St Virgil's Old Scholars Foot
Unfortunately, the success of 2023 was not to be repeated this year. Both seniors and reserves made the finals but neither made ‘the big dance’.
Seniors
First Semi-final St Virgil’s 13: 18- 96 def. Hutchins 13:16 – 94
Prelim. Final St Virgil’s 11:7 – 73 l.t OHA 11:15 – 81
OHA went on to defeat DOSA by41 points in the Grand Final
Reserves First semi-final St Virgil’s 9:12 – 66 l.t OHA 10:10 – 70
However, word has just been received that St Virgil’s were victorious in the "Masters" competition, well done lads!
Back: L McGrath, D Hill, R Heron, T Manning, M Parker,M Beck, A eastley, M Thompson, T Williams, B Hastie, J Hooker, S Bonnitcha, S Banks, T Wright, A Cowley, M Rice.
Front: J Hadfield, L Turner, J Ackerley, S Riley, J Parker, N Gibson, L Joseph, P Midson, M Cracknell, J Tyrell
Back: L McGrath, D Hill, R Heron, T Manning, M Parker,M Beck, A eastley, M Thompson, T Williams, B Hastie, J Hooker, S Bonnitcha, S Banks, T Wright, A Cowley, M Rice.
Front: J Hadfield, L Turner, J Ackerley, S Riley, J Parker, N Gibson, L Joseph, P Midson, M Cracknell, J Tyrell
St Virgil’s 4:7 – 31 defeated Brighton 1: 5 – 11
Received the following photo of the 1962 OVA football team recently.
Was able to give names to the majority of the team members – can you provide the remainder?
R-L: Geoff Pullen, Paul Langford, David Spratt, Barry Woods, Kevin Imlach, ?????? , Michael Quinn, ??????, Rob Dowd, Tony Dowd, John Mazengarb, Gerald Jones, ??????, ??????, Stuart Ellis, Terry Busch, Benny Jones, Garth Coburn, Greg Fooks, Mike Rainbow