The 2013 senior season concluded with the annual presentation night hosted by the Northern Raiders at Watsonia RSL.

Congratulations to the following people for winning these awards and to those players who made the All Victorian Team in their respective division.

Division One Individual Awards

Overall MVP: Luke Jackson (Warriors)
Defensive MVP: Ben Stokes (Warriors)
Offensive MVP: Luke Jackson (Warriors)
Defensive Line MVP: Warren Benson (Buccaneers)
Offensive Line MVP: Jon Tostevin  (Warriors)
Rookie of the Year: Tommy Trimble (Miners)

Coach of the year: Mark Levin (Warriors)

Division Two Individual Awards

Overall MVP: Manny Roman (Raiders)
Defensive MVP: Marcus Spiteri (Royals)
Offensive MVP: Manny Roman (Raiders)
Defensive Line MVP: Matthew Jenkins (Raiders)
Offensive Line MVP: Corey Mifsud (Raiders)
Rookie of the Year: Tim Curtain (Dragons)

Coach of the year: Rob Hunter (Dragons)

Official of the year: Bryan Currie (VGOA)
Life Member 2013: Mel Martin (Miners)

Continue reading “2013 League Awards” →

The 2013 Outback National Australia Gridiron team roster has been announced.

Congratulations to the following 12 Victorian players selected to represent their country!

• Mark Doyle LB (Rangers)
• Chris Tuohy WR (Royals)
• Ben Stokes DB (Warriors)
• Luke Jackson RB (Warriors)
• Andrew Yeung DB (Crusaders)
• Alex Moloney WR (Warriors)
• Tyson Garnham WR (Crusaders)
• Tyson Burgess DB (Rangers)
• Don Veale OL (Gladiators)
• Josh Vellin OL (Warriors)
• John Tostevin OL (Warriors)
• Rhyss Keane TE/FB (Warriors)

Also, Esira Ramasira from the Berwick Miners who has been selected to the Polynesian Warriors squad. VGOA referee Graham Wilson has been selected as part of the officiating crew.

The Outback team takes on the Polynesia All Stars on Saturday 29th June in Sydney.

Congratulations to all the Victorians selected!

Gridiron Victoria (GV) is currently finalising a policy regarding gambling on GV matches in consultation with the club Presidents and the Committee of Management.

In the meantime ask everyone in the GV community to think very long and hard before acting.

The integrity of our sport is paramount, perception is everything.

Regardless of the policy that is put in place we remind you that wagering on any match that your club is involved in will NOT BE tolerated. Anyone associated with a club is NOT to gamble on any match that club is participating in.

Please take this extremely seriously and get on with contesting all Gridiron Victoria matches in the true spirit of sport.

Gridiron Victoria is committed to Women’s American Football but in the only format sanctioned by our governing body Gridiron Australia which is full NCAA rules and uniform (same rules which govern our men’s competition).

We have a number of clubs currently recruiting women to play full-kit full-contact Gridiron as we look to build towards a competition in September.

The following clubs have already committed to fielding a team as part of a Gridiron Victoria competition in 2013:

• Western Foxes (Footscray)
• Northern Raiders (Reservoir)
• Melbourne Uni Royals (Parkville)
• Geelong Buccaneers (Geelong)