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Bombers coup

By administrator November 30, 2008

Reported by Luke West
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THE Bendigo Bank Bombers have secured one of country Victoria’s most renowned midfielders for the 2009 VFL season.

The Bombers have landed the signature of former Seymour ball-magnet Paul Scanlon.

Scanlon has built up an impressive country football CV that has included two Goulburn Valley Football League premierships with Seymour, as well as representing Victoria Country at the Australian Country Football Championships.

The 30-year-old was also the vice-captain of the Victoria Country team that played the Victorian Amateurs in their bi-annual clash at Ballarat in 2007.

Big task against Tigers

By administrator August 23, 2008
From the Bendigo Advertiser
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ATTACK: Nathan Meade handpasses to a Bombers teammate.

THE Metricon Bendigo Bombers’ tough finish to the VFL season continues at the Queen Elizabeth Oval today when they host the Werribee Tigers in round 19.

Having kicked just a combined three goals in their past two games, which have been losses by 119 and 155 points, the Bombers must today confront a Werribee side that is fighting for a spot in the top four and the coveted double chance.

Going into today’s game, Werribee sits fifth, just percentage behind the Casey Scorpions with two rounds remaining.

With the growing injury toll at Essendon now at an extreme, only two AFL-listed players will line up for Bendigo today.

Undermanned Bombers cop 20-goal belting

By administrator August 12, 2008

From the Bendigo Advertiser
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CAUGHT: Bendigo midfielder Jason Johnson is tackled. 
THERE are two ways in which the Metricon Bendigo Bombers’ loss to the Box Hill Hawks at the Queen Elizabeth Oval on Saturday can be viewed.

Firstly, there’s the negative, which is the fact the Bombers copped the biggest hiding in their history, losing by 119 points, 21.13 (139) to 2.8 (20).

Or secondly, there can be the positive spin put on it, in that the club gave opportunities to five players to get their first taste of senior VFL football.

In what was one of the most inexperienced - if not the most inexperienced - side the Bombers have fielded in their six years, Mark Arnott, Jonathon Gawthrop, Darren Granger, David Martin and Chris Mathieson made their senior debuts.

They were among 18 Bendigo-listed players.

Coach wary of Box Hill

By administrator June 09, 2008

From the Bendigo Advertiser

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METRICON Bendigo Bombers coach Adrian Hickmott is taking no notice of the Box Hill Hawks\' ladder position ahead of today\'s annual VFL Queen\'s Birthday encounter.

Heading into today\'s match at the Box Hill City Oval against Bendigo, the Hawks sit on the bottom of the ladder without a win from their eight games.

But Hickmott certainly won\'t be falling into the trap of underestimating the Hawks, who have lost two of their past four games by margins of less than three goals against sides in the top eight.

``I\'m expecting it to be a close game because last round Box Hill went with (top of the ladder) Williamstown up until midway through the third quarter and they certainly have blokes who can play the game,\'\' Hickmott said.

Shaky ground

By administrator May 14, 2008
From the Bendigo Advertiser
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METRICON Bendigo Bombers chairman Ian Dyett is confident the VFL club is viable long-term despite the sudden departure of its third general manager in 12 months.

Jeff Brennan resigned as Bombers general manager on Monday night, just six months after taking up the role.

His decision to quit comes less than than 12 months after Matthew Allan resigned as general manager.

Peter Lodewijks took over from Allan as general manager, but he was then replaced by Brennan in November last year.

Lodewijks, who remains on the Bombers board, will return to the acting general manager’s role once Brennan leaves the club on Friday.

Bombers KO'd – Roosters cap dramatic fight-back in elimination final

By Robbo September 04, 2007
From Bendigo Advertiser

THE Metricon Bendigo Bombers' season has ended after a dramatic second-half capitulation against North Ballarat in the VFL's elimination final on Saturday.
The young Bombers looked on their way to a semi-final next weekend after they led the Roosters by 59 points in the fifth minute of the third term at TEAC Oval.

However, the Roosters completed mission impossible, kicking 17 of the last 19 goals of the game in the space of an hour to win 21.22 (148) to 16.15 (111).

It will be remembered as one of the greatest comebacks in VFL history as the Roosters took advantage of injuries to key Bombers players in the second half.

"In that last 40 to 50 minutes of the game we were just out on our feet," Bombers coach Matthew Knights said on Saturday night.

"We had spent everything, but I thought we put everything on the line and had a real crack at winning the game."

Bombers remain positive

By Robbo August 30, 2007
From Bendigo Advertiser

ONE of Metricon Bendigo Bombers coach Matthew Knight's greatest traits is his positivity.
He is always able to take something a out of a loss and goes into every game, regardless of how much higher on the ladder the opposition is, confident his side will get the job done.

But Knights' positive outlook was tested after the Bombers had frittered away their chances of beating North Ballarat at Stawell in their VFL clash in round 13.

Despite having five more scoring shots than their arch rivals, the Bombers were beaten 14.11 (95) to 11.19 (85).

The loss left the Bombers outside the top eight, and it was at that time when doubts began to creep into Knights' mind about the Bombers' prospects of extending their season into September.

History shows that the Bombers won three of their last six games of the season to finish in eighth position, and ironically, after it was the North Ballarat loss that cast a seed of doubt in Knights' mind, the Roosters are Bendigo's opponent in this Saturday's first elimination final. "I was really disappointed when we lost to North Ballarat in Stawell," Knights said before the Bombers' hour-long training session at the Tom Flood Sports Centre last night.

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