Victorian country football club Ardmona is back in action this year with two teams taking the field each week after troubles getting players to the club in the past.
However, unfortunately the Cats on-field fortunes haven’t turned around just yet.
After five games the reserves are sitting winless on the bottom of the Kyabram and District Football and Netball League ladder with a devastatingly low percentage of 0.51, having scored just four points for the season so far while conceding 777.
It’s hard to say whether the seniors are travelling better or worse.
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They have a total of 25 in the ‘points for’ column, but a massive 1196 against from their five outings at an average of 239 per game.
The last two rounds have been particularly disappointing for the Ardmona boys, conceding 49.24 (318) to Nagambie in round five, followed by 51.35 (341) to Stanhope in last week’s round six clash (they have also had a bye).
However, the Cats seniors aren’t on the bottom of the ladder!
Through an amazing, and slightly tragic, occurrence Ardmona’s round four game against Undera was called off before half-time due to a serious injury to a player that required a long wait for an ambulance to come the ground.
Because the match was abandoned early the points were shared, so Ardmona currently sits in 13th position above the winless Rushworth despite the Tigers ‘healthy’ percentage of 34.37.
The two teams don’t meet till round 11, but it’s sure to be a classic encounter.
NOW | Ardmona Football Club President Tim Magann joins us now to discuss the tough season the Cats tough start to the year.
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Sporting News encourages anyone in the area, or within a one-hour drive, and who has a pair of football boots somewhere around the house, to get down to the Ardmona Football Netball Club and help the boys out.
The club can be contacted through Brett on [email protected]
