A LEAGUE best and fairest and leading goal scorer, Bendigo-based wheelchair football star Caleb Logan is yearning to mark a premiership victory.<\/p>\n
Logan\u2019s outstanding play for Essendon in the latest Victorian Wheelchair Football League season has earned him October\u2019s nomination for Bendigo\u2019s Sports Star of the Year award.<\/p>\n
The Bombers\u2019 gun has earned his place in an award race that includes Geelong\u2019s premiership-winning captain Joel Selwood, New Orleans Pelicans and NBA rookie Dyson Daniels, Olympic swimmer Jenna Strauch, and Commonwealth Games lawn bowls gold medallist Aaron Wilson.<\/p>\n
In the 2023 season, Logan scored 115 goals as Essendon made its way to a third consecutive VWFL grand final.<\/p>\n
The Bombers\u2019 star earned the Robert Rose Medal as the VWFL\u2019s fairest and best player and in round six he scored a league record 25 goals against Hawthorn.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a big commitment each footy season for Logan as he travels to Essendon\u2019s Hangar for Thursday training sessions, and then matches.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlaying a game I love and for a club I have supported all my life is incredibly rewarding,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The red and black could not halt Richmond\u2019s charge to VWFL premiership glory as the Bombers were runner-up for the third season in a row.<\/p>\n
Logan said the grand final disappointment would be a key motivating factor for himself and Essendon team-mates when pre-season begins in early December and for the 2023 campaign.<\/p>\n
This week, Logan has taken to the court at the Diamond Valley Sports and Fitness Centre in Greensborough to represent Victoria at the Toyota Wheelchair AFL National Championships.<\/p>\n
The Vics are fielding two teams in which Logan\u2019s goalscoring prowess will be a key against the likes of South Australia, Australian Defence Force, and all other states and territories.<\/p>\n
In wheelchair AFL, teams of five take to the court and there is also an interchange bench.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s always action-packed,\u201d Logan said. \u201cGreatest challenge is trying to evade opponents and also not being tackled.\u201d<\/p>\n
Players have three seconds to dispose of the ball by handpassing or an underarm throw after being touched by an opponent.<\/p>\n
Logan\u2019s progress to wheelchair AFL began when he received a letter from Disability Sport and Recreation.<\/p>\n
Since then he has notched up four seasons with Essendon and become one of the competition\u2019s best players.<\/p>\n
\u201cI enjoy the challenge of every match and training session, and catching up with mates,\u201d he said. \u201cNo matter what sport, it\u2019s about being willing to have a go.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A LEAGUE best and fairest and leading goal scorer, Bendigo-based wheelchair football star Caleb Logan is yearning to mark a premiership victory. Logan\u2019s outstanding play for Essendon in the latest Victorian Wheelchair Football League season has earned him October\u2019s nomination for Bendigo\u2019s Sports Star of the Year award. The Bombers\u2019 gun has earned his place […]<\/p>\n