{"id":106489,"date":"2024-09-27T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=106489"},"modified":"2024-09-25T22:31:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T12:31:50","slug":"ballarat-hosts-display-of-young-footy-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/sport\/ballarat-hosts-display-of-young-footy-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballarat hosts display of young footy talent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ABOUT six hundred up-and-coming young Aussie rules footballers from across regional Victoria were in Ballarat this week to compete as part of the seventy-fifth V\/Line Cup.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/09\/vlc-1969_85791.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Div 1 Girls match between Dandenong Stingrays and Gippsland Power at Mars Stadium.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Under-15 boys and girls representing the AFL Victoria country regions the local Greater Western Victoria Rebels, Bendigo Pioneers, Geelong Falcons, Gippsland Power, Goulburn Murray Bushrangers, North East Border Bushrangers, and South East Stingrays, played a total of 21 matches from Monday to Wednesday across Marty Busch Reserve in Sebastopol, Learmonth Reserve and Mars Stadium in Wendouree.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/09\/vlc-7972_92462.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Div 1 Girls match between Bendigo Pioneers and Gippsland Power at Marty Busch Recreation Reserve.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Each team competed in two matches over the three days, with 70 emerging umpires from the V\/Line Umpire Academy officiating.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/09\/vlc-5385_98156.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Div 1 Boys match between NEB Bushrangers and Bendigo Pioneers at Marty Busch Recreation Reserve.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The V\/Line Cup is a key part of the Coates Talent League and AFL talent pathway systems, helping young people showcase their footy skills to selectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABOUT six hundred up-and-coming young Aussie rules footballers from across regional Victoria were in Ballarat this week to compete as part of the seventy-fifth V\/Line Cup. &nbsp; Under-15 boys and girls representing the AFL Victoria country regions the local Greater Western Victoria Rebels, Bendigo Pioneers, Geelong Falcons, Gippsland Power, Goulburn Murray Bushrangers, North East Border [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/sport\/ballarat-hosts-display-of-young-footy-talent\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":106495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-106489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ballarat hosts display of young footy talent - Ballarat Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ballarat shines as a hub for young footy talent! 600+ rising stars compete in the 75th V\/Line Cup. 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