail 

his fourth goal and a twenty point buffer. It 

was a thing of beauty; the teamwork, class and 

instinctive play admired by every supporter. 

Beauy didn’t stop though, they fought on to the 

end, a four goal loss. 

First Semi Review 

Much less an arm-wrestle and more a shot-to-thearm 

for AJAX in their 66-point destruction of Old 

Camberwell who bow out in a respectable fourth 

finish for the year. Still without spearhead David 

Fayman, Ajax certainly didn’t lack scoring 

options with reliable youngster Jake Lew, highflying 

Jason Seidl and the enigmatic Eugeni 

Routman breaking the lines and providing the 

impetus with his long ranging kicks into the 

forward line. Ben Hart and Phil Bennett were 

very good but the Weller midfield was literally 

swamped by the ferocious Jacka tackling, their 

backline a fortress with evergreen Danny 

‘Wisey’ Weislitzer superb, as was Warren 


Steinberg’s precision disposal. Camberwell was 

sorely missing the spark they normally get from 

Hough, while Craven and Wilson were also 

out. The Wellers offer no excuses, Killer very 

clear the game was a “stepping stone, a learning 

curve” for his younger players in their first taste 

of senior finals. 

Preliminary Final Preview 

Beaumaris is a proud club and will have 

nothing short of a grand final berth as its focus, 

its players will lay their hearts and guts out to 

get there. Against Caulfield it seemed apparent 

their difference in height was a factor across the 

ground. AJAX can certainly match the Sharks for 

ferocity and endeavour, they were awesome last 

Sunday and I think their bigger bodies will again 

be the difference. Yet if players like Petering and 

Fayman (if he plays) rise to the occasion, finesse 

will play a larger role, particularly at the scoring 

ends. But if the AJAX team that shows up today 

is the disciplined, skilful and relentless side we 

saw last weekend, Beauy won’t withstand them. 

Last chance to send through nominations for the 

Premier C Team of the Year to be published in 

next week’s Grand Final edition. dilangton@ 

bigpond.com 

PREMIER C LAST ROUND PREMIER C RESERVE 

SEMI FINAL 2 

CAULFIELD GRAMMARIANS 5.6, 8.7, 12.8, 16.10 (106) 

BEAUMARIS 5.2, 7.3, 9.5, 12.10 (82) 

GOALS, CAULFIELD GRAMMARIANS: A. Slevison 4, D. Daly 3, S. Meredith 3, 

B. Sinclair 2, J. Perkins 1, J. Stewart 1, Z. Parsons 1, G. Winter 1 BEAUMARIS: 

T. Dean 3, L. McNicholas 3, W. Murton 2, C. Langdon 1, M. Petering 1, M. Millar 

1, A. Carroll 1 

BEST, CAULFIELD GRAMMARIANS: J. Stewart, G. Winter, S. Widjaja, J. Perkins, 

M. Nelson, D. Scheetz BEAUMARIS: T. Dean, S. Coote, M. Ensor, L. McNicholas, 

C. Langdon, W. Murton 

SEMI FINAL 1 

AJAX 4.4, 10.8, 13.15, 15.17 (107) 

OLD CAMBERWELL 2.1, 2.4, 4.4, 6.5 (41) 

GOALS, AJAX: J. Lew 4, E. Routman 3, D. Freed 2, J. Seidl 2, J. Ritterman 1, 

B. Hershan 1, 

B. Kalmus 1, N. Marks 1 OLD CAMBERWELL: C. Hillier 3, D. De Sanctis 1, 

A. Clarke 1, J. Duke 1 

BEST, AJAX: W. Steinberg, D. Weislitzer, E. Routman, G. Measey, G. Blieden, 

N. Marks OLD CAMBERWELL: B. Hart, P. Bennett, A. Clarke, C. Hillier, J. Le Cerf, 

G. Tolson 

SEMI FINAL 2 


ORMOND 3.1, 3.3, 4.8, 6.9 (45) 

GOALS, CAULFIELD GRAMMARIANS: D. Spanos 3, J. McCahon 2, J. Kremmer 

2, B. McLoughlin 1, E. Kalaja 1, G. Colosimo 1 ORMOND: J. Holdsworth 3, O. Lack 

1, B. Muzzell 1, L. Murphy 1 

BEST, CAULFIELD GRAMMARIANS: A. Strain, E. Kalaja, T. Noblett, A. Townsend, 

D. Spanos, B. McLoughlin ORMOND: A. Holman, C. Coghlan, L. Duthie, O. Lack, 

N. Ryde, J. Wardley 

SEMI FINAL 1 

MAZENOD 3.1, 6.5, 6.5, 11.9 (75) 

OLD GEELONG 0.1, 0.4, 6.9, 7.12 (54) 

GOALS, MAZENOD: C. Raine 4, S. Morgan 2, S. Mann 1, C. Smith 1, C. Keane 1, 

J. Dipietro 1, D. Nisbet 1 OLD GEELONG: N. O’Hare 4, J. Ratcliffe 1, N. Sanders 

1, R. Herd 1 

BEST, MAZENOD: F. Deegan, A. Weekes, D. Nisbet, S. Morgan, J. Kelly, S. Mann 

OLD GEELONG: T. Hope-Johnstone, H. McCarthy, N. Waters, R. Pinkerton, 

N. O’Hare, N. Sanders 


DIVISION 1 

BEES BOOK A BERTH IN THE BIG DANCE 

Rees Quilford 

Werribee secured promotion to Premier C but 

more importantly claimed a spot in the big dance 

when they held off a determined and straight 

kicking Monash outfit. On the other side of town, 

North Old Boys/St Pat’s secured a hard-fought 

14-point victory over Peninsula and will face 

off against the Blues in the Preliminary final this 

weekend. 

In a much improved showing from the previous 

week, the Blues took it right up to the minor 

premiers for the entirety of their match at St 

Bernard’s. The game opened with a nine goal 

shootout and established a number of trends that 

continued throughout much of the day. Most 

obvious difference was the in the accuracy of the 

two sides, the Bees squandered some gettable 

opportunities to record 4.5 while their opposition 

had the kicking boots on from the outset. 5.2 for 

the term delivered the Blues a three-point lead 

at quarter time. The second term continued in 

much the same vein, Tommy Craven and Tim 

McKenzie were repeatedly setting up play for 

the Blues and, despite getting plenty of attention, 

Stef Callea was the Bees everywhere man. Three 

goals to two saw Monash take a six point lead 

into the main change. 

With the likes of McCutcheon, Morrish and 

Tedeso winning plenty of it for the Bees and with 

Smyth, Young and Frater doing likewise for the 

Blues, the floodgates opened for both sides in 

the third term. The willingness of the Werribee 

forwards to put head over the ball saw them 

rewarded with a number of free kicks close to 

goal while Monash continued to convert their 

opportunities and apply scoreboard pressure. 

Eleven majors for the term had spectators 

enthralled and put the contest on a knife edge 

at the final change. An entertaining finish had 

momentum swings, desperation and flair. Both 

sides kicked five majors but it was the number 

of opportunities generated by the Bees that got 

them over the line in end. The ten point margin 

was testament to the closeness of the contest. 

Both sides had a good spread of goal kickers, Lee 

and Panayi were the most damaging for the Bees 

with four apiece while Gareth Smyth and Tommy 

Craven kicked three each for Monash. Collins, 

Parsons, Cunnington and Hickey also bobbed up 

as multiple goal kickers for the Blues. 

The result sends Monash into a sudden death 

Preliminary final with NOBs but if they manage 

to secure a Grand Final berth they will go in 

confident in their ability to match the Bees. 

Sunday’s 1 st Semi Final had North Old Boys/St 

Pats taking on the Peninsula Pirates at Frearson 

Reserve. The game opened as a relatively even 

affair; with both sides diving headlong into every 

contest scoring was difficult. On the back of 

the repeated and polished efforts from the likes 

of Matt Keown and Chris Horsley, NOBs led 

by a kick at the first change. The second term 

was played in a similar fashion, the physicality 

of both sides made space difficult to find. Cade 

Bannister and Nick Fisher were again rock solid 

down back for the Pirates but Todd Patterson 

also looked dangerous up forward for NOBs. 

Both sides missed several gettable chances on 

goal throughout the term but once again NOBs 

slightly shaded their opponents on the scoreboard 

and took a 13-point lead into the main break. 

While the opening half delivered just six majors, 

it had been an enthralling tussle and set the scene 

for an epic second half. 

The pressure didn’t relent thereafter but the game 

did open up somewhat in the third term. As he 

has done all year skipper Shaun Payze led the 

charge for the Pirates, attacking every contest 


like his life depended on it. He found ample 

support from Ben Southam who was particularly 

damaging. Four goals for the term saw the Pirates 

work their way back into the contest. They didn’t 

have it all their own way, equal measures of 

desperation and polish from the likes of Gillett 

and Thomson as well as an economical return of 

3.1 for the term meant NOBs limited the damage 

of the Pirate resurgence. With just eight points 

separating the two sides at the final change, the 

game was up for grabs. 

The respective midfields went at it like starving 

pigeons fighting over a half eaten sandwich 

but it was the boys from Brunswick’s ability to 

capitalise on opportunities that told in the end. 

Three final term majors sealed a hard-fought 14 

point win and left the Pirates to lament a wasteful 

final term return of 1.5. 

The victory secures North Old Boys/St Pat’s 

a Preliminary final berth at St Bernard’s. With 

the 2010 ledger between the NOBs and Monash 

standing at 1-1 and a margin of just eight points 

having separated the sides in encounters, it is a 

game that shapes as a cracker. 

DIVISION 1 LAST ROUND DIVISION 1 RESERVE 

SEMI FINAL 2 

WERRIBEE 4.5, 6.11, 13.14, 18.17 (125) 

MONASH BLUES 5.2, 8.5, 13.5, 18.7 (115) 

GOALS, WERRIBEE: C. Lee 4, A. Panayi 4, A. Taylor 3, M. Taylor 2, S. Callea 

1, C. Scudamore 1, A. Tedeso 1, D. Pelar 1, A. Murphy 1 MONASH BLUES: 

G. Smyth 3, T. Craven 3, K. Collins 2, R. Parsons 2, J. Cunnington 2, 

A. Hickey 2, A. Young 1, J. Bell 1, B. MacKenzie 1, E. Flanagan 1 

BEST, WERRIBEE: S. Callea, T. McCutcheon, D. Morrish, A. Tedeso, 

M. Taylor, M. Palmington MONASH BLUES: T. Craven, T. McKenzie, 

A. Hickey, G. Smyth, A. Young, M. Frater 

SEMI FINAL 1 

NORTH OLD BOYS/ST PATS 2.2, 4.7, 7.8, 10.11 (71) 

PENINSULA 1.2, 2.6, 6.10, 7.15 (57) 

GOALS, NORTH OLD BOYS/ST PATS: T. Patterson 4, G. Maxton 2, 

K. Adams 2, D. Tonkin 1, P. Carnovale 1 PENINSULA: B. Southam 3, T. Rees 

2, T. Coghlan 1, H. Nestor 1 

BEST, NORTH OLD BOYS/ST PATS: M. Keown, M. Gillett, S. Thomson, 

G. Maxton, S. Harwood, C. Horsley PENINSULA: T. Rees, S. Payze, 

W. Coghlan, N. Fisher, B. Southam, C. Bannister 

SEMI FINAL 2 

MONASH BLUES 2.4, 7.5, 8.7, 11.11 (77) 

WHITEFRIARS 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 4.6 (30) 

GOALS, MONASH BLUES: N. Robertson 2, L. Inglis 2, T. Osmond 1, C. 

Godsil 1, M. Mason 1, L. Curtis 1, T. Waters 1, J. McKenzie 1, B. Adamson 

1 WHITEFRIARS: J. Hogan 2, R. Brosolo 1, M. Lucarelli 1 

BEST, MONASH BLUES: T. Waters, L. Inglis, S. Jeffery, C. Godsil, N. 

Whitmore, S. Whiting WHITEFRIARS: M. Allemand, M. Stafford, J. Daou, T. 

Langford, M. Lucarelli, R. Brosolo 

SEMI FINAL 1 

NORTH OLD BOYS/ST PATS 1.2, 4.7, 8.9, 11.12 (78) 

WERRIBEE 0.1, 3.4, 4.7, 7.11 (53) 

GOALS, NORTH OLD BOYS/ST PATS: P. Shepherd 4, D. Joyce 3, S. 

Nieward 3, 

A. Trigg 1 WERRIBEE: N. Renaut 2, M. Sleep-Dalton 2, L. Elevato 1, A. 

Taylor 1, J. McLellan 1 

BEST, NORTH OLD BOYS/ST PATS: N. Evans, P. Shepherd, S. Sleep, J. 

Scanlon, J. Mirtschin, F. Caldow WERRIBEE: J. McLellan, M. Sleep-Dalton, 

A. Taylor, N. Renaut, M. Walsh, P. Keogh 


DIVISION 2 

DA BEARS AND DAVE BOUNDY 

James Coyne 

Banyule will be in Division One next season 

after narrowly defeating an inspired Glen Eira 

unit by 11 points. The boys from Banyule were 

very lucky to get away with Saturday’s win. 

Glen Eira jumped them and was three goals up 

at quarter time. The Bears responded and got 

back to playing great flowing footy in the second 

quarter by kicking six goals to one. At half time 

Banyule led by 15 points and were looking to 

build on that in the second half. 

However Glen Eira came out after the long break 

and played the same intense style that they had 

played in the first quarter. Glen Eira dominated 

the mid-field but due but the backline of Banyule 

stood up and were well on top, limiting the 

Saints ability to score. This was thanks largely 

to Michael Christian, David Drapac and Luke 

French. Banyule outscored Glen Eira by a goal 

to go in with a very handy 21 point lead. And 

when the Bears kicked the first goal to lead by 

27 points, the writing was beginning to be appear 

on the wall for the Saints. To their credit, Glen 

Eira continued to fight and put Banyule under a 

heap of pressure. But with three minutes to go, 

Glen Eira got to within 11 points and would 

ultimately fall short by that margin, much to the 

relief of the Bears. As predicted, Ash Brown was 

the difference booting eight majors. Glen Eira 

should be commended and especially Stefan 

Krull, Andrew Spink and Michael Kohout. 

Scott Diamond was efficient booting three goals. 

Glen Eira will look to meet the Bears again, but 

first must face a high flying Old Paradians. 

An eight goal haul from Dave Boundy ended 

Old Westbourne’s tilt at the premiership, Old 

Paradians winning the ticket by 38 points. The 

game started promisingly for both sides and just 

seven points separated them at the end of the first 

quarter to the Raiders advantage. Unfortunately 

for the Warriors, Old Paradians went on to extend 

that margin to 29 points at the long change. With 

Boundy doing as he pleased, the Warriors lacked 

one of their own to take a grip of the game, 

though they had plenty who tried to do so. Chris 

Hudson, Damien Lockwood, and Paul Hudson 

fought bravely for Westbourne, but the margin 

at three quarter time blew out to 34 points. The 

last quarter was Westbourne’s best, but only the 

inaccuracy of the Raiders allowed the winning 

margin to stay underneath fifty points. Brent 

Richardson and Daniel Mahony were key 

contributors towards winning the opportunity to 

face Glen Eira for a Grand Final spot. 

Reserves: Banyule defeated Bentleigh by 12 

points. In a classic game between the two best 

teams in D2 reserves, it was the Bears that took 

the grand final spot, six goals to none second 

quarter. Bentleigh rallied in the last to boot five 

goals to one but ultimately paid the price for 

their slow start. The best for Banyule was Scott 

Playfair, Matt Eifermann and Mark Smith. 

While for Bentleigh, Mick McCullagh and Rex 

Coles stood up as did Bobby Bennett. Meeting 

Bentleigh for a Grand Final spot against Banyule 

will be Old Paradians after the Raiders took 

apart Old Westbourne to the tune of 56 points. 

The Warriors couldn’t find a way to goal as 

Paradians sealed the game in the second half. 

Anthony Posterino and David Salvatico were 

the best for Old Paradians while for Josh Lawn 

was terrific for Westbourne. 

THIS WEEK: Fighting for spots in the D2 Grand 

Final will be Glen Eira and Old Paradians. 

And after the performances the two sides put on 

show last, it will be a hotly fought contest. Again, 

David Boundy and Chris Kandilakis were be 

the measuring stick on how far the Raiders will 

go. For Glen Eira, they will need to play at the 

same intensity to get over the line against a very 

talented team. Stefan Krull, Andrew Spink, 


Mick Kohout and Tom Paterson will all need 

big games to book a place in the 2010 Grand 

Final. I’m tipping Old Paradians by a kick. 

Moving onto the Reserves, Bentleigh will want 

to avoid going out in straight sets. While for the 

Raiders, they will go into the match confident of 

achieving a boil over. Worryingly for Bentleigh, 

their best player, Elliot Box, had a quiet afternoon 

but I doubt we will so again. Old Paradians will 

need to bring the same defensive pressure that 

got them over the line against the Warriors for 

them to knock over Bentleigh. Mark Ryan, Ben 

Vincent and David Daniele again will need to 

fire. Bentleigh’s hope of a berth remains on three 

men; Aaron Clough, Clinton Montabobo and 

Timothy Dale. Bentleigh by 31 points. 


SEMI FINAL 2 

BANYULE 1.5, 7.7, 10.10, 12.14 (86) 

GLEN EIRA 4.3, 5.4, 7.7, 11.9 (75) 

GOALS, BANYULE: A. Brown 8, C. Horne 3, J. Truefeldt 1 GLEN EIRA: S. Diamond 

3, T. Paterson 2, K. Gillespie 1, S. Vamvakas 1, S. Elmi 1, B. King 1, J. Mills 1, 

S. Krull 1 

BEST, BANYULE: A. Brown, M. Christian, D. Drapac, S. Driscoll, N. Braddy, 

C. Horne GLEN EIRA: S. Krull, A. Spink, M. Kohout, S. Diamond, A. Tsirogiannis, 

E. Stuchbery 

SEMI FINAL 1 

OLD PARADIANS 3.3, 8.7, 10.14, 14.15 (99) 

OLD WESTBOURNE 2.2, 4.2, 6.4, 9.7 (61) 

GOALS, OLD PARADIANS: D. Boundy 8, K. O’Brien 2, P. Pratt 1, A. Young 1, 

A. Sinclair 1, M. Derham 1 OLD WESTBOURNE: C. Hudson 2, L. Langfi eld 2, 

D. Carlton 1, D. Van Der Poel 1, G. Connors 1, N. Montague 1, D. Lockwood 1 

BEST, OLD PARADIANS: D. Boundy, C. Kandilakis, B. McAllister, D. Mahony, 

A. Young, B. Richardson OLD WESTBOURNE: D. Lockwood, C. Hudson, P. Hudson, 

M. Wilson, L. Wilson, G. Connors 

SEMI FINAL 2 

BANYULE 4.0, 10.3, 11.6, 12.11 (83) 

BENTLEIGH 2.1, 2.2, 5.3, 10.11 (71) 

GOALS, BANYULE: M. Smith 4, S. Playfair 3, S. McKenzie 3, M. Osborne 1, M. 

Pamio 1 BENTLEIGH: B. Hunt 3, A. Hendry 2, T. Stach 2, L. Morrison 1, B. Bennett 

1, A. West 1 

BEST, BANYULE: S. Playfair, M. Eifermann, M. Pamio, M. Smith, B. Dodgson, M. 

Osborne BENTLEIGH: M. McCullagh, J. Coles, B. Bennett, M. Laskey, A. Hendry, 

T. Dale 

SEMI FINAL 1 

OLD PARADIANS 2.1, 6.4, 9.7, 11.9 (75) 


GOALS, OLD PARADIANS: M. Patena 3, B. Dintinosante 3, A. Asdagi 2, S. 

Corcoran 1, B. Holden 1, G. Madden 1 OLD WESTBOURNE: A. Horsburgh 1, A. 

Maki 1 

BEST, OLD PARADIANS: A. Posterino, D. Salvatico, G. Madden, D. McKenna, M. 

Patena, M. Ryan OLD WESTBOURNE: J. Lawn, M. Whiting, T. Willson, A. 

Horsburgh, T. Davidson, L. Barnes 


DIVISION 3 

PARADISE LOST AND FOUND 

Jonathan Hibbert 

You meet some interesting folk on the Pakenham 

line. They breed them considerate in that neck 

of the woods. The garden variety stab-firstask-for-money-later 

addict that I’m used to on 

the Craigeburn line would’ve been out of his 

depth chatting to ‘Robert,’ my companion from 

Richmond to Huntingdale stations at the weekend: 

“Scuse me sir, got a coupla bucks please?” “Nah, 

sorry mate.” “Oh, that’s ok sir.” After retreating 

and enquiring as to the financial state of the rest of 

the carriage, Robert sidled up to me and attempted 

to strike up a conversation about my iPod: “Go on 

mate, give us a look, eh.” “Nah mate, don’t think 

so.” “Go on, eh.” “Nah mate.” After some further 

to-ing and fro-ing re my portable music machine, 

as his hands shook with methadone withdrawal, a 

most unexpected profession spurted from Robert’s 

spittle covered lips. As his bloodshot eyes bored 

into my skull he gave a knowing chuckle: “You 

read Paradise Lost mate? Satan’s my favourite 

character.” Slightly shocked, I looked at Robert’s 

yellow grin and told him that I hadn’t read Milton’s 

epic poem on love, betrayal, good and evil. Yes, it 

was that sort of train ride. 

The walk from Huntingdale station to 

W.A.Scammell Reserve is short, ten maybe fifteen 

minutes. The exhaust rises off North Road, but 

all of a sudden, turning off the main road, among 

the gums and council pines sits Scammell, home 

of the Krushers. It’s green, moist, got a fence, and 

the smell of dimmies and pies wafts gently from 

the clubrooms all the way to the opposite side. 

To Power House, who had hardly trained on their 

own ground due to council restrictions, this was a 

Garden of Eden. 

Other matches had been moved there from 

Central Reserve, so by game-time Saturday, two 

curtainraisers had already been played, and the 

middle was a glue pit. Immediately after the first 

ball-up, the ball was greasy and clagged, and the 

play reflected this: tight, physical, muddy and ugly. 

Frequent fumbles and mishandlings dominated as 

play see-sawed, neither side taking advantage, until 

the Pikemen slotted two majors, and the Falcons 

were left goalless for the term. 

The second stanza saw the ‘House break ahead by 

a few more straight kicks. Saraw simply teleported 

to every clearance, rushing forward, as Matt Taylor 

dropped a few marks, missed a few shots, and 

finally kicked straight. As ‘House forward thrusts 

broke upon the Falcon backline, Albert Park 

dominated possession in the quarter’s midsection. 

Constantly probing down the eastern wing saw 

Murnane take a grab, deep in the pocket. Lining up 

beneath the shadows of the gums, he drove home 

a fantastic goal, and the blue and red stripes were 

invigorated, if still behind by four goals going into 

half time. 

Pike strode menacingly from the rooms, sun 

glinting off the imposing scalp, moments before 

his charges turned up the volume in the rooms, 

and came out frightening, covered in mud, like 

vengeful renegades from Apocalypse Now. In 

contrast, Albert Park ran from the race looking 

unfortunately cowed, a portent of things to come. 

A quick goal to Matt Treeby was shortly followed 

by a Leske long bomb, Power House’s older and 

bigger bodies prevailing around the frequent and 

tight hard ball gets. Though Nathan Wheeler and 

Will McIndoe provided moments of inspiration, 

Albert Park were hamstrung as their backline 

allowed ‘House players to run wild. The quarter’s 

highlight was David Burnside’s magnificent run 

down the western wing, delivering to Taylor, where 

another conversion stimulated horns to blast from 

the southern end and Power House consolidated an 

almost unbeatable position. 

A vast huddle surrounded Pike’s final address, 

contrasting with a markedly disparate few peppered 

around Coach Dallas’ three quarter time address, 

while McIndoe urged the Falcons to respond: “No 

point holding back now boys, take the game on, 

take it on.” 

The final term was a mere formality, Power 

House holding off any futile Albert Park charges 

with aplomb. Mr. Pavlou, the ‘House’s president 

remarked with pride upon the proliferation of 


supporters for his mob, pointing out the numerous 

onlookers: “Old boy, old boy, life member, life 

member, life member.” Well he should be proud 

as well, for Power House ascend to a preliminary, 

clutching at premiership glory. 

The second semi yielded the most intense game 

I’ve seen this season, as the two premier sides faced 

off in a battle for definite promotion, and a grand 

final berth. A long line of St Johns’ jackets graced 

the clubhouse wing, and witnessed their boys get 

out to a short lead, clean play stifled by the filthy, 

smelly quagmire that comprised the centre square. 

Brendan Wood’s ruckwork paid dividends for 

the Students, as he consistently thumped the pill 

goalwards, where Terry Ludeman lined up on the 

boundary, 45 out. A magnificent kick provoked 

screams of joy from female spectators, as La 

Trobe yapped at the JOC’s heels. Spurred on, Matt 

Clark, managed to find space through the middle 

somehow, delivering to Cachia, who summarily 

converted. As Giddy Up Ganino lept around La 

Trobe’s forward line, Danger Patten managed to 

snag two, one a gift in the goal square, courtesy 

of a free kick. 

A noteworthy effort on the south-eastern flank 

distinguished Ganino as he harassed St John’s 

providing second, third and fourth efforts not 

typical of a forward. Meanwhile, an early McMeel 

goal put the wind up St John’s who might just have 

felt a little nervous, as the Brewers crept to 22 

point lead. Though two clearances in two minutes 

to Rohan Scott allowed St John’s to quickly nail 

a few, and after some impressive handballing in 

close, a Gary Roberts snap cut the gap to just three 

points at the final break. 

Ludemans words were subsumed by eager Students: 

“Desire, ferocity, intensity. This is our chance!” 

East wing flair from Xavier Shiels, and inspired 

play from the flowing red locks of Dillon Farrell, 

combined with Joe Mclean’s all round brilliance 

engendered a Dunstall-like one-hander from Tom 

‘Cliff’ Harding deep in La Trobe’s forward line. 

Down but not out, St John’s still managed to get 

plenty of the ball, consistently having a loose man 

behind and to the sides of packs. However, they 

were caught out tactically, playing to the flanks in 

forward pushes, cast adrift by the central mudpit. 

A fantastic running goal to Phillip Ward sparked 

hope, but the intensity of La Trobe’s prolonged 

attacks took their toll, the JOCs succumbing by 

only 14 points, a margin that even then does not 

befit the intensity and closeness of the contest. 

This Week: St John’s will be like a bear backed 

into a corner; dangerous and scary, while Power 

House look to gain a premiership berth for the 

first time in a while. If it’s wet and muddy, and not 

conducive to running play, the Pikemen should get 

up in a close contest. If St John’s can run and carry, 

they will stand and deliver, so I’ll say a win to the 

JOC’s, the ‘House an outside chance. 


SEMI FINAL 1 

POWER HOUSE 2.2, 5.5, 9.7, 10.9 (69) 

ALBERT PARK 0.4, 1.4, 3.6, 5.9 (39) 

GOALS, POWER HOUSE: M. Taylor 4, T. Saraw 1, B. Leske 1, D. Robertson 1, 

G. Norris 1, S. Beardall 1, M. Treeby 1 ALBERT PARK: N. Wheeler 1, W. McIndoe 

1, T. King 1, B. Murnane 1, S. Maunder 1 

BEST, POWER HOUSE: T. Saraw, D. Bowden, M. Treeby, D. Burnside, D. Baker, 

C. Phillips ALBERT PARK: W. McIndoe, A. Snowden, N. Wheeler 

SEMI FINAL 2 

LA TROBE UNI 1.1, 5.5, 8.5, 11.6 (72) 

ST JOHNS 3.1, 4.1, 8.2, 9.4 (58) 

GOALS, LA TROBE UNI: S. Patten 3, G. Ganino 2, T. Harding 2, X. Shiels 1, 

T. Ludeman 1, J. McMeel 1, D. Farrell 1 ST JOHNS: G. Roberts 2, C. Cachia 2, 

A. Abela 1, R. Dyker 1, N. Chalk 1, R. Scott 1, P. Ward 1 

BEST, LA TROBE UNI: J. McLean, B. Wood, P. Russell, T. Harding, D. Farrell, 

L. McCormack ST JOHNS: L. O’Connor, C. Christiansen, M. Phaedonos, L. Mara, 

A. Dexter, G. Roberts 

SEMI FINAL 1 

POWER HOUSE 2.3, 3.3, 4.4, 6.6 (42) 

LA TROBE UNI 1.1, 2.3, 2.4, 5.8 (38) 

GOALS, POWER HOUSE: P. Washington 2, C. Doolan 1, D. Parsons 1, S. Devine 1, 

W. Old 1 LA TROBE UNI: R. Slater 2, K. Taylor 1, D. Edwards 1, A. Kelly 1 

BEST, POWER HOUSE: G. Tubridy, M. Lynch, A. Kuhanez, D. Bridges, A. Rankin, 

D. Maloney LA TROBE UNI: D. Edwards, L. Coffey, A. Hughes, J. Lee, J. Stow, 

J. Elliot 

SEMI FINAL 2 

UHS-VU 4.4, 5.5, 12.7, 12.8 (80) 

YARRA VALLEY 1.3, 4.6, 5.7, 9.11 (65) 

GOALS, UHS-VU: L. Temming 2, T. Kershaw 2, T. Woodlock 2, L. Linehan 2, 

R. Dickson 2, S. Payne 1, M. Sweeney 1 YARRA VALLEY: B. Seeger 4, M. Laing 

2, S. Laird 1, L. Gillies 1, G. Smith 1 

BEST, UHS-VU: L. Temming, C. Certo, D. Pinney, L. Linehan, D. Barlow, J. Moden 

YARRA VALLEY: B. Seeger, L. Grimwade, G. Smith, D. Gray, S. Laird, 

L. McCleary 


DIVISION 4 

BACK TO THE FUTURE 

Jim Sutton 

Monash Gryphons have repeated the deeds of so 

many D3 demotees before them by making their 

stay in the bottom grade a short one, and will return 

from whence they came in 2011. Meanwhile South 

Mornington’s season came to an end after a topsy 

turvy clash against Manningham. 

Second Semi – Monash Gryphons vs Mt 

Lilydale 

Mt Lilydale gave Manningham a four goal start the 

previous week in the Qualifying Final, and clearly 

didn’t learn their lesson as they again struggled to 

get out of second gear early in their clash with the 

Gryphons. The margin remained at a manageable 

level after a tighter second term, before the 

Gryphons switched on the afterburners early in the 

third and got out to an almost ten goal lead. The 

Rams bunkered down and took a big chunk out of 

the deficit by the last change, but were unable to 

maintain the momentum in the last as the Gryphons 

steadied and ran out to a comfortable victory. Mt 

Lilydale racked up more inside 50’s for the day 

but couldn’t hit their targets up forward, and their 

turnovers were punished by the Gryphons who 

played clean skilful football up the ground on the 

rebound resulting in many scoring opportunities. 

Mick Malloy (5 goals) had a day out at half 

forward for the Gryphons, Lee Wells and Luke 

Wilson were terrific turning defence into attack, 

and Chris Leeton was strong in the ruck, but will 

be anxiously awaiting the outcome of a tribunal 

appearance this week. For the Rams, Michael 

Rhodes played his best game for the season in 

a ruck roving role, Mark Gower was solid in 

defence all day, and Al Stuart in the midfield and 

Haydn Moyes on a wing both provided plenty of 

run. 

First Semi – Manningham Cobras vs South 

Mornington 

Great conditions for the Sunday game which was 

played at a very fast pace from the outset. The 

Cobras had the best of the early going before 

South Mornington hit back late in the quarter to 

take a narrow lead at the first change. In the second 

quarter it was all South Mornington, who were full 

of run and cleaner with the footy, taking a four 

goal advantage into half time. The Cobras had to 

re-group and with some key positional moves, 

Manningham quickly clawed back the lead in the 

third taking a slight advantage into the final break. 

The last quarter was a tense close battle, with both 

sides missing some crucial shots on goal and the 

Cobras finally coming away with the 11 point 

victory. Great season for the Tigers, who started 

0-3 but in the end took a step up from last year, and 

with another season under their belts the young 

club will be anticipating a big 2011. 

For the Cobras, Stevie Sheales second half, and 

in particular his run was superb. Big Terry Young 

was outstanding all day, and Andrew Coonan also 

provided excellent run. Sam Wright and Kyle 

Gascoigne both completed great finals series for 

South, while Jacob Riordan and Matt Killen 

were others to perform well on the day. 

This week: 

Preliminary Final – Mt Lilydale vs Manningham 

Cobras 

Third meeting in the last five weeks for this pair, 

who by 5pm on Saturday will probably be sick of 

the sight of each other. Of course with a 0-3 record 

against the Rams this year, the Cobras may already 

be feeling a little queasy. Preliminary finals are 

often the most tense matches of the year with the 

last promotion spot up for grabs, with the loser 

going unrewarded for a season of sweat and toil 

while the winner gets a big prize regardless of the 

result the following week. Hard to ignore the form 

line of Mt Lilydale who have only lost twice this 

season and if they can turn around their slow starts 

of the last two weeks, they should be too good 

and advance to a Grand Final showdown with the 

Gryphons. 

In the reserves North Brunswick came close to 

toppling the Gryphons last week and will be keen 

to get the job done against Swinburne Uni and set 

up a rematch next week. 

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Semi Final 2 

MONASH GRYPHONS 5.4, 10.9, 15.11, 18.14 (122) 

MT LILYDALE 2.4, 6.9, 10.12, 12.12 (84) 

GOALS, MONASH GRYPHONS: M. Malloy 5, D. Wills 3, A. Flowerday 2, W. Pocock 

2, J. Nuguid 1, M. Fletcher 1, L. Allan 1, C. Leeton 1, G. Munro 1, D. Giliam 1 

MT LILYDALE: J. Roberts 3, M. Rhodes 2, A. Rodwell 2, T. Wall 2, S. Gibson 2, 

J. Paull 1 

BEST, MONASH GRYPHONS: M. Malloy, M. Fletcher, G. Munro, M. Davies, 

T. Madden, A. Flowerday MT LILYDALE: M. Rhodes, M. Gower, H. Moyes, 

A. Stewart, K. Maniscalchi, S. Gibson 

Semi Final 1 

MANNINGHAM COBRAS 4.2, 4.5, 9.12, 12.16 (88) 

SOUTH MORNINGTON 4.4, 8.6, 8.9, 10.17 (77) 

GOALS, MANNINGHAM COBRAS: S. McCallum 3, R. Daley 3, S. Rose 2, 

B. Morrison 1, W. De Vercelli 1, T. Fradkin 1, S. Sheales 1 SOUTH MORNINGTON: 

R. Wilson 2, M. Duff 2, W. Spencer 1, G. Pullen 1, J. Spencer 1, M. Clark 1, 

J. McCleary 1, T. Marmo 1 

BEST, MANNINGHAM COBRAS: S. Sheales, N. Pentland, A. Coonan, W. De 

Vercelli, B. Gasparini, B. Morrison SOUTH MORNINGTON: S. Wright, K. Gascoigne, 

B. Price, J. Riordan, M. Killen, M. Duff 

Semi Final 2 

MONASH GRYPHONS 1.4, 4.6, 7.9, 11.14 (80) 

NORTH BRUNSWICK 0.2, 3.4, 6.7, 10.11 (71) 

GOALS, MONASH GRYPHONS: R. Mundy 3, E. Mitchell 2, P. Rutherford 1, 

R. Fletcher 1, D. Gatsios 1, L. Fisher 1, E. Strain 1, B. Fullerton 1 

NORTH BRUNSWICK: S. Hamilton 5, C. Twaddle 2, J. Boudoloh 1, B. Lim 1, 

D. Manoukian 1 

BEST, MONASH GRYPHONS: R. Mundy, B. Fullerton, B. Rose, V. Coffey, 

B. Murphy, R. Fletcher NORTH BRUNSWICK: J. Hungerford, B. Lim, D. Allan, 

S. Adair, J. Freeman, D. Rowlands 

Semi Final 1 

SWINBURNE UNI 3.3, 8.5, 9.7, 9.11 (65) 

SOUTH MORNINGTON 2.2, 2.4, 5.9, 7.11 (53) 

GOALS, SWINBURNE UNI: T. Kennedy 4, J. Carroll 3, A. Donaldson 1, J. Whitley 

1 SOUTH MORNINGTON: P. Johns 1, B. Dowling 1, K. Debernardi 1, D. Barron 1, 

D. Woodruff 1, R. Knight 1, K. Woodruff 1 

BEST, SWINBURNE UNI: S. Costello, J. Lees, T. Kennedy, L. McManus, P. Hough, 

A. Donaldson SOUTH MORNINGTON: P. Mauracher, R. Perks, J. Dowsett, J. Rolls, 

D. Hogan, J. Morrissey 


THIS WEEKEND’S FINALS 

SATURDAY 

Premier B 

Second Semi-Final 

OLD CAREY v OLD HAILEYBURY Sportscover Arena @ 2:10 

Premier B Res 


UNI BLACKS v ST BERNARDS Sportscover Arena @ 11:50 

Premier B Thirds 


BANYULE v ST KEVIN’S Sportscover Arena @ 9:30 

Division 1 

PRELIMINARY FINAL 

MONASH BLUES v NOB/ST PAT’S St Bernard’s College @ 2:00 

Division 1 Res 


WHITEFRIARS v NOB/ST PAT’S St Bernard’s College @ 11:40 

Division 4 


MT LILYDALE v MAN’HAM COBRAS Vermont Reserve @ 2:00 



NTH BRUNSWICK v SWINBURNE UNI Vermont Reserve @ 11:40 

U19 Premier 


DE LA SALLE v OLD SCOTCH Trevor Barker Oval @ 2:00 

U19 Premier 

First Semi-Final 

BEAUMARIS v OLD XAVERIANS Trevor Barker Oval @ 11:20 

U19 South (1) 


CAULFIELD GRAMM v ST KEVINS Waverley Park @ 2:00 

U19 South (2) 


MAZENOD v OLD GEELONG Waverley Park @ 11:20 

U18 Division 1 


OAKLEIGH v WERRIBEE TBA @ 2:00 

U18 Division 2 


ST JOHN’S v ST BERNARD’S TBA @ 11:40 

SUNDAY 

Premier 


COLLEGIANS v OLD XAVERIANS Sportscover Arena @ 2:10 

Premier Res 


DE LA SALLE v UNI BLUES Sportscover Arena @ 11:50 

Premier Thirds 


OLD XAVERIANS v DE LA SALLE Sportscover Arena @ 9:30 

Premier C 


BEAUMARIS v AJAX Trevor Barker Oval @ 2:00 

Premier C Res 


ORMOND v MAZENOD Trevor Barker Oval @ 11:40 

Division 2 


GLEN EIRA v OLD PARADIANS Coburg City Oval @ 2:00 



BENTLEIGH v OLD PARADIANS Coburg City Oval @ 11:40 

Division 3 


ST JOHN’S v POWER HOUSE TBA @ 2:00 



YARRA VALLEY v POWER HOUSE TBA @ 11:40 

U19 North (2) 


AQUINAS v OLD IVANHOE Highgate Reserve @ 11:20 

U19 North (1) 


WERRIBEE v OLD CAREY Highgate Reserve @ 2:00 


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 


RESERVES 

Tom Brain 

ED NOTE: Opening paragraph may offend some 

readers. Please look away. 

I’m back. I hope I was missed as much as I enjoyed a 

ten day hiatus in sunny Fiji relaxing, tanning myself, 

imbibing in the fine local beers and swimming in the 

customary “budgie smugglers”, a sight to behold for 

sure. 

ED NOTE: It’s safe to look now. 

Bit of a culture shock to come back to a freezing cold 

wet and windy Melbourne, but the game we play 

is a winter sport so we must adapt and play to the 

prevailing conditions. 

Rounds 16, 17 and 18 came and went in my absence as 

finals positions were settled with all the clubs priming 

themselves for the big dance that is September. 

All the celebrities who had graced the playing fields 

through the months of April to August seem to have 

disappeared as all the sides settled down for the run 

home with genuine dew kickers striving to achieve 

the ultimate success. 

As all my fellow scribes are in the process of selecting 

their Team of the Year, down here something different 

will happen as we will name the Celebrity Team of 

the Year. So if you have any celebrities at your club 

please nominate them by sending details to me at the 

address below. 

And so to the football. Almost perennial grand 

finalists Old Xaverians made an unexpected early 

exit from the Premier Reserve race when they were 

comprehensively beaten by a very impressive Old 

Melburnians unit. Obviously missed the firepower of 

Dangerous Dan up forward. 

St Kevin’s made up for the disappointment of their 

senior comrades by having a good win over a gallant 

Oakleigh and advancing to the Preliminary Final. 

Caulfield Grammarians set the tone of their day by 

overpowering Ormond and advancing to the Grand 

Finale. Mazenod were too strong for the Oggers and 

live to fight another day in their quest to go back to 

back. 

Monash Blues were first to the last game of the year 

in Division 1 and they can now sit back and relax and 

wait to see whether it will be Whitefriars again or 

NOBS who will join them. 

In Division 2 Banyule also made it a double for 

the club by just getting over Bentleigh, while a 

pretty impressive Old Paradians unit had no trouble 

overwhelming a disappointing Old Westbourne. 

UHSVU advanced to the big dance in Division 3 and 

look forward to the challenge of facing either Yarra 

Valley or Powerhouse in a fortnight’s time. 

Out at Vermont, Division 4 produced the game of the 

week, with Monash Gryphons and North Brunswick 

playing a belter. Scores level when the final bell tolled. 

But the Gryphs inspired by the efforts of perhaps their 

best ever seconds player Vaughan Coffey managed to 

regain lost momentum and come home with a nine 

point victory, against a very gallant North Brunswick, 

who must now beat Swinburne Uni to earn the right 

for another crack at the boys from East Caulfield. 

Finals pressure made individual high scores a little 

harder to come by with Roderick Matthews and 

Shane Hamilton topping the list with five. 

Cameron Raine, Nick O’Hare, Peter Shepherd, Mark 

Smith Ben Seeger and Thomas Kennedy all had the 

twin calicos raised 4 times, with Hamish Turner, 

Hamish Townsend, Dean Spanos, Joss Holdsworth, 

Scott Niewand, Scott Playfair, Shaun McKenzie, 

Brandon Hunt, Brett Dintinosante, Michael Patena, 

Robert Mundy, and Joshua Carroll all scoring hat 

tricks. 

This week’s Selections; University Blues, University 

Blacks, Mazenod, NOBS, Old Paradians, Powerhouse 

and North Brunswick. 

More game reports and highlights would be much 

appreciated to make this column a more interesting 

read. Please email any match highlights, outstanding 

performances, milestones etc to brainco@optusnet. 

com, by 8pm Monday Nights, or feel free to give me 

a call on the Mobile 0423 433 488. 

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 


THIRDS 

BLACKS AND DARK BLUES GO THROUGH 

Richard Hummerston 

Sportscover Arena was the main stage for both 

games this week as the curtain fell on the seasons 

of Uni Blues and St Bernard’s. 

The clash between Uni Blacks and St Bernard’s 

kicked off the first ever finals series for Thirds 

Football. Before the bounce, Uni Blacks were 

clear favourites as they had triumphed over 

Bernies in the two prior meetings, one of them by 

more than 100 points. What unfolded surprised 

even the most optimistic Snow Dog fan, but in 

the end, there was disappointment. 

With the first bounce just marginally after dawn, 

it took 15 minutes and some magic from Thomas 

Whale until the goals started flowing. Going into 

the first break with a two goal buffer and stifling 

the dangerous David Kavanagh, many thought 

the last three quarters would be a mere formality 

for Uni Blacks. 

That was until James Mount and Andrew 

Cianter developed a severe case of leather 

poisioning and the Bernies went into the rooms 

down by only a kick. 

Leading by three goals at the last break, victory 

looked certain for the Blacks. However a speech 

better than Al Pacino’s ‘inches speech’ fired the St 

Bernard’s boys up and had them slotting the first 

two of the last quarter. Alas for the brave dogs, 

usual suspects Paul Kelly and Jeremy Nettlefold 

ensured that the Blacks were victorious, thus 

sending them to the preliminary final to face the 

loser of next weeks 2 nd semi-final. 

Old Melburnians comfortably accounted for 

Uni Blues, owing to an incredible seven goal 

third quarter. Ed Hughes earned best afield 

honours while Dave Marshall did his best for 

the vanquished. 

This week in the second semi finals, I’m selecting 

Old Xavs to defeat De La Salle to advance to 

another Grand Final, while Banyule will be 

victorious over St Kevin’s. 

PREMIER THIRDS LAST ROUND PREMIER B THIRDS 

SEMI FINAL 1 

OLD MELBURNIANS 2.1, 6.5, 11.7, 14.11 (95) 

UNI BLUES 1.1, 5.5, 7.6, 8.10 (58) 

GOALS, OLD MELBURNIANS: E. Hughes 4, W. Harris 2, T. Healey 2, J. Vagg 

1, A. Clark 1, A. Gregory 1, T. Harrison 1, C. Righetti 1, N. Peters 1 UNI 

BLUES: W. Hartnell 3, A. Christensen 1, J. Heinz 1, D. Marshall 1, B. 

Hutchison 1, W. Girdwood 1 

BEST, OLD MELBURNIANS: E. Hughes, D. Osmond, N. Peters, M. Lugg, J. 

Gooley, J. Vagg UNI BLUES: D. Marshall, J. Clifford, J. Heinz, O. Lade, W. 

Hartnell, D. Hayter 

SEMI FINAL 1 

UNI BLACKS 4.3, 4.5, 7.8, 8.9 (57) 

ST BERNARDS 2.1, 3.3, 5.4, 8.5 (53) 

GOALS, UNI BLACKS: T. Whale 3, K. Stark 2, R. Read 1, S. Lane 1, J. Clarke 

1 ST BERNARDS: D. Kavanagh 2, J. Stapleton 1, J. Creasey 1, A. Johnston 

1, g. Breheney 1, L. Baird 1, J. Mount 1 

BEST, UNI BLACKS: P. Kelly, J. Nettlefold, T. Smith, J. Banting, K. Stark, J. 

Young ST BERNARDS: J. Mount, A. Ciantar, J. Evans, N. Weir, J. Stapleton, 

J. Flannery 



THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2010 21

RETROSPECTIVE 

Geoff Reilley 

12 Months Ago – 2009 

In the C Section preliminary final Caulfield 

Grammarians missed opportunities (0.5) in the first 

quarter while Oakleigh scored 3.1 to take the honours 

early. Five goals each in the second term showed the 

evenness of the two teams. There were plenty of goals 

in a high standard third quarter but Oakleigh took a 20 

point lead into the last and although the Grammarians 

never gave up, it was Oakleigh who proceeded into 

the grand final, 20.6 to 16.9. Best – Lamb, S Doherty, 

Bromley (7), T Doherty, J Rutter, Barrand (Oakleigh) 

and T Sundberg, Widjaja, Slevison (7), Colosimo, 

Parsons, Noblett (Caulfield). 

In D1 Section prelim Fitzroy led Werribee from go 

to whoa and ran out winners 13.8 to 7.6 in a game 

that was scrappy early but saw a better standard in 

the second half. Best – MacKay, Atherton, Meighen, 

Cahill, Clark, Dullard (Fitzroy) and Antonello, 

McCutcheon, Addamo, Dean, Palmington, Lee 

(Werribee). 

5 Years Ago – 2005 

In D2 Rupertswood deservedly won their way into 

the Grand Final with a resounding win over Peninsula 

Old Boys, courtesy of a magnificent 8 goal haul from 

spearhead Leigh Brennan. Rupertswood were never 

really threatened before winning 15.5 to 5.15. Best – 

Collins, Burrows, J Plummer, Brennan (8), Spinner, 

Reid (Rupertswood) and Parsons, Prendergast, 

Ferguson, Pratt, Murray, Wood (Peninsula). 

It was a cracking prelim final in D3 Section between 

St Johns and West Brunswick. The Westies had 

finished in fourth spot but were looking good for a 

shot at the title, holding a 29 point lead at half time. St 

Johns came out after half time with all guns blazing 

and had the lead by three quarter time, albeit 4 points. 

The final quarter was typical prelim final pressure 

with players throwing everything they had into each 

contest. In the end the St Johns boys held on to win 

12.13 to 12.12. Best – Arnold, Sinclair, Ryan (5), 

Pickering, Skinner, O’Connor (StJ) and Benjamin 

(7), Jelbart, Millard, Irving, Pietsch, West (WB). 


Therry Penola won their way into B Section with a 

6 goal win over AJAX in the C Section preliminary 

final. It was a fluctuating contest in the first half with 

Therry taking the advantage in the first quarter while 

the AJAX boys tended to dominate the second term 

and should have held more than the 10 point lead. 

With the breeze at their back in the third quarter, 

Therry Penola stunned their opposition with a 9 goal 

to 1 display with the Bannister brothers setting the 

standard. When Therry kicked the first major in the 

final term, it spelt curtains for AJAX although they 

rallied temporarily. The final score of 18.14 to 12.14 

was a fair indication of the difference between the two 

teams. Best – R Bannister (4), S Bannister, Edwards, 

O’Sullivan, Nancarrow, Mills (Therry) and M Segal 

(3), Weisler, Rajch, Dukes, Kalinski, Davis (AJAX). 

Wayne Hinton and Graeme Thwaites (Field), Bob 

Mutton and Jon Vincent (Boundary) and Stephen 

Leahy and Kevin Segota (Goal) read like a who’s 

who of the umpiring fraternity. John Toohey (Therry) 

and Wayne Harmes (AJAX) were the coaches. 

Old Essendon earned another crack at Caulfield 

Grammarians by winning the D1 Section Preliminary 

Final, 12.8 to Monash Blues 8.13. Essendon’s 6.2 

to 0.2 in the first quarter was the telling period of 

the game with Lutterschmidt and Evans leading the 

Monash defence a merry dance. The Blues fought 

back in the second term but could not close the gap 

and by three quarter time, the game had tightened 

up considerably and Essendon were able to hold off 

Monash who inaccuracy was costly. Best – Cetin, 

Ryan, Lutterschmidt (6), Cippolini, D Fletcher, 

McPherson (OE) and Hawkins (4), Dowsley, Furnell, 

McGee, Caldwell, Holloway (Monash). Mark Gibson 

and Craig O’Donoghue were the field umpires. 


The A Section second semi final resulted in 

favourites, Collegians, comfortably accounting for 

Ormond 19.17 to 15.7 and the Lions had led all 

day after establishing their superiority in the first 

quarter, 5.6 to 3.0. The goals were well spread for 

Collegians Schober, Wallace, Berzins and Mount all 

with 3 goals. Carboon and Schuhkraft kicked 4 and 

3 respectively but Ormond struggled all around the 

ground to contain the Lions’ machine. The Monds 

would need to call on their past finals’ experience 

in the preliminary final against Marcellin to have 

another crack at the strong Collegians’ line-up. 

Old Haileybury demolished Kew in the B Section 

second semi final and although expected to win 

easily, no one expected the 29.15 to 9.14 score line. 

Kraus (7) and Waldron (5) led the way in front of 


goals and with Kidgell dominating the ruck and 

McKenzie dominating in the centre, Haileybury were 

never troubled. Royston, Bradley and Harrison tried 

their hardest for Kew. 

Uni Blacks won their way back into the C Section with 

an easy win over Fawkner 14.10 to 7.12 and came 

from behind at half time. Best – Glover, Radford, 

Russell, J Gray, Shaddock, Garde and Heath kicked 7 

for the Blacks. B Young, S Barrett, Busst, G Young, 

Majerczak and O’Leary were Fawkner’s best. 

State Bank defeated Whitefriars in the D Section 

Preliminary 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). 


In A Section Uni Blues went straight into the Grand 

Final after defeated De La sale 12.9 to 11.8 in the 

second semi. With the breeze De La opened at a big 

lead at quarter time, 6.2 to 0.1 and the Blues were still 

9 points down at half time. De La again kicked clear 

(27 points) by three quarter time but the Blues stormed 

home with 5.4 while holding the D’s scoreless in the 

last. Best – Yeo, Tyquin, Dobbie, Carne, Wilson, 

Cortese (Blues) and M Greene, R McHenry, Cooke, 

B Bourke, Hanrahan, Donegan (DLS). 

Old Xaverians won the B Section second semi 

over Old Scotch 13.16 to 8.10. Scotch struggled up 

forward generally and the Xavs held sway across 

the centre to ensure their forwards received plenty 

of opportunities. Best – Adgemis, Corcoran (3), 

Sholly, Calleo, Pirrie, Burne (Xavs) and Alexander, 

Anderson, Bubb (4), Morgan, Polkinghorne, Mason 

(Scotch). 

Old Brighton had a big win in the C Section prelim 

final over Bulleen Templestowe 15.5 to 5.6. Best 

– Brown, Gedye, Wilson (3), Mullett, Epstein, P 

Sheppard (OB) and Sherison, Ling, D’Agostino, 

Gilmore, Hooper, McCoy (BT). 

State Bank wore down St Bedes Old collegians in the 

D Section prelim final 20.10 to 7.15. Best – D Bennett 

(5), Jenkins (7), Wynd, Rosewarne, A Brennan, 

Murray (SB) and Pope, Roberts, King, Parks, Boyce, 

Fogarty (St Bedes). 


Coburg led all day in the A Section second semi 

against Ormond and the final score of 18.16 to 13.11 

was conclusive in the rivalry between the amateurs’ 

two strongest district clubs. Best – N Beattie (4), Seath 

(4), King (4), Pearson, L Beattie, Scanlon (Coburg) 

and Voight, Wood, Lavery, Bourne, Cameron, Dexter 

(Ormond). Would they meet again in the grand final 

and fly the flag for the districts clubs? 

Old Scotch defeated Geelong Amateurs in the B 

Section second semi 11.11 to 5.16. Geelong certainly 

rued the missed chances in the second quarter (2.9) 

but would have another chance to redeem themselves 

the following week. Best – Marks, Stokes (3), Steele, 

Walker, I Addison, Symington (Scotch) and Leake 

(4), L Smith, R Foster, Robinson, Casboult, E Smith 

(Geelong). 

The talented Uni High School Old Boys bounced 

back in the C Section prelim final and although 

their kicking for goal was awful (9.23) they were far 

too good for Old Haileyburians 4.9. Best – Bates, 

Johnston, Taylor, Hume, Kinnear, Smith (UHSOB) 

and Caddy, Langford-Jones, Mulvey, Pollock, Regan, 

Trapp (OH). 


University High School’s tight defence completely 

nullified De La Salle’s forward structure in the B 

Section second semi despite De La’s use of the wind. 

In the second quarter, the brilliance of UHSOB’s line 

up was obvious with 7 unanswered goals and with 

Graeme Beissel and Daryl Foster leading the way. In 

the third term, De La were again blanketed with the 

wind and Uni High eventually won by a huge margin, 

15.17 to 6.13 and appeared certainties for the flag. 

Best – Morgan, McAuliffe, Shearn, O’Brien, Beissel 

(4), Nettleton (UHSOB) and Compton, Heffernan, 

Nesbitt, Firman, Kelly, Pilkington (DLS). 

In the C Section prelim final shocking inaccuracy 

in front of goal probably cost National Bank a place 

in the grand final. In the first half they ran all over 

the Parkside players but to Parkside’s credit, they 

retrieved the situation with a hard slogging third 

quarter and continued on in the final term to earn a 

tilt at the title. Final winning score; 9.7 to 6.17. Best 

– Holcombe, Petrucci, Milburn, O’Connell, Keane 

(Parkside) and Strickland, Mueller, Corby, Neale, 

Brewer, Henderson (National Bank). 



PREMIER – 2ND SEMI FINAL 

Sunday 5 September – Sportscover Arena 

1 Jono Dixon (VC) 

2 Tom Bull 

3 Charlie Holst 

4 Nicholas Ries (VC) 

5 Andrew Scott 

6 Jack Bull 

7 Shura Taft 

8 Alex Mullocks 

9 James Fry 

10 James Jorgensen 

11 Daniel Strachan 

14 Fergus Watts 

15 Michael Dyer 

16 Andrew Baxter 

17 Richard Hosking 

18 Trent Zimbachs 

19 Stuart Inglis 

20 Sam Troon 

21 James Harvey 

23 Will Tardif 

25 James Kondarovskis 

29 Nicholas Stone (VC) 

32 Chris Blumfi eld (C) 

33 Lachlan Ferguson 

34 Harry Croft 

36 Nicholas Corp 

37 Tim Baxter 

58 Nicholas Bobeff 

COLLEGIANS 

Coach: Mark Hibbins / Simon Arnott 

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 

OLD XAVERIANS 

Coach: Simon Lethlean 

Assistants: Andrew Brushfield, 

Andrew Gowers, Lex Vasdekis, 

Ted Woodruff 

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DE LA SALLE 

Coach: Dom McInerney 

UNI BLUES 

Coach: Mark Maddocks 

3 Ben Corin 

4 Nathan Roberts 

5 Michael Duggan 

6 Alex Roberts 

7 Peter Harrison (C) 

8 Rob Gamble 

9 Dylan Thomas 

10 Jack Jarvis 

11 Will Fenton 

14 Joel Phillips 

15 Joshua Harris 

18 John Nicolopoulos 

20 Nathan Harris 

21 Daniel Close 

22 Aaron Kneebone 

23 Ryan Sherman 

24 James Lamb 

25 Lachlan Bull 

27 Dan Griffen 

28 Chris Mercuri 

30 Luke Edwards 

32 Jack Vickers 

33 Steve Muller 

35 Justin Baxter 

37 Pat Carroll 

38 James Hansen 

44 Tim Kovess 

53 Edward Murphy 

54 Michael Nankervis 

55 Shane Griffen 

61 Chris Kelliher 

88 Sam Dillon 

SPONSORS 

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 

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PREMIER THIRDS – 2ND SEMI FINAL 


OLD XAVERIANS 

Thirds Coach: Matt O’Hanlon 

Assistant: Nick Butler 

DE LA SALLE 

Coach: Liam O’Donnell/Paul Hesse 

2 Julian Moylan 

3 Liam Grigg 

4 Josh Hanger 

5 Matthew Altis (VC) 

6 Tim Trahair 

7 James Morton 

8 Nick Mudge 

9 Michael Hennessy 

10 Anthony Torre (DVC) 

11 Adam Faithful 

12 Matthew Dimattina 

13 Matthew Romanin 

14 Callum Dipierdomenico 

15 Rory Lynch 

16 Charlie Chisholm 

17 Josh Evans 

18 Sam Adams 

19 Jono Meehan 

23 Ed Lachal 

24 Tom Grigg 

25 Jack Davies 

26 Daniel Meehan 

27 Patrick Purcell (C) 

28 Jeremy Mcdonnell 

29 Matthew Roache 

30 Michael Dipietro (DVC) 

31 Luke Knight 

34 Luke Guirgius 

37 Mark Trovato 

44 Bryce Pane 

47 Jack Sleeman 

49 Dan Molan 

51 Peter Doyle 

52 Michael Dyer 

53 John Hodgman 

58 Tom Rowse 

69 Nicholas Drago 


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 

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PREMIER B – 2ND SEMI FINAL 

Saturday 4 September – Sportscover Arena 

OLD CAREY 

Senior Coach: Trevor Rowe 

Asst Coaches: Travis Derricott, 

Stuart Kofoed, Richard Oppy 

Team Manager: Phil Smith 

OLD HAILEYBURY 

Coach: David Lappage 

1 Steven Freemantle 

2 Grant Baldwin 

3 Nicholas Thompson 

4 Julian Rowe 

5 Luke Maslin 

7 Thomas Evans (C) 

8 Paul Fiorenza 

10 Christopher Laidlaw 

11 Scott Virtue 

12 Glen Parker 

14 Alistair Stewart-Holmes 

13 James Courtot 

15 Jarrod Reid (DVC) 

16 Brendan Huf 

20 James Murrie 

21 Lachlan McQueen-Miscamble 

22 Andrew Kent 

23 Cameron Howat (VC) 

24 Alexander Thompson 

25 Andrew Willingham 

27 Alistair McQueen-Parton 

29 Jack Joslin 

30 Cameron Jones 

31 Brett De Leijer 

32 Bas Simpson 

34 Luke Crozier 

35 Robert Josephs 

44 Dylan Hyne 

49 Ryan Crozier 

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 

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PREMIER B RESERVE – 2ND SEMI FINAL 


UNI BLACKS 

Reserves Coach: Chris Barrett 

ST BERNARDS 

Coach: Nick Smith 

Assist: Chris Tankard 

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 James Molony 

3 Samuel Scott 

4 Jake Foulds 

5 Alexander Jolley 

6 Mark Salvadori 

8 Justin Evans (C) 

9 Michael Moloney 

11 Christopher Davis 

12 Ben Hogan 

13 Chris Mitchell 

15 Shaun Bergin 

16 Kyle Dalmau 

17 Dean Bergin 

18 Nathan Thomas 

19 Andrew Stapleton 

20 Steven Cannatelli 

22 Brenton Cooper 

23 Grant Breheney 

24 Liam Cookson 

25 Joshua Smith 

26 Andrew Smith (C) 

27 James Mount 

28 Paul Holland 

29 Joshua Ryan 

30 Simon Chatfi eld 

32 Sasha Bugryn 

33 Nicholas M Smith 

36 Michael O’Dea 

37 Patrick Harris 

38 Stephen Iannazzo (C) 

39 Mark Juricskay 

41 Jackson Bell 

43 Joshua Kassis 

48 Xavier Cox 

51 Daniel Lamanna 

52 Jesse Manunzio 

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PREMIER B THIRDS – 2ND SEMI FINAL 


BANYULE 

Coach: Rob Knight 

ST KEVINS 

Coach: William Browne 

3 Nick Smith 

4 Justin Sirianni 

7 Adam Rothe 

8 Luke Delaney 

9 Christopher Kingsford 

10 Sam Place 

11 Hayden Mowat 

12 Heath McDonald 

13 James Allery 

14 Nicholas Ciurleo 

15 Stephen Tindale 

17 Jarrod Cahir 

18 Richard Young 

19 Lee Ferrall 

20 Christian Buckley 

21 Tom Wise 

22 Jake Rice 

22 Joel Rigler 

24 Brandon Kelly 

25 Cameron Mcdonald 

26 Adam Dooley 

38 Jeremy Ryan 

42 Brendan Danaher 

45 Sam Giansiracusa 

46 Tom McKinlay 

48 Zan Wenke 

51 David Witchell 

55 Brad Willmore 

56 Paul O’Rourke 

58 Ben Souvatzis 

64 Alan Garreffa 

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 



PREMIER C – PRELIMINARY FINAL 

Sunday 5 September – Trevor Barker Oval 

BEAUMARIS 

Coach: Phil Chisholm 

AJAX 

Coach: Gary Blusztein 

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 

1 Ronen Heine 

2 Jason Israelsohn 

3 Yaron Rapoport 

4 Sam Bruce 

5 Jason Ritterman 

6 David Fayman 

7 Marcus Jankie 

8 Geoffrey Measey 

9 Gary Blieden 

10 Jason Seidl 

11 Mark Segal 

12 Sam Chester 

13 Benjamin Klein 

14 Jarrod White 

15 Daniel Freed 

16 Nicholas Marks 

17 Danny Weislitzer 

19 Ashley Kalb 

20 Josh Kalmus 

22 Adam Laitt 

23 Ari Lewski 

24 Josh Sacks 

25 Jake Lew 

26 Ben Kalmus 

29 Rubin Winograd 

33 Joshua Ludski 

34 Ben Rotstein 

35 Corey Jankie 

40 Ben Hershan 

46 Mathew Nissen 

47 Warren Steinberg 

48 Jake Sharp 

51 Luke Peters 

78 Evgeni Routman 



PREMIER C RESERVE – PRELIMINARY FINAL 

Sunday 5 September – Trevor Barker Oval 

ORMOND 

Coach: Kornel Dachs 

MAZENOD 

Coach: Troy Bridgland 

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 9 Aodhan Olson 

13 Michael Regan 

17 Casey Poletti 

19 Nicholas Bogar 

25 Jace Kelly 

26 David Maskill 

28 Fredrick Deegan 

30 Chris Keane 

33 Steve Balloch 

36 Andrew Weekes 

39 John Fahey 

40 Luke Hawkins 

42 Cameron Raine 

43 Cameron Smith 

44 Bernard Costin 

47 Joshua Dipietro 

49 Nick Klavins 

54 Ryan Kaye 

56 Steven Mann 

57 Damian Macleod 

58 Sean Bamblett 

59 Daniel Nisbet 

60 Nathan Daskalou 

71 Darren Carter 

72 Ben Willersdorf 

77 Shannon Morgan 

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DIVISION 1 – PRELIMINARY FINAL 

Saturday 4 September – St Bernards College 

MONASH BLUES 

Coach: Tim Powell 

NOBS/ST PATS 

Coach: Richard Peoples 

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 

1 Josh Cassell (VC) 

2 Dan Moloney 

3 Simon Harwood (C) 

5 Adam Crameri 

6 Todd Patterson 

8 Matt Keown 

9 Kyle Adams 

12 Glenn Maxton 

13 Sam Thomson 

14 Brennan Mills 

15 Lachlan Dullard 

16 Tim Brady 

17 Nick Evans 

18 Andrew McLarty 

19 Nick Thomas 

20 Chris Horsley 

21 Lachlan Ezard 

22 Michael O’Donoghue 

23 Joshua Forte 

24 Paul Kenelley 

25 Michael Layley 

27 Nathan Hull 

29 Chris Hosking 

30 Andrew McPherson 

31 Adam Oakley 

32 Brendan Sheehan 

35 Brad Holland 

36 Daniel Tonkin 

39 Todd Cleary 

41 Boyd Dellwo 

42 Rhys Allitt 

43 Matt Gillett 

51 Peter Shepherd 

56 Peter Carnovale 



DIVISION 1 RESERVE – PRELIMINARY FINAL 

Saturday 4 September – St Bernard’s College 

WHITEFRIARS 

Coach: K Conlan 

NOBS/ST PATS 

Coaches: Paul Bryar / Michael Barker 

6 Paul Hennessy 

7 Jarrod Marchesi 

8 Daniel Massarotti 

13 Tom Langford 

17 Steven Anderson 

18 Nicholas Crowe 

19 Andrew Hill 

21 Mark Stafford 

25 Grant Day 

27 Jean Daou 

28 Peter Tatterson 

30 John Hogan 

34 Cale Smith 

36 Simon Allemand 

37 Anastasi Adgemis 

39 Peter Siorovingas 

40 David Cardamone 

41 Andrew Thorpe 

42 Justin Kenez 

44 David Gallacher 

45 Robert Brosolo 

46 Michael Allemand 

47 Peter Hayes 

48 Adam Pearson 

49 Mitchell Huston 

50 Dylan Robson-Long 

51 Joseph Urbano 

52 Aidan Baggoley 

55 Ben Craven 

58 James Waters 

59 David Arthurson 

61 Chris Mcdonald 

62 Anthony Gibbs 

67 Brendon Wilson 

75 Matthew Lucarelli 

2 Dan Moloney 

4 Scott Sleep 

5 Adam Crameri 

7 Jarryd Browne 

9 Matt Reid 

10 Chris Le Maitre (RVC) 

11 Brett Burdeu 

12 Glenn Maxton 

13 Tim Halpin 

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 

37 Timothy Kelly 

38 James Mirtschin 

40 Luke Sheehan 

41 Boyd Dellwo 

44 James O’Donnell 

45 Sam Flett 

46 Chris Dobson (R co-C) 

47 Andrew Trigg 

49 Ed Grinter 

50 Thomas Noonan 

51 Peter Shepherd 

52 Francis Caldow 

53 Tom Atkin 

54 Brendan Wills 

55 Shaun Ferris 

56 Peter Carnovale 

57 Nicholas Barden 

58 John Murphy 

59 Jimmy Forbes 

60 Sam O’Connell 

66 Paul Bryar 

67 David Robinson 

69 Joel Scanlon 

75 Tyler Donaldson-Aitken 




Sunday 5 September – Coburg City Oval 

GLEN EIRA 

Coach: David Conway / Justin Mills 

OLD PARADIANS 

Coach: Phil Gaut 

1 Steve Vamvakas 

2 Chris Higgins 

3 Said Elmi 

4 Scott Diamond 

5 Alex Tsirogiannis 

6 Nick Broadhead 

7 Alex Caruana 

9 Evan Stuchbery 

10 Andrew Spink 

11 Luke Pryde 

12 Ben King 

15 Michael Kohout 

17 Stefan Krull 

18 Jarryd Bloink 

20 Justin Mills 

23 Mark Dimashki 

25 Michael Fletcher 

26 Cris Massis 

28 Justin King 

29 Alastair Garlick 

30 Will Devlin 

35 Shane Hollow 

36 Brett Dennis 

37 Abdirahman Farah 

38 Mahad Farah 

44 Peter Rohr 

47 Bart Mckay 

51 Tom Patterson 

52 Liam Shellard 

53 Kane Gillespie 

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 




Sunday 5 September – Coburg City Oval 

BENTLEIGH 

Reserves: Mick Lee 

OLD PARADIANS 

Coach: Paul Gregor 

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 

1 Nick Bryce 

2 Blake Holden 

4 Ross Licciardi 

5 David Daniele 

6 Ashley White 

8 Len Villani 

12 Steve Corcoran 

13 David Huntley 

15 Anthony Paglia 

16 Michael Patena 

17 Brad Donohue 

18 Ben Vincent (VC) 

19 Anthony Lago (DVC) 

20 Travis Girovski 

25 Alex Asdagi 

28 Anthony Jolley (C) 

29 Chris Shepherd 

30 Mark Ryan 

31 Daniel Mckenna 

35 David Salvatico 

36 Brett Dintinosante 

37 Adrian Mascia 

40 Damien Hannam 

43 Matthew Raponi 

44 Wayne Connelly 

46 Anthony Sheehy 

48 Anthony Posterino 

49 Grant Madden 

50 Luke Varalla 

59 Warren Jeffrey 

63 Matthew Lomax 

67 Tom Witherden 




Sunday 5 September 

ST JOHNS 

Coach: Matt Jones 

Team Manager: Phil Jones 

POWER HOUSE 

Senior Coach: Martin Pike 

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 

1 Mathew Taylor 

2 Mark Spiliotalopoulos 

4 Simon Beardall 

6 Adam Collett 

7 Reece Humphreys (C) 

8 Michael Lynch 

9 Sam Watson 

10 Clinton Phillips 

13 David Burnside 

14 Warde Elliott 

15 Mathew Treeby 

16 Alan Foster 

18 Tanj Saraw 

19 Paul Edwards 

21 Darren Baker 

24 Darren Bowden 

25 Jacob Avery 

27 Ben Leske 

32 Andrew Kuhanez 

34 Simon Blacksell 

35 Tyler Hincks 

55 Greg Norris 

59 Damien Robertson 

62 James Walsh 

64 Matthew Wallis 

67 Nathan Moresi 

70 Nicholas Brown 

72 Pete Henshaw 

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Sunday 5 September 

YARRA VALLEY 

Coach: Ian Trend 

POWER HOUSE 

Reserves Coach: Warde Elliot 

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 

14 Warde Elliott 

17 Steve Devine 

19 Russ Macumber 

20 Johnny Brennan 

22 David Parsons 

26 Drew Ashworth (C) 

28 Lenny Ercoli 

31 Roderick Marshall 

32 Andrew Kuhanez 

33 Jade Fiorini 

34 Simon Blacksell 

36 Chris Doolan 

38 Jimmy Dwyer 

39 Wesley Old 

40 David Maloney 

41 Andrew Barr 

42 Patrick Arnold (VC) 

49 Denis Fahey 

50 Joe Cunsolo 

51 Jermey Plazzer 

52 Paul Washington 

53 Gerry Tubridy 

54 Michael Chylniski 

56 Chris Plazzer 

57 Ash Rankin 

58 Timothy Matheson 

61, Brendan Counsel 

67 Nathan Moresi 

69 Gerry Cleary 

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Saturday 4 September – Vermont 

MT LILYDALE 

Coach: Greg Finkemeyer 

MANNINGHAM COBRAS 

Coach: Laurie Zarafa 

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 

1 Nick Polites 

3 Steven Sheales 

7 Warrick De Vercelli 

9 Ryan Daley 

11 Terence Young 

13 Chris Arman 

14 Tim Fradkin 

16 David Trinchi 

17 Timothy Conn 

23 Sam McCallum 

24 Nathan Pentland 

25 Daniel Bellissimo 

30 Ben Cookson 

31 Andrew Coonan 

34 Stephen Rose 

36 Leigh Orton 

39 Mark Bullen 

40 Samuel Bentley 

48 Wesley Thomson 

49 Andrew Bullen 

50 Joel McConvill 

57 Glenn Hancock 

59 Brendan Gasparini 

59 Brendan Morrison 

70 Mick Boso 

76 Camron Terpsinis 

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Saturday 4 September – Vermont 

NORTH BRUNSWICK 

Reserves Coach: A. Kyriazis 

SWINBURNE UNI 

Coach: J. Mennen 

2 Darren Adams 

5 Jamie Comley 

7 Cameron Twaddle 

8 David Rowlands 

10 Andrew Mountney 

11 Joe Boudoloh 

15 Corey Hall 

16 Donny Manoukian 

17 Abraham Kyriazis 

19 Luke Spano 

22 Jeremy Freeman 

24 Andrew Makdessi 

27 Jason Hungerford 

28 Trevor Ackland 

31 Simon Adair 

32 Bradley Robertson 

34 Troy Geary 

36 David Allan 

38 Steven Miller 

40 Nat Myers 

45 Adam Makarucha 

48 Bradley Dancer 

49 Kieran Linton 

50 Gus Selaidinakos 

51 Joshua Culpin 

52 Anthony Fleming 

60 Billy Lim 

62 Paul Capaldo 

63 Nicholas Alsop 

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 

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FOR THE LOVE OF 

Six VAFA players have been chosen to tour South 

Africa later this month as part of the Australian 

Amateur Football Council team. Jack Watts 

(Uni Blues), Trent Zimbachs (Collegians) , Grant 

Baldwin (Old Carey), Ryan Semmel (Hampton 

Rovers), Paul Florance (Bulleen Templestowe) 

and Jack Hellier (St Bede’s Mentone Tigers) 

(pictured below) will take part on this trip which 

will encompass football, coaching and community 

work in the townships of Johannesburg. The team 

will be coached by Mick Dwyer and includes 

representatives from SA, WA and Tasmania. 

Is this it? Old Paradians play in the Div 2 

Preliminary Final today against Glen Eira. This 

week, one of its greatest sons Peter Brabender has 

announced that he will retire after the finals. For 

his sake, let’s hope he squeezes in a game next 

week to add to his 420 plus already on the board. 

All of Peter’s games have been in the U19s or 

seniors. He’s never played a Reserves game. His 

career has unfortunately coincided with the slide 

of Paradians from Premier down through the 

grades. A Grand Final and a premiership would 

be a dream exit for the great man. I’m sure even 

Glen Eira would agree, but that won’t stop them 

trying to fulfil their own ambitions. 

The weather is playing havoc with the VAFA 

finals schedule, with more games transferred this 

week. VAFA GM of Football Operations Jeremy 

Bourke has been working around the clock to find 

grounds and it is taking its toll as these pictures 

illustrate. First we see JB a month ago, happy 

after his assistant coach role with the Vic U23s. 

Then last week, when he trampled through the 

mud at Central Reserve, then this week when the 

rain kept on coming, causing more reshuffling. 

Happy Fathers’ Day, Bourkey. 


THE GAME 

BEARS HIT MILESTONES 

100 

Banyule’s Alex Bottomley started at the club in 2004 with the under 19’s and was a 

member of the 2005 Premiership team. Alex missed the entire 2009 season due to an 

accident but has come back in 2010 better than ever. Alex started his career as a key 

defender and has now turned into a key forward. Alex is known for his lightening quick 

leads and massive “guns”. 

50 

Banyule’s would Cam McDonald began with the Under 19’s in 2008 and in 2009 was a 

key member of the senior side. This year Cam has been an integral part of the Banyule 

Premier B Thirds side. 

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 

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For more information 

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FINALS INFORMATION 

4th-5th 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 matches 

Division 1, 2, 3, 4, U19 and 

$10 

U18 matches 

CONCESSION 

(Student and Health Card Holders): 

Premier, Premier B, 

$6 

Premier C matches 

Division 1, 2, 3, 4, U19 and 

$5 

U18 matches 

Car Parking (where applicable) $5 

Children U12 and Aged Pensioners FREE 

Records (“The Amateur Footballer”) $2 

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. 

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. 

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. 

MULTIPLE GROUND PASS-OUT POLICY 

Where a club is playing two matches on the 

same day at two different venues, patrons may 

request a pass form the first venue so they 

can attend the second venue without paying 

a second entrance fee. Patrons must ask for 

a pass from the first venue to present to the 

second venue otherwise full payment will be 

requested. No pass – no free admittance. Players 

and Officials entering grounds on passes are not 

eligible for this provision. 

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. 

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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. 

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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, 

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or email: secretary@oldwestbourneafc. 

com.au 

Applications close Mon. 20 th Sept 2010. 

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Tel. 0427 129 667. 

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Zac Hubber 

Darren Dawson 

Richard Wilkinson 

UNDER 19 

PREMIER: Then there were four. After 18 rounds of 

football, De La Salle, Old Scotch, Beaumaris and Old 

Xaverians will contest this year’s finals series. This series 

was to have begun last week, but strange things happen. 

Rain came, footy postponed. So here we go again, 

Premier column retyped. 

De La is truly the impressive story of 2010 after going 

undefeated for the season and backing up last year’s 

minor premiership. De La led by 28 points at half-time 

against a spirited Old Melburnians line-up, but the class 

of the boys from Dairy Bell shone through in the third 

with an eight goal to one rampage. Jack O’Halloran was 

impressive against OMs, now a key player in the side 

after starting the season in the Magoos. Ed Espinosa 

and Ben Nethersole have kicked at least three goals 

seven times and five times respectively this season, and 

Hugh Nicholson has kicked a goal in his past 16 games. 

Headaches all round for the three opposing finalists. After 

such an upbeat preseason, OMs will be disappointed with 

its season, but it did suffer a fair share of injuries and 

escaped relegation. Lachie Bennett has been a shining 

light for 2010. 

Uni Blues’ season ended by the slightest of margins, 

sending the afternoon Old Xavs-Beaumaris match to a 

dead rubber. The early fixture saw a spirited Uni Blues 

throw everything at Old Scotch in the final quarter, but 

it wasn’t enough to make the finals. Cardinals’ Lachlan 

Cooper was terrific in only his fifth game for season, as 

was Henry Dick. Charles Shaw was best afield for the 

Students, coming off a great performance for the Premier 

team the week prior. And congratulations to Max Allen 

for taking out the Sherrin Sharpshooters. 

Beaumaris and Old Xavs will do battle on neutral territory 

this Saturday, just a week after the Sharks defeated the 

Xavs by eight points. The return of Hicham Nidam after 

his suspension was obvious on the field, while finals 

specialist Sam Lees was red hot. Beauy’s spread of 

goalkickers was impressive down at Banksia Reserve, 

and whether or not either team played conservatively 

before the finals will be answered soon enough. 

St Bedes/Mentone Tigers finished its season off with an 

impressive eight-goal victory over Marcellin. The Tigers 

won three of their last five games for the season, and word 

is the 18s coming up may take the Baysiders back into 

finals contention in 2011. For Marcellin, it’s a wooden 

spoon and relegation after a lacklustre year. 

Uni Blacks is the other team to feel the relegation pinch, 

but was also entertaining towards the pointy end of the 

season by winning three of its final four games. The 

Students won a cliffhanger over Old Camberwell, a team 

that will have to regroup next year after a midseason hot 

streak. 

NORTH 1: A quirk of the draw saw a second-semi 

dress-rehearsal in the final round. And, whilst they went 

down to the Tigers by 28 points, Fitzroy showed enough 

to prove they will be no push-overs in the big re-match. 

Leading by two points at the half, the Roys believed that 

the juggernaut might finally be stopped; but it was not 

to be, as the Bees were stung into action and banged 

on eight to decide the contest. Old Carey, with one eye 

on the first semi, recorded a solid victory over Trinity. 

Ben Fordham booted six. Carey will need to step up the 

intensity a notch if they are to overcome St. Bernard’s, 

whose 119-point mauling of neighbours Old Essendon 

was a handy hit-out leading into the semis. Brad Cooper 

was again amongst the best for the Dogs. 

Preview: Although not totally convincing last week, it is 

impossible to go past the all-conquering Tigers in their 

second-semi appointment with the Roys. For me, it’s 

Werribee by 35 points. After the Snow Dogs won big in 

their first two meetings, Carey hit back in R13. It could go 

either way, but St. Bernard’s should have the firepower to 

get over the line by 10 points. 

NORTH 2: In the local derby at Chelsworth, it was Old 

Ivanhoe who prevailed over Ivanhoe and thus confirmed 

for themselves a piece of the finals action. The Old Boys 

always had the game under control, and luckily their 

wayward kicking for goal did not prove costly. Therry- 

Penola confirmed their flag favouritism with a thumping 

defeat of the Bullants. The Lions had an impressive 

twelve goal-kickers in their massive 30-goal victory, 

spear-headed by William Dean with 13. Old Westbourne 

did enough against Emmaus-St. Leo’s to hang on to a 

place in the four. However, the Warriors were not overly 

impressive in dispatching the cellar-dwelling Animals, 

who only posted one victory for the year. Latrobe’s 

96-point defeat of Fitzroy only served to remind them 

of what might have been had a drastic mid-season slump 

not ruined their season. And in the final match, Aquinas 

powered away from local rivals Whitefriars in the second 

half to post a 24-point win. 

Preview: Although Aquinas knocked them over in their 

previous encounter, Therry-Penola’s late-season form has 

been excellent. They have the ability to score heavily, 

and given the right conditions should do so again in the 

second-semi. The Lions by 25 points. Old Westbourne’s 

recent form has been inconsistent, and I am tipping Old 

Ivanhoe to continue their late surge and win by 5 goals. 

NORTH 1 REVIEW: At Amateur headquarters under 

the Friday night lights, it was Old Carey who shone 

brightest in the first semi-final. The match was tough 

slog, particularly in the first half when only five goals 

in total were scored. It was St. Bernard’s who went into 

the main break with a slim two-point lead, although it 


was arguably Carey’s poor conversion (2.8) that saw 

them trailing. Both teams managed three goals each in 

the third quarter, with the Dogs maintaining their twopoint 

buffer at the final break. The last term was a classic, 

but it was to be the Panthers who emerged victorious by 

a mere seven points. Simon Caven and Harry Overman 

were best for St. Bernard’s, while Sam Fisher (in just his 

second game for the season) and Nick Richardson were 

best for Carey. 

It was the upset of the season. Fitzroy’s four-goal secondsemi 

win over the previously undefeated Werribee was 

the triumph of a team with belief. The Tigers got away to 

an early lead, but with a six-goal second-term the Roys 

were seven points up at half-time. The third quarter saw 

Fitzroy kick a wasteful 2.8 and there were fears that this 

profligacy would cost them the game. However, they did 

not despair and came home with force, finishing full of 

running to boot 6.6 in the last to overpower Werribee. 

Preview: Footy finals are littered with stories of 

unbeatable teams who went out in straight sets. But I am 

not expecting that fate to befall Werribee, and am tipping 

that they will bounce back strongly to defeat Old Carey 

by 35 points at Craigieburn. 

NORTH 2 REVIEW: Therry-Penola carried their 

good recent form into the second-semi and recorded a 

comfortable 32-point win over Aquinas. Despite being 

two points down at the half, the ladder-leaders kicked six 

in the third quarter to put paid to thoughts of an upset. 

Ibrahim Kana, with six goals, was the star for Therry. 

In the first-semi at Waverley, Old Ivanhoe thumped Old 

Westbourne by 113 points in a performance which will 

have them believing they can knock over the Bloods 

this week. The Warriors were extremely disappointing 

and were outclassed all over the ground. Best for the 

Hoers was James Moio who booted seven in a dominant 

performance. 

Preview: This prelim looms as a belter: I reckon that Old 

Ivanhoe have hit their straps at the right time, and am 

expecting them to triumph by 10 points over Aquinas. 

SOUTH 1: With Tom Small out it was always going to 

be a tough ask for the Fields, and after a goalless first 

quarter supporters were wondering where the goals were 

going to come from. Brighton on the other hand were up 

and about and by half time could sniff a Grand Final birth. 

Once again Sargent was brilliant in the middle, he won 

the hard ball setting the standard and tone for his team 

mates, Coroneos booted three as he and Newman were 

crafty up forward. Schaffer was quiet whilst Scott Bilger 

continues his great end to the season. Skevs and AJAX 

had to wait until Sunday to contest their elimination final, 

Immediately SKOBS were on the front foot with big man 

Rowe proving difficult for the AJAX defence. Charlie 

Ring was back doing what he does best and that’s being 

a clearance and running machine, he along with Will 

Russel were excellent all day. For Ajax once again a lack 

of goal kickers and forward targets let them down, Lang, 

Simon and Nissen were all very well held whilst Harel 

and Selzer tried hard all day. For AJAX their season ends, 

Skevs march on into the second week while the Fields 

have the Second Chance. Waverly Park will host the do 

or die battle, I’m tipping a kick will separate the teams all 

day. Hopefully Tom Small will be right and if he is I’ll tip 

Caulfield by five Points. 

SOUTH 2:Oakleigh move into the Grand Final whilst 

Old Xavs bow out! Oakleigh’s dreadful kicking in front of 

goal kept the dons in the game at half time, and the trend 

continued in the second half. Mazenod couldn’t capitalise 

and in the end were convincingly beaten by 50-points. 

Paul Tsoucalas led all comers with four majors whilst Tim 

Scott showed why he has been selected in their senior 

side all year with a dominating display. For Mazenod all 

is not lost, their consistent season gives them the second 

chance, however running into a rampaging Old Geelong 

is not ideal. OG’s brilliant finals record continues as a 

dazzling second half knocked out Xavier. Skelton proved 

that he can perform in finals kicking five in a outstanding 

performance, he along with inside nuggetty midfielder 

Julian Foster were brilliant. Due to the premier finals 

fixture being cancelled, Old Xavs dropped back some 

super players including Sam Lees to keep their reserves 

in the race. However a forgettable second half cost Xavier 

any chance of progressing into the Preliminary final. Next 

week’s game will be tight, Mazenod will go in favourites 

but Old Geelong will fancy themselves and come into the 

game with nothing to lose. My Tip Mazenod… JUST! 

TODAY 

Selections in BOLD 

U19 PREMIER 

BEAUMARIS v OLD XAVERIANS 

DE LA SALLE v OLD SCOTCH 

U19 NORTH (1) 

WERRIBEE v OLD CAREY 

U19 NORTH (2) 

AQUINAS v OLD IVANHOE 

U19 SOUTH (1) 

ST KEVINS v CAULFIELD GRAMM 

U19 SOUTH (2) 

MAZENOD v OLD GEELONG 


LAST ROUND U19 RESULTS 

U19 NORTH (1) 

SEMI FINAL 1 

OLD CAREY 1.4, 2.8, 5.9, 9.13 (67) 

ST BERNARDS 2.2, 3.4, 6.5, 9.6 (60) 

GOALS, OLD CAREY: M. Parker 2, B. Fordham 2, L. Hall 1, H. Moore 1, N. 

Richardson 1, J. Kerin 1, J. Loorham 1 ST BERNARDS: D. Wall 2, S. Jones 

2, B. Cooper 1, L. Sullivan 1, I. Madden 1, S. Caven 1, J. Gay 1 

BEST, OLD CAREY: S. Fisher, N. Richardson, M. Parker, J. Loorham, H. 

Moore, W. Cushen ST BERNARDS: S. Caven, H. Overman, J. Saundry, K. 

Farrell, E. Cole 

SEMI FINAL 2 

FITZROY 3.5, 9.8, 11.16, 17.22 (124) 

WERRIBEE 5.0, 9.1, 14.3, 16.4 (100) 

GOALS, FITZROY: D. Kynigopoulos 4, N. Jumeau 3, T. Hudson-Bevege 3, J. 

Dalton 3, M. Beacham 1, A. Biggs 1, D. Patcas 1, J. Turner 1 WERRIBEE: 

C. Molivas 3, J. Sargent 2, L. Johnston 2, M. Hill 2, T. Sapountzis 2, B. 

Leonard 2, A. Eade 2, M. Watt 1 

BEST, FITZROY: N. Jumeau, T. Hudson-Bevege, W. Johnson, D. Patcas, D. 

Pound-Palmieri, C. Evans WERRIBEE :A. Eade, J. Sargent, M. Watt, C. 

Molivas, R. Harrington, T. Dean 

U19 SOUTH (1) 

SEMI FINAL 2 

OLD BRIGHTON 1.5, 6.6, 7.12, 10.14 (74) 


GOALS, OLD BRIGHTON: N. Coroneos 3, W. Newman 2, S. Timms 1, N. 

Schaffer 1, M. Karayannis 1, J. Sargent 1, M. Waite 1 CAULFIELD 

GRAMMARIANS: W. Osborn 3, R. Lewis 1, T. Nixon 1, J. Waldron 1, C. 

Mengler-Francis 1 

BEST, OLD BRIGHTON: S. Bilger, J. Sargent, M. Karayannis, R. Cummin, B. 

Austin, L. Nicholls CAULFIELD GRAMMARIANS: H. Gates, W. Osborn, A. 

Lister, C. Axais, L. Everett, P. Mayes 

SEMI FINAL 1 

ST KEVINS 4.3, 7.8, 10.11, 13.11 (89) 

AJAX 2.2, 4.3, 5.4, 6.7 (43) 

GOALS, ST KEVINS: T. Rowe 5, J. Betlehem 2, T. Fitzgerald 1, W. Russell 1, 

C. Ring 1, B. Sullivan 1, W. Quinert 1, J. Anthony 1 AJAX: Y. Lang 1, M. 

Selzer 1, R. Simon 1, A. Caplan 1, M. Nissen 1, J. Berlinski 1 

BEST, ST KEVINS: W. Russell, N. McFarlane, L. Roberts, T. Rowe, C. Ring, 

D. Code AJAX : 

N. Harel, M. Selzer, J. Berlinski, J. Strauch, S. Fayman, M. Nissen 

U19 SOUTH (2) 

SEMI FINAL 2 

OAKLEIGH 3.6, 5.9, 9.15, 12.18 (90) 

MAZENOD 1.1, 4.2, 5.2, 6.4 (40) 

GOALS, OAKLEIGH: P. Tsoucalas 4, T. Scott 2, G. Irons 2, A. Abel 2, A. 

Matthieson 1, M. Ritchens 1 MAZENOD: J. Tyrrell 2, S. Jones 2, P. Blakeney 

1, B. Cunningham 1 

BEST, OAKLEIGH: T. Scott, T. McNamara, A. Abel, C. Mercuri, P. Tsoucalas, 

Z. Thiessens 

MAZENOD: T. Chambers, S. Welsford, A. Bau, P. Blakeney, C. Healy, P. 

Flanagan 

SEMI FINAL 1 

OLD GEELONG 2.3, 5.8, 9.11, 12.16 (88) 

OLD XAVERIANS 2.4, 7.6, 8.9, 11.13 (79) 

GOALS, OLD GEELONG: B. Skelton 5, A. De Fegely 2, M. Wade 1, J. O’Shea 

1, C. Wood 1, S. Kitchen 1, J. Lewis 1 OLD XAVERIANS: D. Barry 4, W. 

Moffi tt 2, E. Pititto 1, M. Torr 1, T. Donnellan 1, T. Dillon 1, M. Vlahos 1 

BEST, OLD GEELONG: J. Foster, B. Skelton, R. Kemp, A. De Fegely, S. 

Kitchen, C. Wood OLD XAVERIANS: L. O’Brien, L. Rogan, J. Darrer, D. 

Holland, J. Bosnar, M. Torr 

U19 NORTH (2) 

SEMI FINAL 2 

THERRY PENOLA 1.1, 6.4, 12.10, 16.11 (107) 

AQUINAS 3.5, 6.6, 8.7, 11.9 (75) 

GOALS, THERRY PENOLA: I. Kama 6, W. Dean 3, D. Ractliffe 3, M. Pell 2, 

H. Rowe 1, M. Heard 1 AQUINAS: K. Rosewarne 2, A. La Marca 2, P. 

Jurkovsky 2, A. Garlick 2, J. Roos 1, S. Panozza 1, 

T. Miteff 1 

BEST, THERRY PENOLA: I. KAMA, D. Ractliffe, S. Koenig, S. Bye, S. 

Sampson, D. Leroy AQUINAS: T. Rosevear, P. Jurkovsky, L. McDonald, J. 

Roos, R. Foster, C. Willis 

SEMI FINAL 1 

OLD IVANHOE 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 24.17 (161) 


GOALS, OLD IVANHOE: J. Moio 7, J. Birch 4, J. Ridewood 3, M. Mitris 2, T. 

Gleeson 2, M. Del Monte 2, C. Harder 1, J. Harrison 1, O. Gualano 1, C. 

Pirret 1 OLD WESTBOURNE: Not provided 

BEST, OLD IVANHOE: J. Moio, T. Gleeson, J. Birch, M. Del Monte, M. 

Bacskos, M. Mitris OLD WESTBOURNE: Not provided 


U19 PREMIER – 1ST SEMI FINAL 

Saturday 4 September – Trevor Barker Oval 

BEAUMARIS 

Coach: Josh Bourke 

Asst Coach: Steven Spaulding 

OLD XAVERIANS 

Coaches: Tom Maule & Pat Halpin 

Asst Coaches: David Prowse & 

Luke McGuinness 

1 S. Kendall 

3 G.Roberts 

4 A.Edmondson 

5 T.Rayner 

6 J.Lapa 

7 M.Bourne 

8 L.Sketchley 

9 J.Bull 

10 S.Brennan 

14 T.McManamy 

16 M.Globan 

17 L.Cormie 

18 H.Baldwin 

19 C.Smout 

20 C.O’Flaherety 

22 W.Minehan 

23 W.Mattingly 

24 J.Dixon 

25 S.Eden 

26 H.Darbyshire 

27 N.Dickinson 

28 M.Millar 

29 R.Lengyel 

30 A. McLoughlin 

31 K.Mocicka 

32 J.DiNatale 

33 J.Gandy 

34 M.Teasdale 

35 W.Edmonds/ 

J.Voce 

36 B.Kilgore/ 

M Ramanathan 

37 C.Eldred 

38 S. Braithwaite 

40 W.Morley 

41 B.Hughes 

43 J.Rayner 

44 N.Minton 

45 O.Webber 

46 J.Evans 

47 A.Goss 

48 M.Howes 

49 J.Morley 

50 M.Short 

53 D.Bedggood 

54 L.Bourne 

55 J.Thompson 

58 D.Davis 

59 T.Abbott 

61 A.Rye 

66 M.Blee 

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 PREMIER – 2ND SEMI FINAL 

Saturday 4 September – Trevor Barker Oval 

DE LA SALLE 

Coach: Josh Bourke 

Asst Coach: Steven Spaulding 

OLD SCOTCH 

Coach: Tim Shearer 

Asst: Coach: Steve Schilling 

1 Edward Espinosa 

2 Luke Williams 

3 Michael De Luca 

4 Xavier Murphy 

5 David Murphy 

6 David Hutchinson 

7 Brendan Close 

8 Edward Clinch 

9 Tim Humphrey 

10 Samuel Brooks 

11 Mark Todd 

12 Brad Wilson 

13 Michael Fort-Williams 

14 Tom Mcmahon 

15 Hugh Nicholson 

18 Ben Humphrey (C) 

21 Jack O’Halloran 

22 Adam Bonnadio 

24 Aiden Orr-O’Farrell 

25 Dan East 

26 Ashlin Streker 

28 Adrian Papamiltiades 

34 Ben Pratt 

38 Lachlan O’Connell 

47 Ben Nethersole 

54 Tim East 

59 Antony Forato 

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 

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U19 NORTH (1) - PRELIMINARY FINAL 

Sunday 5 September – Highgate Reserve 

WERRIBEE 

Coach: Roger Hand 

Asst Coach: Paul Johns 

OLD CAREY 

Coach: Matt Curry 

1 A Taylor 

2 M Watt 

3 B Leonard 

4 T Eccles 

5 L Johnston 

6 C Patterson 

7 T Dean 

8 L Klein-Breteler 

9 J Sargent 

10 A Salamone 

11 V Borg 

12 C Molivas 

13 J Cooke 

14 W Swaby 

15 L Patterson 

16 M Hill 

17 H Daniels 

18 M Martin 

19 A Eade 

20 G Pearson 

21 M Chadwick 

22 R Harrington 

23 J De Rose 

24 T Sapountzis 

25 S Gill 

26 T Dutton 

27 M Freeman 

28 J Jermain 

29 J Hughes 

30 M Mitoiu 

31 B Morton 

2 Aaron Vanschaik 

3 Alistar Reed 

4 Harry Moore 

5 Pierre Seale 

7 Ben Elzarka 

8 Mitch Hexter 

9 Josh Thompson 

10 Robert O’Hern 

11 Marcus Ramsay 

12 Blake Fordham 

13 Lewis Fotheringham 

14 Tim Smith 

15 Matt Parker 

16 Nic Bayly 

17 Sam Fisher 

19 William Guiney 

20 Sam Landgren 

21 Joe Loorham 

22 Nick Richardson 

23 Lauchan Hall 

24 Callum O’Brien 

26 Andrew Bird 

27 Henry McQueen- 

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28 Joshua Walters 

29 Tom Dawson 

34 Jack Kerin 

30 Peter Sutterby 

53 Will Cushen 

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U19 SOUTH (1) - PRELIMINARY FINAL 

Saturday 4 September – Waverley Park 

CAULFIELD GRAM 

Coach: Ben Gross 

ST KEVINS 

Coach: Peter Mckenzie 

Asst: Coach: Steve Schilling 

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 

1 P Jones 

2 J Betlehem 

3 B Omizzollo 

4 C McPherson 

5 D Loschiavo 

6 S Reid 

7 T Jones 

8 M Eastmure 

9 B Sullivan 

10 D Code 

11 L McDonell 

12 J Musty 

13 J Murphy Cruise 

14 D Brennan 

15 P Rhodes 

16 Wald 

17 G Wignall 

18 C Ring 

19 D Kelly 

20 C Semetas 

21 W Russell 

22 C Randles 

23 D Kerr 

24 T Sharpe 

25 P Turnbull 

26 D Boehm 

27 M Stafford 

28 J Gabelich 

29 T Rowe 

30 J Griffi ths 

31 J Siskind 

32 D Kerr 

33 P Nally 

34 T Fitzgerald 

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Sunday 5 September – Highgate Reserve 

AQUINAS 

Coach: Damian O’Loughlin 

Asst Coach: Sean O’Loughlin 

OLD IVANHOE 

Coach: Brad Shadbolt 

1 L Brouwer 

2 C Willis 

3 T Gellie 

4 S Panozza 

5 L McDonald 

6 P Jurkovsky 

7 D Brown 

8 K Rosewarne 

9 M Gartland 

10 A Woodward (C) 

11 A LaMarca 

12 S O’Loughlin 

13 M Cull 

14 D Fawcus 

15 M Boyson 

16 C Porteous 

17 N Spencer 

18 D McMan 

19 H McKean 

20 T Burns 

21 J McCann 

22 A Brawn 

23 B Clarke 

24 A Garlick 

25 D Brady 

26 R Foster 

27 N Alburn 

28 T Rosevear 

29 J McDonald 

30 D Lerufi o 

31 P Gabriel 

32 T Jenkins 

33 M Chimenton 

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 

29 J Jordon 

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 (2) - PRELIMINARY FINAL 

Saturday 4 September – Waverley Park 

MAZENOD 

Coach: Paul McGowan 

Asst Coach: Chris Boyle 

OLD GEELONG 

Coach: Michael Holland 

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 

30 A Bau 

31 P Flanagan 

34 M Daly 

37 N Gentile 

51 M Arnot 

53 B Cunningham 

1 Max Gubbins (VC) 

5 Johnny Luxton 

6 Rupert Kemp 

7 William Bleakley 

9 Nicholas Hall 

11 Shaw Kitchen 

15 Matthew Wade 

17 Daniel Tacconelli 

19 Callum Wood (VC) 

23 Ben Skelton 

26 Rupert Doyle 

28 Thomas Cumming 

29 Joshua Sumura 

30 Justin Lewis 

35 Andrew De Fegely 

38 Douglas Ford 

46 Julian Foster 

48 Rob Offi cer (C) 

53 Darcy Thomson 

55 Joshua Hoevenaars 

57 John Graham 

58 Jack O’shea 

62 Fearghus Wallis 

63 Angus Carmichael 

64 Donald Sahlstrom 

65 Xavier Hatch 



96.5 Inner FM 

(streaming live on the web at 

www.innerfm.org.au) and on Shoutcast 

VAFA MEDIA 

SATURDAYS 

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

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

Saturday: Premier B Second Semi Final 

Old Carey v Old Haileybury 

Sunday: Premier Second Semi Final 

Collegians v Old Xaverians 

6:30pm: Local Sports Round-Up 

SUNDAYS 

98.9 North West FM 

6:30pm - 9:00pm: 

Amateur Football Report with 

Glenn Scarborough 

SUNDAYS 

88.3 Southern FM 

(streaming live at www.southernfm.com.au) 

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

and Steve McCarthy 

Late Scores – 21/8/2010 

Old Paradians: Division 2 

Banyule: Division 2 

St Kevins: U19 South 1 

Fitzroy: U19 North 2 

LATE SCORES, FINES & TRIBUNAL 

Incorrect Scores – 21/8/2010 

Old Melburnians: Premier 

Marcellin: Premier/Premier 

Reserve 

Old Brighton: Premier Reserve 

University Blacks: Premier B 

Reserve 

AJAX: Premier C 

Parkdale Vultures: Premier C 

Reserve 

Banyule: Division 2 

Glen Eira: Division 2 Reserve 

Old Xaverians: U19 South 2 

Fitzroy: U19 North 2 

St Bedes/Mentone Tigers: U18 

Division 1 

Read VAFA news in the Sunday Age and in the Age 

every Monday 

Results of Tribunal – August 

31, 2010 

From August 14 

Andrew Ramsden, Old Trinity. 

Striking, 2 matches. 

From August 27/28 

David Rowlands, North 

Brunswick (Res). Unduly rough 

play, 3 matches. 

Gary Roberts, St. Johns. 

Elbowing, 2 matches. 

David Fawcus, Aquinas (U19). 


Guy Smith-Steane, Oakleigh 

(U19). Attempting to strike, 1 

match. 

Luke Morin, Oakleigh (U18). 


Shane Mottram, UHS-VU (Res). 


Results of Investigations – 

August 31, 2010 

Old Melburnians and De La Salle 

minor melee, seniors on August 

21. 

Both clubs accepted prescribed 

penalty of $150. 

Old Camberwell and Caulfield Gr 

minor melee, reserves on August 

21. 


penalty of $100. 

Oakleigh and Mazenod minor 

melee, Under-19s on August 21. 


penalty, Mazenod $100, Oakleigh 

$150. 

Williamstown CYMS and South 

Melbourne Districts minor melee, 

seniors on August 21. 

Charge proven, both clubs fined 

$100. 


UMPIRES 

NIGHT OF NIGHTS 

Steve McCarthy & Leah Gallagher 

Well its over for another year and those that 

partied on, we hope the trains from Southern 

Cross Station had commenced running for the 

trip home. 

Congratulations to award winners. 

Life Membership: Craig Brajtberg, Darren 

Dalgleish and Brian Woodhead. 

Most Improved: 

Field – Damian Anthony 

Goal – Craig Brajtberg 

Boundary – Jack Cooper 

Golden Whistle: David Anselmi 

Andy Carrick Award: Alan Stubbs 

Bob Dunstan Award: David Hindle 

Best First Year Umpire: Jaron Fisher 

10 year service awards: Craig Arnol and 

Simon Stokes. 

We had a fantastic guest speaker in Trisha Silvers 

(Broadbridge) who had the room captivated 

with the heart-wrenching video and story of the 

tragic tsunami that claimed her husband Troy in 

2004. This young lady’s courage and dedication 

to the Reach Foundation and the re-building of 

Phi Phi Island was an absolute inspiration. 

Learn more about Reach at http://www.reach. 

org.au/ 

Well done to MC Russell Davidson and 

especially to Luke Holmes for a fantastic and 

entertaining visual display on the big screens all 

night. We look forward to this huge event every 

year and it just keeps on getting better. 

MILESTONE 

Celebrated just recently was the 100 th VAFA 

game for Cam Davidson, who being younger, 

taller and much better looking (right Cam?) 

over-shadows his older brother Russell. With his 

relaxed style, Cam never takes life too seriously, 

unless he’s head to head in poker. Well done on 

your milestone (Cam, we kept it clean and nice 

so as not to upset your mother!!!) 

WHERE IS YOUR HEAD? 

Brendan Hoornweg travelled a few kilometres 

recently which we think might have been a 

touch too much. Brendan, who lives in Box 

Hill, travelled to Elsternwick to pick his partner 

up (Evo) and then proceeded down Nepean 

Highway in the direction of Mentone. Evo 

questioned his direction skills and then told him 

that we are umpiring at Bulleen-Templestowe 

who are playing Old Mentonians. A quick round 

trip finally got the boys to the right ground on 

time, but in Brendan’s haste he forgot his shorts. 

We must thank Bulleen-Temp who came to the 

rescue with a pair of blue shorts. Two things you 

need to do Brendan, always carry a spare pair 

of shorts and of course read your appointment 

thoroughly. 

SPEAKING OF SHORTS 

Our new gear sponsor in ORCA, have nice shorts 

with only the one draw-back (for some) being 

the location of the pocket. This location tends 

to gather sweat and makes it difficult in keeping 

your paper for reporting dry. Ryan Robertson 

has come up with an innovative way of getting 

around that, by not using paper, but by writing on 

his thigh. Does he have to shave a special little 

square into those very hairy legs every Saturday 

morning? Let’s hope chaffing doesn’t rub off the 

numbers Ryan. 

SPONSOR 

We umpires have another sponsor that has been 

with us for well over ten years and we all give him 

a bit of stick at times. Anthony Damen works 

in the home loan business and likes the word of 

mouth approach through the umpires and friends. 

We’d like to publicly thank AD for his continued 

support of the VAFAUA and its members. So 

if anyone is looking for a new home loan then 

contact AD, and here’s a quiet little plug: 

Personal Mortgage Managers! 

“Umpiring is Everyone’s Business” 


UNDER 18 

NORTHERN SIDES TRIUMPH 

Nick Wald 

Not unlike Round 16, the first week of finals in the 

Under 18s was dominated by sides that originated in 

the Northern division. Whatever is in the water up there 

is working wonders for these sides as Rupertswood, 

Werribee, UHS-VU/Flemington and St Bernards all 

recorded impressive victories. 

Harry Trott Oval was the setting for both of the Division 

1 finals and it was Werribee v Old Camberwell opening 

proceedings. This was never going to be an easy result 

to predict, as both sides finished the season locked on 44 

points. The only reason Werribee got to don their home 

shorts was that they had a far superior percentage. 

The Bees got off to a great start and went into quarter time 

with a three goal advantage and when this margin was 

extended to 31 points at the main break, it appeared that 

they were on their way to a resounding victory. However, 

Camberwell was not about to waste a season of hard work 

and bomb out of the premiership race without a fight. 

Coach Howard Mitchell delivered some inspiring words 

in the rooms at half time and the Wellers rallied, booting 

four goals to the Bees’ one in the third term. The margin 

was a slender two goals in Werribee’s favour when the 

final quarter started and OC was charging. To Werribee’s 

credit they staved off the fast finishing Wellers and were 

able to steady the ship with five final quarter goals. The 

final margin was a seemingly comfortable 33 points, but 

there were definitely a few nervous moments for the 

eventual victors, especially in the third quarter. If one 

had said that Camberwell would restrict Dillon Taylor 

to just three goals for the game, I would have had my 

money on an OC victory. To Werribee’s credit they found 

ten different avenues to goal, with Taylor and the el 

capitano Matt Turner the most prolific with three apiece. 

Jarryd de Rose played a terrific game for the Bees while 

Mark Brazzale and, as per usual, Harrison Levvey were 

best for Camberwell. Unfortunately we say goodbye to 

Camberwell for 2010 but they will undoubtedly return 

next year hell bent on claiming the flag. 

Werribee face a fired up Oakleigh outfit today after the 

Krushers went down by 27 points to the flag favourites 

Rupertswood. While semi finals generate copious 

amounts of interest anyway, this match was particularly 

intriguing given the nature of the only other clash 

between the two dominant sides in 2010. The last time 

they met, Oakleigh destroyed Rupertswood by 90 points 

in what was the latter’s only defeat of 2010. This proved 

to be no indication of what would unfold in this game 

TODAY 

Selections in BOLD 

DIVISION 1 

OAKLEIGH v WERRIBEE 

DIVISION 2 

ST BERNARDS v ST JOHNS 

however, as Rupertswood recovered from a sluggish 

opening half to post a solid victory and book a place in 

the decider. Matthew Twentyman kicked four goals in 

a dominant performance while Oakleigh’s Rodney Jetta 

was outstanding with five. Rupertswood now have the 

week off to freshen up for the big one while Oakleigh 

will not be holding back in their cut throat clash with 

Werribee today. 

In Div 2, out at Dairy Bell, the Snow Dogs beat St Mary’s 

Salesian with some comfort, while UHS-VU/Flemington 

edged St John’s. 

Bernies and the Saints were at it all afternoon in a low 

scoring affair, until the last when the Snow Dogs put up a 

brick wall and tore away themselves, adding five majors. 

For the northern invaders, Andrew Graham slotted three 

for the afternoon and James Weir kicked four in a best 

on ground effort. 

In the second-semi, St John’s was goalless in the first 

and dobbed only one in the second term against the 

UHSVUF. This slow start cost them the game, as the 

nineteen point lead was insurmountable. After the long 

break, the teams traded majors. William “Will” Williams 

kicked three to put the Acronyms into the Granny. 

LAST ROUND RESULTS 

UNDER 18 DIV 1 

SEMI FINAL 1 

WERRIBEE 4.2, 10.6, 11.8, 16.13 (109) 

OLD CAMBERWELL 1.1, 5.5, 9.8, 11.10 (76) 

GOALS, WERRIBEE: M. Turner 3, D. Taylor 3, E. Turner 2, A. Imber 2, M. Luketic 

1, C. Moloney 1, J. Green-Mc Neilly 1, M. El Hawli 1, B. Armstrong 1, B. Stoios 1 

OLD CAMBERWELL: M. Klashovski 2, T. Sigalas 2, J. Crothers 2, M. Jeffers 1, J. 

Kennedy 1, H. Levvey 1, S. Anjou 1, M. Cooney 1 

BEST, WERRIBEE: J. De Rose, J. De Pellegrin, M. Fitzpatrick, E. Turner, C. 

Moloney, B. Stoios OLD CAMBERWELL: M. Brazzale, H. Levvey, T. Schipper, N. 

Lattuada, M. Le, M. Jeffers 

SEMI FINAL 2 

RUPERTSWOOD 2.2, 3.4, 10.7, 12.11 (83) 

OAKLEIGH 3.0, 4.5, 6.6, 8.8 (56) 

GOALS, RUPERTSWOOD: M. Twentyman 4, M. Said 3, J. Gay 2, M. Wilson 1, D. 

Bourne 1, J. Dunn 1 OAKLEIGH: R. Jetta 5, L. Morin 1, P. Raso 1, C. Lavery 1 

BEST, RUPERTSWOOD: B. Swallow, M. Twentyman, K. Murphy, B. Grech, M. 

Said, J. Braddy OAKLEIGH: R. Jetta, S. Scott, M. Podesta, C. Parry, P. Raso, M. 

Tate 

UNDER 18 DIV 2 

SEMI FINAL 1 

ST BERNARDS 2.3, 5.4, 5.6, 10.8 (68) 

ST MARY’S SALESIAN 3.0, 4.0, 6.2, 6.2 (38) 

GOALS, ST BERNARDS: J. Weir 4, A. Graham 3, B. Morton 2, J. Pignataro 1 ST 

MARY’S SALESIAN: S. Gusts 2, J. Weston 1, L. Hawkins 1, R. Nickless 1, C. 

Docker 1 

BEST, ST BERNARDS: J. Weir, P. Lenoury, S. Firth, J. Bennie, J. Pignataro, M. 

Sulzberger ST MARY’S SALESIAN: Z. Kitchen, J. Evans, J. Weston, S. Gatehouse, 

C. Docker, L. Hawkins 

SEMI FINAL 2 

UHS-VU / FLEMINGTON 2.1, 4.3, 9.5, 11.7 (73) 

ST JOHNS 0.1, 1.2, 6.6, 8.11 (59) 

GOALS, UHS-VU / FLEMINGTON: W. Williams 3, N. Devereux 2, K. Grimshaw 2, 

M. Fogarty 1, M. Khodr 1, O. Conlan 1, H. Everist 1 ST JOHNS: Not provided 

BEST, UHS-VU / FLEMINGTON: J. Saill (margariti), S. McSweeney, H. Everist, N. 

Rowland, B. Kelly, W. Williams ST JOHNS: Not provided 


Coach: Danny Hall 

Runner: Michael Harold 

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 

OAKLEIGH 

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 

U18 DIVISION 1 


Saturday 4 September – Central Reserve 

25 J Williams 

26 S Prins 

27 R McCarthy 

28 A Bau 

29 J O’Shannassy 

30 C Hermitte 

Coach: M. Turner 

1 M Fitzpatrick 

2 C Butt 

3 B Turner 

4 Cam North 

5 L Mcdowell 

6 J De Peellegrin 

7 A Mizzi 

8 J Everson 

9 S Hudson 

10 C Moloney 

11 A Anderson 

12 D Taylor 

WERRIBEE 

13 J Freeman 

14 M Turner 

15 B Stois 

16 J Green 

17 M Luketic 

18 E Turner 

19 B Dobai 

20 Z Meadows 

21 M Williams 

22 J Patty 

23 D Fury 

24 J Depetro 

25 B Armstrong 

26 B Leonard 

27 A Imber 

28 N Fincher 


Coach: Gary Williams 

Team Manager: Tom Ayache 

1 Terry Ward 

2 Corey Ladson (VC) 

3 Sean Gaitely 

4 Marty Gaitely (C) 

5 Brandon Levin 

6 Luke McCoy 

7 Daniel Milne 

9 Andrew Bird 

10 Jordan Lindsay 

11 Trent Rhynehart 

12 Matthew Kelly 

13 Dwayne Fernandez 

14 Benjamin Ayache 

ST JOHN’S 

U18 DIVISION 2 


Saturday 4 September – Central Reserve 

17 Nathan Pulham 

19 Corey Ely 

20 Simon Beirouti 

21 Justin Sutic 

22 Chris Reyes 

23 John Ayama 

26 Michael Daly 

28 Josh Graham 

38 Ronal Murti 

49 Mella Opiew 

51 Nathan Conquo 

ST BERNARDS 

Coach: Anthony Sullivan 

Asst Coach: Ken Graham 

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. 




VAFA LADDERS 2010 

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 


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 


Phone: (03) 8562 9100 Fax: (03) 8562 9111 



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

BEAUMARIS 18 15 3 0 0 0 1574 1171 134.42 60 


AJAX 18 14 4 0 0 0 1774 1203 147.46 56 


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 


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 


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 


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 


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 


PENINSULA 18 8 10 0 0 0 1010 1268 79.65 32 


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 


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 


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 


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 


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 


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 


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 


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 


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 


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


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 


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). 


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 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 


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 


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 


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 


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 



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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