The Wash-Up – GDFL Round 18
- Updated: August 18, 2019

WINNERS
“THE” RESULT
East Geelong has overcome an 11-year hoodoo at Myers Reserve to beat Bell Post Hill and snatch fifth spot. The Eagles’ 37-point win over the Panthers was enough for them to replace Winchelsea inside the top five. However, coach Jeremy Power says he resisted the temptation to follow the Blues’ clash with Thomson via the live scores app. “I said “I don’t want to know about it; I don’t want to affect what we’re doing here”,” he told K rock’s The Wash-Up. “So it wasn’t until the siren went and we shook hands, (I said) “alright, let’s look at the score, and that’s when we passed the on the message.”
‘DES’ DEPARTS IN STYLE
North Geelong has ensured Derek Fitzsimmons’ final game of GDFL senior football was one to remember after snatching an eight-point win over Geelong West at Keith Barclay Oval. In all, Fitzsimmons played 311 games (290 seniors and 21 reserves), with 261 with the Magpies and 50 at Anakie. Playing the majority of his career in the midfield, he won seven North Geelong best-and-fairest awards and two at the Roos, while also claiming a share of the Ivan Tansing Medal as GDFL reserve grade best-and-fairest during a season in the seconds last year. Fellow 38-year-old Anthony Kilsby has joined Fitzsimmons in retirement after more than 400 games after playing the majority of his career in south-east South Australia.
BIG DAY FOR BOUWMAN
Josh Bouwman gave GDFL follows a further reminder of his undoubted talent with a 14-goal haul in Inverleigh’s 96-point win over Belmont Lions at Winter Reserve. Bouwman, who has been restricted to just five games since joining the Hawks from Modewarre, has 23 goals to the club’s third-leading goalkicker.
DUFFY NAMED TOP DEVIL
Teenager Liam Duffy has claimed Corio’s best-and-fairest. The 18-year-old (pictured with coach Darren Bennet), who previously played juniors with Torquay after arriving from the West Australian mining town of Kalgoorlie earlier in the decade, polled 83 votes. He finished 45 clear of Chris Laurie on 38, with Nick Flaccavento third on 33.
SOCIAL
ON POINT
Anakie: 45/45
Bannockburn: 34/40
Bell Post Hill: 26/40
Belmont Lions: 40/45
Corio: 31/47
East Geelong: 44/45
Geelong West: 40/40
Inverleigh: 40/40
North Geelong: 24/43
Thomson: 39/40
Werribee Centrals: 36/43
Winchelsea: 39/43
THE INTERVIEW
LADDER – ROUND 18
POS | TEAM | P | W | L | D | FOR | AGST | % | PTS |
1 | Thomson | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2090 | 941 | 222.1 | 68 |
2 | Bannockburn | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1722 | 971 | 177.34 | 60 |
3 | Werribee Centrals | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1851 | 1092 | 169.51 | 52 |
4 | Inverleigh | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1683 | 1162 | 144.84 | 52 |
5 | East Geelong | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1447 | 1200 | 120.58 | 40 |
6 | Winchelsea | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1713 | 1204 | 142.28 | 38 |
7 | North Geelong | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1503 | 1413 | 106.37 | 36 |
8 | Geelong West | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1446 | 1255 | 115.22 | 30 |
9 | Anakie | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1343 | 1480 | 90.74 | 24 |
10 | Bell Post Hill | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1100 | 1734 | 63.44 | 20 |
11 | Belmont Lions | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1248 | 1852 | 67.39 | 12 |
12 | Corio | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 344 | 3186 | 10.8 | 0 |
LEADING GOAL KICKERS – ROUND 18
Player | Club | M | G |
Mitch Habib | North Geelong | 18 | 68 |
Jack Elliott | East Geelong | 18 | 51 |
Brent Jacques | Bannockburn | 17 | 48 |
Will Ford | Winchelsea | 17 | 46 |
Cam Addie | Geelong West | 17 | 43 |
Paul Davis | Thomson | 16 | 41 |
Nathan Johnson | Werribee Centrals | 17 | 38 |
Luke Mann | Bell Post Hill | 17 | 34 |
Luke Forbes | Thomson | 9 | 33 |
Tom Gillies | Bannockburn | 16 | 32 |
Tom Schwennesen | North Geelong | 17 | 32 |
NEXT WEEK – FINALS WEEK 1
Qualifying Final: Bannockburn (2nd) vs. Werribee Centrals (3rd) @ The Gordon TAFE Oval – St Albans Reserve – Saturday, 2:10pm
Elimination Final: Inverleigh (4th) vs. East Geelong (5th) @ The Gordon TAFE Oval – St Albans Reserve – Sunday, 2:10pm