Cal's farewell lap of honour today.
He's obviously been at the heart of our club since the beginning, setting the benchmark for the waves of young guys coming in on what it takes to be a Giant, laying the foundations for our 'Never Surrender' culture.
For my family, the Giants are a big part of our lives, and it all started for us with Cal. At the start of our 3rd year, my oldest son did an after school Auskick clinic. 4 Giants players attended (Cal, Lobb and 2 others I can't remember). When it finished, my son was still running around trying to kick goals. Cal went out with him and stayed on for about half an hour after the others left and taught him how to kick.
For the next few weeks, all he could talk about was Callan Ward. By that weekend, he was registered for Auskick. We went to the next home game, had a ball and became members that night. 11ish years on, I've got 2 boys that have had invites into the academy, weve barely missed a home game in that time, and most of our extended family are now members with us.
Officially, it's Cal's farewell today, but if the footy gods want to shine a light on a guy that epitomises everything that is good about our game, we'll be having a farewell at Giants HQ on the day after grand final day with a nice shiny trophy.
Let's go Giants !!
He's obviously been at the heart of our club since the beginning, setting the benchmark for the waves of young guys coming in on what it takes to be a Giant, laying the foundations for our 'Never Surrender' culture.
For my family, the Giants are a big part of our lives, and it all started for us with Cal. At the start of our 3rd year, my oldest son did an after school Auskick clinic. 4 Giants players attended (Cal, Lobb and 2 others I can't remember). When it finished, my son was still running around trying to kick goals. Cal went out with him and stayed on for about half an hour after the others left and taught him how to kick.
For the next few weeks, all he could talk about was Callan Ward. By that weekend, he was registered for Auskick. We went to the next home game, had a ball and became members that night. 11ish years on, I've got 2 boys that have had invites into the academy, weve barely missed a home game in that time, and most of our extended family are now members with us.
Officially, it's Cal's farewell today, but if the footy gods want to shine a light on a guy that epitomises everything that is good about our game, we'll be having a farewell at Giants HQ on the day after grand final day with a nice shiny trophy.
Let's go Giants !!
