Editorial Volunteers – Lifeblood of the VAFA has something of ValUe to As We come to the end of National VolUnteers offer and that eVerY Week (NVW), it is appropriate time that We VolUnteer’s contribUtion, recognise all of the men and Women Who giVe of no matter hoW big or their time to ensUre that the VAFA’s 120 WeeklY small, is eXtraordinarY matches are plaYed. becaUse that person cares Michael Sholly enoUgh to giVe their time CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER NVW is the largest celebration of VolUnteers and for no financial reWard. VolUnteerism in AUstralia, and proVides an opportUnitY to highlight the role of VolUnteers in I belieVe VolUnteering in the VAFA is so mUch oUr commUnities and to saY thank YoU to the more reWarding, as all clUb people are doing it more than 5 million AUstralians. for the same reason – for the loVe of the game and for the benefit of plaYers and sUpporters VolUnteers make an eXtraordinarY contribUtion and families Who also loVe their clUb. In the to AUstralian societY. If YoU are a plaYer or a VAFA, oUr commitment is deeper than financial, sUpporter, then this Week coUld proVide YoU the it is aboUt personal groWth. motiVation to consider hoW YoU can contribUte more to YoUr clUb. Each clUb handles their At the VAFA headqUarters We too reqUire an VolUnteer appointments differentlY, bUt there are enormoUs nUmber of VolUnteers. an eXtraordinarY nUmber of tasks that are We haVe 15 VolUnteer Board members Who not performed bY YoUr football clUb and eVerYbodY onlY attend the monthlY Board meetings bUt sit coUld find a role. on VarioUs sUb-committees and attend matches At the neW Presidents information eVening held eVerY Weekend. last month, it emerged that one of the biggest We haVe oVer 30 members of the tribUnal and issUes facing clUbs Was getting the sUpport of inVestigation panel, 15 WeeklY contribUtors to their commUnitY to fill all these roles. AFL the AmateUr Footballer, 4 administrators Who Victoria has pUblished a job description for each poUr oVer the WeeklY teamsheets and of the VolUnteers reqUired at anY clUb – all 38 of paperWork, NancY McTaggart compiling all the them, from sponsorship manager, trainer, team scores on a SatUrdaY afternoon and LiZ Wilson manager to football director. assisting With administration on FridaYs. The ValUe to the VAFA of VolUnteering is For representatiVe football, We haVe 5 senior immense and irreplaceable. One of the best coaches Who enlist approXimatelY 30 assistants WaYs to demonstrate the importance of and rUnners and another 15 medical staff and VolUnteering to the AUstralian commUnitY is to trainers. If these people reqUired paYment then ensUre VolUnteers' contribUtions are oUr Whole representatiVe program WoUld be recognised, ValUed and accoUnted for. shelVed. The theme for this Year’s NVW is VolUnteers: VolUnteering is critical to the sUrViVal of sport in EVerYdaY people, eXtraordinarY contribUtion. AUstralia. Sign Up todaY – VolUnteer With YoUr This theme carries the message that eVerYone clUb. Think aboUt it! TTHEH JOEUR NAL OMF THAE VTICTEORUIANR AM AFTEOURO FOTOTBALAL ALSSLOCEIATR ION May 16th, 2009 Price: $2.00 Vol. 09 No. 05 V THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2009 1 ‘Hoers Were the goers and Colls boUnd to sink. What noW? This Will be a beaUtY, bUt Colls to Win. LAST ROUND’S RESULTS – A Old Scotch @ Marcellin: Eagles improVing, bUt A SECTION Cards apparentlY back on track and might kick a COLLEGIANS 1.3 3.7 5.9 8.11 (59) Aby MSicEhaeCl FTitzIgOeraN ld ST BEDES/MENTONE TIGERS 3.7 5.10 8.13 16.16 (112) score. COLLEGIANS: Goals: J. DiXon 2, T. BUll, W. Tardif, N. Stone, D. Strachan, N. SBMT Vs Uni BlUes (SportscoVer): Bede’s Will be Corp, H. Singh. Best: T. Zimbachs, A. BaXter, N. Ries, N. Roach, R. Hosking, W. We are alreadY done With foUr roUnds and the pictUre Old Essendon came in to Tardif SBMT: Goals: D. PoYnton 4, P. GroVes 3, P. McGettigan 2, B. NeVille 2, L. is becoming more apparent. Let’s not get laX, CamberWell hoping to fUrioUs that theY didn’t beat BlUes here last Year. Terrell 2, P. TYqUin 2, S. AnsteY. Best: B. NeVille, L. Wintle, P. GroVes, T. MaVric, (That theY didn’t plaY them here is qUite irreleVant). S. AnsteY, P. Wintle hoWeVer, as We noW approach that time of Year When break its dUck bUt ran into OLD SCOTCH 4.4 7.6 10.8 14.11 (95) strange things begin to happen, When solid a determined Scotch oUtfit. Tiges too strong. OLD ESSENDON 4.2 6.6 9.7 10.10 (70) faVoUrites go Under and longshots get Up on the line. There haVe been so manY Old XaVs Vs Old Brighton: (SportscoVer, SUndaY): OLD SCOTCH: Goals: A. HoUlihan 4, A. GraY 2, C. Tallent 2, B. DohertY 2, L. ManY things haVe changed since XaVs crUshed the Thompson, S. AngUs, L. Brennan, P. LicUria. Best: L. Thompson, L. Brennan, B. VAFA football is predictablY Unpredictable, as We Will qUestions aboUt the DohertY, G. Dick, L. Armstrong, C. Tallent OLD ESSENDON: Goals: D. Cooper 2, all find oUt again soon enoUgh. Cardinals that might haVe considered donning the Tonners here tWice in September 07. EXpect R. TrajkoVski 2, D. FlahertY 2, T. Biggs, C. Glassford, L. GenoVesi, L. Geister. fireWorks, a close tUssle and a Win to the Beachies. Best: D. Cooper, J. Leask, S. ToWner, R. BaddeleY, T. Wilson, R. TrajkoVski green oUtfits of Batman arch-Villain the Riddler OLD BRIGHTON 5.4 7.11 11.15 14.20 (104) HoWeVer, We haVe learned some things alreadY. De instead of their blinding red strip. The Bombers, still MARCELLIN 4.1 6.4 9.7 12.9 (81) La is trUlY, rUlY for real, or so it seems to me after feeling their WaY aroUnd the A Section floor might OLD BRIGHTON: Goals: B. Sinclair 5, J. Perrett 2, J. Gerstman 2, J. DaVis 2, T. Jakobi, C. Tolj, T. ZantUck. Best: D. HUghes, N. Marston, M. Smith, B. Sinclair, their comfortable Win at ChelsWorth Park last haVe hoped to take first steps, and While their plUck MILMEILESSTTONOES NES J. Perrett, C. Tolj SatUrdaY. The Sallies set Up their Win With a great kept them aliVe into the final term, their lUck ran oUt. De La Salle's liVing legend, Ben ManniX, plaYs his MARCELLIN: Goals: C. MacLaren 6, J. Bortolotto 2, L. Considine, D. CUllinan, T. first half and While the BroWns lifted after the break, For the second Week in a roW, LachY Thompson Was Carlson, M. Considine. Best: L. Considine, J. Blanch, M. Bortolotto, C. 250th this Week against Old Essendon and all MacLaren, J. Carlson, M. Considine theY coUldn’t close the gap at all. Old IVanhoe is 0- named best for the Red Men, an indication that the things being eqUal he Will plaY his 200th senior OLD XAVERIANS 2.5 5.6 6.9 9.13 (67) 2 at home and needs to halt that skein noW. big felloW is in career-best form. LicUria debUted for UNIVERSITY BLUES 2.2 4.3 6.4 9.6 (60) game in three Weeks. The egnimatic forWard once OLD XAVS: Goals: M. HandleY 3, D. LYnch 2, J. AgiUs, T. Clarke, J. MercUri, T. SUccess in the top tier has been a long time the Scotsmen described bY eX Pies plaYer RUpert Betheras as the Fleming. Best: N. WYnne, N. Dimattina, T. Clarke, T. Fleming, T. DYnon, B. retUrning for the Dees, bUt theY maY haVe best plaYer he had eVer plaYed With, started his Rogerson UNI BLUES: Goals: A. LoWcock 2, J. Vickers Willis 2, D. Paton 2, M. rediscoVered a formUla to make other fancied clUbs The XaVs clashed With Uni BlUes on the alreadY- Paterson, J. Van De Pol, C. ShaW. Best: M. Paterson, M. McLeod, D. CarmodY, career With De La in the U19's in 1992 and has J. MUgaVin, D. Paton, C. ShaW strUggle. YoU can be sUre that XaVs, Scotch and YelloW hUes at Toorak Park and as is so often the been a ClUb Champion, VAFA representitiVe and in OLD IVANHOE 4.2 5.6 10.6 14.7 (91) DE LA SALLE 5.3 11.6 13.10 19.13 (127) noW Old IVanhoe Will not be Under-estimating them case When these clUbs collide, it Was a tense affair. 2008 Was honoUred With Life Membership of the the second time aroUnd. The Red and Blacks Were clearlY the better team for OLD IVANHOE: Goals: N. BUtler 5, A. Delmonte 3, E. Spargo 2, S. Fragiacomo, BlUe and Golds. His opponents at the VAFA's top J. Gieschen, B. Thompson, R. Jessop. Best: E. Spargo, T. Hosking, S. LoW, S. most of the afternoon, bUt coUld not shake the leVel are still reminded each Week of his UncannY Fragiacomo, A. Delmonte, N. BUtler DE LA SALLE: Goals: J. Phillips 5, B. Corin The Tonners might haVe had jitters at their home VarsitY Until the time-on period of the last qUarter. 4, M. DUggan 3, M. Fieldsend 2, L. Harrison 2, B. ManniX, S. Williams, D. Hale. abilitY to take the 'Ungettable' grab, kick the 'freak' Best: T. MoloneY, M. Fieldsend, J. Phillips, L. Semmel, D. Hale, M. DaVidson opener, bUt MaX McLaUghlin appears to haVe sorted ManY of the local partisans feared that XaVs might goal and for his 'look aWaY' kicks, handballs and A SECTION RESERVE oUt his recrUits and has them plaYing better noW. ineVitablY paY for their lack of scoring diVidends – marks. His clUbmates and sUpporters at De La are OLD SCOTCH 1.2 8.3 8.6 11.12 (78) Still, theY had more troUble With their goal-shooting three posters didn’t help – bUt theY had not figUred OLD ESSENDON 4.5 6.6 10.7 11.9 (75) thrilled that he has achieVed this WonderfUl OLD SCOTCH: Goals: S.