
Amateur Footballer Record – Week 7
Read the week seven edition of The Amateur Footballer as we review round six and preview the upcoming weekend of the 2025 VAFA season. Team lists can be accessed in
St Francis Xavier officials are claiming Jim van Dam kicked one of the longest goals ever witnessed during his side’s Club XVIII (1) loss to Old Xaverians at Elsternwick Park Oval No. 2 over the weekend.
In the dying moments, van Dam gathered the loose ball on the defensive line of the centre square, took a few steps and launched a Malcolm Blight-esque bomb which sailed over oncoming traffic and bounced the last 20m through the big sticks.
The overall distance: 102m.
Van Dam may not yet have grandchildren, but we’re guessing they will hear all about Grandpa’s goal on May 7, 2016 on more than one occasion.
Read the week seven edition of The Amateur Footballer as we review round six and preview the upcoming weekend of the 2025 VAFA season. Team lists can be accessed in
Beaumaris Football Club will celebrate the lives of Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones this weekend, with their inaugural ‘Shining Bright for Holly & Bianca’ weekend. Holly and Bianca tragically lost
The 2025 VAFA’s Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) Round took place during the weekend of May 9–11, aligning with Mother’s Day on May 11. Many clubs also showed their support