SMJFL U14-17 Grand Final Record 2015 FULL
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SMJFL U14-17 Grand Final Record 2015 FULL
$2.50 RECORD SMJFL @smjfl @smjfl www.smjfl.com.au OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SOUTH METRO JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE UNDER 14 - UNDER 17 SMJFL GRAND FINALS PRESENTED BY JDL STRATEGIES & MONJON SUNDAY 30 AUGUST 2015 L L A B T O O J U NIOR F L L A B T O O F J U NIOR uWE ARE KIDS ERS E T S N ID U K L E O R V A E E R W A CHESOLUNTEERS uOUARuCCHOEA E VES ARE HUMAN R A S O C uOUR uTHE UMPAIR UMAN IG LEAGUE H E R S E IR P M TLHEEAB uTHEDUO IN Y A GUE L P T O IG N B E H T E uW AY IN uWE DO NOT PL er FA.indd 1 31/01/14 8:43 AM AM1601 AFL Juniors A1 Poster FA.indd 1 31/01/14 8:43 AM WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN In my first year as Chairman of the SMJFL for 2015, it has been a privilege to work with our executive team & our 27 member club committees to deliver on our new motto, ‘It’s About the Kids’. I strongly believe, that WE, that is the SMJFL & Member Clubs supported by their loyal gang of volunteers, have delivered on the ‘It’s About the Kids’ objective in 2015. WE have achieved this by conducting more than 3,000 games of footy in the 2015 season, these games were contested by 399 teams made up of over 9,500 players, all kids, aged between 7 and 17 & both boys and girls. That’s an achievement WE can all be proud of. Firstly, congratulations and thank you, to all those teams that worked hard at training, starting in the hot and dry conditions of February and March and extending through to cold and wet conditions of July and August. All that effort now culminates in today’s Grand Final games. Congratulations and good luck to each team in their 2015 Grand Final game. I look forward to seeing & hearing of great contests between two worthy teams. Thank you to our band of over 350 League Umpires who have worked tirelessly during the season at training and on Sundays honing their skills. Congratulations to those that have been chosen to umpire in a 2015 Grand Final game. There will be winners and runners up out of today’s games. One of the SMJFL’s stated values is ‘Respect & Tolerance’, each team and player deserves that. The leadership to deliver this value, starts at the top, it must emanate from team officials and then work its way down to parents, spectators and players, because we must strive to ensure, ‘It’s About the Kids’. A special message to each player: I hope you, personally, take time out to remember today, as it is unlikely that you’ll ever play a game of footy with the exact same line up of team mates and officials in the future. Enjoy your day, experience and your moment to shine on the big Grand Final stage of 2015. Cheers, Peter Ryan Chairman - SMJFL Phone: (03) 5221 4408 Email: [email protected] Address: 203 Malop Street, Geelong VIC 3220 A Divis i o n o f A d ce ll G ro u p www.adcellgroup.com.au OFFICIAL PUBLISHER OF THE SMJFL RECORD 1 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS SOUTH METRO JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU CODES OF CONDUCT COMPETITION FORMAT & KEY POINTS Players • Play by the rules – the rules of your club and the laws of the game. • Never argue with an umpire or other official – without these people, you can’t play football. • Control your temper - verbal abuse of officials and sledging other players doesn’t help you enjoy or win any games. • Be a team player – It’s a team game, treat it that way. • Treat all players as you would like to be treated – fairly. • Co-operate with your coach, the umpires and team-mates. • Play for your own enjoyment & to improve your skills. • Don’t use ugly remarks based on race, religion, gender or ability – you’ll let down your coach, team-mates and family if you do – & many such comments are actually now illegal. Parents and Supporters • Remember that you are there for the participants to enjoy the game. • Encourage participation, but don’t force it. • Do not use ugly remarks based on race, religion, gender or ability – you’ll let down your family and yourself if you do – and many such comments are actually now illegal. Coaches • Have signed the AFL Code of Conduct. • Conduct themselves in a manner outlined and agreed to in the AFL Code of Conduct. • Level 1 AFL Coaching Accreditation (minimum). All coaches must be accredited to coach in our League. • Promote the fair, and inclusive spirit of the game. • Lead your team by positive example, and represent your club values. Officials • Place the safety and welfare of the players above all else. • Ensure all players are included and can participate, regardless of their race, gender, ability, cultural background, sexuality or religion. • Be consistent, impartial and objective when making decisions. No Dogs Dogs are banned from all SMJFL Grand Final venues. Many people in the community are wary, uncomfortable or fearful around dogs of all sizes. No dogs are permitted to be on the field at any time. This is for the safety and enjoyment of all participants, umpires, officials, and spectators at the SMJFL Grand Finals. Preliminary Final – Loser of Second Semi Final v Winner of First Semi Final No Smoking Smoking is now banned in areas commonly used by children and young people for recreational and sporting activities including at or within 10 metres of a sporting venue that is an outdoor public place during an organised underage sporting event, including training or practice sessions and during breaks or intervals in play. • Goal Umpires will confirm the scores. No smoking will be permitted at any SMJFL Grand Final venue. No Alcohol Alcohol must not be consumed at any ground or in any building whilst a game of football is in progress. Alcohol is not allowed to be brought into any venue on SMJFL Grand Final match day. Length of Quarters Age Group • Address unsporting behaviour and promote respect for other players and officials. Under 11 to 13 Administrators Under 14 to 16 • Teach that enjoyment is more important than winning. • Ensure quality supervision and instruction for players. • Never ridicule mistakes or losses – supporters are there to support not downgrade. • Support coaches and officials to improve their skills and competencies. • Lead by example and respect all players, coaches, umpires and spectators – physical or verbal abuse will not be tolerated. • Act honestly, in good faith and in the best interests of the sport as a whole. • Recognise all volunteers who are giving up their valuable time. • Ensure that any information acquired or advantage gained from the position is not used improperly. • Never publicly criticise umpires – raise personal concerns with club officials in private. • Conduct club responsibilities with due care, competence and diligence. 2 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS Under 13 & Under 15 Girls Under 17 Quarters 15mins, no time on 15mins, no time on 20mins, no time on 22mins, no time on ¼ Time ½ Time ¾ Time 3mins 10mins 5mins 3mins 10mins 5mins 3mins 10mins 5mins 3mins 10mins 5mins Finals Format Under 11 to 13 Second Semi Final - 1st seed v 4th seed First Semi Final – 2nd seed v 3rd seed Grand Final – Winner of Second Semi Final v Winner of First Semi Final Under 14 to 17 Second Semi Final - 1st seed v 2nd seed First Semi Final – 3rd seed v 4th seed Grand Final – Winner of Second Semi Final v Winner of Preliminary Final Drawn Match Procedure In the event of a drawn game in any finals (including Grand Finals) the following conditions apply: • Players will not change ends after full time, but will kick to the same end as they were in the fourth quarter. • Field umpires will re-commence the game for the duration of five (5) minutes (no time on). • The siren will sound, the teams will change ends immediately with no break and a further five (5) minutes is played (no time on). • At no stage during the extra time or break will officials be permitted on the ground and are not to address players. • If the scores remain equal at the end of the ten minutes the process is to be repeated until such time that there is a winner. Video The SMJFL will be filming all Grand Finals in all age groups and divisions. Winning clubs will be invoiced for 30 Digital Downloads each per match, extra copies can be ordered from the SMJFL through your club. The SMJFL will not allow video operators to setup on tripods at any of the Grand Finals matches. Photography The SMJFL will have photographers at all Grand Finals in all age groups and divisions. Details for how to purchase these photographs can be found in the record and will be listed on the SMJFL website. The SMJFL will not allow commercial photographers as arranged by clubs or their members to operate at any Grand Finals. 3 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU SOUTH METRO MEDIA Follow us on social media for your junior footy fix between rounds and even between seasons. With our online audience growing every week, it is a chance for you to get involved and show your support. Tag us in your SMJFL related posts to we can see what the players, fans & families are talking about and we might even repost your snap to our followers! Competitions and features which have been run regularly during the season include: • South Metro Starts Competition – Weekly on Facebook • #ThrowbackThursday – Weekly on our website news NEW for this Finals Series is the South Metro Selfie competition. This Instagram competition will allow SMJFL players and fans to show off their team colours, their favourites grounds, Melbourne’s crazy weather – basically whatever you can fit in that frame! Even the AFL have given it a go this year with their Captains selfie attempt. This fun day which promoted all levels of the game involved some of our very own, representing their home SMJFL Clubs. Full terms and conditions can be viewed on our website – in the ‘Media’ menu. Remember to #SouthMetroSelfie to win! 5 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS SOUTH METRO JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE INTERLEAGUE REVIEW Overall Program The 2015 was a very successful for SMJFL in the various Under 13, 14 & 15 interleague competitions. The South Metro Stars across all divisions definitely did the league, their coaches and their clubs proud. A big thank you to all nominated coaches, and ultimately those who took up the role. All SMJFL Coaches were excellent role models and performed their important role with the upmost integrity. We thank Hampton AFC and their army of club volunteers for hosting two great days of football over the Queen’s Birthday Long Weekend in June. The SMJFL hopes all involved had an enjoyable AFL Victoria Metro Junior Championships and Interleague Carnival. Before recapping on the 2015 Championships, the League is pleased to announce the appointment of David Sheridan as the Director of Coaching of the SMJFL Stars Interleague Program. David has been appointed for the next three years, ending October 2018. David Sheridan, said of the appointment, “I am very excited to work on the development of coaches and players who represent our league in the AFL Victoria Metropolitan Junior Championships and the Interleague Tri-Carnival. My goal is to work with the coaching team to deliver a positive football experience for all involved in the program. The league theme of “it’s all about the kids” will be a central tenant. I want every coach to ensure that each player is treated with respect and offered feedback on the things they do well and areas for improvement. I am acutely aware of the significant contribution of parents arranging their lives to enable the boys and girls to be transported to training, matches and events. Once we settle the final teams we will look to bring the parents “into the tent” to ensure they feel part of the camaraderie. Importantly, I look to working with the Sandringham Dragons, Oakleigh Chargers and Dandenong Stingrays, to provide a cooperative environment with the players’ development and welfare at its heart.” Under 13 The squad of 48 players was put together by players from 20 member clubs of the SMJFL. This is a great achievement for the selection team, and highlights the range of talented junior footballers that are emerging within the league every week. > Continued on next page WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU Coach Bill Leggett expressed that “Across the two teams there is an overall balance of athletic skills and football smarts,”. This proved essential to the team performance throughout the day long carnival held at YJFL’s home ground in Bulleen. We congratulate all Under 13 participants and parents on a fantastic first carnival. The Division 2 team played extremely well on the day and were able to take home the Carnival Championships, after the day of round robin matches. Jake Bowey was awarded the Division 1 Most Valuable Player for the Carnival. Lachlan Riley was named Runner-Up MVP. Coaches Awards went to the deserving Liam KirkwoodScott and Darby Hipwell. Nicholas Burke and Louis Butler received the Coaches’ Awards. Under 15 Whilst the squad headed into the Carnival missing as many as nine Division 1 players from the previous year (through injury and other school & sport commitments), both teams improved overall against their Under 14 2014 performances. Division 2 awards went out to Tom Williams for his 110% effort at training and on Carnival day. Zac Buckley received the Runner-Up MVP Award and Coaches’ Awards went to Oliver Lord and Castan Racunica. Division 1 Coach Nathan Beaumont expected the boys to be having fun and working together towards having a good footballing experience, and not just on the field. Under 14 The U14s competitions against the Yarra Junior Football League (YJFL) and Eastern Football League (EFL) were met with varying results over the long weekend. Coach Beaumont believes the Interleague is a great chance for players to develop their football. But both the South Metro Stars U14 sides had plenty to be excited about. Division 2: After grinding out a strong home ground win over the Essendon District Football League (EDFL) in the opening round, the Stars were looking to maintain their early momentum. The round 2 meeting with the YJFL proved to be a difficult task with the SMJFL unfortunately falling by 26 points. The Stars entered the final contest requiring a big victory to stand any chance of advancing to the decider. Their efforts in round 3 were valiant despite the final result. Division 1: After an early goal in their Round 2 match, the Stars couldn’t match the speed of YJFL. Their dominance across the field left the South Metro Stars struggling to catch up. Despite the teamwork and persistence of the Stars, they went down to YJFL by 163 points. In their round 3 fixture, the Stars managed to stay in the contest despite extreme pressure from the Eastern Football League. In doing so, the SMJFL were able to kick a late goal to ultimately seal a Grand Final birth. The Under 14 Division 1 Stars were pumped for their Grand Final challenge against Yarra Junior Football League (YJFL). On Yarra’s home turf, it was an exciting challenge for the South Metro Stars. At the main break, the (U14D2) South Metro Stars had the same amount of scoring shots however were down by just 15 points; SMJFL 3.5 (23) to Yarra’s 6.2 (38). The 15-point margin was the closest any team had been to YJFL in the entire AFL Victoria Metropolitan Junior Championships. Award winners from Division 1 include Most Valuable Player (MVP) Jack Mahoney. A brilliant team resulted in a four-way tie for Runners-Up - Jehtt Brazionis, Joshua Le Grice, Jack Toner and Riley Virtue. Coaches Awards went to Jack Neil and Fischer McAsey. 6 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS Most Valuable Player from the Division 2 team was awarded to Tyson Murray, with the Runner-Up award another fourway tie. Exceptional efforts from James Adamopoulos, Samuel Carney, Ethan Michaelides and Joshua Worrell, we recognised with the award. “The group has bonded really well,” Beaumont said. “It can be a lot more fierce that what club football is,” Beaumont said. “It’s a good opportunity for the boys to work towards playing TAC Cup football, or further representative football as they get older.” Division 1 Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the Championship was awarded to Sam Forbes, for his excellent efforts across all training and matches. MVP (Runner-Up) went to Joel Crocker and two Coaches’ Awards were received by William Kennedy & Hugo Read. Division 2 Player Awards went out to William D’Amico for the Most Valuable Player (MVP). Well deserving Adam Ossip took out the MVP (Runner-Up) award, and Coaches’ Awards went to Lachlan Jones & Flynn Wood. Under 16 Youth Girls 2015 was the second year SMJFL have entered a Girls team in the competition. After a challenging Championships, the girls managed to end the carnival on a high. The girls registered their inaugural SMJFL Girls win in the Victoria Metro Junior Championships after beating YarraJunior Football League 2s by 47 points. Final Score: 10.9.69 to YJFL’s 3.4.22. The girls singing of ‘Oh When the Stars, Go Marching In’ in the clubrooms could be heard from the boundary fence in what was a proud moment for the South Metro Stars. Most Valuable Player for the carnival was awarded to Leora Elias. She was given a huge role throughout the tournament in heading up the ruck of the team in which Coach Laura Kane believed she performed spectacularly. The runner-up Most Valuable Player of the carnival, Abbey Goullet was awarded her medal due to her alertness during training and for the games she played. Both Isabel Molino and Bryanna Arnold received Coaches Awards for the carnival. 7 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS DIVISION 1 DIVISION 2 DIVISION 3 DIVISION 4 DIVISION 5 SOUTH METRO JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU UNDER 14 LADDERS GRAND FINAL PREVIEWS # Team P W L D B FF FA For Agst % % Won 1 Beaumaris FC (Sharks) 13 13 0 0 2 0 0 1396 240 581.67 100 2 East Malvern Blue 14 12 2 0 1 0 0 1447 392 369.13 85.71 3 East Brighton Vampires JFC - Under 14 Div 1 13 7 6 0 2 0 0 709 720 98.47 53.85 4 Highett/Cheltenham Black 13 5 7 1 2 0 0 737 786 93.77 42.31 5 Waverley Park Hawks U14 Brown 10 4 6 0 1 0 0 433 876 49.43 40 6 Prahran U14 BLACK 13 4 8 1 2 0 0 511 835 61.2 34.62 7 East Sandringham JFC 14 2 12 0 1 0 0 545 1201 45.38 14.29 # Team P W L D B FF FA For Agst % % Won 1 AJAX U14 Comets 12 8 4 0 3 0 1 878 678 129.5 66.67 2 Mordialloc Braeside JFC 13 8 5 0 2 0 0 845 473 178.65 61.54 3 St Peters FC Under 14 Div 2 10 6 4 0 1 0 0 802 497 161.37 60 4 Hampton Rovers AFC 9 5 4 0 2 1 0 566 405 139.75 55.56 5 St Paul's McKinnon JFC 10 3 7 0 1 0 0 453 707 64.07 30 # Team P W L D B FF FA For Agst % % Won 1 South Melbourne Districts U14 Div 3 13 11 2 0 2 0 0 1073 382 280.89 84.62 2 Beaumaris FC (Great Whites) 14 11 3 0 1 0 0 1165 385 302.6 78.57 3 Oakleigh U14 14 11 3 0 1 0 0 1017 560 181.61 78.57 4 Northvale JFC 10 6 4 0 1 0 0 565 410 137.8 60 5 Ormond JFC 13 5 8 0 2 0 0 612 782 78.26 38.46 30 6 Caulfield Bears U14 10 3 7 0 1 0 0 423 635 66.61 7 East Brighton Vampires JFC - Under 14 Div 3 10 3 7 0 1 0 0 285 760 37.5 30 8 Dingley U14 Black 7 2 5 0 1 0 0 485 368 131.79 28.57 9 East Sandringham JFC 11 1 10 0 0 0 0 246 1113 22.1 9.09 # Team P W L D B FF FA For Agst % % Won 1 St Kilda City U14 10 8 2 0 1 0 0 871 407 214 80 2 Bentleigh JFC 10 6 4 0 1 1 0 584 387 150.9 60 3 Waverley Park Hawks U14 Gold 15 9 6 0 0 0 0 948 762 124.41 60 4 East Malvern White 11 6 5 0 0 0 0 632 490 128.98 54.55 5 Beaumaris FC (Black Tails) 11 5 6 0 0 0 0 397 705 56.31 45.45 6 Highett/Cheltenham Blue 15 2 13 0 0 0 1 475 1285 36.96 13.33 # Team P W L D B FF FA For Agst % % Won 1 Hampton Rovers AFC 14 9 5 0 1 1 0 1193 577 206.76 64.29 2 Prahran U14 WHITE 14 8 6 0 1 1 0 1064 612 173.86 57.14 3 Mordialloc Braeside JFC 13 7 6 0 2 0 0 675 503 134.19 53.85 4 South Melbourne Districts U14 Div 5 14 7 7 0 1 0 0 850 940 90.43 50 5 Dingley U14 Red 7 3 4 0 2 0 1 355 428 82.94 42.86 6 St Bedes/Mentone Tigers U14 14 4 10 0 1 1 1 455 1360 33.46 28.57 7 AJAX U14 Jets 14 3 11 0 1 0 1 643 1054 61.01 21.43 8 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS U14 DIV 1 The 7-side competition will be decided by the two most dominant sides as Beaumaris FC and East Malvern Blue are set to meet for the fourth time this season. Both sides recently met during the semi-final where Beaumaris ultimately won by 45 points – and while the Sharks have been able to win on all three occasions by a combined total of 135 points – the grand final looms as East Malvern’s chance to win when it counts. U14 DIV 2 After a relatively even year, the top two sides of the regular season will meet. Despite earning top place and the minor premiership, Ajax uncharacteristically struggled in their semi-final with Mordialloc Braeside as the Vampires won by 74 points to move straight into the grand finale. Ajax took a different route to the final and have been made to work hard for their place, however the players will be in their best possible mindset for the final after an astonishing last quarter performance of 33-1 during the competition’s preliminary final which saw the side overrun Hampton to book the ultimate reunion with Mordialloc. U14 DIV 3 The top three sides were comfortably ahead of the rest during the regular season and it was South Melbourne and Beaumaris FC who earned the top two positions and subsequently an easier run to the grand finale. South Melbourne accounted for the Great Whites by 37 points in the semi-final to earn a place in the final while third-placed Oakleigh snuck by Northvale with a 14-point win, and ultimately overcame Beaumaris by 4 goals in the preliminary final, thereby eliminating the Great Whites in straight sets to book a final meeting with South Melbourne. U14 DIV 4 Bentleigh and St Kilda earned their places in the final under varying circumstances. After finishing the season in the top two, the sides had a semi-final meeting where St Kilda comfortably won by 71 points. With St Kilda having already earned a place in the Grand Final, Bentleigh were forced to play the Waverley Park in the preliminary final and defeated the Hawks by 65 points to earn a rematch with the Saints. U14 DIV 5 Hampton Rovers AFC and Prahran JFC will meet during the final after successfully overcoming their respective paths. The sides met during the semi-final where the Rovers proved too strong in winning by 79 points with 33-4 scoring shots. Ultimately, Prahran managed to bounce back with a 17-point win over South Melbourne in the competition’s preliminary final to ensure the top two sides of the league will be playing for the premiership. 9 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS SOUTH METRO JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU UNDER 14 DIVISION 1 UNDER 14 DIVISION 1 BEAUMARIS JFC EAST MALVERN JFC BLUE AND YELLOW BLUE, WHITE AND RED SHARKS KNIGHTS U14 BLUE *TEAM LISTS NOT SUBMITTED, NAMES TAKEN FROM FOXSPORTSPULSE* No. Coach Jason Mifsud Coach Nathan Beaumont Assistant Coaches Carrie Rome-Sievers & Teena Mifsud Coach Josh Galbraith Team Manager - Team Manager Edwina Chaffey Runner - Runner Andrew Carrazzo Captain - Captain Jack Mahony Vice Captain - Vice Captain Charlie Langdon PLAYER COMMENTS Nathan Bazzani Ewan Bricker Martin Buljat Nicholas Burke Kai Colella Andrew Courtney Jordan Evans Mitchell Findlay Benjamin Geleit James Gold George Churchill Grey Lachlan Hiscock Patrick Kennedy Lachlan Lamble Harry Mathews Thomas Mckinley Finlay McKinnon Lewis McLachlan Ethan Michaelides Jacquin Mifsud Riley Mihailovic Tomoya Owens Huntar Pace Damon Rimanic James Rodwell Matthew Scott Max Sievers Jacob Tinker Riley Virtue Corey Watts Kobe Williamson Kyle Yorke 10 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS GOALS BEHINDS No. 2 PLAYER COMMENTS Julian Chaffey Small Fwd who is smart around stoppages and kicks goals. (Chaffa) 3 Kya Austin Tall Athletic Ruckman who is good in the air and on the ground. 4 Ned Hummerston Tough in and under midfielder. (Hummo) 5 Tom Deane-Johns Utility who plays across halfback and uses the ball well. (DJ) 7 Ross Agelopoulos Tall Athletic Fullback, great awareness around stoppages (Sco) 8 Charlie Langdon Tall athletic defender who provides great leadership. (Chilli) 11 Ben Jackson 13 Jack Andriske 15 Sam Kristensen 16 Max Sinclair 17 Max Stevenson 18 Jack Mahony 19 Justin Baumgarten 20 Hamish Bowen 21 Jamie Arnold 23 Jack Rosier Medium sized fwd who hits the packs hard. (Roso) 25 Max Forbes Tough Backman who rarely gets beaten 1v1. 26 Nick Bufalo Utility who is smart around stoppages who can kick goals. (Roo) 28 James Carrazzo MID/DEF who is smart byfoot and has great general awareness. (Carratz) 30 Liam Witts Tall Fwd who provides great leadership and kicks goals. (Wittsy) 58 Tom Bryce Small DEF/Fwd who is smart by foot. (Brycey) 86 Tommy Parkes Small quick wingman who knows how to tackle. (Jacko) Tough and Smart Utility who uses the ball well (Ando) Quick Fwd/mid who breaks the lines. Tough in and under midfielder who is smart by foot. Small Fwd who is creative with the ball and kicks goals. (Magic) Classy midfielder who can kick both sides of the body who kicks goals. (Marnes) Tall Backman who is hard to beat one on one (Juz) Skillful Forward who is good by foot. (Hamo) Tall Ruckman who can pinch hit forward (Arnie) Tall Athletic Fwd who is good in the air. (Parkesy) 11 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS GOALS BEHINDS SOUTH METRO JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU UNDER 14 DIVISION 2 UNDER 14 DIVISION 2 MORDIALLOC-BRAESIDE JFC AJAX JFC RED AND WHITE RED, WHITE AND BLACK U14 COMETS No. Coach Christian Kidd Coach Anthony Elbaum Assistant Coach Pat Fisher Assistant Coach Adam Sekler Team Manager Paul Tsiros Team Managers Richard Bloom, Shane Lipton Runner Sean O'Leary Runner Ashley Krongold Captain - Trainer Benjamin Krongold Vice Captain - Captains Jason Nirens, Hudson Levine PLAYER COMMENTS 1 Brendan Green 2 Tyson Kidd 3 Finn Reinehr 4 Jonathan Vincent 5 Mitchell Hart 6 Sam Simpson 7 Ethan Prince 8 Zac Angus 9 Ethan Sandon 10 Blake O'Leary 11 Mitchell Tsiros 13 Aaron Perry 14 Sam Lewis 15 Ethan Marshall 16 Lachlan Nott 17 Steven Newell-Sakkas 18 Charlie Yee 21 Charlie Worrell 23 Harrison Murie 25 Alexander Street 12 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS GOALS BEHINDS No. 1 2 3 5 6 8 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 21 23 25 33 35 37 40 43 45 49 PLAYER Jason Nirens Ethan Siegel Natan Cowan Jonathan Machlin Liam Elbaum Aaron Bryer Simon Pacanowski Jackson Kalb Benjamin Goldberg Liam Eliau Michael Zukerman Noah Winik Joshua Pincus Benjamin Krongold Noah Szuster Hudson Levine Toby Lipton Samuel Jacobs Joshua Peker Corey Schwartz Cobi Chrapot Maxwell Bloom Tyler Southwick Daniel Genis Noah Micmacher COMMENTS Tough and gutsy rover. Surprisingly strong overhead. Never flinches in a contest Silky skilled and elusive small forward or midfielder. Deadly in space or around goals Quick and courageous midfielder. Excels in open space exhibiting fantastic skills Steady and strong, versitle utility. Can shut down key forwards or score goals himself Tenacious half forward. Always found at the bottom of packs or tackling larger opponents Powerful midfielder/half back. Always hits his forward targets. Refuses to be beaten in a contest Small flanker with an accurate, penetrating left foot that slices open the opposition's defences. Express ball carrier. Great foot skills on both sides. Often weaves down the field on long runs Defender who will smash through a brick wall to get to the ball. Tough, fast and reliable Aggressive, strong and super quick lock down player. Makes his opponent earn every kick Steady, uncompromising backman not afraid to put his body on the line . Quality midfielder who uses the ball well. Determined through an injury riddled season. Clever key forward. Always plays in front giving his team mates a strong avenue to goal Captain courageous - leads his team with a 'do as I do' approach. Competitive in contests. Hard running swingman who surprises with his pace and determination to make a contest Team play maker with awesome skills, pace and precision. Can instnatly turn a match. League's most dominant player. Imposing ruckman. Can take screamers and kick massive goals Hard running key forward who can rip the game apart with his hard work all over Go to player for the tough jobs - loves a physical contest at either end of the ground. Boom recruit with great pace. Attacks out of defence and set up play further up field Revelation off half back this year. Play making ability and cool head is great under pressure Most improved player this season. Strong, hard working defender or bullocking midfielder Great one grab mark with bucket hands who can also fill a role down back if required Reliable defender who can soak up the pressure and thwart the opposition's forward moves Strong, reliable key back. COnfidence to beat his opponent and turns defence into attack 13 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS GOALS BEHINDS WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU SMJFL UMPIRES UPDATE Did you know that just like the players from all 27 league clubs, our umpires also have a presentation night and are acknowledged for having wonderful seasons? Like the players we have a whole lot of awards, recognising those who have done particularly well, and the night is attended by umpires, parents, mentors, coaches and special guests. This year we had AFL field umpire Rob O’Gorman as guest speaker. Rob began his umpiring career with our league in 2002, and three years later joined the VAFA. In 2007, he was selected onto the VFL list, umpiring TAC Cup & VFL Development League before making his VFL Senior debut in 2010. He umpired 50 VFL Senior games including the 2013 VFL Grand Final and was one of only two umpires to be promoted onto the AFL senior list in 2014. Rob made his AFL debut in Round 7 when Hawthorn played St Kilda at the MCG and now into his second season has umpired over 25 games. Rob gave a terrific speech to our umpiring group, telling them that if they work hard, and really want to achieve their goals that they are obtainable. He spoke of umpiring as not just a way to gain extra cash and get fit (although that’s why many of our umpires begin), but also as a way of developing, confidence, communication and timemanagement skills which are invaluable as umpires progress from school into adult jobs. Congratulations to all of our award winners at the Umpires Presentation Night held on the 18th August. AWARDS AND TROPHIES 2015: AFL Field Umpire Squad: Jordan Davis, Jeremy Chait and Joshua Synan Len Manzie Training Awards: Trophy 1 Umpire: Marcus Aparo 2 Umpire: Joseph Aloi Female: Olivia Halliwell Boundary: Joseph Corio Encouragement Awards: Uniform Voucher 1 Umpire: David Schaeche 2 Umpire: Jackson Gillespie Girls: Olivia Vesely Boundary: Amber Stelling Best Boundary Umpire Trophy: Joerie van Riet Representing Support of Families: Anita and Adrian Aparo SMJFL-SFNL Pathways Award: Nathan Guy VAFA Most Promising Umpire Award: Hugo Burstin AFL Victoria Golden Whistle Award: Doug Haworth: Congratulations to Doug, who has now been given the honour of umpiring the SMJFL’s U17 Colts Representative match against Yarra JFL in September, along with the Yarra JFL’s Golden Whistle winner. Umpires who had been selected to officiate Preliminary and Grand Finals were also acknowledged on the night. Certificates were made available to all umpires who completed their first year of umpiring or achieved their Level 1 Accreditation in 2015. Representing all 1st Years Umpires: Joerie van Riet Best 1st Year Umpire (Eddie Griffin Award): Leo Laucher-Linares Female Encouragement Award (Robinson-Walsh Trophy): Cassandra Collier Here are some photos of our winners on the night…. 15 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS No. SOUTH METRO JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU UNDER 14 DIVISION 3 UNDER 14 DIVISION 3 SOUTH MELBOURNE DISTRICTS JFC OAKLEIGH JFC RED AND WHITE GREEN AND GOLD Coach Murphy Ambrose Coach Simon Greely Assistant Coach Christopher Cox Assistant Coach -- Team Manager Joanna Bainbridge Team Managers Marcus Gorman & Bruce Ninnis Runner Andrew Collins Runner Richard May Captain - Captain - Vice Captain - Vice Captain - PLAYER COMMENTS GOALS BEHINDS No. PLAYER COMMENTS Strong in the air, can be played in any position 3 Stuart, Jaxon Thomas Moeller Under 13, also a great inclusion to our finals side, hard at it just like his brother 5 Chea, Robin Tom Collins Small midfielder with a great ability to carry the ball and break the lines 7 Stow, Jack 7 Alistair Strutt One of our best ball carriers with the abiliy to run all day 9 Ruzbacky, George 3 Calvin Payne 4 5 The Renz Factor- Versatile mid who can break games open 10 Consolmagno, Joshua Small midfielder with excellent skills - great clubmen and leader 11 Konstanty-Nicholson, Robert Tough back pocket, never gets beaten by his opponent 12 May, Billy 13 Cappiello, Massimo 9 Renzo Rymer Roberts 10 Will Bainbridge 11 Toby Peterson 12 Dechlan Griffin 14 Tom Strauch Elusive hit up forward with great hands and loves a goal 15 Samuel McConchie Strong back flanker who opens games up with his left foot 16 Leo Sheppard 18 Gilligan Unsworth 20 Jack Carter 21 Lukas Balnionis 25 Charlie Dean 27 Laughlin Moeller 28 Under 13, holds his own against the bigger opponents, great inclusion to our finals side Strong reliable full back - arguably best in the comp Elusive key forward with moments of brilliance, can win a game off his own boot Small tough backman, Mr. reliable Versatile player with a great hunger for a contest El capitano - tall key position, leads by example on and off the track Breaks lines off the back flank with dashing speed Monty Herbert-Morgan Tough midfielder/half back flanker who sets the scene every week 29 Benjamin Monahan 30 Joe Barnes 36 Sam Mulcahy 40 Robert Hinrichsen 44 Liam Languiller Big monnas - Number 1 ruckman, contests all day Tall key position player with a big tank, runs all day 15 Wales, Cameron 17 Mouropoulos, George 19 Shaw, Ryan 20 Candris, Billy 23 Ninnis, Aaron 25 Mohd Izlani, Sulaiman 26 Chen, Stanley 27 Gorman, Jack 29 Goodwill, Matthew 33 Stathopoulos, Nicholas 35 Gillard, Thomas 36 Greely, Jack Elite pace off the wing or half back, creates plenty of scoring opportunities 39 Hardiman, Mitchell Strong backman who never loses a contest even when outnumbered 41 Hall, Callum Tall forward, great set shot for goal 43 Edmundson, Patrick 16 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS 17 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS GOALS BEHINDS No. 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 31 32 33 SOUTH METRO JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU UNDER 14 DIVISION 4 UNDER 14 DIVISION 4 ST KILDA JFC BENTLEIGH JFC RED, WHITE AND BLACK RED AND BLUE Coach Bill Ranieri Coach Steve Coates Assistant Coach Mark Smith Assistant Coach Paul Nankervis Team Manager Paul Markwick Team Manager Finn Rasmussen Runner Andy Dillon Runner Craig Mackie Captain Dylan Harrison Smith Captain - Vice Captain Pat Starcevich Vice Captain - PLAYER COMMENTS Cam Sharp Liam Dillon Jove Pepper Skillful onballer that likes to run and bounce, enjoys a goal Stands tall in the backline and will do anything for his teammates. The Ferret. Will get into everything Pat Starcevich (vice captain) The Race Horse. Let him loose and watch him run Kenan Inal Has the silky skills of ninja and involves evryone in the play. Joe Weinbach The Candyman. Puts on a show for all, but can deliver Jack Thomas Inspector Gadget. Has arms that can stop anything Like an Octapus. He will use every part of his body to get the ball Jackson Clothier Dylan Galt Has a leap that can touch the sky and the speed of an F1 car Darcy Sullivan The Tank. Strong, Hard and Relentless Jack Ranieri The smiling assassin. Two go in, One comes out Zachary Graham The bulldozer. If you are in the way….look out Ben Coulson Man of few words, but can impact a game with a long goal Lachlan Townsing Jack in the box. Pops up out of nowhere. To take the mark Jamie Tzimas Mister reliable. Always there when you need him The Peg of the forward line. Will not allow the ball out without a fight. Sebastian Ganci Dylan Harrison Smith (captain) Jobe. Has the poise, the smarts to get through all traffic and deliver Bud Trevillian Trusty Forward - Uses both his rugby heritage and footbal skills. Bohwen Douthat The Joker - Loves a laugh, but get in his way and watch out. Sam Grey The Big Man. Never gets beaten in the Ruck. Ben DeVine Troon The Road Runner. Can duck, weave and never be touched. Stands tall and allows no-one to get in her way. Delivers with accuracy. Maeve Brown Oscar Palmer BP - The quiet achiever. Says little, but does a lot Silas Siedle Mad dog, unfashionable defender, always dependable Harry Markwick Hazmat. If he is around, be prepared for danger. Ollie Redfern Oprah. Involved in everything, with a comment. Loves a goal 18 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS GOALS BEHINDS No. 1 PLAYER COMMENTS Dan Brown 2 Josh Manning 3 Sam Kalomiris 4 Matt Marshman 5 Joel Nankervis 9 Josh Mackie 10 Harry Mouzakis 11 Austin Rosenthal 12 Tom Jorgensen 13 Michael Whelan 14 Oliver Morse 15 Khy Rasmussen 16 Brett Poll 17 Cooper Reed 18 Jason Fotopoulos 19 Cody Coates 20 Kade Allanby 21 Nathaniel Marcinkus 22 Jordan Keen 24 Daniel Klinger 25 Jake Grenda 27 Charley Fox 31 Jacob Curry 19 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS GOALS BEHINDS No. 3 4 5 8 10 11 17 20 21 25 26 28 30 34 35 38 SOUTH METRO JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU UNDER 14 DIVISION 5 UNDER 14 DIVISION 5 HAMPTON AFC PRAHRAN JFC GREEN AND GOLD ROYAL BLUE & LIGHT BLUE Coach Ben McKinstry Coach Ash Forbes Assistant Coach Grant Bennett Assistant Coach Andrew Hume Team Managers Lisa Beavan & Deb Otto Team Manager Claudette Passon Runner Paul Warman Runner Chris Nicholas Captain - Captain - Vice Captain - Vice Captain - PLAYER COMMENTS Sam Elliott James Hollowood Mitchell Hall Hunter Hare Matthew Warman Ricardo Frezza Guy Coverdale Christian Gernandt Tom Irving Hakan Gonul Darcy Otto Campbell Bennett Hamish Styring Seann McKinstry Tom Stevenson Zebedee Skellern (injured) (emergency) 20 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS GOALS BEHINDS No. PLAYER COMMENTS 2 Jack Dawson Strong, big bodied key defender/forward, big marker and hard tackler. 4 Anthony Carnovale X factor, quick and agile, can run and tackles all day. Loves a goal too. 7 Harry Hume 13 Rory O'Connor 14 Edward Royle Off half back, makes great decisions in the mould of Sam Fisher! 15 Lucas Pike Big bodied ruckman/forward, takes huge grabs and kicks goals. 17 Codie McMaster 21 Travis Harrison 22 Adam Wood 23 Lachlan McCurdy 25 Will Grimwade Outside ball winner, racks up a fair bit of the ball. Andrew Gaff like. 27 Robert Harvey Third tall up forward, can clunk a few. Been known to kick a bag! 28 Finn Nicholas Gut running inside and outside midfielder, has it all. The Chris Judd of the side. 29 William Holt Big man in the middle, lays tackle after tackle. Not afraid to throw them around! 31 Tom Mackinnon Nuggety back pocket who is very smart. Links up with hands all day! 31 Luca Muschamp Genuine CHB. Uses it well, wins 1 on 1's, and always has a red hot crack. 32 Hamish Edwards Big man up forward who can take a mark. Picks up the ball like J. Brennan. 33 Marcello Di Nardo 34 Angus Passon 36 Texas Staughton Our goal sneak who's moved down back. Steady player who loves to take a mark. 40 Jacob Beaumont Big body, who loves the contest. Not afraid to tackle and take the game on. Run and dash off half back and the wing. Uses the ball well, will take guys on. Very hard tackler in and under can use the ball well. Small forward livewire, runs all day and tackles hard. A little Hayden Ballantyne. Livewire up forward, doesn't like to defend but will kick a few! Solid as a rock off halfback with intercept marks. Uses the ball well. Off a wing and half forward, he's electrifying. Has everything. Outside ball winner, runs all day! Typical wingman here. Solid footballer, gets the ball and uses it perfectly and plays his role every week. 21 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS GOALS BEHINDS WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU EAST MALVERN KNIGHTS IN U16 CHAMPIONSHIPS East Malvern JFC players Gus Styles, Isaac Morrisby and Jack Higgins played in the NAB U16 Draft AFL U16 competition up in Queensland during the winter school holidays. Through a tough selection process, the boys were chosen to play in the championship, with a chance to represent the Victorian Metro team in the national competition. In round one the Vic Metro team couldn’t hold off the South Australian team, going down by 26 points, but the Vic Metro team worked hard in the match and were prepared for the levels that the upcoming matches were going to played at. Round two saw the Knights boys and their team play Vic Country. The Metro boys again played a difficult match against a hard side and weren’t able to snag the victory, being defeated by 19 points. In their final match, the boys played Western Australia. Both Higgins and Morrisby scored goals in the match and the Vic Metro team ultimately sealed victory by 69 points. Despite playing some great matches in the competition, particularly in their round three win against WA, the Vic Country team was a dominant force throughout the championship and ultimately won the competition overall. Higgins was also deemed the Best and Fairest player for the entire competition across all the states for Division 1, winning the Kevin Sheehan medal. East Malvern JFC Secretary Andrew Close believes it is an outstanding achievement for all the boys to play in the competition and Higgins’ medal is “one that ranks as possibly the highest individual achievement at our club”. However being part of the competition for the three boys is a testament to their football skills. Playing great sides and other skilled players across the country is a great opportunity for players to further develop skills and learn about high performance AFL games. The three players had a bit of a chat to SMJFL about the competition and what it was like playing in the championship. Gus Styles How did you keep yourself motivated through the trials and selection process? The selection process was a draining experience, both physically and mentally, trying to stay motivated was challenging at times. Having a goal to aim towards for each session helped in staying focused on the overall objective. What was it like playing with two of your EMJFC teammates in the competition? It was great to share the experience with Jack and Isaac, having developed together over the past few years especially. Seeing Jack succeed like he did was also a credit to his remarkable work ethic - highly deserving. 22 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS How did you enjoy the competition? Playing with and against such high quality footballers throughout the competition provided the opportunity to learn off others. The week was intense, as we had somewhat of an insight into how much preparation is required to compete at such a high level. What was your favourite match of the competition? The match against South Australia was my favourite. We showed what football we were capable of. Our first half of football was exciting to be a part of and although we ended up conceding a loss, our group took a lot of confidence out of the match. Isaac Morrisby How did you keep yourself motivated through the trials and selection process? I kept myself motivated because I knew there would be a good reward if I worked hard (making the side). What was it like playing with two of your EMJFC teammates in the competition? It was good playing with two East Malvern Knights’ teammates because I obviously know their game reasonably well and rely on them kicking me the ball. How did you enjoy the competition? I really enjoyed competition meeting new people and making new mates. What was your favourite match of the competition? My favourite match would have to be against WA when we won our first game of the championship. Jack Higgins How did you keep yourself motivated through the trials and selection process? It was easy to keep motivated, as I love playing football and my teammates and coaches were great to work with. The chance to represent Vic Metro was motivating enough. What was it like playing with two of your EMJFC teammates in the competition? Fantastic as we are good mates, also great to play alongside other SMJFL players. How did you enjoy the competition? Loved playing the Nationals, such a positive experience and I learned heaps from all the coaches. What was your favourite match of the competition? Enjoyed each game, we worked as a team and developed our footy. SMJFL along with the Mighty Knights congratulate the boys and all other SMJFL players playing in the leagues across the U16 championships - the highest level for U16 boys. For more information about the U16 draft, head to www. afl.com.au/draft/u16s and http://www.afl.com.au/ news/2015-07-11/2015-nab-afl-under16-champs-round-three 23 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS SOUTH METRO JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU DIVISION 4 DIVISION 3 DIVISION 2 DIVISION 1 UNDER 15 LADDERS GRAND FINAL PREVIEWS # Team P W L D B FF FA For Agst % % Won 1 St Kilda City U15 Div 1 13 11 2 0 2 0 0 964 585 164.79 84.62 2 East Sandringham JFC 13 10 3 0 2 0 0 953 712 133.85 76.92 3 Waverley Park Hawks U15 Gold 13 10 3 0 2 0 0 886 682 129.91 76.92 4 Mordialloc Braeside JFC 13 5 8 0 2 0 0 896 775 115.61 38.46 5 Ormond JFC 12 4 7 1 3 0 0 716 778 92.03 37.5 6 Murrumbeena JFC U15 Griffins 13 3 9 1 2 0 0 674 937 71.93 26.92 7 Beaumaris FC (Sharks) 13 1 12 0 2 0 0 468 1088 43.01 7.69 # Team P W L D B FF FA For Agst % % Won 1 Bentleigh Demons/St Paul's 15 11 2 2 0 1 0 1232 713 172.79 80 2 East Malvern Blue 14 10 4 0 1 0 0 820 617 132.9 71.43 3 East Brighton Vampires JFC - Under 15 Div 2 14 8 6 0 1 1 0 969 706 137.25 57.14 4 AJAX U15 Comets 14 7 5 2 1 1 1 795 797 99.75 57.14 5 Dingley U15 14 7 7 0 1 1 0 908 814 111.55 50 6 Cheltenham JFC - U15 15 7 8 0 0 1 0 871 971 89.7 46.67 7 Prahran U15 RED 11 2 9 0 0 0 0 502 843 59.55 18.18 8 East Sandringham JFC 15 2 13 0 0 0 4 594 1230 48.29 13.33 # Team P W L D B FF FA For Agst % % Won 1 St Peters FC Under 15 Div 3 13 10 3 0 2 1 0 1121 461 243.17 76.92 2 St Kilda City U15 Reds 13 9 4 0 2 0 0 947 695 136.26 69.23 3 Oakleigh U15 13 8 5 0 2 0 0 876 580 151.03 61.54 4 South Melbourne Districts U15 9 5 4 0 2 1 0 710 524 135.5 55.56 5 St Bedes/Mentone Tigers U15 14 6 8 0 1 0 0 689 1109 62.13 42.86 6 East Brighton Vampires JFC - Under 15 Div 3 14 4 10 0 1 0 2 552 1281 43.09 28.57 7 Beaumaris FC (Great Whites) 14 3 11 0 1 0 0 560 920 60.87 21.43 # Team P W L D B FF FA For Agst % % Won 1 Ormond JFC 15 12 3 0 0 0 0 1054 445 236.85 80 2 Caulfield Bears U15 11 7 4 0 0 0 0 560 567 98.77 63.64 3 Waverley Park Hawks U15 Brown 15 8 6 1 0 0 0 954 644 148.14 56.67 4 East Malvern White 15 8 6 1 0 1 0 809 745 108.59 56.67 5 AJAX U15 Jets 15 8 7 0 0 0 1 759 631 120.29 53.33 6 Murrumbeena JFC U15 Lions 15 5 10 0 0 0 0 568 797 71.27 33.33 7 Mordialloc Braeside 15 4 11 0 0 0 1 615 1133 54.28 26.67 8 East Sandringham 15 3 12 0 0 1 0 510 1222 41.73 20 24 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS MCDONALD’S U15 DIV 1 East Sandringham narrowly edged Waverley Park to place second during the regular season, ultimately earning a fixture with minor premiers St Kilda City. East Sandringham brought their best brand of football to the contest thereby earning a grand final place with a 45-point win. However, the Saints bounced back during the preliminary final, defeating the Hawks by 44 points to earn a rematch with the in-form Zebras. MCDONALD’S U15 DIV 2 East Malvern Blue and Bentleigh met during the first semi-final where East Malvern accounted for the Demons in a close-fought game by 16 points to earn a grand final berth. The minor premiers were then forced to do it tough, coming from behind during the preliminary final to defeat East Brighton by 22 points. They were both evenly matched in their semi-final, but the Demons will be keen to make up for lost time at Mentone Grammar. MCDONALD’S U15 DIV 3 St Peters comfortably accounted for St Kilda City by 47 points during their semi-final to qualify for the grand final. Ultimately, the Saints also managed to qualify after a nail-biting 8-point win over Oakleigh during the competition’s preliminary final With only one loss separating St Kilda from the top St Peters, both teams will be keen for an impressive showdown. MCDONALD’S U15 DIV 4 Ormond JFC defeated the Caulfield Bears by 40 points during the semi-final stage to book a place in the grand final. Their opponents, Waverley Park, overcame East Malvern by 20 during the semi-finals and came back from the brink to defeat Caulfield by 6 points in the preliminary final. Now they are facing off against Ormond, who have been the dominant side of the season. But after taking down the second team, Waverley should be feeling pretty confident. 25 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 29 41 SOUTH METRO JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU MCDONALD’S UNDER 15 DIVISION 1 MCDONALD’S UNDER 15 DIVISION 1 EAST SANDRINGHAM JFC ST KILDA CITY JFC YELLOW AND BLACK RED, WHITE, BLACK Coach Ryan Murphy Coach Darren Harvey Assistant Coach Neil McMaster Assistant Coaches Darren Crocker/Liam Danielis-Morley Team Manager Russell Stocker Team Manager Kate Stern Runner Chris Roe Runner Cameron Milnes Captain Hugo Read Captain Joel Crocker Vice Captain - Vice Captain Oscar Paulke PLAYER COMMENTS Connor Murphy Jesse Patrick Ben Pryor Oscar McMaster Ky Morganthaler Flynn Coyne Jean Paul Callil Hugh Hyslop Max King Jai Lyttleton Hugo Read Benjamin King James Callil Liam Stocker Alex Gibson Oscar Donald Ben Branson Jake Turner Yael Hoorman Bayley Warner Darcy Tilbrook Kai Weight Nicholas Phillips Austin Bradtke Owen Gorozidis Tom Bennet Thomas Morris Tom Murray 26 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS GOALS BEHINDS No. PLAYER COMMENTS 1 Joel Crocker Crock: champion captain, Mr All-Australian 2 Harry Campbell 3 Bobby Tang 4 Jack Denborough 5 Connor Stewart 6 Tom Sheldrick 7 Billy Antal 8 Will Kennedy Kenners: The perfect tapper 9 Hamish Dick Hammer: bright boots, big kick 10 Ellison Guss Ellison: nimble and enthusiastic 11 Elliott Spee Elliott: quiet achiever 14 David Seager Davo: consistent, determined, star player 15 Sammy Stynes Big Sammy: the great mark 16 Adam Oulton Adam: Mr Consistent 17 Tom Murphy Tom: big kick 18 Max Milnes Milnsey: great mark under pressure 19 Mackenzie Harvey 24 Oscar Paulke Paulky: vice captain and the fuzzy-haired warrier 25 Callum Welsh Welshy: loves to tackle 27 Will D'Amico Damico: lightning 35 Ryan Basser Basser: Mr flexible 36 Tom Foley 37 Connor Moohan 39 Zac Batagol Harry: silky, swift and loves a chat Mr Reliable, our brick wall Denny: all class, Stewie: in and under, always around Big Tom: best ginger in the team! Mr Muscle:the enforcer Macca: Mr Football (and Mr Cricket!) Tom: gutsy and committed Big Connor: big heart Zac: tough and tall 27 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS GOALS BEHINDS SOUTH METRO JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU MCDONALD’S UNDER 15 DIVISION 2 MCDONALD’S UNDER 15 DIVISION 2 EAST MALVERN JFC BENTLEIGH JFC BLUE/WHITE/RED RED, BLUE AND YELLOW BENTLEIGH/ST PAULS No. Coach Ben Crowe Coach Dale Lewis Assistant Coach Mack Rivett Assistant Coaches Rob Burns, David Franklin, Sam Coligero Team Manager Lucy Lewis Team Manager Nick Fogarty Runner Scott Duane Runner Sam Coligero Captain Jack Potter Captains Callum Jones, Maxx Black Vice Captains Ryan Matthews/Alastair Richards Vice Captains Andrew Furdetsky, Tom Fogarty, Tim Mullane PLAYER COMMENTS GOALS BEHINDS No. PLAYER COMMENTS 1 Joshua Salmon 1 3 Lachlan Ward 2 A. Martin Skilful midfielder that can go forward. Very creative 4 Will Lewis 4 T. Fogarty Slick, skilful and great competitor, Midfield/Froward. 5 Tom Cohen 5 J. Catts 6 Lachlan Kennett 6 D. Walker 7 Alastair Richards 7 S. McCracken Reliable, committed team utility that can play many positions Sam Crowe A. Furdetskyy Determined, tough hard running player, having a good year . 11 8 9 L. Still 13 Ryan Matthews 10 M. Foster Determined utility that can run all day, able to shut down players as well, 14 Tomas Riley 11 R. Fenech Strong, hard and reliable back man. Solid on team values and great to coach 15 Daniel Condon 12 B. Gore 18 Jack Potter 13 M. Chamaa 22 Lewis Morgan 15 M. Black 23 Ethan Duane 16 T. Haar-Lewis Talented tall forward with good ground level skills, Good team player 24 James Mc Cormack 17 W. Canning Consistent determined and reliable utility having a great season 18 T. Mullane 26 Riley Siegal 19 H. Ferdinand 27 Finn Parker 20 J. Burns 28 Nicholas Johns 21 L. Halloran Talented Wingman/Forward that can run all day 30 Fraser Morrisby 22 A. Newton Reliable forward/back man, loves the club and does the team things 48 Thomas Miller 23 P. Franklin Back man turned strong marking forward, having a fine season, high goal assist creator 61 Finn Craig 24 J. Paul Strong, completive talented key position player, Great mark and good running capacity 62 Max Di Cintio 28 D. McDonald 81 Perry Lindsay 30 M. Dennis 44 C. Jones 28 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS N. Lawrence Strong talented key position player, great skills, has poise Reliable, solid and determined. Settled well deep down back. Strong ruckman that is reliable, able to play key positions and loves a goal Midfielder/Forward that fights hard in the contest. Hard to beat one on one Hard running half back / wingman, reliable and creative Speedy, determined utility that is a find in his first year at club Hard half back captain, good communicator and loves playing for the team Creative, hard contested ball winner. Great to coach and having a fine season Skilful, explosive running midfielder that uses the ball very well Skilful utility that creates a lot of goal assists, loves a goal and works hard for the team Tough utility with evasive skills, able to play many roles First season with club, Talented player up Forward or Back Reliable midfield/key position captain having a standout season. Great competitor 29 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS GOALS BEHINDS SOUTH METRO JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU MCDONALD’S UNDER 15 DIVISION 3 MCDONALD’S UNDER 15 DIVISION 3 ST PETERS JFC ST KILDA CITY JFC BLACK, GREEN AND RED RED, WHITE, BLACK U15 REDS No. Coach Steve Hall Coach Julian Twigg Assistant Coach Joel McKee Assistant Coach Glenn Andrew Team Manager Linda Robbins Team Manager Simon Barnaby Runner Dave Kelly Runner Stu Dale Captain Daniel Jones Captains Jesse Andrew / Cameron Robertson Vice Captains Jack Richardson / Luca Almiento Vice Captain Lachlan Goldsworthy PLAYER COMMENTS GOALS BEHINDS No. PLAYER COMMENTS Playing above his limits as the number 1 ruckman. Sauce 1 Joesph Pious Reads the play like it's Pythagora's theorem. Joey 2 Leo Naylor Daniel Jones Instrumental leader who finds a heap of the footy. 3 Curtis Sayers Ever reliable ball winner who can run all day. Richo 4 Harry Ross Zach Rattray Not only is Zach our leading goal kicker, but can play at both ends of the field. 8 Charlie Vandergriff 10 Jesse Andrew 12 Harry Watson-Hann 13 Hugo Twigg 14 Samuel Proudlove 15 Lewis Barnaby Midfielders win medals, defenders win premierships 16 Oscar Dale A goalsneak wrapped in mystery inside an enigma 17 Oliver Bott Big motor, deft disposal, knows where the goals are 18 Cameron Robertson 20 Elliot Jones 21 Johnny Wilson 22 Charlie Edwards Halfback of the century, rebound specialist 25 Zach Weatherley Tall, athletic, utility with terrific vision and strength 27 Ethan Gough 29 Jack McGindle 30 Declan Hollick 32 Harry Evans The heartbeat of the engine room, beats taller opponent every week Fast, agile wingman, peerless deliverer of the footy to his forwards 1 Jarrod Hall 2 3 4 Jack Richardson 8 Benji Copeland The reincarnation of Jonathan Brown, a winner 9 Ethan Foulds Smaller player, but not afraid to get his hands dirty. Ned Walsh Swing man who can do the job anywhere on the ground. 12 Zane Murphy The wrecking ball - Be Afraid. 13 Stephen Kelly Reliable Fullstop. 14 Lochlan Yeoh Solid as a rock. Can play anywhere 16 Zac Barrett 18 Mitchell Bedford 19 Joseph Amato 21 Nathan Jane 22 Jack Blight 24 Luca Almiento Enjoys playing on kids twice his size. 25 Jack Robinson Loves splitting packs open! and horses. Robbo 29 Liam Hatt 32 Leo Grenville His footskills are as sweet as his strawberry blonde hair. 33 Muba Laing Small fast and cuts up the grass - try catching him. Moomba 34 Jake Penny Underrated player who always just does the job when asked. 45 Riley Maher 33 Lachie Tindall Reads the play like a book and always plays to instuctions. 47 Ryan Smith Quiet achiever. Can play any position on the ground and does it well. Ryno 34 42 Yuhan Cao Lachy Harris 62 Stephen Osborne Solid player who attacks the ball hard, can play back and forward. 49 Austin Lawson Great crumbing forward who has scored the most behinds for the team. Humprey The Blue Moon, when sighted, it's always special. Elagant, stylish, and a tremendous kick of the football. Get out of the way. The tallest non ruckman ever, and has hands like glue. 30 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS Best 1 on 1 player in the team, Accountable, always. A Champion in any position down the spine, worth 3 opponents 10 Spiritual leader. Barry Gifted kick, mark, tackle and predatory goal instincts Tall, athletic, plays at either end and always at 100% Mobile ruck/forward, big motor, loves a goal Hard working defender with great vision and a thumping kick A bookend at either end of the ground, never beaten Quality utility, great ball winner The whole enchilada, back, forward, midfield, pure class Match winner on the wing, the hardest working player in the team. X Factor, can turn a game in a flash Will 'o the wisp on-baller Nuggetty stoppage specialist, shuts down opponents with ease Defensive rock, they shall not pass. Defensive minded flanker with a flag in his sights Versatile ruckman, a tall for all weathers Flint, hard and flawless midfielder, enormous right foot 31 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS GOALS BEHINDS A Division of E L E VAT I N G G R A SS R O OT S TO T H E E L I T E OFFICIAL PRINT, DESIGN & DIGITAL PARTNER OF re d o n i o n c re a t i v e . c o m . a u MATCH DAY VISION | LIVE STREAMING TO YOUR WEBSITE | DVD PRODUCTIONS | MATCH DAY PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB WEBSITES | DIGITAL BEST & FAIREST PRESENTATIONS | EVENT INVITATIONS & TICKETS PROMOTIONAL PULL-UP BANNERS | WEB TV SHOWS | SOCIAL MEDIA & EVENT MARKETING SOUTH METRO JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU MCDONALD’S UNDER 15 DIVISION 4 MCDONALD’S UNDER 15 DIVISION 4 ORMOND JFC WAVERLEY PARK JFC BROWN AND BLUE BROWN & GOLD U15 BROWN Coach Assistant Coach No. Coach Francis Palleschi Assistant Coach Damian Mannix Jason Bodsworth Team Manager Angela Fitzpatrick Team Manager Maria Cappello Runner Chris Ciampoli Runner Dave O'Neill Captains Zach Raymond & Angus Grey Captain James O'Neill Vice Captain Sam Bowen Vice Captain Lachlan Goldsworthy PLAYER COMMENTS 1 Will Cavey 4 6 7 Joel Hardy Consistently among the goal kickers and will trouble any defender. 12 Liam Taffe Smart and versatile player who can play in any area of the ground. GOALS BEHINDS No. PLAYER COMMENTS Fast running defender/midfielder who finds plenty of the ball. 2 Spencer Wieclaw-Suchomel Bryn Armstrong Strong bodied utility player who always provides contest. Jake Roberts 3 Matthew Cappello Highly skilled key position player who reads the play well. 4 Savvas Massalas 13 Aedan Gordon 15 George Richardson 16 Alex Camm Strong overhead mark who reads the flight of the ball better than most. 17 Magnus Urban Courageous key position forward with sticky hands. Deceptively quick. 18 Dashing player that catches the eye of spectators in every game he plays. A-grade ruckman who gives his team first use of the ball. 5 Joseph Cincotta 6 Max Wellington 7 Harris Dimopoulos 9 Thomas Mannix 10 James O'Neill 11 William Hayes Declan Skahill Hard nut defender who pinch hits in the midfield. Good skills under pressure. 19 Hugh Quin Wingman who is indispensible for the team. Will run hard forward and back all day. 12 Jasper roberts 25 Chris Ciampoli Super skilled ball magnet. Will cut up the opposition if afforded any space. 17 Alexander Palleschi 28 Sam O'Connor Key position defender with a do-or-die attitude. Plays better under pressure. 18 Brodie Gravell 29 Jack Stewart Small defender who is the most courageous pound-for-pound player on the team. 20 William Bolch 32 Andreas Matheou Key position big man who can play anywhere on the field. Spiritual leader. 21 Lachlan Goldsworthy 22 Adrian DeMarco-Toro 34 Angus Grey 35 Preston Bodsworth 36 Theo Ralph Has excellent endurance and regularly kicks goals. Strong marking skills. 38 Zach Raymond Co-captain who plays in any position. A natural player with elite football IQ. 41 Cameron Quitt A-grade forward with elite ball-handling and evasion skills. 42 Adam Cosgrave Co-captain midfielder with superior skills and class. Lightening fast forward with elite endurance and penetrating kick. Silky smooth midfielder whose skills are sublime. A high possession player. 23 Ryan Kilgower 24 Nelson Horner 25 Kristian Parisi 28 Gregory Lui 33 Ryan O'Hara Angelo Cappello 45 Luis Fennessy 47 Patrick McKenzie Midfield general with unparalleled strength over the ball. Regularly intercepts the ball. 37 48 Michael Shostak His size and strength usually go unrivalled. Infectious enthusiasm lifts the team. 54 Keiry Chronis 54 Damon Whiting Gritty defender with determination and big heart. Strong in contests and never gives up. 55 Shaun MacIsaac Key position backman with enhanced concentration and situational awareness. 34 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS 35 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS GOALS BEHINDS SOUTH METRO JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU FEMALE FOOTY IS GROWING, BUT “WE NEED TO KEEP GOING” Girls’ football across the SMJFL community continues to grow. The girls team in the SMJFL Interleague took out their first win ever in this year’s competition, with the skill and participation levels building across the league. At the professional end of the spectrum, the second of the two women’s AFL exhibition matches played last weekend was broadcasted live on Channel 7. With talks of a national league, the prospects of junior girls playing senior footy are exciting. Chyloe Kurdas, Female Football Development Manager at AFL Victoria, thinks the levels these girls are now playing is unbelievable. “It’s quite remarkable the standard of football that these girls play,” Kurdas said. “We had the Herald Sun Shield girls grand final played as a double-header to an AFL game for the first time ever. “What that says is that there are more girls taking up more opportunities to play school footy whether that’s to develop their skills or have a kick with their girlfriends or whether it’s playing in competitions. “If you go and watch youth girls, or even junior girls play on the weekend, the standard of footy is so much better.” Kurdas also agrees the amount of the girls’ playing footy is building, with every part of the game showing growth. “It positions us very well for what we hope to achieve next for the national and high performance [games],” Kurdas says. “We used to just talk youth girls didn’t we? “But of course now we have junior girls, and of course we have growth in open age women’s footy.” 2015 marks 50 years of women’s participation in AFL, with 35 years of a national women’s league. With the two exhibition matches this year, girls are getting more and more opportunities to play with an increased focus on the game from the AFL. However the work is certainly far from over if the aim of a national competition is to be realised for female footballers. “I think a lot of interest is being shown at the top-end, the AFL end which is important. But to complement that, we need to do a lot of work and keep focusing 36 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS on a really strong base at community level,” Kurdas said. “We need clubs to commit to putting their hand up and keep having a vertical pathway within their clubs. “Establishing an under 9s team, that’ll become an under 12s team, then the following year that’ll become an under 15. “You don’t have to do it all at once but you do one bit at a time and what that will do it fuel and seed the next bit and it happens organically.” Kurdas’ proof of the dominant female interest in football stems from the amount of girls who come to Auskick. “We have more girls every year across the state coming to Auskick than any other segment of the game every year,” Kurdas said. “But we’re only retaining about 30 per cent of them. “We’re getting a touch point in female footy, but we’re not really capitalising on the interest that comes with it.” However there is plenty that clubs, Auskick centres and players can do to ensure that the environment is beneficial to girls wanting to play football. “The reason why we’ve had such great growth in female footy across the state in the last 11 and 12 years has been because we’ve set up all female participation experiences within an integrated environment,” Kurdas said “We need to do the same in Auskick - Where we establish all female groups within a mixed sex Auskick centre. “Capitalise on that massive interest that comes into Auskick by setting up an all girls group, creating the right environment that girls need and desire, then retaining those girls, moving them into senior footy and the community football pathway.” “We need about 250,000 community football participants across the country if we’re going to be really strong and viable women’s national league so we’ve got a lot of work to do at community level.” - To get involved, or to hear more about the opportunities for female footballers at SMJFL, check out the ‘Female Football - South Metro Girls’ information on the website. 37 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS D IVISION 1 DIV ISIO N 2 SOUTH METRO JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU UNDER 15 GIRLS LADDERS GRAND FINAL PREVIEW # Team P W L D B FF FA For 1 St Peters FC Under 15 Girls Div 1 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 2 St Bedes/Mentone Tigers U15 Girls 15 11 4 0 0 1 3 Prahran JFC U15 Girls 14 10 4 0 1 4 Beaumaris FC Lady Sharks 15 7 8 0 5 East Malvern U15 Girls 14 6 8 6 East Brighton Vampires JFC 15 Under 15 Girls Div 1 # Team 1 % % Won 756 123 614.63 100 0 718 398 180.4 73.33 0 2 487 306 159.15 71.43 0 1 0 412 430 95.81 46.67 0 1 0 0 504 438 115.07 42.86 2 13 0 0 1 1 288 719 40.06 13.33 P W L D B FF FA For % % Won BBJFC U15 Girls 9 7 2 0 2 0 2 428 172 248.84 77.78 2 Waverley Park Hawks Under 15 Girls 10 7 3 0 1 1 0 294 203 144.83 70 3 Bentleigh JFC 10 6 4 0 1 0 0 283 288 98.26 60 4 Mt Waverley Falcons JFC 10 5 5 0 1 1 0 365 182 200.55 50 5 St Kilda City JFC Inc. 10 4 6 0 1 1 0 212 359 59.05 40 6 Mordialloc Braeside JFC 7 2 5 0 2 0 0 174 260 66.92 28.57 7 East Brighton Vampires JFC Under 15 Girls Div 2 10 2 8 0 1 0 1 167 518 32.24 20 38 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS Agst Agst MELBOURNE FC U15 GIRLS DIV 1 St Peters were able to win their semi-final and earn direct entry into the final while Prahran took the longer route to the grand final with wins over Beaumaris and St Bedes Mentone. Despite sitting outside the top two during the regular season, Prahran have proved their worth and will be solid competition for St Peters. MELBOURNE FC U15 GIRLS DIV 2 Brighton Beach topped the ladder during the season subsequently receiving a favourable draw and opportunity to move directly to the grand final. The Kangaroos achieved this by defeating the Hawks by 35 points. Their final opponents, Bentleigh, defeated Mt Waverley and Waverley Park by 33 and 13 points respectively en-route to final. 39 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS No. SOUTH METRO JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU MELBOURNE FC UNDER 15 GIRLS DIVISION 1 MELBOURNE FC UNDER 15 GIRLS DIVISION 1 ST PETERS JFC PRAHRAN JFC RED, GREEN AND BLACK ROYAL BLUE AND LIGHT BLUE Coach Josh Hartwig Coach Steve Zayler Assistant Coach - Assistant Coach John Rothfield Team Manager Brett Kuhnell Team Manager Sam McKay Runners Matt Grasso / Joe Ercolano Runner Andrew McKay Captain Grace Bridges Captain - Vice Captain - Vice Captain - PLAYER COMMENTS 3 Sarah Hartwig 6 Larnie Beadman 7 Eliza James 11 Madison Kuhnell 12 Rylee Pattison-Moore 13 Isabelle Barnewall 14 Alana Porter 15 Hayley Efthymiadis 17 Holly Davies 18 Taylah Ercolano 19 Caroline Hart "Cazzaaaa" Great hands, strong mark, big kick 22 Grace Bridges Super fit, runs all day, great skills, natural leader 23 Makayla Houniet 24 Lilly Felder 25 Taylah Grasso Tough, relentless, reliable, never say die attitude 26 Kate Holden Super boot, experienced, strong at ground level 31 Eilidh McDonough 32 Carlie Cochrane 33 Bianca Ciavarella 35 Annabelle Kidd 37 Lily Bradley 38 Maddison Bowd Rookie year, determined, great tackler and goal kicker 39 Emma Weberruss Has all of the skills, good mark, strong kick, determined, goal kicker Tough, super fit, loves swinging on to her left foot, runs all day Break out year, tough, determined, 2nd 3rd and 4th efforts at the ball Playing well above her years, great skills, strong Likes it in close, loves tackling, getting it out to space Rookie, confidence growing, enthusiastic Strong hands, good mark, tough, loves the packs Ferocious tackler, great speed, super fit Silky skills, loves a run and a bounce, reliable Pocket rocket, quick, goal kicker, playing her 100th game in the Grand Final Loves a run and a bounce, terrific goal kicker (leads SMJFL in goal kickers) "Macca", good in close, always at the bottom of packs, strong tackler Break out year, determined, versatile, strong mark and goal kicker Enthusiastic, works hard, determined, Versatile, good runner, strong skills Rookie, super fit, loves to run, enthusiastic Great defensive skills, rebound queen, strong skills Rookie, enthusiastic, good mark 40 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS GOALS BEHINDS No. 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 14 16 17 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 PLAYER COMMENTS Sophia Rothfield Polly Green Emily Stuckey Abbie McKay Holly Bate Madeleine O'Brien Millicent Perkins Olivia Poole Milly Darby Heidi Templeton Lucy Slobom Pascale Rae Sophia Kaleski Eliza Chantrell Eliza McArthur Stephanie Cross Ella Best Yasmin Swann Gabriella Nelson Grace Kaleski Jessica Best Abigail Proper Isobel Rose Cleo Faulks Ella Bennetts Anabelle Hardwick 41 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS GOALS BEHINDS No. SOUTH METRO JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU MELBOURNE FC UNDER 15 GIRLS DIVISION 2 MELBOURNE FC UNDER 15 GIRLS DIVISION 2 BRIGHTON BEACH JFC BENTLEIGH JFC BLUE AND WHITE RED & BLUE Coach Jon Frederico Coach Brendan O'Donnell Assistant Coach - Assistant Coach Tim Rossiter Team Manager Helena Arrigo Team Manager James Clair Runner Kai Weight Runner - Captain Emmie Frederico Captain - Vice Captain Jordan Jarick Vice Captain - PLAYER COMMENTS 4 Emily Dann 5 Alice Moroney 6 Layla Ellis 7 Sophie Dilena 8 Madeline Whitehead 9 Jasmine Parrott Another fast outside player who is a deceptively strong overhead mark 10 Ryannah Hack Fast through the midfield and strong in the packs GOALS BEHINDS No. PLAYER COMMENTS Quick and balanced, setting up goals for teamamates is standard practice 1 N. Irugalbandara The hard one of the team, always in and under no matter where she is playing 2 M. Howard The time of Pendlebury and the hardness of Fyfe - beautiful kick of the ball 3 T. Clarke 4 B. Giacometti 5 R. McKenzie Great ball user who wins every one on one contest Tall Centre Half Back who can go forward and hit the scoreboard 6 K. Hoy 7 M. Cook 9 C. Rossiter 11 Isabel Townsend Bustling defender who creates goals through breaking the lines 12 Emmie Frederico Bustling ruck who likes to break packs and kick goals 14 Hannah Rockman Hard ball gets in the midfield and a strong overhead mark 10 B. Tormey 15 Sophie Stewart Quick and agile forward who regularly snaps the goals 11 E. Gibson 16 Evangeline Laycock Plays either end of the ground and breaks the lines, is the link man of the team 12 L. O'Donnell 17 Layne Davies Another strong outside runner who mixes it in the packs 14 G. Clair 18 Laura Bourke Deceptively quick and makes sure every tackle sticks 19 Karina Horton Strong overhead mark with real goal sense 15 M. Hill 16 J. Beaton 20 Poppy Kavadias Athletic ruck with a penetrating kick 21 Phoebe Galileos Tough all over the ground, never loses a contest and always hits the goals. 22 Georgia-Mae Mahan Strong overhead mark who plays back and forward, goals are a favorite 23 Jordan Jarick Hits the goals every week and creates space and time for her teammates 20 J. Rossiter Outside runner with pace to burn, but also willing to get the hard ball 28 B. Howard Gritty defender, won't let the ball get past, relishes setting up goals up forward. 33 M. De Vries 24 Meg Cairns 25 Olivia Arrigo 42 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS 17 A. Aly 18 S. Georgas 43 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS GOALS BEHINDS WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU UNDER 18 YOUTH GIRLS EAST BRIGHTON VAMPIRES JFC RED, WHITE V VAMPIRETTES Coach Assistant Coach Team Manager Runner Captain Vice Captain No. Michael Garner Jamie Parrott Ken Horan Emma Dumas Chris Blanche Amy Dumas PLAYER 2 Carly Dillon 3 Jessie Mount 4 Sienna Parrott 5 Amy Dumas (Captain) 7 Hannah Dawes 8 Georgina Garner 9 Lilly Blanche 10 Sophie Barbas 11 Jemima Broadhead 12 Georgia Emberton 13 Phoebe Fitzpatrick 15 Ella Furphy 16 Chenayde Reid 17 Isabella Blanche 18 Rachel Ponter 20 Kristal Lugosi 21 Lani Trevena 22 Alexandra McFadden 23 Alice Edmonds 24 Stephanie Wallace 25 Jennifer Power Horan PREVIEW The East Brighton Vampirettes (SMJFL) are through to the U18 Youth Girls Grand Final, facing off against the Whitehorse Colts (YJFL). For the 2015 season, the U18 Youth Girls competition at SMJFL are playing within the Yarra Junior Football League, to allow for a fully supported and developed Youth Girls competition for both the leagues. The EBVJFC Girls are undefeated for the competition this year, with all of the Girls working extremely hard to continue their winning streak. In the semi-final, the Vampirettes had a strong victory over the Highett Doggies (SMJFL), who just couldn’t match the East Brighton Girls’ kicking power. The Vampirettes claimed victory 11.6.72 to the Bulldogs 1.0.6. Second-placed Highett had a tough team to beat in their preliminary-final. Despite their hard work, they were also defeated by the Whitehorse Colts in the preliminary, losing 0.4.4 to 9.5.59. Now the Colts have their chance to prove their skills against the Vampires. Can the Vampirettes hold onto their impressive undefeated streak? The SMJFL wishes luck to East Brighton to demonstrate their strong football skills and teamwork on Sunday. The game will be held on Sunday August 30, 2015 at 10:15am at Stradbroke Park, Kew. For more information about the competition through the YJFL, please visit their website and competition page. Thanks to all the SMJFL teams who participated in the Under 18 Youth Girls Sunday competition this year, congratulations on your achievements and we hope you enjoyed the rivalries within YJFL. 45 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS D IVISIO N 1 D IV ISIO N 2 D I V ISION 2 SOUTH METRO JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU UNDER 16 LADDERS GRAND FINAL PREVIEWS # Team P W L D B FF FA For Agst % % Won 1 Hampton Rovers AFC 15 11 4 0 0 1 0 1073 667 160.87 73.33 2 Beaumaris FC (Sharks) 15 10 5 0 0 0 0 846 690 122.61 66.67 3 East Malvern Blue 15 9 5 1 0 0 1 997 711 140.23 63.33 4 Mordialloc Braeside JFC 15 7 7 1 0 0 0 866 917 94.44 50 5 Ormond JFC 15 6 9 0 0 0 0 858 819 104.76 40 6 Cheltenham JFC - U16 15 4 11 0 0 0 0 700 1017 68.83 26.67 # Team P W L D B FF FA For Agst % % Won 1 South Melbourne Districts U16 14 12 2 0 1 0 0 1018 543 187.48 85.71 2 East Brighton Vampires JFC Under 16 Div 2 11 8 3 0 0 1 0 780 517 150.87 72.73 3 East Malvern White 14 8 6 0 1 0 1 785 786 99.87 57.14 4 Murrumbeena JFC U16 14 7 7 0 1 0 0 916 760 120.53 50 5 Mt Waverley Falcons JFC 11 5 6 0 0 0 0 602 623 96.63 45.45 6 St Bedes/Mentone Tigers U16 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 401 833 48.14 0 # Team P W L D B FF FA For Agst % % Won 1 Waverley Park Hawks U16 13 11 2 0 2 1 0 998 505 197.62 84.62 2 Ajax U16 13 10 3 0 2 1 0 1079 596 181.04 76.92 3 Dingley U16 10 7 3 0 1 0 0 742 478 155.23 70 4 St Kilda City JFC Inc. 10 6 4 0 1 0 0 739 531 139.17 60 5 St Peters Bentleigh Demons Under 16 Div 3 14 7 7 0 1 0 0 786 813 96.68 50 6 East Sandringham JFC 14 6 8 0 1 0 0 905 819 110.5 42.86 7 Beaumaris FC (Great Whites) 13 4 9 0 2 0 0 606 921 65.8 30.77 8 Ormond JFC 13 3 10 0 2 0 0 536 1087 49.31 23.08 9 Mt Waverley Falcons JFC 12 0 12 0 1 0 2 297 1239 23.97 0 46 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS MCDONALD’S U16 DIV 1 It’s the third-placed Knights taking on the first placed Rovers in what’s set to be a challenging match for both teams. The second placed Beaumaris Sharks were no match for East Malvern in the semi, the Knights dominated play for the whole match. East Malvern have beaten the Rovers once this season already and are looking impressive. The Rovers have got a challenge ahead. MCDONALD’S U16 DIV 2 The South Melbourne Districts have had one loss against the Vampires, while the Vampires have suffered defeat twice. The Vampires just weren’t able to break through the South Melbourne defence. Can the Vampires claim the final victory? Or will the Bloods be able to make it three in a row against this strong side? MCDONALD’S U16 DIV 3 It’s been a tight contest at the top all year, with Ajax managing to knock the top side off in the semi-finals, only for Waverley Park Hawks to come back through the preliminary and meet them again. Only one loss between the two and now they’re going to be playing for the right to top spot. 47 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS No. 1 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 27 28 30 31 32 33 34 35 37 39 40 SOUTH METRO JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU MCDONALD’S UNDER 16 DIVISION 1 MCDONALD’S UNDER 16 DIVISION 1 HAMPTON AFC EAST MALVERN JFC GOLD AND GREEN RED, WHITE AND BLUE ROVERS KNIGHTS U16 BLUE Coach Ash Roberts Coach Tony Phillips Assistant Coach Lou Folino Assistant Coach Merv Shannon Team Managers Paul Lohan Team Managers Philip Riska/Matthew Conron Runner John Campigli Runner Hugo Stephenson Captain Anthony Folino Captains Isaac Morrisby/Jack Higgins Vice Captain - Vice Captain - PLAYER Cam Hodges Lachie Harris Max Lohan Anthony Folino Jack Smart Matt Speirs Adam Schaeche Will Bowden Alexander Adams Oscar Roberts Max Coughlin Finn Campigli Sam Larkworthy Josh Mcintyre Paddy Inglis Albert Lynn Harry Hynes Jak Nardino Seb Williams Will Walker Alfie Jarnestrom Callum Dodd Nick Flocas Jack Klonaris Samme Raghdo Charlie Hicks Mitch Hurd James Mangoni Harry Crisp Will Lewis COMMENTS Hodgie provides great link play as a great reader of the play. Dangerous near goals Lach is cat like with his balance and movement across the ground. Keeps finding the footy GOALS BEHINDS No. 1 PLAYER COMMENTS Tom Conron Goal sneak who plays tall for his size. Form has built during the year 2 Geordie Nagle A good player in heavy traffic, has led from the front all year Fols leads by example with his courage and desperation, as well as being damaging near goals 3 Charles McGaw Silky skills and a great sense for the goals. Smarty is a clever link player across the wing, constantly getting involved for his team 6 Callam Walters A disciplined footballer who consistently beats bigger opponents Suppas loves getting involved in the contested footy. Great work rate and endurance 7 Oscar Dowd The Cowboy. An injury interupted season, but gives his all when he is on the park 8 Lachlan Fox A great athlete who can play forward and provide support in the ruck Maxie is just a competitiveness beast. Teammates love being on the end of his raking left foot Schasy is powerful impact player, able to constantly burst away from stoppages Wilbur is a polished left footer, who can be dangerous down forward Alex will wear his opponent tightly and is a contender for the iron fist award down back 9 Nicholas Watson-Munro Combines pace with hardness over the ball. Continues to play his best football. Robbo is at his best when launching at pack marks, and we don’t mind him lining up from 40m+ 10 Isaac Morrisby A key forward who provides a target. A recognised big game player Coggers is quick with his hands and feet and will always find a teammate 11 Jack Higgins A complete footballer who wins his own ball and provides run all day 12 Bailey Smith Has quickly become a crownd favourite with his hardness at the ball and creativity J-Mac is a great reader of the play and is prepared to put his body on the line in filling the holes 13 Alexander Lowe Pinga is a great reader of the play, and will runoff his opponent in straight lines for his team 14 Damien Riska A quick and smart backman who provides pace to the back six Alby is Mr Reliable down back usually takes the big forwards. Provides great run out of defence 19 Trent Shannon Versatile player who has been consistent all year. Has really stepped up 20 Daniel Iozzi Started the year with a bang, an accurate kick capable of kicking long goals Sebosh inspires his teamates with not only skills, but his work rate and tackling pressure 21 Jake Wilson A tap ruck man who brings athleticism and endurance to the on ball division Walks brings to his team an X-factor. Able to break the lines with his atheletic run and carry 22 Finn Healy Alfie is poised, skilled, and a great thinker of the game. Seems to have that extra element of time 23 Max Tarraran The prototypal backman who like Alex Rance can hurt oppositions with run from defence 24 Josh Murray A smart half back not afraid to run of his opponent and set up team mates 25 Ethan Phillips Has stood tall across half back all year. Capable of controlling half back with strong marking Ragdog will engage in the contested footy and is a ball magnet when it comes to clearances 26 Angus Styles His pace and delivery across the half back line is a crucial for team balance Chicks brings an infectious energy to his team, through his speed, pressure and courage 27 Oscar Bennett Hard and skillful. Capable of taking an opposition tall while creating with his own run. 28 Lachlan Height A bigbodied midfielder in the Nat Fyfe mould 30 Lachlan Fish Will do a job for the team. A great addition to the Blues back 6 32 Harry Baxter Has the aerobic capacity to run with opposition midfielders and shut them down Finny has the silky skills, whose unselfish play constantly brings his teamates into the play Larkers not only wears his opponent like a glove, but will run off for his teams advantage Hynsie is like a bull terrier with his attack on the footy and pressure on the opposition Nardeilidio's run, carry and long kicking leads the "metres to advantage" stats for his team Dodds is a just a work horse in the ruckman role and is prepared to do his job for his team Flocs is our General down back. Loves to break the packs opens coming out of defence JK is a fine athelete with great hands whether marking or tapping the ball to his midfielders Hurdy will match up on the big forwards, and just always seems to handle the ball cleanly Mango is like a thoroughbred the way he moves across the ground and a great user of the ball Crispy is Mr Versatile able to play any role for his team, but we like him up forward Shlew provides a massive presence down the spine, whether taking clutch marks or hitting the packs hard 48 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS Has provided great drive off half back in his few outings for the year A strong marking forward. The hard tracks over the September finals will suit his style of game 49 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS GOALS BEHINDS SOUTH METRO JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU MCDONALD’S UNDER 16 DIVISION 2 MCDONALD’S UNDER 16 DIVISION 2 SOUTH MELBOURNE DISTRICTS JFC EAST BRIGHTON VAMPIRES JFC WHITE WITH RED V RED WITH WHITE V *TEAM LISTS NOT SUBMITTED, NAMES TAKEN FROM FOXSPORTSPULSE* No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 24 27 30 31 32 33 34 35 37 40 Coach Brett Patrikeos Coach Will Marshall Assistant Coach Tom Murrihy Assistant Coach Andrew English Team Manager Elaine Stewart Team Manager Ross Gregory Runner - Runner Captain Harry Gustin Captain Vice Captain Max Capp Vice Captain PLAYER COMMENTS Malachy A-Brown Joe Koz William Middleton Julian Musco Athan Stamatelatos Matthew March Tom Murphy Max Capp Jack Bailey Harrison Murrihy Hamish Tudhope Lachlan Armstrong Max Farrell Nathan Nardella Josh Palmer Alex Scott Zephyr Howson Ryan Strauch Harry Gustin Jamie Brooker Louis Gleeson Ellis Niall Oliver Marks Josh Mazzeo Joe O'Connell Tim Rzeniowiecki Charlie Thompson Osman Soylemez Blaise Bajram Vincent Waddington Skilful flanker with great ability to read the play Versatile small player who can play at either end of the ground In & under small who inspires his teammates with his courage Hard at it with good hands and great courage Nuggety defender who takes the game on with his fast pace Skilful player who gets in and under and uses the ball beautifully Solid midfielder and goal kicking forward with great marking skills Highly skilled contested ball winner and dangerous forward Damaging forward who is very good one on one Hard working backman who very rarely gets beaten in a contest Great competitor, strong overhead backman who provides great run Solid mid/defender who is a fearless contested ball winner Skillful pacy onballer/ fwd who provides great run and carry Close marking defender/mid with great disposal Hard at it utility who can play fwd or back Running defender/wing who has a penetrating kick Tough, talented onballer/fwd who is a damaging goal kicker Hard working utility who uses the ball well Prolific ball winner and team orientated pacy mid fielder Hard working and mobile tall who always gives 100% Talented mid/flanker with great skills and smarts Beautiful kicking utility who can play fwd or back Strong competitor who has very good hands Dashing flanker / mid who wins the hard ball Talented tall who competes strongly and is a damaging forward Hard at it defender who can break open packs Injury interrupted season but a highly talented big man Athletic tall with a great leap and beautiful kick Skilful forward who has a great pair of hands and long kick Tough defender who competes fiercely and is rarely beaten 50 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS GOALS BEHINDS No. PLAYER COMMENTS Lachlan Barber Sam Cameron Lachlan Campbell Benjamin Carvalho Oscar Cramp Daniel Dowling Finn English Jon Epifanidis Liam Farrell Benjamin Gierlach Jordan Gregory Samuel Hall-Kahan Bede Harry Oliver Hurley Jordan Johnston William Larke Diellon Lihari Liam Maher Will Manuell Jayce Morgan Sam Pirola Thomas Pirola Steven Raymer Jesper Robinson Sam Sofronidis Joe Squires Angus Stucki Declan Treagear-Ragg Jonathon Woodward 51 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS GOALS BEHINDS No. 1 SOUTH METRO JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU MCDONALD’S UNDER 16 DIVISION 3 MCDONALD’S UNDER 16 DIVISION 3 AJAX JFC WAVERLEY PARK HAWKS JFC RED, WHITE AND BLACK BROWN AND GOLD Coach Oliver Hoffman Coach Carmelo D'Angelo Assistant Coach Ben Sher Assistant Coach - Team Manager Tony Beaconsfield Team Manager Stacie Morgan Runner Jayden Yarrow Runner Mitchell D'Angelo Captains Ari Syber, Brody Velleman & Matthew Beaconsfield Captain Bradley Kreidl Vice Captain - Vice Captain Jackson D'angelo PLAYER COMMENTS Matthew Beaconsfield Beaco GOALS BEHINDS No. 3 PLAYER COMMENTS Riley Payne 2 Nick Herskope 7 Matt Jago 3 Campbell Hymans 8 Brandon Sturzaker 10 Jamel Tighello 11 James Long 5 Blake Kagan Kages 6 Ethan Nissenbaum Nissa 7 Yosef Benahamou 8 Matthew Lincoln 9 Benna 14 Tom Webb 15 Taine Barlow Dean Spilkin Deano 18 Jack Gallagher 10 Michael Lazar Mikey 19 Jonathan Kyriakoullakis 11 Tomer Opat 22 Hamish Thompson 12 Amit Morsky 13 Brody Velleman Vella 14 Yishai Elaluf Yisha 16 Jeremy Bassat Bass 17 Coby Shnider 20 Noa Shenker 21 Deon Jacks 22 Jack Fraid 23 Ari Syber 24 Noah Rosham Rosh 25 Jake Liberman Liber 27 Ryan Marks 28 Roni Holloway 30 Jordan Meltzer Mittens Shenks Fraidy Plugga Jordy 52 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS 23 William Ryan 24 Bradley Kreidl 25 Jorge-Paul Kanavos 26 Christopher Frencken 27 Cameron Rowley 28 Jackson D'Angelo 30 Corey Janecic 31 Adrian Vargiu 35 James Wanders 38 Bradie Morgan 39 Phillip Illic 43 Shanon Sanntura 47 Lochlan Martin 50 Alec Mulqueeney 51 Jack Peacock 53 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS GOALS BEHINDS D IVISION 1 D IV ISION 2 D I V ISIO N 3 SOUTH METRO JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU UNDER 17 LADDERS GRAND FINAL PREVIEW # Team 1 P W L D B FF FA For Agst % % Won St Peters FC Under 17 Div 1 15 12 3 0 0 0 0 1361 725 187.72 80 2 Mordialloc Braeside JFC 15 12 3 0 0 1 0 1238 698 177.36 80 3 Ormond JFC 15 10 4 1 0 1 0 1012 725 139.59 70 4 St Bedes/Mentone Tigers U17Red 15 8 6 1 0 0 0 996 788 126.4 56.67 5 South Melbourne Districts U17 15 8 7 0 0 0 0 1054 835 126.23 53.33 6 Ajax U17 11 4 7 0 0 0 1 576 972 59.26 36.36 7 East Sandringham/Hampton 15 4 11 0 0 0 0 720 1171 61.49 26.67 8 Murrumbeena JFC U17 15 1 14 0 0 0 1 784 1387 56.52 6.67 # Team P W L D B FF FA For Agst % % Won MCDONALD’S U17 DIV 3 1 Beaumaris FC (Sharks) 11 9 2 0 0 0 0 874 707 123.62 81.82 2 St Paul's McKinnon JFC 15 10 5 0 0 0 0 1190 900 132.22 66.67 3 Waverley Park Hawks U17 15 10 5 0 0 1 0 1017 923 110.18 66.67 4 St Peters FC Under 17 Div 2 11 4 7 0 0 0 0 668 775 86.19 36.36 The St Bedes Mentone team impressed one and all after their win against the top-side Caulfield Bears in the semi-final. The third placed Knights also are on track for success after their equally impressive matches against Ormond and then the Bears to make the final. With second and third facing off, it’s set to be a good one. 5 Cheltenham JFC - U17 11 2 9 0 0 0 0 510 800 63.75 18.18 6 Highett U17 Div 2 15 2 13 0 0 0 1 864 1279 67.55 13.33 # Team P W L D B FF FA For Agst % % Won 1 Caulfield Bears U17 15 12 3 0 0 1 0 1225 978 125.26 80 2 St Bedes/Mentone Tigers U17Blue 15 10 5 0 0 0 0 1253 744 168.41 66.67 3 East Malvern Blue 15 9 6 0 0 0 0 1249 702 177.92 60 4 Ormond JFC 15 5 10 0 0 0 0 973 941 103.4 33.33 5 Oakleigh U17 15 5 10 0 0 0 0 981 1160 84.57 33.33 6 Highett U17 Div 3 15 0 15 0 0 0 1 285 2106 13.53 0 54 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS MCDONALD’S U17 DIV 1 With only percentage between them, St Peters and Mordialloc-Braeside have had some tough battles. The Mustangs couldn’t match St Peters in the first semi-final, only to have a narrow win in their preliminary final against Ormond. Mordialloc need to be bringing the heat. MCDONALD’S U17 DIV 2 The Sharks are a force to be reckoned with. A string of goal kickers and a dominant pace should be giving St Paul’s something to think about. But after St Paul’s impressive preliminary win over the Waverley Park Hawks, Beaumaris might have some thinking of their own to do. 55 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS No. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 14 15 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 27 29 32 33 35 36 37 42 SOUTH METRO JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU MCDONALD’S UNDER 17 DIVISION 1 MCDONALD’S UNDER 17 DIVISION 1 ST PETERS JFC MORDIALLOC-BRAESIDE JFC BLACK, GREEN, RED RED AND WHITE Coach Peter Clements Coach Matt McLennan Assistant Coach Jim Derzekos Assistant Coach Neil Jenkins Team Managers Mark Dance & Sam Watkins Team Managers Caz Jenkins and Greg Shea Runner Thomas Bruce Runner Dan Agostino Captain Ben Dance Captain Conor Larkin Vice Captains James Sziller / Alex Derzekos Vice Captains Tom Jenkins/Jack Love/Yves Gamble-Hopkins PLAYER COMMENTS Steve Mylonakis Kye Beveridge Ben Dance Cam Polson Jake Hibbert James Sziller Jarryd Cox Tate Short Jesse Godino Liam McCabe Corey Lyons Tom Deftereos Jack Sanders Kaine Johnson Harry Bowen Dino Karamoshos Alex Derzekos Michael Jakes Justin Frappier Harry Wardlaw Zac Hawker Matthew Kovac Will Taylor Jarrod Munday Bayley Kay-Glover Jacob Garufi-Miles Jesse Smith Jordon Pastura 56 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS GOALS BEHINDS No. 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 33 PLAYER COMMENTS Bradley Shea Jarrod Peake Tom Jenkins Ash Dickison Mackenzie Palmer Luke Gherini Jack Love Joel Green Ryan Jones Jack Laidlaw William McNeil Zach Fatouros Jacob Agostino Yves Hopkins-Gamble Zac Straker Dan Stewart Luke Forbes Keir Steegstra Andy Silva Conor Larkin Billy McGregor Ben Lawrence Kevin Balfe Nam Nguyen Jaye Edmunds Kieran Sadler Hayden Evans James Clark Leigh Patten Hard courageous defender High leaping forward/ruckman Great vision, play maker Clean polished left footer Hard running tall utility Clever skilful defender Fearless, ferocious jet Silky skilled left footer Speedy smart forward Clerance king, competitive Cunning forward Physical, hardworking forward Tough, courageous wingman Versatile, contested ball winner Tall, rebounding defender Tall, speedy line breaker Competitive match winner Courageous mid fielder Mercurial goal scoring beast Captain, sandy dragons rep Strong marking, smary forward Unpredicatable rampaging forward Reliable key defender Elusive goal sneak Ball magnet, gun Clever, talented goal sneak Hard running defender Dedicated, determined, honest Ruck/forward, work horse 57 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS GOALS BEHINDS No. 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 34 46 SOUTH METRO JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU MCDONALD’S UNDER 17 DIVISION 2 MCDONALD’S UNDER 17 DIVISION 2 BEAUMARIS JFC ST PAULS MCKINNON JFC BLUE AND YELLOW ROYAL BLUE, RED & YELLOW SHARKS BRENDAN NOBLES FURNITURE RESTORATION U17S Coach Brendon Moore Coach Wayne Herbstreit Assistant Coach John Burke Assistant Coach Glen Clarke Team Manager Jane Lapa/darren Trew Team Manager Bruce Eckersall Runner Darren Edwards Runner Darryl Strudwick Captain - Captains Saxon Van Oursouw/Daniel Thorson Vice Captain - Vice Captain - PLAYER COMMENTS Keenan Marrier D'Unienville Campbell Moore Hayden Bruce Sam Algeri Samuel Burke Harry Edwards Oliver Brennan Benjamin Matthews Matthew Hennig James Davidson Trent Jones James Miller Steve Kilage Josh Trew Matthew Grigoriou Will Avery Thomas Lapa Jack Crane Sam Lucas Josh Tindall Andrew McDonald Ned Couper-Johnson James Diamond Adrian Hamilton James Humphreys Luke Meo Xavier Green Austin Stanley Anthony Tamborriello 58 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS GOALS BEHINDS No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 14 18 19 21 22 23 24 26 27 31 32 34 36 38 43 PLAYER COMMENTS Ash Becker Samuel Mouzakis Dylan Bone Daniel Ewart Craig Little Ben Burke Adam Clayton Patrick Eckersall Matthew Faragher Tom Strudwick Tom Gamble Saxon Van Oursouw Jack Strangio William Clarke Lachlan Crofts Mitch Hughes George Elliott Sean Herbstreit Karl Abourizk Daniel Thorson Jake Halasz Leo Laucher-Linares Nick Supple Anthony Locandro Liam Head Brad Dolan A.B - Fast running half back. Good player bad haircut Mouza, High leaping wing / half forward Dyl, Classy on baller who loves to kick a goal Sheep, Strong marking key position who plays forward or back Craigos, In only his second year of football has improved all aspects of his game Burkey, Gritty forward - with loyal supporting cast Adds, Lion hearted utility who is undaunted in any position Eckers, Calming influence down back Matty, Racehorse who loves the open spaces Strudda, Gallant Full back who is rarely defeated Gamble, The barometer, when he is hot we generally dominate Sax, Coaches pet who plays where he prefers (Board mans nightmare) Strange, New recruit with impressive skills Clarkie, Great marking ruck and forward Sav, In and under mid fielder who plays without fear Hughesie, Youngest member who has stood out as a leading forward George, Thrived in his new position down back. Great future Herby, Reliable half back who rarely wastes a disposal Abba, Is growing with confidence as a leading ruckman. Pendles, Fleet fo foot defender wins the one on one contests Halasz, Eillusive half forward with a strong pair of hands Leo, Swingman who reads the ball well. Often finding open space. Vice like grip Supple, Fearless onballer who punches above his height Anton, Silky skills like a young Sam Mitchell Headdy, Mr 1% who adds plenty of voice on the field Bradells, Hollywoods next big thing - just ask him 59 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS GOALS BEHINDS No. 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 41 71 SOUTH METRO JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU MCDONALD’S UNDER 17 DIVISION 3 MCDONALD’S UNDER 17 DIVISION 3 ST BEDES MENTONE AFC EAST MALVERN JFC RED, NAVY AND GOLD BLUE, RED AND WHITE TIGERS U17 BLUE KNIGHTS U17 BLUE Coach Shane Heatley Coach Mick Ahearn Assistant Coach Stuart Thatcher Assistant Coach Warren Wheatley Team Manager Trevor Lawrence Team Manager Guy Monkman Runner Paul Bunn Runner John Powell Captain Adam Thatcher Captain Taylor Battistella Vice Captain - Vice Captains Will Ingham, Jame Wainwright, Adam Monkman PLAYER COMMENTS Andrew Di-Giovambattista Luke Savis Will Gallagher Jake Goodchild Samuel Bunn Harrison Lawrence Zachary Poort Adam Thatcher Alex Browne Owen Casey Kevin Sharpe Max Thompson Connor Ladds Luke Whalebone William Sedgewick Corey Burl Jayden Eddy Donato D’Aquino Elliot Vile Samuel Browne Andrew Ioannou Jacob Heatley Sean Randall Lachlan Fuller Aaron Vella Thomas Weston-Arnold Samuel Oke Courtney Wedderburn Quick and slick midfielder who can also play as an attacking back-man Opportunistic forward. Regularly finds himself in the right place at the right time Always manages to sneak under opposition radar to kick important goals Our secret ‘weapon’. Tough, hard running midfielder and fantastic team player Dependable defender who appears to ‘dance around’ opposition players. Deft team efforts and ‘soccer goals’ have been a feature of his games this year Finding more of the ball and more often in dangerous spots for the opposition Fantastic team player who is prepared to sacrifice his game for the team. Forward marking and deft ruck work has been a feature of his games this year Dashing wing man who provides an important link from defence to attack Reads the play beautifully and brings his team mates into the game. Dangerous forward who is hard to stop when he gets some momentum up. Our number one ruckman who can also play very well up forward or down back An inside player who is prepared to put his head over the ball to win the contest Terrific ‘mid’ who can become a dangerous, attacking forward when needed More confidence in himself has seen him become an important ‘cog’ in our defence Handy left footer who continues to improve his marking and tackling pressure Doesn’t matter – in the middle, up forward or down back - is Don is good. Versatility is his trademark. Can be an effective defender or a dangerous forward One of our ruck team and tall forwards who takes important marks in attack Dour back-man who has the ability to shut down opposition forwards Despite questionable parentage, he is a long kicking, strong and reliable defender Tough defender who can often show ‘Stevie J’ like poise and skill under pressure Another of our solid back six who is prepared to attack the ball and run off his ‘man’ Important midfielder whose tackling pressure has set up numerous forward entries Attacking back-man whose poise and skill under pressure has been fantastic Improved confidence and fitness has seen him have more impact in games this year Sleek midfielder who can take ‘clutch’ marks and who can read the play well 60 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS GOALS BEHINDS No. 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 81 89 PLAYER COMMENTS Fraser Hood Riley Allis Jamie Wheatley Ryan Dosseter Will Ingham James Wainwright Oskar Zemdegs Jackson Ronchi Taylor Battistella Harris Maglis Tom Andriske Charlie Glasser Harrison Chalker Chris Busetti Adam Monkman James Fish Frank McCormack Ben Ahearn Zac Mowthorpe Nick Papageorgeiou Liam Melrose Ben Pohl Konrad Debicki Lewis Powell Liam Kelliher Michael Batten Henry Lacy In and under dynamo who is always amongst the action Tough as nails and very displined to his task Ever reliable key position player with great poise Clever goal sneak dangerous around goals Midfielder/forward with great ball winning abilty High leaping forward with great altheltic ability and goal kicking prowess Strong versatile player High leaping mobile ruckman with great tapping skills Captain with great ball winning abilty Very versitile player with the abilty to play at either end of the ground Jumping mobile ruckman/forward Very determined,tenacious defender Tough running defender who attacks the ball with great vigour Very elusive free running defender Versatile player who can kick goals or defend. Determined utility who gets in and under Fast elusive winger/midfeilder with goal kicking abilty Strong key position big man Clever forward / midfielder with great determination Elusive forward who has the abilty to kick the difficult ones Clever Wingman / forward who has speed to burn Tough hardworking defender Ever reliable midfeilder with speed to burn Strong marking forward / ruckman who can kick goals Tough running midfeilder Full forward who uses his body superbly 61 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS GOALS BEHINDS SOUTH METRO JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE WWW.SMJFL.COM.AU A LONG BUT DETERMINED ROAD TO 100 GAMES HIGHETT Football Club Inc. are seeking COACHES for U17 & U19 teams for the 2016 season. We are proud to confirm the reappointments of Sam Hecker [seniors] & Matt Cairns [reserves] coaches. The successful coaches would be required to work with our coaches to develop our players to continue growth through our club. We are a family club with juniors [female & male], seniors, 2 ladies netball teams & boast a large basketball membership [female & male]. Successful applicants would be required to have current coaching accreditation or attain in 2016. Applications or additional details to be forwarded to the Highett FC Secretary by 9th October 2015. Les Gobbett at Email: [email protected] or Phone: 03 9546 5595 Lachlan ‘Lachie’ Barber has reached his 100 games, running out in his team’s semi-final victory against East Malvern. Along with his teammates Harry Bede, Sam Cameron, Steve Raymer, Jordan Gregory, Dan Dowling and Angus Stucki, he’ll be running through the banner to celebrate a tremendous effort for the three boys in their junior football. As his U16 Div 2 East Brighton Vampire side faces off against the East Malvern Knights, it’ll be a great end to a long journey for the sport-loving Lachie, who’s faced more than his fair share of setbacks. But as his parents say, he’s never asked: ‘Why me?’ On November 11, 2008 Lachie, who had been feeling tired and wasn’t beating a frustrating cold, didn’t want to go to school. His Mum, Michelle, decided to take Lachie to the doctor and get a blood test. “That night we were in the cancer ward,” Michelle said. “Lachie was diagnosed with ALL (Acute lymphoblastic leukemia) and with that kind of leukemia it’s one of the most common childhood leukemia’s, it’s one of the easier leukemia’s to treat but it also has the highest likelihood of relapse.” But right from the beginning, the football community has been around him and is ready to watch and cheer him as he runs though his banner. “The club was a rock of support during those tough first few weeks, everyone knew each other at the club so when the news broke out it became a common discussion,” Lachie said. “… Before my family and I knew it we were overwhelmed with support from close friends, coaches and complete strangers.” After missing the season after his diagnosis, Lachie was eager to get back out on the field for the next season. “I’d just completed a huge chemo cycle and had been out of action for a very long time,” Lachie recalled. “I woke this one Sunday feeling pretty ambitious and told Dad that I was going to play, to my surprise he smiled and said: ‘Good, I’ll be waiting in the car’. “We got to the ‘hallowed turf’ (Toorak park) our home ground and I couldn’t wait to get into the change rooms and see the boys. “I had bald hair and looked like I hadn’t had a decent feed in years but that didn’t bother me, all I cared about was getting a goal to my name. “Sure enough about 10 minutes into the first quarter I was pushed in the back and received a free kick directly in front, I stepped back took a deep breath and kicked the first goal of the game, the crowd went wild and I think the whole team came and got around me”. “I think I subbed myself off after that because I was already spent, nevertheless it was still the best moment.” After his diagnosis, Lachie came back to play throughout the rest of his treatment. While taking oral chemotherapy tablets and receiving intravenous chemotherapy every month, he was still playing footy. While kicking goals and taking the big grabs used to be his favourite part, he’s now looking at footy from a 62 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS different approach. “Nowadays I tend to cherish the simpler things like running out on the field and having a real crack with the mates after a hard week of school,” Lachie said. “Football is an escape from the busy life a normal year 10 has to deal with like choosing V.C.E subjects and completing a never-ending supply of homework and that’s why I love it. His family has had to jump the hurdles of Lachie’s cancer together, with a younger brother, Ash, who didn’t understand what was happening, to the family dealing with business ventures. “We also just signed off on a lease for a new business, to a new Volvo dealership in 2008… Global Financial Crisis, new business and a sick child,” Lachie’s Dad, Rob said. “We had a fair bit on our plates.” However his parents say he’s pushed through everything been thrown at him with aplomb, and Lachie says his positive attitude has been the best way he’s moved forward. “It took a while for me to get my head around it all, and to this day I find it hard to talk about. “We have been brought up to believe that only bad things only happen to bad people and you hear stories on the news and have relatives that have faced life threatening challenges but you never in your own mind believe that one day that person could be you and it’s a real eye opener. “There were times early on when I would ask myself: ‘Am I going to die?’ “I felt that would only worsen the matter and I identified that my weakness was my mental toughness. “It was bringing me down more than the cancer was so I decided that from then on I only think positive and try and live the most normal life I could possible.” December to January this year is the five-year post treatment mark where he will be full remission from his Leukemia. With his 100 games under his belt and the final two years of high school coming up, there’s plenty for Lachie and his family to celebrate. However Lachie gave this bit of advice to any young players wanting to bounce back from any illness, setback or are just having a hard time: “The key is to be positive. In regards to coming back from your downfall, there’s nothing worse than selling yourself short. “Don’t let people tell you that: ‘It’s OK we understand why you’re not playing well, you have been out of the game a while, you don’t have give it your all’. “The thing that drove me to keep playing as soon as possible was to make people believe that nothing was wrong, I was normal and I didn’t need the sympathy label on my shoulder. “To anyone who has been touched by something that has set them back from what they love doing I hope this gave you strength and hope.” 63 | IT’S ABOUT THE KIDS SMJFL Preferred Partner & proud sponsor of the JDL Strategies & MONJON SMJFL GRAND FINALS No matter which team you play in, JDL Strategies is your financial COACH FOR LIFE To earn sponsorship dollars for your club speak to Graham Crockett today – SMJFL Client Manager – M: 0409 014 982 E: [email protected] W: www.jdlstrategies.com.au/GrahamCrockett/ Thank you to our 2015 partners