By JARROD POTTER
ADAM Amin had plenty to smile about recently as he broke Glen Waverley Hawks’ club goal-kicking record with a bag of 20 goals two weekends ago.
Amin, 20, from Narre Warren South, had it on a string last Saturday as his battled Nunawading in an Eastern Football League (EFL) Division 4 clash last week.
While it was one-sided from the get-go, as the Hawks kicked 47.23 (305) to Nunawading’s 0.0 (0), it took a while for Amin to find his mark on the match.
He only had one to quarter time, but he unleashed after that.
Booting them at will, the Hawks full forward stood and truly delivered against the battling Lions.
Amin, or ‘Kebabs’ as he’s known at the Hawks, started his rampage properly in the second quarter as he snagged nine to have a lazy 10 before half-time.
“I wasn’t actually thinking much because after the first quarter I only had one,” Amin said.
“But I kicked nine in the second, so after that I thought it was day done but I kept getting the ball fed to me.
“More contested marking and set shots and a couple from the goal-square – cheeky handballs over the top … it was all pretty straightforward – nothing fancy just set shots from the 20 or 30, 40 out.”
He didn’t have to keep count of the mountainous total he was racking up either – as one of the club faithful kept a running tally.
“There was a bloke behind the goals and he was telling me – I beat the club record that was 13,” Amin said. “And I’m known by Kebabs in football, not Adam, so this bloke goes ‘Kebabs, you’re on 12 – one to go’ and he’s just counting all the goals.
“In the last quarter I was on 16 and he goes half way through ‘you’ve been goal-less in this last term’ and in six or seven minutes I kicked four more.
“In the moment everything clicked, even with our football, because the team was outstanding and delivery really hit the forwards up and it all clicked and we got the win.”
He’s loved his time in the blue and gold, since switching from North Dandenong in the South East Juniors a few years ago to follow a junior coach, and relished his first senior game as a 17-year-old a few years back.
“Always played my junior football at North Dandy and my coach played footy at Glen Waverley and got a coaching role at the under-17s and just told me I’m playing – so I’ve moved there and gone well ever since.
“Good competition, even though we’re playing Divvy 4 – I don’t really take my footy that seriously as other people do – it keeps me fit, allows me to run around and spend Saturdays with mates.”
Amin’s athletic acumen isn’t reserved just for the winter months either as the sporting all-rounder also finds himself regularly in the papers as an up-and-coming wicketkeeper-batsman for Greenvale Kangaroos in Victorian Premier Cricket.
