NAB AFL Auskick Queensland Ambassador Dayne Zorko will visit Rockhampton and Gladstone on Thursday June 11.
The Brisbane Lions’ star will join local Auskickers at two NAB AFL Auskick Super Clinics; Rockhampton Panthers AFC from 10:30am to 11:30am and Gladstone Mudcrabs from 4:30 to 5:30pm. There will be a sausage sizzle following each clinic and all are welcome to attend.
Zorko will also conduct two club based clinics after each of the NAB Auskick Super Clinics, and for those fans just wanting an autograph and photo he will be at the NAB Gladstone branch between 3:30pm and 4:15pm.
For further information on the Super Clinics contact AFL Capricornia on 4927 3432
About NAB AFL Auskick
The NAB AFL Auskick program provides boys and girls with a fun and safe Australian Football experience that serves as an introduction to a lifetime of involvement in the game.
The program is not just about introducing children to Australian Football – it activates and develops within each child the desire for a healthy lifestyle and an association with our great game.
This is achieved through activities and programs for individuals, small groups and teams, and aims to assist development of personal and social skills.
About Dayne Zorko
• A quick and gutsy midfielder, Dayne Zorko dominated the local Queensland competition for a number of years before getting his chance at an AFL career. He has since made an immediate impact at the elite level, displaying the pace, skill and determination to run through the middle, or even provide an effective small forward option.
• Played 67 games
• Originally from Surfers Paradise, Zorko Captained Queensland's U18 side in 2007, but was overlooked at the AFL National Draft.
• He joined Broadbeach's senior QAFL side as an 18 year-old and made an immediate impact with the Cats by winning the Club's Best & Fairest award.
• He went on to win four successive Broadbeach Best & Fairest awards and Captain Queensland's U21 side - but repeatedly failed in his attempt to find his way onto an AFL list.
• But an outstanding season in the NEAFL, which culminated in him winning the 2011 Syd Guildford Trophy as the Football Record Player of the Year, put Zorko back on the AFL recruiters' radar.
• Arguably most significant was his brilliant four-goal performance in Queensland’s narrow loss to Western Australia which also netted him the Zane Taylor Medal as best afield.
• He also finished just one vote shy of securing the 2011 Grogan Medal - which incidentally, was his third top 10 finish in the competition's highest individual honour across the past four seasons.
• Zorko was eventually snapped up by the Gold Coast SUNS as a Queensland Priority Selection, before then being on-traded to the Brisbane Lions in exchange for Pick No.34 in the 2011 AFL National Draft.
Last Modified on 02/06/2015 12:50