EDFL CLUB DEVELPMENT DAY COMPULSORY

Date: Sunday 22nd February 2026
Time: 9am to 1:30pm.
Venue: NEC Hanger
275 Melrose Drive, Melbourne Airport
AGENDA:
9:00am – Registration, Coffee and Tea on arrival.
9:30am – Opening of meeting. All clubs’ representatives
• Opening & welcome. Updates from EDFL (5-10 minutes)
• Marsh Insurance Update- Jordan De Zilwa (20 minutes)
• Essendon FC Presentation- Tim Nield (EFC Head of Community): Next Generation Academies and EFC Community Engagement in the Region. (30 minutes)
10:30am- 10:45am – Tea break
10:45am – 11:30am – 5 Breakout discussion groups (each runs for 30-45 minutes)
• Player Points & Salary Cap Update – Adem Saricaoglu (Senior Football Operations Manager)
• Financial Benchmarking- Michael Ford (Newly elected EDFL Board Member)
• Child Safety- Gareth Hanlon (EDFL Board Member and EDFL Complaints Officer)
• Australian Sports Foundation- Ben Durance (Sports Fundraising & Commercial Manager) TBC
• Volunteer Recruitment, Retention & Resources- Paul Milo (Club Development & Experience Manager