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Reserves 22 Under 18’s 23 Editor Jamie Wilson Ph 02 6162 3600 Round 17 Email [email protected] Designer Logan Knight Ph 02 6162 3600 Email [email protected] vs Photography Andrew Trost Email [email protected] Manuka Oval, Sat 9th August, 2pm Manuka Oval, Sat 9th August, 2pm vs SCG, Sat 9th August, 3:50pm vs Manuka Oval, Sun 10th August, 2pm In the box with the GM david wark Now that we have rerefocussedfocussed on the competitiocompetitionn a differentdifferent pathpath which marriesmarr up nicely after that truly great weekend in SShepparton,hepparton, it withwithitht thethhe EFC longl heldhld philosophyhil of junior seemsseems as toughtough thethe race hashas beenbeen won. ThThee top developmentdevelopment asa a priority. four is settled baring extraordinary circumstances. Words and philosophies count for zero on the Who would have thought the week before round 1 scoreboard though. It is all about performance. or even up to the week after the third game that the Tigers, proud, boisterous and talented, would not This week we see the Tigers on the road to Sydney. be playing finals? Having seen Jordan on Monday They will be desperate for victory at the SCG if not he was a forlorn figure. He was gutted that his club to create a great launching pad or 2009 then to playing group had so much potential for such little apply significant pressure to Eastlake and their return. There will be some heavy meetings out at final two games. On Sunday the Magpies host the Hawks who are not impressed that again Dairy Farmers Park coming up. they face Belconnen coming off a defeat. The Swans have become a little brittle with a The Demons and Tricolours are at the home combination of rule changes and a run of injuries of football on Saturday with Eastlake celebrating not seen at their club for many years. Nobody their premiership in ’78. The Dees will have their here is complaining but most significantly playing uniform from 1978 on and have a large either are the Swans – to their credit. evening of celebration planned. I have witnessed their ability to celebrate first hand and they know Tuggeranong and Belconnen are probably on how to do these things. Ainslie can leave the door par with expectations with possibly the Hawks open for the Tigers if they defeat Eastlake. delivering marginally above what many would This will be a terrific game. have thought four months ago. We have chosen to have this round themed as Ainslie recruited heavily but based on the Rep Camp Quality Round to support this excellent side representation, accurately, and find charity. There will be people collecting donations themselves as a two time winner against hot at the gate before the Eastlake v Ainslie game this Congratulations-Cong it’s all about you! Thanks to the premiership favourite Belconnen in 2008. It must week and Belconnen v Swans game next week. CanberraCanb Labour Club this week’s “face in the crowd” be said that Ainslie were transparent in the type I avoid personal comment generally but I watched winnerwinn receives a meal voucher to use at any of the Labour of players they were targeting last summer and a young man die in front of me from a form of ClubClub venues. The winner must present themselves at one although resourced to attract any out of contract cancer only weeks ago. Lee was a bright, vivacious ofof theth Labor Club venues, prove they are the person circled player out of the AFL chose a path of youthful and talented bloke who fought with everything in theth above picture (each reception area will have a copy talent. They are poised for long term success for every breath but this insidious disease beat ofof thisth photo) and the meal voucher will be sent to you. if they can maintain their core group. him wasting what was destined to be a beautiful life. It is with very mixed but vivid emotions that Eastlake, coming off a surprisingly lean summer I invite you all to make a difference with a gold coin. of recruiting, are the club who have possibly RIP Blakey. impressed the most. Also resourced to recruit at will I can only admire that the club has invested Kind regards faith in their coach and his group and chosen David www.laborclub.com.au Proud sponsor of AFL Canberra Chandler Street BelconnenPetrie Plaza, Canberra City Lhotsky Street in Charnwood Teesdale Close (just off Fremantle Drive in Stirling). It was a remarkable team effort that saw the “I think everyone was alright with it all, especially ACT representative side return from Shepparton because you play against each other three or four with the Australian Country Football Championship times a year, you get to know them pretty well last weekend. and off the field they’re pretty good blokes.” Players came together from across the five Tuggeranong’s Craig Healy also acknowledged premier division AFL Canberra clubs but one this a factor in helping the ACT side over the player managed to stand above the rest, a line against Victoria in the final. remarkable feat considering he is only 177cm tall. “With the ACTAFL being a close-knit competition, Young Magpie Griffin Underwood, who was wearing compared to the other states we played against, The Canberra Labor Club has strengthened its “We offered them a package that will allow them the ACT representative guernsey for the first time, probably helped as well,” he said. commitment to local sport, after announcing to get good exposure and they saw us as a brand was named the player of the championships. it will be the naming rights sponsor of the AFL that they wanted to be associated with, so it worked “Because we had maybe three or four from the Canberra competition for next season. out to be a great arrangement for both parties.” Playing his first year in the AFL Canberra one team compared to one from each team like WA, competition, Underwood said that being named I reckon that was to our advantage.” The Labor Club, who was voted the ACT Club “(The sponsorship) will assist us greatly with our player of the tournament was a surprise. of the Year in 2007, has been an integral goal of having an even competition, which is very Healy believed that this gave the ACT side supporter of sport in Canberra over the past important for the future of football in Canberra.” “I wasn’t expecting that for a start, I just wanted confidence before the final with Victoria. decade, sponsoring over 50 sporting clubs and to go down there and try my best and do my best competitions in the region, including the ACT Canberra Labor Club President Brain Hatch said and do my part for the team,” he said. “We always thought we could come over the top Masters AFL and Women’s AFL competitions. the sponsorship enables the club to strengthen its of the Vics... and we thought with our form coming commitment to local football, having been a major “To come away with an individual award was into it [the final] and the extended game time that Given the strength of the Labor Club and the supporter of the sport for the last seven years. good especially because it’s a good achievement we would win in the end.” AFL Canberra competition, it is an important and we can only get better because of it.” agreement between the two parties, as it will “We’ve had a strong relationship with sport in For Healy it was the second time he had pulled enable them to work together to help promote Canberra for quite a while now, especially with However the 22 year old was very quick to on the representative guernsey but the first time the competition, as well as showcase the AFL over the past six or seven years. So this acknowledge the support he had from he had been a part of the winning side in the commitment that both organisations have agreement is more of a public way of showing teammates in the representative side. championships. in supporting the Canberra community. our support to the sport, which we think is great for the whole community,” Hatch said. “Individual awards are always good for the “It was really good, really exciting,” he said The Labor Club will also hold naming rights to confidence and stuff like that but it’s always of the success. the competition for the remainder of the 2008 “People in Canberra know that clubs like ours a team effort and not just one person, so the “I guess at Tuggeranong we haven’t had that many season, as well as 2009.