CARLY McCorkell has earned family bragging rights after contributing to a fourth successive Victorian Women's Football League premiership for Darebin Falcons.
The 25-year-old defender, formerly of Warrnambool, played alongside Port Fairy football export Anna McIlroy as the Falcons mastered windy conditions at Box Hill on Sunday to defeat Diamond Creek Demons 10.14 (74) to 4.6 (30).
It was back-to-back flags for McCorkell, who didn't play with Darebin in the 2006 or '07 grand finals.
On the weekend she proudly wore the number 42 carried with distinction by her father Lee for Warrnambool.
Now Carly has set the standard for her footballing brothers Damian and Adam, cousins Dustin, Ash and Jarrod.
THE HFNL executive may be cruisin' for a bruisin' by going head-to-head with the WDFNL preliminary final tomorrow in Warrnambool.
While it is a muscle-flexing exercise for the league's green coats to take off the gloves with their finals scheduling, how much market research has gone into the exercise?
It is already evident from last year's finals gates that the WDFNL is overtaking the HFNL in the popularity stakes.
Forcing the "swinging voters'' in Warrnambool to make a choice could end in tears for the major league, especially when admission charges are $8 (WDFNL) versus $10 (HFNL).
IT hasn't all been smooth sailing for the WDFNL with its finals series.
A regular change to playing conditions for under 14, under 17 and reserve football matches during finals caused scheduling delays for the second semi-finals last Saturday at Friendly Societies Park.
In recent years the league has reduced the duration for each quarter during the post-season, but added time-on.
All fine and good until the VCFL broadened the time-on applications for finals this season.
WDFNL president Justin Balmer said it quickly became apparent during the under-age matches last Saturday that without intervention, the senior match wouldn't start until 3pm.
After consulting the clubs involved in the reserves match, timekeepers were advised to apply the ``old'' approach to time-on, which is when signalled by a central umpire and after a goal is scored.
The senior match between Kolora-Noorat and Dennington didn't kick off until 2.28pm but the following day's first semi-final between Timboon Demons and Panmure was spot on 2pm after the league curtailed time-on in the early games.
It will stay in place for the remaining finals.
WE'RE going to hear it a few times over the next month at grand final venues so I'll get this request out of the way nice and early.
Please, please, please, spectators, discontinue your animated discussion during the playing of Advance Australia Fair.
If you love your free, multi-cultural, sunburnt country, then show some respect for its national anthem.
AFTER serving an apprenticeship with occasional expert comments and around-the-ground updates, Drew Semmens will be calling his first game for 3WAY FM on Sunday at Terang Recreation Reserve.
Drew, of Cobden, is coming off the interchange bench with regular caller Darryl Agnew unavailable.
BEING a football historian probably isn't a pre-requisite for answering this question.
Has any team made the HFNL top five with less wins than Camperdown?
The Magpies finished the 18-round season with five victories, a draw and 12 losses.
AFTER a lengthy view from the boundary, umpire Leigh McNaughton is discovering the centre of the action.
The Warrnambool and District Football Umpires Association life member and committeeman notched up 254 appointments on the boundary before clocking up 45 centrals.
This weekend he reaches the 300-game milestone, coming in his 12th season as a whistleblower.
Boundary highlights include HFNL and WDFNL grand finals, interleague matches, TAC Cup and national under 18 titles.
He gave away the boundary this season to concentrate on central umpiring and quickly earned promotion to WDFNL senior matches.
AFL Foundation chief executive officer Jason Mifsud is guest speaker at the MDFL's Lewis Medal count on September 7 at Lake Bolac Hall. Mifsud has strong links to the league as the 1994 Caramut premiership playing coach and leading goalkicker with no less than 200 goals.
NATHAN Murphy appears to like a southern flavour to his football. The South Rovers onballer extended his WDFNL season by playing a permit game in HFNL round 18 competition ... with South Warrnambool.
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