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The Moorabool News – 17 May, 2022 Page 21
Footy record goes digital
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By Lachlan Ellis The old-fashioned footy record has moved online in the Central Highlands Football League (CHFL), as part of a drive to “appeal to a wider audience”. The move may take some time for traditionalists to get around – with some clubs rumoured to be considering their own paper footy records for supporters – but CHFL President Doug Hobson said it was a necessary change. “We have been trying to get the clubs, if they’re able to, to get team lists out, because we do realise there will be the odd person that doesn’t have a smartphone and can’t use the app. But we haven’t done away with the program, we’ve just changed the format,” Mr Hobson told the Moorabool News. “The decision was made late 2020, early 2021. Last year with the 12 rounds of seniors and 15 rounds of juniors, we had a digital program as well. We talked to the clubs for a while beforehand, and said we were looking to do that. As a board, we decided that was the way to go.” Footy records have been made available on the free ‘GameFace Record’ app, which is available on Android and iOS, and also provides quarter-by-quarter score updates. Mr Hobson said the move to digital-only was partly about expanding footy records to a wider audience, and partly for financial reasons. “We had a weekly thing sent out to each club they could print off to give to people that didn’t have a program, but that wasn’t widely taken up by the clubs. We do understand there are some people disgruntled that we haven’t got the old paper-based programs,” he said. “But realistically, we were only getting 50 of those tops to people at that gate. We’ve got five grades of football, so that’s only 10 programs per grade. So there wasn’t a huge uptake for starters. The financial aspect had a part to play in the decision, but it was about getting out to a wider audience too. “It has become very expensive to print programs, especially when we only do small runs of them. But the feedback has been fairly positive overall…we’ve had some complaints from ex-Presidents and other people, but we can’t reverse that. We’re trying to be frugal after two years without finals… the only income we have is sponsors, we’re very thankful for those groups that support us.” Though the last two years have been tough for the League financially, there is optimism that this year will finally see the return of a full football and netball season.
CHFL Ladder
Seniors
Team PTS % 1 Springbank.............. 20 486.43 2 Gordon.................... 20 161.39 3 R’wood/C’hap......... 16 255.56 4 Skipton.................... 16 237.87 5 Hepburn.................. 16 209.86 6 Dunnstown.............. 16 192.89 7 Learmonth............... 12 104.10 8 Beaufort.................. 12 95.86 9 Bungaree.................. 8 107.22 10 Buninyong................. 8 101.97 11 Clunes....................... 8 85.55 12 Newlyn...................... 4 70.16 13 Daylesford................. 4 50.28 14 Waubra..................... 0 72.30 15 Creswick................... 0 32.74 16 C’ham/L’ton............... 0 31.31 17 Ballan........................ 0 18.46
The BFL footy record will remain in print, whereas the CHFL have taken to an online option. Ballarat Football Netball League (BFNL) General Manage Shane Anwyl told the Moorabool News they still have a printed football record for the 2022 season. “We have a separate one for the Seniors and Juniors however, the BFL Women’s has an online footy record,” he said. Mr Anwyl said the BFL have explored the option of an online football record but there is still a desire for the printed version. “Down the track if there is an online option, the only way to do it is if it is interactive rather than just a PDF version. “Whilst there is still that desire, we shall continue in our current format,” Mr Anwyl concluded.
Bacchus Marsh Little Athletics Myrniong Recreation Reserve was the venue for Week 3 of Cross Country competition. A blustery, cool morning made it tough running. Athletes battled through the challenging conditions while some runners definitely took advantage of the tail winds to the finish line. The Under 11 and 12 athletes were first up this week as they tackled 2 laps of a 1km course. Lachlan Simons (Bacchus Marsh) established an early lead from the onset and didn’t look back, as he recorded a dominating performance, recording his first win for the season. Austin Shea (BM) produced her best Cross Country run to date, showing much improvement, to cross the finish line 2nd overall, 1st girl. Melton athletes Rajkamal singh Virk, Chord Wilson and Alexis Karmiste all recorded Personal Best results. The Under 6 athletes were next to toe the line, taking on the 500m loop of the reserve. Once again, Hendrix Wake (BM) took line honours while Melton’s McKinley Wilson closely followed in 2nd place with Hayden Tung (BM) just pipping Bowie Clarke (BM) on the line, to claim 3rd place. The Under 9/10 athletes competed over 1.5kms. Much improved athlete Joshua Askew produced his best performance, leading from start to finish, stopping the clock in a time of 6:30.95 mins. While Melton’s Balreet Kaur Mann was
Start of the Under 6 500m event. Photo - submitted a clear winner for the girls this week, running a PB of 6:38.69 mins. James White (BM) and Mackenzie Delaney (BM) both recorded their best times for this season. A small field of Open Age athletes competed over 3kms. It was great to see Elise Cook back running injury free and producing an outstanding run, crossing the finish in 1st place. Also, pleasing was to see the return of Emma Stewart to Cross Country in her first run for the season while Hashmeet Kaur (Melton) also competed in her first official run the season. In the final run for the morning, the Under 7 and 8 athletes lined up for their 1km event. This group of
keen and enthusiastic athletes were a little toey and after a second attempt, where off to a flying start. Melton’s Fletcher Reid remains undefeated after recording another convincing win in a PB time of 4:28.86 mins. Tait Ash (BM) was next home while Ballarat’s Archer Morris crossed the finish line in 3rd place. Melton athletes Zorawar Singh, Seerat Aulakh, Divgeet Kaur Mann all recorded PBs as did Bacchus Marsh athletes Cody Medcraft, Charlotte Delaney and Emma Foley. Next week - Cross Country meet will be held at Lake Dewar. This is a great opportunity for our athletes to tackle the course which the Region and State events will be held at.
RESERVES 1 Springbank.............. 20 2 R’wood/C’hap......... 16 3 Skipton.................... 16 4 Dunnstown.............. 16 5 Learmonth............... 16 6 Hepburn.................. 14 7 Buninyong............... 12 8 Bungaree................ 12 9 Newlyn...................... 8 10 Creswick................... 8 11 Gordon...................... 8 12 Daylesford................. 4 13 Clunes....................... 4 14 Beaufort.................... 4 15 Waubra..................... 2 16 Ballan........................ 0 17 C’ham/L’ton............... 0
832.56 375.40 247.43 208.61 155.50 160.71 202.92 180.82 183.05 105.19 90.00 61.63 41.90 40.00 13.54 20.22 17.40
Under 18 1 Dunnstown.............. 16 2 Gordon.................... 16 3 Springbank.............. 14 4 C’ham/L’ton............. 14 5 Learmonth............... 12 6 R’wood/C’hap......... 12 7 Newlyn.................... 12 8 Waubra..................... 8 9 Skipton...................... 8 10 Hepburn.................... 8 11 Beaufort.................... 8 12 Daylesford................. 4 13 Ballan........................ 4 14 Buninyong................. 4 15 Bungaree.................. 0 16 Clunes....................... 0 17 Creswick................... 0
445.63 223.12 718.00 131.82 437.50 197.53 127.38 196.73 83.94 63.93 59.03 58.59 31.03 19.94 38.92 15.56 0
Under 15 1 Daylesford............... 16 421.74 2 Buninyong............... 16 398.78 3 Ballan...................... 14 261.73 4 Hepburn.................. 14 151.12 5 Bungaree................ 121080.00 6 Learmonth............... 12 306.82 7 Skipton.................... 12 217.51 8 Beaufort.................... 8 175.29 9 Gordon...................... 8 155.49 10 R’wood/C’hap........... 8 34.44 11 Clunes....................... 8 31.51 12 Dunnstown................ 4 75.36 13 Newlyn...................... 4 19.57 14 Creswick................... 4 0.96 15 C’ham/L’ton............... 0 27.13 16 Waubra..................... 0 12.50 17 Springbank................ 0 0
Seniors Team PTS % 1 Buninyong............... 20 287.50 2 Springbank.............. 20 281.58 3 Rokewood............... 20 226.89 4 Learmonth............... 16 211.64 5 Skipton.................... 16 140.36 6 Beaufort.................. 16 123.26 7 Dunnstown.............. 12 147.44 8 Newlyn.................... 12 121.62 9 Gordon.................... 12 108.47 10 Bungaree.................. 8 83.43 11 Daylesford................. 8 83.15 12 Clunes....................... 8 74.71 13 Waubra..................... 8 35.98 14 Ballan........................ 2 51.75 15 Hepburn.................... 2 37.28 16 C’ham/Linton............ 0 49.83 17 Creswick................... 0 43.12 B GRADE 1 Buninyong............... 20 186.14 2 Bungaree................ 20 182.95 3 Gordon.................... 16 206.42 4 Learmonth............... 16 184.82 5 Springbank.............. 16 128.87 6 Clunes..................... 12 137.30 7 Ballan...................... 12 130.10 8 Skipton.................... 12 107.48 9 Beaufort.................. 12 100.95 10 Dunnstown................ 8 101.86 11 Rokewood................. 8 99.19 12 Waubra..................... 8 93.28 13 C’ham/Linton............ 8 73.83 14 Newlyn...................... 8 64.14 15 Hepburn.................... 4 22.41 16 Creswick................... 0 57.24 17 Daylesford................. 0 27.36 C Grade 1 Buninyong............... 20 253.16 2 Springbank.............. 20 215.58 3 Ballan...................... 16 150.00 4 Bungaree................ 16 131.96 5 Newlyn.................... 16 130.43 6 Rokewood............... 12 156.19 7 Clunes..................... 12 128.95 8 Gordon.................... 12 113.60 9 Beaufort.................. 12 84.07 10 Dunnstown.............. 12 75.86 11 Learmonth................. 8 88.79 12 Skipton...................... 8 79.73 13 Waubra..................... 8 45.99 14 C’ham/Linton............ 4 76.25 15 Daylesford................. 4 23.71 16 Creswick................... 0 57.06 17 Hepburn.................... 0 0.00 17&Under 1 Hepburn.................. 20 267.12 2 Newlyn.................... 20 229.41 3 Skipton.................... 20 221.43 4 Bungaree................ 20 215.87 5 Buninyong............... 16 92.63 6 Clunes..................... 12 225.97 7 C’ham/Linton.......... 12 135.16 8 Springbank.............. 12 124.00 9 Rokewood................. 8 102.13 10 Dunnstown................ 8 98.41 11 Learmonth................. 8 96.30 12 Waubra..................... 8 67.24 13 Beaufort.................... 8 60.40 14 Gordon...................... 4 70.94 15 Daylesford................. 4 45.03 16 Ballan........................ 0 29.49 17 Creswick................... 0 13.27 15&Under 1 Gordon.................... 20 440.00 2 Hepburn.................. 20 382.76 3 Skipton.................... 20 370.45 4 Springbank.............. 20 356.00 5 Clunes..................... 16 274.29 6 Bungaree................ 16 198.18 7 Newlyn.................... 12 117.14 8 Learmonth............... 12 92.78 9 Buninyong............... 10 94.52 10 C’ham/Linton............ 8 112.50 11 Beaufort.................... 8 37.61 12 Ballan........................ 4 55.04 13 Rokewood................. 4 40.78 14 Daylesford................. 4 37.69 15 Waubra..................... 4 18.98 16 Dunnstown................ 2 27.27 17 Creswick .................. 0 7.19 13&Under 1 Springbank.............. 20 490.32 2 Gordon.................... 20 220.00 3 C’ham/Linton.......... 16 267.27 4 Newlyn.................... 16 180.00 5 Buninyong............... 16 97.78 6 Skipton.................... 12 113.73 7 Clunes..................... 12 110.34 8 Dunnstown.............. 12 81.03 9 Bungaree................ 12 75.28 10 Learmonth................. 8 130.43 11 Ballan........................ 8 55.56 12 Rokewood................. 8 55.41 13 Daylesford................. 4 107.69 14 Creswick................... 4 62.82 15 Waubra..................... 4 47.37 16 Hepburn.................... 4 33.82 17 Beaufort.................... 4 13.82