Newtown & Chilwell’s Peter Trompf enters the GFL tribunal. Picture: Glenn Ferguson Source: News Limited
NEWTOWN & Chilwell is exploring all avenues of appeal as it continues to come to terms with Peter Trompf’s life ban from football.
Eagles president Scott Robinson confirmed the club would decide tonight whether to challenge the four match suspension handed to Trompf for his strike on St Mary’s Andrew Banjanin.
The ban at last night’s AFL Barwon tribunal took Trompf’s career suspensions to 16, triggering deregistration.
But Newtown has not given up the fight.
“We’re investigating every option. We don’t want this guy lost to football,” Robinson said.
“He obviously pushes the boundary when he plays but he’s a great clubman and would be a fantastic junior coach, so we’re exploring every option.
“We’ve got until tomorrow lunchtime to appeal, I believe, so we’re finding out costs, seeing where the costs sit budget wise and a decision will be made tonight.”
Robinson admitted the club was dumbfounded as to why Trompf was handed an extra week stemming from his four-match ban earlier this season.
“They’ve given him three weeks plus one week and we’re not quite sure about the other week,” Robinson said.
“Those at the club are doing as much as they can at the minute to see whether we’ve got any grounds (for appeal).”
The Eagles must find $5500 for an appeal. The club would receive half the money back if successful.
Under nationwide rules, a player is deregistered when they reach the 16-week threshold.
Tribunal chairman Ron Lovell said Trompf was handed three matches and an extra week following the four matches he served earlier in the season for misconduct against South Barwon’s Mitch Herbison.
Last Modified on 14/08/2015 06:29