“I’ve been here not even 12 months, but you get caught up in it, it’s such a welcoming club and we just want to do it so bad for the club and the community at Tooradin.”
“You can see in the rooms how much it means to everyone around the club. “It’s amazing, we qualified in top spot and we’ve touched on it the last few weeks, about the history of the club and the rough years that some of the guys have been through – 25 years without a premiership is a long time,” Macaffer said.
Macaffer spoke to Star News after the match, becoming totally engrossed in the club’s history. Pilkington and the Sea Eagles take on Tooradin-Dalmore in Saturday’s preliminary final at Dalyston, while Macaffer is already focussed on helping Tooradin break a 25-year premiership drought after earning direct qualification for the big dance in the second semi-final against Phillip Island last week. Pilkington’s Inverloch teammate, Lanni Pryor, finished outright third on 18 votes after a stunning season through the midcourt. Johnson pulled level with Pilkington in the final round, before the Inverloch-Kongwak star polled one vote against Nar Nar Goon to add a second medal to her first success in 2019. Pilkington tied things away with two votes against Tooradin-Dalmore in round 14, and then polled five votes to four over the concluding rounds to win with 26 votes, one clear of Johnson who ran third in the B Grade medal last year. Johnson held a two-vote margin over Pilkington after round 13, with 21 votes on the board to Pilkington’s 19, with both players polling a maximum three votes on five occasions.
In A Grade netball, Pilkington claimed her second league best and fairest award after a stirring battle with Bunyip wing defence Ally Johnson. Gawley was the only one of the three to poll votes in round 18, finishing on 22 votes, three behind Macaffer on 25 and two clear of Pedersen on 20. It was the twelfth game Macaffer had polled in and took him four votes clear of Kilcunda-Bass ruckman Dale Gawley and five ahead of Phillip Island’s reigning back-to-back medallist Cam Pedersen. The awards were streamed online via WGFNC socials, with both the senior football and A Grade netball counts both coming down to the wire.Ī premiership player with Collingwood in 2010, Macaffer clinched the award with a three-vote performance against Nar Nar Goon in round 17. In memory of Lainey Rae Downie, please visit our floral store.Tooradin-Dalmore midfielder Brent Macaffer and Inverloch-Kongwak goal defence Renee Pilkington are the toast of the West Gippsland Football Netball Competition (WGFNC) after claiming the 2022 league best and fairest awards. Koch Funeral Home, 216 S High Street, Freeport was entrusted with her arrangements. Saturday, Janualso in the funeral home. Burial will follow in Moorefield Township Cemetery. A Celebration of Life of life service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Viewing will be held from 2:00 to 4:00 and 6:00 to 8:00 on Friday, January 28, 2022 in Koch Funeral Home, 216 S. Surviving are her parents, a brother, Louden Scott Downie of the home, maternal grandparents, Gary and Linda Sproull three uncles: Gregg (Carolyn) Sproull of Uhrichsville, Geoff (Christina) Sproull of Piedmont, Mark Downie of Wheeling her boyfriend, Ryan Cabot of Grove City six cousins: Garrit (Abby) Sproull, Grant (Maddy) Sproull, Grayden Sproull, Anthony Sproull, Victoria Boles, and Jonathan Boles great aunts and uncles: Kathie Downie-Bogle, Mary (Chuck) Mead, Cindy (Joe) Lyle, Cheryl (Ed) Singer, Susie (Bob) Nye, and lots of other people whom she loved. Lainey was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents: Gordon and Bonnie (Evans) Downie great-grandparents: Cloyd and Betty Sproull, Christy and Ray Russell, Gordon and Anna Downie, Benjamin Evans, and Bud and Sara Cope: great aunts and uncles: Sandy English, Norman Orr, Cliff Orr, and Larry Orr. Lainey was a 2020 graduate of the Focus Learning Academy, Columbus, Ohio. She was working at Papa John’s Pizza in Grove City and had also worked at Petland in Grove City where she planned to return back to work there this week. She was born December 29, 2001 in Riverside Hospital, Columbus daughter of Matthew Scott Downie and Linette Rae Sproull Downie. Her generous gifts saved four lives and gave sight to two people. Saturday, January 22, 2022 in Grant Hospital, Columbus. Her body remained on a vent in Grant Hospital until Januso she could donate her organs. Lainey Rae Downie, age 20, of Grove City suffered traumatic brain injuries due to an automobile accident on Wednesday, January 19, 2022. Her soul went to the heavens at 1:59 p.m.
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