Happy to accept fwiwFWIW new vafa president creating a big footy account and the Herald Sun doing a write up on Div1-Div4 recruits, what other nuggets does 2024 have in store? Bedford as the new mod?
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Happy to accept fwiwFWIW new vafa president creating a big footy account and the Herald Sun doing a write up on Div1-Div4 recruits, what other nuggets does 2024 have in store? Bedford as the new mod?
And the Premier C GF will be the last game on the VAFA calendar, not like in previous years where it was Premier C, Premier B on the Saturday and the Premier or A Section on the Sunday. Because the VAFA were so caught up in the schemozzle that was the VAFA Board fight which led to the resignation of CEO Brett Connell, it was like the match scheduling for Premier C this season was an afterthought. Hopefully things will go back to normal next year.
Not a bad thought … This could work … the fixture would need to be configured by groups of 4. Each team plays each other once apart from their group of 4. The group would be determined by the previous years ladder positions and there would play them twice. Which adds up to (15 + 3 = 18) matches.Within our Big Footy assemblage, is anybody aware of whispers regarding VAFA clubs’ amalgamations, defections, or potential new clubs wanting to be welcomed into the VAFA family?
Division 3 has 9 clubs.
Division 4 has 7 clubs.
Division 4 ‘could’ be a cakewalk for some new clubs.
Perhaps a combined Division 3/4 playing one round with an earlier finals series? (Final 8?)
Just thinking
Not going to work. You have to have a 10 team Div 2. A 14 team Div 3 would work, cut out July when every club loses a shitload of players, and start finals early as you said.Not a bad thought … This could work … the fixture would need to be configured by groups of 4. Each team plays each other once apart from their group of 4. The group would be determined by the previous years ladder positions and there would play them twice. Which adds up to (15 + 3 = 18) matches.
Like the idea of a top 8 to keep the season alive for more sides longer periods.
My thoughts are that two sides will come up from Divvy 3 (SMD and one other) and one club will come back to divvy 3 (Powerhouse). Which would make a 15 club comp plus a bye. The afore mentioned fixture option could work but you’d substitute a club with the bye.
Not a bad thought … This could work … the fixture would need to be configured by groups of 4. Each team plays each other once apart from their group of 4. The group would be determined by the previous years ladder positions and there would play them twice. Which adds up to (15 + 3 = 18) matches.
Like the idea of a top 8 to keep the season alive for more sides longer periods.
My thoughts are that two sides will come up from Divvy 3 (SMD and one other) and one club will come back to divvy 3 (Powerhouse). Which would make a 15 club comp plus a bye. The afore mentioned fixture option could work but you’d substitute a club with the bye.
It's absolute crap !For the whole of C Grade, there has been on 10 field umpires only.
No boundary, goal or 2’s umpires.
What happened to all the 2’s umpires that were doing A and B Grade last week.
Need to look at the OGS and Mazenod game for what ramifications there are for not having proper goal umpires.
There were at least one if not 2 goals not given by untrained umpires.
Would not happen in the NFNL Maxy!For the whole of C Grade, there has been on 10 field umpires only.
No boundary, goal or 2’s umpires.
What happened to all the 2’s umpires that were doing A and B Grade last week.
Need to look at the OGS and Mazenod game for what ramifications there are for not having proper goal umpires.
There were at least one if not 2 goals not given by untrained umpires.
Very poor excuseThere's two goalies allocated to the Hampton/OG game, according to the scuttlebutt last night, due to the final 4 ramifications of OG losing and OI winning.
Unfortunately there just aren't enough bodies to go around, this happens at this time every year. All the ones who are capable of doing C section are doing finals.
For the whole of C Grade, there has been on 10 field umpires only.
No boundary, goal or 2’s umpires.
What happened to all the 2’s umpires that were doing A and B Grade last week.
Need to look at the OGS and Mazenod game for what ramifications there are for not having proper goal umpires.
There were at least one if not 2 goals not given by untrained umpires.
Seconds all have 2 field umpires.For the whole of C Grade, there has been on 10 field umpires only.
No boundary, goal or 2’s umpires.
What happened to all the 2’s umpires that were doing A and B Grade last week.
Need to look at the OGS and Mazenod game for what ramifications there are for not having proper goal umpires.
There were at least one if not 2 goals not given by untrained umpires.
You can’t tell me all the umpires that have done the games in A and B all have games this weekend. Or, are they doing boundaries?Seconds all have 2 field umpires.
Had a look at the umpires appointments for the Round 22 Hampton Rovers v Old Geelong game.There's two goalies allocated to the Hampton/OG game, according to the scuttlebutt last night, due to the final 4 ramifications of OG losing and OI winning.
Unfortunately there just aren't enough bodies to go around, this happens at this time every year. All the ones who are capable of doing C section are doing finals.
And started the war in UkraineBlame those gutless Monash Blues who are the reason C grade is still in the regular season.
Confirmation of the VAFA umpires appointments for the crucial Hampton Rovers v Old Geelong game up on the VAFAUA website. 3 field umpires, 2 boundary umpires & 2 goal umpires picked for the match. The other games only has 2 field umpires but no boundary or goal including the 'local derby' between Old Mentonians & Parkdale Vultures.But its not normal circumstances, Jase. It's finals, it happens every year. Last two weekends are the busiest on the calendar with a number of umps doing games on both days including res/senior doubleups. I had two Premier A field umpires running the boundary in the thirds GF.
This weekend is less busy, but you've got finals taking priority over H&A matches - with the obvious exception of the Hampton/OG crunch game which will decide the makeup of the final 4 (assuming OI roll Preston, which is a fairly safe assumption). So that game has to have goalies, and it does.
It's not the fault of the people doing the umpire appointments that C Section is running two weeks late this year.
I'm just as upset as everyone else about the lack of numbers, hopefully we'll get more umpire recruits in the off season as people drift back post-lockdowns. Especially boundary and goals.
An icon.News just in from the VAFA website:
Ormond & VAFA legend Russell Barnes has announced his retirement from footy and will coach the Ormond reserves for the final time on Saturday.
There just isn't the numbers to go around. Sadly.For the whole of C Grade, there has been on 10 field umpires only.
No boundary, goal or 2’s umpires.
What happened to all the 2’s umpires that were doing A and B Grade last week.
Need to look at the OGS and Mazenod game for what ramifications there are for not having proper goal umpires.
There were at least one if not 2 goals not given by untrained umpires.
Our field Ump said yesterday that it will be worse as there's a fair few retirements.There just isn't the numbers to go around. Sadly.
After coaching the 2's he went and goal umpired the seniorsAn icon.
And one of the nicest people Amateur Footy has produced.
Kew out in straight sets. Just got hit by the karma bus.
Don’t get me started. I walked the field yesterday and was gobsmacked by the moonscape. The only grass at Elsternwick Park is on the cabbage patch hill next to the bowls club. Millions tipped into this joint?Watching the replay of the VAFA Women's Premier Grand Final, couldn't believe the lack of grass on the playing surface. You'd be forgiven for thinking that game was played in country Victoria, and not at Sportscover Arena.