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VAFA General Discussion
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Why are they playing finals at Hadfield anyway? Aren’t they in the Essendon District FL? Surely the VAFA have enough grounds over the expanses of their league to play at a VAFA club ground
The VAFA Premier C Preliminary Final between Hampton Rovers and Parkdale Vultures will be played at Elsternwick Park on Sunday afternoon, which means whoever wins will only get a 6 day break heading into the Grand Final against Old Carey. And we know just how tough preliminary finals can be.
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Good opportunity for another VAFA club to open its canteen Hadfield seems odd choice
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Dairy Bell was a very good venue on Saturday... Same with Whitefriars on Sunday.
Dairy Bell out from yesterday as well as Box Hill. Port back on Saturday week
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It beggars belief Hadfield has been chosen for the D3 clash with Canterbury v Norf Brunswick. It couldn’t be any further away! Large chunk of the Canterbury team is made up of boys from further east of Canterbury. Instructions to stay out and head straight from Revolver may make the trip tolerable.
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Joke! Remember someone spruiking top notch venues such as Port and Carey Bulleen…who was that again? Oh yeah the ammos media..shit the bed yet again the EP crew. Amateur comp = amateur management
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You love to have a crack at Collegians. What is wrong with letting a group of lads play in a comp that is befitting the standard that they are at?
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That is a challenge however at least you get an 8 day break heading into it and it is only one 6 day break not a combination of short breaks like you see in the AFL. I'm sure whoever wins will be able to get themselves up for the grand final
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Also, is it confirmed that it's a Saturday? Could be a Sunday game for all we know
How many are over age ? should have stayed in the grade they were for a start . Our whole team were under 17'5s last year and they did very well . Preston blooded a few boys in the 0firsts and have really improved .
Have nothing against Wesley Mike , it's just fair gradings .
Last year prelim was on the Sunday and GF on a Saturday but that doesn't mean it will be this year
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Does your team play in the under 17.5’s or under 19’s Bedders?
All came up from 17.5 to play 19's , so a really good year
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league gave it away at the start of the year with the uneven fixture. no one gives a stuff about F grade
I've never had a very high opinion of the powers that be in the Ammos, but this is absolute s***housery even by their standards. On what planet is it acceptable to have a Senior Men's final start at 9:30 in the morning?
I was hoping to catch a bit of the Berries as I'm coming down from Bendigo for a function on Saturday evening... The game's going to be finished before I was even planning to leave home!
Another perfect example of the hierarchy doing absolutely nothing to counter the criticism that they couldn't give a flying f*** about anything outside of A and B grade.
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What is the solution?
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Well it's late in the piece now but should stick to the 11.40/2PM time slots in future.
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Parade is free Maxy and they used for finals last year. Maybe that could have been an option?
Plenty of very good grounds with good facilities available , just ungated , need to let go of charging to get in , particularly for lower divisions
It's the perfect solution.
I'm just sure the VAFA would want to pump money into a club that just left the competition, optics rules over common sense at HQ.
Find more grounds... It's not like they don't have 6 months (in season) to figure this stuff out...
Waiting on the whims of the VFL/Coates leagues for ground availabilities isn't a sustainable strategy.
Further to the discussion quite a few grounds have had the cricket pitches renovated and these days we have so many girls finals as well , although they could be played on Elstenwick 2
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Give us some suggestions.
Parade is a solid option.
Pity Carey or Trinity aren’t available.
Ford Park would be a ripper.
