News from The Eagles Updated 20 May, 2012 Eagles celebrate 50th Anniversary Members of the 1961 Yarraville Premiership team       recently celebrated the 50th Anniversary of                 their famous win. On a hot day at the                             Junction Oval, the Eagles set                                        up the win in the third                                        quarter with ten goals                                   in front of 30,000 people. Former Seddon player, Kevin Bourke, pictured, who joined Yarraville in 1956, played at Centre Half Back in the Grand Final. He proudly wore his premiership jacket and tie to the Re-Union, held at the Yarraville Club. Click the button to see photos from the Re-Union. KEVIN BOURKE click HERE to see the new Pictorial History The 2012 Football Fixture for 2012 Seniors and Reserves can be seen on the FIXTURE page. Yarraville Seddon Eagles welcomes new sponsor, Giraffe Corporate Clothing. A local business, Giraffe offer an extensive range of corporate and promotional clothing, including polo tops, T-Shirts, jackets and sportswear. They provide a complete embroidery and screen printing servive. Contact Giraffe on 0407 095 467 for advice and information.  Click on the flyer to see the specials from Club sponsor RED HOT EAGLES THE EAGLES played at home to second placed Coburg Districts in front of a big crowd and again proved too strong, winning by 18 goals. The Eagles were well in front at three quarter time, and then slammed on 10 goals to zero to finish off the opposition. With a bye next week, the Eagles then go to Albanvale on 2 June. The Reserves team lost its first game this season, to undefeated Coburg Districts in a battle to the final siren.   With the two top teams playing at Yarraville Oval, a large crowd came along to watch the game. Many former players also came along to watch, including Don Brown, a champion Seddon player who won the competition Best and Fairest award several times in the 1970s. Geoff Norris, a regular at Eagles games, also enjoyed the big win. He played for Yarraville Eagles from 1972 to 1982. Yarravilles 1997 and 2000 premierships player, John Bruzzaniti also saw the game. Yarravilles presidents from those two years, Ian Leckie and Arthur Paris, were in the crowd too. Glenn Calvert, who played with Yarraville in the late 1970s under AFL legends David Thorpe and Denis Pagan, travelled from Bairnsdale to see the Eagles win. Other former players at the game were Mark Baulch, Greg Wray and Daniel Condon. Nathan Anstey listened to the live radio broadcast on WYN FM from Mexico via the internet! GEOFF NORRIS DON BROWN ARTHUR PARIS & JOHN BRUZZANITI  GLENN CALVERT Shane Barry passes to Sherif Mohamed, who shoots the ball forward in the game against Coburg Districts.