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Norm Smith Medallist
Collingwood - Jaidyn Stephenson Player Sponsor 2018
Collingwood Magpies - James Aish Player Sponsor 2016
Collingwood - Taylor Adams Player Sponsor 2015
Collingwood - Ben Kennedy Player Sponsor 2014
Collingwood - Quinten Lynch Player Sponsor 2013
Collingwood Magpies - Alex Fasolo 2012 Player Sponsor
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Disagree - you'd have to live in an area like Ararat to see the massive impact a club with a vested interest in the area had on the zone. Once zones were abolished Collingwood cut the area dead. I don't blame them. The AFL runs clinics but they send up no name players from various clubs . There isn't engagement or buy in. Country footy is dying. 20 years ago this town had an association of 10 teams plus a team playing in the Wimmera league. Now the association is gone. One team plays in the Wimmera League and another - a loose amalgam of the old association plays in the Minenara league.
Imagine how much extra money would need to be outlaid and the results would be predictable. Collingwood to help finance other clubs to run their own zone programs and academies. In any case you can't cover the whole map, just economically impossible.