Their commitment to the Koroit football team brought Denise and Michael Mugavin together and there was no doubt of their allegiances at this year’s grand final.
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Denise met Michael when she was a trainer and he a masseur at the club and it continues to be a big part of the lives of the Killarney couple.
Mr Mugavin, a former premiership Koroit player in the 1970s, was a club committee member for 14 years and still takes photos of Koroit’s football and netball games for the club.
Mrs Mugavin, was president of the club’s ladies committee in the 1980s.
They were among the thousands of Koroit supporters delighted at the club’s record breaking five consecutive grand final wins on Saturday.
Beryl Calloway has not let living at Cobden get in the way of supporting Camperdown for the past 25 years and she was flying the Magpies colours on Saturday.
Mrs Calloway started barracking for Camperdown when her daughter Maz married Gary O’Neil, a former Camperdown premiership captain, and has continued that support for her grandchildren who play for the Magpies.
Denise met Michael when she was a trainer and he was a masseur at the Koroit club and it continues to be a big part of their lives.
On Saturday she joined other members of the O’Neil clan to cheer on her Luke O’Neil in the seniors football and Eliza O’Neil in the U13 netball.
But while Eliza won in the netball, a grand final flag continued to elude Camperdown’s seniors football team with the club’s last premiership in 2018.
Sheridan Jones of Mortlake was decked out in Terang Mortlake colours to add her support to the Bloods’ reserves football team successful grand final campaign. Her friend Sally Wareham takes Ms Jones to the football most weekends during the season for a day out and they were cheering on Dylan Wareham in particular.
Among the youngsters lapping up the grand final excitement were Charlie and Zoe Unwin of Camperdown. They were part of a big family group supporting their cousin Luke Clarke.