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Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
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Over $100k raised - cool! It was a shivering Sunday for some as they took to the slippery dip for the Hills MND’s Big Freeze event on 2 June. With 13 courageous sliders taking the plunge, from footballers to firefighters, it was a successful fundraising effort for the MND cause. Reaching a total of $113,000 for Fight MND, the Hills community banded together for their own and for the many looking to find a cure for motor neurone disease. Star Mail photographer Gary Sissons was on the ground to capture the action. To see more, turn to page 12
Mark Pedder the first of the sliders into the Picture: GARY SISSONS ice water. 407771
Six-week suspensions, fines, education for shamed Knox footy men...
Players banned By Tanya Steele Suspensions, fines and education are being handed to an outer east football club after they were stood down for unacceptable behaviour in early May. A team official and an undisclosed number of players from the Knox football and netball club have been handed a six-week suspension after an opposing side of female football play-
ers were subject to both verbal and physical abuse. The Eastern Netball Football League (ENFL) said it had worked closely with both clubs since the incident during the Deakin Women’s Division 1 match between Donvale Football Club and Knox FNC on May 11. Knox Football Netball Club’s development team was stood down indefinitely after reports of unacceptable behaviour from male players
towards an opposing women’s team. EFNL released a statement on 24 May after finalising its internal investigation that dealt out a number of consequences for the Knox FNC community. A team official was found to have breached the AFL laws of the game 22.2.2(cc) through intimidating comments being made and was also suspended from duty for six weeks. “Further to this, if they are found guilty of
any same or similar conduct in the next two years, they will no longer be able to hold any official team position in the EFNL,” the statement read. “Any players who were found to have breached the EFNL vilification and discrimination policy have been suspended for a total of six weeks.” Continued page 3
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