RECORD $2.00 JUNIOR FINALS SERIES WEEK 4 14th August 2016 For more advice regarding Home Loans call: RAMS Western Region, 77 Pier Street Altona, Vic 3018 Phone: 03 9398 1595. RAMS Greater Western Melbourne, 6 Brook Street Sunbury, Vic 3429 Phone: 03 9740 7650. Shop 5 32­38 Craigieburn Road West, Craigieburn Vic 3064 Phone: 03 9303 8522, KICKIN’ IT WITH KRISTEN Editorial – Junior Final Series – Issue 4, August 14th 2016 CELEBRATING THE WRFL’S JUNIOR FOOTBALLERS By KRISTEN ALEBAKIS LAST weekend, 10 junior The Titans finished fifth on the ladder and have teams were crowned overcome teams in the first three weeks of finals to get champions for 2016 after to this position. winning their respective It is a story that I am confident will motivate and Grand Final matches. encourage not only junior teams but seniors teams to It was a fantastic day at both never give up. Junior Finals venues, with large I wish them and all of the other junior teams playing in crowds supporting all teams. Grand Finals the very best of luck. While it was great to see so In senior news, this weekend marks the last home and many happy and ecstatic faces away game for Divisions 1, 2 and 3. when the final siren sounded, it is also important to Eighteen rounds have come and gone with the 2016 note that all teams can’t win the premiership. Finals Series kicking off across the west next weekend. There were plenty of tears after games and people The Division 1 Grand Final will be played on September looking back at what could have been, but instead 11 at Whitten Oval, the Division 2 final will be at Avalon of Grand Final day being about who wins or loses, it Airport Oval in Werribee on September 4 and the Division should be a celebration of footy. 3 Grand Final is on September 3 at Wootten Road Reserve. It is shaping up to be a cracking four week series. I All juniors should be proud of their achievements this hope to see many of you out and about supporting season and should hold their heads high. #TheBestOfTheWest Tarneit’s Under-12 coach Leigh Gallop said it best when Finally, if you take any photos from Week 4 of Junior he said his team were already winners in his eyes, Finals and would like it to be featured online or in the regardless of whether or not they win or lose on Sunday. next edition of the Footy Record, please email it to [email protected] The story of Tarneit’s Under-12 team is an inspiring one. The WRFL Footy Show will also be continuing over the The team was one of the club’s foundation teams back junior and senior finals series. I will be out and about in 2014 and over the past couple of years have battle interviewing players, coaches and volunteers who are a their way through each season. part of the finals series. After winning just three games last year the team now Make sure to check out the WRFL website or the WRFL’s finds themselves playing in the Under-12C Grand Final Facebook page to stay up-to-date with all the latest news. on Sunday. See you at the footy. CONTENTS Under-12’s .................................................................................19-21 School Sport Australia ...................................................................3 Under-11’s .................................................................................22-25 Junior Presentation Night ............................................................4 Girls Results ..................................................................................... 27 Player Profile ......................................................................................5 Under-18, 15, 12 Girls ...........................................................28-33 Grand Final Results .....................................................................7-9 Images.........................................................................................36-37 Under-17’s .................................................................................11-15 Umpire’s Corner ............................................................................. 41 Under-15’s .................................................................................16-17 Junior Umpire Appointments ................................................. 43 FRONT COVER CAPTION: A Hoppers Crossing young gun in action during last week’s round of Grand Finals. 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 JUNIOR FOOTY RECORD Club Multicultural Diversity Partner GROWING AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL IN THE WEST WRFL NEWS DYNAMIC DUO PICKED IN ALL-AUSTRALIAN TEAM By KRISTEN ALEAKIS TWO of the WRFL’s junior rising stars were named when I was selected for the All-Australian team. in the School Sport Australia Under-15 All- “I’m very proud to be in the team, but more happy that Australian team after impressing at the national we won as a team.” carnival last month. Spotswood’s Ethan Bentley and Werribee Districts’ Altona Juniors star Emerson Jeka and St Bernard’s young Lachlan Rzanovski were also involved in the Under-15 gun Jeremy O’Sullivan were both picked in the All- Victorian team. Australian team after standout performances for Victoria during the week-long event. Emerson said he has made some great friends with his new team-mates and said the overall School Sport The dynamic duo have had some experience playing Australia experience was a positive one. alongside each other, they both represented the WRFL at the Junior Metro Championships. This year, Emerson has also had an incredible season with the Altona Juniors, booting 59 goals. Vic Metro claimed the school title, going through the carnival undefeated. He said his next footy goal was to make the 2017 Under-16 Brad Johnson squad. Emerson was the standout forward in the competition, kicking 19 goals in five games. “I want to play well and be selected for the Vic Metro team to play in the National Championships, my dream “It was an unbelievable experience for me,” he said. is to be drafted in a couple of years’ time,” Emerson said. “To play with so many talented kids was a huge Williamstown Juniors player Matthew Payne was also highlight and winning the championship was the best. involved in the Under-12 Victorian team who claimed “I was happy with my performances and was so glad the School Sport Australia title. TARNEIT’S HISTORY MAKING UNDER-12 TEAM By KRISTEN ALEBAKIS REGARDLESS of Sunday’s Grand Final result, The Bulldogs, Roosters and Bernard’s all defeated the Tarneit’s Under-12C side are already winners, Titans during the 2016 season. according to coach Leigh Gallop. Gallop said he was extremely proud of what his young Gallop’s side is the first team in Tarneit’s three-year side has been able to achieve. history to reach a Grand Final. “I have always said that on our best day we could give Most of the juniors playing in the Under-12C team were the top sides a run for their money,” he said. part of Tarneit’s foundation team in 2014. “It is amazing at such a young age how much of a After a difficult first two seasons, including winning just three mental battle it is. games in 2015, the team now finds themselves preparing for “What has changed over the past four weeks is that a Grand Final showdown with the Flemington Juniors. our players have mentally found the confidence to play “In Round 1 we played Flemington and we knew they were against these teams. a team expected to do well and they defeated us and we “The feeling among the players, coaches and families thought we could be in for another long year,” Gallop said. after that first elimination final win against Point Cook “We lost two of our top players, one of our 10-year-old was incredible. players tore his hamstring off the bone, so we had our “I don’t think there has been a dry eye in the house over backs to the wall. the past three games.” “But credit to the players, they have worked extremely Gallop said he will tell his players what he has told them hard and now we are in a Grand Final.” for the past three weeks, to do your best. Tarneit finished the regular season in fifth position “They are winners in my eyes already, no matter what and have overcome Point Cook, West Footscray and St they result.” Bernard’s over the first three weeks of finals to earn a spot in the final game of the year. Tarneit will take on the Flemington Juniors at Galvin Park on Sunday at 8.45am. 3 WRFL JUNIOR FOOTY RECORD WRFL JUNIOR WESTERN REGION PRESENTION NIGHT FOOTBALL LEAGUE WESTERN REGION FOOTBALL LEAGUE The WRFL would like to congratulate the following players who have been nominated in the Top 5 players for the 2016 Junior Best and Fairest Awards. All players (listed alphabetically below) have been invited to the 2016 WRFL Junior Presentation Night, to be held on Wednesday August 24 at the Wyndham Cultural Centre. Under-17A Under-14C Under-12C Marcus Holland (St Bernard’s) Corey Brock (St Bernard’s) Antonio Aranguiz (St Bernard’s) Ben Huggard (St Bernard’s) Callum Buckingham (Hoppers Crossing) Monique Gavriliadis (Tarneit) Toby Kopa (Spotswood) Michael Camilleri (St Albans) Sebastian Isolani (Flemington Juniors) Bailey Siwek (Werribee Districts) Samuel Clifford (Hoppers Crossing) Henry Lovell (West Footscray) Connor Thar (Werribee Districts) Noah Seiderman (Flemington Juniors) Joseph Pamintuan (St Albans) Under-17B Nathan Taylor (St Albans) Cooper Sutcliffe-Gilmore (Tarneit) Desmond Tipuamantumirri (Flemington Juniors) Stefan Costa (Wyndham Suns) Under-11