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From Inside Football
Reported by Paul Amy
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Box Hill Hawks will not be running reserves this year. But it will be fielding a “development†team.
From the Pakenham Cardinia Leader
Reported by Paul Amy
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FORMER
Dandenong star Andrew Lacko has joined the Casey Scorpions as an assistant
coach.
The dual Dandy best and fairest played for the club briefly in its Springvale days, after the Redlegs were wound up at the end of the 1994 season.
He later coached and played in the Eastern league.
A classy centreman, Lacko covered a lot of ground during his playing days. But he will be doing less miles in his coaching role: he lives not far from the Casey Fields ground.
Meanwhile the Scorpions have signed leading VAFA forward Matt Moore.
From the Border Mail
Reported by Brad McGrath
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WODONGA Raiders impressive pre-season recruiting campaign has been capped off by signing Williamstown star Adam Cook.
Cook, 22, agreed to join the Raiders on Tuesday with his signature heading off interest from at least one other Ovens and Murray club.
From the Ballarat Courier
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AN AFL-standard playing surface for Ballarat is a step closer to reality.
Turf laying works as part of the $950,000 Northern Oval upgrade were finished late this week.
The new couch grass surface has eleven weeks to settle in to be ready in time for the North Ballarat Football Club's first VFL season home game against Collingwood on May 2.
From the Berwick News
Reported by Marc McGowan
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CASEY Scorpions football manager Craig Lees is tipping big things for his club’s new AFL relationship with Melbourne on the eve of the 2009 VFL season.
Lees praised Demons officials’ approachability after their intra-club match on Saturday and expects the alignment to be more successful than the Scorpions’ eight-year partnership with St Kilda.
From Inside Football - Online
Article by Phil Cleary
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Gary Ayres isn’t the first celebrity coach in the VFA/VFL, but few have won as many hearts. He did everything in his power to take Port to the flag. Just why so many of his stars went missing when the game was calling for a hero is something he’ll ponder in the coming days. Unable to find a spot where Dylan McLaren could influence the game and counter the dominance of Rooster ruckman Orren Stephenson, Ayres’ game plan simply unravelled. Suddenly players who’d looked invincible in the midfield throughout the finals – Toby Pinwell, Robin Nahas and Ryan McMahon – couldn’t find the ball and were error ridden when they did. How Port missed midfielder David Spriggs!
From the Sunday Age
Reported by Brent Diamond and Martin Boulton
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CARLTON development and Northern Bullants coach David Teague said the Bullants would welcome troubled defender Setanta O'hAilpin back to the club after he served any AFL-imposed suspension.
Teague, who described O'hAilpin as a "really nice guy", was shocked at Friday's footage that showed the Irishman kick teammate Cameron Cloke following a series of punches during an intra-club match.