TWO Casey Scorpions officials made interesting comments at the club’s Gardner-Clark presentation night on Friday.
Scorpions president John Sharkie was the first to raise eyebrows as he handed out blown-up versions of VFL footy record front covers to Stefan Garrubba and Chris Dunne.
“Enjoy them because they’re about as much as you’ll get from AFL Victoria,” Sharkie quipped.
Casey coach Greg Hutchison stepped up to the stage soon after and questioned AFL Victoria’s decision to schedule key VFL finals at Port Melbourne’s TEAC Oval.
Hutchison described the TEAC Oval surface as being “like a rock” and said the facilities were “appalling”.
Hutchison felt Casey Fields would have been a more appropriate venue.
DANDENONG Stingrays coach Graeme Yeats is usually full of praise for his young charges, but the former Melbourne defender was appalled by their fashion form at Friday’s presentation night at Dingley International.
Yeats was left shaking his head by the abundance of pointy-toed shoes and outlandish suits.
“When it comes to fashion, the Stingrays’ taste is poor,” he joked on Tuesday. According to Yeats, second-year forward Chris Doria comfortably stitched up the worst dressed award with his pale green suit, while best-and-fairest winner Tom Gillies’ bow tie earned a dishonourable mention.
NARRE WARREN star Brett ‘Birdman’ Evans confirmed at Saturday night’s club awards dinner that he will be back in the black-and-white next year.
Magpie officials awarded life memberships to both Evans, a four-time premiership hero, and 2008 premiership captain Glenn Hamilton at the function.
Midfield ace Michael Collins won Narre Warren’s senior best-and-fairest award ahead of Nick Scanlon and Shane Brewster.
Shannon Dart and Adam Neal were joint winners of the reserves’ best and fairest, while Joel Broadhurst and Jake Schiavello also shared the under-18s award and Ayden Mills took home the colts’ trophy.
In other best-and-fairest news, Cranbourne’s Robert Beadel and Hampton Park’s Ryan Simpson won their respective club counts.
CASEY Cardinia and Nepean Football League clubs have voted a resounding ‘no’ to the MPNFL’s proposal to scrap byes.
The plan was that each week the side in each league with the bye would play the other as an official fixture for premiership points and percentage.
All records would have remained within the participating club’s league and each side would have played 18 home-and-away games, with nine home games and a minimum of eight home games against clubs within their own league.
Word is that all nine responses from Nepean league clubs were against the proposal and most of the nine replies from Casey Cardinia league clubs were also in the negative.
The bye will therefore remain in both leagues barring an amazing turn of events.
