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The Peter Jackson VFL will be returning to TV screens in 2012 with AFL Victoria today announcing the continuation of the 25 year relationship with ABC TV.

The Peter Jackson VFL will once again be broadcast each and every Saturday afternoon at 1pm, allowing football fans to get their Saturday afternoon fix of State League football as they have done since 1987.

“The ABC coverage is important for the competition to promote the sport, grow the game, as well as providing critical exposure for the competition, VFL Clubs and our partners,” AFL Victoria General Manager Grant Williams said regarding the announcement.

“The coverage provides a vital link and service to the numerous football followers that are interested in supporting and watching State League level football; seeing the next generation of AFL players progress through the ranks, and local talent rise through the grades.

“The Peter Jackson VFL ABC coverage provides a platform for these players to showcase their talents to a state wide audience.”

From Hearld Sun
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A VFL star is facing a two-year playing ban for purchasing performance-enhancing drugs he never even received.

Casey Scorpion Wade Lees bought a fat-burning product online from the US in 2010. It was intercepted by Australian Customs, which informed the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority.

The product was found to contain an illegal substance, leaving Lees vulnerable to the drug code's "attempted use of a prohibited substance violation".

The standard punishment is a two-year ban from all competitive sport.

Three Australian athletes (cyclist Jules Amos, rugby's Brendan Bunyan and motorist Hayden Stephenson) are now serving 24-month bans for attempted use.

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From the Bendigo Advertiser
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DAVID Joss will stand down as chairman of the Bendigo Football Club at the end of this month.

Joss will vacate the position at the BFC’s annual general meeting, but remain a board member of Bendigo’s VFL club.

Joss has held the chairman’s position since August 2008 when he took over from Ian Dyett and has overseen a number of key decisions at the club, but believes the time is now right for a fresh person to take the reins.

“The club is going into its third phase, having been the Bendigo Diggers, then Bombers and now the Bendigo Football Club,” Joss said yesterday.

“It seems that if I can’t commit myself fully for the next three years then it’s time for the next person to come through and take the leadership role.

From the Warnambool Standard
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WARRNAMBOOL will host a VFL match between Coburg Tigers and Geelong Cats next year.
The feline rivals are scheduled to meet at Reid Oval on July 1 in a bid to promote the VFL brand in country areas.

Coburg football manager Craig Byron told The Standard yesterday the club was excited to play its home game in the south-west. He said the club made the decision after some encouragement from its AFL affiliate Richmond.

“We were searching for areas where we could extend the VFL brand and give Coburg a bit of exposure,” Byron said.

“Richmond had a fair bit to do with it. They have a fair few members down that way.”

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The Bendigo council has intervened in a decision about use of the city's main football ground on Good Friday.

Both the Bendigo Football Netball League and the city's VFL team, the Bendigo Football Club, were scheduled to play games at the Queen Elizabeth Oval next year on Good Friday.

The parties were negotiating but failed to reach an agreement, so the council decided to allow the local league to keep its Good Friday date.

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ESSENDON is keen to snare Port Melbourne's Shane Valenti, a former Melbourne midfielder and two-time Liston Trophy winner, in Tuesday's AFL rookie draft.

Valenti, who turns 25 next month, trained with the Bombers on Friday and is one of a number of mature-age VFL players who are set to be picked up.

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WILLIAMSTOWN will defend its 2011 Foxtel Cup in next season's knockout competition, which will feature 16 teams including two from Tasmania.

The VFL side won the inaugural cup from WAFL club Claremont, and both will feature again in 2012.

There will be three teams from the VFL, WAFL and SANFL, two from the TSL, two from Queensland, the NT Thunder, and one team from each of NSW and the ACT.

Greater Western Sydney, which played in the Foxtel Cup last season, will make its AFL debut in 2012, making way for a second Tasmanian team.

The 16 competing teams are Ainslie (ACT), Burnie (Tas), Claremont (WA), Launceston (Tas), Morningside (Qld), Mt Gravatt (Qld), NT Thunder (NT), Port Adelaide (SA), Port Melbourne (Vic), South Adelaide (SA), Subiaco (WA), Sydney Hills Eagles (NSW), Werribee (Vic), West Adelaide (SA), West Perth (WA), and Williamstown (Vic).

AFL general manager national and international development, Andrew Dillon, said on Tuesday the competition would be broadcast on the new FOX FOOTY channel.