Scoreboard Bannockburn
March 03, 2010
By
Vin Maskell
Stairway to looking through a glass onion...
THE under-construction scoreboard at Bannockburn's junior oval has already suffered at the hands of either vandalism or rather careless glazing. The view from inside this work-in-progress is akin to looking through a glass onion, though one doubts John Lennon had scoreboards in mind when he sang 'Trying to make a dove-tail joint - yeah.'
This maiden scoreboard is modelled on its counterpart at the adjoining senior oval, though the older scoreboard has dispensed with glass in its window altogether.
Bannockburn Football Club was formed in 1878 and is one of the oldest continuously operating clubs in Victoria. It won the first of its six premierships in 1925. The Tigers' most recent premiership in the Geelong and District Football League was 2003.
The club's website notes: 'Our junior program has resulted in a number of boys having the opportunity to play for the Geelong Falcons in the TAC Cup and some have been recruited to AFL clubs, including Leigh Harding (a current player at the Kangaroos), Shaun Baxter (Western Bulldogs) and Peter Riccardi (Geelong).'
Not bad for a town of 2700.
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