Football
MORE THAN 200 PLAYERS ACROSS SEVEN TEAMS
The Old Scotch Football Club prepared for a strong 2024 showing , following five of our seven teams making finals in 2024 , with our Premier grade Senior Men ’ s team ( semi-finalists ) and Senior Women ’ s ( preliminary finalists ) leading the charge .
In total we have more than 200 players representing us across the seven teams , with our link to Scotch still strong . We look forward to having many members of Scotch ’ s Class of 2024 playing with Old Scotch in 2025 .
Coaching stability was to the fore with our head coaching roles in the off-season , with five of seven from 2023 remaining . The changes were Rhett Wilsmore ( Men ’ s Reserves ) joining us from Mulgrave , and Mackenzie Morgan ( Men ’ s Under 19s ) trekking over from Western Australia , after a four-year stint punting in USA college football . Our coaching team still has a strong Scotch flavour , with Andrew Millar (‘ 89 ) taking on a Senior Assistant role in the men ’ s program , and Andrew Lloyd (’ 81 ), Dave McCleery (’ 86 ) and OSCA Executive Director Scott Montgomery (‘ 85 ) all having key coaching roles in our women ’ s program .
Major highlights from our preseason over the summer months included our inaugural Hawthorn Bunnings barbecue on 28 January , where our players mingled with the greater Glenferrie community . The Monte Finance team , led by George Dick (’ 05 ) won our Golf Day , held at the Kew Golf Club on 26 February . More than 90 men and women players and officials attended the pre-season camp at Camp Wyuna in Queenscliff from 1- 3 March .
The season launch on 5 April at Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club was another major pre-season highlight . It was headlined by an extension of three years by major sponsor the McQueen Group , as announced by founder Angus McQueen (’ 91 ). There was also an interview with Tyler Sellers (‘ 20 ) who has now made his AFL debut for North Melbourne .
ANDREW TOOP – GENERAL MANAGER , OLD SCOTCH FOOTBALL CLUB
FOOTBALL CLUB ’ S PREPARATION FOR A STRONG SHOWING IN 2024
OLD SCOTCH SENIOR PLAYERS IN ACTION DURING AN EARLY SEASON GAME AGAINST UNIVERSITY BLUES
BELOW : THE OLD SCOTCH STARS WITH THEIR COACHES
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