ECE Scholarships

[Jacks]

Congratulations to Andrew Polkinghorne and Josh Shepherd on receiving the ECE Base Course Management Scholarships for 2009. Polks is a former Baulko junior and was last years ECE reserves B & F. Josh has been at the club for 2 years after coming from Penrith and won last years U/18 premier cup B & F. Martin Karafalis another promising junior received travel assistance to help with the trip from the central coast each week. Martin is in his second year with the club. Good luck to all three guys this season.
More details are available on th ECE website.

[DLH]

Josh has been at the club for 2 years after coming from Penrith

Gee, who would have thought it eh?

[Sometimes]

Gee, who would have thought it eh?

This is slightly misleading, he actually came from the Mountain Lions u16s.

[Doormat]

One question where did the lions come from?
Give you a clue it was from 2-3 merged teams from out west
You guys are never misleading @ EC never

This is slightly misleading, he actually came from the Mountain Lions u16s.

[Sometimes]

One question where did the lions come from?
Give you a clue it was from 2-3 merged teams from out west
You guys are never misleading @ EC never

haha yes i know this (emu plains/blue mountains, played against them), but at the time there was no u18 pathway anyway (penrith/norwest team had not been created until closer to the season). not that it's really relevant anyway

[Doormat]

Another promising junior received travel assistance to help with the trip from the central coast each week.

Is that what you call it now ?travel assistance payment" ? TAP?
Can only imagine what the kid is on per game. He would be the highest paid player in the comp based on your TAP
WhereIS states that is 241km @ 3 hours from Rouse Hill. That?s a 6 hour round trip. Hope you make him go the back way to the new ground. Just remember about those carbon omissions.

Also never knew that Muswellbrook was on the Central Coast?
Surely you?re not trying to mislead us again. Tell me it isn?t true

haha yes i know this (emu plains/blue mountains, played against them), but at the time there was no u18 pathway anyway (penrith/norwest team had not been created until closer to the season). not that it's really relevant anyway

[Sometimes]

Another promising junior received travel assistance to help with the trip from the central coast each week.

Is that what you call it now ?travel assistance payment" ? TAP?
Can only imagine what the kid is on per game. He would be the highest paid player in the comp based on your TAP
WhereIS states that is 241km @ 3 hours from Rouse Hill. That?s a 6 hour round trip. Hope you make him go the back way to the new ground. Just remember about those carbon omissions.

Also never knew that Muswellbrook was on the Central Coast?
Surely you?re not trying to mislead us again. Tell me it isn?t true

It's actually Aberdeen, just north of Muswellbrook, but about the same distance as Central Coast but further inland.

[Northern_Swan]

It's actually Aberdeen, just north of Muswellbrook, but about the same distance as Central Coast but further inland.

ROFLCOPTER!!!!!!

Aberdeen to Bruce Purser: 239km or 3hrs 32 min
Central Coast (Gosford) to Bruce Purser: 80km or 1hr 18 min

Sauce: Google Maps

You, my friend, are full of it!!!!!!

Aberdeen is directly inland from Forster. Directly inland from the Central coast is Lithgow. Someone's been feeding you bull@@@@ tablets

[Sometimes]

ROFLCOPTER!!!!!!

Aberdeen to Bruce Purser: 239km or 3hrs 32 min
Central Coast (Gosford) to Bruce Purser: 80km or 1hr 18 min

Sauce: Google Maps

You, my friend, are full of it!!!!!!

Aberdeen is directly inland from Forster. Directly inland from the Central coast is Lithgow. Someone's been feeding you bull@@@@ tablets

My mistake, inland from North Coast.

Sauce: BBQ thanks champ.

[DLH]

The sooner some sort of zoning system is implemented at the U/18 level the better.

[Doormat]

What gets me DLH, both clubs in question Uni & EC have boards who allow these decisions to go ahead. These faceless souls must be stopped for the betterment of the Sydney AFL.

What makes it even more frustrating both have paid staff who are allowed to go out & poach these kids.

The sooner some sort of zoning system is implemented at the U/18 level the better.

[Jacks]

Not that it was the purpose of my original post but I would have thought that if there was zoning in place at least 2 out of the three possibly three would potentially have been zoned to East Coast anyway as the closest Premier Division Club. I am not sure. All I was trying to do is recognise that these guys had been able to receive some reward for their work over the years with the club.
I know we all have our own agendas and we see the competition from within our own clubs and that has it's place and I applaud clubs for fighting for survival as I have stated though I was purely interested in acknowledging the efforts of some players that I have had involvment with over the years.
I suppose I am actually not surprised that the thread took the direction it did as it seems there are some clubs that are unable to be mentioned on here without stimulating the same tired responses.

[Norris Lurker]

Not sure whether a zoning system would help in this instance. No Sydney AFL club would be given the Upper Hunter as their zone.

Assuming the kid doesn't have his license yet, his parents must be keen for him to make it as a footballer to drive all that way every week. Must be costing them a fortune.

[Doormat]

No Norris costing ECE a fortune.

Not sure whether a zoning system would help in this instance. No Sydney AFL club would be given the Upper Hunter as their zone.

Assuming the kid doesn't have his license yet, his parents must be keen for him to make it as a footballer to drive all that way every week. Must be costing them a fortune.

[DLH]

Forgive the "tired response" but when it's one of the major issues effecting the ongoing viability of your footy club, you'd probably see it differently.

I'm sure the $2000 will buy a lot of petrol anyway.