Victorian Amateur Football Association/Victoria University Football Studies Unit

Annual Football History Essay Competition

2010

Click here for the 2010 competition flyer.  Entries close on 12 November 2010.

2009

Alexander Hay, from De La Salle College, won a prize in the secondary college student section with an essay entitled ‘Against The Odds’.

2008

No prizes were awarded in 2008.

2007

No prizes were awarded in 2007.

2006

Rachel Winterton, from Victoria University, collects a cheque and certificate from Rob Hess (left) and Ross Booth (right) at a dinner to launch the 2007 season of the VAFA. Rachel’s prize-winning entry in the postgraduate student section was entitled ‘The Debut of Mentone Footballers in the Victorian Football League, 1960-1970’. Click here to see a copy of the essay.

Elizabeth Chomiak, from Kew High School, won a prize in the secondary college student section with an essay entitled ‘Keith “Bluey” Truscott: Legend of the VAFA’. Click here to see a copy of the essay.

2005

Loren Dawes, from Victoria University, collects a cheque and certificate from Rob Hess. Loren’s prize-winning entry in the undergraduate student section was entitled ‘Football in the Jewish Community: The Ajax Football Club’. Click here to see a copy of the essay.

2004

Rachel Winterton, from Victoria University, won a prize in the undergraduate student section with an essay entitled ‘The Amateurs March On: The Victorian Amateur Football Association at the Olympic Games’. Click here to see a copy of the essay.

This page was last updated on 03 August 2010