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The AFL today announced its 2017 finals panel.  At a glance field umpire Curtis Deboy, boundary umpires, Tim Morrison and Jason Moore and goal umpires Matthew Dervan and Michael Craig will make their AFL finals debuts.

This year’s EJ Whitten game went to the wire when Jonathan Brown goaled from the boundary line after the final siren to give Victoria the game by 1 point.

David Holowko works at his local supermarket, helping to keep stock on the shelves and customers happy. It’s a job he has had for a couple of years now, and he loves it. He particularly likes the interaction with the customers and helping them to find what they need. The job also gives him independence and an income – something that sets him apart from so many people with Down syndrome.

Round 23 becomes a climax in so many ways and almost a contradiction.  After all, what do clubs who have no hope of making finals want to play for?

Round 22 saw the last of the Fiona McBurney program for 2017. 

Following the announcement of the two teams contesting this year’s EJ Whitten legends game we thought it appropriate to announce the umpires who have been selected to officiate in this great game.

History was created on Saturday when Ballarat hosted its first VFL/AFL game.  Mars Stadium was the 46th venue to be used in league history and the match between the Western Bulldogs and Port Adelaide served as the first match to be played for premiership points in Victoria outside Melbourne or Geelong in 65 years. There were fears earlier in the week that the game might be affected by snow, however, the weather warmed to 7 degrees with a wind chill of 3 degrees for most of the game.  Our umpiring team weren’t impacted by the weather at all although I did hear our President Troy Pannell was doing a snow dance at the foot of Mt Macedon when he got home.

THIS former AFL umpire and firefighter is an ambassador for the Adelaide Marathon Festival. He also has won the Empire State Building stair race and can climb most buildings in the time it takes you to read this story. He spoke to Gordon Knight