Monthly Archives: June 2014
Carnival to highlight inclusiveness by Vin Maskell
The 2014 National Inclusion Carnival kicks off on Thursday 19 June at Preston City Oval.
Hosted by the AFL and FIDA, the Victorian league for players with intellectual disabilities, the carnival is a great showcase for inclusiveness and all-abilities football.
This year the carnival features the best players from Victoria (metro and country), New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania. Several players from FIDA teams in Victoria are topping up the Tasmanian team.
Vic Country and Vic Metro will open the carnival with a 12.30pm game. This will be followed by clashes between New South Wales and South Australia, and Queensland and Tasmania.
Friday 20 June will be full of action, with six games to be played at the Preston ground, starting at 9am.
Saturday’s six games are at Pitcher Park in Alphington.
Finals will be played on Sunday 22 June at Ransford Oval, Parkville, from 9am.
The Grand Final will kick off at 11.20am.
More details at fida.org.au
Sharks make a break for it
WAFL round 12
Vic Country too slick for WA 18s by LES EVERETT
Vic Country’s Caleb Marchbank marks strongly at Fremantle Oval. Photo by Les Everett
On a beautiful day at Fremantle Oval Vic Country had no difficulty accounting for WA in the AFL Under-18 Championships. Continue reading
Vale Dan Knott, one of a rare breed by Vin Maskell
Ouyen resident Dan Knott, who died this week aged 95, and Collingwood champion Alby Pannam were members of a very exclusive club. Continue reading
A brother’s jumper by VIN MASKELL
I wish I still had my brother’s football jumper. Three wide panels: red, yellow black. A red collar. Long sleeves. An old-fashioned woolly and scratchy football jumper. Number 37. Continue reading
AFL ladder round 12
Royals go to the top Lions return to form Sharks stay in the four
East Fremantle’s Brandon Ellis gets his hands to the ball in a marking contest.
Peel are beginning to look like the best three-quarter team in the WAFL. Continue reading
SA too steady for WA 18s
SA’s Harry Vick puts on the pressure in the 18s game at Leederville Oval.
Harrison Court takes a strong mark for WA. Photo by Les Everett.
There were high hopes for Western Australia in the 2014 AFL Under -18 Championships but the campaign started poorly and got much worse. WA lost by 31 points to South Australia in the first round and were then absolutely thrashed by Vic Metro at Leederville Oval – WA kicked two goals, none after quarter time, in an 87-point loss. Continue reading
Square ices Magpies with first term burst by RICHARD JONES
Bendigo Football League…
GOLDEN Square iced Saturday’s MyJet Oval match against Castlemaine with an eight-goal to nil first quarter onslaught.
Former North Melbourne star Corey Jones led the Bulldog blitz with four goals as the Square used the breeze favouring the Wade Street end to devastating effect. Continue reading
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