Sport
23 August, 2022
Clubs back future
LODDON-based clubs had given a clear indication on the direction and future of their football-netball league, president Simon Tuohey said at the weekend. Tuohey was speaking on the first episode of Editor and The Oracle, a finals’ series podcast...
LODDON-based clubs had given a clear indication on the direction and future of their football-netball league, president Simon Tuohey said at the weekend.
Tuohey was speaking on the first episode of Editor and The Oracle, a finals’ series podcast being presented by Loddon Valley league and the Loddon Herald.
He said the vote to deny Maiden Gully’s application for a switch to the Heathcote league was a vote for the future.
“(And) I think it’s great they have done that. The clubs have thought hard about where they want to go,” Tuohey said.
“There have been great community member club meetings. They have some direction ... passion (for the future).”
Tuohey said the Eagles had been formally notified of the refusal by Loddon Valley clubs but the league expected an appeal would be lodged.
“No doubt they will appeal. Watch this space,” Tuohey said on the podcast.
Maiden Gully finished the season with a thumping 52-point win over Bears Lagoon Serpentine in what may have been its final match in Loddon Valley.
The Eagles and Marong have both had talks with the Heathcote league. While minor premiers Marong has not submitted a formal bid to ditch Loddon Valley, there is an expectation it could come next month after the finals.
Both Maiden and Marong have cited junior pathways as among reasons for wanting to leave Loddon Valley.
Tuohey told Editor and The Oracle that formation of East Loddon Rams under 18 football team had been one of the Loddon Valley season’s success stories.
He said the new junior side had been driven by local youngsters wanting to play football together in a local team.
The first episode also discusses the breaking of a 40-year-old goalkicking record, the eras they were set and the style differences of Bridgewater’s Peter Collins in the 1980s and new record holder Brandyn Grenfell four decades later.
Editor and the Oracle can be viewed through www.loddonherald.com.au