VFL Seniors
Sandringham: 2.0.12 ~ 5.3.33 ~ 6.4.40 ~ 11.7.73
Port Melbourne: 3.3.21 ~ 6.3.39 ~ 14.5.89 ~ 19.8.122

GOALS:
Sandringham: Sautner 6, Tregear, Dempster, Smith, Waller, Heyne.
Port Melbourne: Schultz 3, Bonaddio 3, Dwyer 2, Deluca 2, Cain 2, McGrath, O'Farrell, Pleming, Deluca, Pitt, McMahon, Robbins.

BEST:
Sandringham: Dempster, Gallagher, Smith, Tregear, Heyne, Sautner.
Port Melbourne: Dwyer, McMahon, Fanning, Cain, Pinwill, Brewer.

Geelong: 4.5.29 ~ 11.6.72 ~ 15.8.98 ~ 18.10.118
Box Hill: 4.3.27 ~ 5.5.35 ~ 6.8.44 ~ 9.11.65

From the Inside Football Magazine
Reported by Paul Amy
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ABLETT QUITS: Michael Ablett’s return to the Frankston Dolphins was shortlived. The four-time best and fairest and former captain retired last week, citing increased work commitments that were preventing him from training. He said players could take no shortcuts at VFL level. “These days the VFL comp is for young blokes with no commitments,” he said. “You need to be able to get to training at 5.15pm and to stick around and do some extra work, kicking, whatever. My biggest concern a few years ago was whether Mum was cooking vegetables for tea. Now my family is my number one priority and I have to work to support them. Footy is down the scale. That’s the reality of it.”

COMEBACK THAT WASN’T: Ablett, 28, came back to Frankston after three years away from the VFL scene. After missing a chunk of the pre-season when he went to the US with his American-born wife, he played one game in the reserves before gaining senior selection. The right-footer was named Frankston’s best in his first game back, but struggled in the following weeks and was dropped for the Round 9 match against Geelong. Ablett said he was disappointed his comeback had not worked out. But he said he had no regrets and was better for the experience of having a dash at it. “I had a crack. That’s all you can do.” Ablett added five senior games this season to his tally of 112. He will look back on his VFL career with the satisfaction of having won four club champion awards, captained the Dollies in 2004, twice represented Victoria and three times been selected in the VFL team of the year.

UNRESERVED PRAISE: Casey Scorpions supporters must look at the reserves ladder and wonder if the standings have been jumbled. They have not. The Scorpions do indeed have six wins. Not long ago they were taking some fearful floggings. But, before Saturday’s loss to Williamstown, they won four games in a row under coach Peter Brown, the former St Kilda player. Casey football manager Craig Lees said the club had put a lot of time and effort into improving its list, recruiting not only more TAC Cup graduates, but young players who had been playing senior football in surrounding leagues, such as Ben MacReadie and Nick Scanlon. “Last year we had a guy on our list who’d been playing reserves footy for his club side,” he said. “This year every guy can play.” He said senior coach Peter German deserved a lot of credit for the reserves’ rise. “Germo is interested in every player on the list, not just the top 10 guys playing in the seniors,” Lees said.

Sandringham

Port Melbourne

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After 11 rounds Don 'CGULL' Quayle is still the outright leader with 49 winners. Don leads by three tips from another seagull supporter Chris better known as Penguin with rooster stalwart Digger. The pair have picked 46 winners and lead Keith Lumley, Daniel and old two blues fan Macca by one tip who are on 45 winners to date.  

TWO TIPSTERS PICK SIX

Werribee diehard Ben Carbonaro and old zebra supporter who has a liking for any affiliate to the roos each picked six winners. Ben picked 145 points as the aggregate score for the Williamstown v Casey clash with Adam picking 188 points therefore Adam is closer to 176 points (Williamstown 90 Casey 86). Adam collects $30.

MICK CUB WINS AGGREGATE SCORE

The aggregate score match for Round 11 has been won by Mick 'CUB' Coulsell who had the exact aggregate score of 176 points. Mick will collect $40 where he can by quite a few CUB cans which will most likely be green. CUB follows Coburg who have been off the rails of late. As a kid he had a liking for Prahran and Port Melbourne. The next aggregate score match will be the Round 13 clash between Casey v Frankston.

From The Age
Reported by Brent Diamond
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FRANKSTON coach Shannon Grant was a relieved man after coaching the Dolphins to their first win of the season by 23-points against bottom of the ladder Bendigo Bombers at Frankston Park yesterday.

But it was Essendon’s youngsters that stood out for Bendigo yesterday in their best outing of the season with David Myers (30 disposals), Leroy Jetta (26), Michael Hurley (22 and five marks), Jay Nash (23), David Zaharakis (17) and Bachar Houli (16) being the stand-outs.

Grant, who said he will remain as coach of Frankston for at least next season, said the Dolphins are in a rebuilding phase on and off the field in a bid to match it with the best.

“We’re a young group and we’ve just got to continue to work with them and be patient with them,” Grant said.

“We just have to make sure that we develop and I’ve got no doubt they’ll be very good VFL footballers in two or three years to come.”

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From the Ballarat Courier
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DEFENDER Matt Sharkey failed a fitness test last night and will miss North Ballarat's encounter with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League at Eureka Stadium in Ballarat tomorrow.

Sharkey is out with an injured right wrist.

Last year's joint best and fairest had difficulty at training on Wednesday and was pencilled into the line-up pending getting through last night's session on the new surface at Eureka Stadium.

Sharkey passed an initial tackling exercise before complaining about soreness.

Sharkey is one of four changes.

North Melbourne quartet Aaron Edwards, Ed Lower, Gavin Urquhart and Sam Power are inclusions along with North Ballarat Rebels player Josh Free, who will play under AFL Victoria's 23rd man rule. This allows a TAC Cup player to be used as an extra man.