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Blomeley back for BFL
29/05/2008 12:46:00 AM

REDAN captain Nathan Blomeley is back and will represent the Ballarat Football League in the VCFL Pool A Country Championship at Shepparton from tomorrow.
A week ago Blomeley was facing the possibility of an extended lay-off with what was thought to be stress fracture in a foot.
However, a new diagnosis will see the 24-year-old train with the BFL representative squad tonight and line up against Goulburn Valley tomorrow night.
"There's no stress fracture," Blomeley said yesterday.
"There's no (immediate) cure.
"It's just a matter of putting up with some discomfort and playing through the pain."
Blomeley is spurred on by the opportunity to again represent Victoria in the Australian Country Football Carnival in July and the possibility of playing on the MCG.
The Redan star represented Victoria Country two years ago.
The national carnival's preliminary rounds will be at Shepparton on July 24-25, with the division one final a curtain-raiser to the AFL clash between Melbourne and North Melbourne on July 27.
BFL chief executive officer Rod Ward said there was no one keener to wear the navy blue of the BFL than Blomeley.
"He's put his hand up.
"He's desperate to play," he said
Mr Ward said the possibility of wearing the Big V on the MCG was a significant lure for Blomeley.
The BFL yesterday named a 29-man squad - one more than coach Peter Freeman will take to Shepparton.
Freeman and his selectors have chosen the extra player in case Melton South key forward Rob McMahon fails a fitness test at the Eastern Oval tonight.
McMahon is struggling with a problem right knee.
Darley leading goal-kicker Adrian Newman was ruled out on Tuesday night with two calf injuries.
Redan's Jarrod Edwards has been appointed captain with Darley's Matt Cape and Brendan Porter from Melton the vice-captains.
Ballarat is facing Ovens and Murray, Goulburn Valley and Hampden in pool A.
The BFL meets Goulburn Valley tomorrow at 6.30pm, Hampden on Saturday at 1pm, and Ovens and Murray on Sunday at 12.45pm in the last match of the championship.
 
ORACLE 69 said:
Its interesting to see the BFL interleague squad has been announced. It amazes me that the representation of the great Darley football club is made up of all their recruits. Gee, if there home grown talent is as strong and they have improved as much as all the fruitpickers believe, and their depth is so good then why aren't they in the squad? Look at the reps from Ballarat nearly all juniors accept for Sewell and May who were from Newlyn. East Point have recruits from their juniors accept for Hutchinson and I think the Melton and a few Melton south guys are from their juniors. The rest are all imports so it goes to show the value of recruiting to top off your list doesn't it Darley.

Looks a very strong squad though with the onball and forward line looking very strong. How do the half sensible ones on this forum reckon the backline will be structured.
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Midfiled will be very dominant.

I'll have a go at possible line up.

B. Carracher Webber Pitt
HB. Sewell Cape Otto
C. Edwards Edwards Blomeley
HF. Grenfell Porter Miller
F. Barker McMahon Hutchinson

Ruck. Little
R.R. Cheevers
Rover B.Jordan

Interchange. Koderenko, May, Banwell, Chambers

IMO
 

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WeHateTheDrummer said:
Midfiled will be very dominant.

I'll have a go at possible line up.

B. Carracher Webber Pitt
HB. Sewell Cape Otto
C. Edwards Edwards Banwell
HF. Grenfell Porter Miller
F. Barker McMahon Hutchinson

Ruck. Little
R.R. Cheevers
Rover B.Jordan

Interchange. Koderenko, May, Baker, Chambers

IMO
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Good to see Jay May from Darley finally getting the recognition that he deserves.
 
ORACLE 69 said:
Sorry dingleberry that's Tristan May from Ballarat. Gee what an embarrassment!!!
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Sorry champ, wrong again.

It's Jay May from Darley. He was a bit of a battler in the under 18's but has really developed since moving into open age football and will present opposition coaches with a match-up headache when he comes on to the ground.
 
Gee chief that's a shame as I thought your last post was quite good. Noddy do you always arrive when the bus has already gone!

Some good points coming out of last few threads and it would be interesting for each club to contribute a list of players from their juniors that have played senior footy this year. I would suggest sebas would be right up there.
 
ORACLE 69 said:
Gee chief that's a shame as I thought your last post was quite good. Noddy do you always arrive when the bus has already gone!

Some good points coming out of last few threads and it would be interesting for each club to contribute a list of players from their juniors that have played senior footy this year. I would suggest sebas would be right up there.
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Start with ballarat then oracle...
 
ORACLE 69 said:
Gee chief that's a shame as I thought your last post was quite good. Noddy do you always arrive when the bus has already gone!

Some good points coming out of last few threads and it would be interesting for each club to contribute a list of players from their juniors that have played senior footy this year. I would suggest sebas would be right up there.
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Names from Darley,
Travis Edwards, Drew Edwards, Brent Smithwick, Darren Leonard, Jarryd King (started at Darley, went to marsh, back to darley in U18), Leigh Freestone, Lachlan Herring, Adam Bell, Jacob Whitney, Kade Sexton, Brad Miller, Matt Cape, Trav Stephenson, David Young, Travis Minns, Shaun Deckert, Kyle Doyle, Ben Robbins (from U18's only),

Scott McKay, Ross Gundry are also locals but played there juniours at Bacchus Marsh, left on there own accord and never came for any money.

For a club that rely's only on the recruits they have it's suprising the amount of locals that make the side up hey Jerk69? Word around is there are also a number of Juniors and two's players ready to step up soon.

On the toughest in the comp gig, The name no one can exclude from the list is Brad Miller, tough as nails attack on the footy. Troy Scoble equal last along with pretend tough guys Benedetti and Hutchinson.

Love Cameron
 
Ballarat players from the juniors are too many to name but some of the better known include Aaron and Mark Nunn, Ash baker, Josh and Sam Caldow, Nigel Otto

Hardest players at it are Ash Baker Ballarat, Matt Battistello at Lakers, Jarrod Edwards Redan, Dan Jordan East point who never takes his eyes off the ball and James Carroll Sebas.
 

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I hate to admit it, but this site is boring when there is no talk of Darley. They are not really talking themselves up, just defending themselves from the crap.
Anyone going to watch interleague?
 
Coach thrilled by way players have bonded
30/05/2008 12:50:00 AM
THERE will be strength in unity rather than pure goalkicking power for the Ballarat Football League team at the VCFL Country Championships, which begins tonight in Shepparton.
BFL representative coach Peter Freeman conceded the unavailability of spearhead Dan Jordan and the withdrawal of injured centre-half forward Rob McMahon had made the task tougher for his team, which kicks off its campaign against the Hampden league tonight at Deakin Reserve.
But he was thrilled with the way the RegionalOne BFL team had bonded over the past month, and was confident his all-star midfield and the forwards he has at his disposal would kick enough goals between them to challenge for the championship.
"Our strength is the unity of this group. They've been sensational with their commitment," Freeman said.
"We've got eight players from (the last VCFL championship) two years ago, and a different eight who played last year against Bendigo, which has helped establish a consistency within the group.
"We've also selected quite a few young kids to continue that tradition in future years.
"For any side no Dan Jordan is a big loss. Dane Grenfell has been in terrific form, but there will also be a greater reliance on our onballers. Players like Nigel Otto, Ash Fleming, Brett Chambers, Matt Battistello and Brad Miller give us a lot of versatility up forward."
Ballarat's Mark Nunn and Melton's Brendan Porter take up the two key slots in the absence of Jordan and McMahon. At the other end of the ground, Melton's Ash Webber makes his representative team debut.
Jarrod Edwards from Redan and his namesake from Darley have both been named in the starting 18 for tonight's match, although Freeman said the team would be chopped and changed substantially
within and between the three matches of two 20-minute halves each plus time-on.
He said that was the reason some players who missed out on selection did so.
"It will be horses for courses," Freeman said.
"It's also a weird format in that you really have to rest blokes because one of the key things is player welfare.
"You can't have players in this type of concept who play only one position."
Peter Freeman predicted the Ovens & Murray team and Goulburn Valley would be the teams to beat for the division one title, with the Hampden league something of a dark horse.
"We played all three two years ago.
"Ovens & Murray and Goulburn are always strong.
"Hampden is the team we know the least about because they've got a lot of young kids."
The Ballarat team is not the only one to be hit by the loss of a key forward. Seymour spearhead Saad Saad was not available for selection for Goulburn Valley as he is serving a two-week suspension
for charging Echuca's Craig Sutton. Saad is the GVFL's leading goalkicker this season with 44 to date this year.

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BFL side looks pretty strong, although its a shame dj or newman are unavailable. Hopefully the boys can bring home a div 1 premiership. Good luck to all involved
 
James Kerr said:
Sorry champ, wrong again.

It's Jay May from Darley. He was a bit of a battler in the under 18's but has really developed since moving into open age football and will present opposition coaches with a match-up headache when he comes on to the ground.
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jay may was playing 2s rnd 1 he couldnt possbly be playing in the interleague side could he?
 
ORACLE 69 said:
Ballarat players from the juniors are too many to name but some of the better known include Aaron and Mark Nunn, Ash baker, Josh and Sam Caldow, Nigel Otto

Hardest players at it are Ash Baker Ballarat, Matt Battistello at Lakers, Jarrod Edwards Redan, Dan Jordan East point who never takes his eyes off the ball and James Carroll Sebas.
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Sorry Ash Baker and Nige Otto aren't from Ballarat juniors
 
noddy9 said:
Sorry to deflate the Ballarat bandwagon but i just got off the phone from a Ballarat League official and apparently it is Jay May from Darley that has joined the interleague side on late notice as a replacement for Ballarats own Tristan May. What seemed a cyber mix-up here guys has actually come to fruition due to apparent pressure from a VFL club that has taken a keen interest in Darleys young whiz kid. Our hearts must go out to Tristan May who was omitted on such late notice but hey- if you cant fly with the eagles, THEN GET OUT OF THE SKY!!!! Chieftont rocks
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Good luck to the boys this weekend, hopefully there's some controversy to read in mondays paper... maybe

"Hutchinson eats Redans Ash Barker"

"Grenfell out til 7am, kicks 12 in final"

"DJ flies back from carribeen for final"
 
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