“The clash of the Old Foes” event at Visy Park yesterday was unfortunately impacted by Melbourne’s nasty weather. The crowd was well below expectation so our fundraising targets for the two charities, Peter Mac and EJ Whitten Foundation will not be able to be met.
However, we would like to extend a big thanks to all those supporters of both clubs who braved the nasty elements to attend and see some great past players strutting thier stuff on field again. Congratulations to the Collingwood team for their narrow win.
The pre-match lunch and aftermatch funtions were a great success, with excellent contributions from, Wayne Johnston, David Parkin, Mick Erwin (Collingwood coach), Peter Mckenna, Andrew Dawson.
A highlight were the presentations by Professor Michael Henderson of Peter McCallum and Ken Sheldon, who opened up his heart with a stirring account of the incredible cancer jouney he and his family have gone through with his daughter, Melissa.
Extra Donations to the Charities
We encourage any Carlton supporters who were not able to attend yesterday but want to donate to either or both charities, Peter McCallum Cancer Foundation and EJ Whitten Foundation, you can make a donation through their respective websites.
http://foundation.petermac.org/
http://www.ejwhittenfoundation.com.au/
We would like thank the following people and organisation for thier generous assistance in the organisation and running of the event.
Volunteers & Sponsors
- All the supporters who braved the nasty Melbourne weather to attend the game.
- The Carlton & Collingwood Past Players participating
- The Auskick players and organisers from both teams
- Mick Erwin & David Parkin, Coaches
- Game sponsor, Vince & Patrick Lamanna from LaManna (For the Love of Food) – Essendon Fields
- Col Kinnear, Organiser of the Carlton Team, the special pre-match lunch and MC of the lunch.
- Carlton & Collingwood Volunteer trainers and support staff
- Volunteer Match Doctors, John Bartlett (Coll) & Cameron Norsworthy (Carlt)
- Collingwood Past Players Group, particularly Mark Orval & Keith Burns
- SOC Members -Ian Collins, John Warden, Dennis Munari, Alex Marcou, Geoff Southby, Jamie Sanderson, David McKay, David Rhys-Jones, Jason Reddick
- Martin Shannon, Facilities & Event Manager of CFC
- Shane O’Sullivan, CFC Football Dept
- Mandy Hunter – CFC- Lunch Coordinator
- Antonietta Makulski and Cheryl Couvalias, from the CFC
- Special Luncheon Guests and attendees
- Professor Michael Henderson from Peter McCallum Cancer Foundation
- Ted Whitten, CEO of the EJ Whitten Foundation
- John Crooks & CUB for donation of beer and auction item
- The Carlton Footy Club, Marketing & Events Dept
- The Collingwood Footy Club
- Tony de Bolfo – Event Announcer
- Andrew Dawson, Lunch Auctioneer
- Doug Stevenson and the Carlton Shop
- Damien Kammermann and the Carlton Cafe
- All the supporters in attendance today
- The Melbourne Media- Print, Radio, TV and Online for their support in promoting the event