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

Lara v North Shore

At the request of the officiating umpire, the MRP reviewed an incident in the 2^nd quarter of the Lara v North Shore Senior match 13/5/2023 that involved #4 Lara Matt Spence and #39 North Shore Joseph Salmon.

They deemed that the actions of Salmon were clumsy and potentially warranted a 50 metre penalty, but was not reportable. No charge was laid.

Geelong Amateur v Drysdale

1. At the request of the officiating umpire, the MRP reviewed an incident in the 2^nd quarter of the Geelong Amateur v Drysdale Senior match 13/5/2023 that involved a potential dangerous tackle by #64 Drysdale Jye Hawkins on an unknown Geelong Amateur Player.

They deemed that the tackle was not reportable. No charge was laid.

2. At the request of the officiating umpire, the MRP reviewed an incident in the 2^nd quarter of the Geelong Amateur v Drysdale Senior match 13/5/2023 that involved a potential dangerous tackle by #43 Geelong Amateur William Page on #35 Drysdale George Christofi.

They deemed that the tackle was dangerous and reportable as engaging in rough conduct.

They classified it as: Careless conduct – High Impact – Contact was high with the head hitting the ground.

The player has rejected the early guilty plea of a 2 match penalty and has requested the charge be heard at tribunal.

The hearing will be held 7.00pm Wednesday 17^th May.

Newtown & Chilwell v Leopold

1. At the request of the officiating umpire, the MRP reviewed an incident in the 1^st quarter of the Newtown & Chilwell v Leopold Senior match 13/5/2023 that involved a potential dangerous tackle by #44 Newtown & Chilwell Connor Fopiani on #3 Leopold Marcus Thompson.

They deemed that the tackle was not reportable. No charge was laid.

2. At the request of Leopold FNC, the MRP reviewed an incident in the 4^th quarter of the Newtown & Chilwell v Leopold Senior match 13/5/2023 that involved:

• A  potential strike by #32 Newtown & Chilwell Luke Maddock on #18 Leopold Connor Giddings.

They deemed that player Maddock struck player Giddings to the midriff and have reported him for striking.

They classified it as: Intentional conduct – Low Impact – Contact was to the body.

• They also viewed a follow-up incident whereby the deemed player Maddock kneed player Giddings whilst he was injured from the strike.

They have reported Maddock for “Making Unreasonable or Unnecessary contact with an injured player”

The combined Base sanction for the two offences is 2 matches. The player has entered an early guilty plea and will serve a 1 match suspension.

North Geelong v Inverleigh

At the request of the officiating umpire, the MRP reviewed an incident in the 1^st quarter of the North Geelong v Inverleigh Senior match 13/5/2023 that involved potential rough conduct in a ruck contest by #42 North Geelong Thomas Davis on #20 Inverleigh Jake Crawley.

They deemed that the actions of player Davis were reportable as engaging in rough conduct.

They classified it as: Careless conduct – Medium Impact – Contact to the body.

The Base sanction for this offence is 1 match. The player has entered an early guilty plea and will receive a reprimand in this instance.

Torquay v Portarlington Senior match Saturday 13^th May

The Notice of Report issued on the day by the field umpire against #10 Torquay Billy Henderson for rough conduct on #21 Portarlington Matthew Fromholtz in the 1^st quarter has been assessed by the MRP and based on the vision provided have recommended the charge be withdrawn.

The AFL Barwon All-Abilities League played their inaugural match on the 29th April 2023. Players from 4 teams battled it out at GMHBA Stadium at Kardinia Park. Among these players was Newcomb Power’s Nick English, who sent us a diary that was written in the lead up to this exciting debut game. 

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Nick has not stopped talking about playing since October last year when Scott Smith invited him to join the team, he loves to train with his team mates. 

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Last week Nick attended the Newcomb game against Queenscliff. He was lucky enough to warm up with the senior team alongside his favourite player Ollie Marshall. Nick ran out with the team with a smile from ear to ear.  

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On Sunday Nick saw the Saints have a good win against Carlton, but this didn't take his focus off the big game under the lights at Kardina Park. 

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On Tuesday Nick had got his mouth guard and is now set for the weekend. 

Resting up before the school term starting on Wednesday, Nick messaged all his friends and family asking them to come along to watch. 

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There was a little scare for Nick on Wednesday when he hurt his little finger playing footy at school. After icing it all night he was good to go before the last training session on Thursday. 

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Nick had a smile from ear to ear at training, and afterwards was presented with his playing jumper from the Geelong Cats players along with the rest of the team. 

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On Friday Nick went to the Saints v Port Adelaide game with with his Mum, Pa and cousin Tess. Although the Saints lost, Nick was still only focused on the big game. 

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It’s now game day and Nick is relaxing at home getting ready to run out for Newcomb Power later that evening. 

He was ready to go at 12 noon.

Volunteers are the backbone of community clubs across Australia, with around 100,000 volunteers involved in local footy in Victoria alone.

AFL Victoria and WorkSafe Victoria will continue to recognise nominees throughout Season 2023, with all country club volunteers recognised for the WorkSafe AFL Victoria Country Volunteer of the Year award also in the running for the Victorian and Australia-wide prize as part of the Toyota AFL National Volunteer Awards, which were launched this week.

The annual national awards recognise volunteers across Australia who have made outstanding contributions to community football. All NAB AFL Auskick centres, schools, community clubs and leagues in each state and territory are invited to participate, with more than 1000 nominations received nationally in 2022.

To nominate your club’s star volunteer, CLICK HERE

HELP get your community footy club off to a flyer this season by raising funds with the 2023 Toyota Good For Footy Raffle.

There's a $250,000 prize pool on offer again this year, with 35 prizes including three Toyota vehicles: a Toyota Kluger Hybrid, Toyota Corolla Cross and Toyota Yaris Cross Hybrid. Tickets are just $5

In 2022, the raffle helped 629 clubs raise a combined total of more than $1 million, taking the amount raised for grassroots clubs across the eight years of the Toyota Good For Footy Raffle to more than $9 million.

REGISTER NOW Get involved in the 2023 Toyota Good For Footy Raffle

The launch of the 2023 raffle coincides with the 2023 Toyota Good For Footy Round in round seven of the Toyota AFL Premiership season.

Several AFL stars will visit local clubs to give them a boost for the footy season, including

Brodie Smith and Rory Laird (Henley Sharks FC, SA), Toby Greene (St George Dragons, NSW), Alex Pearce (Kingsley Junior FC, WA) and Jack Sinclair (Kew Comets FC, Vic). These clubs will also receive a $2000 donation from Toyota and 10 tickets to an AFL match during Good for Footy Round. 

The best part? Fundraising is free and easy! 100 per cent of the raffle proceeds go to the clubs. It costs nothing for your club to get involved, and a range of promotional material is available to help boost your ticket sales. 

The 2023 Toyota Good For Footy Raffle will run until September 18 this year, with the raffle drawn on September 22 and the winners notified by September 27.  

Clubs have used funds from the raffle to buy new equipment and guernseys, hire coaching staff and even upgrade their facilities and grounds. 

For more information on the Toyota Good For Footy Raffle and to get your club involved, go to https://toyotagoodforfooty.raffletix.com.au/.