BENDIGO’S best junior footballers will take on the Shepparton and District Junior Football League for the Cavalier Homes Challenge Shield at Flight Centre Park in Strathfieldsaye on Sunday.
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The carnival is in its fourth year with the BJFL winning the previous three challenges.
Bendigo’s teams have been selected from the inaugural intake of the AFL Central Victoria academy program.
Schedule for Sunday’s games:
Enterprise Oval – 10am: under-12s, 11.40am: under-13s, 1.20pm: youth girls.
Flight Centre Park – 10.20am: under-14s, Noon: under-15s, 2pm: under-16s.
Bendigo team lists for Sunday - Under-12: Charlie Owins, Izak O’Sullivan, Harry Law, Jack Mackenzie, Jack Stewart, Luke Salvador, Matt Wilkinson, Kobi Hall, Kai Lohmann, Harvey Gallagher, Mitchell Billings, Rhys Bolton, Thomas Bennett, Ryley Taylor, Ethan Featherby, Jai Featherby, Lincoln White, Jake Gamble, Dyson Daniels, Jordan Hynes, Joel Bothe, Dom Bennington. Emergencies: Angus Mayes, Zac Morrison, Jonah McNair.
Under-13: Mitchell Trewhella, Brodie James, Jack Hickman, Ben Xiriha, Isaac Carracher, Noah Walsh, Mossy Power, Abe Sheahan, Riley Bullock, Aidan Hare, Khy Sawyer, Cooper Smith, Angus Strawhorn, Ryan O’Keefe, Evan Davie, Mason Wakefield, Chris Cox, Riley Bouwmeester, Corey Webb, Jack Merrin, Jackson Hufer, Bailey Hall. Emergencies: Tim Hosking, Dan Murray, Thomas Martin.
Under-14: Mitchell Rovers, Josh Leersen, Harrison Burke, Alex Jenkyn, Zac MacDonald, Flynn Perez, Harrison Campbell, James O’Sullivan, Kyal Zass, Riley Wilson, Zack Shelton, Jaidyn Berry, Caleb Fisher, Jed Rodda, Ethan Roberts, Will Tobin, Mitchell Wakefield, William Wallace, Lachlan Baker, Noah Miles, Connor Sexton, Aaron Gundry. Emergencies: William Moran, Ben Worme, Henry Bombardieri.
Under-15: Tully Scanlon, Callum McCarty, Kade Blow, Jacob Lohmann, Jarret Miles, Thomas Gillespie, Mitchell Goodwin, Jonathon Lesuey, Charlie Robinson, Logan Dixon, Jack Chester, Lachlan Johnson, Zane Keighran, Daniel Clohesy, Hunter Lawrence, Manny Thalasinos, Thomas Walters, Zach Fitzpatrick, Kyle Symons, Sean O’Farrell, Liam Murphy, Brodie Fry. Emergencies: Tyson Webster, Jordan Anderson, Jack Vinnicombe.
Under-16: Patrick Blandford, Patrick Hancock, Brayden Sheahan, Lachie Gill, Billy Robertson, Sebastian Spijkerman, Will Harrington, Hugh Schaeche, Matthew Long, Zachary Denahy, Koby Hommelhoff, Will Keck, Ollie Leonard-Shannon, Tom Nunn, Lachlan Wallace, Isaac Ruff, Kyle Gellatly, Sam Dean, Brayden Torpey, Joel Mullen, Jack Bouwmeester, Darby Graham. Emergencies: Charlie Simpson, Shannon Murphy, Daniel Stagg.
Youth girls: Cassandra Coughlan, Tia Needs, Ashlee McLeod, Courtney Coffey, Mikayla Myers, Amy Campbell, Aish Tupper, Billie-Lee Humphrey, Georgia Coverdale, Charlotte Edlin, Eilish Cumming, Lily McNair, Tiana Cochrane, Grace Edlin, Marla Neal, Chonlathorn Meemusour, Ashlea Hampton, Alice Bailey, Ainslie Kemp, Kelly Shotton, Grace Andrea, Molly Metcalf, Jaime Sawers, Courtney James, Alanna Rowland.
Major sponsors for the BJFL are Cavalier Homes, Bendigo Bank and Hazeldene’s along with other sponsors Bendigo Toyota, the Truss Joint, Birchgrove Property, National Tiles, La Trobe University and Fernwood Fitness.