{"id":8530,"date":"2018-04-04T09:40:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T09:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/?p=8530"},"modified":"2018-04-05T05:54:21","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T05:54:21","slug":"footy-festival-kicks-on-in-torquay-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/footy-festival-kicks-on-in-torquay-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Footy festival kicks on in Torquay North"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE footballs were flying in Torquay North over Easter as the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) hosted a Festival of Footy.<\/p>\n<p>Held at Banyul-Warri Fields on Saturday, the event featured football clinics, jumping castles, face painting and food trucks, as well as music from Callan Young and The Mik Maks (in what may turn out to be one of their last performances for some time).<\/p>\n<p>The event was part of the TAC\u2019s Towards Zero Footy Festival across the long weekend, which included the BFL game on Good Friday and the VFL game on Easter Sunday.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8530 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/Footy-festival-2.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"251\" height=\"163\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/Footy-festival-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8455\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8455'>\n\t\t\t\tMaya Krzton (left) spins the wheel as Charlotte\nFinnis and Ola Krzton look on.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/Footy-festival-3.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"251\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/Footy-festival-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8454\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8454'>\n\t\t\t\tRyder Leeves handballs with some help from\nGeorgia Gold.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/Footy-festival-4.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"378\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/Footy-festival-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/Footy-festival-4.jpg 378w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/Footy-festival-4-300x148.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8453'>\n\t\t\t\tJacob Shaw gets colouring. 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