casey scorp

One positive is that MFC will now have some certainty that it will be playing at Casey Fields on Saturday 14 March at 2:00pm in a NAB Challenge match. At least with 3 weeks notice, it can really market it hard to the Casey community. Advertising should start this week in local papers if the MFC marketing dept is switched on.

I can't recall any great fanfare, but this is on the MFC website (so it's obviously official from MFC's perspective): http://www.melbournefc.com.au/VFL/tabid/7549/default.aspx

10:30 to midday - she'll be at the hairdresser!

TrainLink to Cranbourne East scheduled to depart Cranbourne Railway Station at 9:51am and get to the Casey Complex (where the new pool is being built) at 10:01am. That leaves 29 minutes to amble along the road to the east (or left as you go out onto the main road) some 700 metres to Casey Fields. But just ask the bus driver for the direction if you are not sure.

E-mail from the club just received.

It is on the website of the Casey Scorpions. The Scorps manage the ground, so I reckon they'd know what day a match was going to be played or if the date was changed. Be thankful, I suggest, that the advice is provided by someone (even if not MFC in the first instance).

On the Casey Scorpions website I notice a change to the match originally scheduled for this Friday being moved to Saturday morning at 10:30am. It has been moved at the AFL's request so that the empahasis on Friday evening can be on the bushfire fundraisng effort at Telstra Dome. http://scorpions.com.au/

I don't think that is the case - because the article is in the context of sponsorship I think she is clearly saying that people don't get excited about the Demons (and therefore MFC doesn't excite a potential sponsor) because: * the club is without stars * their fixture for 2009 is a shocker in financial terms * they were the worst-performed club in the competition last year * their future looks the shakiest of all the 16 clubs. The first point should be overcome with the crop of early draft picks over the past couple of years - some of which could legitimately be expected to develop into stars. The second is in the hands of the AFL for future years. The third should see an improved result over the next 3 years as the recent high draft picks develop. The fourth is in the hands of the Board.

Published last week: http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/newsart...px?newsid=71682 Demons Community Camp Join in the fun as the Demons bring the Community Camp to the City of Casey. The Melbourne Football Club will be hosting a range of activities from 6 – 13 February. The Camp will be kicked off by the 'Connecting with its Community' breakfast, aimed at community stakeholders. Throughout the week, players will connect with the Casey community via schools, coaching forums and super clinics, with proceedings to be concluded by an intraclub practice match. We invite all community members to participate in the Community Camp, and encourage you all to come along to the many activities on offer: Friday 6 February “Connecting with its Community” breakfast Super clinic @ Casey Fields with Demon players (2 pm- 3 pm) Monday 9 February Secondary School Leaders breakfast Wednesday 11 February MFC training @ Casey Fields Recreational football for women @ Casey Fields, from 3.30 pm, with Melbourne players Coach the Coach session Friday 13 February Intraclub practice match @ Casey Fields, kicking off at 5 pm Regular updates will be available on the MFC website, so log on and follow the players' Community Camp journey!

Good to see Glenn coming on board with the Scorps after having had an injury-interrupted 2008 and being delisted from the Saints rookie list at the end of the season.

This year will be the 3rd NAB Challenge match at Casey Fields. NAB Cup match maybe next year and then, in 2011 or 2012, an AFL match against the Gold Coast or Freo. As a local resident of Casey, I think full relocation of the footy dept to Casey Fields would be a great outcome with admin/corporate etc remaining at the high profile MCG. This is a somewhat similar setup to Arsenal, which has its training centre at Hertfordshire (a 45 minute drive from Emirates Stadium). Arsenal in fact has 3 sites - admin at Highbury (its traditional "home"), the Emirates Stadium which it commenced playing its home games at from 2006, and its training base. The link to the training centre is: http://www.arsenal.com/the-club/training-centre It certainly provides a model for MFC to aspire to.

She did: "The fact is the Demons are not exactly an exciting brand. They are without stars, their fixture for 2009 is a shocker in financial terms, they were the worst-performed club in the competition last year and their future looks the shakiest of all the 16 clubs."

The intra-club match is at Casey Fields next Friday (13th) at 5:00pm. That is the culmination of the community camp. There is also a NAB Challenge match at Casey Fields ay 2:00pm on Saturday 14 March. If MFC is not in the final of the NAB Cup that night, it will likely get the NAB Challenge match scheduled for Casey Fields on that day. So that would be a couple of pre-season matches at Casey Fields.

The purpose of the community camp is to spread and reinforce the AFL message throughout various communities around the country. Casey is a key area for AFL - it is AFL heartland (ie high concentration of AFL supporters/head) yet is vulnerable to other codes. It is also a major growth area. Bearing that in mind, the AFL would support a club establishing a strong connection with the local community. MFC is making the connections, and the community camp reinforces that link. Now if they would just announce what it is they are doing next week in the community (local paper printing deadlines would be close to expiry), that link might actually get some benefit out of the camp (and there would be some good promotion of the initiative)......

It's actually owned by the Council, and will be managed by the YMCA on behalf of the Council. The YMCA manages a few other of Casey Council's indoor leisure facilities, including the similarly sized complex at Narre Warren - the Casey ARC which has a wave pool whereas the new complex has the waterslides as jackson45 says. It will have massive benefits for MFC, being just down the road from Casey Fields.

NOTE: Due to changes to date & time of match, the information below is redundant. There is a Cranbourne Line train scheduled to arrive at Cranbourne Station at 4:08pm on Friday (note "scheduled"). The TrainLink bus is scheduled to leave at 4:12pm (sorry, I'm not sure what it does if the train is delayed). The bus is scheduled to get to a stop 700 metres from Casey Fields (at the Casey Complex - ie next to the new pool being built) at 4:22pm. The game starts at 5:00pm.

Not much help at all for today. Still, look on the bright side, there's almost 48 hours notice of Friday's training.

Info has been published about when it's on (6 to 13 Feb), and today the Members' E-mail advised that the club's Community Camp in the City of Casey will culminate with an Intra-Club practice match on Friday 13 February at Casey Fields (starting time 5 pm). Hopefully there'll be more info about the community activities to be undertaken during the camp published soon.

Just came through on the Members' E-mail: Intra-Club Practice Match – Friday 13 Saturday 14 February, Casey Fields. The Club's Community Camp in the City of Casey will culminate with our players' first competitive hit out of the year on a Friday evening Saturday morning. All supporters are welcome. Starting time 5 pm10.30 am.

Just came through on the Members' E-mail: 8:30am today and 8:30am on Friday 30 January

I wonder how the Past Players will go in their training session now they've lost a bit of condition. Some of the Officials might struggle too.

You're right - they're not sleeping in tents so it's not a camp. But the benefit I suppose would be measured in how much community stuff is involved - I think the key word in "community camp" is "community" rather than "camp". When you look at who is going where: Brisbane to Brisbane Geelong to Geelong (and the nearby Surf Coast) Richmond to Craigieburn (location of their planned Casey Fields equivalent) Essendon doing a day of country visits. And the Western Bulldogs doing Inverloch. I think there is so much opportunity and need to build the relationship with the Casey community (so that MFC can develop the stronghold it seeks) that expending effort on areas further afield would be a waste of finite resources. There is so much to be achieved in Casey alone.

Locations for AFL Community Camps announced on afl.com.au this morning: http://afl.com.au/News/NEWSARTICLE/tabid/2...px?newsId=71445 Melbourne FC Community Camp for 2009 is at Casey on Feb 6, 9, 11, 13. As melbman says, building on what they are already working on. Good choice.

I think it would help MFC. While both clubs would probably be competing with each other for lower tier local sponsors, both are looking nation-wide for big ticket sponsors. The competition for local sponsorship probably won’t affect each of them significantly on the bottom line. As well, as there will be so many new and developing businesses in the Casey area, the local sponsorship opportunities at a lower tier will grow over the years. The best thing I think, though, is a variation on Club Melbourne theme where elite teams from the two most popular codes in the country (AFL & A-league) have an affiliation with the Casey Fields complex developing as an centre for elite sport. I don’t know a lot about CM, but presumably it had a number of strong points about the benefits of close association between elite teams. I don’t think we’ll see A-League matches at Casey Fields. I suspect that the new team will have its sights firmly on the MRS for matches. Let’s hope so – any impetus would be helpful. Casey Fields has been touted by FFV as a soccer “Centre of Excellence” – one of 12 around Victoria (8 in metro, 4 in regional/country). The possibility of an A-league team being based there, or more likely using it as a part time training base (similar to MFC), is not part of the Centre of Excellence proposal. Any A-league team proposal would be an added benefit. That’s an interesting comment, and something I wasn’t aware of. I knew that competing with cricket for access to JO was an issue, and no goal posts, but had assumed that the surface at JO was also first class in all respects. Perhaps not.

Mission Foods were quick to get the Bulldogs logo on their website: http://missionmenus.com/au//Default.aspx (if you can bear to look)