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RECORD ISSUE 8 28 May 2016 $2.00 Thinking about travel? Whether its for work or pleasure...within Australia or Overseas ...Busjet Travel can assist in all aspects of your trip. Give Busjet Travel a call to check out how they can assist you with your travel arrangements ...... you’ll be pleasantly surprised by their personal style and professional service. Call Sharna on 9097 4800 KICKIN’ IT WITH KRISTEN Editorial – Issue 8, May 28th 2016 HOW THE WEST WAS WON By KRISTEN ALEBAKIS IT has been a big few Coach Anthony Eames, showed great leadership since he weeks at WRFL HQ, was appointed as coach and was the perfect person to with the league hosting lead the WRFL back onto the winner’s list. Ballarat as part of the The WRFL has now restored its reputation as one of the revamped Community strongest leagues in the state. Championships. I want to thank everyone who was involved on the day, All that hard work and the clubs, volunteers, coaches, officials, AFL Victoria, preparation was on show my colleagues and of course the players who showed on Saturday, when we went great pride and commitment throughout the build-up head-to-head with one of the to the match. strongest country leagues in Without your support, the day wouldn’t have been a success. the state, Ballarat. Overall it was a fantastic day for the league and one of It was good to see a great crowd come along to the the best experiences I have been a part of. Under-19 and Seniors matches and show their support for our league. It was also great to see a contingent of The WRFL has now set up a date with the Northern Ballarat supporters also make the trip. Football League next year. The day started with the Under-19’s match. Some of I am already looking forward to being a part of that campaign. the best WRFL young guns displayed their talents. Stories and pictures from the Community They romped it home to win by 95-points. Championships can be found on pages 3, 4 and 5. Matt Dean and his coaching panel did a fantastic job In other news, this weekend is also a special one, it is with the squad. They worked as a team and played the Indigenous Round. Each AFL club will wear themed game in the right spirit. jumpers as part of the Round. The seniors match was a different story. The game In our league, the Manor Lakes Football Club will be was a much tighter affair, both teams had the chance wearing a specially designed guernsey that pays respect to run away with the game, but in the end, the WRFL to Indigenous athletes from across the country. managed to hold on to win by three points, in what It is a great initiative by the club to get involved in was a thrilling contest. Indigenous Round. Andrew Panayi won a free kick in the dying stages of Some of the best players in our great game are the match and duly converted to win the game for Indigenous, so it is important we honour them with their the WRFL. own dedicated round. See you at the footy. CONTENTS Interleague Seniors .........................................................................3 Division 3 Senior/Reserves .................................................26-35 Interleague Under-19’s ..................................................................4 Umpire’s Corner ............................................................................. 36 Interleague Ranking and Images ..............................................5 Tips/Flashback Photo .................................................................. 37 Division 1 Senior/Reserves ...................................................7-13 Under-19 Division 1 ...............................................................39-42 Player Profile ................................................................................... 15 Under-19 Division 2 ...............................................................44-50 Division 2 Senior/Reserves .................................................16-23 Junior Results ...........................................................................55-64 FRONT COVER CAPTION: Brian Graham flies high in the WRFL’s Community Championship match with Ballarat at Whitten Oval. Picture: DARRELL JONES WRFL FOOTY RECORD Western Region Football League President: Meredith Angwin Level One, Whitten Oval, Footscray CEO: Bob Tregear OFFICE: (03) 9315-5400 Editor: Kristen Alebakis 1 WRFL FOOTY RECORD Club Multicultural Diversity Partner GROWING AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL IN THE WEST WWW.WRFL.ORG.AU 2 INTERLEAGUE WRAP – UNDER 19 BRIGHT FUTURE FOR WRFL’S UNDER-19 STARS By KRISTEN ALEBAKIS THE future of the WRFL is looking as bright as “He finished with four goals, but there was about five or ever after the Under-19 representative team six players that could have had that best on ground medal dismantled Ballarat at Whitten Oval on Saturday. hanging around their necks, it was a great team effort.” The talented team defeated Ballarat by 95-points in what Dean said overall he enjoyed the experience of being was an impressive performance from all players. coach and says there were plenty pf players in the team Coach Matt Dean said there was some exciting talent in already showing an interest in pulling on the WRFL jumper the WRFL. next year. He said the Community Championship match provided “You are bringing together players from all across the players with a chance to make a name for themselves and league, some of them haven’t played together before potentially open a few doors for them in the future. and didn’t even know each other, so to see them come together and bond was great,” he said. “I know the Bulldogs had people at the game and Ash Hansen from the VFL team was also there taking a few WRFL ..................................... 10.2, 14.2, 17.10, 22.12 144 Ballarat .................................................................................0.2, 3.6, 4.6, 7.7 49 names down,” Dean said. WRFL – GOALS: N. Walker 5, J. Reynolds 4, M. Galea 4, “Nick Ryan is on a VFL list, but there is a few players now L. Scarborough 3, C. Daley 2, J. Beilby 2, L. Huell 1, L. McDonald 1 who could be invited to pre-season training. WRFL – BEST: T. Bennett, M. Galea, N. Ryan, N. Williams, J. Reynolds, L. Scarborough. “These people will now keep an eye on these WRFL BALLARAT – GOALS: J. Bygate 2, B. Sullivan 1, J.McNabb 1, players, so it is a real door opener for these players. M. Young 1, A. Gillett 1, P. Fitzgibbon 1 “This Community Championship model is a great concept.” BALLARAT – BEST: J. McNabb, M. Young, M. Geary, A. Gillett, J. Bygate, K. Hayes. The WRFL were fired-up from the first bounce, booting a massive 10-goals in the first quarter. Wyndhamvale star Liam Scarborough kicked three goals in the first term and continued to put pressure on defenders the moment the ball came inside forward 50. “It was a good coin toss to win, because it was a four to five goal wind,” Dean said. “We had quick ball movement to our forward runners and that was what I had asked of them before the game, so they played perfectly. “I also asked them to have a defensive mindset when they didn’t have the ball, they went man-on-man and that worked as well.” The relentless pressure and attack from the talented team proved too much for their opponents, with Ballarat’s first goal coming in the early stages of the second quarter. Ballarat swayed a little momentum back after a Brody Sullivan goal, but the last three goals of the quarter went to the WRFL. “We were able to outscore them in the second quarter and those last few goals in the quarter really broke their back,” Dean said. The WRFL continued to dominate the second-half, kicking eight goals to four. Man of the match honours went to Galea. “He is just a class act,” Dean said. “He goes in and under and wins the ball and he also gets WRFL and Deer Park star Mark Galea was named best on ground on it on the outside. Saturday. Picture: DARRELL JONES 3 WRFL FOOTY RECORD INTERLEAGUE WRAP – SENIORS WRFL SCORE THRILLING THREE POINT WIN By KRISTEN ALEBAKIS THE WRFL is back. “It was disappointing to go into the last quarter a point After last year’s disappointing loss at the hands of down. the Eastern Football League, the WRFL knew it had to “It was a match that could of gone either way, but I put make a statement in this year’s WorkSafe Community it on the boys and they were able to find something. Championships and that’s exactly what they did on Saturday. “It was a battle and we were lucky enough to hold on.” In a highly pressured and entertaining match with WRFL best on ground honours went to Werribee District Ballarat at Whitten Oval, the WRFL scored a thrilling star Matt Dean. three-point win, with the winning goal coming in the final two minutes of play. Eames said the former Barry Priest medallist showed a lot of poise throughout the afternoon. Andrew Panayi from the Werribee Districts, was the hero. “His presence and calmness around the ground was The talented forward won a free kick 30m out directly telling, he had a great four quarter performance. in-front in the dying stages of the match and calmly slotted it through, giving the WRFL the lead. “But, he was just one of many who contributed, Brayden Ferrari, Tim Quick, Murray Boyd and Jase Perkins The lead changed hands for most of the second-half, presented all day, they were all consistent.” however it was the home side who kicked truly in the final quarter to win the match. The WRFL is now sixth on the AFL Victoria Community Championships rankings and has set up a date with the Coach Anthony Eames said he couldn’t be more Northern Football League next year. prouder of the WRFL.