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Brunswick Junior Football Club – AGM Report 2016

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Brunswick Junior Football Club

2016

Annual Report

Respect & Inclusiveness – Striving for Excellence – Family and Community focus – Leadership – Honesty, integrity & openness – With these values the clubs aim to provide a positive learning environment for all

players, parents and supporters.


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Brunswick Junior Football Club

7th ANNUAL REPORT

SEASON 2016

On behalf of the President and Committee, I present for the consideration and

approval of the members, the Annual Report, including the Financial Report, for

the year ended 30 September 2016, of the Brunswick Junior Football Club

Incorporated.

Greg Banova

HON. SECRETARY


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1 Presidents message Season 2016 ......................................................................... 6

2. Grant application AFL Vic lighting Clifton Oval ................................................ 8

3. Growth of memberships & Teams + Team 2017 ............................................... 10

4. One Club values – bringing the different clubs and teams together ................... 12

5. Season 2017 - initiatives and issues to consider (conclusion) ............................ 13

6. AFL Quality Club program ............................................................................... 15

7. Moreland City Council – Advertising policy ..................................................... 16

8. Pavilion and Outdoor Sporting Infrastructure Capital Works Contributions Policy

......................................................................................................................... 17

9. Uniform & Apparel ........................................................................................... 18

10. Sponsorship .................................................................................................... 19

11. Umpires for 2017 and training ........................................................................ 20

12. Communications 2016 .................................................................................... 21

13. Canteen report ................................................................................................ 23

14. B&F awards .................................................................................................... 25

15. Treasurer’s Report .......................................................................................... 27

16. Director Coaching report ................................................................................ 28

16.1 YJFL leagues requirements for Coaches 2016 .......................................... 28

16.2 New coaching staff ................................................................................... 28

16.3 Auskick .................................................................................................... 28

16.4 Girl’s football Initiative – Jessica Del Po .................................................. 29

16.5 Coaching Curriculum ............................................................................... 29

16.6 Clifton Oval storage facilities ................................................................... 29

16.7 AFL Points system ................................................................................... 29

16.8 Training, Ransford Oval, wet season ........................................................ 30


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16.9 Season 2017 ............................................................................................. 31

16.10 Planning for 2017 .............................................................................. 32

16.11 Coaches meetings .............................................................................. 33

16.12 Player development Club development programs, YJFL Inter league,

Victorian School championships ........................................................................... 33

16.12.1 Rookie ME (U13) - Luc Scutella. ................................................... 33

16.12.2 V Squad - Gabriel Banova, Under 13s 2016 ................................... 34

16.12.3 V Squad & YJFL Interleague – (U13) David Marchione ................ 34

16.12.4 Ahmed Saad Diversity Squad - Elijah Dwyer ................................. 35

16.12.5 V SQUAD Romney Markwick Under 14s ...................................... 36

16.12.6 YJFL – Colts Interleague Team – Gus Coverdale ........................... 36

16.12.7 Rookie Me – Jack Ludeman (Colts)................................................ 38

16.12.8 School Sport Victoria – YJFL interleague U15 – Daniel Mott ........ 40

17. Coaches Reports ............................................................................................. 44

17.1 U8 (White) – Matthew Broadbent & Peter Mews ..................................... 44

17.2 U8 (Purple) - Peter Lalor & Jimmy Mastorakos ....................................... 46

17.3 U9 - Joe Sabljak & Adam Fraser .............................................................. 48

17.4 U10’s Purple - Brendan Geary & Duncan Exton ...................................... 50

17.5 U10 White – Brad Bennetts & Christian O’Halloran ................................ 53

17.6 U11 - Anthony McIntosh & Chris Macdonald .......................................... 56

17.7 U12 - Rob Purcell & Jude Allen .............................................................. 59

17.8 U13 - David La Greca & Dom Perrone.................................................... 60

17.9 U14 – Peter Gleeson & Peter Grist ........................................................... 62

17.10 U15 - John Ross & David Jackson ..................................................... 67

17.11 U15 Girls - Tim Purdey & Peter Caldow ........................................... 70


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17.12 Colts - Trevor Ludeman, Ross Coverdale & James Mitchell .............. 72


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1 Presidents message Season 2016

The 2016 season has been an extremely busy and rewarding year for the

Committee with many achievements on and off the field. Whilst the achievements

of the teams and players are discussed in detail later in this report, the

achievements of the Committee and the Club included:

Player - team achievements

Registered players increasing from 202 players in 2015 to 260 players in 2016;

Fielding 12 teams across all YJFL mixed/boys age groups from U8’s to Colts

(U16/17) and an U15 Girls team (from 2015);

Increasing the number of registered girls in our U15 girls team to 20 - a full

team plus a bench;

The U15 Girls team recording their first win in two seasons and playing in their

first finals game;

Selection of a number of players for YJFL representative teams as well as one

player (Daniel Mott) being selected for the State and National team;

Holding the very successful inaugural Girls Footy “Come and Try It” day in

February, hosted by Darebin Falcons (and GWS draftee) Jess Dal Pos; and

Providing coaching support and equipment to Auskick to strengthen the liaison

between BJFC and Auskick.

Facility Improvements

Secured the use of Ransford Oval in Royal Park for Wednesday night trainings

for U14 and U15 as well as for games on Sundays;

Designed, funded and installed the storage box and funded net pole storage

facility at Clifton Park;

Successfully lobbied Moreland Council to install drink fountain (Clifton Park),

fix lid to mains tap safety hazard (Clifton Park) and impose 50km speed

restriction on Victoria Street;


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Conducted a “spring clean” of BJFC and NOBS equipment prior to hand-over

to cricket club;

Actively pursued funding for Clifton Park lights with YJFL, Moreland Council

and AFL Victoria; and

Worked with all other users of Gillon Oval to finalise design of new bathrooms

in change rooms at Gillon Oval (note: these were funded using a grant obtained

by BJFC from State Government and Council). The bathroom renovation was

successfully completed after the end of the 2016 season.

Social/Community connections

Developed Club Umpire program which has trained a squad of 7 players (2016)

to umpire at Under 8 to 10 levels;

Provided first aid and trainer qualifications to parent volunteers;

Provided stretching and injury management tutorials to playing groups;

Providing financial assistance to a number of players;

Hosted two successful “pie nights”; and

Hosted a memorable mid-year parent dinner.

Club Management

Continue to provide prudent financial practices (monthly reports, end of year

budgets) with the bank balance growing from $20,250 at the end of 2015 to

$24,519 at the end of 2016 (note some of these funds are designated for

Clifton Lights project);

Secured sponsorships from Rookie Me and continued sponsorships with Nelson

Alexander, Rookie Me, Grand View Hotel, Mouthguard Man and La Manna

Fruit and Veg;

Successfully hosted semi finals at Gillon Oval on behalf of YJFL;

Conduct parent surveys at the end of each playing season to gauge the

satisfaction and performance of the Club from its members;


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Achieved AFL Quality Club criteria; and

In conjunction with the Senior Clubs (Brunswick NOBSPC & Brunswick

Renegades) have developed a “one club” entity with core values which are now

displayed in the Social Club rooms.

2. Grant application AFL Vic lighting Clifton Oval

Given the continued rapid growth of the BJFC, additional grounds for teams to play

and train on are becoming an increasingly urgent priority.

In 2015, the BJFC lobbied Moreland City Council for an additional ground, Clifton

Park which is located on Victoria Street, behind Gillon Oval. Council installed goal

posts, covered the synthetic pitch and surveyed the ground to facilitate the use of this

ground by the BJFC. BJFC was required to install a net behind the Victoria Street

goals to prevent balls from being kicked on the road (cost approximately $5,000) and

provide goal post padding. The surveyed ground meets the size requirements for

junior teams up to Under 11 and as a result, the ground was used by our Under 9 and

Under 10 teams to play some of their games on Sundays.

The continued growth of the club in 2016, combined with the cap on maximum

number of hours Gillon Oval is to be used each week, has created an urgent need for

an additional training ground to accommodate the additional teams and also to act as a

back-up training facility when Gillon Oval becomes too muddy and access is

restricted either voluntarily by the clubs or mandated by Council. To facilitate

training at Clifton Park, lights need to be installed and this is the project which has

been identified as a critical path project by the BJFC.

The BJFC Committee preferred a LED lighting option to the traditional Metal Halide

for a number of reasons:

Whilst more expensive to install, LED lights are much cheaper to run and

would reduce operational costs for the club in the future,

LED lights offer better spill control which will be an important aspect of

keeping the adjacent housing development residents happy


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LED lights have reduced emissions and this should make it a more attractive

option for the Council to support given their energy emission objectives

Since November 2015, I have met with numerous stakeholders to progress this

project, including:

Peter Nicholls (General Manager) and Shaun Dowling (Operations Manager)

of the YJFL to gain their support for the project;

Shayne Ward (Community Development Officer) of AFL Victoria to seek their

support for the project;

Samantha Ratnam (Mayor), Lambros Tapinos (Councillor), Kristen Cherry,

Sedat Sir and Brooke Mezetta from Moreland City Council to seek their

support and understand what type of financial support the Council would be

willing to provide;

The Musco Lighting company to develop the lighting plan for Clifton Park.

The estimated costs of the LED project was in approximately $200,000.

Finding the funds for a project of this size is not easy and requires considerable

funding from either Council or State Government. The two primary options for

funding considered were:

Apply to Council to put the Clifton Lights project forward to the Victorian

State Government for an SRV grant of $100,000 to be matched by $100,000

from Council (funds to be available for the 2018 season), or

Apply to Council for a Capital Works Grant of $40,000 and pursue other

funding from AFL Vic, AFL National and the Gillon Oval tenant clubs for the

remainder.

Given Council would provide no guarantees of putting our project forward to the

State Government (Council assesses all projects put forward by clubs and determines

which ones they will support but with no transparent defined criteria) and the timing

of the grant was two years away, in consultation with AFL Victoria, the BJFC

pursued the Capital Works Grant.


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Council rejected the Capital Works Grant as the project was not deemed to be fully

funded. AFL Victoria has since been promoting the project to more senior Council

employees and they have in principle agreed to discuss a more innovative funding

model outside the formal grant process. In this funding model, AFL Victoria

propose the clubs contribute $30,000 and AFL Vic and Council split the remaining

$170,000 between them. Discussions on this were delayed by the appointment of a

new Recreation Officer but meetings with Council and AFL Vic are scheduled for

the week commencing 24 October, where this project and its funding will continue to

be discussed.

3. Growth of memberships & Teams + Team 2017

The significant growth of the BJFC continued in 2016. The number of players

increased from 202 in 2015 to 260 in 2016. This translated from fielding 9 teams in

2015 to 12 teams in 2016. The final number of registrations for the year was as

follows:

Team Number of registered

players in 2015*

Number of registered

players in 2016

Under 8 n/a 30

Under 9 n/a 20

Under 10 42 40

Under 11 23 26

Under 12 22 24

Under 13 22 23

Under 14 27 27

Under 15 (girls) 16 20

Under 15 25 22

Colts 25 28

Total 202 260


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Notes to table above

In the same team (i.e. for the Under 11 team in 2016 the 2015 comparatives are

for the Under 10)

There were 21 clearances transacted (arriving and leaving the club) for the

2016 season. Of these, 13 have been traded into BJFC and 8 have been traded

out. Five of these players leaving the club have been traded due to families

relocating to new areas.

Under 15 girls: Three over-age exemptions were sought and granted from the

YJFL

Player “churn” in 2016 can be shown by the following:

Team Number of players who

didn’t return in 2016

Number of new players in

2016

Colts 8 12

U15 6 3

U15 girls 7 10

U14 3 2

U13 2 2

U12 2 2

U11 1 4

U10 5 10

U9 3 13

U8 31

Total 37 89


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4. One Club values – bringing the different clubs and teams together

The “one club” dinner was a great night with over 60 representatives from the senior,

junior and women’s teams, no doubt due to the attraction of roast dinner and sticky

date pudding that awaited the audience.

Why “one club”? The background to the establishment of the junior and women’s

teams and how the values were identified was outlined by Trevor Ludeman.

In 2008 the senior team identified the need for a junior pathway to be established and

it wasn’t until 2010 that there were enough players to comprise of the first team, being

an U10, which comprised of 50/50 split of U9’s and U10’s . The year 2010 was also

when the Moreland City Council embarked on the renovation of the outside of the

Gillon Oval surrounds, with the removal of the old scoreboard, reduction in the

earthen mounds which surrounded the oval, construction of a new car park and the

removal of the permitter security fence. The removal of the fence meant that the Club

could no longer host VAFA finals, which had become an important source of revenue.

Another revenue stream was required; fortunately a local “pub competition”

approached the Club about running a social competition from six surrounding hotels

in the Brunswick/Fitzroy suburbs. This would be 6 teams x 3 games per day

competition. This competition operated from 2010 through to 2014, where the growth

in the Brunswick Junior eventually prevented further access to the Oval. Of interest

however was that all teams had to have a minimum of 6 women players. It was from

this requirement that numerous women’s players experienced the Gillon Oval and by

2013 with the assistance of the Senior Committee the Brunswick Renegades were

formed, playing their first game on Gillon Oval in 2014.

Why values? With three football clubs now sharing the facility and for player

pathways to be established from junior to senior men’s and women’s teams it was

imperative that all Clubs were “on the same page”. Facilitator Brendan Mason was

used throughout 2014 and 2015 to work with the clubs to develop a shared vision and

a set of values. It was through these meetings with the various participants of all three

clubs that a “one club” culture was first articulated.


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Values such as a positive learning environment, respect & inclusiveness, family and

community focus, honesty, integrity and openness were all identified.

The values now form part of the new banner sign within the clubrooms and these are

the “strategic pillars” by which the one club culture and mission is to be committed to.

5. Season 2017 - initiatives and issues to consider (conclusion)

As noted throughout this report, the BJFC has grown significantly over the past seven

years. Whilst this is a wonderful achievement, the larger club requires significantly

more time to manage it successfully. As a result, the Committee volunteers are

increasingly “stretched” to fulfill their duties.

The Committee recognise this as one of the key challenges facing the successful

operation and growth of the BJFC and have proposed to share the cost of a club

manager with Brunswick NOBSP to assist both clubs with some of the more time

consuming tasks of running their clubs (e.g. Registration, Apparel, Canteen). Whilst

this will be funded by slightly higher registration fees, it will result in the Committee

being able to be relieved of more time consuming roles and be able to focus on more

strategic club management issues. This is also expected to attract additional people to

want to serve on the Committee. The appointment of this person is one of the key

objectives for season 2017.

Other key objectives of the coming year are as follows:

Field at least one additional girls team (U12 or Youth Girls) depending on profile

of registrations);

• Develop an online apparel order system through Sporting Pulse;

• Appoint Director of Coaching for Tackers to Under 12; and Youth Under 13 to

Colts;

• Develop the pathway for the Colts team to progress to an Under 19s team in 2018;

and

• Strive towards Gold Level Status in the AFL Quality Club criteria.


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In conclusion, I would like to thank all the Committee members for their very hard

work during this past year. Unlike the footy season, the Committee’s Season never

actually stops. It starts almost immediately after the AGM with the Strategy and

Planning Day in November and continues throughout the year with monthly meetings

and volunteering time to do whatever is required to execute portfolio duties effectively

and assist with whatever Committee activities or functions may need an extra pair of

hands.

I would also like to thank the coaches, assistant coaches and team managers as they

also contribute many hours of additional effort to their respective teams. Without

them executing the club’s operational plan, the club just would not function. Finally, I

would like to thank the parents and carers who willingly undertake volunteer jobs

every week both on and off the field and do them in good spirits.

Of course, we all do this so our kids can be part of a wonderful club and community

which is highly respected by our stakeholders. All volunteers should be very proud to

have played their part in creating a fantastic environment for our kids to learn, make

friends and feel they are a valued member of a vibrant and active community.

I wish the incoming President and Committee all the best for the 2017 season.

Alison Beswick

PRESIDENT BJFC


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6. AFL Quality Club program

From the AFL Web site:

The Australian Football League recognises that club volunteers and administrators

make a significant contribution to Australian Football. We also recognise that the

demands on club volunteers and administrators are increasing along with the need for

clubs to operate in a professional manner.

The AFL Community Club Improvement Program has been specifically developed to

assist clubs to examine their current operations and identify areas for improvement.

Upon completion of the AFL Community Club Improvement Program you will be sent

a detailed report that provides best practice information to help formulate action

plans on improving your clubs operations and governance in the future. Through this

program clubs may receive recognition for good/excellent club administration:

Quality Club - A level to recognise good club administration

Gold Quality Club - A level to recognise excellent club administration

The survey was completed and Club has achieved its reaccreditation as a “Quality

Club”. In terms of attaining “Gold status” the club also met these requirements;

however the AFL modified the criteria that require the Club to change over to another

financial system (online system). This is not required for BJFC, given that all

financials are recorded on the MYOB platform.


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7. Moreland City Council – Advertising policy

This year the Council proposed an advertising signs policy which have required all

sporting clubs to apply for separate planning approval to erect sponsorship signs at

sporting grounds. This proposed policy was based on a concern on the proliferation of

signs at sporting grounds and their aesthetic impact on areas outside sporting areas.

BJFC developed a submission against this policy around the following points:

Advertising signage has been part of the Australian football, cricket landscape and

indeed part of the aesthetic environment of sporting fields for over 100 years;

The use of sporting and recreation facilities for recreation/sport etc. does not

require a planning permit, while the ancillary functions of providing food and

drink, car parking, social clubrooms and sponsors signage over many decades,

means that these facilities have existing use rights;

Further sponsors signs attached to the inside of a boundary fence cannot be seen

from nearby land, given the presence of fencing, landscaping, bunding and

buildings (grandstands);

Clearly the starting point here is that the inside of every oval and enclosure (i.e.

tennis) is able to display signage. There can be no visual or aesthetic impact with

signs placed on the inside of the boundary fence, displayed to both players and

patrons. This would also include time keepers, interchange shelters, scoreboards

and the like;

This form of advertising has been commonplace throughout the sporting history of

Australia. The common dimensions being fence height (1-1.2m) x 3-5 metres in

length, where a mesh fence is provided or a longer dimension to fill in between the

posts;

The average time for the processing of planning applications in the metropolitan

area is 150 days, which would represent most seasonal playing seasons. Clearly

this timeline would be prejudicial to the attraction of sponsor for all sporting clubs.

It is unknown whether a decision has been made by Moreland CC on this issue.


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8. Pavilion and Outdoor Sporting Infrastructure Capital Works

Contributions Policy

The basis for this policy was to:

Provide a contribution framework to negotiate improved terms to an annual or

seasonally allocated tenant where a tenant has contributed significantly to funding

a capital works project;

Encourage clubs to facilitate club investment in their facilities by providing clubs

with tenancy security by way of the contribution framework.

The contribution framework identified in a range from $50,000 (minor) to $200,000

(major) with ground allocations being extended from 5 to 10 years. The Club

submission suggested “another way” in terms of encouraging improvements to

facilities, via government grants, as follows:

The “Value of a Community Football Club “ was examined by the AFL with

Latrobe University, whereby it was identified that the social return on investment

for an average community football club was $4.40 return for every $1 spent to run

the club. This return being expressed as a social value in terms of increased social

connecters, wellbeing and mental health status, employment outcomes, personal

development, physical health, civic pride and support of other community groups.

This study also examined the “reach” for every player at a football club,

identifying that football clubs reach a further 10 people. Hence their influence is

significant.

For say the Brunswick (Senior, Junior and Women’s) with an annual turnover of

$200,000, this would equate to a value within the Brunswick community of

$880,0003. Note given the amateur status of all three clubs, this money is directly

spent on suppliers of all goods and services and not on player payments.

In terms of reach this would equate to seniors (90 players), Women’s (40 players)

& juniors (250) players equating to 380 players, not counting parents (760+).

Hence the reach for the Brunswick football Club from Gillon Oval is in excess of


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10,000 people. Of say the 250 families that reside in Brunswick, their rate

contribution would already be in the order of say $1000 per property or $250,000.

Hence if Council want to encourage more active communities from male/female,

junior and senior players, improved connectedness, improved mental and social

outcomes, then facility grants to sporting clubs need to be made more often and

based on the clubs contribution to the community.

It is unknown whether a decision has been made by Moreland CC on this issue.

9. Uniform & Apparel

Uniform sales commenced on registration day and lasted until the week before finals.

The main purpose of registration day is for parents to source appropriate sizes, so that

accurate ordering can be completed. Orders take approximately 6 weeks to deliver

from the garment providers. This is always a fine line between apparel and uniform

arriving and the start of each season

Given the continual growth in teams, the Club sold more stock in $value than the

previous year, with over $16,000 in sales this year. In terms of the cost of all apparel

and uniforms, families need to consider that there is no margin, with jumpers, hoodies

etc. all sold at cost.

Approximately 80% of all families purchased at least one item of uniform or apparel.

In terms of apparel, no “new” uniform items launched this season, although design

and artwork for girl's t-shirts/training tops are being considered prior to the

commencement of 2017, to further promote girls football

Workload.

The bulk of the time required in relation to uniforms is in applying numbers to each

playing jumper. This is required to be done in a short time period between arrival of

stock from China and prior to first game. For season 2017 I propose to have playing

jumpers ordered for a particular number, with an accompanying check box (for

completion by parent) on order form to state that size ordered is correct.


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If not checked, then jumpers will be ordered without numbers again. For 2017 the

following initiatives are proposed:

More assistance (parents) for Uniform and Apparel Manager;

Apparel availability for sizing will be conducted on a single night and not all

pre-season training nights?

Online ordering only – although this can be problematic in terms of sizing

apparel/garments;

Approaching local sports retailer for the supply of all apparel and uniforms.

This is what Fitzroy JFC with all playing apparel.

Jenny Baker

10. Sponsorship

Key fundraising activities for 2016 were:

Toyota Good for Footy Raffle Pie Nights(Grand View Hotel) Team Photos Social Night (Ball) End of season raffle

We continued to get valuable support for our sponsors:

Nelson Alexander La Manna Sports in Focus Mouth Guard Man

A new initiative was the appointment of Ayden Shaw as the Community Partnerships

Manager shared between the three clubs – Dragons, Renegades and Brunswick

NOBSPC. The aim of the position was to:

ensure coherency and consistency between them in their approach to members,

supporters, sponsors and the local community;

capitalise and build on the existing bases of the three clubs in raising funds for,

and awareness of, grassroots amateur football for men, women and kids in

Brunswick;


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lessen the load on volunteers in managing relationships between the three clubs

and their members, supporters, sponsors and the local community.

Ayden did a lot of work developing a data base of potential sponsors, approached a

number of local businesses and put together a list of possible fundraising ideas. This

position will continue next season.

It is very hard to put a time a weekly time allocation. Many hours per week were

needed in peak times but less at others.

Jenny Wallace

11. Umpires for 2017 and training

With the expanding number of players joining the club at U8 and U9 level (formerly

known as “Tackers”) and healthy player numbers at the U10 level, the club identified

the need for a larger pool of club umpires for home matches at these levels. We also

recognised this as a development opportunity for Dragons players at higher levels to

extend their skills and experience of the game.

A call for expressions of interest from prospective club umpires was made by the

committee, with new umpires to be drawn from players at U14 level and above (i.e.,

secondary school level players). The EOI yielded strong interest and the 2016 panel

was: Otis Styant Browne; Riley Vicary; Ewan Baulch; Ty Perdrisat; Jonas Walsh; and

Aden VanGerrevink.

Ella Baulch, our Tackers umpire in 2015 also umpired U8-10 home matches and acted

as a senior member of the panel. Panel members attended training prior to the season

commencing provided by the YJFL and Greg Banova, committee member and a

former senior level VAFA umpire, provided guidance and advice to the panel during

the season.

Week-to-week support, including arranging match payments, was also provided by

committee member Jenny Baker in the role of Umpires coordinator. Jenny monitored

the umpiring program and provided the committee with regular monthly reports.

Key lessons learned in 2016 include:


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the importance of the initial training sessions to establish a baseline of knowledge

and skills for young umpires starting out;

it takes young umpires several games to develop confidence to control all elements

of a match and support during the earlier part of the season is especially important;

Poor behaviour by players at these lower levels is very rare, however unruly parent

behaviour, with abuse or aggression directed at BJFC club umpires an unfortunate

feature witnessed at some games.

To address some of these issues, the following steps are recommended for 2017:

In addition to pre-season training, intensive follow up training in the early part of

the season is required to support young umpires to address their questions and

build their confidence;

Additional training might include;

o Attending U8-10 training and controlling the end of session ‘scratch

matches’ to simulate match day conditions;

o Shadowing a senior umpire where the opportunity exists, e.g. Greg umpires

occasional Club 18 matches for Brunswick NOBSPC;

In recognition of the occasional poor parent behaviour, continuing the arrangement

from 2016 of providing an adult as an umpires escort on match days.

12. Communications 2016

TEAM MANAGER EMAILS - Team manager emails are the key source of

information for team members. In the club surveys for 2013-2016, team manager

emails have been recognised as the most important source of information for

players and parents.

E-NEWS - The e-news is sent out weekly, by email, throughout the playing

season, usually on Monday or Tuesday, depending on the content that needs to be

included. The e-news includes:

o Upcoming important dates/events

o Match results

o Acknowledgement of player achievements


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o Information and promotions from other stakeholders (including the

Renegades, NOBS and Auskick)

o Photos of matches from the previous week

TEAM APP- Team App has been used for two seasons now and can be updated

by the main administrator as well as by restricted administrators (e.g. team

managers) and members of Team App (BJFC members). The uptake of Team App

has been high for the younger teams – the Team App calendar is great, it’s easy to

access your team’s fixture and results, and anyone can share photos with their

team. Team App has also been helpful for distributing information (e.g. change of

training times/venue) to kids of high school age who have the app on their smart

phones or tablets.

WEBSITE –The website was updated in 2016, and is still the main point of

reference for members to access, for example, registration information, club

policies, the club calendar, contact details of coaches and committee members, and

team photos.

FACEBOOK - We now have a Facebook page that we use to highlight player

achievements and important dates. Given that most of our players are too young to

have a Facebook account, Facebook is a secondary source of information for BJFC

members.

In terms of the time taken per week to keep the channels of communication open and

up to date, it takes approximately 8 hours per week. Other work also involves grant

applications to State Government, Sporting Pulse updates and organising special

events, which would add a further 3 hours per week.

Kylie Moreland


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13. Canteen report

The canteen continues to be a success story for the club. The canteen is a central point

on game day providing a diverse and interesting menu at reasonable prices. It provides

the basis for positive engagement with parents as part of their team support and fosters

a strong feeling of pride in our club. Over the past two years, the canteen has

developed a very favorable reputation across YJF league.

The canteen however requires significant time and effort to operate on a weekly basis.

Approximately three hours a week is spent stocking the canteen, doing bank

reconciliations and reports and liaising with various suppliers including the Coffee

Van.

In addition to the ordering, purchasing and stocking of the food and drinks, at least 16

hours a week is spent preparing food for sale. Whilst this is time consuming, this is

the point of difference between the canteen offerings at Brunswick and elsewhere in

the league.

Game day requires a commitment of 11 hours to ensure the smooth operation of the

canteen including the final preparation of food and pick up of bread, managing the

volunteers and cleaning the canteen ready for use.

What Worked and What didn’t:

Rostering:

The rostering of the parent volunteers has been extremely successful. It enables

parents across the age groups to network, it provides an opportunity for both men and

women to be involved in volunteering on match day, and it provides an understanding

of what a great asset our canteen is for the club.

Canteen Manager

This year, we were unable to get a canteen manager early in the season, so Terri and

Libby shared the responsibility of managing the canteen and the volunteers. We paid a

casual junior who worked well in the canteen but probably would have been more

confident without Terri or Libby being there. We also paid an adult who was totally


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reliant and efficient, however there was no back up if he was ill and unable to work,

thus highlighting the need for a backup person.

Ransford:

The idea of running a canteen at Ransford was worth exploring, however it is not set

up to be effective. The bar is very difficult to work from and there is no fridge access.

The location of the canteen is not obvious to the players and their families and despite

the best efforts; it was often difficult to sell food.

The amount of work involved in moving the canteen to Ransford was enormous with

two cars ferrying the food and relevant materials to be able to serve food. A huge ask

for volunteers and not cost effective. It is not recommended that the canteen operate at

Ransford. A BBQ if run by other parents could be an option with an esky for cold

drinks. Also the club needs to look at permit requirements to ensure that we are able to

serve food there. The coffee van cannot be invited in as Melbourne Council has

different permit requirements.

Initiatives for 2017:

The canteen is an important resource for the club. The 2017 Committee will need to

seriously consider putting in place a manager to order, stock and manage the canteen.

Ideally the Manager would also be prepared to cook the roast meats in the canteen

whilst stocking on the Friday. This would take an enormous load off parents who may

not be available for such support in 2017.

It is important that the canteen remain within the control of the BJFC so that the

quality of the food and the variety that is offered continues and the reputation remains.

Parent volunteers are an important part of the operation of the canteen and should be

maintained to support its operation.

Terri Drum – Libby O’Connor


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14. B&F awards

Brunswick Junior Football Club 2016 Awards

Best and Fairest

2nd Best and Fairest

3rd Best and Fairest

Award 4 Award 5 Goal Kicking Award

Under 11 Nathan McIntosh

(#1)

Miles D’Arcy

(#9)

Antonio Raso (#4)

Most Determined Nate Smith

(#12)

Most Improved

Christopher Parker (#24)

Nathan McIntosh (#1) – 30 goals

Under 12 Liam Stocky (#18)

Aiden Purcell (#40)

Will Currie (#19)

Most Determined

William Wilson (#16)

Most Improved

Liam Kanizaj-

Clark (#11)

Adam Jirik (#22) – 16

goals

Under 13 David Marchione

(#31)

Sebastian La Greca

(#3)

Gabriel Banova (#15)

Most Determined

Zephyr Hooke (#6)

Most Improved

Luca Perrone (#21)

Ben Marchionna (#30) - 13

goals

Under 14 George Kelly (#13)

Elijah Dwyer (#12)

Ethan Epifanio

(#4)

Most Determined

Kallum Athanasiadis

(#5)

Most Improved Michael

Westaway (#7)

Otis Styant-Browne

(#20) – 29 goals

Under 15 Francis Evans (#6)

Jesse Doherty

(#2)

Angus Ross (#5)

Most Determined

Aaron Tsarouhas

(#24)

Best Utility

Carl Marchione

(#34)

Francis Evans (#6) –

27 goals

Under 15 Girls

Krstel Petrevski

(#27)

Khailey Malay-Martin (#14)

Julia McArdle

(#25)

Most Determined Taylah Ryan

(#29)

Most Improved Edie Bush

(#8)

Krstel Petrevski (#27) – 31

goals

Colts Dom Sullivan

(#21)

Daniel Mott (#9)

Gus Coverdale

(#16)

Jack Ludeman

(#23)

Angus Norman

(#19)

Dom Sullivan

(#21) – 36 goals

The following players were awarded the Brunswick NOBSPC coterie awards for

each year level: U11: Ben Middlewick; U12: Isiah Botros; U13: Sam Pianta; U14:

Josh Murphy; U15 Lennox Egan; U15 Girls: Veronica Varol; Colts: Finn

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Some comments on B&F processes for consideration by coaches and team managers

in 2017:

Instruct parents to write clearly the child's full name (or at least their first name)

and number. Number only or first name only complicates the job of reconciling

votes with the spreadsheet, especially if there is more than one child with the same

name;

If changing their mind while filling in the form, parent should cross out name, and

clearly write all new details, and initial the change, TM to initial as well;

Ehen filling in the spreadsheet, provide a column for each voting slip, rather than

tallying up votes for each player for that round and reporting in a single column.

This makes it much easier for reconciling the votes recorded in the spreadsheet

with the vote awarded in the voting slip;

Ensure each voting slip clearly indicates the age group, the year, the round and the

opposition. Including the date would also be helpful.

Different squads took a varying approach to including votes from coaches. It

would be helpful to clarify the approach to coaches' votes in 2017.

YJFL Best and Fairest winners

Congratulations to 2016 YJFL Best and Fairest winners Krstel Petrevski and

Daniel Mott (second time). Krstel was awarded Best and Fairest in U15 Girls

Division 3 and Daniel in Colts Division 4. Best and fairest votes are awarded by

the umpires during the home and away season and all the votes for the season can

be seen on the YJFL website. The following players finished in the top 10 in their

respective divisions and were invited to the 2016 YJFL Presentation Night:

Under 11 Red: Nathan McIntosh 4th (12 votes); Miles D’Arcy Equal 5th (11

votes); Riley Seidler Equal 8th (6 votes);

Under 12 Blue: Aiden Purcell Equal 10th (10 votes); Liam Stocky Equal 10th (10

votes);

Under 14 Blue: Elijah Dwyer Equal 5th (14 votes);

Under 15 Girls (3): Krstel Petrevski Equal 1st (22 votes);


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Colts (4): Daniel Mott 1st (21 votes); Dominic Sullivan 7th (10 votes); Gus

Coverdale Equal 10th (8 votes).

Player milestones in 2016: 50 & 100 games

The following BJFC players played their 50th game in 2016 and received a medal in

recognition of the achievement from the BJFC.

U11: Nathan McIntosh (#1); Antonio Raso (#4); Riley Seidler (#44)

U12: Tristan Bonetto (#30); Isaiah Botros (#35); Aiden Purcell (#40); Freddy Sinn

(#36); Nicolas Staniscia (#6); Liam Stocky (#18)

U13: Gabriel Banova (#15); Nicholas Davis (#9); Sam Pianta (#13)

U14: Bryce Anglin (#6); Elijah Dwyer (#12); Lachlan Kennedy (#9); Sol Laslett

(#3); Joshua Murphy (#33); Tom Vaughan (#11)

U15 Girls: Helen George (#)

U15 Boys: Liem Jones (#29); Hiroki Takahashi (#9)

Colts: Stefan Stangherlin (#11)

The following BJFC players played their 100th game in 2016 and received a medal in

recognition of the achievement from the YJFL. Of note is that 10 of these players are

from the Clubs very first U10 team from 2010, and Otis Styant Browne who

commenced in 2012, which is a great effort in player retention.

William McKenzie - Jack Ludeman - Jacob Mitchell - Daniel Mott - William Mott -

Jasper Paevere - Ziggy Ryan - Jack Sabatino - Aden Van Gerrevink - Francis Evans -

Gus Coverdale - Tahj Haddock – Angus Ross – Clarrie Kilkenny Jones – Eamon

Pizzey – Toby Neal – Otis Styant-Browne.

15. Treasurer’s Report Separate report attached


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16. Director Coaching report

16.1 YJFL leagues requirements for Coaches 2016

For 2016 YJFL introduced a new requirement was for the registration and

accreditation 1details of all coaches to be submitted + signed codes of conduct onto

Sporting Pulse. Now that these details have been complied it will be a simple matter

of updating each year to add in new coaches/ass coaches. Note we have 23 active

coaches, with Greg Banova and Ells Baulch still with valid accreditation.

16.2 New coaching staff

Nine new coaches commenced in 2016, with all completing the Level 1 requirements,

of which the club paid for these course ($180) Two other coaches had to have their

accreditation extended which was also paid for by the Club ($85).

The conduct of an induction night with the new U8-10 coaches with BJFC Coaching

Manual + conduct of introduction to training sessions were also held.

At the end of this season we also see the retirements of some of our long term coaches

in Ross Coverdale (4 yrs), Peter Gleeson (5 years), Trevor Ludeman (7yrs) and also

acknowledge coaches David Pizzey (4yrs) and Mark Currie (4 yrs) who retired in

2014.

16.3 Auskick

Discussion with Mark Morgan at AFL on Quality Club Program led to discussion

about the need for a female coach for Auskick to develop pathway into BJFC girl’s

teams. Ella Baulch, our former U15 girls coach from 2015 was appointed with the

AFL to match BJFC funding of $500. The facilitation of girls through Auskick has

been found to be enhanced whereby they train with other girls, separate from the boys

and the appointment of Ella was deemed a success by Auskick parents. This initiative

is to continue for 2017.

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16.4 Girl’s football Initiative – Jessica Del Po

Season 2015 was the first year for the formation of the U15 girls team However

numbers were modest with only 12 players, so the concept was developed to facilitate

recruiting through a training day at Gillon Oval. Fortunately the Club was able to

employ Jessica Del Po (Darebin Falcons) to promote and conduct these sessions. This

proved to be a popular initiative and team numbers increased to 19 players for 2016.

This initiative will be repeated in 2017.

16.5 Coaching Curriculum

Lauren Arnell (Darebin Falcons & AFL Footscray player) was engaged as a

consultant to assist in developing a Coaching curriculum for the Club. All Coaches

attended and feedback was very positive with 3 sessions held and a curriculum

developed.

16.6 Clifton Oval storage facilities

To facilitate the setting up of the oval each week a steel storage box was designed to

accommodate goal post covers, stretcher, net and scoreboard. This saving the

transportation of these items from the Gillon Oval. This box was 3.2m x 1m x

550mm steel box and was located in the Clifton shelter. This cost $5800 being shared

with the Brunswick Junior Cricket Club.

A pole storage facility ($1400) was also installed at Clifton Oval for the posts that the

football net is attached to, however the method of securing the poles by 3mm screws

is impractical and will be modified for 2017.

16.7 AFL Points system

Memorandum of understanding between Brunswick Senior & junior Clubs was signed

given the adoption of an AFL points system across Victoria for all players. Junior

players that come through the pathway into the senior team only accrue 1 point, as

distinct from an ex-AFL player at 3points. The concept of the points system is to

create a level playing field and reduce player’s payments across the leagues in


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Victoria. Although players are not paid in the VAFA, this system still applies to this

competition. The points system will also apply to the VWFL.

16.8 Training, Ransford Oval, wet season

Practice matches

Practice Matches were scheduled for 19 March and 3 April, with the 19 March to be

conducted at Wandong, given that this facility is not impacted by the Cricket Season.

This match did not eventuate as 50mm of rainfall the day before made the ground

unplayable, with Mitchell Shire closing the ground much to the disappointment of

both Clubs.

The 3rd April being the middle weekend of the school holidays was always going to be

problematic, but most teams competed. The last weekend being the 10th April was

unavailable given that West Coburg commenced their home & away season.

Ransford Oval

At the end of the 2015 season the Club applied to the City of Melbourne for access to

Ransford Oval at Parkville as a third ground. This was necessary given that Gillon

Oval is at capacity (25 hours per week), number of teams (x12), the scheduling of

matches and the lack of space for training at Gillon (used 4 days per week, three hours

per night + seniors).

The U14 and 15 teams sought the use of this ground, which worked well all year. The

scheduling of home and away also occurred during the year with other teams also

playing at this facility. Ransford and McAlister ovals will be sought for 2017.

Wet season

The average rainfall for June exceeded the monthly average by 50% (60mm vis-a-via

40mm) raining for 19 days. This forced the closure of Gillon Oval by Moreland CC

and the need to train off site. This is problematic as other facilities such as indoor

facilities (school gyms, basketball) are already committed. Coaches were able to train

inside the change rooms (boxing) and using the running track around the Oval. U14


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&15 teams used the running track around Princess Park and U11’s trained at the

Brunswick Baths.

Colts hired the Hockey Centre for training and this facility was also used for training

for U8 to U10 teams. Cost of hire was approximately $2000.

Fortunately the closure of Gillon oval coincided with school holidays and the mid-

year VAFA break, so the playing surface was also saved from game day use, on the

middle weekend.

16.9 Season 2017

The first school term 1 is 30 January to 31 March. The YJFL and the commencement

date will as usual be voted on by the Clubs, but given Anzac Day (Tuesday 25)

probable start would be 23 April. The fixture of the Victorian Sub District Cricket

Association reveals the Grand Final to be 25/26 March, so Gillon would be out of

action for Practice Matches until this weekend.

So Practice Matches could be on Gillon 1 & 2 April (first weekend school holidays),

while middle weekend problematic for juniors. This year we played PM on last

weekend and there was a drop off in player numbers, for younger teams, but older

teams ended up playing. However the last weekend of the school holidays is going to

be Easter anyway (2017), which won’t work for either senior or junior teams for

practice matches.

Training for 2017

The expectation for 2017 is that U15 and both Colts teams will train at Gillon Oval on

a Thursday night before the seniors. This will enable greater numbers at training and

allow for the younger players to train with the older players to improve the skill level.

The past practise has been for all teams to train separately, although with only 20-25

players and not all in attendance training can be prejudiced given lack of numbers, to

complete full ground drills. The mixing of the training regime at this level will

improve the skill level of the younger players over time.


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Given the numbers of coaches involved (6) it will also enable specific training to

players on improving specific skills. Game plans and the dissemination of this

information will also be assisted.

Girls U16 will shift to Wednesday before the Renegades, which is designed to foster

the relationship between the junior and senior female teams.

16.10 Planning for 2017

Teams for 2017 and the expectation would be 2 new U8 teams and a possible U10 or

12 girls’ team. The division between home and away based on YJFL commencement

match times would most likely be as follows (e.g. one round only – all teams take it in

turns to play home and away):

Time 2016 # 2017 # Clifton Gillon Royal

Park

Away

8.45 2 x U8’s 2 1 1

8.45/10.00 2 x U8s 2 2 x U9s 2 1 1

10.00/11.30 U9 1 U10 1 1

10.00/1.00 2 x U10 2 2 x U11 2 1 1

10.00 U11 1 U12 1 1

11.30 U12 1 U13 1 1

11.30/1.00 U13 1 U14 1 1

1.00/3.00 U14 1 U15 1 1

1.00/3.00 U15 1 Colts (1) 1 1

1.00/3.00 Colts 1 Colts (2) 1 1

11.30 U12 G 1 1

1.00/3.00 U15 G 1 U16G 1 1

Total 12 15 4 4 2 5


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16.11 Coaches meetings

There were 3 meetings held this year, being March, 12 May (after grading) and 21

July. Issues discussed revolved around ground usage, training, grading and the

development of player allocation and rostering policies.

Re-grading applications were put into the YJFL for U15 and Colts teams and were

accepted.

16.12 Player development Club development programs, YJFL Inter league,

Victorian School championships

Development squads

A number of players are completing Rookie Me (formally known as Draft Star),

while other players have completed VSquad (U12 players). Rookie Me allocated a

numbers of scholarship positions for BJFC players this year, with players

nominated by coaches.

VSquad commences at the U12 level and continues for 3 years and players are

nominated by coaches. The club subsidies 50% of the cost ($400) of this program.

For players that make YJFL interleague the Club pays for the uniform and other

associated costs ($200 per player). This year the Club at interleague level was

represented by 4 players – U15 Girls: Stephani Elias & Taylah Ryan - U15 boys:

Daniel Mott – Colts: Gus Coverdale.

These are the stories from the various players that participated in these activities.

16.12.1 Rookie ME (U13) - Luc Scutella.

I really enjoyed the experience of the Rookie Me. I learnt a lot of different ways to

enhance my football skills and taught us of things we could do outside of football

which led to setting my goals in life, like being a leader on and off the field, work

hard at training, practice, respecting my fellow team mates and respecting my

family and contributing at home. The coaches that took the sessions were helpful

and knowledgeable in teaching me on football skills and values and outside of


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football. I also enjoyed playing and training at a VFL and AFL club Training and

playing at the Western Bulldogs gave me a big thrill since I support the Bulldogs.

The Rookie Me program was so enjoyable and educational. I thank the club for

giving me the opportunity to go to the Rookie Me Academy. These are my

profiles:

Ability: 32.88 - Standing vertical jump: 34.00cm - Running vertical jump left

hand: 43.00cm - Running vertical jump right hand: 33.00cm - 20m sprint: 3.94

seconds -

Agility run: 9.71 seconds. These physical attributes rank Luc’s 210 out of 448 in

the U13 age group and 7th from 22 as a centre half back.

16.12.2 V Squad - Gabriel Banova, Under 13s 2016

V Squad has been a great experience for me. At first I was a bit nervous for my

first training session with a new bunch of kids. David and me did it together and

both agree it has been really good for our skills on and off the field. They really

focused on nutrition, hydration, ball handling and decision making. The coaches

were Scott Lucas, former Essendon player. Michael Sodomaco, Werribee player

and Luke O’Connell and a whole lot more. They have all been really helpful.

16.12.3 V Squad & YJFL Interleague – (U13) David Marchione

This year I was very privileged to get selected by the club for a football

development academy called V Squad. I also tried out and was selected for the

under 13 YJFL representative team. These were great opportunities for me to

expand and improve on my football skills, leadership skills and the love of the

game.

In V Squad I am lucky enough to be coached by ex AFL players and current VFL

players. These coaches teach us how to become a good leader, how to improve our

football skills and strategies and how to have a balanced and healthy lifestyle. It is

also great to see how other talented players approach their football and how much

they also enjoy the game.


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I was very honoured in being selected in the YJFL rep side. Throughout training

the coaches taught us different game plans that were very effective on game day. It

was great to meet new friends from different clubs in the league because now

when each of our teams verse one another it is enjoyable to go 1 on 1 against them

because it is very competitive as we both want to win. The day of the interleague

carnival was a great experience because everyone that was playing were great

players from different leagues and clubs across Melbourne. I also played in

different positions than what I usually would which was a great experience.

(Round 1 YJFL 5-4-34 def South East 3-9-27 – Rd 2 YJFL 1-2-8 def by South

Metro 6-12-48).

I am very grateful for all of the great opportunities I have had this year through

BJFC.

16.12.4 Ahmed Saad Diversity Squad - Elijah Dwyer

In term 1 this year I was nominated by my school to try out for the Ahmed Saad

Diversity Squad. To be eligible to be nominated you need to have been born

overseas or have at least one parent born overseas (my dad was born in what is

now South Sudan), or be of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent (my mum

is of Aboriginal descent). I went along to a testing day with other boys from the

north west region aged 14 -16 to try out for the team. They were selecting a team

of 20 players.

I was pretty excited to be selected in the team, and spent every Wednesday night

during term 2 training with the squad. We trained with trainers and sports

specialists from the TAC Cup club Calder Cannons and were also supported by

staff from the AFL. Training was good and we were pushed with more

complicated versions of drills than we were familiar with.

During the term we had a match against the Andrew Walker Diversity Squad who

were trained by Northern Knights trainers, which we won. I managed to kick one

of the goals that night. On the first Wednesday of the school holidays we had a


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round robin day against the other 5 Diversity squads from around Melbourne and

Geelong. We won all our games that day too.

It was a great experience and I look forward to trying out for the squad again next

year. If you are eligible to try out, I’d really encourage you to give it a go. I learnt

heaps and had a great time.

16.12.5 V SQUAD Romney Markwick Under 14s

When I first started V Squad I had no idea what to expect. The first day we all met

at the Etihad stadium to get enrolled, get our gear and do a fitness and flexibility

test. The next day we participated in the first of many camps to come. At the

camps we were not only put through drills but were educated about recovery,

nutrition, stretching and yoga.

V Squad consists of three years of year round training, meaning that V Squad

sessions have been held out of the football season, so when it wasn’t winter, the

days could reach up to 30+. Every time it was hot we had two massive ice boxes

full of water to keep us hydrated. Playing in these temperatures just showed us

how important it was to keep hydrated.

The V Squad training sessions are run by specialised coaches who are assisted by

former footy players. Getting taught about specific positions and certain skills

helped us to find how we could play the best that we could.

V Squad has not only taught me about footy but about life long skills. I would like

to thank the club for their support. This was a great opportunity and I hope that

other players in the future will get the same support that I received.

16.12.6 YJFL – Colts Interleague Team – Gus Coverdale

Four players were nominated by BJFC to play in the YJFL Colts teams to play the

Adelaide team (North Eastern Football Association) at Bulleen this year. Gus

Coverdale was selected by the YJFL. Gus’s position is rover in the Dragons Colts

team; is a ball magnet (25-30 possessions per game), with a very accurate kick


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with passes to players always hitting the target. This is Gus’s story from the YJFL

Colts team.

Many thanks to the Club in nominating me to play rep footy for YJFL this

year. At first I didn’t know what to expect when I was told that I had a chance to

play footy with 24 other kids I had never met before. From the first training

nobody really knew each other as the team of 24 was made up of kids from over

20 teams. This meant we were all in the same boat. Although we had never met

one another we all shared the same love for the game. From the first 10 minutes of

the first training there was a massive difference in intensity between club land

training and Reps. There were 6 training sessions over 3 weeks.

Despite our quiet start, trainings overall were much louder and more physically

demanding than club trainings. There was a lot to learn at training under the

coaches David (head coach), Eddie and Charlie (the young assistant coaches).

Eddie and Charlie were very relatable as they both played the same competition

the same time last year and had lots information to share with us.

On the Saturday before game day we had a dinner with our South Australian

opponents hosted by the YJFL. This gave us a chance to meet and mingle with

them before the big match. The following day was match day where the opponents

we had met the night before were no longer friends. At the end of an intense game

of footy YJFL came out with the win.

Overall I loved the experience despite being apprehensive initially, and would

recommend it to anybody who loves their footy.


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16.12.7 Rookie Me – Jack Ludeman (Colts)

The first session was conducted in the May school holidays at Williamstown

Football Club (VFL), being a two day session focusing on nutrition, fitness and

recovery with an intra game being played on the final day. Players from across

Australia attended with some 120 participants.

The second session was at the June school holidays conducted at the Hockey

Centre in Parkville for testing of each player physical attributes (day 1). Rookie

Me have tests results for AFL recruits across Australia with over 3500 records by

age. Results for testing (16yrs) were:

Standing vertical jump: 57cm (Min 37cm – Max 73 cm - Ave 56cm)

Vertical jump running: 65cm (Min 45cm – Max 86cm - Ave 69cm)

Beep test: 12.5 (Min 8.08 – Max 14.11 - Ave 12.02)

20m sprint: 2.91sec (Min 2.97 – Max 4.03 - Ave 3.35)

Height: 184cm (Min 160cm – Max 196.6 – Ave 177.81)

Weight 70kg (Min 51kg – Max 98 kg – Ave 71kg)

This was followed in the second week a 2 day training session at the Collingwood

Football Club, consisting of 6-8hr session per day for two days. Days were broken

up into fitness, skills, personal development outside football and intra-squad game.

Some of the drills conducted were:

Fitness- 1. Rotational activity split into four different stations with 12 on

each station;

Stations: one player has the ball while stationary the other has to try and get

it off them- duration of exercise goes for 1 minute;

Station: Normal ball rolling and retrieving exercise - 2 min. Station: Pair up

in partners and handball to each other while 1 person is behind each

member of your pair trying to harass you, slight nudging, grabbing of arms

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Station: Normal ball shepherding exercise, groups of three, one has the ball,

one is shepherding, and one is trying to retrieve the ball - 2 min.

After each exercise we had to complete 1 lap of the ground and return to your next

station. The final session was an inspection of the facilities including the altitude

room, a presentation by Scott Pendelbury and then watching Collingwood FC

train.

Day 2 commenced with presentation to all parents by the Rookie Me staff with an

emphasis on being a responsible person, doing well at school, the importance of

demonstrating respect to all within the community, school, club etc, and

volunteering in the community.

A majority of the time spent during this camp was focused on skills and exercises

that can be executed in a game.

Preparation leading up towards game was a heavy focus, what you did before and

after a game, and that you have to take training as serious as a real game, otherwise

the effects won't be as positive.

The objective during the second day was too obtain 500-1000 touches of the ball

individually. So drills were:

Warm ups - 50 handballs on each hand of the body, 50 kicks on each side of

the body.

Three (3) teams of 8 on 8 - 1 team has to get 10 handballs in a row in a

confined area while the other is trying to stop them. If the team fails to get 10

hand passes they have to run over to the next team and have to stop them

getting 10 hand passes. 30 second time limit

This exercise was replicated but kicking replaced handball, using a larger

area, 10 kicks in row 2 goals at each end, and 2 teams. 1 team would have to

hand pass their way around the other and hand passes it into the goals, being a

10 by 5 metre rectangle. No limit on handballs.


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The day finished with another intra game played on the Collingwood training

ground, where I was played on the wing. Overall it was a very interesting and

enjoyable training camp.

The last session was an intra game played at IKON (formerly Princes Park) in the

September school holidays, where the Rookie Me players (36) were split into 2

teams and played against the Dingley Dingoes, who had won the Premiership in

the SEJFL. The game was played over 6 quarters.

Many thanks to Kyle Docherty of the Brunswick Senior Club and Rookie ME for

granting me this opportunity.

16.12.8 School Sport Victoria – YJFL interleague U15 – Daniel Mott

I was lucky enough to represent the Yarra Junior Football League u15 representative

team (YJFL) and the School Sport Victorian u15 AFL team over the course of this

season.

Victorian Metropolitan

During the Victorian Metropolitan Championships, played over the Queen’s Birthday

weekend during the school holidays, our team won two out of three games and missed

out in playing in a grand final by 4%. At the School Sport Australia National

Championships, I represented Victoria and was voted by my team mates as Vice-

Captain. We played New South Wales, South Australia and Australian Capital

Territory in the preliminary finals, Western Australia in the Semi Final, South

Australia (again from 2015) in the Grand Final, which we won.

My experience with the YJFL started with an invitation to the field days held at

Bulleen, headquarters of the YJFL. Where there was about One Hundred kids invited

to trial. We played a couple of games where then the coaches eventually cut down the

squad to around fifty payers who had been selected to either play in the 1s or the 2s.

The squad of fifty odd trained twice a week together for about three weeks at Bulleen

on Monday and Wednesday nights, before again having another practice game to

divide the two teams. I was lucky enough to be selected in the 1s. The two teams had

now been finalised and we were to train for another six weeks in the lead up to the


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Victorian Metropolitan Championships. A week before the championship I was lucky

enough to be appointed Deputy Vice-Captain by my team mates, Matthew Rowell our

Captain and Lucas Perry our Vice. We played our first game of the Championships

against the Western Region Football League in Sunshine on the Wednesday night. We

won very convincingly by around sixty points, Adam Carafa got best on ground

kicking three goals through the midfield. I played through the midfield and as a half

back flanker.

Our next game was against the South Metro Football league which was the grand final

rematch from the year before. We had a home game playing at Bulleen, they got the

jump on us early kicking six goals in the first quarter we never really got close and

ended up losing by twenty points. We got knocked around a bit that game and carried

a few injuries coming into the final home and away game against the Eastern Football

League. Our last game against the EFL was a heated intense game of footy as this

league is the traditional rivals in these championships. It was an arm wrestle all day

but and we only snagged the win by less than a goal. I played across half back,

Mitchell Bowman getting best on ground kicking five goals across the half forward

line.

Unfortunately that wasn't enough and we missed out by 4% into making the Grand

Final to play off against the South Metro League. Matthew Rowell our captain getting

our MVP. A great experience but a disappointing way to finish it off.

School Sport Victoria

My experience with School Sport Victoria's AFL u15 team started with an application

through my school to trial for this game. In 2015 I was fortunate to make this team,

with the carnival being played in Geelong in the June school holidays, against all the

other states from around Australia. The Victoria SSV team won the Grand Final. From

there I was selected to the “All Australian” team which toured South Africa in January

2016.

For SSV the process starts with many trial games where about 300 players from all

over Victoria are tested against each other and the team is gradually reduced to a

squad of 25 players with 3 emergencies. I was fortunate to again represent Victoria at


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the School Sport Australia National Championships. We had 5 other students from my

school make the team selection, which also included 5 other players who participated

in the YJFL u15 representative team.

This year, different to last year, I knew many of the players who made the team and

was confident around my teammates. Our preparation commenced in a classroom at

Caulfield Grammar where we began our training camp.

The training camp consists of learning structures, ball movement, patterns, leadership,

character building and other little strategies all designed to assist us in winning the

National Championship.

After six hours of classroom work we had a light run in preparation for the following

day’s game against the Caulfield Grammar side. The next day was a little different;

we spent three hours reviewing yesterday then played a practice match against

Caulfield. After this match we had another 4 hours of classroom work and another

practice game against Whitefriars College a few days later. That was our last time

together before the carnival.

Our final event prior to travelling to Queensland was the jumper presentation for the

team, where I received number 6 and was lucky enough to be selected as Vice-

Captain, Matthew Rowell (from 2015) again was our captain, Caleb Serong (a

Victorian country player ) was one deputy vice, and Corey Watts was the other

deputy.

Before we knew it we were on a plane to Maroochydore QLD! When we arrived we

had the lightest of training sessions before heading into our first game the next day

against NSW. The next day we had an opening ceremony, introducing all the teams

from u12 boys all the way up to u16 girls. A few hours later it was game time. The

team got off to a flying start booting 6 goals in the first quarter to their NSW solitary

goal. I played predominantly in the midfield all day. After quarter time the team

kicked away and ended up winning by about 11 goals. Adam Carafa getting awarded

best on ground. After the game it was nothing but recovery for the rest of the day and

all the next day. Our next game was against South Australia the following day and

again I played predominantly midfield. South Australia led most of the game however


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we managed to bridge the gap by the third quarter, with Victoria pulling away by 20

points and the scores never really changed from there. I kicked one goal but Matthew

Rowell got awarded best on ground. Straight from the game and into recovery for the

next 36 hours (beach, swimming, ice baths).

The next game was against ACT and it was a blowout with Victoria winning

convincingly by over 120 points. Again more recovery, massages, pool recovery and

beach recovery sessions were always organised by the team.

The next game was a semi-final against Western Australia unfortunately I had a badly

bruised and swollen ankle and was rested for this game hoping to be back for Grand

Final! To get my ankle to recover the regime was 20 mins on 20 mins off on the ice

for my ankle for basically both those days.

Western Australia are our traditional rivals but we looked sharp all day and won by

about 8 goals and Victoria made the Grand Final. Another two days recovery before

into the Grand Final against South Australia. It was grand final day and all the boys

were ready to win a national championship. My ankle was heavily strapped but that

didn't matter because half way through the first quarter, I was sling tackled resulting in

concussion. I was sent to hospital so unfortunately I didn't get to watch the rest of the

game but apparently it was a hard fought game only getting over the line by a about

15 points.

At the closing ceremony later that day 6 Victorians were selected as All Australian. I

was lucky enough to be selected along with two other players from my school.

Matthew Rowell was awarded with the runners up to the “JL Williams” medal which

is awarded to the best player in the carnival.

All of this has been an amazing experience that I would recommend to all u14 and u15

players at the Dragons. Also to any u11 or u12 players who would like to make the

u12 SSV AFL team and the girls who would want to make the Girls u15s, make sure

you have a crack at the football trials!

Thank you to Trevor Ludeman and Ross Coverdale for an amazing year and for giving

me this opportunity.


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17. Coaches Reports

17.1 U8 (White) – Matthew Broadbent & Peter Mews

A wonderful year, which saw all the kids improve out of site. Skills, linking up,

effort, and camaraderie all developed really well. Parents all agreed they had

turned themselves into a real team, caring for, encouraging, supporting and

cheering each other on. The team was coached by two first timers, myself and

Peter Mews, however we also grew in confidence throughout the year, with our

main emphasis being on skills development, effort, and building a sense of fair

play.

Specifically in relation to the fundamentals as set out in the BJFC guidelines:

Fundamentals (6-9years) – Learn all the fundamental movement skills and

build overall motor skills[1]

(i.e. BJFC Tackers & U11)

Unstructured play - Mostly we tried to have quite a bit of structure to our

training, as we only had the players for one hour a week, and wanted to get as

much from that hour as possible. So whilst we tried to make it as fun and

interesting as possible, it had a repetitive structure and purpose.

Quality instruction - With both Peter and myself completing the AFL

introductory coaching course, and teaming up with the Pete and Jimmy from the

purple team, we both put a significant amount of time into coming up with new

activities that were fun for all. We felt the players experienced an appropriate level

of AFL coaching for their first year.

Positive and fun - There was always plenty of fun and we were always

conscious of player’s attention spans, particularly on a Friday night, and every

effort put into making training and matches fun, and encouraging. We were always

looking out for and praising the player’s positive efforts.

Minimal formal competition - Almost none, mostly targeted drills at training,

and games that reinforced those drills.


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Range of sports - Most kids play a range of different sports, so our emphasis

was on AFL skills.

Basic skills

Kick, mark and handball – a large amount of time was spent on kicking and

marking and to a lesser extent handball skills.

ABC’s – agility, balance, coordination (and speed) - no specific drills aimed at

these areas, as these are naturally incorporated into most AFL training activities.

Tactical skills – defense and attack – During the year we completed work on

centering balls to unmanned team mates, making space, kick out drills, and playing

safe coming out of defense. We also completed some good work on center square

setups, and making center square breaks which started to work well during the

year.

Read the movements – make decisions – This was addressed through our

training on kicking out drills, seeing how and where the players ran to, and then

making best decisions when trying to clear the ball from full back.

Team work and problem solving – As above with covered this with kicking out

drills, center square drills, forward line drills

Sense of what is fair & Introduce simple rules and ethics of sport – We

endeavored to always make sure the team was introduced to umpires before game,

made sure kids were paying attention to their pre-game chat, and always made a

point of bringing umpires over after match and thanking them. We also reinforced

the points of not engaging in any sledging or agro with opposition, and both

coaches also made sure there was no talking back to or, complaining about

umpires.


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17.2 U8 (Purple) - Peter Lalor & Jimmy Mastorakos

Summary - 2016 Under Purple team had a wonderful season with Peter coaching

the kids for the first half of the season and Jimmy coaching them for the second

half. The kids started slowly, many of them having never played football, however

by the end of the season they were a great team with wonderful team spirit that

demonstrated all the reasons why it is great for kids to play footy. Over the season

we had no major issues or blow-ups and the kids importantly learned how to work

as team mates and have fun. For Jimmy and I it was a wonderful season and we, as

with the parents and players, enjoyed the season throughout.

Specifically in relation to the fundamentals as set out in the guidelines:

Fundamentals (6-9years) – Learn all the fundamental movement skills and

build overall motor skills[1]

(i.e. BJFC Tackers & U11)

Unstructured play

The kids developed their unstructured play through a number of drills and game

simulations during the season well.

Quality instruction

The kids were instructed by Jimmy and Peter with assistance from parents during

the 2016 year. Both Jimmy and Peter undertook their AFL Level 1 Coaching

accreditation.

Positive and fun

The children were engaged and enthusiastic throughout the season with almost all

players attending 100% of games and training.

Minimal formal competition

There was minimal formal competition either at training or during games.

Range of sports

[1] Steve Teakel


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From discussion with parents most kids played a number of different sports over

and above AFL.

Basic skills

Kick, mark and handball

All children bar one demonstrated good skills in kicking marking and handball.

The coaches worked closely with this child and he showed remarkable

improvement over the season.

ABC’s – agility, balance, coordination (a

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