AFL Vic | Three Victorian local football clubs in communities that have recently experienced devastation due to natural disasters have received AFL funding to assist in recovery from the recent storms.

The Mirboo North Tigers Football Netball Club, the Mount Pleasant Football Netball Club, and the North Bendigo Football Netball Club have all received $5,000 through the AFL Community Relief Fund, which is available to help get clubs and facilities back into operation as quickly as possible.

MNFNC President, Andrew McCarthy, was working on the cricket pitch in the middle of the Mirboo North Recreation Reserve when the storm hit, and he saw the full impact as it unfolded.

“The goal posts came down, the netting behind the goals was destroyed, some of the roof of our gymnasium was ripped off, and then because the recreation reserve was being used as a staging ground, hundreds of vehicles coming and going in the recovery efforts has caused a fair bit of damage around the ground,” McCarthy said.

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