MAIDEN Gully YCW Eagles are gearing up for a big year in both Loddon Valley league football and netball.
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The senior football team is aiming to improve on last year’s season in which they lost the preliminary final and have kept the nucleus of that side together, while adding a number of recruits including Galen Munari, Matt Gray, Darby Graham and Dylan Morris (from Sandhurst), Alex Pearson (from Kangaroo Flat), and past players Matt Waterson and Dylan Pierce.
They will be again coached by Wayne Mitrovic (seniors), Ben Rodda (reserves) and Nick Patching (under-18).
The netballers will be fielding 16 teams across the LVFNL and BSNA competitions.
The netball program has grown dramatically over the past two seasons and will welcome three new teams playing in BSNA and also an under-13 team in the LVFNL.
To support these teams, the Eagles are welcoming a number of new and returning coaches.
These include Benita Swatton (A and B-grade), Janelle Wilson (C-grade), Paige Combridge (C-reserve), Christie Griffiths (17-and-under), Rebecca Keech (15-and-under), Courtney James and Genna Angove (joint 13-and-under), Christine Grey (minis).
BSNA teams coaches are Leisa Barry and Rochelle Whalen (17-and-under), Naomi Hartly and Casey Durston (15-and-under), Leah Sawyer and Anne-Marie Kelly (joint 13-and-under), Shane Rabbit and Erin Chisholm (joint grade five and six), Naomi Hartley (grade four and five, and Lauren Whyte (grade three).
Registrations for junior football teams are now open on the club’s website.
The Eagles will be fielding teams from under-nine to under-16 and an under-13 girls team.
Junior football coaches include Adam Brown, Aaron Demeo, Jarrod Drum and Nathan Rogers (under-nine), Gavin Piazza and James Coghill (under-10), Lance Brown with Heath Emmerson (assistant), Tim Tremain (under-12), Kevin Roberts (under-14), and Clint Angove (under 16).
The club is on the still on the hunt for more coaches in particular for the under-14 and under-13 girls sides.
Maiden Gully YCW kick off the LVFNL season on April 6 against Mitiamo and will host two night games during the season at Marist, including the round three game against Marong on Good Friday.
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