Newport has access to a stronger junior program than the Falcons.Wyndham Vale flogged Newport a few weeks ago and are two games ahead on the ladder. Tell me how this makes any sense to promote Newport?
Newport Power JFC tried to get an affiliation up and running with Old Westbourne in the VAFA, but this has fallen over with the demise of Old Westbourne's senior men's program.
Add to that the cultural connection between the Newport Panthers senior club and Newport Power junior club with many of the boys playing at Newport Power having fathers, uncles and cousins playing at Langshaw Reserve, and that has the potential for a stronger showing in the short and medium term in division 1 than what Wyndham Vale was projected to deliver.