Football The 2015 football season began with a group of 35 excited senior players taking the ‘red eye’ flight to Melbourne late on the evening of Easter Sunday. Mr Chris Allanson (‘91) 1st XVIII Football Manager Because of the early morning arrival on the Monday, no sooner had we arrived at the hotel, than we were off getting ready to watch Hawthorn take on Geelong at the MCG. This was the first of what was a weekend of highlights. Playing fixtures against Geelong College, Scotch College and Emmanuel College (South Australia) as well as watching the Dockers beat Geelong at Skilled Stadium will remain in our memories for a long while. Other highlights included guided tours of the Collingwood, Carlton and Western Bulldogs football clubs, attending the audience of The Project and seeing Dave Hughes live at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Hopefully, this tour was to prepare the group for a successful season ahead. It is fair to say, that the success achieved on the field was not what we had hoped for in our planning. Having a bye for round one allowed the players to freshen up before taking on Guildford Grammar School in what we knew would be a rugged encounter. Having led at quarter time and even having dominated most of the possession in the first half, Guildford got on top in the third quarter and restricted our opportunities up forward. In round two we took on Wesley College at home in some of the most horrendous weather conditions seen on a football field in recent years.
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