Our Mel addressed a breakfast for International Women’s Day today as part of a panel on the theme The Media – Women’s Friend or Foe?

In front of a packed audience at Box Hill Town Hall she spoke eloquently with conviction,  passion and excitement.

An asset to the Mighty Dees

 

 

We seem to have acquired a few really good speakers with clear thoughts and confidence to step forward.

Thinking Daisy, Mel and O'Dea off the top of my head, have all shown themselves quite eloquent.

It'll be interesting to see if they get media gigs during the main season, Daisy in particular is already clearly an asset for any commentary team.

And kind of funny and awkward, let's say Daisy gets a three-game special comments deal with foxtel, she'll likely get paid more than for the entire women's football actual season.

Mel is wonderful speaker and incredibly passionate about the game. Great to listen to her.

The Hickey family name is massive around Mildura with her dad being a star years before and his cousin Tony winning about half a dozen league B&Fs up here (or something ridiculous like that) and still playing first division cricket.

I never met Mel personally but she has been back up in the bush a few times working with the new women's league that started up last year. I only hear great things about her so she's clearly another astute pick up by the dees.

Hopefully we get a few more years out of her running around in the red and blue  

 

I briefly heard Mel commentating on a game this weekend (Carlton v WB I think) and she was great, bringing some inside word on the players.

Also humour, in particular when they were talking about a player who had been forced to choose between footy and equestrian, to which Mel quipped, "You call that a choice?"

Glad to have her in the red and blue.