NETBALL COACHING Senior Football Coach’s for 2022 We are also pleased to confirm that Maddy and Kerry Egan have recommitted to coach our three senior grades of netball for 2022. They have both done a fantastic job with our three senior grades going through 2021 undefeated and we thank them for their ongoing commitment to our club. 17 Netball will be coached by 2021 A Grade Best & Fairest Player, Shaiden Smith. 15 Netball is TBA & 13 Netball will be coached by Stacey Blair. 11 Netball will once again be coached by Sarah Eldridge. The Avoca Football Netball Club is pleased to announce and welcome Darren “Dipper” Antonio to the club in the role of senior coach for 2022. Darren has held a number of coaching positions over a 30 year period and has extensive knowledge, especially with the development of junior players. He has coached a number of junior grades over many years at both club and interleague level which included 10 seasons coaching junior Central Highland Interleague teams and has also had senior coaching roles at Creswick and Royal Park. Darren was also a line coach for three years of the AFL Goldfields junior squads that toured North Queensland where we had a number of players involved in those tours and who have provided extremely positive feedback. Together with his leadership group, Darren is looking forward to working with our strong junior list and improving both fitness and skill levels across the entire group. He also has extensive knowledge of the club environment having served at committee and executive level at Creswick for a number of years. We are also excited to announce that Darren’s nephew Joel Antonio, and Nick Coghlan, have come on board as assistant coaches for 2022. Joel comes to the club as a playing assistant with extensive leadership qualities as a club captain and member of various leadership groups over a number of years and has held assistant coaching roles previously. FOOTBALL Rhys Walkley is Reserves Coach for 2022, Gavin Bayne is the 17.5s coach, Tom Elliott is again the 14.5 coach. Mark Blair is again the Under 11.5 coach. Joel will be a valuable asset to the club both on and off the field. Nick Coghlan who we all know well, is in rehabilitation from his snapped Achilles tendon this season and on track for round one next season, has also signed on as an assistant coach and will bring valuable knowledge of our local playing group. This will assist both Darren and Joel greatly in their new roles at the club. We are all looking forward to seeing Nick back out doing what he does best. There have been a number of positive new signings over the past few weeks and we look forward to all coming together when covid allows to meet our new coaches and recruits and map out our pre-season program and expectations for 2022 and beyond. Once again on behalf of everyone at the club congratulations to all three on your appointments and welcome to both Darren and Joel to the Avoca Football Netball Cub.
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