By DAVID NAGEL
KEYSBOROUGH Football Club’s days in the Casey Cardinia Football League would appear to be numbered after an extraordinary meeting of its members, officials, players and supporters agreed to explore a new direction for 2015.
Club president Manny Scata has spoken with the Southern Football League (SFL) and the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) about making the switch after it was unanimously agreed that the club needed a change.
A growing injury list has exposed a lack of depth in the club’s senior ranks, while its demographic has seen it struggle to compete, both on and off the field with the more powerful CCFL clubs. Keysborough fields seniors and reserves, but no juniors in football, while the netball club sends just two of the required 10 teams to the court on a weekly basis.
Scata said the time was right for the club to get together to discuss its plight.
“It was a tough step to take, but there are issues that had to be raised,” Scata said.
“It was time for consultation, time to let everyone know where we’re at and for the members to tell us what direction they want us to take them in. It was unanimously agreed that we should explore our opportunities in order to once again become a vibrant and competitive club.
“If I was a betting man I would say it would be a pretty good thing that we won’t be in the Casey Cardinia league next season.”
PCN Sports Alliance chief executive officer Jeff Jones said the league was aware of what had taken place at Keysborough but had yet to sit down with the club to discuss the finer details.“From our understanding it was a fully consultative meeting with a lot of input into making the best decision for the club going forward,” Jones said.
Keysborough played on Saturday against back-to-back premier Narre Warren at home. For more on the match, turn to page 60.
