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AFL Barwon Stars to Shine Bright in the 2023 V/Line Cup

We are thrilled to extend our congratulations to the exceptional young talents from the AFL Barwon region who have earned their spot on the V/Line Cup squad for the upcoming 2023 carnival in Shepparton!  This is a tremendous achievement, and their hard work and dedication have truly paid off.

The V/Line Cup, an annual showcase of emerging football talent, promises to be an exciting event this year, with our own Barwon representatives taking the stage on September 25th and 26th. The two action-packed days will feature games against formidable opponents, making it a fantastic opportunity for these young players to test their skills and leave a lasting impression.

On Monday, September 25th, our AFL Barwon stars will face off against the formidable Gippsland team. This game is sure to be a thrilling contest, and our players are well-prepared to demonstrate their prowess on the field. Then, on Tuesday, September 26th, they will go head-to-head against the South East squad, showcasing their determination and passion for the game.

The V/Line Cup is not only a platform for players to exhibit their football talents but also a chance to develop and grow as players.

Stay tuned for updates on our AFL Barwon social media platforms across the week.

 

Under 15 Boy's Division 1 Squad

Noah Williams (Bell Park)

Henry Miller (Geelong Amateur)

Archer Chamberlain (St Josephs)

Darcy Harrington (Ocean Grove)

Dan Shaw (Barwon Heads)

Ned Badrock (Ocean Grove)

Bohdi Hateley (Ocean Grove)

Jack Thomson (Ocean Grove)

Jake Findlay (Anglesea)

Fletcher Pulleine (Lara)

Alex Baulch (Torquay)

Tom Teague (Ocean Grove)

John Fitzgerald (Geelong Amateur)

Charlie Hanegraaf (Geelong Amateur)

Jack Pickett (Torquay)

Josh Thompson (Torquay)

Charlie Whitehead (Barwon Heads)

Fletcher Harty (Irrewarra-Beeac)

Riley McLeod (St Josephs)

Max Chambers (Lara)

Reuben Long (Newtown & Chilwell)

Charlie Gray (Torquay)

 

Coaches

Head Coach: Hamish Easton

Assistant Coaches: Scott Lindsay, Paul Hood, Dean Goodear

 

Under 15 Boy's Division 2 Squad

Archer Warrick (St Josephs)

Lukas Young (Grovedale)

Baxter Golding (St Marys)

Kye Perrett (South Barwon)

Jonathon Punchard (Ocean Grove)

Bodhi Black (Geelong West Giants)

Fletcher Bent (St Marys)

Max Sleep (St Marys)

Sage Losinno (Geelong West Giants)

Oliver Cincotta (Barwon Heads)

Joel Bartley (Barwon Heads)

Xavier Collins (Torquay)

Blake Middleton (Irrewarra-Beeac)

Ashton Middleton (Irrewarra-Beeac)

William Nicholls (Bell Park)

Dan Bilinski (Inverleigh)

Lachlan Blacket (Barwon Heads)

Hamish Darroch (Birregurra)

Tamar Holt (Apollo Bay)

William Hibble (St Josephs)

Heath Langley (Bannockburn)

Oscar Kattwinkel (Geelong Amateur)

 

Coaches

Head Coach: James O’Connor

Assistant Coaches: Luke Parsons, Dave McNeel, Adam Vaughan

 

Under 15 Girl's Division 1 Squad

Ahlia McDonald (Bannockburn)

Amy Litaize (Torquay)

Ashley Richie (St Josephs)

Ava Bilyk (St Marys)

Charlee Morrow (Lara)

Claudia Collins (Barwon Heads)

Crystal Kelly (Leopold)

Emie Dowling-Button (Portarlington)

Esme Conlan (St Marys)

Evie Albones (Torquay)

Evie Perez (Drysdale)

Francesca Burleigh (South Barwon)

Grace Carroll (Geelong Amateur)

Greea McKeegan (Torquay)

Jayde Morrissy (Newtown & Chilwell)

Jayme Lasky (Lara)

Kiarni Low (Bell Park)

Kiya Conor (Geelong West)

Lua Payne (St Marys)

Meyah Fursland (St Josephs)

Milla Wall (Torquay)

Shae Conor (Geelong West)

Sophie Nolan (South Barwon)

Teliah Tkaczuk (St Josephs)

 

Coaches

Head Coach: Ava McKeegan

Assistant Coaches: Sachi Degiacomi, Charlotte Simpson

Female Football, Juniors

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Match Review Panel Findings - September 13

AFL Barwon advises the Match Review of the weekends games has been completed with the following findings.

Match  Grade Name Club Charge Penalty
Torquay v Drysdale Seniors Edward McCoy Torquay Unreasonable contact with an umpire Reprimand
Colac Imperials v Irrewarra-Beeac Seniors Steven Cass Colac Imperials Striking Reprimand
Torquay v Drysdale Seniors Lucas Anderson Torquay No charge  
Torquay v Drysdale Seniors Lucas Anderson Torquay No charge  

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Flanigan and Bowers take home CDFNL top awards

Irrewarra-Beeac star Tyler Flanigan was crowned the 2023 Mahoney Medallist at last night's vote counts at the Colac RSL. Flanigan ran away with the count winning by 5 votes over Colac Imperials Campbell Tanis with Imps Campbell Scott and Otway Districts Sam Mulgrew finishing a vote behind in third.

Scott was recognised for his outstanding season winning the Max Gray Memorial Award for the best Under 21 player.

The Val Russell Medal count was convincingly taken out by Alvie's Ruby Bowers 9 votes clear of Irrewarra-Beeac's Grace Garner.

Bowers polled 35 votes out of a possible 54 in a dominant season for Alvie who take on Irrewarra-Beeac in this weekend’s Grand Final.

The Emma McVilly Award was awarded to Leah Perkins from Colac Imperials.

The full leaderboards can be found below.

 

Football 

CDFNL Colac RSL Seniors

Best and Fairest - Tyler Flanigan (Irrewarra-Beeac)             

Runner Up - Campbell Tanis (Colac Imperials)

Leading Goal Kicker - Dominic Dare (Alvie) - 113 Goals

Full Leaderboard

                

CDFNL Colac RSL Reserves

Best and Fairest - Harvey Martin (Lorne)

Best and Fairest - Mitchell Williamson (Alvie)      

Runner Up  - Corey Ferrari (Otway Districts)        

Leading Goal Kicker - Christian Kelly (Birregurra) - 83 Goals

Full Leaderboard

 

Special Awards

Under 21 Max Gray Memorial Player - Campbell Scott (Colac Imperials)            

Club Champion - Irrewarra-Beeac                         

 

Netball

A Grade

Best & Fairest - Ruby Bowers (Alvie)       

Runner Up Best & Fairest - Grace Garner (Irrewarra-Beeac) 

Full Leaderboard

                                    

B Grade                          

Best & Fairest - Jamika Hickey (South Colac)        

Best & Fairest - Sophie Morrissy (Irrewarra-Beeac)             

Full Leaderboard 

                                        

C Grade                           

Best & Fairest - Genevieve Erskine (South Colac)

Runner Up Best & Fairest - Jorja Parker (South Colac)             

Runner Up Best & Fairest - Olivia Theodore (Irrewarra-Beeac) 

Full Leaderboard 

                                        

D Grade

Best & Fairest - Rachael Baker (South Colac)       

Runner Up Best & Fairest - Georgia Arndell (Simpson)         

Full Leaderboard

                                        

Special Awards               

Emma McVilly Award - Leah Perkins (Colac Imperials)           

                                        

Team of the Year                                       

Hayley Foster (Alvie)                   

Jessica Croker (Lorne)                 

Hannah Keane (Lorne)                

Ava Pierce (South Colac)                           

Ebony Miraglia (Alvie)   

Janelle Monaghan (South Colac)             

Emma Sutherland (Otway Districts)                      

Jeremi Robinson (Irrewarra-Beeac)                       

Ruby Bowers (Alvie)                    

Grace Garner (Irrewarra-Beeac)                             

Coach - Amy Ellis (Colac Imperials)                        

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CDFNL Junior Best and Fairest Night Results

We are thrilled to congratulate all the players who have been crowned as winners at last night's Colac & District FNL Football and Netball Best and Fairest Counts.

The best and fairest awards include votes from all matches with the accumulated votes determining the winner(s) for each division.

The list of winners for competitions and overall leaderboard can be found below.

 

Netball

13 & Under

Best & Fairest - Molly Fish (Western Eagles)

Runner Up Best & Fairest - Luella Hutchinson (Birregurra)

Full Leaderboard

                                                      

15 & Under

Best & Fairest - Georgia Oates (Western Eagles)

Runner Up Best & Fairest - Ruby Hall (Irrewarra-Beeac) 

Full Leaderboard

                                                      

17 & Under

Best & Fairest - Olivia Roberts (Birregurra)

Best & Fairest - Remy Duynhoven (Western Eagles)

Best & Fairest - Zara Walker (Irrewarra-Beeac)

Full Leaderboard

                                                      

Football

Under 14.5

Best & Fairest - Angus Borgia (Western Eagles)

Runner Up Best & Fairest - Blake Middleton (Irrewarra-Beeac)

Leading Goal Kicker - George Vickers (Irrewarra-Beeac) – 62 Goals

Full Leaderboard

                                                      

Under 18                                                    

Best & Fairest - Jack Fish (Western Eagles)

Runner Up Best & Fairest - Riley Westlake (South Colac)

Leading Goal Kicker - Charlie Morrissy (Irrewarra-Beeac) – 79 Goals

Full Leaderboard

                                                      

McDonald's Junior Club Championship - Irrewarra-Beeac

CDFNL

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Liistro wins Tackle Your Feelings Community Champion

Senior Colac Imperials Football Netball Coach Paul Liistro has been selected as the Victorian Winner Tackle Your Feelings Community Champion.

In 2022 Paul was approached to run a Tackle Your Feelings Session for coaches, with a number of COVID interruptions the session was postponed. Paul then approached Leisure Networks at the commencement of the 2023 season to re-engage the conversation in running a session. The session went ahead on Monday April 17 and was attended by 17 football and netball coaches. It was at this session that Paul’s true leadership stood out.

Leisure Networks then approached the club to run a “Player” session. Something again that Paul accepted with arms wide open. The session went ahead on Tuesday August 1st with 31 players in attendance. Again at this session Paul led his players from the front and initiated a number of conversations around mental health that the players embraced and shared their own vulnerabilities.

“The Colac Imperials Football Netball Club have never seen our club so strong off the field. The is solely due to the appointment that was made 4 years ago, Paul Liistro as our Senior Coach. Paul’s strengths are in the way he develops and maintains close relationships from our youngest members of our club to our oldest and he actually cares. Our clubs on field success this year has been due to the care he shows every individual at our club.” Carl Winchcomb – Colac Imperials Football Netball Club President

Paul will be presented with a plaque along with a number of Tackle Your Feelings footballs for winning the state award.

We congratulate Paul on winning the state award and wish him well as he goes up against the other states for the national award and 2 Grand Final tickets.

A further thank you to Leisure Networks and Tackle Your Feelings for their coordination of the program in the Barwon region.

The TYF Community Champion Award are based on the following criteria:

  • Driven engagement with Tackle Your Feelings at club level 
  • Supported the mental health of a person or group of people 
  • Promoted a culture of safety and inclusion 
  • Implemented initiatives to develop mental health infrastructure within the club (eg. Mental health committee) 
  • Shared their own experiences in a safe way to help others 
  • Completed additional mental health education 
  • Led a mental health promotion activity 

CDFNL, Colac Imperials

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