Boy, Oh Boy Wowee of the Week – Round Six
ROUND SIX WINNER
The Camden Cats Premier Division Reserves team for producing one of the biggest comebacks in the clubs’ history against the Inner West Magpies.
It was a first half to forget for the Cat’s as they kicked a measly one goal, one behind and let through eight goals. This effort had them down 46-points at the main break and left a huge amount of soul searching if they were going to overcome such a deficit. During an uplifting halftime speech the Camden Cats’ Head Coach, David McCarthy, implored his players to “fire up” and instilled belief in his chargers that they could turn things around in the second half.
When the Magpies kicked the first goal of the third quarter to go up 59-7 the Cats boys could’ve quickly forgotten everything the Coach spoke about in the sheds. Instead Camden clawed their way back into the game kicking nine of the next ten goals.
The game came down to the wire with Inner West still up by five points with five seconds left on the clock. It looked like the dream comeback had all but slipped away until goal sneak, Vic Musgrave, kicked a 40-metre banana through the sticks and sealed the win for the Cats. A 52-point comeback that will be talked about for years to come.
Nomination: Stuart Farnell, Camden Cats
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
Rhe Lotter paints for Sir Doug Nicholls Round
The gun forward from the Southern Power Women’s Premier Division team is kicking goals both on (third leading goal kicker) and off the field. Rhe Lotter lives a busy life, playing Premier Division footy and coaching the Power’s Youth Girls team all while running her own indigenous artwork and design business, Ngandabaa. Since starting Ngandabaa, Rhe has worked to deliver clients Indigenous logo designs, canvas art, murals, uniform designs, cultural art for Reconciliation Action Plans (RAP) and art workshops for schools and universities.
Some of Rhe’s projects have included designing the 2017 GWS GIANTS Indigenous guernsey, the 2018 Southern Power Masters’ and Women’s Indigenous guernseys and the 2018 Australian Winter Paralympic uniform.
This year, Rhe has designed the Sherrin that will be used during Sir Doug Nicholls Round. All AFL games this weekend will use the footballs, which is incredible recognition of Rhe’s artwork and contribution to the game.
There will be more on Rhe’s Sherrin artwork coming up on AFL Sydney social media channels in the coming days.
Nomination: Matt Crowe, Southern Power
THE COMPETITION
We are calling for weekly nominations from individuals to honour the silly, spectacular and special moments at your club.
All AFL Sydney divisions from Men’s and Women’s teams are invited to nominate clutch marks, terrible haircuts, funny moments, after the siren victories, best fans, social media moments, or anything notable that has happened at your club during the week.
Every nomination must come with either a photo or video for the judges to be able to determine a winner.
Please send all nominations to alex.smith@afl.com.au by COB on Monday nights.
This competition will run during the main rounds of the AFL Sydney season and does not include the AFL Sydney Finals Series.
PRIZES
Weekly winner: The weekly winner (the individual who nominated the winning nomination) will take home 1 x $100 VISA gift card.
Overall winner: The overall winner (the individual who nominated the overall winning nomination for the year), will win a 1 x $500 VISA gift card, as well as another 1 x $500 VISA gift card for their associated AFL Sydney club. The overall winning nomination will be announced at the annual Phelan Mostyn Medal night.
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