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BLACKBLACK DIAMOND DIAMOND AFL AFL NOTES PRESIDENTS NOTE On Behalf of the Board and the Clubs of the UnitToday 1, we 15 welcome Kam Close, AFL Sydney Morisset to Adelaide NSW St 2264Oval for the first time at BDAFL I welcome players, supporters and bothPo senior Box and 9163, women’s Wyoming level. We NSW thank AFL2250 Sydney for making the officials to Adelaide Street today for what I am trip up the M1. sure will be a close, challenging and exciting day of football. RepresentativeFOOTBALL Football OPERATIONS is an important OFFICER part of the BDAFL program as it gives players theGarry opportunity Burkinshaw to play with the best players in the compe- Representative football is a priority of the league tition and alsoMobile: to test 0400 725384 to give our players the opportunity to test them- themselvesE-mail: against [email protected] quality opposition. selves against quality opposition. In AFL Sydney our players face their sternest test but we are It is certainly a big day for our women’s representative team who will be confident that they will display the endeavour and taking to the fieldBDAFL for just PRESIDENT the second time as a representative team. character of previous representative games and do Women’s football isWal an importantBembic part of the BDAFL and to see how far themselves and our Competition proud. it has come inMobile: just three 0428 years 881811 is amazing and this will be demonstrated today. E-mail: [email protected] The BDAFL and its clubs have developed Women's football in the region and have made ongoing improvement in the Thanks to Simon Berry, John Parker and Lauren Cooper for taking on standard of the Women's game in the region a priority, I am sure both Women's the coaching rolesBOARD and also MEMBERS the support staff. Sides will display their wares for a bumper crowd today. Phil Lewis The men will be aiming to make it five wins in a row, however the challenge will The BDAFL has seen an influx of quality new players to its clubs this year and certainly be tough up against arguablyLuke the Rankin strongest league in the state. The selectors Kevin Greaves they, along with many representative stalwarts and local Juniors will offer have picked a strong side and we are expecting a good performance. committed opposition to what I am sure is a talented Sydney line up. We are proud Paul Kelly that The BDAFL is seen as a great environment to play football and are proud of Thanks again to Chris Bishop for taking on the reins for the men’s team. Chris Megan Farrell our clubs achievements to this end. epitomises what representative football should be about and he can take a lot of credit

for the current state of representativeMark football Stocker in the BDAFL. Also thanks to Marty Re- There is no greater evidence of this than the AFL debut of Killarney Vale’s Daniel iman for taking on the role of Assistant Coach and also to all the support staff. Lloyd who, witnessed by a large enthusiastic BDAFL supporter base did his family,

AFL NSW/ACT MANAGER—NORTHERN NSW Club and l Congratulations also to the umpires who have been appointed to today’s game. Simon Smyth League very proud in the win by GWS over Collingwood last Saturday. Mobile: 0401 932535 Also a big thank you to Killarney Vale for hosting the day. E-mail: [email protected] The willingness of the Terrigal Avoca club to move its derby with Killarney Vale to Finally we wish the players all the best for today and thank you for making yourselves a Friday night to allow the Bombers to get down to see the game is applauded and available for representativeBDAFL football. UMPIRES COACH says a lot about the willingness of our clubs to help others.

Christine Burrows Daniel's story, along with the support and encouragement of BDAFL Ambassador E-mail:SOCIAL [email protected] MEDIA and Coaches Mentor, Mark McVeigh are an endorsement of our League and its WEBSITE Clubs. Thank you Mark and well done Lloydy– I hope we hear the chant for many www.bdafl.com.au more games and that a we see more players, male or female soon follow your dream to play in the pinnacle of the sport.

This Football Record is published by Black Diamond AFL for the benefit of Good Luck to All Players, Coaches and Umpires today and I hope you all can stay the players, members and supporterswww.bdafl.com.au of the game. Black Diamond AFL post match refreshments and a catch up after the game. takes responsibility for editorial content, apart from those published under the names of clubs as club notes and will not be held responsible for any information which may be found harmful or injurious to any person or organi- Wal Bembic President sation in those notes. Complaints or other reference to the material in the Black Diamond AFL publicationBlack may Diamond be directed AFL to the Football @bdafl Operations Officer, Black bdafl Dia- mond AFL, Unit 1, 15 Kam Cl, Morisset NSW 2264

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COACH: Simon Berry COACH: Kieran Emery ASSTCO COACHES:ACH: JohnChris Parker Bishop ASSTCOACH: COACHES: JonMichael Vlatko Sankey ASST COACHES: Lindsay Scown ASST COACH: LaurenMarty Cooper Reiman Adam Forster Andrew Turner Maddy Collier Andrew McLellan

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AFLFROM SYDNEY YEARS GONENOTES BY 2014 RepresentativeToday Game as always @ Newcastle is one of No. the 1 highlightsSportsground on the AFL Sydney calendar with the elite players in the competition coming together to represent BDAFL the league2.4 against 6.7 quality 11.8 opponents. 17.11.113 AFL Sydney Dev 6.3 8.3 8.5 10.5.65 This year a new rivalry is born, with AFL Sydney and the Black Goals, Diamond AFL taking on each other in both the men’s and women’s BDAFL: Tom Headmatches. 4, Liam GibsonI would 2,like Jay to Lewisthank 2,Black Peter Diamond van Dam for 2, hosting Mitch Betson us for this2, Simon year’sO’Brien representative 1, Courtney games. Knight 1, Blake Erickson 1, Zac Metcalfe 1, Nathan Vaisey 1 AFL Sydney: Evan Smith 2, Matt Young 1, Harrison Green 1, Ted Widmer 1, Hayden Wash- I wouldington like 1, to Levi thank Sands our 1,coaches Wayd Blackburnefor both sides, 1, Jordan head coaches Pidgeon Mick1, Dominic Sankey Killworth (men) and1 KieranBest, Emery (women) and their assistants Lindsay Scown, Andrew Turner and Andrew McLellanBDAFL: (men) Tom and Head, Jon Simon Vlatko, O’Brien, Adam Forster Jacob Dawes, and Maddy James Collier Webster, (women) Peter for van their Dam, Andrew assistanceWillmot in preparing the sides for today’s matches and also for the players in their professionalismAFL Sydney: and Harrison enthusiastic Green, approach Nathan Bosschieter, to the representative Dave Johnson, program. Evan I wouldSmith, also Matt like to acknowledgeLemme, Josh the CassAFL Sydney umpires who have been selected to officiate on behalf of the league based on their performance so far this season 2010 NSW Country Championship Final @ Maher Oval, Wagga Wagga To all the players and umpires we wish you the best of luck. AFL Sydney Dev 2.3 3.5 7.8 10.8 (68) BDAFL 0.1 0.4 1.4 2.6. (18) UMPIRE APPOINTMENTS CongratulationsGoals, to the following umpires who have been selected to officiate in the RepresentativeAFL Sydney matches Dev: Kieran between Emery AFL 3,Sydney Ben Rogersand Black 2, TrentDiamond Baker AFL. 2, Jackson Potter 2. Tim Barton BDAFL: Cameron Jones, Rick White MEN’SBest, AFL Sydney: Lachlan Pryor, Jackson Potter, Michael Holmes, Brendan Fitzgerald, Lynn FieldRoehrig, Ben Woods Boundary Goal BDAFL: Mitch Knight, Rick White, Angus Darling, Matt Bailey, Jayson Van Dam, Sam Pat O’BrienLALLY Lincoln MCCAULAY Tom SULLIVAN

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BLACK DIAMOND AFL NOTES BLACK DIAMOND AFL PRESIDENTS NOTE HUNTER HAVAL Today we welcome AFL Sydney to Adelaide St Oval for the first time at On Behalf of the Board and the Clubs of the I-IOVLII both Unitsenior 1, and 15 women’s Kam Close, level. We Morisset thank AFL NSW Sydney 2264 for making the BDAFL I welcome players, supporters and H ave it all . trip up thePo M1. Box 9163, Wyoming NSW 2250 officials to Adelaide Street today for what I am sure will be a close, challenging and exciting day RepresentativeFOOTBALL Football OPERATIONSis an important part OFFICER of the BDAFL program as it of football. gives players the opportunity to play with the best players in the compe- tition and also to testGarry Burkinshaw Representative football is a priority of the league themselves againstMobile: quality opposition. 0400 725384 to give our players the opportunity to test them- E-mail: [email protected] selves against quality opposition. In AFL Sydney It is certainly a big day for our women’s representative team who will be our players face their sternest test but we are confident that they will display the endeavour and taking to the field forBDAFL just the PRESIDENT second time as a representative team. Women’s football is an important part of the BDAFL and to see how far character of previous representative games and do it has come in just threeWal years Bembic is amazing and this will be demonstrated themselves and our Competition proud. today. Mobile: 0428 881811 E-mail: [email protected] The BDAFL and its clubs have developed Thanks to Simon Berry, John Parker and Lauren Cooper for taking on Women's football in the region and have made ongoing improvement in the standard of the Women's game in the region a priority, I am sure both Women's the coaching roles andBOARD also the MEMBERS support staff. Sides will display their wares for a bumper crowd today.

The men will be aiming to make it five winsPhil in aLewis row, however the challenge will The BDAFL has seen an influx of quality new players to its clubs this year and certainly be tough up against arguably theLuke strongest Rankin league in the state. The selectors they, along with many representative stalwarts and local Juniors will offer have picked a strong side and we are Kevinexpecting Greaves a good performance. committed opposition to what I am sure is a talented Sydney line up. We are proud

Paul Kelly that The BDAFL is seen as a great environment to play football and are proud of Thanks again to Chris Bishop for taking on the reins for the men’s team. Chris Megan Farrell our clubs achievements to this end. epitomises what representative football should be about and he can take a lot of credit Mark Stocker for the current state of representative football in the BDAFL. Also thanks to Marty Re- There is no greater evidence of this than the AFL debut of Killarney Vale’s Daniel iman for taking on the role of Assistant Coach and also to all the support staff. Lloyd who, witnessed by a large enthusiastic BDAFL supporter base did his family, AFL NSW/ACT MANAGER—NORTHERN NSW Club and l Congratulations also to the umpires whoSimon have been Smyth appointed to today’s game. League very proud in the win by GWS over Collingwood last Saturday. Mobile: 0401 932535 Also a big thank you to KillarneyE-mail: Vale [email protected] hosting the day. The willingness of the Terrigal Avoca club to move its derby with Killarney Vale to a Friday night to allow the Bombers to get down to see the game is applauded and Finally we wish the players all the best for today and thank you for making yourselves BDAFL UMPIRES COACH says a lot about the willingness of our clubs to help others. available for representative football. Christine Burrows Daniel's story, along with the support and encouragement of BDAFL Ambassador E-mail: [email protected] and Coaches Mentor, Mark McVeigh are an endorsement of our League and its SOCIALWEBSITE MEDIA Clubs. Thank you Mark and well done Lloydy– I hope we hear the chant for many www.bdafl.com.au more games and that a we see more players, male or female soon follow your dream to play in the pinnacle of the sport.

This Football Record is published by Black Diamond AFL for the benefit of Good Luck to All Players, Coaches and Umpires today and I hope you all can stay the players, members and supporters of the game. Black Diamond AFL www.bdafl.com.au post match refreshments and a catch up after the game. takes responsibility for editorial content, apart from those published under the names of clubs as club notes and will not be held responsible for any information which may be found harmful or injurious to any person or organi- Wal Bembic President sation in those notes. Complaints or other reference to the material in the Black Diamond AFL publication may be directed to the Football Operations Officer, Black Dia- mondBlack AFL, Diamond Unit 1, 15 AFL Kam Cl, Morisset @bdafl NSW 2264 bdafl

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