Promising Jets easing back into competitive action
WHOLESALE changes have hit the NAB League ahead of season 2021, no less at the Western Jets where a turnover of staff and players alike has the region taking a “gentle approach” to the upcoming girls campaign, according to operations coordinator Alexandra Agrotis. The former female talent coordinator is now overseeing both the boys and […]
Pritchard takes opportunity into footy
IT was not so much a choice one way or another, but passionate sportsperson Isabelle Pritchard said the decision to pick up a footy and take a chance in the sport was more about opportunity than anything else. Trying her hand at just about anything growing up, and predominantly a netballer, the now Western Jets […]
Velardo makes switch to footy after decade-long basketball success
FOR many it might be a move that you want not expect to see coming. Talented basketballer Amelia Velardo had played high-level competitive basketball for up to a decade and it had been her main focus throughout her sporting career. A school captain at Overnewton Anglican Community College and juggling her Year 12 studies, it […]
AFLW U18s Ones to Watch: Isabelle Pritchard (Western Jets/Vic Metro)
IN a new series focusing on the up and coming AFL Women’s Draft hopefuls, we take a look at some names who would be among their respective states’ top draft prospects for the 2020 AFL Women’s Draft. Next under the microscope is Western Jets’ defender-turned-midfielder Isabelle Pritchard who looms as one of the best defensive […]
2020 NAB League Girls team update: Western Jets
WHILE the NAB League Girls competition is on break, we take a quick recap of each team, how the first three rounds have panned out for them and who has already stood up in the short time. In this edition we look at the final side in our series, the Western Jets who filled each […]
Jets and Bushrangers split points in Bundoora thriller
THE Western Jets and Murray Bushrangers travelled to RMIT University in Bundoora to share the points in a nail-biting encounter. Jets’ Laura Elliott kicked a goal late in the last term to draw the match after trailing by seven points at three quarter time. The first term finished relatively even with a goal apiece. Western’s […]
Jets fly high with dominant second half
WESTERN Jets have opened the season with a win for the first time in their history, downing Bendigo Pioneers by 22 points at Queen Elizabeth Oval. The win on the road was set up by a terrific second half, where the Jets’ defensive structures held up and kept the Pioneers scoreless, while adding 2.4 themselves […]
Jets focus on fast-tracking talent
WESTERN Jets now have a “template” that they can use for their NAB League Girls squads after their success at the AFL Women’s Draft last year. Jets Girls’ senior coach, Zachary Read said the club’s five who were drafted – three straight out of the Jets program and an additional two who were former Jets […]
Improved Georgostathis backs up sensational bottom-age year
IT is hard to imagine that a player who won their club’s best and fairest award in their bottom-age year could surprise you in their top-age one, but for Western Jets’ captain Elisabeth Georgostathis, she has gone to another level in 2019. Her numbers, influence, opportunities and testing show just that, with the tireless midfielder […]
Saxon-Jones ready for the next step
FOR Western Jets’ Cleo Saxon-Jones, the journey through to the big league has been a bumpy road with plenty of footy action along the way. Despite starting Auskick at a young age like a lot of other Aussie kids, she explored other sporting avenues before ultimately coming back to where it all began. “I started […]
