Ificiai Journal of th e ICTOR:.AN AMATEUR FOOTBALL AS S MAJOR SPONSOR 6TicHea'th ~, ,Pktor w,~ Fur:iotl by th e PrmftC' .. loran Halo : 7vitipn gistered for postin^, a Publication . Category B . Carlton. One of the worift great brewers . OFFICIAL BEER SUPPLIER TO THE VICTORIAN AMATEUR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATIO N Carlton. jCanIto rood L by Fhi1 tzwc.as 1cotch (' ood afternoon and welcome back to another sea- A feature of this ~i~i son of VAFA football. year's football pr o layers We welcome new clubs and teams to the competition gramme will be the ros- -- - for the very first time - Beaumaris (seniors, reserves and tered game against the under 19s), Warringal (a new U19 "composite" team), VCFL as part of our representative football program for 1995 . Having narrowly defeated the country at our last Swinburne Institute and Hawthorn Citizens (new Club mee ting I'm sure that they will be desperately keen to XVIII teams) . We welcome Eltham to the ranks of the S senior sections of the VAFA and applaud them for mak- balance the ledger this year and with this game being played in the heart of the country at Morwell we are ing the transition to senior football from Club XVIII foot- going to have to work particularly hard to defend our ball . crown. We welcome in a new structured plan . The Executive S It would be approp riate at this time to officially wel- in its plans to look after the future health of our existing come the new Victorian State Coach Roger Ellingworth . clubs and plan for the future development and possible Roger was the successful coach of Old Melburni ans last expansion of our competition has decided to group all year leading them to the 'A' Section Premiership . Roger tsch clubs below D section geographically in the hope that by decided to retire but has been coerced to lead our senior at: K taking a hefty travel requirement away clubs may be state side in its two representative games this year . The (E.P able to attract and retain players . other being against South Australia at Elste rnwick Park ,y: F As the new season dawns this weekend I wish all oare in June. On behalf of everyone on the Executive we wish )al: L clubs well, I urge clubs to play all games in the right Roger good luck in the 1995 campaign . spirit and reiterate that any club, team or individual not [ON] Peter Hannan takes over as coach of the C, D, E rep- hsor, wanting to play "the Amateur way" needs to understand ve team for the match against South Australia that the Executive will not tolerate unacceptable con- resentati e11, F duct or violation of its rules or playing guidelines. in June also at Elsternwick Park and we welcome back ,SIT' Peter to the VAFA. 'allet Good luck to all . As David Burnes says below, I also To all sponsors who have decided to support the look forward to visiting as many clubs as possible dur- VAFA again in 1995 I warmlywelcome them and sincere- ing the course of the season. ly hope that the support of the VAFA and its clubs Phi1 Stevens endorses your decision to invest money in the VAFA . VAFA General Manager To Phil Stevens and his staff I would like to congratu- late them on their organisati on of the sponsors for the coming year and for the fine evening held at Collingsvood Social Club where all sponsors were given the opportuni- ? 1~, n behalf of the Executive ty to talk to the Presidents of our 76 clubs . Again I urge of the VAFA I welcom e all clubs and suppo rters to be aware of who the sponsors everybody to the start of our of the Amateurs are and to support them when you need 103rd season and wish all to purchase and indicate to the sponsor that you are clubs, players and supporters involved in the VAFA. As always there is a fine balance well for the season ahead. between income raised from sponsorship and affiliation fees should the level of sponsorship fall away, then for We welcome for the first on to continue to operate, the level of affilia- = time this year a new major the Associa ti sponsor being The QUIT tion fees required to be paid by the clubs must increase. Campaign and it is with When I have had the opportunity of speaking to delight that I officially wel- clubs or writing articles such as this in the past I have come the Manager for Advertising and Promotions for mentioned the coming changes to the structure of foot- the Quit Campaign, Mr Michael Collins to the VAFA ball . In particular in Victoria we've seen a number of and hopefully this year will see the beginning of a long major changes to the game of football. The VFA as it was relationship between our Association and Quit no longer exists however due to the excellent work don e C£TNi- . .ii :-i2 PAGE 5 > !1 a THE JOURNAL OF THE VICTORIAN AMATEUR FOOTBALL ASSOCI,° TIO N April lst,1995 Price: $1 .00 Vol. 95 No . 1 A SECTION by Don Blackwood NEW '95 BALL GANIE for the third tick . Former league players BUT ONE WEEK ATA T in Paul Tuddenha m and Ben Buckley ar e ew coaches, new teams and A Section starts all over running around in the red and black, so everyone's talk- again . Memories of Old Melburnian's captain , ing up Xavs . Richard Green (Army) will be a loss . Now Jeremy Nichols proudly holding aloft the L .A. Adamson ready to make the next step . Cup last year, seem so long ago as the 10 frontline ama- teur teams head down that long track towards St Bernards - Fourth in 1994 . A Section flag in 1975 . It's twenty years since Gus Mitchell coaching the September finals . Bernards to their one and only flag, so perhaps an omen Perhaps OM's with a complete change of top line per- for Shane Zantuck as he saddles up for another crack at sonnel can challenge for back to back? Expectations are the Amateur scene . The big fella Wayne Carey has building already in the Old Xaverians camp. What can retired ; Luke Vassallo is on Fitzroy's supp . list and Paul we expect of the new chums from B section, University Gilmour's circumnavigating Australia . Big losses. But Blues and Old Trinity? Has Collegians another shot left U/ 19s have come on, particularly John Berns . Brad in the locker? All unanswered questions, but as always, Copeland is back also . The club played in the local 10 into 4 doesn't go. Essendon round robin competition over recent months So it's a warm welcome to A Section for '95 and the with success. Will be really competitive again . pleasure of the company of players and officials with Old Scotch - Fifth in 1994 . A Section flags 9 ; the last in their sensitive snippets of information and player pro- 1978 . files. Former Carlton star, Wayne Harmes is at the helm, But firstly, let's see how the clubs have spent their so there should be a good head of steam behind the summer months . Cardinals push for success. Some talk about Victorian captain and Scotch leader Rob Fuller not taking his Old Melburnians - Premiers 1994 . A Section flags 4 . place. Would be a big loss as his on field direction has Mark Tymms, Chairman of Selectors in 1994 and for- been crucial in recent years . Destined to make the four - merly of Fawkner, slips into the big boots of premiership soon . coach Roger Ellingworth (Vic duties) . The team has lost Nichols, Paul O'Brien (rtd), plus Chris Bryan and Peter Ormond - Sixth in 1994. A Section flags 9 ; the last in Handbury in other directions, but the possible absence 1990 . of their onball strength in Micha Berry and Andrew Will not be an easy year after falling away badly at Thompson (Footscray supp. list) is a worry. However they the end of '94, but Geoff Reilley is back, together with are hopeful of Cameron Eabrey shifting from Ormond ; Russell Barnes and Peter Purcell in coaching roles . Bit of gaining Scott Parsons (Prahran) plus top school perform- an Echuca push joining the club headed up by Gan-in ers in Campbell Kennedy and Taffy Smith . Bit desta- Bailey, but David McDonald has retired and Phil bilised early but set such high performance standards in Kingston still not out of the cricket whites . A tough year '94. for the last remaining district representative . Collegians - Runner up in '94 . A Section flags 9 ; the last North Old Boys - Seventh in 1994. A Section flags two ; in 1993. the last in 1982 . The old guard which have been so kind to Leigh A last minute change of coach was worrying for Carlson in recent years have shifted over. Retired - North as former coach, Robert Hyde had to stand down Stuart Hinchen, Stephen Mount, Mark Hibbins and because of work commitments. Former all Australian David Hoyle. Damian Phillips has transferred to Sydney Amateur, Tony Cahill takes over the helm after a year at so there's plenty of room for their top U/19 side spring- North AFL club as Team Manager. Will be expecting boarding into the seniors . Players such as Brock much from youngsters, Luke Mahoney, Daniel Tonkin Mooney, Scott Humphries and Dane Entwhistle have and Pierre Haddad as 1Tm0 Jones and Damian Cerini try really impressed . Won't be an easy year in the change- their luck at Bacchus Marsh ; Dennis Delac joins at Port over.