The Boag's Draught Pre-Season Invitational will see eight of metropolitan Melbourne's best local footy teams go head-to-head against each other to decided who is the best of the best?
THE BEST OF THE BEST!!! Seven premiership teams from metropolitan Melbourne and Football Geelong will come together on March 6 to secure 'unlimited bragging rights'. The Northern Football League will be represented on the day by West Preston-Lakeside after they won the 2010 Division 1 premiership. The Roosters will battle it out against Clayton (Southern FL), Riddell (Riddell District FL), Albion (Western Region FL), South Barwon (Geelong FL), Mulgrave (Eastern FL), Old Carey (VAFA), and Maribyrnong Park (Essendon District FL).
Boag's Draught Pre-Season Invitational
8 Teams - 2 Grounds - 1 Day - Unlimited Bragging Rights
March 6, 2011
Bulleen Park, Bulleen Road, Bulleen (Melways Ref 32 B9)
Vin Dattoli, coach of West Preston, believes the event will provide him with some of the most competitive practice matches he's ever been involved in.
"Even with the 20/20 format the buzz from the boys has been electric," Datolli said. "I might have to put the brakes on as we're only in March!".
The format is a round-robin event, with two semi finals to lead into the BEST OF THE BEST Grand Final, where $2,000 prizemoney will be awarded by Boag's Draught.
To complement the on-field action, there will also be competitions to uncover MELBOURNE'S FITTEST FOOTBALLER. There's a vertical leap challenge, along with push up and 20 metre sprint competitions. The highlight will be a 60 man beep test, where participants must be wearing their local club jumper. Betstar have put up some great prizes for the winners totalling over $2,500. Please note that registrations for MELBOURNE'S FITTEST FOOTBALLER open at 10:30am.
The fixture has just been released, with West Preston facing a tough draw after pulling South Barwon first up. The 8 participating teams have been allocated into 2 divisions, RED and GREEN, with the top 2 teams from each division advancing to the Semi Finals.
11:00am
BOAG'S OVAL - Maribynong Park vs Albion
BETSTAR OVAL - Mulgrave vs Clayton
12:00pm
BOAG'S OVAL - South Barwon vs West Preston
BETSTAR OVAL - Old Carey vs Riddell
1:00pm
BOAG'S OVAL - Maribynong Park vs Clayton
BETSTAR OVAL - Albion vs Mulgrave
2:00pm
BOAG'S OVAL - South Barwon vs Riddell
BETSTAR OVAL - West Preston vs Old Carey
3:30pm - Semi Finals
BOAG'S OVAL - 1st GREEN vs 2nd RED
BETSTAR OVAL - 1st RED vs 2nd GREEN
5:00pm - Grand Final
BOAG'S OVAL - Winners of Semi Finals
With event organiser's expecting a crowd of 10,000 plus, make sure you get along to see Aussie Rules footy in its purest and finest form.
Last Modified on 23/02/2011 11:41