{"id":104976,"date":"2024-10-04T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/?p=104976"},"modified":"2024-10-04T01:50:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T15:50:14","slug":"joeys-enjoy-grand-final-function","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/joeys-enjoy-grand-final-function\/","title":{"rendered":"Joeys enjoy Grand Final function"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE St Joseph&#8217;s Football and Netball Club community gathered in force last week at the annual AFL Grand Final Eve luncheon.<\/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\/21\/2024\/10\/0H8A5002_14314.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cindy Hannam, Gabrielle Baxter, Kellie McDonald and Steph Iacono.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Held at the Presidents&#8217; Room at GMHBA Stadium, the four-and-a-half hour event had a lineup including former Geelong premiership player and Indigenous All Stars member Mathew Stokes, former Sydney and St Kilda player Paddy McCartin and comedian Des Dowling, with MC Tom King overseeing proceedings.<\/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\/21\/2024\/10\/0H8A4992_62928.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Event organisers John Watts (left) and Brett Bentley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The lunch has raised money for the two arms of the sporting club for more than two decades.<\/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\/21\/2024\/10\/0H8A4964_58799.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emily Hopkins and Callin Shakespeare.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>St Joseph&#8217;s Football Netball Club fundraising committee member John Watts said the 2024 event was another success and drew a crowd of about 380 people.<\/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\/21\/2024\/10\/0H8A4863_24118.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comedian Des Dowling.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone was rapt with the day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was great to hear from Matty Stokes &#8211; 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