AFL fans will soon have the opportunity to get up close and personal with a couple of Essendon Football Club players in a talk and meet-and-greet session.<\/p>\n
The evening is being run by Anthem Entertainment, and company founder Rav Thomas said captain Zach Merrett and forward Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti will feature at the event.<\/p>\n
\u201cEssendon have a really good affinity with Bendigo, and Essendon are winning, so that\u2019s handy as well,\u201d said Mr Thomas.<\/p>\n
\u201cNormally you pick a club you think people would have an interest in. We\u2019ve had Collingwood events there, we\u2019ve had Joel Selwood as the current premiership captain there, so we thought at some stage we\u2019d do an Essendon event.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously there\u2019s great interest in Zach, he\u2019s a new captain, and the team is doing well.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of love in the Essendon faithful for Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti, he has just the most incredible and wonderful story, and he\u2019s back playing for Essendon.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Thomas said it\u2019s the first time his company has brought players from Essendon for this kind of event in Bendigo.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is unlike any other football media,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s live, it\u2019s personal, it\u2019s real, and so if I\u2019m an Essendon fan I\u2019ve got a lot of reason to come and meet the real person and hear from them.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just a really great opportunity for the true fans of Bendigo for the Bombers to really celebrate that in a manner in which you just can\u2019t really do anywhere else.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a really personal way to stand in front of the captain or a much-loved player of the club you love and hear them speak about things that they\u2019ve never spoken about before.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut also hear them speak really without a filter and really honestly and tell some incredible stories of a club that has been through a lot, and is now showing real hope and promise of going back to the club that they were.\u201d<\/p>\n
The event will be held at All Seasons Resort Bendigo on the eventing of Friday 16 June and visit the hotel\u2019s website for more information and tickets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
AFL fans will soon have the opportunity to get up close and personal with a couple of Essendon Football Club players in a talk and meet-and-greet session. The evening is being run by Anthem Entertainment, and company founder Rav Thomas said captain Zach Merrett and forward Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti will feature at the event. \u201cEssendon have […]<\/p>\n