Sport
15 August, 2024
Bloods named in talent program
TWO of Terang Mortlake’s best young footballers have been identified among Hampden Football Netball League’s (HFNL) rising talents.
Bloods’ Jessie Fowler and Tom Scanlon have both been announced as making the HFNL’s U15 talent identification and development program for 2024/2025.
The eight-week program will be led by HFNL Talent Identification and Development Program coordinator Brett Taylor and Western Bulldogs Academy coach Ben Walsh.
The aim of the program is to improve the opportunities for Hampden players, giving them every opportunity to realise their potential to compete in the elite talent pathways programs such as V-Line Cup, Coates Talent League, VFL and AFL.
Taylor said the program would support the region’s burgeoning talent in reaching their full potential.
“The program aims to develop skills and knowledge in an environment focusing on refining technical skills, decision making skills and game strategies through ball centred activities and modified games,” he said.
Fowler and Scanlon join the inaugural squad of 37, which comprises of players from across all HFNL clubs including:
Camperdown – Archie McDonald, Bayden Ward and George Sadler;
Cobden – Harry Jenkins and Fred Dean;
Hamilton – Jedd Oxley, Theo Lehmann, Carter Ewing and Oscaar Templeton;
Koroit – Eddie Morrison, Kain Parsons, Hamish Corbett and Arlo Greene;
North Warrnambool – Franklin Holscher, Jameson Chuck, Eamon Cottee, Andy Walz and Hugh Hunter;
Port Fairy – Hamish Williams, Jack Wagg and Tom Parkinson;
Portland – Kobi Campbell and Oscar Elford;
South Warrnambool – Billy Schrama, Blake Wood, Fergus Reaburn, Kaelan Perera, Casey Carlin, Lewis Gommers, Monty Darcy and Hudson Green; and
Warrnambool – Kodi Ryan, Jack Griffiths, Beau Gannon and Nate Johnson.