ty A w€tforking Party" consisting of members of the VAFA Executt,te, r.,,,self as CEO, and the VAFA's legal adviser have been meeting ca a regular basis - mostly 7 am meetings (ugh!) - to consider a rl finiiton for "W hat is an Amateur (fc^*1°^11er)?".0nce that flnition has been established, the "We king Parrv~ then ha s t.: en directing its time determining, , " ~:,es not fit the definition of an "Arnateur', - l d ion to play in the VAFA, and at should be th e es that are fair and reasonable for granting such an clubs obviously have a huge interest in the outcome of this c rxtss and each club was written to last week inviting awitte n ibmission to be lodged which would be looked at by the ;',brlflng Party . These submissions could influence the "Paper"
Re will formally adopt or use as a basis for Ti : time frame for this process is as follows - receipt of club , . :'. missions (by end July); E~eutive consideration of "Work'v-~ F~rt}fi' paper (by end of October) ; new permit and reinstatement aui'jines to be in place before the end of Novembe z Flle "Fwrkmg Party' is mindful of separating submissions that are ust written with a view to getting a certain payer "in" (who does nt qualify at the moment), but will focus on submissions that aA at the 'big pieture" of what type of players should participate in the VAFA "i nis column will keep readers up to date on progress being made . ,v;v-,:- €tu The VAFA website is proving to be extremely well visited . z!rtSeularly on days results and ladders are published . VAFA staff r5ularly update stories that continue to unfold or announce new ~tories. Current items being regularly updated include ins/outs of the nior state side for its July 22 match (v. VCF`Q; finals venues and (L a te ;? ,1y not visit and Mow the p es of the VAFA? i;slton and United Breweries Promotions Ladder V, I _n Carlton (CUB) became the VAFNs Main Support Sponsor ~>>-, year (for a three year period), part of the new agreement was to Irovide $1,000 to a club in each of the seven senior sections of the VAFA which purchases the most CUB products for the I :on,e and away part of the season for use at club functions and a er match functions. G:ch club has been provided with a'proforma" sheet which has rrC rxed easy calculation of points based on the purchases made ,~ :rongh nominated CUB outlets .
At t?.° half way mark the following chibs lead their
1531 points 2954 points 2322 points 3374 points 1125 points 49 points '
Old t stbourne 720 points $ verification still to be completed upon receipt of supplier invoices . A further "proforma" sheet will be distributed to clubs immediately after round 18 is played to enable the winner to be determined .
Obviously many dubs have not provided the infornation to date, or may be thinking the best - to i will b2 to sub , t! ° one end n ~°-Lson "proforma" s (1 ).'17 at is fine - dubs should note that the i§'i . M.
Clubs may wish of course to submit "proformas" on a r bas' ; as purchases are made e; :'ling ladders to be regularly upc i. Reports of dub i i, -if ssary aggression filter in from time to time, in fact one such ;i .aation is the subject of an investigation next week. Clubs are reminded of the following policy. The first side on the ground completes its warm up lap and then chooses one half of the ground to conduct warm up drills and stretching . The second team to take the field can only use the racant half of the ground for its warm up running, drills and stretching. No side is to encroach on either side's half until the umpires "whistle" the plati c ; s to take their posi )ns for the match to start .