STAR Berwick recruit Ryan Donaldson has not been seen at the club for weeks according to an inside source.
It has not gone down well with certain members who stuck their necks out to recruit him and take his side in his wellpublicised midyear spat with former coach Leigh Taylor.
Donaldson’s name has been mentioned in connection with Cranbourne next season, as has Ben Lovett’s, but only as a player say Hawks spies not as coach.
TOORADIN’S last function of 2005 promises to be an interesting one.
To help raise funds for the end of season netball girls’ trip away, the Seagull netballers have come up with a scheme where one lucky male member of the club will become ‘King for the Night’.
According to a promotional flier (seen by FTS), the lucky winner will get free drinks for the evening, be ‘pampered’ all night by 20 females, have access to a ‘sealed section’ in which the lad can bring a friend to watch special ‘dances’.
Tickets to be in the running for the prize are selling at $5 each.
Have you ever heard a better recipe for a divorce/break up?
DOVETON was relieved that Danny Casset only got one week from the tribunal for a misbehaviour charge involving him spitting in the direction of an aggressive opposition supporter.
Word is that Casset might have got off with a reprimand, but that penalty is no longer available to tribunal members and if you are found guilty, you now must be suspended.
Another little tidbit from the Robinson Reserve suggests that Ryan Brown may struggle to play again this year, given he can still hardly walk after injuring a groin in round 14.
EARLIER this year Beaconsfield midfielder Daniel Charles was accused of starting an allin blue against Pakenham by planting a kiss on Lion Lincoln Withers and it appeared that Charles had that loving feeling again on the weekend.
It appears that he took a fancy to ROC hard man Craig Eagleton at one stage on Saturday and again let his lips do the talking, giving him a friendly peck during the game.
Eagleton looked stunned and kept his distance for the rest of the game.
STRONG word from other MPNFL division clubs is that Hampton Park could have a major influx of topline recruits on the way in 2006.
No names just yet, but suffice to say that Redback’s coach Jason Chapple is very highly thought of at one or two bayside clubs.
DEVON Meadows is very upset with Rohan Best’s sixmatch suspension for an incident against Pakenham that left Lions defender Joel Padley with a broken jaw and has appealed to the VCFL.
The Panthers have put up the $5000 bond ($2000 of which is lost automatically) and the hearing is scheduled for Friday.
NARRE Warren was not the place to be on Saturday if you wanted a pie or a hotdog or even a cup of tea.
The canteen was closed before half time after running out of stock, which was reduced so that there would be no waste given it was the Magpies’ last home game of the season.
Very poor effort from the Magpies and quite miserly, because the big crowd was forced to go hungry.
It was a complete contrast to Hampton Park, which hired a jumping castle for the afternoon and ordered in extra food and drink for the crowd, to make it a family day celebration of the Redbacks’ last home game against Cranbourne.
THE power of the press.
On Saturday, ROC full forwrad Matt Castricum was disappointed enough at the Kangaroos’ onepoint loss, but said it was made worse by his new nickname at home.
It seems the big fellow’s better half, Kylie, has recently taken to calling him the ‘big, burly spearhead’, as he was dubbed in last week’s Gazette.
Love that!
CARRUM Downs’ demise this year did have one positive flowon.
Apparently several less than topline players who were hacking around in the Falcons reserves decided to trade in their boots for whistles and are now running the boundary with Southern Umpires.
The word is that the lads intend to stay on and move to field umpiring next season.
