EDFL
East Sunbury has appointed Travis Bishop as its coach for next year’s Essendon District Football League division 2 season. Bishop, who was the club’s senior football operations manager, replaces Aaron Kite, who stood down due to family reasons. Bishop has more than 20 years playing and coaching experience and was previously an assistant coach and reserves coach at the Thunder.
Draft
Three Calder Cannons are among those who have been invited to the AFLW draft combine. The draft combine will showcase the country’s most talented draft-age girls footballers and will again be held across multiple locations across Australia throughout September and October. From the Cannons, Amy Gaylor, Kayley Kavanagh and Sarah Grunden were all invited. Gaylor had an interrupted Coates Talent League season due to a knee injury, missing rounds six to 15, while Kavanagh had a fantastic season boosting her disposal averages from 15 in 2022 to 26 in 2023. Grunden kicked seven goals and averaged 13 disposals, almost 5 tackles and 2 marks a game.
GDCA
Gisborne is aiming to get its women’s program back up and running for the Gisborne and District Cricket Association. The Dragons previously had a team, but haven’t had one the past few seasons. The club’s women’s pre-season training gets underway on September 13 with everyone welcome.
BFNL
The Sunbury Lions reserves are through to the Ballarat Football League grand final, while the under-19 will have to go through the preliminary final if they are to join them. The reserves were too strong for Darley on Saturday, while the under-19s lost to Sebastopol. The Lions D-grade netballers are also through to the grand final after beating Ballarat, but the C-grade side was knocked out by Sebastopol.
