Club in this League are quite active in running a range of events which have a number of purposes
• To recognize the history of a Club
• To raise funds to assist in meeting some of the challenges I talked about last week
• To enable former or new supporters to reconnect or connect with a particular Club
Last weekend is a case in point.
On Friday night Kyabram held their Hall Of Fame function which was attended on the Board’s behalf by Freddo McMahon together with Trevor Mellington from AFL Goulburn Murray ,and by all reports this was a terrific success.
On Saturday , together with Simon Devine , I was invited to a lunch run by Seymour with Dane Swan the star attraction.
This included a Q and A session , auction , photos and autographs- very successful.
Dane was late because he had taken the time to visit attendees at the funeral of Zane Collier a close friend of many of the Seymour Under 18s…a fine gesture on his part.
After leaving Seymour he attended a function run by Mooroopna.
On Saturday night , together with AFL Goulburn Murray General Manager Martin Gleeson , I attended the Tatura Hall Of Fame function which saw 25 inductees in the first intake.
It is amazing the people you meet in this game.
At the Tatura function , we sat with John Greenwood , who won the Morrison Medal in 1969 and 1970 , and apparently was a chance in another year but he was reported , pleaded guilty to striking and received one week and was therefore ineligible.
He told some wonderful stories, and it was terrific to see him catch up with triple Morrison Medallist Gary Cooper, who he referred to as “ a good young kid”.
Other functions held this year include the Mansfield Auction where funds were split between the Club and the local hospital , and the Rochester Sponsors function where Jake Edwards spoke about the Outside The Locker Room program which is now being rolled out in a number of Clubs With Club functions there are some terrific opportunities for you to contribute not only to the Club but to other causes , but to also have great time while you are doing it , so bear this in mind when your Club is promoting a function.
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