The Courier | IF you were to name one certainty for Bacchus Marsh’s football “Team of the Era” it would have to be Wayne Cracknell.
The Cobras will recognise its greatest footballers and netballers of their time in the Ballarat Football Netball League – 1978 to 2015 – at a gala function in a marquee at Maddingley Park on Saturday night.
Cracknell is undoubtedly one of Bacchus Marsh’s all-time greats.
He played 254 games in a career highlighted by his win in the BFL best and fairest in 1997. He is the Cobras’ only Henderson Medallist.
The BFL recognised his greatness when it inducted him into its hall of fame in 2012.
Cracknell, who fulfilled an ambition to coach the club in 2005 after being captain from 1996 to 2000, represented the BFL 21 times (1989-2001) and was captain in 2001.
Champion goalkicker and two-time BFL Tony Lockett Medallist Chris Stuhldreier and current day star Cam Richardson must also be frontrunners for selection in this once-off team.
‘Scoreboard Pete’ there for Swans
GREAT to see Peter “Scoreboard Pete” Ciaston watching his beloved Ballarat Swans at Sebastopol on Saturday.
He is still in rehabilitation after being airlifted to Melbourne in a critical condition after falling off his bike in November last year.
Ciaston still has some way to go before he is again running water for the Swans and carrying out other duties, but there was no hiding his enthusiasm as he watched the clash with Sebastopol from the first floor balcony of the Marty Busch Reserve pavilion.
Ballarat old boys gather
COUNT on Saturday at Alfredton Oval being a massive occasion for more than one reason.