The selected teams are in for this week’s NFNL senior men’s matches.
All 10 teams will be in action in MC Labour Division 2, while having played on Good Friday, Epping and Lalor will have the bye alongside Kilmore in Heidelberg Golf Club Division 3.
Sam Gilmore (Old Paradians), Kyle Green (Thomastown), Shane Harvey (Kinglake), Neville Jetta (Fitzroy Stars), Tyrone Leonardis (South Morang) and Brent Macaffer (Old Eltham Collegians) are just some of the names who will debut with their new clubs this weekend while players such as Mitchell Clamp (Lower Plenty), Ethan Gorski (Panton Hill), Lucas Hobbs (Whittlesea), Kieran Malone (Old Eltham Collegians) and Joshua Mazzarella (Mernda), return to their former clubs for season 2024.
Continue below for all the team changes. Click on the links to see the selected teams.
MC LABOUR DIVISION 2
Selected teams: Watsonia vs St Mary’s
Watsonia: NEW – Damon Braby (Eltham), Rayden Garrard (Greensborough), Ethan Lowe (Macleod), Luke Pantalone (Banyule), Timothy Todd (Heidelberg)
St Mary’s: NEW – John Desmond (Greensborough), Kyle Jarman (North Heidelberg), Benjamin Young (Bundoora), Lincoln Zhang (West Preston-Lakeside)
Selected teams: Lower Plenty vs South Morang
Lower Plenty: NEW – Mitchell Clamp (Karingal), Jack Hutchison (debut), Sebastian Lay (debut), Billy Reardon (Woori Yallock), Lewis Tsourou (Preston Bullants)
South Morang: NEW – Tyrone Leonardis (Thomastown), Kobe Van Zwienen (Watsonia), Teague Van Zwienen (Watsonia), Kyle Wheatley (Bundoora)
Selected teams: Whittlesea vs Laurimar
Whittlesea: NEW – Matthew Coen (Kinglake), Lucas Hobbs (Macleod), Matthew Langford (Kinglake)
Laurimar: NEW – Oisin Irvine (Eltham), Hayden Trim (debut)
Selected teams: Northcote Park vs Thomastown
Northcote Park: NEW – Terence De Santis (Preston Bullants), Ricky Fandrich (Wantirna South), Caillin Kett (North Heidelberg), Noah Perry (Cobden)
Thoamstown: NEW – Youseph Dib (East Malvern), Kyle Green (Bundoora), Julian Janev (Watsonia), Nick Jolly (Ballina QLD), James Lucente (Watsonia)
Selected teams: Diamond Creek vs Panton Hill
Diamond Creek: NEW – Mitchell Dale (Hurstbridge), Blake Hamilton (debut), Kyle Kankaanpaa (Montmorency), Ben Major (Broadbeach), Jett McLaughlin (debut)
Panton Hill: NEW – Ethan Gorski (Epping), Jack Marasco (Hurstbridge), Kyle Marasco (Hurstbridge), Jason Pannam (Heidelberg)
HEIDELBERG GOLF CLUB DIVISION 3
Selected teams: Kinglake vs Fitzroy Stars
Kinglake: NEW – Shane Harvey (North Heidelberg), Mitchell Skipper (Lower Plenty), Dane Swan
Fitzroy Stars: NEW – Michael Brown (West Preston-Lakeside), Patrick Farrant (Bridgetown), Neville Jetta (Bundoora), Waylon Johncock (North Heidelberg), Ryan Lovegrove-Hudson (Mernda), Kain Proctor (Bundoora), Alex Williamson (Heidelberg West)
Selected teams: Old Paradians vs Heidelberg West
Old Paradians: NEW – Sean Desmond (Eltham), Sam Gilmore (Heidelberg), Mitch Merkel (Panton Hill), Jack Nicolo (West Preston-Lakeside), Kyle O’Sullivan (Eltham), David Paolino (Epping), Heath Phillips (Diamond Creek), Joel Tolli (Eltham), Jack Witchell (Banyule)
Heidelberg West: NEW – Max Brown (debut), Michael Italia (Banyule), Mitchell Kerrison (Banyule), Patrick Molony (Parkside), Aaron Smith (Banyule), Jacob Smith (Macleod), Liam Wanders (Macleod), Jayden Wilding (Macleod)
Selected teams: Reservoir vs Ivanhoe
Reservoir: NEW – Mark Ferraro (Templestowe), James El Moussalli (Hawthorn AFC), Jack Craig-Smith (Mooroolbark), Zechariah Cuppins (Mulwala), Nicholas Kosmos (Heidelberg), Steve Smith (Seville)
Ivanhoe: NEW – Samuel Aanensen (Lancaster), Ben Ernst (Noble Park), Jamie Lay (Kew), Jordan Miller (Richmond Central), Jack Welham (Old Ivanhoe)
Selected teams: Old Eltham Collegians vs Mernda
Old Eltham Collegians: NEW – Bryce Fleming (Broadford), Sean Leersen (Millewa), Brent Macaffer (Tooradin-Dalmore), Kieran Malone (Warrandyte), Beaudie Maroney (West Preston-Lakeside), Bradyn Taglieri (Eltham)
Mernda: NEW – Jake Bennett (Bundoora), Travis Keating (Craigieburn), Aydin Kesici (Tatura), Matthew May (Point Cook), Josh Mazzarella (Thomastown)
