The 2015 VACSAL State-wide Junior Football Netball Carnival was held in Ballarat September 24th & 25th, 2015.
36 Netball and 16 Football teams competed over 2 days at the Ballarat Netball Centre and the Sebastopol Football Club at Marty Bush Reserve.
The Victorian Aboriginal Community Services Association (VACSAL) coordinates the annual event, working closely with with Netball Victoria and AFL Victoria. The Victorian Department of Health and Human Services, Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Unit were keen to support the event believing that Health and wellbeing through sport, community connectedness and culture are integral to our people thriving.
Results for the Carnival:
Under 12 Netball
Winners – Seven Sisters
Best Overall Player – Kalarni Atkinson (Barak)
Under 12 Football
Winners – Gulgurn Manja Gariwerd
Best Overall Player – Jaylan White (Gulgurn Manja Gariwerd)
Under 15 Netball
Runner Up – Lagunta Sisters
Winners – South West Swans
MVP Grand Final – Taryn Kelly (South West Swans)
Best Player Overall – Lena Wright (South West Swans)
Under 15 Football
Runner Up – Fitzroy Stars
Winners – Bunurong
MVP Grand Final – Jackson Collard (Bunurong)
Best Player Overall – Cori Corigan (Gulgurn Manja Gariwerd)
Under 17 Netball
Runner Up – Bunurong
Winners – Warma
MVP Grand Final – Vanessa Handy (Warma)
Best Player Overall – Suberia Sailor (Lagunta Sisters)
Under 17 Football
Runner Up – Gulgurn Manja Gariwerd
Winners – Fitzroy Stars/Bunurong
MVP Grand Final – Luke Black (Fitzroy Stars/Bunurong)
Best Player Overall – BJ Hutchinson (Fitzroy Stars/Bunurong)
Without the following people and their organisations, the carnival would not have been able to happen:
· AFL Victoria – Dylan, Xavier & Aaron
· Ballarat & District Aboriginal Co-op – Kelvin Wilson
· Ballarat Football Umpires
· Ballarat Netball Association – Reet.
· Ballarat Police – Supt Andrew Allen
· Ballarat Wanderers Canteen staff – Anne White
· Chris Saunders Photography
· Dixon Patten Graphic Designs
· Indigenous Hip Hop Project
· Netball Referees
· Netball Victoria – Cassie, Ryan & Zoe
· Philly
· Richmond Football Club
· Sebastopol Football Netball Club – Merv
· The Victorian Department of Health and Human Services, Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Unit – Josh Smith & Simon Flagg
· VACSAL Staff
· VAHS Healthy Lifestyle Team
· VAHS Medical
Volunteers who cleaned up, shopped, cooked BBQ’s and helped out all over the place, in particular Peter Shane Rotumah, Peter Lovett, Sheree Lowe, Nikki Foy, Mitchell Corigan, Donna Love, Wendy Lovett, Sue Lovett, Bev Lovett, Mel Peters, Erin Kanoa, Emily Clarke, Alinta Edwards, Darren Burns, Brando Morgan., Corey Ilsley, Shawn Ilsley, Leah Keegan, Tim Sands, Pauline Smith
