round 14 - saturday 27 july

ROUND 14 - SATURDAY 27 JULY

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Cold, wet and slippery was the order of last weekend’s tough round

of footy and netball and, if pre-dictions are correct, we can ex-pect more of the same over the coming month. Some of the scores that came through the system had us

looking twice. It is not often that conditions result in a senior side being kept goalless in the modern game as happened in the Casey Cardinia League, while three other MPNFL senior sides only managed one goal in a round that saw crowds down as well.It is a bit like the ‘old days’ except that ground condi-tions have improved vastly at most league venues – a credit to our clubs, their council partners and the in-creased vigilance of officials to ensure that our sports are played in a safe environment. If any clubs have any issues with providing that environment then this office needs to know before there are any repercussions. Im-proving our on and off-field standards is now and will continue to be a priority across our three competitions in an effort to attract an even bigger participation base in years to come.Of course wet, cold and slippery conditions always result in greater incidents of body clashes and con-sequently bruises and sometimes serious injury. That leads us into an alert that pertains to all in local football and netball. This weekend will see country football leagues across the state acknowledge a special fundraising effort for young South Barwon FC player Casey Tutungi, who suffered a tragic accident on the football field in June resulting in him becoming a quadriplegic.

This incident, while outside our leagues and also out-side anyone’s control, is a stark reminder to all involved in our wonderful game that there is no immunity to vulnerability when it comes to serious injury.The PCN Alliance has had its share of tragedies over our history and, as a leader of the country football fra-ternity, we are always happy to support the wider foot-ball community whenever there is s call to assist. Locally Casey’s community has dedicated this round to raise funds for the Casey Tutungi Appeal and the PCN Sports Alliance endorses this effort as every player, of-ficial and supporter would know that accidents like Casey’s, while thankfully rare, are real and do happen in contact sports.All donations will be held in a Bendigo Bank Future Fund for Casey and the details of that are BSB 633 000, Account number 149 834 533. More details can be found on the web at www.caseytutungi.comCelebrationsNepean League is again the main focus of celebration events this weekend with extra incentive to win games at two venues. Hastings will host Crib Point with the Ron Moncrief Shield on the line while over at Pearce-dale, the Panthers will battle neighbours Devon Mead-ows for the Lanach Cup.Over in the Casey Cardinia League, ROC will try again to snatch the Ian McLean Memorial Shield from Keys-borough in their traditional rivalry game.

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From the office

Office Talk


LaddersGoal Kickers

Under 18's

SeniorsTeam P W L D For Agst % Pts Narre Warren 13 13 0 0 1881 719 261.61 52Cranbourne 13 9 3 1 1380 880 156.82 38Pakenham 13 9 4 0 1109 907 122.27 36Beaconsfield 13 8 5 0 1114 784 142.09 32Berwick 13 7 6 0 1263 974 129.67 28Doveton 13 7 6 0 1157 913 126.73 28Tooradin 13 4 8 1 1032 1314 78.54 18Keysborough 13 4 9 0 912 1417 64.36 16ROC 13 3 10 0 755 1162 64.97 12Hampton Park 13 0 13 0 464 1997 23.23 0

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ReservesTeam P W L D For Agst % Pts

Narre Warren 13 12 1 0 1377 437 315.10 48Berwick 13 12 1 0 1176 538 218.59 48Cranbourne 13 10 3 0 1291 515 250.68 40Doveton 13 8 4 1 925 572 161.71 34ROC 13 7 6 0 729 747 97.59 28Beaconsfield 13 6 7 0 776 749 103.60 24Tooradin 13 5 8 0 796 817 97.43 20Pakenham 13 3 9 1 668 818 81.66 14Keysborough 13 1 12 0 324 1660 19.52 4Hampton Park 13 0 13 0 363 1572 23.09 0

Team P W L D B F For Agst % Pts

Narre Warren 13 11 0 0 2 0 1333 330 403.94 52Berwick 13 7 3 0 2 1 971 350 277.43 40Beaconsfield 13 9 3 0 1 0 1116 466 239.48 40Cranbourne 13 7 4 0 2 0 855 578 147.92 36Pakenham 13 7 4 0 2 0 728 564 129.08 36Tooradin 13 5 7 0 1 0 561 774 72.48 24ROC 13 2 10 0 1 0 419 1124 37.28 12Doveton 13 2 10 0 1 0 360 1267 28.41 12Hampton Park 13 1 11 0 1 0 442 1332 33.18 8

Name Club Rnd Tot

Kerem Baskaya Narre Warren 0 82Marc Holt Cranbourne 3 79Aaron Mciver Narre Warren 4 47Jordan Andrews Berwick 0 35Mitchell Johnson Berwick 1 34Nathan Waite Berwick 2 31Davor Rajic Keysborough 0 29Julian Suarez Tooradin 1 29Shannon Stocco Doveton 2 27Troy Mcdermott Beaconsfield 2 27Tyson King Keysborough 0 25Lee Boyle Narre Warren 2 24Steven O’Bryan Pakenham 0 24Matthew Clarke ROC 0 22

ReservesName Club Rnd Tot

Matthew Davey Cranbourne 2 39Jason Budge Beaconsfield 1 32Brendan Graham ROC 1 27Damian Whitnell Cranbourne 0 26James Phillips Berwick 0 21Bobby Harvey Narre Warren 0 20Michael Theodoridis Cranbourne 0 19Shane Brady Berwick 0 18Trent Papworth Narre Warren 1 18Liam Cummins Doveton 3 16Mitchell Cowan Narre Warren 2 16Ryan Brown Doveton 0 16Benjamin Carter Narre Warren 0 15Christopher Langley Tooradin 0 15

Under 18’sName Club Rnd Tot

Aaron Miles Beaconsfield 5 35Aaron Wilson Narre Warren 4 35Anthony Sigeti Berwick 0 32Harrison Money Berwick 0 30Toby Mclean Narre Warren 8 29Charlie Gardiner Cranbourne 2 25Luke Mcbride Beaconsfield 5 23Bradley Kovac Berwick 0 20Ashley Beck Beaconsfield 1 18Joshua Browne Tooradin 0 15Joshua Rich Beaconsfield 1 15Xavier Pauli Cranbourne 0 15

-DevelsUnder 18 Development Competition

Providing opportunities to young footballers

Like a number of things that have changed in the past weeks and months the colt’s competition as it has be known since its first inception has under gone a name change and from season 2013 will be known as the Under 18’s Development Competition.

The change of name has been positive for the league as Bata Industrials has signed on as our naming rights partner to the competition. Bata’ core businesses and its footwear brands support the development of apprentice trades people across a number of industrials and see’s it involvement in the development competition to support and develop future footballers in our region.

The official start of the Bata Industrials Under 18’s Development Competition or THE DEVELS for short will commence on Saturday 13th April when all 3 leagues are underway. The competition will be made from teams across all 3 leagues, Peninsula – Frankston YCW, Seaford and Mt Eliza in Nepean - Somerville and Casey Cardinia – Berwick, Beaconsfield, Cranbourne and Narre Warren.

As there are only 8 teams within the competition the official draw will be developed separate to the under18, reserves, seniors and Netball fixtures the up coming games will be published within the football record publications

Spirit of Sport Award

The aim of the program is make a positive contribution to a reduction in youth violence it is important that we convey an accurate and consistent message to all participants including players, clubs, officials, parents and the wider community.

The program has been designed for Under 18 footballers and netballers and targets behavioral standards on the playing arenas by encouraging and rewarding fair play, sportsmanship and mutual respect among teammates and competitors.

The program also aims to encourage similar attitudes towards adolescent violence and anti-social behavior off the field within peer groups, teammates and the community in general. At the same time we are looking to improve the relationship between local youngsters and Victoria Police both corporately and at a local level.

For the purposes of voting the Spirit of Sport Program is judged on 3 main criteria;

• Fairness

• Playing Performance

• General Demeanor (Sportsmanship, Teamwork)

The officiating umpires “judges” will select 3 players from each team and rank them out of 20 points for performance and 20 points for behavior.

This will occur at each game of every round.

The player who scores the most number of points for each round will be recognized as the Spirit of Sport Player of the Week within our Peninsula, Nepean & Casey Cardinia football & Netball Competitions.

The points awarded to each player during the season will accumulate for the benefit of their Club when it comes time to naming of the Spirit of Sport Club of the Year.

Spirit of Sport Medal WinnersJosiah Laakulu - PakenhamJayde Stow - Narre Warren

Players will be presented with a certificate & medallion by a member of the Victorian Police on

Saturday 3rd August

TRiBuNAL REPORT

M.Holt Cranbourne Seniors Striking Not Guilty C. Lee Narre Warren Seniors Striking OSP - 2 Matches P. Pullen Doveton Reserves Language OSP - 3 Matches

NAME CLuB CHARGE PENALTY


Future stars shine at Championships..It’s back to reality for country Victoria’s best U16 foot-ballers.After claiming the NAB AFL U16 Championship title in Sydney a fortnight ago, country Victoria’s finest are likely be found back at their local clubs, enjoying everything winter has to offer.It’s a world away from the action in Sydney, playing on pristine grounds like Skoda Stadium, home to the GWS Giants, and trying to make an early impression on AFL recruiters.While Vic Country’s campaign wasn’t all smooth sailing with two wins and one loss from three games, a final day victory over the highly fancied South Australians secured the coveted national title.The men in white were given little hope against SA, after the Croweaters had demolished Vic Metro earlier in the week, who in turn had run over Vic Country in Round 2.But relishing their underdog status, Country leapt out of the blocks before gallantly holding on for a memorable two-point triumph.Bell Park’s Rhys Mathieson capped a stunning carnival with a starring role in the win, ensuring he took home the Division 1 best-and-fairest trophy. The midfielder-come-forward bagged two important goals in the victory after earlier helping Country gain the ascendancy with some powerful work in the centre square.Key defender Sam Skinner (Moe) was awarded Vic Coun-try’s most valuable player after keeping Australia’s pre-mier forwards in check all week, while his fellow back-man Keiran Collins (Langwarrin) won plaudits for his defensive efforts.Midfielder Dylan Parish (Winchelsea) and forwards Josh Dunkley (Sale) and Josh Schache (Seymour) were others to impress, while Sudanese born Gach Nyuon captured plenty of attention with his athleticism and ruck work.Coach Paul Henriksen, who hails from Terang, said the resilience and character shown by his players was im-mense.“South Australia had easily defeated (Victoria) Metro and WA so we went with the mentality that if they were go-ing to win it, then they were going to have to earn it,” Henriksen said.

“We jumped them early and credit to them they came back. But our guys were able to withstand it and had probably learnt a fair bit after a tight loss to (Victoria) Metro.”Vic Country had been cruising at half time in the Round 2 encounter before their traditional rivals powered home to win by two points.While no one in the Country camp was pleased with the result, Henriksen said it did allow his chargers to take stock of where they are as players. “The week is really about learning and teaching and that loss taught the kids that they need to look within them-selves and think about what went wrong.”“For a lot of these kids they’re used to a 100 pats on the back. But we tell it like it is and give them a good idea of where they’re at.”Vic Country’s successful campaign also included a two-day camp at the Australian Institute of sport, which Hen-riksen said was a real eye-opener for the players. “It’s was great for the kids get to see that professional environment and all the things that come with it like stats and analysis.”“We held up a champion data report (stats breakdown) and not many of the kids had seen one before but by the end of next season nearly all of them will be familiar with them.”“The week is all about preparing them the best we can for what will hopefully be TAC Cup football next year.”

Will McGregorWorkSafe AFL Victoria Country Football Operations Coordinator

AFL Vic Country


Cold as ice....

That was the feeling in the rooms of many Casey Car-dinia sides after last weekend’s round, which saw some extraordinary scorelines.Goal totals scored by losing sides ranged between five and zero, while the total points of all five losers added up to only 130. That can be put down to two factors – weather conditions and miserly opposition. Just where Hampton Park goes after last week kicking only one point for the game as Beaconsfield made a 102-point mess of them is unclear. The Redbacks have made some progress this season but a score like that clearly demon-strates that they are out of their class. Tooradin’s return of 1.11 against Cranbourne was also disappointing on paper, however the Seagulls missed several opportunities to kick goals that they should have converted so it was not as bad as it looked in print. The biggest disappointment in round 13 was Doveton’s failure to defeat fellow finals contender Pakenham and prove that it deserves a top three position. In fact, that loss dropped the Doves outside the five altogether and, with a tough game ahead this weekend, September ac-tion is still no certainty at the Robinson Reserve.This weekend will be highlighted by several clashes that promise to be close and hard-fought on paper.ROC v KeysboroughStarling Road will be the venue that the holder of the Ian McLean memorial Shield is decided between ROC and Keysborough. Both sides will give themselves a huge chance to sing their song again this weekend.As much as the Burra would not want to see this, coach Chris Bryan is the key to Keysborough. Ryan Goodes,

Michael Downie and Mark Quiambao are great support, but the fact is when Bryan plays well, Keysborough does too.ROC is among many sides currently missing some key personnel but there is still enough talent at Starling Road to cause their opponents some grief. Players including Ryan Hendy Steve Hawkins, Dane Roy and Andrew Lo-gan are the mainstays of the team.This game is evenly poised on paper and the selection table might provide the key to the result. A couple of big inclusions would be handy for either side but, on the evi-dence available, the tip goes with the visitors in a close and hard-fought encounter.Doveton v Narre WarrenNormally the focus in a game between these two bitter and intense foes would focus on the physicality and po-tential for fireworks, but that was when Doveton was a feared rival and that is certainly not the case in 2013.The Doves have too often let themselves down in their intensity at the ball this season. Michael Henry, Shaun Semmens, Ryan Pearson and Aaron Henwood always give their all, but last weekend’s loss said a lot about the side’s desire to play finals.That is not the case for Narre Warren – the exact oppo-site in fact. Star Magpie playmakers Michael Collins, Col McNamara, Josh Tonna and ex-Dove Aaron McIver are in superb form but there are no passengers in the line up and getting a game at Fox Road is a real challenge.The Magpies are the best at exposing opposition weak-nesses, capitalising on the scoreboard and then letting them know with some good, old-fashioned chatter. Stand by for the sledging to begin early in this one.

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Berwick v CranbourneCranbourne and Berwick both defeated also-rans easily last round, but this weekend’s game at the 2013 grand fi-nal venue will be a huge test for both who have depleted playing lists.Cranbourne is a hardened unit and proved that last week. Despite being depleted by injuries to key players, expe-rienced performers like Mat Fletcher, Nick Barker, Ryan Davey and Matt Rus continue to perform at a high level and lead the way. The Wickers are another side that has had a rotten run with injuries late in the year but despite that they are still in the finals race. In form performers include Nathan Waite, Jason Kelly, Timm Gunn and Jake McLardy, all who are important players to the side.Berwick will give themselves a real chance at home and their form suggests that they can match the Eagles in most areas. However the ‘Holt factor’ will provide Cranbourne with the edge to earn another four points.Tooradin v BeaconsfieldBeaconsfield has almost cemented itself in the top five and had a huge percentage booster last weekend. They will start as red-hot favourites in this week’s clash with Tooradin. The Eagles challenge will be to produce their best away from home. Leaders including Daniel Mislicki, Josh Dodsworth, Shaun Pollard and big Scott Meyer will again be among the keys to maintaining success and momen-tum.Tooradin was outclassed in the end last week but there were times in the game that they were very competitive. Key forwards Julien Saurez and Michael Hobbs had their chances and battle hard every week along with Scott Szucs and Matt Wade.The jury has been out on the eagles for much of this sea-son but there now looks to be a resolve building at the right time of year. Tooradin will be planning much fur-ther ahead than round 14, 2013 and Beaconsfield should ease away and record another good win.Hampton Park v PakenhamWhat can we say to pump this game up after the Red-backs failed to score a goal last weekend? Marketing this as an event would have Richard Branson scratching his head, let alone Hampton Park officials.Coach John Holden needs some inspiration from some-where, but the same names – Dawes, Benoit, Schwab,

Nunan - that are appearing among the best week-in, week-out and they need help. A lot of help.Pakenham proved its top three credentials last weekend and continue to impress as the year goes on. Dean Blake is having another good season, while Russell Lehman, Joel Gibson and big Kym Jones are in top form at the right time of year.Despite predictions of improvement, Hampton Park un-derlined that it is a long, long way off being competitive on the scoreboard at senior level in the current Casey Cardinia League. That will not change this week and Pa-kenham will win without too much stress.ReservesBerwick will host Cranbourne in a game crucial to the mental state of both top three contenders prior to their finals campaigns. The Wickers are only percentage away from top spot but Cranbourne will believe they are a real chance and could surprise the home side with their vig-our. Doveton will throw everything at Berwick but it will not be quite enough. The other close one this week will see sixth-placed Beaconsfield try to shake off persistent chasers Tooradin. The Eagles are one game away from a finals position and simply must beat the sides below them on the ladder if they expect to figure in September. The Seagulls could provide a headache or two before Beaconsfield moves clear and records a solid win.The other games should go the Way of Narre warren over Doveton, ROC over Keysborough and Pakenham with lit-tle effort over the youngsters from Hampton Park.Under 18sThe top five in the under 18s is done and dusted after last week and the interest is now centred around whether the order inside will change. The clash between second placed Berwick and fourth placed Cranbourne will go a long ay to settling part of that equation. The Wickers come off the bye and have a game and percentage lead on the Eagles. They can place a significant gap between them with a win. Cranbourne scored an easy victory last weekend and will be full of confidence, but that will not be enough to force a win. The other three games look predictable on paper and all the favourites are tipped to win. Narre Warren will continue its dominance at the top with a win over lowly Doveton, while Pakenham will down cellar dwellers Hampton Park and Beaconsfield will add another four points to their kitbag at the expense of Tooradin.

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Doveton DovesComing up against a determined Pakenham we brought our “B” game for the first half. Dry weather footy doesn’t work in the pouring rain and it took us the whole first half of football to work this out. The boys battled well in the second half and almost got into a position to pinch the win – but had given Pakky too much of a head start. Better players on the day were Shaun Semmens, Michael Henry, Aaron Henwood and Dean Kelly. Next week we host Narre at home and will need to apply ourselves from the first bounce if we are to take the points. The reserves were lucky to get away with a win although we had most of the play and double Pakenhams inside 50’s we couldn’t hit our targets and our forwards didn’t work hard enough to keep the ball in our forward half. Our second half was better as the boys fought hard led by Liam Cummings who kicked 3 goals. Four wins in a row is a great achievement but there’s still plenty of hard yards to go with having to play 3 of the top 5 sides yet. Harves – even if the scores didn’t show it the boys were great for the first 3 quarters and are improving week by week. Great games from Jake Harvey, Che Gray, Dylan Triffitt and Mitchell Pierce. On the social side we have “Bizarre Gazzard” Australia’s greatest hypnotist at our rooms on 3rd August. See Shane Viney for tickets. Our sponsor of the week is Endeavour Cellars - for all of your liquor needs at competitive prices visit Endeavour Cel-lars at 11/2 Raymond McMahon Blvd, Endeavour Hills 3802 or phone (03) 9700 3300. DOVETON CRICKET CLUBS 2014 season’s launch – Doveton CC are having a meet the coaches & new player’s night for U/15, U/17 and seniors at the rooms Friday 2/8/13 at 6.30pm, supper provided and drinks at bar prices. Contact Dean Johnson 0405013650 Quote of the week “ Sacrifice is earned not given” Go Doves Cheers DOVEMAN

Narre Warren MagpiesNarre turned on a show in all four grades for our Past Players and Officials who gathered at Fox Road last Sat-urday.In the One’s our opponent’s pre-game tactic of intrud-ing on Narre’s warm-up space may have ruffled one or

two Magpie feathers. But from the opening bounce Narre proceeded to focus on the hard ball and run ROC into the wet Fox Road surface to the tune of 14 goals.Our hardness in the mid-field was our advantage with the class of Michael Collins, Col McNamara, Andrew Hunter, Josh Tonna and Dylan Quirk defying the wet conditions, while Azza McIver (4) and Nick Scanlon (3) got among the goals.The Twos copped the worst of the weather and it wasn’t pretty. Sammy McLean was best on the ground and kicked 3 goals in our 7-goal win. Our other best were Michael McGill, Luke Barrie-Sewell, Luke Ross, Benny Carter and Jamie Tapner.Narre’s Under 18s were clinical in our 27-goal win fea-turing big hauls from Toby McLean (8 goals), Jordyn Flan-nery (6) and Aaron Wilson (4). Other better players were Matt Homfray, Luke Fakos, Corey Bader and Hayden Stagg.Our Devels also had a monster 142-point win on the back of 8 goals from Josh Dowling, 5 goals from Tim Mashado, 4 goals from Ben Swift and great games by Hayden Favero, Trent Warkuss, Nathan Williams and Nath Dawson.Well done to all involved in organizing the Club’s Busi-nessman’s Lunch last week - another fantastic and well-attended club function. Don’t forget our Annual $8000 Reverse Draw Raffle this Sunday 28 July, 1 pm to 5 pm at Fox Road. $5,000 first prize and many spot prizes. $100 per ticket includes entry for one to draw function with entertainment, beer, wine and soft drink plus finger food. Tickets still available from Hayden (H) James 0400 020370. Narre’s Giant Auction Night is on Saturday Night 10 Au-gust at Fox Road. The Good Guys have already gener-ously donated $5,000 worth of goods to get this started. Donations of any new items of value or vouchers for ser-vices are needed. Contact club Secretary Shane Scanlon on 0437 199935.Narre Pro’s Social Golf – next round is this Sunday 28 July at Pakenham. 8.00 am tee-off. $28.00. To book phone Brian Scouler on 0432 660395. Hampton Park Red BacksRound 13 as some would say unlucky for some - we headed up to Beaconsfield. It was a cold miserable morning and unfortunately the weather reflected our re-sults for the whole day! It is heartbreaking watching the boys fight week in week out only to come away defeated! But the one thing we are sure of at Hampton Park is we know the boys will be back the next week to start again – fight harder – be stronger and more determined!The Under 18’s ran out willing and able but with quite a few boys out it was always going to be a tough fight – Great games to Hamish Browning, Ryan Lowe, Jack Jones, Jake Cutty and Mathew Williams.As the Reserves ran out the heavens opened up, and things just got messy from there…great efforts to Jason Robertson, Jorden Kein, Chris Barnes, Michael Jarret, James Kellet and Nathan Mountney.The Seniors ran out to a water logged ground and unfor-tunately just could not match Beaconsfield on the day! For the 1st time this season the boys just did not have the determination and will to fight hard all game and we remained scoreless right up until the final siren when we

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kicked our only score for the day! Great efforts to our Senior boys again - Nathan Dawes, Lionel Beniot, Timmy Schwab, Luke Nunan, Danny Cortese and Matty Adair you are all great role models for our Junior players. It was a disappointing result all round but we are sure of one thing at Hampton Park and that is we will come back from this and this weeks game against Pakenham we will be stronger and we will have the determination to fight the game out hard in front of our home crowd. “People always are encouraging about a terrible loss, so that sometimes the loser would like to strangle them!” anonEveryone at Hampton Park would like to Congratulate Michael McDonald and Adam Koe on playing their 100th game this week against Pakenham. Both of you are to be admired for your loyalty and dedication to your football and to the club! Pakenham LionsFirst of all we would like to thank all of our Sponsors, Members and Supporters that turned out for our Sports-man’s Night last Saturday night. It seems that everyone had a fantastic night and we did raise some good money for the footy club.Seniors -:It was very cold and wet for the round 13 match against Doveton, but many of our loyal supporters still managed to brave the conditions and support the boys. We were fighting to maintain our top 3 position. As an additional incentive, our passionate skipper Dean Blake was playing his 100th senior game for the club. We had some good match-ups with Michael Taurua back in the side and Damian Talbot given assign-ments for the day and did them convincingly. We started off brilliantly in the first term, with Joel Gibson, Russel Lehman and Stephen Morey setting the standard. We kicked 3.7 to 0.1 with our somewhat poor goal kicking hurting us yet again. From then on in, it was a close and physical contest. In the end, each player contributed in some way to the 21 point win. It was also great to get the points for our leader on his 100th, as he gives eve-rything for the Pakenham Football Club. Dean Blake is a selfless leader, a talented footballer and a great person to be around. Todays game will be a chance for us to continue improving our structures ahead of a few tough weeks of footballIn the Ressies, The boys had one last chance to get

their season back on track this week against 4th placed Doveton. With many players coming back from injury we were quietly confident that we would put in a great effort. The boys were playing great wet weather football up until 3/4 time and took a good lead into the last quar-ter... Then the wheels fell off with everything that had got the boys to the winning position going out the door. The attack on the ball dropped off, the passion to work for each other had disappeared, the lack of effort and ball control cost the boys. Maybe this was due to many players having their first game back for a while. Doveton ended up winning by 9 points. Under 18’s -:After a week off last week it was going to be interesting to see how the young boys played coming off the bye. Up until half time we were really struggling to play our brand of football. The half time lead was only 15 points and the boys were given a fair rev up at half time. Slowly in the third quar-ter, we were able to play our natural game and kicked 5 goals to 1 point. Then in the last quarter we slammed on 7 goals 3 to 3 points and ran out convincing winners in the end. However, in the coming weeks, we can’t af-ford to start off so slowly against the better sides as we enter the finals series. Don’t forget $10,000 draw tickets are now available. Sat 10th August. $100.00 each ticket which admits 2 people to the venue on the night and one entry into the draw. See Tommy O, Wouters or Bevo for information.. Tooradin SeagullsWell after two good weeks on the field we stepped off the cliff into a great abyss last Saturday. When score-board pressure was required to really put pressure on Cranbourne all we could come up with was behind after behind. Admittedly the very wet conditions played a part but Cranny were able to score goals when we couldn’t and unfortunately that left us with nearly as many scoring shots but way behind on the score board.This week we will need to be on our game for all three matches against Beaconsfield. Beacy are one of the teams that we have a traditional rivalry with and we would like nothing more than to give them a hiding coming into finals.Last week we had our inaugural Seagull Sky Lotto and it was a fantastic success, we had many spectators brave the atrocious conditions to come and see the helicopter from Phillip Island Helicopters come and spray the oval with golf balls, and aside from Barry and Derek getting soaking wet trying to decipher the eventual winners eve-rything went off extremely well. Thanks to the sponsors of the event, being, Phillip Island Helicopters, The Good Guys Pakenham, Tooradin Sports Club and TDFC red gum, their support was greatly appreciated.We are still looking for some helpers in the canteen, so if you have a spare hour on game day please come and relieve one of our tireless helpers in the canteen. If we don’t give them some support now they will only get worn out and refuse to help next year so do your bit to help our club.Bogan Bingo is coming up on August 3rd (next week) if you have not booked a table please see Di Jones today and book for what will be an absolutely fantastic night at the Balla Balla centre in Cranbourne.Fly high you mighty Seagulls, Tooradin’s the greatest team of all!

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Beaconsfield EaglesFootball games played each week in all parts of this great nation give out sweet or special nuances that sometimes are only visible or knowledgeable to few or those in the know. Last Saturday at Beaconsfield there were 3 of them, 1 well known, 2 only for a few. Our inspirational Captain Daniel Mislicki played his 200th senior game and in true “Slicka” style dominated around the ground all day in a best a field performance. The words of praise and admiration bestowed on Slicka in the per game from Robbie Taylor and Austinn Jones were as truthful as life gets, he is a legend. In the under 18’s match, young Robbie Cracknell took to the field with his team mates around him just days after the passing of his mum. Robbie wanted to play this week for his mum as she would have wanted this. Watching Robbie kick the opening goal in the final quar-ter and then be swamped by every team mate was, well just wonderful. He kicked another 2 for the quarter and the swamping justifiably continued. You did your mum proud Robbie.The final one must go to the Hampton Park loyal sup-porters who in cold to freezing conditions continued to cheer and support their brave players against the odds. The ironic cheers for the first score, a point after the final siren perhaps was some small victory for them, but we salute their staunch and loyal support for the team and post match support in the social club.The final line of this is that all of them were about “what can I give my club, not what can I take from it”. And that is what makes great club people.Social CalenderTonight – “Back to School” night – all players to attend. Entry $10 in dress up, $20 if not. Come as you were in your years of formal education, which for some players will have been 3 years in year 10, but the best 3 years of their life. Bring a friend and make this this another great Beacy night. Round 15 – Friday 2nd August v Cranbourne – Club 30, Clover Cottage night. $150 pp all inclusive. See Geoff McGowan for tickets and sponsorshipsRound 16 – Saturday 10th August v Pakenham – Past Players Luncheon celebrating the 1953 and 2003 Prem-ierships. “Bless ‘em all.” Tez the Vice PrezROC KangaroosA big well done to those die hard ROC fanatics that made the trip to Fox Rd last Saturday. The club committee and players are extremely grateful to the members and grass root supporters that continue to back our teams and club in general. Officer devels: After a dominant first half by the opposi-tion our boys never looked like giving up which resulted in a much closer and more competitive second half. A great team effort with the final scores not being a true reflection of the effort put in by all the boys. A big thanks to those players that filled in.Cheeky’s 18’s were always up against it with a depleted list, but in true ROC spirit the lads had a dip from the first bounce. Adam (Coonie) White was released from backline duties and chipped in with a couple of quality majors. Good games also from Snags Westwood and Jar-rod Marson. A big thankyou to the Officer Devel players

that stepped up. 1st v 5th in the curtain raiser and with a few late scratch-ings a less than competitive side was fielded. Once again our boys were determined to fight it out but the result was not quite what we’d hoped. A timely reminder of what will be required come finals. Good games from evergreens Dan Johnson and Matt Brown. Good efforts also from Adam Fiander (1 goal) and Jarrod Marson who backed up from the 18’s. Seniors had three late changes that didn’t help the cause but the might of the Narre jugger naught was always go-ing to be a monumental task to overcome.Congrats must go to first gamer Jim Sloothsak, also Spanna Hendy claiming the opposition BOG award and Hawko chipping in with two very rare majors. We welcome Keysie today as we battle it out for the Ian Mclean memorial shield.A win today will square it up at 5 all since it’s inception at the beginning of the 2009 season.Good luck to all netball and football todaySocial: Sunday (tomorrow) July 28th, Shanikas Lunch, back at Berwick, $35 per head includes a 3 course meal, 11.30am till 3.30pm. Saturday Night August 3rd, Dinner at Cardi Park Hotel. See Rod Clark. 2013 Reverse Draw-Sunday August 18, see Couso or Dave Thompson.Friday 23rd August, “Mates of ROC” luncheon. See Glenn Beard, 0435-826-131For 2013 memberships see Marty Long, Barry ‘O’ or Couso.For 2013 sponsors packages see Plugga or Longy.For Past Player info and packages see L.J Hughes.GO ROC

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Keysborough BurrasThe Seniors took the ground against Berwick last week at home in a true winter contest in wet and arctic condi-tions. The Berwick team outplayed the Burra in the first three quarters, but in true spirit we finished strongly, holding them goalless in the last quarter. The game was played on the ground and not in the air and this will hold us in good stead for our battle against ROC for the first time on their new ground. Best Players were Bear, Bomb-er, Jase, Hawk, Ossie and Bob with goal scorers Jase 2 and singles to Jitters and Bear.The Ressies played their hearts out against a strong Ber-wick side. In atrocious conditions, the boys were com-petitive apart from a second quarter lapse, which shows they’re definitely improving with every week. Hopefully return of players from injury will make for a good battle against ROC. Best players were Spongey, Bowser, Eddie, Hoppy, Troy and Eric, with goal scorers Hoppy 2 and sin-gle to Bowser.On Sunday we had a great turnout for our $3000 Burra Bonanza. Congratulations to Bomber for having the win-ning ticket. A special thanks to the organisers and helpers who made it an enjoyable day for all.This week we travel to ROC and look forward to playing for the Ian McLean Shield in memory of a true clubman who served both Clubs and was respected both on and off the ground.KEYSBOROUGH SPONSOR OF THE WEEK IS:D & E BOWMAN PLUMBINGBerwick WickersThe Colts travelled to Mt Eliza and in a high quality game came away with a very good victory. McLardy, Webby and Pintaudi were the multiple goal scorers with 2 each, while Young and Verhellen were the best of a very good team effort. Well done to the boys who now sit second on the ladder. With 18’s having the week off, the Reserves got the day started on a rain soaked surface at Keysey. Leroy seemed to relish the conditions finding plenty of the football while Clay who has been in career best form during Thursday night fines repeated the dose with an outstanding game while the “rat pack” of Zimby, H and Timmy were also solid performers. That being said the day belonged to Homer, after keeping himself in cotton wool until Round 13 and then unleashing that enormous head onto an un-suspecting opposition and finishing the day with 7 goals. Homer was last seen well into the night dancing up a storm at “the lava” we hope that his danc-ing partner was his WAG.The Seniors finished the day back on the winners list with a comfortable victory, Waitey and Gunny were the most dangerous forwards in terrible conditions and both fin-ished with a couple of goals. Jake Mclardy was outstand-ing for the entire 4 qtrs with his willingness to win the contested footy, Daniel Haro was switched to the ruck and his work at the stoppages and around the ground was terrific. Brad Kovac looked at home for his senior debut, while the effort and energy from Weighty, Jimmy, Westy, Wolfy, and Pat Sear has really sparked the group.Don’t forget Special Effort Raffle this Sunday 28th July see Trenta for tickets, this is our major fundraiser for the year so your support will be appreciated.Go Wickers

Cranbourne EaglesIt was heroic stuff at Westernport oval last Saturday. The boys not only battled the elements but survived low fly-ing helicopters and a hailstorm of golf balls. But survive we did with victories in all three grades. Got to say I was so impressed with Lucas and Couttsie up from the twos. They played a major part in the win. The Four Unders, Nathan, Jake, Jason and Michael who was in his first sen-ior game, also acquitted themselves well. As we said in the chronicle last week, you are all worthy of wearing the Blue and Gold. Great to see so many past players roll up last week. You guys are part of the strength of this club and we need you supporting us.The quiet achiever Nick Barker celebrates his 150th game this week. Every game he plays is better than his last one. He is a leader on field. He demonstrates the coolness of a seasoned professional and combines that with silky smooth skills and an engine that keeps going all game. He is a role model to younger players and must be a coach’s dream as he follows the game plan always and puts in 100% at each and every training session. Al-though his father claims credit for teaching him skills at an early age, I am sure it was actually his school princi-pal that showed him how to play. He was recognised this year with selection in the Casey Cardinia league team that defeated the Wimmera league. When you think of players you love having around the club, Nick stands up there with the best of them.As the injury list grows even longer we trudge off to Ber-wick today. When the chips are down it comes back to attitude that must be strong. The supporters have every confidence in every player that represents our club and expect a formidable approach today from every one of you. At Casey Fields tomorrow our women’s team are playing Scoresby and the old fellas are playing Parkdale. Our All Abilities have a rest this week.See Sue Rus today to purchase a ticket in Augusts BIG DRAW. Tickets are only $150. Purchase one with a friend and share your winnings. Ring Sue on 0419587746. You may become as rich as a dairy Farmer without ever hav-ing to pull on a cow’s teat.

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Stingrays News

Young Dandenong Stingrays seer Vic Country and the World team to be named Champions ...Dandenong Southern Stingrays keep on producing, with 8 players representing Vic Country, in the Division One and 2 players in the World team, Division 3 section, at the recent AFL NAB National Under 16 Championships that were played in Sydney in the last week of the July school holidays. Vic Country defeated South Australia 9.8 (62) to 8.12 (60) on the final day, Friday 12th July, to take its champion-ships record to two wins and one loss and to be crowned champions. With the win they finished ahead of South Australia, which also had a 2-1 record. Western Australia and Vic-toria Metro had 1-2 records.Victoria Country won its opening fixture of the series against Western Australia 11.13 (79) to 9.11 (65) last Sat-urday week in a rounded display with Stingrays players Weitering, White and Collins the better players.In their second game they squandered a 43-point half-time lead against Vic Metro on Tuesday 9th July to lose 10.6 (66) to 10.4 (64) with a kick after the siren breaking the hearts of players and coaches for Vic Country.In the final game Vic Country led by 21 points in their match against South Australia on Friday before the more-favoured South Australian team who chipped away at the deficit, but Country held firm in the dying stages.Vic Country coach Paul Henriksen heaped praise on his young players, highlighting their roles in Vic Country’s first triumph at under 16 level since 2009.“It was all about the players and them having some re-wards,” he said.Dandenong Under 16 Coach Scott Slater was also in-volved as a backline coach for Vic Country. Scott praised the efforts on individuals and thought the entire group grew after each game, especially after the loss against Metro.“As a group they took it really hard seeming we were in such control for 2 quarters. As a coaching group we wanted them to learn from it.”He went onto say “Most of these players would never have seen themselves on vision and deal with multiple coaches....They have individual feedback session with their line coaches who are helping them understand their decision making and ways to do it better.” “For me I learnt a lot as well, especially the trip prior to the AIS in Canberra”, he added.Before Country landed in Sydney they made a stopover at the AIS in Canberra where the players were tested on decision making. The players had to make decisions on kicking to the correct option, which is all done on com-puters and TV monitors in a game situation. They also had to watch a monitor with players around the ball and then the screen was cleared and the boys had to remem-ber and replace the players back in the correct positions. This made the boys aware of the players around the ball.

Scott believed the biggest influence for the players from the AIS trip was the sessions in the 4 million dollar Re-covery Centre which the players were educated about the importance of recovery with the use of hot and cold showers and ice baths, rest and diets. All players were put through several sessions in the water and gained a lot from it as what a professional athlete must do. The boys continued with the learning’s from the AIS and did their own rehabs in the ice cold pool at the hotel along with plenty of passive stretching, lodging into a well being program and having to live off a diet program of food for the week. It must have paid off as in Sydney at the championships as Vic. Country did not have any soft tissue injuries.The 2013 World Team squad showcased the skills of talented international youngsters from South Africa, Eng-land, Ireland and Denmark, as well the best upcoming AFL multicultural players from across the nation. Dandenong Stingrays Under 16 players Thomas Jok (Pa-kenham/Sudan) and James Paligrov (Beaconsfield/Mace-donia) had strong games in all three games that saw them go undefeated in their division and be crowned unde-feated Champions in the Division three category. The World XVIII kicked off their tournament on Sunday 7th July with a 9 point win over the WA North-West team with James Kicking two goals and Thomas claiming 20 touches and named in the better players, which were played out across the weekend at the Blacktown Inter-national Sports Park in Sydney. Final scores World XVIII 10.15.75 to WA North-West 10.6.66In game two another convincing win over the South Pacific team with Final score 22.10.142 v 4.7.31 with James kicking another 2 goals and Thomas once again clocking up 20 plus possessions. In the final game the score was also a one sided affair seeing the World Team pile on early goals and continue to pepper all day with the finals scores 25.13.163 to Fly-ing Boomerangs 5.3.33. James played forward and in the Ruck kicking 2 goals and Thomas a little quieter due to an ankle injury sustained in game two, but still managed double figures in the possession count and once again named in the best players.The Team was coached by Premiership player and for-mer Carlton captain Anthony Koutoufides and the AFL’s Kevin Sheehan, Chris Johnson, Michael Ablett and Dar-ren Flanigan who helped select and coached the final squad of 26 players. The World Team plays a key role in the AFL International and Multicultural growth strategy with the team also tak-ing part in a two-day high performance training camp from July 4 in Sydney prior to competing in the NAB AFL Championships.

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Young gun goes WestBerwick is among the most admired clubs for its promotion and development of young players and, much to the envy of rivals, the Wickers look to have come up with another emerging star in Joseph West.The classy, 17 year-old key defender is the first player to earn a nomination for the 2013 Pakenham Gazette Young Gun award. Joseph started his football in 2003 with the Auskick program and moved to play with Berwick Junior Football Club from 2004 to 2011, winning two best and fair-est awards and twice selected to play in the junior representative sides.He has been a member of the Dandenong Southern Stingrays development squads in 2010 and 2011 and made the Stingrays under 18 list this year. Last year Joseph played his first senior game for Berwick at the age of 16 and was a member of the 2012 under 18s premiership team. This season he was again acknowledged among the best young talent in the league by being selected in the CCFNL under 18 interleague side that played in Horsham.Joseph is loving his football and said he is keen to develop and go as far as he can.“I am enjoy the local footy and want to play as many games for the Stingrays as I can and then hopefully play AFL,” he said.

Berwick coach Rhys Nisbet said Joseph’s future looked very promising. “Joseph made his senior debut midway through 2012 as a 16 year-old and made an immediate impact. He was in-strumental in our strong finish towards the end of the year and this season did a pre-season in the Stingray program and further improved his strength and aerobic fitness,” he said. “As a key defender he can play in a wide variety of roles on both tall and small forwards and has a bright future in senior football ahead.”

Gazette Young Gun nominee Joseph West has already made a mark with Berwick this season.

Finals 2013

Week 1 Venue Saturday 31st August - Qualifying FinalSunday 1st September - Elimination FinalWeek 2Saturday 7th September - 2nd Semi FinalSunday 8th September - 1st Semi FinalWeek 3Saturday 14th September - Preliminary FinalWeek 4 Saturday 21st September Pakenham - Grand Final


SeniorsBeaconsfield 5.9 9.14 14.17 14.19.103Hampton Park 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1.1Narre Warren 5.5 8.6 12.10 15.14.104ROC 2.0 3.1 3.2 3.2.20Berwick 4.2 5.4 10.9 10.10.70Keysborough 0.0 0.4 1.5 4.7.31Pakenham 3.7 5.11 5.14 7.18.60Doveton 0.1 1.4 2.5 5.9.39Cranbourne 3.1 4.3 6.4 10.5.65Tooradin 0.4 1.8 1.10 1.11.17

ReservesBeaconsfield 6.2 8.5 9.7 11.12.78Hampton Park 0.0 2.0 2.0 2.0.12Narre Warren 4.0 6.2 7.5 10.8.68ROC 0.2 1.3 2.4 3.4.22Berwick 3.4 8.5 9.7 13.12.90Keysborough 2.0 3.3 3.3 3.3.21Doveton 1.1 3.4 4.5 8.5.53Pakenham 5.1 6.3 6.7 6.8.44Cranbourne 2.2 3.2 7.4 8.4.52Tooradin 2.4 4.5 4.5 4.6.30

Under 18’sBeaconsfield 7.2 11.7 17.11 25.13.163Hampton Park 0.1 1.3 1.3 1.5.11Narre Warren 7.5 11.10 19.12 28.14.182ROC 0.1 1.1 2.2 3.2.20Pakenham 2.2 3.5 8.5 15.8.98Doveton 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.6.12Cranbourne 3.3 6.6 10.7 11.12.78Tooradin 1.1 1.2 3.2 4.2.26

Casey Cardinia Results

Club Snrs Res u18’s TotalNarre Warren 39 24 13 76Cranbourne 28.5 20 9 57.5Berwick 21 24 10 55Beaconsfield 24 12 10 46Pakenham 27 7 9 43Doveton 21 17 3 41Tooradin 13.5 10 6 29.5ROC 9 14 3 26Keysborough 12 2 - 14Hampton Park 0 0 2 2

Club Championship

Club S R 18 A B C 17 15 13 TOTALNarre Warren 13 12 13 11 11 8.5 11 13 10 102.5Beaconsfield 8 6 10 10.5 10 11 13 7 10 85.5Cranbourne 9.5 10 9 7 5 9 9 11 9 78.5Berwick 7 12 10 10 9.5 11 7 6.5 5 78Pakenham 9 3.5 9 9.5 6 5 6 8.5 10 66.5ROC 3 7 3 4 5 9.5 10 10 6 57.5Tooradin 4.5 5 6 5.5 10 2 5 4 3 45Doveton 7 8.5 3 - 0 4 3 4 11 40.5Keysborough 4 1 - 3 6.5 5 - - - 19.5Hampton Park 0 0 2 4.5 2 0 1 1 1 11.5

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South East Juniors News

Umpiring Legend Darren Goldspink Gives Junior umpires The EdgeAFL umpiring great and SEJ Umpiring Manager Darren Goldspink is leading an innovative program focused on teaching resilience and coping mechanisms to help um-pires on and off the field.More than 200 South East Juniors umpires are being put through their paces in an innovative personal develop-ment program, called The Edge, which aims to help them build resilience and face issues they may encounter in their role of officiating.The Edge program has the strong support of former AFL umpire and South East Juniors Umpires Manager, Dar-ren Goldspink and is being delivered in partnership with non-for-profit organisation Beehive Foundation.The program has been specifically tailored to meet the needs and challenges faced by junior umpires in their development. It will become an annual program for the South East Juniors Umpires and organisers are hoping to take the program to umpires in other football leagues and sporting codes around the country.More than 600 Australian teenagers, including junior footballers across Victoria, have already taken part in a similar program this year which is based on the premise that “Thinking is a Skill”. These numbers are expected to grow to more than 6000 young Australians in the next 12 months with the program teaching a range of skills including work ethic, concentration, facing fear, motiva-tion, and building character.The Beehive Foundation is focused on helping young Australians aged 11 to 21 develop coping strategies, self-esteem and confidence through life skills that focus on work ethic, motivation and goal setting. Beehive Foundation is a non-for-profit organisation and the programs it runs for Australian youth are free. With more than one million teenagers in Australia play-ing sport, supported by just under one million parents, Beehive’s primary focus is on Australia’s 3000 plus junior sporting organisations.

For Goldspink, who was awarded the prestigious All Australian Umpire award three times and has officiated in six AFL Grand Finals, the Edge program presents an enormous opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of youth.“While my major role is to educate and teach our young people to umpire, as adults and as community leaders we also need to teach them to cope with difficult situa-tions and hopefully be good citizens,” he said.Goldspink is playing a strategic role in leading and di-recting the program and said The Edge was a vital link in a greater plan to encourage more young Australians to become umpires by providing greater opportunities for personal development. This included helping them to be-come good people and develop life skills that will serve them well in their future.“I believe this initiative will not only assist in their role as an umpire, but also assist them in their endeavors outside of umpiring, whether it is employment, family or com-munity,” he said. In May, more than 8000 Victorian junior footballers and their parents took part in the inaugural “Spirit of Football Round,” a successful partnership between the Beehive Foundation and the South East Juniors Football League. Players wore green armbands during the round which focused on solidarity, good sportsmanship and encour-aging good role models. Through programs such as The Edge, the Beehive Foun-dation aims to give Australian youth “the edge” they need to meet challenges head on in sport, study and life.Director and Co-Founder of Beehive Foundation, Mark Haughton said the partnership with Australia’s up and coming umpires was a major step forward in the founda-tion’s goal of extending the reach of the programs that have already had a positive influence on young Australians. “This is an exciting development for the Beehive Founda-tion – it confirms the capability of our programs to build resilience and self-confidence in our youth, particularly in facing challenges faced by junior umpires in officiat-ing games, which is a challenging role in itself,” he said.


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Welcome back Pete!A huge welcome to Peter from coming back from his trip, we will like to personally thank you Genty, Moun-sey for holding the forte whilst Pete and Ivan where away. Another massive thanks to Ivan for taking Pete’s role as coach whilst Pete was away. A few notes from Pete: Since there is only 4-5 weeks left of the home and away season, it is now down to the business end of the year and time to be putting on our best performance. If you are an umpire who is aiming for a run in the finals, take note of what all coaches are expecting from finals umpires:1. Training and commitment2. Fitness, change of pace and positioning3. Performance on match day- The umpiring style should be allowing the game to flow, protecting the ball player at all times and working as a team with your fellow um-pires. Since finals is coming closer around the corner each coming week, make sure you train hard and are commit-ted to it and also to run during game day your personal best. Please note that only the best umpires will be ap-pointed to finals games. Final games start from the 17th of August, so not very long now! Observations notes from the past couple of weeks:• High tackles – Make sure you get in their quick! This means running, no walking should be occurred.• When playing 50m penalties take the offender back with you – This means don’t turn your back and run off to where you will set the mark up.• No tolerance to abuse – 50m penalty free kick, send off and or report. Make sure you do not get into arguments with players on the field.• Handovers in 3 umpire system should be kept moving and be ready for the next act of play. Don’t switch off!• When staying on the mark or coming down to police a mark square up at the set kick, strong whistle, loud voice and clear the protected area.

Spirit and Intention of awarding free kicks It is the spirit and intention of these Laws that a Free Kick shall be awarded to:(a) ensure that a Match is played in a fair manner;(b) provide to a Player, who makes obtaining possession of the football their sole objective, every opportunity to obtain possession; (c) protect Players from sustaining injury; and(d) a Player who executes a Correct Tackle which results in an opponent failing to dispose of the football in ac-cordance with these Laws.Prohibited contact and Payment of free kickA field Umpire shall award a Free Kick against a Player where they are satisfied that the Player has made Prohib-ited Contact with an opposition Player.A Player makes Prohibited Contact with an opposition Player if the Player:• makes contact with any part of their body with an op position Player;• above the shoulders (including the top of the shoulders or bump to the head); or below the knees. • bumps or makes forceful contact to an opponent from front-on when that Player has their head down over the football.Note:• a Player can bump an opponent’s body from side-on but any contact forward of side-on will be deemed to be front-on;• a Player with their head down in anticipation of winning possession of the football or after contesting the football will be deemed to have their head down over the football for the purposes of this law.• contesting the football as the Ruck at any bounce, throw up or boundary throw in, makes contact with the opposition Ruck prior to the Football leaving the field or boundary Umpire’s hand. For the avoidance of doubt, where there is uncertainty over who is the designated Ruck, the Ruck for each team will be the person nominated to the Umpire.


Saturday 6 AprilHam 4.10.34 v Dov 36.18.234

Round 1 – Saturday 13 AprilPak 14.20.104 v Key 7.7.43Bea 14.18.102 v Ber 7.10.52Too 12.18.90 v ROC 11.4.70Sunday 14 AprilNar 18.18.126 v Cra 12.9.81

Round 2 – Saturday 20 AprilKeys 9.5.59 v Nar 28.22.190Ber 14.11.95 v Pak 9.15.69ROC 9.6.60 v Bea 10.9.69Dov 13.14.92 v Too 7.8.50Cra 30.24.204 v Ham 4.5.29

Round 3 – Saturday 27 AprilANZAC Day Nar 24.20.164 v Ber 9.9.63Pak 14.10.94 v ROC 7.6.48Bea 6.12.48 v Dov 7.18.60Too 30.15.195 v Ham 7.3.45Key 7.6.48 v Cra 20.14.134

Round 4 – Saturday 4 MayROC 7.8.50 v Nar 21.8.134Dov 13.10.88 v Pak 7.8.50Ham 5.10.40 v Bea 26.15.171Cra 13.16.94 v Too 14.10.94Ber 17.25.127 v Key 7.8.50

Round 5 – Saturday 11 MayPink Footy & NetballNarr19.10.124 v Dov 8.8.56Pak 21.17.143 v Ham 3.6.24Bea 26.21.117 v Too 7.4.46Key 11.12.78 v ROC 10.10.70Cra 18.14.122 v Ber 15.9.99

Round 6 – Saturday 18 MayHam 3.6.24 v Nar 28.23.191Too 8.8.56 v Pak 15.16.106Bea 9.10.64 v Cran 11.8.74Dov 15.10.100 v Key 11.8.74ROC 5.6.36 v Ber 21.17.143

Bye – Saturday 25 May AFL ViC Country ChampionshipsCasey Cardinia FNL 17.11.113 v Wimmera FL 15.11.101Round 7 – Saturday 1 JuneNar 32.17.209 v Too 6.4.40Pak 12.12.84 v Bea 8.6.54Key 11.9.75 v Ham 7.6.48Ber 12.17.89 v Dov 8.11.59Cra 14.12.96 v ROC 2.7.19

Round 8 – Saturday 8 JuneQueens BirthdayBea 7.14.56 v Nar 18.11.119Pak 9.9.63 v Cra 17.9.111Too 14.13.97 v Key 16.10.106Ham 2.12.24 v Ber24.15.159Dov 12.14.86 v ROC 14.6.90

Round 9 – Saturday 15 JuneNar 20.11.131 v Pak 11.8.74Key 11.10.76 v Bea 13.15.93Ber 22.20.152 v Too 8.4.52ROC 13.9.87 v Ham 4.6.30Cra 10.14.74 v Dov 8.10.58

Round 10 – Saturday 22 JuneKey 15.11.101 v Pak 19.15.129Ber 11.10.76 v Bea 12.13.85ROC 16.13.109 v Too 9.10.64Dov 23.17.155 v Ham 9.10.64

Round 11 – Saturday 29 JuneNar 23.14.152 v Key 10.5.65Pak 9.14.68 v Ber 9.13.67Bea 16.13.109 v ROC 6.10.46Too 17.11.113 v Dov 10.20.80 Ham 5.2.32 v Cra 24.18.162

Round 12 – Saturday 6 JulySplit RoundROC 7.8.50 v Pak 9.11.65Dov 7.8.50 v Bea 5.13.43Twilight (Rnd 10 match)Cra 8.12.60 v Nar 19.11.125

Round 12 – Saturday 13 JulySplit RoundBer 10.11.71 v Nar 17.10.112Ham 10.9.69 v Too 18.10.118Cra 16.7.103 v Key 16.10.106

Round 13 – Saturday 20 JulyNar 15.14.104 v ROC 3.2.20Pak 7.18.60 v Dov 5.9.39Bea 14.19.103 v Ham 0.1.1Too 1.11.17 v Cra 10.5.65Key 4.7.31 v Ber 10.10.70

Round 14 – Saturday 27 JulyDoveton v Narre WarrenHampton Park v PakenhamTooradin v BeaconsfieldROC v KeysboroughBerwick v Cranbourne

Round 15 – Saturday 3 AugustNarre Warren v Hampton ParkPakenham v TooradinCranbourne v BeaconsfieldKeysborough v DovetonBerwick v ROC

Round 16 – Saturday 10 AugustTooradin v Narre WarrenBeaconsfield v PakenhamHampton Park v KeysboroughDoveton v BerwickROC v Cranbourne

Round 17 – Saturday 17 AugustNarre Warren v BeaconsfieldCranbourne v PakenhamKeysborough v TooradinBerwick v Hampton ParkROC v Doveton

Round 18 – Saturday 24 AugustPakenham v Narre WarrenBeaconsfield v KeysboroughTooradin v BerwickHampton Park v ROCDoveton v Cranbourne

Finals:Qualifying - 31 AugustElimination - 1 September2nd Semi - 7 September1st Semi - 8 SeptemberPreliminary - 15 SeptemberGrand Final - 21 September

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• Fairness







SeniorsBeaconsfield 5.9 9.14 14.17 14.19.103Hampton Park 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1.1Narre Warren 5.5 8.6 12.10 15.14.104ROC 2.0 3.1 3.2 3.2.20Berwick 4.2 5.4 10.9 10.10.70Keysborough 0.0 0.4 1.5 4.7.31Pakenham 3.7 5.11 5.14 7.18.60Doveton 0.1 1.4 2.5 5.9.39Cranbourne 3.1 4.3 6.4 10.5.65Tooradin 0.4 1.8 1.10 1.11.17


Round 15 - 3 AugustCranbourne v Beaconsfield

Berwick v OfficerNarre Warren v Hampton Park

Frankston YCW v Mt ElizaSomerville v Seaford

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Team P W L D B For Agst % Pts

Narre Warrren 13 11 1 0 1 1295 235 551.06 48Berwick 13 10 2 0 1 1004 382 262.83 44Mt Eliza 13 11 2 0 0 1003 517 194.00 44Beaconsfield 13 8 4 0 1 956 394 242.64 36Frankston YCW 13 8 5 0 0 849 572 148.43 32Seaford 13 5 7 0 1 741 669 110.76 24Hampton Park 13 3 9 0 1 517 914 56.56 16 Somerville 13 3 9 0 1 347 1088 31.89 16Officer Kangaroos 13 2 10 0 1 269 1296 20.76 12Cranbourne 13 0 12 0 1 307 1221 25.14 4

ResultsMt Eliza 1.0- 1.1 4.5 5.7.37Berwick 0.1 4.2 6.4 9.5.59Mt Eliza Goal Kickers: K. Bird , C. Lacey , J. Curren , W. Veale , S. Runacres; Best Players: S. Runacres, J. Binni, J. Curren, K. Bird, M. Brancatisano, R. ThorpeBerwick Goal Kickers: D. McLardy 2, D. Webb 2, L. Pintaudi 2, J. Coutts , J. Harrison , B. Sheppard; Best Players: M. Young, T. Verhellen, L. Pintaudi, D. Webb, H. Percival, C. FrenchBeaconsfield 5.3 5.9 10.12 12.13.85Hampton Park 0.2 0.4 0.7 2.8.20Beaconsfield Goal Kickers: D. Wickens 2, J. Cook 2, S. Canny 2, B. Nelke , B. Cassar , T. Bramich , S. Sadeqi , J. O’Brien , R. Atkinson; Best Players: N. Merrick, R. Osborne, M. Cashin, G. Uranie, S. Sadeqi, J. BowdHampton Park Goal Kickers: C. West , A. O’Connor; Best Players: A. O’Connor, A. Ton, B. Larkin, J. Craig, A. DandiridgNarre Warren 7.3 15.4 19.6 24.10.154Officer 0.2 1.4 1.6 1.6.12Narre Warrren Goal Kickers: J. Dowling 8, T. Mashado 5, B. Swift 4, S. Richards 3, T. Warkuss 2, J. Rae , B. Cain; Best Players: H. Favero, T. Mashado, J. Dowling, N. Williams, T. Warkuss, N. DawsonOfficer Kangaroos Goal Kickers: M. Costella; Best Players: F. Brown, T. Armstrong, M. Costella, J. Kinnaird, B. Temby, J. Banfield

Frankston YCW 3.3 4.11 6.16 10.19.79Seaford 1.2 1.2 2.4 5.5.35Frankston YCW Goal Kickers: M. Lafontaine 2, C. Coyne 2, J. Jones , C. Dunkley , L. Lee , A. Serle , G. Deng; Best Players: J. Daniel, M. Lafontaine, B. Lee, J. Jones, R. Taylor, M. StreetSeaford Goal Kickers: E. Barrett 2, A. Burks , J. Thornell , B. Burnham; Best Players: C. Hanvey, E. Barrett, J. Smith, M. Kelly, I. Otai, D. HowlettSomerville 5.1 8.4 9.8 11.12.78Cranbourne 0.3 1.5 2.7 5.8.38Somerville Goal Kickers: T. Perry 2, C. Crossley-Murr , S. Bravo , N. Anderson , J. Gains , C. Harris , L. Horvath , S. Smythe , B. Cann , S. Allsopp; Best Players: J. Miles, T. Perry, C. Harris, B. Cann, L. Horvath, N. AndersonCranbourne Goal Kickers: J. Carpenter 2, J. Kleesh 2, R. Chazbe; Best Players: J. Kleesh, K. Baker, G. Watson, T. Barden, J. Shields, A. Murphy

Name Club Rnd Tot

Joshua Dowling Narre Warrren 8 40Cayden Bulleid Berwick 0 30Dylan Chisholm Seaford 0 26Shaun Richards Narre Warrren 3 23Joshua Cook Beaconsfield 2 18Daniel Wickens Beaconsfield 2 17Corey Bader Narre Warrren 0 16Josh Degregorio Frankston YCW 0 15Timothee Mashado Narre Warrren 5 15Daniel Mclardy Berwick 2 13Sam Canny Beaconsfield 2 13

Goal Kickers

This Weeks GamesBerwick v CranbourneMt Eliza v Beaconsfield

Officer v Frankston YCWHampton Park v Somerville

Seaford v Narre Warren


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Casey Scorpions News

Scorps pink ribbon dayThe Scorps suffered their second straight defeat on the weekend going down to the Bombers by 11 points. In what was a special day for the club being the pink ribbon fund raiser and Captain Evan Panozza’s 100th game the Scorps, in tricky conditions at Casey Fields the Bombers were first to the footy all day and were able to prevent the Scorps from scoring when having the wind.A short break doesn’t allow our boys to sweat on the loss as they quickly look ahead to Saturday against Colling-wood at Victoria Park.Casey Scorpions 9.4.58 def by 9.15.69Goal Kickers: J. Best 2, L. Tapscott 2, N. Jetta , E. Panozza , B. Hughes , R. Taggert , J. Hogan Best Players: E. Panozza, D. Nicholson, J. Sellar, T. Davis, J. Magner, L. Tapscott

Meanwhile, the development squad continued their im-pressive run, defeating Sandringham by 69 points. The Scorps were able to keep Sandringham scoreless for nearly three quarters in what was a dominant display. Riseley, Fowler and Rutherford all are continuing their impressive form. Casey Scorpions 12.13.85 def 2.4.16Goal Kickers: M. Riseley 3, B. Fowler 3, N. Page 3, P. Rosier , N. Lang , J. Anderson Best Players: J. Pollard, M. Boland, M. Riseley, P. Rosier, J. Roberts, N. Page


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Pakenham Netball Club has unearthed another potential netball match winner in 14 year-old Hayley Bedford.Hayley is a recent recruit to Pakenham Lions under 17s and has already shown why she has won so many awards in her past playing history. Hayley has been nominated for the 2013 netball Young Rising Star award.She started her netball in 2009 with Berwick Springs Net-ball Club. Hayley remains a Berwick Springs player and has won many accolades including five best and fairest awards, three coaches awards and seven best on court awards in finals.An accurate gaoler, Hayley has also played for the Gipps-land Storm Elite Netball Club in 2011 as an under 13 player. She attends the Alkira Secondary College which participates in the Sport Academy program for netball and has always been selected for the successful A-team. She said that she loves netball and loves to play netball with likeminded players who are passionate about the

game and aiming to make a mark with the Pakenham Lions.Club president Jessica Dart said that she had a bright senior career ahead of her while Hayley’s coach, Lauren Lenders, said that her talent was far beyond her young age.“Hayley is a very skilful player, whose understanding of the game is exceptional. Hayley is a strong player who performs at her best with ease and puts her successful athletics running background into play on the court in her games,” she said. “She works diligently at training to improve her skill base, is a coop-erative team player and takes direction well.”

Hayley a young Lionesson the rise


Netball Preview

Round thirteen provided true win-ter conditions with icy winds and heavy downpours for most

of Saturday. While some junior games escaped the rain, the wind was not

ideal for goaling conditions.Narre Warren and ROC went goal for goal before Narre Warren stepped up a level to win 44 – 23. ROC’s jun-ior players gained valuable court time in trying condi-tions. Beaconsfield put in a dominating performance over Hampton Park, winning 61 – 32. In a low scoring game, Cranbourne defeated Tooradin 32 – 22. Berwick received a forfeit from Keysborough.Keysborough and Berwick played out an exciting draw in B Grade, while Tooradin took a narrow three goal win over Cranbourne. Narre Warren maintain top spot with a steady win over ROC while Beaconsfield and Paken-ham recorded big wins over Hampton Park and Doveton respectively. The C Grade top five continues to be a jostle for positions ahead of the finals series. Berwick were too strong for Keysborough winning 40 – 17. Pakenham 30 defeated Doveton 13 and Beaconsfield showed why they are on top, defeating Hampton Park 48 – 18. Cranbourne jumped to fourth with a reliable win over Tooradin 36 – 17. ROC’s important win over Narre Warren sees them sitting third while Narre Warren fall two places to fifth. In the junior ranks, Narre Warren and ROC fought out four competitive matches. The 17s was a thriller with Narre Warren edging out ROC by a goal at the final whistle. The 15s saw Narre Warren pushed by ROC in their closest match this season. The dominant Narre War-ren side winning by six. In the 15 Gold section, ROC continue to set the bench-mark, although the training and improvement in the other sides is coming through as the margins close each week.The 13s section continues to provide close contests be-tween the top five each week, setting up an exciting fi-nals series. Pakenham defeated ladder leaders, Doveton by a goal. With the second, third and fourth teams all on forty points, the remainder of the season will be a battle for the double chance.Looking ahead to Round Fourteen, Tooradin host Bea-consfield where B Grade will be an interesting contest. Hampton Park welcome Pakenham, Berwick take on Cranbourne and ROC face Keysborough, where there could be an upset in A Grade if Keysborough can field a side. Narre Warren travel to Doveton, where the 13s will be match of the day. Hopefully the clubs struggling for numbers can gather some support to finish off season 2013 and to keep the

Casey Cardinia Competition, healthy, strong and set up for an exciting September.Doveton DovesLast week was a very wet and cold day for netball. Juniors all started the day of well and it stayed dry for them. Our under 13 girls went down to pakenham in what was a very tight game. Under 15’s had a great game and never gave up you girls always give 100% and it is nice to watch you girls play you always have a smile on your faces. Under 17’s - You are the funniest bunch of 17’s we have had and your netball is really coming along a win isn’t to far away girls keep up the hard work at training and it will pay off. Seniors - Well the heavens really opened up on you guys I have never seen it that bad in all my years of playing footy league but both teams pushed on and gave 100% even though you couldn’t feel your fingers or toes and you were all so wet but there were still giggles when u all came of the court. Well done to everyone that played in what can be only called duck weather. Good luck girls against Narre this week. GO DOVES


Narre Warren MagpiesNarre Warren met ROC in Round 13 in cold, wintery conditions. The junior matches escaped the rain allow-ing free flowing netball and four competitive matches. The 15 Gold begun the seven matches with an early start at 8am. A very impressive first quarter saw Narre Warren hold a narrow lead over benchmark side, ROC. Unfortunately the girls could not keep their momentum, going down. King Family Awards: Stacey King & Rene Ettia. Their continued improvement shone through with the girls narrowing the margin from their first encounter. The 13s moved into second place on the ladder with a combined team effort over ROC winning. The strong vic-tory sets up 1st v 2nd contest against Doveton this week.Narre Warren 15s fought out a close contest against a highly skilled ROC side. Holding a narrow lead, Narre Warren had to dig deep to shake off a persistent ROC, winning.After a slow start, the 17s fought hard to get themselves back into the contest after half time. The final quarter went goal for goal with Narre Warren edging out ROC for a one goal victory. As C Grade begun, the heavens opened and down the rain poured. ROC lead at each break before Narre War-ren made a late charge in the final quarter closing the gap to one goal. Unfortunately, Narre Warren couldn’t step up their intensity going down by three goals. In teeming rain, B Grade faced ROC in icy conditions. In a four quarter effort, Narre Warren built on their lead each quarter to take an impressive sixteen goal victory. Brit Mashado, was her consistent self in the midcourt, Carly Booth was a welcome addition, feeding well at WA and Jacqui Wimmers continues to improve her game in the goal circle, working hard to implement training drills. A Grade went goal for goal with ROC in the first quarter before upping their intensity to stretch their margin to a healthy 21 goal win. Tracey Dell, stepped up to fill the void in the goal circle, combing well with Kim Mifsud. Adele Clydesdale’s return settled the defence end. Sitting on top of the ladder, A Grade will have a week off while everyone else will take on Doveton.Hampton Park Red BacksIt was a cold, wet and long day at Beaconsfield last Sat-urday. I think everyone was glad to be able to go home and have a nice hot shower! Thank you to those that at-tended the major draw on Saturday night. I’m fairly sure a great night was had by all. Congratulations to anyone who won prizes throughout the night.Also, a big congratulations to Tayla O’Brien, who plays her 50th game when she takes the court in the Under 13s this week. At this rate, she will have her 200 games up before she hits the seniors! Great job Tayla.It was a tough day for all the teams, although I am sure everyone will have trained hard this week so we can try and redeem ourselves against Pakenham.Despite a lack lustre second half C Grade continued to show improvement on the score board and in their court play, especially in the first half where it was obvi-ous that the skills we had been working on at training had significantly improved, especially with our attack end who moved the ball much easier this week. The last half seemed to go forever with the only highlights being

the reactions to the cold and heavy rain. Good thing it’s sunny this week hey Donna! Hopefully you packed your sunscreen.Well done to Ash, Jayde and Chloey for again stepping up and helping out the seniors. It’s great to have young talent coming through our ranks.A Grade: The weather should have been an equaliser, instead it just proved that in the wet you have to be more skilful and you can’t rely on speed and late reaction times to bring the ball down the court. After a brilliant first quarter of patience and discipline the game can be described as nothing less than a training session where we were the cones in a Beaconsfield training run. There were great individual efforts in patches and each and every player should be credited for staying out on court and not giving up, but one should never be happy with a performance like that. You train too hard, and are much more talented then you know. You just have to start be-lieving in it. We look forward to the rest of the season now where we don’t have anything to lose and it’s time to just play good quality netball. Go Redbacks!Pakenham Lions

B Grade - It was certainly a day for smart netball with the wet weather on Saturday and that’s exactly how Pa-kenham played the game for all 60 minutes. From the first whistle all the girls were switched on and ready to play. It was a great team win for the B grade girls going on to win.C Grade - C Grade were keen to do well with emphasis on defensive pressure all over the court. The girls started strongly with accurate passing and strong leads through midcourt. The rain and cold was hard to tolerate but the girls continued to stay focused and worked hard to main-tain their game plan to win and win well.Under 17s - Pakenham 17’s were in dire need of a win coming into this game, and they didn’t disappoint. New combinations were successful, with great space and awareness. The Pakenham girls did well, getting up by

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20 goals in the end. Under 15s - This week saw a different combination in our attack end, with a limited squad available. From the beginning of the game the space awareness on the court was fantastic and safe options were being created. All girls contributed to a strong team effort.Under 15s Gold - This week numbers were down again in the Gold squad. Lomi and Chloe started together in goals, continuing their strong combination. The midcourt moved the ball well, and in defence Hayley and Taylor combined well. A 14 goal last quarter ensured the win. Under 13s - 13s needed to bring their best game to defeat top of the ladder Doveton. From the first centre pass the game was going to be close. In the last three minutes, Pakenham was able to close a three-goal gap and won by a goal. Congratulations to all girls, including the girls on the bench.Tooradin SeagullsLast Saturday started out as a fresh but pleasant morning and the junior games were all played in sunny condi-tions. Towards the end of the C grade game, the weather turned and the rain started and did not stop!!! The B grade and A grade games were played in icy, wet and miserable conditions which made both games not only hard to play but hard to watch! The B grade girls man-aged a 15 goal turnaround to win by 3 goals but unfortu-nately the A grade girls let a much needed win slip away in the second half. Today we face an even tougher task across all grades when we come against Beaconsfield. We all look forward to the challenge and hope we can walk away with a few wins. A Grade: In terrible conditions Tooradin faced Cran-bourne in what was a high stakes game for both clubs. Unfortunately Tooradin just couldn’t find their ‘a’ game, something that the team has had trouble producing con-sistently over the season. While they have the ability, they just need to find a bit more consistency to be a serious competitor. Well done to Tara who was relentless all day in centre and took out the BOC & Players MVP awards. B Grade: In probably the most freezing and wet condi-tions I think we have ever played in, Cranbourne came out strong and handled them much better than we did and took control of the 1st quarter, leading by 9 goals at the break. We picked up our intensity in the second quar-ter but were still behind by 12 goals at half time. With frozen fingers and looking like drowned rats, we made a decision to get back out on court and win the quarter. If we were going to play in those conditions, we were go-ing to win!! The 3rd quarter saw all of our players step up and put pressure on Cranbourne and they began making errors, which we capitalised on. We were still a couple of goals down going into the final quarter and with every single player on the court putting in 100%, we managed to pull off a 3 goal win in absolutely miserable condi-tions. The awards went to the whole team and the Players MVP was awarded to coach, Lisa Vandermeer. C Grade: CONSISTENCY was C Grade’s biggest down-fall against Cranbourne. The team had a solid second and third quarter, scoring evenly with Cranbourne, and created some great passages of play. The defence team of Laura Harney, Jenn Rooke and Bridget Cook created a lot of turnovers in C-Grade’s favour and they applied constant pressure throughout the game. The mid-court players worked the ball down the court well, and Jess

Connell and Courtney Genoni worked well in the goal ring. Unfortunately a slow start for Tooradin and only scoring one goal in the last quarter saw Cranbourne win by a bigger margin than they should have. BOC: Bridget Cook, coaches award: Jenn Rooke and MVP: Laura Har-ney. For junior reports, please see our club website or seagull chatter.Good Luck to all teams today against Beaconsfield! Go Seagull’s!!Beaconsfield EaglesThe Beaconsfield Eagles hosted Hampton Park on a wet and miserable day for netball. All games were played in Great Spirit with the eagles taking the honours for the day with seven straight wins.The B Grade girls went out in the worst conditions of the season and started the game with great intensity with Rach running hard through the centre creating lots of op-portunities for Danielle and Jazzy in goals who finished well. The 2nd quarter it was great to have a Beacy legend and our A Grade coach Kellie Penglase running through the centre. Her experience, voice and leadership were awesome not to mention she has lost none of her touch in her 18 month break. The 3rd and 4th quarter was a great team effort with our defence rock solid and all girls running it out to the end. Well done Rach and Danielle with best on court awardsIn what was the only dry game for the day, the U17s made the most of it, playing some sensational netball. All nine players contributed to a very strong win and this enabled the coach to experiment with positions and combinations. The change of Montana Heinze into wing attack saw some excellent driving onto the circle and this is now another mid court option. Erin Tippett played a tight game and dominated in both the midcourt and circle defence, again, adding another option to this classy line up! Elise Flannery was selfless and clever in her smart play and feeds to her partnering goalers. It was a top performance from her. Kaela Hughes was like oxygen, simply everywhere. Rebounds, deflections and intercepts enabled Kaela to turn the ball over and lead her team as the co-captain that she is. A very strong team win. Best on court: Montana Heinze & Kaela Hughes. The Beacy U13 team had a strong win against Hamp-ton Park this week. The team played well with different combinations of players in both attack and defence. It was great to see many of the girls star in new positions. Match award to Brodie for her fantastic game in goals and her great defence plays and to Emily for an impres-

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sive game in attack and lovely goaling. The Under 15 Gold team hosted Berwick and came away with another great win. The team has really jelled as a group and the benefits on court are starting to shine through.ROC Kangaroos15Under - Girls put a good effort against Narre Warren who played well. Thanks to Jayne Porter for coaching while Larissa is away. Awards: Caitlyn Armstrong and Ashleigh Barnett15Under GOLD - In our game against Narre Warren it was a shacky start and found ourselves down by quarter time. Second quarter we came back with a new energy and defended our strong lead unitl the end of the game. Another great win, well done girls! 17Under - Today was a hard fought match with each quarter only being a goal or two the difference. ROC defence end worked tirelessly however our mid court couldn’t get past a fast driving Narre Warren and we had difficulty with flow in attack. The loss will make us stronger for our next game. Congratulations to Tess Young on receiving the Police Award.C Grade - Soggy and wet. Great team effort.Award: Kris and MillieA Grade - It was always going to be a tough game in ter-rible conditions. Both teams flew out of the gates in a tigh first quarter that went goal for goal. Narre adapted to the conditions better in the 2nd quarter and started to take control of the game. The Narre goalers were provided with plenty of opportunity as their defenders worked hard. ROC re-grouped for the final quarter to keep it even in the last. Well done to Courtney for getting the award with great goaling accuracy.

Keysborough BurraThe Burra babes had a HUGE day ahead of them and the weather forecast picked to be terrible...C grade didn’t have a lot of options position wise and the pour down didn’t help. The girls got off to a good start, only 2 down at half time. But the second half was not the same. The girls are still asking the question of What Went Wrong?? Tanny had a great day in defence and helped work the ball down the court but the C Grade girls were no match for Berwick as they took the lead and ran with it. I dont think the girls have played in worse conditions then what they were on Saturday, but still had the Burra spirit and continued with fight until the end.B grade worked their Burra butts off all game and it worked! The Laura Cannons and Penny (old balls) duo in the ring was once again superb. Brea-A, Pants, Lans and Hayley were stunning through the mid court with beauti-ful feeding to the goalers and delivery down the court. B Grade called on Kelly J to assist Love Dog in defence and they made Berwick work for it. After 4 very close quarters the scores ended level in the final seconds of the game. A game the girls really needed to win, but were lucky in the end to at least get 2 points to their name. Some may say it’s better then a loss, but the girls had this win. Great work Burra Babes it was tough out there in the rain and you still managed to give it your all. Go Burra!!! Berwick WickersThis week our seniors travelled to Keysborough to play in what were possibly the worst conditions of the season, with the rain and wind playing havoc in both B and C

Netball NotesCLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

Club A B C 17 15 13 TotalNarre Warren 110 88 51 55 52 10 366 Beaconsfield 105 80 66 65 28 10 354Berwick 100 76 66 35 26 5 308Cranbourne 70 40 54 45 44 9 262Pakenham 95 48 30 30 34 10 247 ROC 40 40 57 50 40 6 233Tooradin 55 80 12 25 16 3 191Keysborough 30 52 30 - - - 112Hampton Park 45 16 0 5 4 1 71Doveton - 0 24 15 16 11 66

15 & UNDER GOLDPakenham 44 def 7 TooradinBeaconsfield 30 def 14 BerwickNarre Warren 17 def by 26 ROC

Team P W D L F Agst % PtsROC 11 11 0 0 370 175 211.43 44Pakenham 10 8 0 2 308 186 165.59 32Narre Warren 10 5 0 5 294 217 135.48 20Beaconsfield 10 5 0 5 227 209 108.61 20Berwick 11 1 0 10 185 361 51.25 4Tooradin 10 1 0 9 100 336 29.76 4

ROC 11 11 0 0 370 175 211.43 44Pakenham 10 8 0 2 308 186 165.59 32Narre Warren 10 5 0 5 294 217 135.48 20Beaconsfield 10 5 0 5 227 209 108.61 20Berwick 11 1 0 10 185 361 51.25 4Tooradin-Dalmore 10 1 0 9 100 336 29.76 4


grade matches after a last minute forfeit from Keysbor-ough in the A grade match. The C grade girls put on an impressive second half after being up by just 2 goals at half time then taking quite a comfortable win. B grade proved a cracker of a match going down to the wire, with the girls lucky to secure a draw in the final minutes of the last quarter. This week we welcome Cranbourne to our home courts. Good luck to all three teams today.Congratulations to our best on court recipients for the Keysborough round:B Grade: Shaye SmithC Grade: Leanne SparksThank you to everyone that attended and supported the clubs trivia night on Saturday night. It was another suc-cessful and fun night for all that attended. Special thanks must go out to all of our sponsors and to all that donated prizes for the night. Cranbourne EaglesUnder 13s: The girls all played extremely well against Tooradin and should be super proud of them-selves. We had to mix up combinations on court as we only had 7 players and the team worked magnificently to-gether. The girls adjusted to set positions and did not stop fighting for the ball the whole game. Hayley went back into goals this week and WOWEE, did she deliver the goods!! Maddi played a ripper defensive game in WD/C. Well done girls!! BOC went to Hayley Bibby and Maddi Chamberlain.Under 15s: The girls had a great start to the game today, chasing down lose balls and backing each other up! Once we got a bit in front however, the girls took their feet off the pedal. Hopefully we can shake this out of them in the next couple of weeks. We need to give a 110% for the whole game. Good win today girls. You are a pleasure to coach.Under 17s: In what was going to be a good game today the girls started off strong and Tooradin kept right there with us. In the second quarter the players came out firing, wanting to prove themselves as a team and al-lowed Tooradin to score only 1 goal. The intensity kept going in the third term keeping Tooradin scoreless. This intensity and strength was played until the final siren and the girls should be proud. BOC went to Alanah and Nat and also a special award to Sam Kelly for an awesome game in defence.

C Grade: We were celebrating Sam Carters 100th game today and the girls were determined to make it a good one. With consistent feeding and noticeable improve-ment when bringing the ball of of defence, we were happy with a solid win over a determined Tooradin side. Well done girls to a great team effort. BOC went to Sam and Jade.B Grade: We started out strong today wanting to prove that we can play the kind of netball that can match the top sides. We went into the half time break with a 12 goal lead but unfortunately went into the third quarter playing a completely style of game, allowing Tooradin back in, and reducing our lead to only 3. This lead changed numerous times in the last and due to some simple errors we cost ourselves the game. BOC went to Natalie Sparks and Jodie Holt, with Nat also receiving the most valuable player, (mug).A Grade: After our loss last week we had something to prove, not only to ourselves, but also to other teams in the top five, that we are a finals contender! This week we did all the hard work required to win this game in such terrible conditions. Every player worked hard all game and we built on our lead each quarter to come away with a 10 goal win over a very competitive Toora-din side. BOC went to Eilish O’Hanlon and Mel Perrins with Eilish and Ali receiving the Most Valuable Player, (mug), Award.

Netball Notes


Netball Results & LaddersA GRADE

Narre Warren 44 def 23 ROCPakenham 20 def DovetonBeaconsfield 61 def 32 Hampton ParkTooradin 22 def by 32 CranbourneKeysborough def by 20 BerwickTeam P W D L F Agst % PtsNarre Warren 13 11 0 2 514 419 122.67 44Beaconsfield 13 10 1 2 556 400 139.00 42Berwick 13 10 0 3 559 441 126.76 40Pakenham 13 9 1 3 552 424 130.19 38Cranbourne 13 7 0 6 420 429 97.90 28Tooradin 13 5 1 7 402 442 90.95 22Hampton Park 13 4 1 8 449 526 85.36 18ROC 13 4 0 9 396 450 88.00 16Keysborough 13 3 0 10 421 478 88.08 12Doveton 13 0 0 13 0 260 0.00 0

B GRADENarre Warren 46 def 30 ROCPakenham 64 def 9 DovetonBeaconsfield 60 def 11 Hampton ParkTooradin 35 def 32 CranbourneKeysborough 32 drew 32 BerwickTeam P W D L F Agst % PtsNarre Warren 13 11 0 2 597 435 137.24 44Beaconsfield 13 10 0 3 673 413 162.95 40Tooradin 13 10 0 3 538 398 135.18 40Berwick 13 9 1 3 574 458 125.33 38Keysborough 13 6 1 6 547 503 108.75 26Pakenham 13 6 0 7 448 412 108.74 24Cranbourne 13 5 0 8 492 477 103.14 20ROC 13 5 0 8 492 509 96.66 20Hampton Park 13 2 0 11 360 717 50.21 8Doveton 13 0 0 13 312 711 43.88 0

C GRADENarre Warren 21 def by 24 ROCPakenham 31 def 13 DovetonBeaconsfield 48 def 18 Hampton ParkTooradin 17 def by 35 CranbourneKeysborough 17 def by 40 BerwickTeam P W D L F Agst % PtsBeaconsfield 13 11 0 2 523 280 186.79 44Berwick 13 11 0 2 538 330 163.03 44ROC 13 9 1 3 457 320 142.81 38Cranbourne 13 9 0 4 450 420 107.14 36Narre Warren 13 8 1 4 473 336 140.77 34Pakenham 13 5 0 8 354 360 98.33 20Keysborough 13 5 0 8 346 443 78.10 20Doveton 13 4 0 9 343 434 79.03 16Tooradin 13 2 0 11 250 438 57.08 8Hampton Park 13 0 0 13 281 654 42.97 0

17 & UNDERNarre Warren 31 def 30 ROCPakenham 38 def 18 DovetonBeaconsfield 62 def 6 Hampton ParkTooradin 12 def by 43 CranbourneKeysborough def by 20 BerwickTeam P W D L F Agst % PtsBeaconsfield 13 13 0 0 503 162 310.49 52Narre Warren 13 11 0 2 516 309 166.99 44ROC 13 10 0 3 495 279 177.42 40Cranbourne 13 9 0 4 514 276 186.23 36Berwick 13 7 0 6 441 269 163.94 28Pakenham 13 6 0 7 348 390 89.23 24Tooradin 13 5 0 8 301 413 72.88 20Doveton 13 3 0 10 219 517 42.36 12Hampton Park 13 1 0 12 160 622 25.72 4Keysborough 13 0 0 13 0 260 0.00 0

15 & UNDERNarre Warren 29 def 23 ROCPakenham 52 def 15 DovetonBeaconsfield 51 def 9 Hampton ParkTooradin 7 def by 37 CranbourneKeysborough def by 20 BerwickTeam P W D L F Agst % PtsNarre Warren 13 13 0 0 561 158 355.06 52Cranbourne 13 11 0 2 440 180 244.44 44ROC 13 10 0 3 551 166 331.93 40Pakenham 13 8 1 4 388 258 150.39 34Beaconsfield 13 7 0 6 337 334 100.90 28Berwick 13 6 1 6 305 257 118.68 26Tooradin 13 4 0 9 267 418 63.88 16Doveton 13 4 0 9 196 424 46.23 16Hampton Park 13 1 0 12 85 675 12.59 4Keysborough 13 0 0 13 0 260 0.00 0

13 & UNDERNarre Warren 31 def 8 ROCPakenham 19 def 18 DovetonBeaconsfield 67 def 2 Hampton ParkTooradin 9 def by 51 CranbourneKeysborough def by 20 BerwickTeam P W D L F Agst % PtsNarre Warren 13 13 0 0 561 158 355.06 52Cranbourne 13 11 0 2 440 180 244.44 44ROC 13 10 0 3 551 166 331.93 40Pakenham 13 8 1 4 388 258 150.39 34Beaconsfield 13 7 0 6 337 334 100.90 28Berwick 13 6 1 6 305 257 118.68 26Tooradin 13 4 0 9 267 418 63.88 16Doveton 13 4 0 9 196 424 46.23 16Hampton Park 13 1 0 12 85 675 12.59 4Keysborough 13 0 0 13 0 260 0.00 0


It’s every footballer’s dream. And for Mick Cleeland, it came true. With his team, Waaia, five points down in the 1990 Picola League Grand Final, Mick was awarded a free kick as the final siren went. From outside 50, he sent a soaring torpedo punt through the big sticks – and became an instant club legend. WorkSafe is proud to sponsor country football. For the players, the families, friends, even the umpires! That’s why WorkSafe wants to remind everyone in country Victoria how important it is to have a safe workplace. That way all of us can turn up to the footy on the weekend to see our country football legends.

Proud SPonSor oF CounTry FooTbALL For oVer 10 yeArS.

WorkSafe country football legend

Mick Cleeland, Waaia FC

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