Sydney

14 July 2011

A cou­ple of the boys made it to the Syd­ney Car­ni­val, namely Rossco and Cheeno. See below excert from camp­bell­town paper

YOU’RE never too old to pull on a footy jer­sey and have a go.

But the mature-age fel­las from the Macarthur Wom­bats AFL Mas­ters Club went one step fur­ther recently and held a gala day with all money donated to the Call to Arms cam­paign to raise aware­ness of men’s health issues.

They were joined by their peers from North West Syd­ney, Wagga Wagga, Illawarra and Bathurst at Fair­fax Reserve, Har­ring­ton Park. Three matches were played dur­ing the day. The Wom­bats won the first two games and the com­bined Illawarra, Bathurst and Wagga team won the last game.

Despite heavy rain later in the day, the event raised $300 for the cause.

Wom­bats spokesman Andrew Smith said the best play­ers on the day were James Niel­son (Wom­bats) and Gra­ham Cheney (Wagga).

“It was a good hit-out before the final of the NSW Cup against North West Syd­ney AFL Mas­ters Club,” Mr Smith said.

He said organ­is­ers were grate­ful to busi­nesses which sup­ported the car­ni­val, par­tic­u­larly employ­ees from The Out­back Steak­house who donated their time to pro­vide a gourmet barbecue.