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So thorpy are going well atm.. **** me fold that useless club now. Its shocking that the leauge let them play this year.

Now yinnar have pulled there 18s out of the comp wow mid gippy is going from strength the strength. Can see why the alberton clubs by passed them the non merger club has a lot to answer for now
 
amtheman said:
So thorpy are going well atm.. **** me fold that useless club now. Its shocking that the leauge let them play this year.

Now yinnar have pulled there 18s out of the comp wow mid gippy is going from strength the strength. Can see why the alberton clubs by passed them the non merger club has a lot to answer for now
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Ellingbank said no mid gippy said no where to now. If geography is the main concern i rekon hill end & traf to ellingbank for 12 team comp thorpy fold/merge & 6 mid gippy & 6 alberton join for a 12 team comp. But think theres probably more to it than that. Mid gippy juniors totaly shot at the moment
 
Hey Amtheflog

It was plain to see that after the constant upheaval in the Ellinbank league over the past decade, their clubs would never agree to go back to an unwieldy set-up once again. After all, you can't be more emphatic than 'unanimous'.

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I'm stunned that the Alberton clubs would think that clubs like Longwarry, Neerim Neerim South and Nilma Darnum were ever going to vote in favour of a scenario whereby they could end up travelling to away matches at all six Alberton clubs in a season. Their players would quite understandably begin a mass exodus to Bunyip, Garfield, Nar Nar Goon or Warragul Industrials in an instant to avoid three hours' driving on a match day on up to six occasions.

The odds of the Alberton clubs becoming 'WGFNC Division 2' gets shorter and shorter as the story unfolds. Tarwin floated this idea last year on social media as their preferred option, but the other Alberton clubs seem to have shot them down and they have gone quiet on it publicly.

If they don't want to entertain joining with West Gippsland, then they run the real risk of a total carve up and the WGNFC, MGFL and EDFL all receive two Alberton teams.
 
The Foster Mirror posted the following on their Facebook page today:

"AFL Gippsland has received six notices of appeal relating to Ellinbank and District Football League’s response to transfer applications from Alberton Football Netball League clubs.

"All six member clubs of the AFNL submitted appeals against the EDFL’s decision to turn down the individual requests to join the league for season 2020 and the AFL Gippsland Region Commission now has until June 3 to provide a ruling.

"The Commission will meet with AFL Victoria representatives to discuss the situation and appeal hearing process.

"Given its role in the appeal process, AFL Gippsland will not offer any further comment on this matter until its conclusion."

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Having a WGFNC Division 2 is still clearly the best option available and AFLG have to realise that it will have the least impact on the football landscape in Gippsland.

By adding the six AFNL clubs to the WGFNC, you will have 18 teams in a competition with a 10-8 split. The clubs will have the chance to 'find their level' over a 2-3 year period and by then, they will be part of a competition where there is better competitive balance. It will alleviate the disruption to other competitions and clubs like Hill End, Longwarry and Neerim-Neerim South won't have the prospect of long trips to places like Toora, Tarwin and Foster.
 

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The Foster Mirror posted the following on their Facebook page today:

"AFL Gippsland has received six notices of appeal relating to Ellinbank and District Football League’s response to transfer applications from Alberton Football Netball League clubs.

"All six member clubs of the AFNL submitted appeals against the EDFL’s decision to turn down the individual requests to join the league for season 2020 and the AFL Gippsland Region Commission now has until June 3 to provide a ruling.

"The Commission will meet with AFL Victoria representatives to discuss the situation and appeal hearing process.

"Given its role in the appeal process, AFL Gippsland will not offer any further comment on this matter until its conclusion."

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Having a WGFNC Division 2 is still clearly the best option available and AFLG have to realise that it will have the least impact on the football landscape in Gippsland.

By adding the six AFNL clubs to the WGFNC, you will have 18 teams in a competition with a 10-8 split. The clubs will have the chance to 'find their level' over a 2-3 year period and by then, they will be part of a competition where there is better competitive balance. It will alleviate the disruption to other competitions and clubs like Hill End, Longwarry and Neerim-Neerim South won't have the prospect of long trips to places like Toora, Tarwin and Foster.
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Great post mate
 
The entire AFL Gippsland commission has apparently been asked to resign by AFL Vic. What a complete shambles. It would be very hard to argue that much in Gippsland footy has gotten better since the AFL and its subsidiaries took over administration from the VCFL.
 
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BREAKING: AFL Gippsland commission sacked
14/05/2019

By sports editor Russell Bennett


The AFL Gippsland commission’s May monthly meeting began at around 6pm at Morwell Bowls Club tonight (Tuesday). By 6:05pm, all of its six commissioners were asked to resign by AFL Victoria.

Those commissioners were acting chairman John Schelling, John White, Greg Maidment, John Brooks OAM, Cayte Hoppner and Paul Buckley – the latter of whom was not at the meeting.

The stunning development happened as part of agenda item 4 in the meeting – ‘AFL Victoria Update’.

White, from Pakenham, has had a long involvement with the Garfield Football Club; is a former chief executive of Super Rules, and coached high-level football in Queensland.

He spoke with the Gazette soon after the dramatic developments unfolded.

“I’m devastated,” he said.

“As a commissioner for two-and-a-half years, with a deep passion for community football, I feel this decision has long-term implications for the direction of football throughout the Gippsland region.

“In my view, it appears there’s some motive by AFL Victoria in regards to the future of football in our region.

“This evening we were aware that AFL Victoria was attending our regular monthly commission meeting.

“Our understanding was that the purpose of that meeting was to review the AFL Gippsland commission.

“There is no secret to the fact that the AFL Gippsland commission has struggled, like many other commissions, to make ends meet financially as they administer football across the region.

“AFL Gippsland found itself in the position of not having sufficient funds, and had sought to have the support of AFL Victoria to assist in rectifying a historical problem, which we believed was going to happen.

“To our surprise, the AFL advised at the start of the meeting that it was their view that the commission was trading insolvent and they requested that all commissioners resign.

“Their view was a form of protection for the volunteers who sat on the commission.

“During questioning at tonight’s meeting, it was established that – given our resignations as commissioners – additional directors were appointed immediately, all of AFL Docklands-origin, and the AFL would fund the deficit incurred by AFL Gippsland.

“Further questioning established that, perhaps, people understand that the current model adopted from the Peter Jackson Review has not delivered what was seen as an instrument of success for football.

“This, in no way, damages the good work being undertaken by the current staff of AFL Gippsland.

“(Region general manager) Ben Joske has been a breath of fresh air and has shown fantastic leadership, and has put the ship on the right course.

“This has devastated the commissioners again, as the working relationship between all was starting to show positive results.

“Had AFL Victoria supported the commission, as had been requested, this situation could have been avoided.”

The Gazette understands that the AFL Gippsland commission imposed a levy on its clubs in 2017, which was designed to assist the state of its accounts. That amount has, in the main, not been paid – according to documents seen by the Gazette.

White concluded by saying: “I posed a question (at the meeting) about the future fees associated for the clubs in the Gippsland region. While there was no direct response to that question, it’s fairly clear that the cost for these clubs will increase significantly.”
 

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