Curtain Raiser

[The Backyard Charizard 1,178]

From what I can see, there has not been a lot of talk about the curtain raiser on Friday night....

Some details can be seen here Qantas Indigenous Kick Start Training Camp

I am travelling from Adelaide (flying out this arvo) as I wouldn't miss the Skipper's 300th for anything!! Going to be a very, very special moment for not only David, but also the club as a whole.... It's about bloody time we had a 300 gamer at Melbourne!

The other exciting thing about Friday night (apart from potentially "Dee-railing" the Pies) is that one of the young fellas from my local footy club was selected to take part in this training camp in Melbourne....

Jordan Mack is a top kid.... The 15 year old Hackham Hawks player has been a shining light at our club in a time of shocking results for the seniors.... He is dominating the Under 16 competition and is drawing a bigger crowd every week....

He grew up 35km outside of Alice Springs and moved down to Adelaide in 2005 to be with his grandfather who was battling cancer....

"Jordy" had not played a lot of football in Alice and was persuaded by his cousin to go and train with the Hawks during the 2006 pre-season.... His cousin trained twice and decided that Basketball was the game he wanted to play, but Jordy stuck it out and kept training....

It wasn't long before he started to show some serious promise, winning the best and fairest in his first season with the Hawks under-14 side.... I actually sponsored the 14's B & F and it was with pleasure that I handed him the trophy on Prezzo night....

Jordy was then invited, this year, to play in the Southern Football League's under-15 association team.... Nearly 1,200 people saw him dominate the game against the Country Rep side in which he picked up 25 touches, 11 tackles, 4 goals, 4 assists and was rested for the last quarter!!

Last month Jordan represented the South Adelaide Panthers in the under-15 intrastate championships (against all SANFL junior squads) He played up forward, kicking 8 goals in four games, including 4 in the team's final match against North Adelaide...

His form was good enough to catch the eye of those selecting for the Melbourne camp....

Watching him play is totally different to anything I've seen before from a junior footballer.... He is a solid kid who just seems to jog around the park! We all joke at the club on Saturdays about the chance that he might get out of 2nd gear one day soon.... The way he reads the play and hovers around the packs is awesome to watch.... Players take him on and he mows them down in a matter of metres!! All while giving off the impression that he is in a City to Bay Fun Run and not playing a footy match....

Good Luck Jordy and we all know you have a special few years ahead of you!

And to anyone who is knocking off work early on Friday, get down and support these young fellas!!! Having so many talented youngsters on the field at one time is well worth a look....

and..... Go Dees!!

[Demons 32 235]

Cool,

I'll be there to watch probably the second half. Being im only getting off work at 4.30....

[w00dy 146]

i was in at crown last night and i saw a bunch of aboriginal boys wearing some sort of team sport jacket, i assume it was these kids...

might roll in a little earlier on friday to have a look